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Carbondale, IL · 27 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
Dave Stieb	1978	1979–1998	56.5
Steve Finley	1984–1987	1989–2007	44.3
Jerry Hairston	1996–1997	1998–2013	13.2
Jason Frasor	1996–1999	2004–2015	9.4
Jim Dwyer	1970–1971	1973–1990	6.4
Al Levine	1990–1991	1996–2005	5.9
Bill Stein	1969	1972–1985	5.4
Tom Timmermann	1960	1969–1974	5.0
Duane Kuiper	1971	1974–1985	4.0
George Vukovich	1975–1977	1980–1985	2.1
Dan Thomas	1971–1972	1976–1977	0.8
Skip Pitlock	1967–1969	1970–1975	0.8
Sean Bergman	1989–1991	1993–2000	0.6
Dewey Robinson	1975–1977	1979–1981	0.4
Joe Hall	1986–1988	1994–1997	0.2
Bill Lyons	1977–1980	1983–1984	0.0
Neil Fiala	1976–1977	1981	0.0
Ray Rippelmeyer	1952–1953	1962	0.0
Rich Hacker	1967	1971	0.0
Mike Rogodzinski	1968–1969	1973–1975	-0.2
Rickey Keeton	1976–1978	1980–1981	-0.2
Jim Adduci	1978–1980	1983–1989	-0.5
Mike Eden	1971–1972	1976–1978	-0.5
Joe Wallis	1972–1973	1975–1979	-0.9
Jim Panther	1966	1971–1973	-2.4
Justin Yeager	drafted 2019		—
Tristan Peters	drafted 2021	2025	—

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