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										Career Total				Total With Team
Rnd	Pick		Player	Tm	Pos	Age	Draft	Phase	Notes	WAR	WS	WSAB		WAR	WS	WSAB
1	1		Dave Roberts	SDN	3B	21.3	Jun	Reg		0.4	45.9	-0.4		0.3	38.0	0.9
1	2		Rick Manning	CLE	CF	17.8	Jun	Reg		11.6	116.4	0.9		11.5	94.8	6.6
1	3		Larry Christenson	PHI	SP	18.6	Jun	Reg		10.6	78.3	33.8		10.6	78.3	33.8
1	4		Roy Howell	TEX	3B	18.5	Jun	Reg		10.9	90.5	13.4		1.4	21.6	1.7
1	6		Dan Thomas	ML4	LF	21.1	Jun	Reg		0.8	6.6	3.2		0.8	6.6	3.2
1	8		Dick Ruthven	MIN	SP	21.2	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	18.6	100.2	32.8		0.0	0.0	0.0
1	10		Dave Chalk	CAL	3B	21.8	Jun	Reg		8.5	66.4	-3.1		10.1	59.3	0.1
1	11		Preston Hanna	ATL	SW	17.7	Jun	Reg		1.8	16.5	-1.6		2.2	16.5	0.8
1	14		Scott McGregor	NYA	SP	18.4	Jun	Reg		20.4	121.1	53.3		0.0	0.0	0.0
1	18		Jamie Quirk	KCA	C	17.6	Jun	Reg		0.8	46.3	-5.7		1.5	29.3	-2.6
1	19		Rob Dressler	SFN	SP	18.3	Jun	Reg		2.5	16.5	2.7		-0.0	3.7	-0.6
1	20		Jerry Manuel	DET	2B	18.5	Jun	Reg		-0.6	3.1	-0.3		-0.7	0.8	-0.9
1	21		Dan Larson	SLN	SP	17.9	Jun	Reg		-0.7	9.3	-2.0		0.0	0.0	0.0
1	22		Chet Lemon	OAK	CF	17.3	Jun	Reg		55.3	262.2	109.7		0.0	0.0	0.0
2			Bruce Bochte	CAL	1B	21.6	Jun	Reg		19.2	159.0	58.0		3.5	35.5	13.0
2			John Candelaria	PIT	SP	18.6	Jun	Reg		42.4	177.4	93.7		34.2	132.6	72.4
2			Ken Clay	NYA	SP	18.2	Jun	Reg		-1.2	8.2	-5.4		-1.5	4.8	-4.1
2			Steve Dillard	BOS	2B	21.3	Jun	Reg		-1.3	19.8	-4.3		-0.3	6.5	-0.8
2			Bob Knepper	SFN	SP	18.0	Jun	Reg		22.1	126.6	42.3		11.5	50.2	19.8
2			Dennis Leonard	KCA	SP	21.1	Jun	Reg		26.3	130.3	62.7		26.3	130.3	62.7
2			Ron Pruitt	TEX	RF	20.6	Jun	Reg		-0.1	20.1	3.2		-0.1	0.2	-0.2
2			Tom Underwood	PHI	SP	18.5	Jun	Reg		10.5	85.9	28.6		0.6	20.6	5.8
2			Ellis Valentine	MON	RF	17.9	Jun	Reg		16.9	92.6	29.4		16.7	79.3	31.8
3			Gary Carter	MON	C	18.2	Jun	Reg		69.8	344.0	136.3		55.5	247.6	108.8
3			Bob Detherage	LAN	RF	17.7	Jun	Reg		-0.1	1.0	0.5		0.0	0.0	0.0
3			Dennis Eckersley	CLE	SW	17.7	Jun	Reg		63.0	298.0	175.9		13.4	45.6	26.0
3			Jim Gideon	DET	SP	18.7	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-0.2	0.0	-0.2		0.0	0.0	0.0
3			Mike Gordon	CHN	C	18.7	Jun	Reg		-0.6	0.5	-0.3		-0.6	0.5	-0.3
3			Willie Norwood	MIN	LF	21.6	Jun	Reg		-1.3	11.7	-5.2		-1.3	11.7	-5.2
3			John Poloni	PIT	SP	18.3	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-0.1	0.2	-0.1		0.0	0.0	0.0
3			Craig Swan	NYN	SP	21.5	Jun	Reg		12.7	60.2	20.0		12.9	60.2	20.2
4			Brian Doyle	TEX	2B	17.4	Jun	Reg		-1.1	2.8	-2.2		0.0	0.0	0.0
4			Tim Jones	PIT	SP	18.4	Jun	Reg		0.5	1.7	1.4		0.5	1.7	1.4
4			Mickey Klutts	NYA	3B	17.7	Jun	Reg		0.2	13.0	1.4		0.5	1.7	1.2
4			Dave Machemer	CAL	2B	21.0	Jun	Reg		-0.1	1.2	-0.0		0.1	0.8	0.3
