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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
Robin Roberts	1946–1947	1948–1966	86.0
Kirk Gibson	1978	1979–1995	38.6
Steve Garvey	1967–1968	1969–1987	38.0
Mark Mulder	1996–1998	2000–2008	20.0
Ron Perranoski	1956–1958	1961–1973	17.9
Dick Radatz	1957–1959	1962–1969	15.5
Rick Miller	1968–1969	1971–1985	15.5
Frank Owen	1897	1901–1909	7.1
Tim Crabtree	1990–1992	1995–2001	4.3
Tim Birtsas	1979–1982	1985–1990	0.8
Brandon Hughes	drafted 2017	2022	0.6
Rick Kreuger	1969–1970	1975–1978	0.5
Ed Hobaugh	1954–1956	1961–1963	0.4
A. J. Achter	drafted 2010	2014–2016	0.3
Bruce Look	1964	1968	0.3
Al Luplow	1959	1961–1967	0.1
Ed Pinnance	1903	1903	0.1
Anthony Misiewicz	drafted 2015	2020–2022	0.0
Bob Powell	1953–1955	1955–1957	0.0
Tom Yewcic	1953–1954	1957	0.0
Jerry Byrne	1928–1929	1929	-0.1
Larry Foster	1958	1963	-0.1
Dann Howitt	1982–1984	1989–1994	-0.2
Dean Look	1958–1959	1961	-0.2
Ron Pruitt	1970–1972	1975–1983	-0.2
Bub Kuhn	1921–1923	1924	-0.3
Larry Pashnick	1976–1978	1982–1984	-0.4
Mel Behney	1967–1968	1970	-0.4
Cam Vieaux	drafted 2015–2016	2022	-0.6
Irv Bartling	1934–1936	1938	-0.6
Dan Masteller	1987–1989	1995	-0.9
John Leister	1983	1987–1990	-0.9
George Smith	1954–1955	1963–1966	-1.1
Rob Ellis	1970–1971	1971–1975	-1.1
Dick Billings	1963–1965	1968–1975	-1.3
Nick Picciuto	1942	1945	-1.3
Brock Vradenburg	drafted 2023		—
Indigo Diaz	drafted 2019		—
Joseph Dzierwa	drafted 2025		—
Mitch Jebb	drafted 2023		—

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