Draft History

48 amateur drafts since 1965
5832 players drafted have made it to Major Leagues
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1916 Rule 5 Draft

Filters
Year
               
Wins Above Replacement
 
Player
To
From
Pos
 
9
15
1916
  Dutch Ruether
Spokane
SP
23.0
 
0.0
29.9
1.4
0.0
9
15
1916
  Jimmy Ring
Utica
SP
21.6
 
0.0
11.6
1.1
0.0
9
15
1916
  Hod Eller
Moline
SP
22.2
 
0.0
9.6
9.6
0.0
9
15
1916
  Rollie Naylor
McAlester
SP
24.6
 
0.0
8.1
8.1
0.0
9
19
1916
  Johnny Rawlings
Toledo
2B
24.1
 
-0.8
5.9
3.1
0.0
9
15
1916
  Win Noyes
Portland
SP
27.2
 
-0.7
1.2
1.3
0.0
9
15
1916
  Kewpie Pennington
Lawrence
RP
20.0
 
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.0
9
15
1916
  George Dickerson
Dothan
RP
23.8
 
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.0
9
15
1916
  Pete Bigler
Gettysburg
DH
23.8
 
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
9
15
1916
  Jack Snyder
Macon
C
29.9
 
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
9
15
1916
  Harry Wolfe
Duluth
SS
23.8
 
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
9
15
1916
  Tony DeFate
Topeka
3B
21.6
 
0.0
-0.1
0.0
0.0
9
15
1916
  Red Causey
Waco
SP
23.1
 
0.0
-0.2
0.2
0.0
9
15
1916
  Red Hill
Waco
RP
23.7
 
0.0
-0.2
-0.2
0.0
9
15
1916
  Mike Massey
New Orleans
2B
23.0
 
0.0
-0.3
-0.3
0.0
9
15
1916
  Billy Gleason
Lynn
2B
22.0
 
0.0
-0.4
-0.2
-0.0
9
15
1916
  Bunny Fabrique
Providence
SS
28.7
 
0.0
-0.4
-0.4
-0.0
9
15
1916
  Rube Schauer
Louisville
SP
25.5
 
-1.6
-0.9
-0.6
-0.3
9
15
1916
  Lee King
Wheeling
CF
23.7
 
0.0
-2.1
-0.9
-0.6

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

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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James