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Champaign, IL · 65 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
Lou Boudreau	1937	1938–1952	63.0
Tom Haller	1957	1961–1972	29.5
Ken Holtzman	1965	1965–1979	27.3
Cy Falkenberg	1900–1902	1903–1917	20.3
Jake Stahl	1901–1903	1903–1913	17.2
Hoot Evers	1940	1941–1956	12.9
Carl Lundgren	1899–1902	1902–1909	12.1
Scott Spiezio	1991–1993	1996–2007	8.8
Darrin Fletcher	1985–1987	1989–2002	7.9
Ray Demmitt	1905–1906	1909–1919	5.5
Jeff Innis	1981–1983	1987–1993	4.8
Fred Beebe	1902–1903	1906–1916	4.4
Donn Pall	1983–1985	1988–1998	4.2
Michael Massey	drafted 2019	2022	3.3
Howie Judson	1944–1945	1948–1954	3.0
Harry McCurdy	1920–1922	1922–1934	2.8
Big Jeff Pfeffer	1904	1905–1911	2.4
Bobby Klaus	1957–1959	1964–1965	0.8
Joe Astroth	1940–1942	1945–1956	0.8
Jim Breton	1912	1913–1915	0.3
Joey Gerber	drafted 2018	2020	0.2
Moe Franklin	1935–1937	1941–1942	0.1
Tom Fletcher	1962	1962	0.1
Chris Basak	1998–2000	2007	0.0
Chris Robinson	2003–2005	2013	0.0
Em Lindbeck	1955–1956	1960	0.0
Ernie Ovitz	1906–1908	1911	0.0
Fred Frink	1932–1934	1934	0.0
Herb Juul	1906	1911	0.0
John Ericks	1986–1988	1995–1997	-0.0
Sean Mulligan	1989–1991	1996	0.0
Cody Sedlock	drafted 2016	2022	-0.1
Jack Bradley	1914–1916	1916	-0.1
Jack Brittin	1943–1947	1950–1951	-0.1
Jason Anderson	1998–2000	2003–2005	-0.1
Marv Rotblatt	1945–1948	1948–1951	-0.1
Red Gunkel	1914–1916	1916	-0.1
Claude Rothgeb	1904–1905	1905	-0.2
Jim Cook	1900–1903	1903	-0.2
Bob Barnes	1921–1922	1924	-0.3
Ray Poat	1937–1938	1942–1949	-0.3
George Halas	1916–1917	1919	-0.4
Jimmy Journell	1997–1999	2003–2005	-0.4
John Happenny	1923	1923	-0.4
Kyle Hudson	2006–2008	2011	-0.4
Lou Possehl	1944	1946–1952	-0.4
Boyd Bartley	1941–1943	1943	-0.5
Ethan Blackaby	1960	1962–1964	-0.5
Mark Dalesandro	1987–1990	1994–2001	-0.5
Otto Vogel	1921–1923	1923–1924	-0.5
Wally Roettger	1922–1924	1927–1934	-0.5
Dick Reichle	1920–1922	1922–1923	-0.9
Gary Kolb	1960	1960–1969	-1.0
Carl Vandagrift	1905–1907	1914	-1.1
Paul Chervinko	1931–1933	1937–1938	-1.1
Terry Wells	1983–1985	1990	-1.1
Lee Pfund	1939	1945	-1.2
Larry Sutton	1989–1992	1997–2004	-1.4
Herb Plews	1948–1950	1956–1959	-1.5
Andrew Hoffmann	drafted 2021	2025	—
George Huff	1889–1892		—
Jack Wenninger	drafted 2023		—
Nate Lavender	drafted 2021		—
Riley Gowens	drafted 2023		—
Tyler Jay	drafted 2015	2024	—

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