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Kent, OH · 28 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
Thurman Munson	1967–1968	1969–1979	46.0
Steve Stone	1967–1968	1971–1981	17.1
Rich Rollins	1958–1960	1961–1970	11.7
Dustin Hermanson	1992–1994	1995–2006	11.1
Travis Shaw	drafted 2011	2015–2022	8.5
Andrew Chafin	drafted 2011	2014–2022	8.3
Matt Guerrier	drafted 1999	2004–2014	8.0
Eric Lauer	drafted 2016	2018–2022	6.0
Bill Laskey	1978	1982–1988	4.6
Jake Latz	drafted 2017	2021	3.4
Travis Miller	1992–1994	1996–2002	1.2
Jeff Tabaka	1983–1986	1994–2001	0.8
Joe Crawford	1989–1991	1997	0.5
Andy Sonnanstine	2003–2004	2007–2011	0.4
Chris George	1987–1988	1991	0.1
Chris Carpenter	2005–2008	2011–2012	0.0
Gene Michael	1958	1966–1975	-0.0
Joey Long	1990–1991	1997	-0.3
Mike Gulan	1990–1992	1997–2001	-0.3
Paul Hoover	1995–1997	2001–2010	-0.3
Dirk Hayhurst	2000–2003	2008–2009	-0.4
Randy Bockus	1979–1982	1986–1989	-0.8
Taylor Williams	drafted 2013	2017–2021	-1.3
Art Kusnyer	1966	1970–1978	-1.9
Emmanuel Burriss	2004–2006	2008–2016	-2.9
John Van Benschoten	1999–2001	2004–2008	-3.5
Jake Casey	drafted 2025		—
Luke Albright	drafted 2021		—

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