4			Dan Meyer	DET	1B	19.8	Jun	Reg		-6.5	61.1	-7.9		-2.0	8.9	-5.9
4			Andy Replogle	NYN	SP	18.7	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	0.6	7.4	1.6		0.0	0.0	0.0
4			Bruce Robinson	CHA	C	18.1	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-0.4	2.4	-0.1		0.0	0.0	0.0
5			Dennis Blair	MON	SP	18.0	Jun	Reg		3.4	19.7	8.4		3.7	19.7	9.0
5			Darryl Jones	NYA	DH	21.0	Jun	Reg		-0.0	0.7	-0.0		-0.0	0.7	-0.0
5			Randy Jones	SDN	SP	22.4	Jun	Reg		18.1	102.3	39.8		20.1	100.2	43.1
5			Randy McGilberry	NYN	RP	18.6	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-0.5	0.5	-1.2		0.0	0.0	0.0
5			Rich Wortham	TEX	SP	18.6	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-0.5	11.5	-0.8		0.0	0.0	0.0
6			Don Aase	BOS	RP	17.7	Jun	Reg		15.3	81.7	34.0		2.4	8.5	5.6
6			Doug Clarey	MIN	2B	18.1	Jun	Reg		-0.0	0.3	0.2		0.0	0.0	0.0
6			George Enright	CHA	C	18.1	Jun	Reg		-0.1	0.0	-0.0		-0.1	0.0	-0.0
6			Ken Macha	PIT	3B	21.7	Jun	Reg		-0.7	6.4	-1.9		-0.4	2.3	-1.0
6			Bill Nahorodny	PHI	C	18.8	Jun	Reg		0.2	18.3	-2.8		-0.0	0.1	-0.0
6			Brock Pemberton	NYN	1B	18.6	Jun	Reg		-0.4	0.1	-0.3		-0.4	0.1	-0.3
6			Buddy Schultz	CHN	RP	21.7	Jun	Reg		1.3	16.4	4.6		-1.0	0.2	-1.2
7			Brian Asselstine	SFN	CF	18.7	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-1.2	10.5	-1.4		0.0	0.0	0.0
7			Randy Bass	MIN	1B	18.2	Jun	Reg		-1.1	4.6	-1.5		-0.4	0.0	-0.3
7			Willie Randolph	PIT	2B	17.9	Jun	Reg		65.6	305.3	108.1		-0.4	0.7	-0.7
8			Wayne Krenchicki	PHI	3B	17.7	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	3.8	29.2	5.5		0.0	0.0	0.0
8			Mike Overy	CHA	RP	21.4	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-0.3	0.0	-0.4		0.0	0.0	0.0
8			Ken Phelps	ATL	DH	17.8	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	9.5	70.8	37.3		0.0	0.0	0.0
8			Jim Sundberg	TEX	C	21.1	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	40.3	205.3	44.3		34.6	162.6	36.9
9			Mike Armstrong	CLE	RP	18.2	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	1.5	20.9	2.0		-0.7	0.0	-1.0
9			Craig Cacek	NYN	1B	17.7	Jun	Reg		-0.5	0.1	-0.3		0.0	0.0	0.0
9			Dave Heaverlo	SDN	RP	21.8	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	7.6	40.9	12.8		0.0	0.0	0.0
9			Dennis Littlejohn	OAK	C	17.7	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-0.3	4.1	-2.3		0.0	0.0	0.0
9			Mike Proly	SLN	RP	21.5	Jun	Reg		8.5	40.8	13.9		-0.1	0.8	-0.0
10			Andy Merchant	BOS	C	21.8	Jun	Reg		0.1	0.4	0.3		0.1	0.4	0.3
10			Pete Redfern	CLE	SP	17.8	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	1.6	31.1	7.2		0.0	0.0	0.0
10			Leon Roberts	DET	RF	21.4	Jun	Reg		12.0	77.7	23.5		1.3	9.7	-0.2
