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San Diego, CA · 55 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
Tony Gwynn	1979–1981	1982–2001	69.4
Graig Nettles	1964–1965	1967–1988	67.9
Mark Grace	1985	1988–2003	46.4
Stephen Strasburg	2007–2009	2010–2022	32.2
Buddy Black	1978–1979	1981–1995	21.0
Aaron Harang	1997–1999	2002–2015	19.9
Dave Smith	1974–1976	1980–1992	11.6
Jim Wilson	1941–1942	1945–1958	11.4
Ty France	drafted 2015	2019–2022	10.6
Justin Masterson	2006	2008–2015	10.0
Travis Lee	1994–1996	1998–2006	7.3
Mark Williamson	1981–1982	1987–1994	6.7
Addison Reed	2008–2010	2011–2018	6.1
Jeff DaVanon	1993–1995	1999–2007	5.1
Tony Gwynn	2001–2003	2006–2014	5.1
Bob Meacham	1979–1981	1983–1988	4.0
Al Newman	1981	1985–1992	2.6
Jim Nettles	1966–1968	1970–1981	1.1
Don Shaw	1965	1967–1972	1.0
Greg Allen	drafted 2014	2017–2022	0.8
Quintin Berry	2005–2006	2012–2017	0.8
Dave Robinson	1966–1968	1970–1971	0.5
Erik Plantenberg	1988–1990	1993–1997	0.4
Ed Amelung	1980	1984–1986	0.2
Edgar Gonzalez	1998–2000	2008–2009	0.2
Jerrod Riggan	1995–1996	2000–2003	0.2
Justin Brunette	1994–1997	2000	0.1
Seby Zavala	drafted 2015	2019–2022	0.1
John Andrews	1970	1973	0.0
Mike Couchee	1977	1983	0.0
Nikco Riesgo	1986–1988	1991	0.0
Alex Pelaez	1997–1998	2002	-0.1
Chris Jones	1978–1979	1985–1986	-0.1
Dan Murray	1995	1999–2000	-0.1
Alex Hinshaw	2005	2008–2012	-0.2
Earle Brucker	1947–1948	1948	-0.2
Lance Zawadzki	2004–2006	2010	-0.2
Jim Campbell	1987	1990	-0.3
Bruce Billings	2004–2007	2011–2014	-0.4
Garrett Hill	drafted 2018	2022	-0.5
David Hensley	drafted 2018	2022	-0.7
Royce Ring	2000–2002	2005–2010	-0.9
Alan Trejo	drafted 2017	2021–2022	-1.0
Jim Rushford	1992–1995	2002	-1.1
Jeff Barry	1988–1990	1995–1999	-1.2
Chris Gwynn	1983–1985	1987–1996	-1.4
Jason Phillips	1995–1997	2001–2007	-1.7
Casey Schmitt	drafted 2020	2023	—
Cole Carrigg	drafted 2023		—
Doug Harvey	1955–1956		—
Kelena Sauer	drafted 2023		—
Kevin Kennedy	1974–1976		—
Matt Rudick	drafted 2021		—
Mike Jarvis	drafted 2021		—
Troy Melton	drafted 2022	2025	—

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