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BEST PLAYER BY PAC-12 SCHOOL

ARIZONA

Terry Francona, OF

Arizona’s best big league alumnus, Kenny Lofton, played a lot more basketball (and appeared in a Final Four) than baseball in college. Francona starred for the 1980 national champs, batting .401 with 84 RBIs and 105 hits en route to the Golden Spikes Award and was College World Series MOP. He ranks in the top 10 all-time for the Wildcats in hits, doubles, RBIs and total bases, always ranking behind four-year players. He signed as a junior and first-round pick in 1980, reaching the majors in less than 15 months. He hit .274 in an injury-riddled career before a decorated managerial career that includes two World Series championships with the Red Sox (2004, 2007), 1,950 wins and three Manager

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