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Queens, NY · 23 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
Frank Viola	1979–1981	1982–1996	47.1
John Franco	1979–1981	1984–2005	23.6
Rich Aurilia	1990–1992	1995–2009	18.1
Mike Proly	1971–1972	1976–1983	8.6
Joe Panik	drafted 2011	2014–2021	5.5
Anthony Varvaro	2003–2005	2010–2015	1.8
Larry Bearnarth	1960–1962	1963–1971	0.6
Cody Stashak	drafted 2015	2019–2022	0.4
Frank Schwindel	drafted 2013	2019–2022	0.2
Terry Bross	1987	1991–1993	0.2
Scott Barnes	2006–2008	2012–2013	0.1
Ted Schreiber	1958	1963	0.1
Danny Burawa	drafted 2010	2015	0.0
Mickey Rutner	1939–1941	1947	-0.1
Gavin Hollowell	drafted 2019	2022	-0.2
Scott Ullger	1976–1977	1983	-0.5
Wayne Rosenthal	1983–1986	1991–1992	-0.5
Steve Ratzer	1972–1975	1980–1981	-0.9
C. J. Nitkowski	1993–1994	1995–2005	-1.0
Matt Carasiti	drafted 2012	2016–2019	-1.3
Craig Hansen	2003–2005	2005–2009	-2.0
Joe La Sorsa	drafted 2019	2023	—
Matt Galante	1965–1966		—

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