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Draft History

48 amateur drafts since 1965
5866 players drafted have made it to Major Leagues

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1968 Expansion Draft

						Wins Above Replacement
Pick	Player	From	To	Pos	Age	Before	After	Org	1stYr
1	Roger Nelson	BAL	KCA	SP	24.4	1.1	8.7	7.9	3.6
2	Don Mincher	CAL	SE1	1B	30.3	13.3	9.7	2.5	2.5
3	Tommy Harper	CLE	SE1	LF	28.0	10.4	15.5	8.7	0.4
4	Joe Foy	BOS	KCA	3B	25.7	8.5	4.5	1.6	1.6
5	Ray Oyler	DET	SE1	SS	30.2	1.3	-1.3	-0.8	-0.8
6	Jim Rooker	NYA	KCA	SP	26.1	-0.0	19.9	2.7	2.3
7	Jerry McNertney	CHA	SE1	C	32.2	1.7	2.3	1.6	1.5
8	Joe Keough	OAK	KCA	RF	22.8	0.3	-0.0	0.1	-0.9
9	Buzz Stephen	MIN	SE1	SP	24.3	-0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
10	Steve Jones	WS2	KCA	SW	27.5	-0.6	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1
11	Chico Salmon	CLE	SE1	2B	27.9	1.3	-0.2	0.0	0.5
12	Jon Warden	DET	KCA	RP	22.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
13	Ellie Rodriguez	NYA	KCA	C	22.4	0.2	13.3	0.3	0.8
14	Diego Segui	OAK	SE1	SW	31.2	5.8	7.0	2.6	2.6
15	Dave Morehead	BOS	KCA	SP	26.1	2.7	0.1	0.1	-0.3
16	Tommy Davis	CHA	SE1	LF	29.6	18.1	2.4	-0.7	-0.9
17	Mike Fiore	BAL	KCA	1B	24.0	-0.2	1.6	2.5	2.9
18	Marty Pattin	CAL	SE1	SP	25.5	1.0	19.4	6.7	-1.1
19	Bob Oliver	MIN	KCA	1B	25.7	0.1	4.1	1.6	-0.5
20	Gerry Schoen	WS2	SE1	SP	21.8	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
21	Gary Bell	BOS	SE1	SP	31.9	16.6	-0.4	0.1	-0.4
22	Bill Butler	DET	KCA	SP	21.6	0.0	1.9	2.5	1.2
23	Steve Whitaker	NYA	KCA	RF	25.4	0.3	-0.3	0.0	0.3
24	Jack Aker	OAK	SE1	RP	28.3	2.9	5.3	-0.6	1.4
25	Wally Bunker	BAL	KCA	SP	23.7	2.4	4.6	4.6	4.2
26	Rich Rollins	MIN	SE1	3B	30.5	11.9	0.0	0.1	0.0
27	Paul Schaal	CAL	KCA	3B	25.6	5.3	9.3	9.9	0.4
28	Lou Piniella	CLE	SE1	LF	25.1	-0.0	12.5	0.0	2.1
30	Dick Bates	WS2	SE1	RP	23.0	0.0	-0.2	-0.2	-0.2
31	Dick Drago	DET	KCA	SP	23.3	0.0	19.4	12.3	1.5
32	Larry Haney	BAL	SE1	C	25.9	0.9	-0.7	-0.7	-0.2
33	Dick Baney	BOS	SE1	RP	22.0	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.4
34	Pat Kelly	MIN	KCA	RF	24.2	-0.2	11.9	3.5	2.4
35	Steve Hovley	CAL	SE1	RF	23.8	0.0	1.7	1.7	1.4
36	Billy Harris	CLE	KCA	2B	24.9	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
37	Steve Barber	NYA	SE1	SP	30.6	15.8	1.6	0.3	0.3
38	Don O'Riley	OAK	KCA	SW	23.6	0.0	-1.6	-1.6	-1.4
40	Al Fitzmorris	CHA	KCA	SP	22.6	0.0	16.6	16.2	0.0
41	Wayne Comer	DET	SE1	CF	24.7	-0.6	2.8	2.9	3.2
42	Moe Drabowsky	BAL	KCA	SW	33.2	14.4	5.4	4.0	3.1
43	Jackie Hernandez	MIN	KCA	SS	28.1	-1.1	-2.9	-2.0	-1.2
44	Bucky Brandon	BOS	SE1	SW	28.3	1.5	-1.2	-0.5	-0.7
45	Mike Hedlund	CLE	KCA	SP	22.2	-0.2	3.4	3.4	1.8
46	Skip Lockwood	OAK	SE1	RP	22.2	-0.2	11.2	3.8	0.4
47	Tom Burgmeier	CAL	KCA	RP	25.2	-1.3	18.9	2.3	-0.2
48	Gary Timberlake	NYA	SE1	SP	20.2	0.0	-0.3	-0.3	-0.3
49	Hoyt Wilhelm	CHA	KCA	RP	46.2	43.6	3.7	0.0	1.8
51	Jerry Adair	BOS	KCA	2B	31.8	9.4	-1.0	-1.0	-0.6
52	John Morris	BAL	SE1	RP	27.1	-0.1	0.4	0.6	-0.1
53	Mike Marshall	DET	SE1	RP	25.8	1.3	17.4	0.3	0.3
54	Jerry Cram	MIN	KCA	RP	20.8	0.0	1.0	0.1	0.1
55	Jim Gosger	OAK	SE1	CF	25.9	3.6	-1.2	-0.1	-0.2
56	Fran Healy	CLE	KCA	C	22.1	0.0	6.6	4.9	0.1
57	Mike Ferraro	NYA	SE1	3B	24.2	0.2	-0.7	-0.7	-0.1
58	Scott Northey	CHA	KCA	CF	22.0	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.3
60	Ike Brookens	WS2	KCA	RP	19.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James