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Peoria, IL · 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
Kirby Puckett	1981	1984–1995	51.1
Mike Tauchman	drafted 2013	2017–2021	8.4
Lee Handley	1933–1934	1936–1947	6.1
Bill Tuttle	1949–1951	1952–1963	5.4
Brian Shouse	1988–1990	1993–2009	5.3
Guy Hoffman	1975–1977	1979–1988	3.6
Bryan Rekar	1991–1993	1995–2002	1.9
Rob Scahill	2006–2009	2012–2018	0.8
Mike Grace	1989–1991	1995–1999	0.5
Roger Smithberg	1985–1987	1993–1994	0.3
Mike Dunne	1982–1984	1987–1992	0.1
Jim Lindeman	1981–1983	1986–1994	-0.1
Zach Monroe	1951–1952	1958–1959	-0.2
Gene Handley	1933–1935	1946–1947	-0.3
Jim Robertson	1948–1949	1954–1955	-0.9
Jacob Kisting	drafted 2024		—

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