1978 Season
1977 / 1979
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1978 Amateur Draft by Team

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Draft
Phase
               
Career Total
  
Total With Team
        
#  
High
Low
      
1  
5
20.0
2
7
  
128.5
610.4
231.1
  
115.4
551.7
205.0
   Cal Ripken
95.6
2
2  
5
19.4
1
11
  
88.7
439.8
177.9
  
83.5
374.3
171.9
   Dave Stieb
57.2
5
3  
2
18.3
4
20
  
67.7
340.6
135.7
  
-0.1
0.1
-0.1
   Ryne Sandberg
67.6
20
4  
9
20.5
1
17
  
62.4
436.1
148.8
  
8.9
132.8
28.6
   Charlie Leibrandt
33.8
9
5  
3
18.9
1
17
  
62.0
379.0
176.0
  
38.0
239.0
107.8
   Kent Hrbek
38.2
17
6  
6
21.0
1
20
  
56.7
333.4
116.4
  
6.9
49.3
23.1
   Tony Phillips
50.8
1 (10)
7  
4
19.9
1
14
  
47.5
325.2
96.3
  
22.6
113.0
48.2
   Mike Witt
22.0
4
8  
6
19.6
1
11
  
39.5
344.1
123.9
  
34.4
256.3
92.5
   Bob Horner
21.7
1 (1)
9  
5
19.3
1
19
  
37.4
352.0
74.2
  
27.5
251.5
72.6
   Steve Sax
25.3
9
10  
7
20.6
1
27
  
35.4
291.5
108.7
  
25.7
180.8
78.6
   Kirk Gibson
38.2
1 (12)
11  
6
19.3
1
6
  
27.7
192.2
44.8
  
0.1
25.9
-9.6
   Mike Morgan
26.6
1 (4)
12  
4
20.7
18
39
  
26.6
199.9
57.4
  
-0.4
2.4
-1.2
   Dave Dravecky
14.1
21
13  
8
20.2
1
18
  
25.5
222.9
46.2
  
28.6
209.7
51.0
   Eric Show
15.9
18
14  
7
20.6
1
17
  
23.4
219.2
45.5
  
-1.0
21.4
1.3
   Andy McGaffigan
10.5
6
15  
3
20.5
2
3
  
22.0
150.0
81.6
  
3.9
30.7
15.6
   Doug Jones
21.8
3
16  
6
19.9
1
24
  
18.7
241.8
13.8
  
6.0
85.3
6.1
   Hubie Brooks
12.7
1 (3)
17  
1
19.0
3
3
  
18.1
71.3
36.9
  
18.1
71.3
36.9
   Britt Burns
18.1
3
18  
6
20.6
1
21
  
12.6
104.8
2.9
  
11.7
92.1
1.4
   Dave Valle
10.1
2
19  
4
18.7
4
21
  
11.4
128.0
39.1
  
-2.3
9.8
-3.5
   Rob Deer
13.8
4
20  
4
19.6
1
30
  
9.1
132.1
37.5
  
3.0
22.0
7.1
   Mel Hall
8.7
2
21  
6
21.0
1
30
  
8.6
120.3
-3.2
  
-1.3
30.2
-14.6
   Gene Nelson
7.6
30
22  
5
21.1
2
12
  
3.3
82.9
12.0
  
0.0
10.3
-0.3
   Pat Perry
2.5
2
23  
7
20.0
1
24
  
1.8
68.5
-5.5
  
0.1
36.2
-6.6
   Bill Laskey
4.7
2
24  
1
22.3
2
2
  
1.7
26.4
-7.4
  
1.7
26.2
-7.5
   Chris Bando
1.7
2
25  
1
21.8
4
4
  
0.3
2.3
-0.0
  
0.0
0.0
0.0
   George Bjorkman
0.3
4
26  
2
20.0
1
13
  
-0.1
1.7
0.3
  
-0.1
1.7
0.3
   John Lickert
0.0
13
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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