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Evanston, IL · 26 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
J. A. Happ	2002–2004	2007–2021	21.2
Mark Loretta	1990–1993	1995–2009	19.2
Joe Girardi	1983–1986	1989–2003	5.6
George Kontos	2004–2006	2011–2018	4.0
Mike Koplove	1996–1997	2001–2007	3.4
Mike Huff	1982–1985	1989–1996	2.0
Eric Jokisch	drafted 2010	2014	0.2
Charlie Lindstrom	1956–1957	1958	0.1
Floyd Stromme	1936	1939	0.1
Tom Metcalf	1960	1963	0.1
Joe Hietpas	1998–2001	2004	0.0
Herb Harris	1932–1934	1936	-0.1
Jake Goebbert	drafted 2009	2014	-0.1
Chris Nichting	1985–1987	1995–2002	-0.2
Luke Farrell	drafted 2013	2017–2022	-0.3
Marty Clary	1981–1983	1987–1990	-0.3
Dave Hill	1957	1957	-0.4
Jack Hendricks	1893	1902–1903	-0.5
John Trautwein	1981–1984	1988	-0.6
Paddy Driscoll	1916–1917	1917	-0.6
Ed Lagger	1934	1934	-0.7
Jay Hook	1956–1957	1957–1964	-0.9
Dick Bokelmann	1945–1947	1951–1953	-1.2
Frank Griffith	1892–1895	1892–1894	-1.2
Michael Trautwein	drafted 2021		—
Tyler Uberstine	drafted 2021		—

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