Draft History

48 amateur drafts since 1965
5864 players drafted have made it to Major Leagues
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1952 Rule 5 Draft

Filters
Year
               
Wins Above Replacement
 
Player
To
From
Pos
  
12
1
1952
   Roy Face
RP
24.8
 
0.0
20.9
20.1
-1.1
12
1
1952
   Dave Jolly
RP
28.1
 
0.0
4.1
4.1
0.6
12
1
1952
   Johnny Hetki
RP
30.6
 
2.3
2.2
2.2
2.1
12
1
1952
   Jim Willis
Shreveport
SW
25.7
 
0.0
1.7
1.7
1.4
12
1
1952
   Bob Hall
Seattle
SP
28.9
 
-0.2
0.5
0.5
0.5
12
1
1952
   Les Peden
C
29.2
 
0.0
0.2
0.2
0.2
12
1
1952
   Rinty Monahan
RP
24.6
 
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.1
12
1
1952
   Jack Merson
2B
30.9
 
0.9
-0.2
-0.2
-0.2
12
1
1952
   Frank Baldwin
C
23.9
 
0.0
-0.3
-0.3
-0.3
12
1
1952
   George Freese
3B
26.2
 
0.0
-0.5
0.0
-0.0
12
1
1952
   Johnny Bucha
C
27.9
 
-0.4
-0.6
-0.6
-0.6

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Wins Above Replacement data courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com.

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.
Images can also be viewed at the Hall of Fame online exhibit Dressed to the Nines

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James