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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
Frank Howard	1956–1957	1958–1973	37.4
Nick Swisher	2000–2002	2004–2015	21.4
Dave Burba	1985–1987	1990–2004	16.8
Johnny Edwards	1958	1961–1974	14.9
Jake Miller	1919–1921	1924–1933	13.8
Ryan Feltner	drafted 2018	2021–2022	2.5
Cory Luebke	2005–2007	2010–2016	2.3
Rasty Wright	1915–1917	1917–1923	2.2
Bill Sharp	1970–1971	1973–1976	1.9
Barry Bonnell	1972–1974	1977–1986	1.7
Josh Edgin	2007–2008	2012–2017	1.6
George Spencer	1947	1950–1960	1.2
Eric Fryer	2005–2007	2011–2017	0.9
Galen Cisco	1955–1957	1961–1969	0.9
Steve Arlin	1965–1966	1969–1974	0.8
Effie Norton	1894	1896–1897	0.7
Bill Wertz	1986–1989	1993–1994	0.6
Pat McNulty	1920–1921	1922–1927	0.6
Rick Renick	1964	1968–1972	0.6
Scott Lewis	2002–2004	2008–2009	0.6
Travis Lakins	drafted 2015	2019–2022	0.6
John Dagenhard	1936–1938	1943	0.4
Alex Wimmers	drafted 2010	2016–2017	0.2
Ron Nischwitz	1957–1958	1961–1965	0.2
Jim Geddes	1969–1970	1972–1973	0.1
Arch Reilly	1912–1914	1917	0.0
Hal Kime	1918–1920	1920	0.0
Mike Durant	1989–1991	1996	0.0
Ollie Klee	1923–1925	1925	0.0
Ollie Welf	1916	1916	0.0
Frank McGee	1920	1925	-0.1
Mark Dempsey	1977–1980	1982	-0.1
Marty Karow	1925–1927	1927	-0.1
Tanner Tully	drafted 2016	2022	-0.1
Brad Goldberg	drafted 2013	2017	-0.2
Fred Taylor	1947–1950	1950–1952	-0.2
Matt Angle	2005–2007	2011	-0.2
Ronnie Dawson	drafted 2016	2021–2022	-0.2
Russ Nagelson	1964–1966	1968–1970	-0.2
Don Grate	1944–1945	1945–1946	-0.3
Hoge Workman	1923–1924	1924	-0.3
Rollin Cook	1913–1914	1915	-0.3
Joe Sparma	1962–1963	1964–1970	-0.4
Josh Newman	2001–2004	2007–2008	-0.5
Russ Miller	1923–1925	1927–1928	-0.5
Chuck Brinkman	1964–1966	1969–1974	-1.0
Arlie Tarbert	1925–1927	1927–1928	-1.1
Vic Janowicz	1949	1953–1954	-1.3
Scott Klingenbeck	1990–1992	1994–1998	-1.4
JB Shuck	2006–2008	2011–2019	-1.7
Andrew Magno	drafted 2019		—
Dillon Dingler	drafted 2020	2024	—
Dominic Canzone	drafted 2019	2023	—
Garrett Burhenn	drafted 2021		—
Jack Neely	drafted 2021	2024	—
Seth Lonsway	drafted 2021		—
Zach Dezenzo	drafted 2022	2024	—

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