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Bowling Green, OH · 16 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
Orel Hershiser	1977–1979	1983–2000	55.9
Roger McDowell	1980–1982	1985–1996	9.9
Jon Berti	drafted 2011	2018–2022	8.6
Doug Bair	1970–1971	1976–1990	6.9
Burke Badenhop	2002–2005	2008–2015	4.1
Kip Young	1973–1976	1978–1979	2.8
Nolan Reimold	2003–2005	2009–2016	2.8
John Knox	1968–1970	1972–1975	0.0
Danny Godby	1966–1968	1974	-0.1
Larry Arndt	1982–1985	1989	-0.1
Scott Taylor	1986–1988	1992–1993	-0.3
Brian Koelling	1988–1991	1993	-0.4
Larry Owen	1974–1977	1981–1988	-0.5
Andy Tracy	1993–1996	2000–2009	-0.7
Jeff Jones	1977	1980–1984	-1.7
Nathan Archer	drafted 2024		—

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