Draft History

48 amateur drafts since 1965
5832 players drafted have made it to Major Leagues
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Outcome
Draft
Phase
           
Career Total
       
Draft Phase      
Jun
Reg
 
947
 
8487.7
55626.2
18821.6
  Barry Bonds
162.5
PIT
Jun
Reg
 
523
 
3117.8
20214.8
6504.9
  Greg Maddux
106.8
CHN
Jun
Reg
 
400
 
2082.8
14566.8
4508.3
  Bert Blyleven
95.3
MIN
Jun
Reg
 
329
 
1319.3
10064.8
2710.5
  Rickey Henderson
110.7
OAK
Jun
Reg
 
307
 
1263.9
9799.5
2707.5
  Lou Whitaker
74.8
DET
Jun
Reg
 
259
 
1088.9
8036.6
2298.6
  Sal Bando
61.6
KC1
Jun
Reg
 
231
 
786.3
6298.2
1486.7
  Wade Boggs
91.0
BOS
Jun
Reg
 
177
 
707.9
5150.2
1472.7
  Brad Radke
45.5
MIN
Jun
Reg
 
170
 
657.5
4806.9
1283.7
  Fred McGriff
52.6
NYA
Jun
Reg
 
164
 
440.1
3702.2
737.1
  Brady Anderson
34.9
BOS
Jun
Reg
 
149
 
599.3
4776.4
1185.0
  Andre Dawson
64.4
MON
Jun
Reg
 
123
 
326.0
2482.2
555.2
  Nolan Ryan
81.9
NYN
Jun
Reg
 
115
 
542.2
3789.3
1188.6
  Albert Pujols
92.2
SLN
Jun
Reg
 
95
 
191.9
1846.5
479.5
  Dave Parker
40.0
PIT
Jun
Reg
 
87
 
314.8
2400.2
675.2
  Jose Canseco
42.2
OAK
Jun
Reg
 
97
 
247.0
2012.1
515.0
  Buddy Bell
65.9
CLE
Jun
Reg
 
93
 
544.4
3740.1
1164.4
  Kenny Lofton
68.1
HOU
Jun
Reg
 
82
 
255.1
2065.5
545.8
  Mike Cameron
46.4
CHA
Jun
Reg
 
81
 
284.7
1793.5
506.4
  Bret Saberhagen
59.2
KCA
Jun
Reg
 
82
 
393.5
2906.3
919.7
  Ryne Sandberg
67.6
PHI
Jun
Reg
 
67
 
95.6
929.5
163.4
  Dave Dravecky
14.1
PIT
Jun
Reg
 
50
 
275.9
1594.0
585.4
  John Smoltz
69.5
DET
Jun
Reg
 
55
 
211.7
1331.1
405.3
  Roy Oswalt
51.0
HOU
Jun
Reg
 
56
 
192.7
1485.8
484.2
  Mark Grace
46.1
CHN
Jun
Reg
 
51
 
148.6
1367.9
366.5
  Mike Hargrove
30.2
TEX
Jun
Reg
 
49
 
148.8
1079.3
321.3
  Dusty Baker
36.9
ATL
Jun
Reg
 
35
 
41.5
380.8
58.7
  Brendan Donnelly
7.8
CHA
Jun
Reg
 
31
 
63.1
418.4
121.5
  Woody Williams
30.9
TOR
Jun
Reg
 
35
 
122.3
894.3
291.3
  Ken Griffey
34.6
CIN
Jun
Reg
 
44
 
106.4
878.3
227.9
  Damion Easley
20.4
CAL
Jun
Reg
 
30
 
47.0
496.7
125.3
  Travis Hafner
25.9
TEX
Jun
Reg
 
25
 
27.2
306.7
77.9
  Robb Nen
15.4
TEX
Jun
Reg
 
