Draft History

48 amateur drafts since 1965
5866 players drafted have made it to Major Leagues
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1951 Rule 5 Draft

Filters
Year
               
Wins Above Replacement
 
Player
To
From
Pos
  
11
19
1951
   Hank Foiles
C
22.4
 
0.0
4.8
0.0
0.0
11
19
1951
   Clem Koshorek
SS
26.4
 
0.0
0.7
0.7
0.7
11
19
1951
   Joe Rossi
Portland
C
30.7
 
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.1
11
19
1951
   Nippy Jones
1B
26.4
 
-1.1
0.1
-0.3
-0.3
11
19
1951
   Harvey Gentry
DH
25.5
 
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
11
19
1951
   Alex Garbowski
Seattle
DH
26.4
 
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
11
19
1951
   Gene Mauch
2B
26.0
 
0.0
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
11
19
1951
   Kite Thomas
RF
28.6
 
0.0
-0.0
-0.1
0.5
11
19
1951
   Herb Gorman
DH
26.9
 
0.0
-0.0
-0.0
-0.0
11
19
1951
   Hal Bevan
3B
21.0
 
0.0
-0.1
-0.0
-0.1
11
19
1951
   Bud Hardin
SS
29.4
 
0.0
-0.1
-0.1
-0.1
11
19
1951
   Earl Harrist
Oakland
SW
32.2
 
0.3
-0.5
0.2
0.2
11
19
1951
   George Wilson
LF
26.2
 
0.0
-0.8
-0.1
-0.2
11
19
1951
   Duke Simpson
Buffalo
RP
24.2
 
0.0
-0.9
-0.9
0.0
11
19
1951
   George Schmees
CF
27.2
 
0.0
-1.8
-0.9
-1.8

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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.

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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