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Iowa City, IA · 30 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
Jim Sundberg	1970–1972	1974–1989	40.5
Mike Boddicker	1976–1977	1980–1993	31.6
Cal Eldred	1987–1989	1991–2005	15.9
Mace Brown	1926–1929	1935–1946	10.6
Jim McAndrew	1963–1965	1968–1974	5.8
Jack Bruner	1946–1949	1949–1950	0.2
Jeff Jones	1977–1979	1983	0.2
Hal Manders	1937	1941–1946	0.1
Frank Mulroney	1927–1928	1930	0.0
Nick Allgeyer	drafted 2018	2021	0.0
Vance McIlree	1919–1920	1921	0.0
Chris Hatcher	1988–1990	1998	-0.2
Ham Schulte	1932–1934	1940	-0.3
Matt Dermody	drafted 2011–2013	2016–2022	-0.3
Gene Ford	1933–1935	1936–1938	-0.4
Bo Porter	1993–1994	1999–2001	-0.6
Wattie Holm	1922	1924–1932	-0.6
Jim Cox	1970–1971	1973–1976	-0.7
Tim Costo	1988–1990	1992–1993	-0.7
Jack Dittmer	1947–1950	1952–1957	-0.8
Joe Mowry	1929–1931	1933–1935	-0.9
Wes Obermueller	1998–1999	2002–2007	-1.0
Bob Gebhard	1963–1965	1971–1974	-1.2
Maury Kent	1904–1907	1912–1913	-1.6
Adam Mazur	drafted 2022	2024	—
Duncan Davitt	drafted 2022		—
Jared Simpson	drafted 2023		—
Mason McCoy	drafted 2017	2023	—
Sam Petersen	drafted 2024		—
Tyler Cropley	drafted 2018	2023	—

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