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Hattiesburg, MS · 29 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 Dozier	2006–2009	2012–2020	24.3
Jim Davenport	1952–1954	1958–1970	18.1
Chad Bradford	1996	1998–2009	10.0
Pat Rapp	1988–1989	1992–2001	9.0
Kevin Young	1990	1992–2003	6.0
Matt Wallner	drafted 2019	2022	3.3
Bubba Phillips	1947–1948	1955–1964	3.1
Nick Sandlin	drafted 2018	2021–2022	1.4
Fred Waters	1947–1948	1955–1956	1.2
John Bale	1995–1996	1999–2009	0.9
Jarrett Hoffpauir	2002–2004	2009–2010	0.3
Frank Baker	1965–1967	1970–1974	0.0
Mickey Harrington	1952–1955	1963	0.0
Scott Copeland	drafted 2010	2015–2018	-0.1
Tommy Davis	1992–1994	1999	-0.1
Brent Leach	2002–2003	2009	-0.2
Kirk McCarty	drafted 2017	2022	-0.3
Cody Carroll	drafted 2015	2018–2020	-1.0
Chuckie Robinson	drafted 2016	2022	-1.3
Bill Selby	1991–1992	1996–2003	-1.4
Bob McCrory	2001–2003	2008–2009	-1.4
Laurin Pepper	1953–1954	1954–1957	-2.4
Dalton McIntyre	drafted 2024		—
Dustin Dickerson	drafted 2023		—
Hunter Stanley	drafted 2021		—
Matthew Etzel	drafted 2023		—
Nick Monistere	drafted 2025		—
Reed Trimble	drafted 2021		—
Ryan Och	drafted 2021		—

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