Draft History

48 amateur drafts since 1965
5829 players drafted have made it to Major Leagues
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1896 Rule 5 Draft

Filters
Year
               
Wins Above Replacement
 
Player
To
From
Pos
  
9
26
1896
   Jesse Tannehill
Richmond
SP
22.2
 
-0.3
49.0
31.7
0.0
9
1
1896
   Chick Stahl
Buffalo
CF
23.6
 
0.0
31.7
13.6
0.0
1
1
1896
   Willard Mains
Lewiston
SP
27.5
 
2.8
-0.1
-0.1
-0.1

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Wins Above Replacement data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com.

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

The transaction and player splits data used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
Images can also be viewed at the Hall of Fame online exhibit Dressed to the Nines

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