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Lawrence, KS · 31 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
Bob Allison	1954	1958–1970	34.0
Steve Renko	1964–1965	1969–1983	23.7
Tom Gorzelanny	2002	2005–2016	5.5
Chuck Dobson	1964	1966–1975	3.8
Sam Freeman	2008	2012–2020	3.1
Dale Gear	1893–1894	1896–1901	0.8
Travis Metcalf	2002–2004	2007–2008	0.4
Brett Bochy	drafted 2010	2014–2015	0.1
Roger Slagle	1974–1976	1979	0.1
Skip James	1970–1971	1977–1978	0.0
Curt Schmidt	1991–1992	1995	-0.2
Ferrell Anderson	1937–1938	1946–1953	-0.2
Jeff Berblinger	1990–1993	1997	-0.2
John Nelson	1998–2001	2006	-0.2
Steve Jeltz	1978–1980	1983–1990	-0.3
Bob Edmondson	1898	1906–1908	-0.4
Scott Taylor	1986–1988	1995	-0.4
Colton Murray	drafted 2011	2015–2016	-0.5
Larry Miller	1957–1958	1964–1966	-0.6
Les Walrond	1996–1998	2003–2008	-0.6
Clay Christiansen	1977–1979	1984	-0.7
Wes Benjamin	drafted 2014	2020–2021	-0.7
Mike Zagurski	2004–2005	2007–2018	-2.2
Ben Hartl	drafted 2024		—
Blake Weiman	drafted 2017		—
Brady Counsell	drafted 2025		—
Evan Shaw	drafted 2024		—
Hunter Cranton	drafted 2024		—
Kodey Shojinaga	drafted 2024		—
Rob Thomson	drafted 1985		—
Ryan Zeferjahn	drafted 2019	2024	—

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