Draft History

48 amateur drafts since 1965
5832 players drafted have made it to Major Leagues
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1997 Expansion Draft

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Team
               
Wins Above Replacement
 
Player
From
Pos
 
1
  Tony Saunders
FLO
SP
23.6
 
0.2
2.6
2.6
3.2
2
  Brian Anderson
CLE
SP
25.6
 
2.1
8.3
7.2
1.1
3
  Jeff Suppan
BOS
SP
22.9
 
-0.3
17.7
-1.2
-0.5
4
  Quinton McCracken
COL
CF
27.7
 
0.4
0.1
0.6
2.1
5
  Gabe Alvarez
SDN
3B
23.7
 
0.0
-1.4
0.0
-1.0
6
  Bobby Abreu
HOU
RF
23.7
 
0.4
60.0
0.0
6.4
7
  Jorge Fabregas
CHA
C
27.7
 
-0.8
-1.3
0.1
-0.3
8
  Miguel Cairo
CHN
2B
23.5
 
0.2
7.6
3.7
3.2
9
  Karim Garcia
LAN
RF
22.1
 
-1.0
-2.3
-1.5
-1.5
10
  Rich Butler
TOR
LF
24.5
 
0.1
-0.3
-0.3
-0.1
11
  Edwin Diaz
TEX
2B
22.8
 
0.0
-0.2
-0.2
-0.4
12
  Bobby Smith
ATL
3B
23.5
 
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.2
13
  Cory Lidle
NYN
SP
25.7
 
0.3
10.3
0.0
0.0
14
  Jason Johnson
PIT
SP
24.1
 
-0.0
4.6
0.0
0.0
15
  Joel Adamson
MIL
SW
26.4
 
0.7
-0.5
-0.5
-0.5
16
  Dmitri Young
CIN
1B
24.1
 
0.0
12.1
0.0
1.6
17
  Ben Ford
NYA
RP
22.3
 
0.0
-1.0
-0.5
-0.5
18
  Esteban Yan
BAL
RP
22.4
 
-0.8
2.0
2.0
0.9
19
  Yamil Benitez
KCA
LF
25.1
 
0.4
-1.0
-1.0
-1.0
20
  Mike Difelice
SLN
C
28.5
 
-0.2
0.7
1.4
-0.0
21
  Neil Weber
MON
RP
24.9
 
0.0
-0.1
-0.1
-0.1
22
  Bubba Trammell
DET
RF
26.0
 
-0.5
4.7
2.8
1.0
23
  Jason Boyd
PHI
RP
24.7
 
0.0
-1.4
0.0
0.0
24
  Andy Sheets
SEA
SS
26.0
 
-0.1
-1.5
-0.4
0.3
25
  Brent Brede
MIN
RF
26.2
 
0.2
-1.9
-1.9
-1.9
26
  Dennis Springer
ANA
SP
32.8
 
1.2
-0.5
-0.3
-0.3
27
  Tony Batista
OAK
3B
23.9
 
1.0
12.8
2.9
2.7
28
  Dan Carlson
SFN
RP
27.8
 
-0.3
-0.5
-0.3
-0.3
29
  Tom Martin
HOU
RP
27.5
 
1.6
-1.2
0.0
-1.1
30
  Brian Boehringer
NYA
RP
28.9
 
0.8
3.1
0.0
0.4
31
  Omar Daal
TOR
SP
25.7
 
-1.1
9.9
7.5
4.1
32
  Mike Duvall
FLO
RP
23.1
 
0.0
0.6
0.7
-0.0
33
  Scott Winchester
CIN
SW
24.6
 
-0.1
-1.2
0.0
-0.9
34
  John Leroy
ATL
RP
22.6
 
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
35
  Clint Sodowsky
PIT
RP
25.3
 
0.2
-1.7
-1.1
-1.1
36
  Jim Mecir
BOS
RP
27.5
 
0.3
7.8
4.2
1.9
37
  Danny Klassen
MIL
3B
22.2
 
0.0
-1.2
-1.1
-0.9
38
  Bryan Rekar
COL
SP
25.5
 
-0.2
2.1
2.5
-0.0
40
  Rick Gorecki
LAN
SP
24.2
 
-0.4
0.2
0.2
0.2
41
  Todd Erdos
SDN
RP
24.0
 
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
-0.0
42
  Ramon Tatis
CHN
RP
24.5
 
-0.5
-0.8
-0.8
-0.8
43
  Chris Clemons
CHA
SP
25.0
 
-0.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
44
  Kerry Robinson
SLN
LF
24.1
 
0.0
-0.4
-0.1
-0.1
45
  David Dellucci
BAL
LF
24.0
 
0.3
2.4
0.1
-0.6
46
  Steve Cox
OAK
1B
23.0
 
0.0
1.7
1.7
0.0
47
  Damian Miller
MIN
C
28.1
 
-0.1
9.1
6.0
0.6
48
  Albie Lopez
CLE
SP
26.3
 
-0.6
4.4
4.7
1.5
49
  Hector Carrasco
KCA
RP
28.1
 
2.4
7.0
0.0
1.5
50
  Jose Paniagua
MON
RP
24.2
 
-0.5
3.3
0.0
0.9
51
  Hanley Frias
TEX
SS
24.0
 
-0.3
-0.1
-0.1
-0.2
52
  Carlos Mendoza
NYN
CF
23.0
 
0.2
-0.4
0.0
0.0
53
  Bob Wolcott
SEA
SP
24.2
 
-0.1
-0.8
-0.6
-0.6
54
  Ryan Karp
PHI
RP
27.6
 
-0.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
55
  Mike Bell
ANA
3B
22.9
 
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.0
57
  Joe Randa
PIT
3B
27.9
 
4.2
17.0
0.0
1.8
58
  Randy Winn
FLO
CF
23.4
 
0.0
27.6
7.3
0.6
60
  Terrell Wade
ATL
SW
24.8
 
0.8
0.1
0.1
0.1
61
  Russ Springer
HOU
RP
29.0
 
-1.2
4.3
-0.1
0.1
62
  Aaron Ledesma
BAL
SS
26.5
 
1.0
1.6
1.8
1.9
63
  Bryan Corey
DET
RP
24.1
 
0.0
-0.0
-0.1
-0.1
64
  Brooks Kieschnick
CHN
RP
25.4
 
-0.2
2.4
0.0
0.0
65
  Kelly Stinnett
MIL
C
27.8
 
-0.3
2.1
2.6
1.6
67
  Chuck McElroy
CHA
RP
30.1
 
5.4
3.6
0.0
3.0
68
  Herb Perry
CLE
3B
28.2
 
0.5
4.7
-0.3
0.0
69
  Marty Janzen
TOR
RP
24.5
 
-0.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
70
  Vaughn Eshelman
OAK
SP
28.5
 
-1.1
0.0
0.0
0.0

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