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Muncie, IN · 18 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
Merv Rettenmund	1963–1964	1968–1980	19.9
Alex Call	drafted 2016	2022	5.2
Zach Plesac	drafted 2016	2019–2022	3.4
Larry Bigbie	1997–1999	2001–2006	2.6
Thomas Howard	1984–1986	1990–2000	2.5
Drey Jameson	drafted 2019	2022	2.1
Jeremy Hazelbaker	drafted 2009	2016–2017	1.0
Mike Roesler	1982–1985	1989–1990	0.2
Dean Anna	drafted 2008	2014–2015	0.1
Sam McConnell	1995–1997	2004	0.1
Brad Snyder	2002–2003	2010–2014	-0.1
Perci Garner	drafted 2010	2016	-0.1
Bryan Bullington	2000–2002	2005–2010	-0.2
Chayce McDermott	drafted 2021	2024	—
Kyle Nicolas	drafted 2020	2023	—
Ty Johnson	drafted 2023		—
Tyler Schweitzer	drafted 2022		—
Zach Cole	drafted 2022	2025	—

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