Draft History

48 amateur drafts since 1965
5832 players drafted have made it to Major Leagues
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1988 Rule 5 Draft

Filters
Year
               
Wins Above Replacement
 
Player
To
From
Pos
 
12
5
1988
  Geronimo Berroa
RF
23.7
 
0.0
7.5
0.8
0.9
12
5
1988
  Rich Amaral
2B
26.7
 
0.0
5.1
0.0
0.0
12
5
1988
  Gary Wayne
RP
26.0
 
0.0
2.5
2.6
1.4
12
5
1988
  Jeff Tabaka
RP
24.9
 
0.0
0.9
0.0
0.0
12
5
1988
  Efrain Valdez
RP
22.4
 
0.0
0.7
0.6
0.0
12
5
1988
  Dave Stapleton
RP
27.1
 
0.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
12
5
1988
  Matt Stark
C
23.9
 
-0.4
-0.1
0.0
0.0
12
5
1988
  Jose Mota
2B
23.7
 
0.0
-0.4
0.0
0.0
12
5
1988
  Marcus Lawton
LF
23.3
 
0.0
-0.5
0.0
-0.5
12
5
1988
  Darrel Akerfelds
RP
26.5
 
-0.7
-0.7
-0.0
-0.0
12
5
1988
  Mike Smith
RP
25.1
 
0.0
-1.3
-1.3
-1.2
12
5
1988
  Eric Yelding
CF
23.8
 
0.0
-1.7
0.1
-0.4

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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