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Normal, IL · 21 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
Clark Griffith	1887	1891–1914	63.3
Paul DeJong	drafted 2014–2015	2017–2022	13.1
Buzz Capra	1967–1969	1971–1977	7.0
Dave Bergman	1971–1974	1975–1992	6.6
Matt Herges	1990–1992	1999–2009	6.2
Neal Cotts	1999–2001	2003–2015	5.3
Danny Kolb	1994	1999–2007	2.6
Jeremy Accardo	2001–2003	2005–2012	1.9
Paul Wagner	1986–1989	1992–1999	1.9
Brock Stewart	drafted 2014	2016–2019	1.4
Eric Eckenstahler	1997–2000	2002–2003	0.3
Jason Karnuth	1995–1997	2001–2005	0.1
Jason Pearson	1995–1998	2002–2003	-0.2
Ryan Court	drafted 2011	2019	-0.2
Tom Wieghaus	1976–1978	1981–1984	-0.4
Owen Miller	drafted 2018	2021–2022	-1.0
Brent Headrick	drafted 2019	2023	—
Colton Johnson	drafted 2021		—
Jeff Lindgren	drafted 2019	2023	—
John Rave	drafted 2019	2025	—
Shai Robinson	drafted 2025		—

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