Draft History

48 amateur drafts since 1965
5832 players drafted have made it to Major Leagues
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History of the Amateur Draft

Filters
Outcome
Draft
Phase
       
Career Total
               
     
Tm
 
 
2
 
-0.1
1.8
-0.2
  Steven Rodriguez
LAN
0.5
2
 
0.5
 
11
 
1.9
16.0
3.3
  Cody Allen
CLE
0.7
23
 
0.7
 
30
 
47.9
194.1
83.9
  Chris Sale
CHA
12.2
1 (13)
 
13.2
 
63
 
77.5
482.0
171.1
  Mike Trout
LAA
12.9
1 (25)
 
13.5
 
133
 
98.9
978.0
211.6
  Buster Posey
SFN
14.1
1 (5)
 
18.2
 
129
 
159.9
1158.4
278.2
  David Price
TBA
15.2
1 (1)
 
18.8
 
154
 
301.6
2008.3
630.4
  Evan Longoria
TBA
32.4
1 (3)
 
41.9
 
145
 
443.7
2886.1
814.3
  Ryan Braun
MIL
35.1
1 (5)
 
45.0
 
157
 
382.3
2730.3
781.6
  Justin Verlander
DET
37.0
1 (2)
 
51.2
 
144
 
478.7
3343.9
972.3
  Ian Kinsler
TEX
31.7
17
 
58.0
 
151
 
585.6
3956.2
1236.5
  Curtis Granderson
DET
34.0
3
 
45.5
 
140
 
510.5
3824.7
1028.3
  Mark Teixeira
TEX
47.8
1 (5)
 
60.2
 
151
 
579.6
3947.4
1265.1
  Chase Utley
PHI
56.1
1 (15)
 
90.4
 
147
 
769.8
4882.4
1567.4
  Albert Pujols
SLN
92.0
13
 
122.6
 
144
 
670.5
4882.7
1250.4
  C.C. Sabathia
CLE
56.0
1 (20)
 
81.7
 
138
 
535.4
4017.6
1129.9
  Tim Hudson
OAK
55.8
6
 
91.4
 
153
 
619.4
4535.3
1168.2
  Roy Oswalt
HOU
51.0
23
 
65.8
 
139
 
651.1
4529.8
1380.9
  Carlos Beltran
KCA
65.8
2
 
76.9
 
143
 
475.4
4173.5
949.6
  Javier Vazquez
MON
46.0
5
 
59.0
 
160
 
659.4
4845.2
1435.0
  Alex Rodriguez
SEA
115.5
1 (1)
 
114.6
 
158
 
569.2
4717.3
1147.7
  Derek Jeter
NYA
72.3
1 (6)
 
86.1
 
160
 
741.0
5882.6
1481.0
  Manny Ramirez
CLE
69.1
1 (13)
 
109.1
 
174
 
753.0
5666.2
1556.5
  Chipper Jones
ATL
85.2
1 (1)
 
128.4
 
135
 
879.8
6313.6
2263.0
  Jeff Bagwell
BOS
79.5
4
 
152.9
 
148
 
806.1
5933.3
1611.2
  Kenny Lofton
HOU
68.1
17
 
121.5
 
165
 
857.4
6481.4
1801.0
  Ken Griffey
SEA
83.7
1 (1)
 
98.0
 
169
 
947.3
6757.2
2047.0
  Curt Schilling
BOS
79.9
2
 
110.6
 
129
 
1094.7
6643.8
2557.2
  Barry Bonds
PIT
162.5
1 (6)
 
162.8
 
112
 
765.4
5018.5
1798.5
  Greg Maddux
CHN
106.8
2
 
160.1
 
114
 
664.8
4670.5
1443.9
  Roger Clemens
BOS
140.3
1 (19)
 
188.7
 
123
 
853.4
5815.5
1835.8
  Bret Saberhagen
KCA
59.2
19
 
105.6
 
119
 
964.2
6190.3
2026.8
  Tony Gwynn
SDN
68.9
3
 
125.8
 
121
 
415.8
3709.6
928.3
  Darryl Strawberry
NYN
42.0
1 (1)
 
70.6
 
119
 
753.2
5207.4
1421.9
  Orel Hershiser
LAN
56.8
17
 
87.7
 
123
 
836.4
5816.6
1791.0
  Cal Ripken
BAL
95.6
2
 
128.5
 
109
 
752.2
5125.8
1618.5
  Ozzie Smith
SDN
76.5
4
 
119.8
 
132
 
830.9
5448.8
1864.1
  Rickey Henderson
OAK
110.7
4
 
167.7
 
94
 
458.1
3573.2
920.1
  Lou Whitaker
DET
74.8
5
 
130.6
 
107
 
606.5
4287.5
1093.7
  Dale Murphy
ATL
46.3
1 (5)
 
76.2
 
88
 
660.1
4728.6
1458.9
  Robin Yount
ML4
77.1
1 (3)
 
95.1
 
99
 
666.4
4522.1
1348.2
  Gary Carter
MON
69.8
3
 
110.2
 
100
 
793.6
5044.5
1648.2
  Mike Schmidt
PHI
106.5
2
 
116.7
 
106
 
681.0
5235.6
1375.4
  Rick Reuschel
CHN
70.1
3
 
86.4
 
107
 
677.2
5113.9
1358.0
  Bert Blyleven
MIN
95.3
3
 
96.1
 
106
 
810.7
6152.3
1953.8
  Ron Cey
LAN
53.3
3
 
233.7
 
106
 
713.1
5146.7
1647.9
  Bobby Grich
BAL
71.0
1 (19)
 
101.2
 
90
 
478.2
3840.5
1074.3
  Reggie Jackson
KC1
74.0
1 (2)
 
100.8
 
85
 
736.3
4741.2
1619.3
  Nolan Ryan
NYN
81.9
12
 
141.4

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