Draft History

48 amateur drafts since 1965
5831 players drafted have made it to Major Leagues
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1944 Rule 5 Draft

Filters
Year
               
Wins Above Replacement
 
Player
To
From
Pos
 
11
1
1944
  Vance Dinges
1B
29.4
 
0.0
0.7
0.7
0.2
11
1
1944
  Mike Ulisney
Memphis
C
27.1
 
0.0
0.3
0.3
0.3
11
1
1944
  Ed Fernandes
C
26.6
 
-0.2
0.1
0.1
0.0
11
1
1944
  Slim Emmerich
SW
25.1
 
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.0
11
1
1944
  Manny Salvo
Oakland
SP
31.3
 
3.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
11
1
1944
  Tom Seats
San Francisco
SP
34.1
 
-0.4
-0.0
-0.0
-0.0
11
1
1944
  Loyd Christopher
Seattle
CF
24.8
 
0.0
-0.0
0.1
0.1
11
1
1944
  Roy Jarvis
C
18.4
 
-0.0
-0.2
-0.2
0.0
11
1
1944
  Walt Chipple
CF
26.1
 
0.0
-0.2
-0.2
-0.2
11
1
1944
  Len Rice
C
26.2
 
-0.1
-0.3
-0.3
-0.3
11
1
1944
  Billy Holm
C
32.3
 
-1.4
-0.3
-0.3
-0.3
11
1
1944
  Bill Ramsey
LF
24.0
 
0.0
-0.3
-0.3
-0.3
11
1
1944
  Danny Reynolds
SS
24.9
 
0.0
-0.5
-0.5
-0.5
11
1
1944
  Ed Wheeler
San Diego
3B
29.4
 
0.0
-0.5
-0.5
-0.5
11
1
1944
  Mayo Smith
LF
29.8
 
0.0
-0.7
-0.7
-0.7
11
1
1944
  Herb Crompton
C
33.0
 
0.0
-0.8
-0.8
-0.8
11
1
1944
  Howie Moss
3B
26.0
 
-0.4
-0.9
-0.2
0.0
11
1
1944
  Lee Pfund
SP
25.1
 
0.0
-1.2
-1.2
-1.2
11
1
1944
  Charlie Sproull
Milwaukee
SP
25.8
 
0.0
-1.7
-1.7
-1.7
11
1
1944
  Marino Pieretti
Portland
SP
24.1
 
0.0
-2.1
-1.8
-0.1

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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