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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
Rafael Palmeiro	1983–1985	1986–2005	71.9
Will Clark	1983–1985	1986–2000	56.4
Buddy Myer	1922–1924	1925–1941	48.4
Jonathan Papelbon	2001–2003	2005–2016	23.2
Brandon Woodruff	drafted 2014	2017–2022	19.2
Del Unser	1964–1966	1968–1982	16.9
Don Robinson	drafted 1977	1978–1992	16.9
Hughie Critz	1919–1920	1924–1935	16.9
Adam Frazier	drafted 2013	2016–2022	15.6
Willie Mitchell	1905–1909	1909–1919	13.7
Nathaniel Lowe	drafted 2016	2019–2022	13.0
Paul Maholm	2001–2003	2005–2014	12.0
Jeff Brantley	1982–1985	1988–2001	11.4
Dave Ferriss	1939–1941	1945–1950	11.3
Mitch Moreland	2005–2007	2010–2021	11.1
Kendall Graveman	2010–2013	2014–2022	9.4
Hunter Renfroe	drafted 2013	2016–2022	8.6
Bobby Thigpen	1984–1985	1986–1994	8.0
Brent Rooker	drafted 2016–2017	2020–2022	7.8
Alex Grammas	1948–1949	1954–1963	7.5
Ken Tatum	1964–1966	1969–1974	6.6
Sammy Ellis	1961	1962–1969	5.9
Dakota Hudson	drafted 2016	2018–2022	3.4
Jay Powell	1991–1993	1995–2005	2.8
Brandon Medders	2000–2001	2005–2010	2.6
Bunny Hearn	1908–1909	1910–1920	1.5
Jack Lazorko	1977–1978	1984–1988	1.4
Eric DuBose	1995–1997	2002–2006	0.9
Bob Myrick	1971–1974	1976–1978	0.7
Jonathan Holder	drafted 2014	2016–2020	0.5
Chris Stratton	drafted 2012	2016–2022	0.4
Jon Shave	1987–1990	1993–1999	0.3
Chad Girodo	drafted 2013	2016	0.1
Craig Tatum	2003–2004	2009–2011	0.1
Fred Walters	1935–1937	1945	0.1
Pete Young	1987–1989	1992–1993	0.1
Adam Piatt	1995–1997	2000–2003	0.0
Homer Spragins	1940–1942	1947	0.0
Jack Kruger	drafted 2016	2021	0.0
Jacob Lindgren	drafted 2014	2015	0.0
Konnor Pilkington	drafted 2018	2022	0.0
Cecil Bolton	1924–1926	1928	-0.1
Ed Easley	drafted 2007	2015	-0.1
Jon Knott	1998–2001	2004–2007	-0.1
Matt Ginter	1997–1999	2000–2008	-0.1
Rags Faircloth	1911–1912	1919	-0.1
Travis Chapman	1997–2000	2003	-0.1
Bobby Etheridge	1961	1967–1969	-0.2
Ed Chapman	1926–1927	1933	-0.2
Jacob Robson	drafted 2016	2021	-0.2
Jim Howarth	1967–1968	1971–1974	-0.2
Sid Womack	1919	1926	-0.2
Ethan Small	drafted 2018–2019	2022	-0.3
Gary Rath	1992–1994	1998–1999	-0.3
Paul Gregory	1928–1930	1932–1933	-0.5
Monroe Mitchell	1920–1922	1923	-0.8
Jim Roberts	1915	1924–1925	-0.9
Carlton Loewer	1992–1994	1998–2003	-1.6
Tyler Moore	2008	2012–2017	-2.3
Buck Showalter	1977		—
Cam Schuelke	drafted 2024		—
Christian MacLeod	drafted 2021		—
Colton Ledbetter	drafted 2023		—
Connor Hujsak	drafted 2024		—
Dakota Jordan	drafted 2024		—
David Mershon	drafted 2024		—
Eric Cerantola	drafted 2021		—
Hunter Stovall	drafted 2018		—
J. P. France	drafted 2018	2023	—
J. T. Ginn	drafted 2020	2024	—
Jake Mangum	drafted 2017–2019	2025	—
Jordan Westburg	drafted 2020	2023	—
Jurrangelo Cijntje	drafted 2024		—
Justin Foscue	drafted 2020	2024	—
K.C. Hunt	drafted 2022		—
Kamren James	drafted 2022		—
Landon Sims	drafted 2022		—
Pico Kohn	drafted 2025		—
Tyson Hardin	drafted 2024		—
Will Bednar	drafted 2021		—

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