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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
Ted Lyons	1920–1923	1923–1946	71.1
Max Muncy	drafted 2012	2015–2022	29.9
Jason Jennings	1997–1999	2001–2009	11.1
Shea Langeliers	drafted 2019	2022	10.4
David Murphy	2001–2003	2006–2015	9.7
Kelly Shoppach	1999–2001	2005–2013	8.4
Dave Danforth	1911	1911–1925	8.0
Kip Wells	1996–1998	1999–2012	7.8
Ted Uhlaender	1959–1961	1965–1972	2.7
Shawn Tolleson	2008–2010	2012–2016	2.2
Jaime Cocanower	1977–1978	1983–1986	2.1
Ken Patterson	1984–1985	1988–1994	1.8
Matt Batts	1941	1947–1956	1.8
Pat Combs	1987–1988	1989–1992	1.8
Daniel Castano	drafted 2016	2020–2022	0.8
Lee Tunnell	1979–1981	1982–1989	0.8
Denney Wilie	1909–1911	1911–1915	0.7
Blaine Beatty	1985–1986	1989–1991	0.6
Mule Watson	1914–1917	1918–1924	0.5
Dean Crow	1993	1998	0.4
Logan Verrett	drafted 2011	2015–2017	0.4
Fritzie Connally	1977–1980	1983–1985	0.2
Drew Sutton	2004	2009–2012	0.1
Kevin Russo	2005–2006	2010	0.1
Mark Saccomanno	1999–2003	2008	0.1
Slim Harrell	1911–1912	1912	0.1
Bill Stellbauer	1914–1915	1916	0.0
Jack Little	1910–1912	1912	0.0
Jerry Mallett	1955–1957	1959	0.0
Lloyd Russell	1935–1937	1938	0.0
Steve Macko	1976–1977	1979–1980	0.0
Jaime Bubela	1999–2000	2005	-0.1
Larry Drake	1941–1942	1945–1948	-0.1
Pete Charton	1962	1964	-0.1
Jake Freeze	1923–1925	1925	-0.2
Seth Morehead	1952–1954	1957–1961	-0.2
Fred Rath	1965	1968–1969	-0.4
Joe Szekely	1946–1949	1953	-0.4
Jon Perlman	1978–1979	1985–1988	-0.4
Tommy Fine	1937–1939	1947–1950	-0.6
Andy Beene	1976–1979	1983–1984	-1.0
Jacke Davis	1956–1957	1962	-1.0
Scott Ruffcorn	1989–1991	1993–1997	-2.4
Cody Bradford	drafted 2019	2023	—
Davis Wendzel	drafted 2018–2019	2024	—
Jack Pineda	drafted 2022		—
Jared McKenzie	drafted 2022		—
Kyle Nevin	drafted 2022		—
Nick Loftin	drafted 2020	2023	—
Tyriq Kemp	drafted 2025		—

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