Draft History

48 amateur drafts since 1965
5832 players drafted have made it to Major Leagues
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1961 Rule 5 Draft

Filters
Year
               
Wins Above Replacement
 
Player
To
From
Pos
 
11
27
1961
  Moe Drabowsky
SW
26.3
 
4.3
15.5
-0.2
-0.4
11
27
1961
  Don Rudolph
SP
30.3
 
0.7
2.2
0.0
1.9
11
27
1961
  Felix Torres
3B
29.6
 
0.0
2.0
2.0
0.2
11
27
1961
  Aubrey Gatewood
SP
23.0
 
0.0
1.7
0.0
0.0
11
27
1961
  Ken Hamlin
Toronto
SS
26.5
 
-2.7
1.2
1.2
0.0
11
27
1961
  Johnny Goryl
2B
28.1
 
0.6
1.0
1.0
0.2
11
27
1961
  Dean Stone
SP
31.2
 
-0.6
0.9
0.4
1.1
11
27
1961
  Bob Moorhead
SW
23.8
 
0.0
0.5
0.5
0.4
11
27
1961
  Bo Belinsky
SP
25.0
 
0.0
0.5
2.6
2.4
11
27
1961
  George Banks
LF
23.2
 
0.0
0.3
-0.1
0.2
11
27
1961
  John Anderson
RP
29.0
 
-0.7
0.2
0.2
0.2
11
27
1961
  Johnny Weekly
LF
24.5
 
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.2
11
27
1961
  Ray Rippelmeyer
RP
28.4
 
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
11
27
1961
  Billy Consolo
SS
27.3
 
-0.1
-0.0
0.0
-0.0
11
27
1961
  Marlan Coughtry
3B
27.2
 
-0.3
-0.1
-0.3
-0.1
11
27
1961
  Georges Maranda
SW
29.9
 
-0.4
-0.1
-0.1
-0.1
11
27
1961
  Ozzie Virgil
3B
29.5
 
-0.1
-0.4
-0.0
-0.0
11
27
1961
  Gino Cimoli
RF
31.9
 
2.5
-1.2
-0.1
0.1
11
27
1961
  Bill Short
SP
24.0
 
-0.2
-1.3
-0.0
-0.3

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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