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Phoenix, AZ · 23 major leaguers played here

Sorted by career bWAR. Colleges are from the Lahman database through 2014; for later players, the school they were drafted from, per the MLB draft.

Player	At college	Major-league career	Career bWAR
Tim Salmon	1987–1989	1992–2006	40.7
Chad Curtis	1989	1992–2001	13.9
Tom Tellmann	1976	1979–1985	4.3
Kevin Wickander	1984–1986	1989–1996	1.6
Cody Ransom	1998	2001–2013	1.0
Dave Stapleton	1982–1983	1987–1988	0.6
Brad Moore	1986	1988–1990	0.3
Frank Snook	1969–1971	1973	0.0
John Patterson	1987–1988	1992–1995	-0.1
Brian Broderick	drafted 2007	2011	-0.2
Paul Swingle	1989	1993	-0.2
Steve Phoenix	1989–1990	1994–1995	-0.2
Randy McCament	1984–1985	1989–1990	-0.5
Brett Merriman	1988	1993–1994	-1.2
Emilio Barreras	drafted 2025		—
Homer Bush Jr.	drafted 2023		—
Isaac Lyon	drafted 2025		—
Jacob Wilson	drafted 2023	2024	—
Jake Wong	drafted 2018	2023	—
Josh Wakefield	drafted 2025		—
Pierson Ohl	drafted 2021	2025	—
Vince Reilly	drafted 2022		—
Zach Thornton	drafted 2023		—

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