10			Dave Stegman	MIN	CF	18.4	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-0.1	4.9	-2.2		0.0	0.0	0.0
10			Jerry Turner	SDN	LF	18.4	Jun	Reg		4.2	45.2	11.5		4.6	42.1	12.1
11			Bobby Brown	BAL	LF	18.0	Jun	Reg		2.1	30.7	4.4		0.0	0.0	0.0
11			Mike Hart	MON	CF	20.5	Jun	Reg		-0.1	0.1	-0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0
11			Bo McLaughlin	TEX	SW	18.6	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-3.0	9.4	-4.3		0.0	0.0	0.0
11			Rodney Scott	KCA	2B	18.6	Jun	Reg		4.0	52.5	-1.4		-0.3	0.2	-0.3
12			Chris Batton	OAK	SP	17.8	Jun	Reg		-0.2	0.0	-0.1		-0.2	0.0	-0.1
12			Rusty Gerhardt	SDN	RP	21.8	Jun	Reg		-0.7	0.0	-1.6		-0.7	0.0	-1.6
12			Roy Lee Jackson	HOU	RP	18.1	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	5.6	44.2	15.9		0.0	0.0	0.0
12			Donnie Moore	BOS	RP	18.3	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	7.0	63.6	28.4		0.0	0.0	0.0
12			Bill Paschall	CAL	RP	18.1	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	0.0	0.8	-0.4		0.0	0.0	0.0
13			Pete Falcone	MIN	SP	18.7	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	8.9	59.6	11.2		0.0	0.0	0.0
13			George Frazier	TEX	RP	17.6	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	3.0	38.1	1.1		0.0	0.0	0.0
13			Orlando Gonzalez	SFN	1B	20.6	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-0.1	1.2	-1.8		0.0	0.0	0.0
14			Jim Crawford	HOU	RP	21.7	Jun	Reg		-2.6	14.7	-4.4		-0.5	6.8	-0.7
14			Rick Honeycutt	BAL	SP	17.9	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	22.3	132.1	51.7		0.0	0.0	0.0
14			Gilberto Rondon	TEX	RP	18.6	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-0.7	0.5	-2.0		0.0	0.0	0.0
14			Lenn Sakata	SFN	2B	18.0	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	4.1	28.9	-2.8		0.0	0.0	0.0
15			Roger Miller	ML4	RP	17.8	Jun	Reg		-0.1	0.0	-0.1		-0.1	0.0	-0.1
15			Bob Pate	OAK	RF	18.5	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-0.1	0.8	-0.2		0.0	0.0	0.0
15			Jason Thompson	LAN	1B	17.9	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	24.8	164.6	67.5		0.0	0.0	0.0
15			Ernie Whitt	BOS	C	20.0	Jun	Reg		18.5	128.5	30.7		0.1	0.8	0.3
16			Dave Lemanczyk	DET	SP	21.8	Jun	Reg		4.0	35.8	3.7		0.7	9.9	-0.5
16			Rick Matula	MON	SP	18.5	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	1.2	14.5	3.1		0.0	0.0	0.0
16			Nyls Nyman	CHA	LF	18.2	Jun	Reg		-1.4	3.6	-3.3		-1.4	3.6	-3.3
16			George Throop	KCA	RP	21.5	Jun	Reg		-0.1	3.5	1.3		-0.1	2.2	1.2
17			Glenn Burke	LAN	CF	19.6	Jun	Reg		-2.4	4.6	-6.7		-1.0	2.7	-2.6
17			Ray Burris	CHN	SP	21.8	Jun	Reg		16.4	98.2	24.4		10.8	55.4	19.2
17			Mark Mercer	MON	RP	18.0	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-0.2	0.0	-0.4		0.0	0.0	0.0
