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Minneapolis, MN · 38 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
Paul Molitor	1975–1977	1978–1998	75.8
Dave Winfield	1971–1973	1973–1995	64.0
Terry Steinbach	1981–1983	1986–1999	28.0
Denny Neagle	1987–1989	1991–2003	22.4
Dan Wilson	1988–1990	1992–2005	13.1
Glen Perkins	2003–2004	2006–2017	8.8
Jack Hannahan	1999–2001	2006–2014	6.3
Brent Gates	1989–1991	1993–1999	5.4
Kerry Ligtenberg	1993–1994	1997–2005	4.4
Jim Brower	1992–1994	1999–2007	3.1
Steve Comer	1973–1976	1978–1984	2.9
Max Meyer	drafted 2020	2022	2.7
Greg Olson	1980–1982	1989–1993	2.2
George Thomas	1957	1957–1971	2.1
Robb Quinlan	1996–1999	2003–2010	1.3
Lucas Gilbreath	drafted 2017	2021–2022	1.0
J. T. Bruett	1986–1988	1992–1993	0.2
Frank Brosseau	1964–1966	1969–1971	0.0
Fred Bruckbauer	1958–1959	1961	0.0
Brian Denman	1975–1977	1982	-0.1
John Gaub	2004–2006	2011	-0.1
D. J. Snelten	drafted 2013	2018	-0.2
Jeff Schmidt	1990–1992	1996	-0.2
Mike Sadek	1966–1967	1973–1981	-0.2
Seth Rosin	drafted 2010	2014–2015	-0.2
Bill Davis	1962–1964	1965–1969	-0.3
Brian Raabe	1987–1990	1995–1997	-0.3
Harry Elliott	1947–1949	1953–1955	-0.5
Terrin Vavra	drafted 2018	2022	-0.5
Bobby Fenwick	1966–1967	1972–1973	-0.6
Jerry Ujdur	1976–1978	1980–1984	-0.6
Ben Meyer	drafted 2015	2018	-0.8
Bryan Hickerson	1983–1986	1991–1995	-1.0
Tim McIntosh	1984–1986	1990–1996	-1.2
Paul Giel	1952–1954	1954–1961	-2.5
Jerry Kindall	1955–1956	1956–1965	-2.9
Brett Bateman	drafted 2023		—
George Klassen	drafted 2023		—

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