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Mobile, AL · 31 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
Luis Gonzalez	1986–1988	1990–2008	51.6
Lance Johnson	1984	1987–2000	30.3
Jon Lieber	1991–1992	1994–2008	24.2
David Freese	2005–2006	2009–2019	19.0
Juan Pierre	1998	2000–2013	17.3
Adam Lind	2003–2004	2006–2017	12.6
Brendan Donovan	drafted 2018	2022	12.0
Marlon Anderson	1993–1995	1998–2009	7.1
Glenn Borgmann	1970–1971	1972–1980	5.5
Turner Ward	1986	1990–2001	4.3
Dave Stapleton	1974–1975	1980–1986	1.9
Mike O'Berry	1973–1975	1979–1985	0.6
Matt Peacock	drafted 2017	2021–2022	0.4
Pat Putnam	1975	1977–1984	0.2
Jordan Patterson	drafted 2013	2016	0.1
Mike Maksudian	1987	1992–1994	0.1
Locke St. John	drafted 2014	2019–2022	0.0
Pete Coachman	1984	1990	0.0
Steve Sparks	1997–1998	2000	0.0
Ben Taylor	drafted 2015	2017–2018	-0.1
Steve Falteisek	1990–1992	1997–1999	-0.1
Travis Swaggerty	drafted 2018	2022	-0.2
Mark Ettles	1987–1988	1993	-0.3
Jay Gainer	1989–1990	1993	-0.4
Allen Battle	1989–1991	1995–1996	-0.6
Micheal Nakamura	1995–1997	2003–2004	-0.9
P. J. Walters	2004–2006	2009–2013	-2.4
Mike Mordecai	1987–1989	1994–2005	-2.8
Joseph Sullivan	drafted 2024		—
Tyler Samaniego	drafted 2021		—
Will Turner	drafted 2024		—

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