17			Vern Ruhle	DET	SP	21.4	Jun	Reg		12.9	72.1	23.9		5.1	25.1	10.3
18			Keith Drumright	MON	2B	17.6	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-0.3	2.4	-0.8		0.0	0.0	0.0
18			Nate Snell	BAL	RP	19.8	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	1.9	15.3	3.4		1.7	13.2	3.1
19			Bobby Thompson	TEX	CF	18.6	Jun	Reg		0.5	3.2	0.4		0.5	3.2	0.4
19			Mark Wagner	DET	SS	18.3	Jun	Reg		0.9	15.9	-6.5		-0.2	9.8	-3.1
20			John Littlefield	LAN	RP	18.4	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-0.0	7.9	0.7		0.0	0.0	0.0
20			Wayne Tyrone	CHN	3B	21.8	Jun	Reg		-0.4	0.4	-0.7		-0.4	0.4	-0.7
20			Mike Willis	BAL	RP	21.4	Jun	Reg		1.6	16.2	1.9		0.0	0.0	0.0
21			Dan Dumoulin	CIN	RP	18.8	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-0.2	0.7	0.2		-0.2	0.7	0.2
21			Bob Kammeyer	NYA	RP	21.5	Jun	Reg		-0.3	0.0	-1.1		-0.3	0.0	-1.1
22			Garry Hancock	TEX	RF	18.4	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-1.8	9.8	-0.5		0.0	0.0	0.0
22			Willie Royster	BAL	C	18.2	Jun	Reg		-0.1	0.1	-0.0		-0.1	0.1	-0.0
22			Bob Sheldon	ML4	2B	21.5	Jun	Reg		0.3	4.8	-0.8		0.3	4.8	-0.8
23			Ron Hassey	CIN	C	19.3	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	14.7	112.5	27.5		0.0	0.0	0.0
24			Greg Erardi	ML4	RP	18.0	Jun	Reg		-0.2	0.0	-0.4		0.0	0.0	0.0
24			Ed Halicki	SFN	SP	21.7	Jun	Reg		12.0	57.3	22.9		12.0	56.0	22.8
24			Jim Lentine	CHA	LF	17.9	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	0.3	5.9	1.6		0.0	0.0	0.0
24			Craig Mitchell	NYN	RP	18.1	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-0.4	0.2	-0.3		0.0	0.0	0.0
25			Mike Hargrove	TEX	1B	22.6	Jun	Reg		30.2	210.6	100.0		17.1	105.1	55.5
26			Lyman Bostock	MIN	CF	21.5	Jun	Reg		13.1	73.1	31.6		10.3	53.9	24.3
26			Mike Ramsey	CHN	SS	18.2	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-1.2	13.6	-6.0		0.0	0.0	0.0
27			George Cappuzzello	DET	RP	18.4	Jun	Reg		0.5	3.3	0.7		0.1	2.1	0.6
27			Dan O'Brien	CLE	SW	18.1	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-1.0	0.0	-1.2		0.0	0.0	0.0
28			Butch Alberts	PIT	DH	22.1	Jun	Reg		-0.1	0.2	-0.1		0.0	0.0	0.0
28			John Flinn	BAL	RP	17.8	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-0.9	4.5	0.8		-0.7	2.5	0.7
35			Craig Minetto	LAN	RP	18.1	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-0.8	0.9	-4.8		0.0	0.0	0.0
36			Rick Langford	CLE	SP	20.2	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	11.0	75.8	27.3		0.0	0.0	0.0
38			Bob Shirley	LAN	SP	17.9	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	9.3	65.6	11.5		0.0	0.0	0.0
40			Gil Kubski	PIT	RF	17.7	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	0.1	0.8	-0.4		0.0	0.0	0.0

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