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Terre Haute, IN · 29 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
Zane Smith	1980–1982	1984–1996	20.4
Clint Barmes	2000	2003–2015	15.1
Sean Manaea	drafted 2013	2016–2022	14.5
Chuck Smith	1991	2000–2001	3.1
Joe Thatcher	2001–2004	2007–2015	2.6
Jake Petricka	2009–2010	2013–2021	1.7
Colin Rea	drafted 2011	2015–2021	1.5
Mitch Stetter	2000–2003	2007–2011	0.7
Wallace Johnson	1977–1979	1981–1990	0.3
David Doster	1990–1993	1996–1999	0.1
Bill Hayes	1976–1978	1980–1981	0.0
Tom Gilles	1981–1984	1990	0.0
Dakota Bacus	drafted 2012	2020	-0.1
Hunter Owen	drafted 2016	2021	-0.1
Tim Barrett	1982–1983	1988	-0.1
Brian Omogrosso	2003–2006	2012–2013	-0.2
Nevin Ashley	drafted 2006	2015	-0.2
Blaise Ilsley	1983–1985	1994	-0.3
Danny Lazar	1963–1964	1968–1969	-0.3
Rick Grapenthin	1979–1980	1983–1985	-0.4
Alex Graman	1997–1999	2004–2005	-0.5
Ryan Strausborger	drafted 2010	2015	-0.6
Brian Dorsett	1980–1983	1987–1996	-0.7
Andrew Young	drafted 2016	2020–2021	-0.8
Jeff James	1959	1968–1969	-0.9
Mike Gardiner	1984–1987	1990–1995	-1.3
Clay Dungan	drafted 2019		—
Matt Jachec	drafted 2023		—
Randal Diaz	drafted 2024		—

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