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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
Barry Larkin	1983–1985	1986–2004	70.5
George Sisler	1913–1915	1915–1930	57.6
Bill Freehan	1961	1961–1976	44.8
Geoff Zahn	1966–1967	1973–1985	20.3
Jim Abbott	1986–1988	1989–1999	19.6
Chris Sabo	1981–1983	1988–1996	16.5
Rich Hill	2000–2002	2005–2022	16.2
Ted Sizemore	1964–1966	1969–1980	16.0
Jake Cronenworth	drafted 2015	2020–2022	15.2
Elliott Maddox	1968	1970–1980	14.9
Hal Morris	1984–1986	1988–2000	13.4
Dick Wakefield	1941	1941–1952	13.0
J. J. Putz	1996–1999	2003–2014	13.0
Lary Sorensen	1974–1976	1977–1988	13.0
Leon Roberts	1970–1972	1974–1984	12.0
Steve Howe	1977–1979	1980–1996	10.3
Doc Lavan	1912–1913	1913–1924	9.2
Frank Bowerman	1892	1895–1909	8.9
Scott Kamieniecki	1983–1986	1991–2000	8.9
Steve Ontiveros	1980–1982	1985–2000	8.7
Fred Blanding	1909–1910	1910–1914	8.4
Pete Appleton	1924–1926	1927–1945	8.4
Rick Leach	1976–1979	1981–1990	2.9
Zach Putnam	2006–2008	2011–2017	2.8
Gary Wayne	1981–1984	1989–1994	2.3
Steve Boros	1956–1957	1957–1965	1.8
Chris Getz	2004–2005	2008–2014	1.4
Clayton Richard	2005	2008–2019	1.3
Mike Ignasiak	1985–1988	1991–1995	0.9
Bill Zepp	1965–1967	1969–1971	0.8
Bob Reed	1965–1966	1969–1970	0.7
Tommy Henry	drafted 2019	2022	0.3
Whitey Wistert	1932–1934	1934	0.3
Frank Sexton	1895	1895	0.2
Bob Glenn	1918–1919	1920	0.1
Brian Simmons	1993–1994	1998–2001	0.1
Chick Lathers	1909	1910–1911	0.1
Ed Spurney	1892–1893	1891	0.1
Kirt Ojala	1988–1990	1997–1999	0.1
Mike Joyce	1961	1962–1963	0.1
Bert Sincock	1908	1908	0.0
Bobby Scales	drafted 1999	2009–2010	0.0
Glenn Redmon	1967–1969	1974	0.0
Jack Blott	1922–1924	1924	0.0
John Bormann	drafted 2014–2015	2017	0.0
John Hibbard	1884–1887	1884	0.0
Danny Fife	1969–1971	1973–1974	-0.1
Dennis Konuszewski	1990–1992	1995	-0.1
Don Eaddy	1952–1955	1959	-0.1
Elmer Gedeon	1938–1939	1939	-0.1
Ernie Vick	1921–1922	1922–1926	-0.1
Fleet Walker	1882	1884	-0.1
Frank Bliss	1872	1878	-0.1
Fritz Fisher	1961–1963	1964	-0.1
Mike Cervenak	1996–1999	2008	-0.1
Slicker Parks	1919–1920	1921	-0.1
Ted Petoskey	1932–1934	1934–1935	-0.1
Welday Walker	1883–1884	1884	-0.1
Jack Perrin	1920–1921	1921	-0.2
Lou Schiappacasse	1902	1902	-0.2
Mike Knode	1918–1920	1920	-0.2
Ray Knode	1922	1923–1926	-0.2
Bill Roman	1958–1960	1964–1965	-0.3
Jim Burton	1969–1971	1975–1977	-0.3
Jim Paciorek	1979–1982	1987	-0.3
Ryan LaMarre	drafted 2010	2015–2021	-0.3
Bobby Korecky	1999–2002	2008–2014	-0.4
Mike Matheny	1989–1991	1994–2006	-0.4
Bud Morse	1927	1929	-0.5
Ross Powell	1987–1989	1993–1995	-0.5
Kelly Dransfeldt	1994–1996	1999–2004	-0.6
Jack Enzenroth	1908–1910	1914–1915	-0.7
Dave Campbell	1962–1964	1967–1974	-0.8
Jake Fox	2001–2003	2007–2011	-0.8
Tom Lundstedt	1969–1970	1973–1975	-1.0
Bill McAfee	1928–1929	1930–1934	-1.2
Don Lund	1943–1945	1945–1954	-1.4
Heath Murray	1992–1994	1997–2002	-1.5
John Herrnstein	1957–1958	1962–1966	-2.0
Johnny Gee	1935–1937	1939–1946	-2.0
Hal Elliott	1922	1929–1932	-4.2
Blake Beers	drafted 2021		—
Cameron Weston	drafted 2022		—
Clark Elliott	drafted 2022		—
Jack Weisenburger	drafted 2019		—
Jeff Criswell	drafted 2020	2024	—
Jordan Nwogu	drafted 2020		—
Karl Kauffmann	drafted 2019	2023	—
Mitch Voit	drafted 2025		—
Simon Miller	drafted 2023		—

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