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West Lafayette, IN · 21 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
Bill Skowron	1950	1954–1967	26.9
Bernie Allen	1959–1961	1962–1973	9.2
Kevin Plawecki	drafted 2012	2015–2022	2.1
Nick Wittgren	drafted 2012	2016–2022	2.0
Rico Rossy	1982–1985	1991–1998	1.5
Felix Mackiewicz	1938–1940	1941–1947	1.3
Josh Lindblom	2007–2008	2011–2021	0.5
Dutch Fehring	1932–1934	1934	0.0
Hughie Wise	1926–1927	1930	0.0
Walt Tragesser	1908–1909	1913–1920	0.0
Jermaine Allensworth	1991–1993	1996–1999	-0.1
Dave Gassner	1998–2001	2005	-0.2
Jay Buente	2003–2006	2010–2011	-0.3
Joe McCabe	1958–1960	1964–1965	-0.3
Speed Kelly	1906	1909	-0.4
Cameron Perkins	drafted 2012	2017	-0.8
Matt Kinzer	1982–1984	1989–1990	-1.4
Archi Cianfrocco	1987	1992–1998	-4.0
Connor Caskenette	drafted 2024		—
Curtis Washington Jr.	drafted 2022		—
Tanner Andrews	drafted 2018		—

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