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Athens, OH · 20 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
Mike Schmidt	1969–1971	1972–1989	106.9
Bob Brenly	1973–1976	1981–1989	12.7
Tom Murphy	1965–1966	1968–1979	8.5
Frank Baumholtz	1939–1941	1947–1957	8.0
Dave Wickersham	1955	1960–1969	7.5
George Kahler	1906–1908	1910–1914	3.7
Dave Tobik	1972–1974	1978–1985	3.4
Jim French	1961–1963	1965–1971	3.0
Terry Harmon	1964–1966	1967–1977	1.9
Mel Clark	1947	1951–1957	1.4
Adam Russell	2002–2004	2008–2011	0.3
Dick Murphy	1951–1954	1954	0.0
John Morlan	1967–1969	1973–1974	0.0
Jake Jacobs	1956–1959	1960–1961	-0.1
Ernie Kish	1939–1941	1945	-0.4
Joe Nossek	1960–1961	1964–1970	-0.5
Marc Krauss	2007–2009	2013–2015	-1.4
Steve Swisher	1970–1973	1974–1982	-2.1
Rich McKinney	1967–1968	1970–1977	-2.5
Joe Rock	drafted 2021	2025	—

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