Draft History

48 amateur drafts since 1965
5866 players drafted have made it to Major Leagues
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1959 Rule 5 Draft

Filters
Year
               
Wins Above Replacement
 
Player
To
From
Pos
  
11
30
1959
   Clay Dalrymple
C
23.0
 
0.0
16.8
15.2
0.6
11
30
1959
   Bob Johnson
2B
23.7
 
0.0
8.3
0.5
0.1
11
30
1959
   Don Lee
SP
25.8
 
-0.2
7.8
5.2
2.9
11
30
1959
   Steve Bilko
1B
31.0
 
2.0
2.9
-0.1
-0.1
11
30
1959
   Joey Amalfitano
Toronto
2B
25.9
 
-0.1
1.8
1.7
1.7
11
30
1959
   Bobby Malkmus
Denver
2B
28.4
 
-0.6
1.5
1.5
-0.0
11
30
1959
   Em Lindbeck
DH
24.3
 
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
11
30
1959
   Darrell Johnson
C
31.3
 
-0.5
-0.1
-0.0
-0.0
11
30
1959
   Harry Bright
1B
30.2
 
0.1
-0.2
-0.0
-0.1
11
30
1959
   Georges Maranda
SW
27.9
 
0.0
-0.5
-0.4
-0.4
11
30
1959
   Bob Oldis
C
31.9
 
-0.3
-0.5
-0.1
0.0

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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