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Springfield, MO · 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
Bill Mueller	1990–1993	1996–2006	23.8
Ryan Howard	1999–2001	2004–2016	14.4
Shaun Marcum	2002–2003	2005–2015	13.5
Brad Ziegler	2000–2003	2008–2018	13.1
Jake Burger	drafted 2017	2021–2022	6.4
Luke Voit	drafted 2013	2017–2022	5.6
Pierce Johnson	drafted 2012	2017–2022	3.9
Mark Bailey	1980–1982	1984–1992	2.5
Dylan Coleman	drafted 2018	2021–2022	1.0
Matt Palmer	2001–2002	2008–2012	0.6
Ross Detwiler	2005–2007	2007–2022	0.5
Bart Evans	1992	1998	0.2
Jason Hart	1996–1998	2002	0.1
Brett Sinkbeil	2004–2006	2010	-0.2
Buddy Baumann	drafted 2009	2016–2018	-0.3
John Rheinecker	2000–2001	2006–2007	-0.3
Jeff Gray	2001–2004	2008–2012	-0.4
Scott Bailes	1981	1986–1998	-0.6
Scott Carroll	drafted 2006–2007	2014–2016	-0.6
Matthew Cepicky	1997–1999	2002–2006	-1.0
Matt Hall	drafted 2015	2018–2020	-1.8
Mike Kickham	2010	2013–2021	-1.9
Drake Baldwin	drafted 2022	2025	—
Drew Millas	drafted 2019	2023	—
Eric Loomis	drafted 2024		—
Hayden Juenger	drafted 2021		—
Jake McCutcheon	drafted 2025		—
Nick Rodriguez	drafted 2025		—
Spencer Nivens	drafted 2023		—

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