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Lexington, KY · 54 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
Brandon Webb	1998–2000	2003–2009	31.0
Jason Kipnis	2007	2011–2020	21.2
James Paxton	2007–2009	2013–2021	13.8
Joe Blanton	2000–2002	2004–2017	11.9
Scott Downs	1995–1997	2000–2014	10.9
Jim Leyritz	1985	1990–2000	8.2
Taylor Rogers	drafted 2012	2016–2022	7.2
Jeff Parrett	1980–1983	1986–1996	5.4
Chris Rusin	2006–2009	2012–2020	3.7
Collin Cowgill	2005–2008	2011–2016	3.1
Paul Kilgus	1981–1984	1987–1993	1.9
Luke Maile	drafted 2012	2015–2022	1.6
JT Riddle	drafted 2013	2017–2022	1.0
Alex Meyer	drafted 2011	2015–2017	0.8
Zack Thompson	drafted 2019	2022	0.6
Kyle Cody	drafted 2015–2016	2020–2021	0.5
Jim Park	1911–1914	1915–1917	0.3
Jeff Keener	1980–1981	1982–1983	0.1
Cotton Nash	1961–1964	1967–1970	0.0
Andrew Albers	2005–2008	2013–2021	-0.1
Chandler Shepherd	drafted 2014	2019	-0.1
Mark Thompson	1990–1992	1994–2000	-0.1
Terry Shumpert	1985–1987	1990–2003	-0.1
Tom Grubbs	1920	1920	-0.2
Irv Jeffries	1927–1928	1930–1934	-0.3
Larry Luebbers	1988–1990	1993–2000	-0.3
Logan Darnell	drafted 2010	2014	-0.4
Tim Peterson	drafted 2012	2018–2019	-0.4
Ka'ai Tom	drafted 2015	2021–2022	-0.5
Rod Henderson	1990–1992	1994–1998	-0.6
Zach Reks	drafted 2017	2021–2022	-0.6
Evan White	drafted 2017	2020–2021	-0.7
Sean Hjelle	drafted 2018	2022	-0.9
Steve Dixon	1988	1993–1994	-0.9
Trevor Gott	drafted 2013	2015–2022	-0.9
Jack Savage	1983–1985	1987–1990	-1.0
Marv Foley	1974–1975	1978–1984	-1.0
William VanLandingham	1989–1991	1994–1997	-1.2
Andy Green	1997–2000	2004–2009	-1.3
Zach Logue	drafted 2017	2022	-1.4
Zach Pop	drafted 2017	2021–2022	-1.4
Derek Bryant	1971–1973	1979	-1.5
Jeff Abbott	1991–1994	1997–2001	-1.5
A. J. Reed	drafted 2014	2016–2019	-1.6
Rod Bolton	1989–1990	1993–1995	-1.8
Doug Flynn	1969	1975–1985	-6.8
Carson Coleman	drafted 2019		—
Daniel Harper	drafted 2022		—
John Rhodes	drafted 2021		—
Ryan Nicholson	drafted 2024		—
Ryan Ritter	drafted 2022	2025	—
Ryan Waldschmidt	drafted 2024		—
Travis Smith	drafted 2024		—
Émilien Pitre	drafted 2024		—

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