1979 Season
1978 / 1980
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1979 Amateur Draft by Round

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Draft
Phase
           
Career Total
        
Draft Phase      
1
Jun
Reg
  
16
  
127.9
845.1
271.6
   Andy Van Slyke
41.3
SLN
2
Jun
Reg
  
10
  
1.4
133.2
8.8
   Chris Brown
5.9
SFN
3
Jun
Reg
  
8
  
28.3
240.8
40.9
   Jose DeLeon
15.2
PIT
4
Jun
Reg
  
7
  
3.9
129.5
-14.3
   Randy Kutcher
1.9
SFN
5
Jun
Reg
  
6
  
46.4
311.7
84.1
   Greg Gagne
26.2
NYA
6
Jun
Reg
  
5
  
33.5
213.4
55.8
   Bill Doran
32.7
HOU
7
Jun
Reg
  
6
  
47.2
285.3
99.3
   Von Hayes
29.6
CLE
8
Jun
Reg
  
2
  
1.3
35.0
2.8
   Bill Schroeder
2.7
ML4
9
Jun
Reg
  
3
  
3.4
41.2
6.6
   Pete Filson
2.7
NYA
10
Jun
Reg
  
2
  
-1.1
3.3
-3.3
   Mike Kinnunen
-0.5
MIN
11
Jun
Reg
  
3
  
5.5
36.1
7.0
   Frank Williams
6.0
SFN
12
Jun
Reg
  
3
  
26.0
188.5
36.8
   Johnny Ray
24.0
HOU
13
Jun
Reg
  
3
  
9.2
94.1
27.6
   Greg Brock
9.9
LAN
15
Jun
Reg
  
2
  
19.2
144.7
42.4
   Pete O'Brien
19.2
TEX
16
Jun
Reg
  
3
  
2.3
30.9
1.8
   Tom O'Malley
1.4
SFN
17
Jun
Reg
  
3
  
77.3
325.7
160.6
   Orel Hershiser
56.8
LAN
18
Jun
Reg
  
1
  
2.0
33.6
3.1
   Mark Salas
2.0
SLN
19
Jun
Reg
  
1
  
42.2
255.5
128.2
   Don Mattingly
42.2
NYA
20
Jun
Reg
  
1
  
0.2
1.7
0.7
   Jeff Jones
0.2
CIN
23
Jun
Reg
  
2
  
49.2
313.2
115.0
   Brett Butler
49.5
ATL
24
Jun
Reg
  
1
  
-0.7
0.8
-0.1
   Morris Madden
-0.7
LAN
25
Jun
Reg
  
3
  
-1.3
8.9
-1.6
   Chris Jones
-0.0
HOU
26
Jun
Reg
  
3
  
12.9
110.3
35.3
   Dave Schmidt
8.9
TEX
27
Jun
Reg
  
2
  
-0.4
0.0
-0.8
   Dave Smith
-0.1
NYN
30
Jun
Reg
  
1
  
0.1
0.4
-0.5
   Jay Pettibone
0.1
TEX
31
Jun
Reg
  
1
  
0.3
1.4
0.5
   Larry White
0.3
CLE
34
Jun
Reg
  
1
  
4.5
25.6
7.6
   Ray Fontenot
4.5
TEX
37
Jun
Reg
  
1
  
0.0
23.3
-14.3
   Joel Skinner
0.0
PIT
1
Jun
Sec
  
8
  
107.6
694.1
125.9
   Gary Gaetti
41.8
MIN
1
Jan
Reg
  
1
  
-0.2
0.1
-0.3
   Mike Brewer
-0.2
KCA
2
Jan
Reg
  
2
  
38.2
190.4
62.1
   Mark Eichhorn
19.6
TOR
3
Jan
Reg
  
1
  
-0.1
5.2
1.0
   Randy Johnson
-0.1
CHA
5
Jan
Reg
  
1
  
-0.5
3.6
0.2
   Ed Hodge
-0.5
MIN
6
Jan
Reg
  
1
  
22.0
95.4
11.6
   Gary Pettis
22.0
CAL
7
Jan
Reg
  
1
  
14.9
121.5
24.6
   Brook Jacoby
14.9
ATL
10
Jan
Reg
  
1
  
0.1
1.7
0.6
   Rusty Tillman
0.1
NYN
1
Jan
Sec
  
3
  
30.4
262.1
94.6
   Howard Johnson
22.1
DET
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James