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Houston, TX · 41 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
Woody Williams	1987–1988	1993–2007	30.3
Doug Drabek	1981–1983	1986–1998	29.3
Michael Bourn	2001–2003	2006–2016	22.8
Jesse Crain	2002	2004–2013	11.4
Tom Paciorek	1966–1968	1970–1987	7.7
Connor Wong	drafted 2017	2021–2022	4.6
Chris Snyder	2000–2002	2004–2013	4.4
Ben Weber	1989–1991	2000–2005	3.1
Jason McDonald	1993	1997–2000	2.7
John King	drafted 2017	2020–2022	2.3
Anthony Young	1986–1987	1991–1996	1.3
Austin Pruitt	drafted 2013	2017–2022	0.8
Brad Lincoln	2004–2006	2010–2014	0.4
Daniel Ponce de Leon	drafted 2013	2018–2021	0.2
Steve Cummings	1985–1986	1989–1990	0.2
Donnie Joseph	2007–2009	2013–2014	0.1
Jeff Banister	1986	1991	0.1
Patrick Weigel	drafted 2015	2020–2021	-0.1
Kyle Dowdy	drafted 2015	2019–2022	-0.2
Seth Romero	drafted 2017	2020	-0.2
Steve Decker	1985	1990–1999	-0.2
Ryan Wagner	2002–2003	2003–2007	-0.3
Chris Tremie	1989–1992	1995–2004	-0.4
Mike Walker	1984–1986	1992	-0.4
Scott Sheldon	1988–1991	1997–2001	-0.4
Jacob Lemoine	drafted 2015	2022	-0.5
Shane Nance	1997–2000	2002–2004	-0.5
Aaron Fletcher	drafted 2018	2020–2022	-0.6
Garrett Mock	2003–2004	2008–2010	-0.6
Gary Weiss	1977–1978	1980–1981	-0.7
Matt Beech	1993–1994	1996–1998	-1.0
Rob Johnson	2004	2007–2013	-1.0
Vaughn Eshelman	1990–1991	1995–1997	-1.1
Ben Sears	drafted 2022		—
Cade Citelli	drafted 2024		—
Corey Julks	drafted 2017	2023	—
Jared Triolo	drafted 2019	2023	—
Jaycob Deese	drafted 2022		—
Josh Ekness	drafted 2023		—
Nick Hernandez	drafted 2016	2023	—
Robert Gasser	drafted 2021	2024	—

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