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Columbia, SC · 65 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
Brian Roberts	1999	2001–2014	29.5
Mookie Wilson	1977	1980–1991	22.3
Dave Hollins	1985–1987	1990–2002	18.0
Whit Merrifield	drafted 2010	2016–2022	17.5
Christian Walker	drafted 2012	2014–2022	16.6
Jackie Bradley	2009–2011	2013–2022	16.5
Adam Everett	1997–1998	2001–2011	12.5
Doc McJames	1892–1893	1895–1901	11.5
Jordan Montgomery	drafted 2014	2017–2022	11.1
Steve Pearce	2004–2005	2007–2019	10.3
Lonnie Chisenhall	2007	2011–2018	9.2
Justin Smoak	2006–2008	2010–2020	6.9
Ed Lynch	1974–1977	1980–1987	6.4
Sam Dyson	2008–2010	2012–2019	5.8
Clarke Schmidt	drafted 2017	2020–2022	4.8
Randy Martz	1977	1980–1983	3.8
Bill Landrum	1978–1980	1986–1993	3.4
Syd Smith	1902–1903	1908–1915	1.6
Steven Tolleson	2003–2005	2010–2015	1.2
Jim Pankovits	1974–1976	1984–1990	1.1
Taylor Widener	drafted 2016	2020–2022	1.0
Kent Anderson	1982–1984	1989–1990	0.8
Brian Buscher	2002–2003	2007–2009	0.5
Heath Hembree	2008	2013–2022	0.5
Jon Coutlangus	2002–2003	2007	0.5
D. T. Cromer	1990–1992	2000–2001	0.4
Cody Morris	drafted 2018	2022	0.3
Landon Powell	2001–2004	2009–2011	0.3
Jim Stoops	1992–1995	1998	0.2
Lee Gronkiewicz	1999–2001	2007	0.1
Clise Dudley	1923–1924	1929–1933	0.0
Gary Lance	1969–1970	1977	0.0
Greg Keatley	1975–1976	1981	0.0
Kevin Melillo	2001–2004	2007	0.0
Roxy Snipes	1922–1923	1923	0.0
Hank Small	1972–1975	1978	-0.1
Marcus McBeth	1999–2001	2007	-0.1
Max Schrock	drafted 2015	2020–2022	-0.1
Brett Jodie	1996–1998	2001	-0.2
Dave Coble	1934	1939	-0.3
Drew Meyer	2000–2002	2006	-0.3
Mike Cook	1983–1985	1986–1993	-0.3
Jonah Bride	drafted 2018	2022	-0.4
Ed Chaplin	1912–1914	1920–1922	-0.5
Fritz Von Kolnitz	1912–1913	1914–1916	-0.5
James Darnell	2006–2008	2011–2012	-0.6
Jeff Twitty	1978–1979	1980	-0.6
Tripp Cromer	1987–1989	1993–2003	-0.6
Wil Crowe	drafted 2016–2017	2020–2022	-0.6
Jim Lewis	1976–1977	1979–1985	-0.7
Billy Buckner	2004	2007–2014	-1.0
Sumpter Clarke	1915–1918	1920–1924	-1.0
Tyler Webb	drafted 2013	2017–2021	-1.0
Don Gordon	1980–1982	1986–1988	-1.2
Michael Roth	2009–2012	2013–2016	-1.2
Garry Hancock	1975	1978–1984	-1.9
Brian Williams	1988–1990	1991–2000	-4.1
Brett Kerry	drafted 2021		—
Carlos Cortes	drafted 2018	2025	—
Carmen Mlodzinski	drafted 2020	2023	—
Cole Messina	drafted 2024		—
Daniel Lloyd	drafted 2021		—
Ethan Petry	drafted 2025		—
TJ Hopkins	drafted 2019	2023	—
Thomas Farr	drafted 2021		—

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