27
 
37.3
370.2
59.3
  Walt Terrell
10.8
TEX
Jun
Reg
 
25
 
15.9
276.8
12.8
  Dan Wheeler
8.1
TBA
Jun
Reg
 
12
 
8.7
86.4
18.7
  Steve Cooke
4.3
PIT
Jun
Reg
 
19
 
32.7
419.6
85.0
  Raul Ibanez
20.7
SEA
Jun
Reg
 
15
 
27.4
242.1
35.6
  Bake McBride
22.6
SLN
Jun
Reg
 
17
 
76.3
481.5
176.6
  Mark Buehrle
51.5
CHA
Jun
Reg
 
12
 
61.8
380.8
103.1
  Kenny Rogers
51.4
TEX
Jun
Reg
 
9
 
3.2
39.6
0.8
  Ray Lamb
4.1
LAN
Jun
Reg
 
8
 
4.2
49.2
4.3
  Todd Coffey
2.9
CIN
Jun
Reg
 
11
 
70.3
427.9
178.8
  Keith Hernandez
60.1
SLN
Jun
Reg
 
10
 
75.9
570.6
115.9
  Orlando Hudson
30.6
TOR
Jun
Reg
 
13
 
24.2
227.6
71.8
  Jason Isringhausen
13.2
NYN
Jun
Reg
 
8
 
20.6
185.3
31.3
  Chad Curtis
14.0
CAL
Jun
Reg
 
2
 
5.9
32.2
5.8
  Darrell May
5.6
ATL
Jun
Reg
 
10
 
12.0
139.1
23.8
  Kyle Farnsworth
5.9
CHN
Jun
Reg
 
7
 
17.1
206.6
-3.0
  Brad Ausmus
16.4
NYA
Jun
Reg
 
2
 
2.3
15.0
1.2
  Scott Atchison
2.6
SEA
Jun
Reg
 
7
 
10.1
91.2
16.5
  Marvin Benard
8.6
SFN
Jun
Reg
 
2
 
-0.8
3.1
-2.1
  Brian Turang
-0.4
SEA
Jun
Reg
 
1
 
-0.5
42.6
-9.8
  Dennis Hocking
-0.5
MIN
Jun
Reg
 
4
 
22.4
169.3
47.4
  Marcus Giles
16.8
ATL
Jun
Reg
 
5
 
5.9
115.8
9.2
  Cliff Politte
3.8
SLN
Jun
Reg
 
3
 
7.6
60.5
15.1
  Justin Speier
7.8
CHN
Jun
Reg
 
1
 
7.5
39.5
10.4
  David Riske
7.5
CLE
Jun
Reg
 
1
 
8.8
67.4
5.2
  Gabe Kapler
8.8
DET
Jun
Reg
 
3
 
19.1
189.7
53.9
  Jeff Conine
19.6
KCA
Jun
Reg
 
1
 
-0.0
0.0
-0.1
  Graham Koonce
-0.0
DET
Jun
Reg
 
1
 
59.2
324.8
156.0
  Mike Piazza
59.2
LAN
Jun
Reg
 
2
 
0.7
7.8
-1.3
  Charles Gipson
0.9
SEA
Jun
Reg
 
1
 
1.9
5.3
-0.3
  Brandon Villafuerte
1.9
NYN
Jun
Reg
 
1
 
-0.0
1.7
0.4
  Roger Hambright
-0.0
NYA
Jun
Reg
 
1
 
-0.2
0.0
-0.0
  Otis Thornton
-0.2
HOU
Jun
Reg
 
1
 
1.3
19.0
2.1
  Jose Santiago
1.3
KCA
Jun
Reg
 
1
 
4.4
56.1
-5.7
  Tony Scott
4.4
MON
Jun
Reg
 
1
 
-0.1
2.6
-1.7
  Jason Maxwell
-0.1
CHN
Jun
Reg
 
1
 
15.2
137.4
30.4
  Al Cowens
15.2
KCA
Jun
Reg
 
1
 
-0.4
0.0
-0.2
  Danny Young
-0.4
HOU
Jun
Reg
 
1
 
-0.6
1.0
-1.1
  Scott Seabol
-0.6
NYA
Jun
Reg
 
1
 
0.8
7.9
1.6
  Travis Phelps
0.8
TBA

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