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Lincoln, NE · 44 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
Alex Gordon	2003–2005	2007–2020	34.7
Darin Erstad	1993–1995	1996–2009	32.2
Stan Bahnsen	1965	1966–1982	22.5
Pete O'Brien	1978–1979	1982–1993	19.2
Tony Watson	2005–2007	2011–2021	13.2
Tim Burke	1978–1980	1985–1992	12.1
Bob Cerv	1947–1950	1951–1962	11.3
Joba Chamberlain	2005–2006	2007–2016	7.6
Jake Meyers	drafted 2017	2021–2022	7.1
Brian Duensing	2002–2005	2009–2018	6.2
Dan Jennings	2006–2008	2012–2019	4.4
Aaron Bummer	drafted 2014	2017–2022	3.1
Dan Johnson	2000–2001	2005–2015	3.1
Bob Sebra	1981–1983	1985–1990	1.1
Kip Gross	1986	1990–2000	0.6
Dwight Siebler	1957–1958	1963–1967	0.4
Troy Brohawn	1992–1994	2001–2003	0.3
Shane Komine	1999–2002	2006–2007	0.1
Thad Weber	2007–2008	2012–2013	0.1
Todd Sears	1995–1997	2002–2003	0.1
Jamal Strong	1999–2000	2003–2005	0.0
Steve Stanicek	1980–1982	1987–1989	0.0
Adam Shabala	1999–2000	2005	-0.1
Andrew Brown	2006–2007	2011–2014	-0.1
Drew Anderson	2001–2003	2006	-0.1
Bill McGuire	1983–1985	1988–1989	-0.2
Ken Ramos	1987–1989	1997	-0.2
Ryan Kurosaki	1971–1973	1975	-0.2
Eric Helfand	1988	1993–1995	-0.3
Zach Kroenke	2003–2005	2010–2011	-0.3
Ken Harvey	1997–1999	2001–2005	-0.4
Adam Stern	1999–2001	2005–2010	-0.5
Marc Sagmoen	1992–1993	1997	-0.5
Steve Edlefsen	2006–2007	2011–2012	-0.7
Michael Mariot	drafted 2010	2014–2016	-0.8
Gary Neibauer	1965–1966	1969–1973	-1.0
Kevin Jordan	1990	1995–2001	-1.8
Cody Asche	2009–2011	2013–2017	-1.9
Brice Matthews	drafted 2023	2025	—
Cade Povich	drafted 2021	2024	—
Josh Caron	drafted 2024		—
Matt Waldron	drafted 2019	2023	—
Max Anderson	drafted 2023		—
Spencer Schwellenbach	drafted 2021	2024	—

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