Draft History

48 amateur drafts since 1965
5836 players drafted have made it to Major Leagues
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1978 Rule 5 Draft

Filters
Year
               
Wins Above Replacement
 
Player
To
From
Pos
  
12
4
1978
   Bobby Brown
LF
24.5
 
0.0
2.1
0.0
-0.2
12
4
1978
   Max Venable
LF
21.5
 
0.0
1.0
-1.0
-0.9
12
4
1978
   Mike Howard
RF
20.7
 
0.0
-0.1
-0.1
0.0
12
4
1978
   Ken Macha
3B
28.2
 
-0.4
-0.2
0.3
0.3
12
4
1978
   Jeff Schneider
RP
26.0
 
0.0
-0.2
-0.2
0.0
12
4
1978
   Dave Machemer
2B
27.5
 
0.1
-0.3
-0.3
-0.3
12
4
1978
   Ted Wilborn
CF
20.0
 
0.0
-0.8
-0.7
-0.7
12
4
1978
   Bob Davis
C
26.8
 
-0.8
-1.3
-1.2
-0.9
12
4
1978
   Lynn Jones
RF
25.9
 
0.0
-1.3
0.8
0.4

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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