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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		Al Chambers	SEA	DH	18.2	Jun	Reg		-0.5	1.4	-0.8		-0.5	1.4	-0.8
1	2		Tim Leary	NYN	SP	20.5	Jun	Reg		12.2	61.6	15.2		0.2	2.9	0.4
1	4		Brad Komminsk	ATL	CF	18.2	Jun	Reg		2.2	19.5	-1.6		0.6	8.8	-4.5
1	6		Andy Van Slyke	SLN	CF	18.5	Jun	Reg		41.3	235.6	106.1		10.2	59.5	26.6
1	7		John Bohnet	CLE	SP	18.4	Jun	Reg		-0.1	0.0	-0.3		-0.1	0.0	-0.3
1	8		John Mizerock	HOU	C	18.5	Jun	Reg		-0.6	3.2	-3.7		-0.4	2.7	-3.5
1	9		Steve Buechele	CHA	3B	17.7	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	16.5	114.4	17.7		0.0	0.0	0.0
1	10		Tim Wallach	MON	3B	21.7	Jun	Reg		38.3	245.7	65.6		36.8	208.3	62.4
1	12		Jon Perlman	CHN	RP	22.5	Jun	Reg		-0.5	0.4	-1.7		-0.4	0.0	-0.5
1	13		Rick Leach	DET	RF	22.1	Jun	Reg		3.2	37.0	5.0		0.3	7.8	-2.5
1	14		Jody Lansford	SDN	1B	18.4	Jun	Reg		0.3	0.6	-0.0		0.3	0.6	-0.0
1	15		Scott Garrelts	SFN	SW	17.6	Jun	Reg		10.0	69.8	31.7		10.0	69.8	31.7
1	16		Steve Howe	LAN	RP	21.2	Jun	Reg		10.7	72.7	38.6		6.7	43.4	24.8
1	17		Jerry Don Gleaton	TEX	RP	21.7	Jun	Reg		2.3	26.9	3.5		0.0	0.6	-0.2
1	18		Rick Luecken	SFN	RP	18.6	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-0.3	2.2	-2.1		0.0	0.0	0.0
1	19		Ricky Seilheimer	CHA	C	18.8	Jun	Reg		-0.5	0.6	-0.8		-0.5	0.6	-0.8
1	21		Atlee Hammaker	KCA	SP	21.4	Jun	Reg		8.5	52.8	17.4		-0.2	0.0	-1.3
1	24		Bob Geren	SDN	C	17.7	Jun	Reg		1.2	17.4	-2.5		-0.5	1.9	-1.9
1	26		Mike Stenhouse	OAK	LF	21.0	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-1.4	5.2	-3.0		0.0	0.0	0.0
2			Jamie Allen	SEA	3B	21.0	Jun	Reg		-0.4	2.4	-3.7		-0.4	2.4	-3.7
2			Jeff Bettendorf	NYN	RP	18.5	Jun	Reg		0.1	0.3	-0.3		0.0	0.0	0.0
2			Chris Brown	SFN	3B	17.8	Jun	Reg		5.9	41.3	6.9		5.9	35.5	11.4
2			Bob Buchanan	CIN	RP	18.1	Jun	Reg		-0.9	0.0	-1.0		-0.7	0.0	-0.8
2			Randy Bush	MIN	RF	20.7	Jun	Reg		1.4	73.6	17.9		1.4	73.6	17.9
2			Keefe Cato	CIN	RP	21.1	Jun	Reg		-0.2	0.8	-0.3		-0.2	0.8	-0.3
2			Tom Dodd	OAK	DH	20.8	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	0.1	0.3	0.1		0.0	0.0	0.0
2			Ty Gainey	HOU	CF	18.4	Jun	Reg		-0.0	3.1	0.7		-0.0	3.1	0.7
2			Donnie Scott	TEX	C	17.8	Jun	Reg		-1.6	4.7	-6.7		-1.0	1.3	-5.0
2			Ron Shepherd	TOR	CF	18.6	Jun	Reg		-1.4	0.8	-1.3		-1.4	0.8	-1.3
2			Marc Sullivan	BOS	C	20.9	Jun	Reg		-1.5	6.1	-3.4		-1.5	6.1	-3.4
3			Nick Capra	TEX	CF	21.2	Jun	Reg		-0.1	1.3	0.1		0.3	1.1	0.5
3			Chuck Crim	CHN	RP	17.9	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	6.5	52.0	12.9		-0.1	3.2	-0.2
3			Don Crow	LAN	C	20.8	Jun	Reg		-0.1	0.0	-0.1		-0.1	0.0	-0.1
3			Jose DeLeon	PIT	SP	18.5	Jun	Reg		15.2	98.2	35.1		2.9	19.1	3.7
3			Tim Laudner	MIN	C	21.0	Jun	Reg		3.2	44.4	-7.5		3.2	44.4	-7.5
3			Bob Melvin	BAL	C	17.6	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	2.5	37.5	-11.0		1.0	13.1	-6.3
3			Fran Mullins	CHA	SS	22.1	Jun	Reg		0.4	3.0	-2.2		-0.1	0.5	-1.0
3			Ron Romanick	TOR	SP	18.6	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	3.8	25.3	9.3		0.0	0.0	0.0
3			Pat Sheridan	KCA	RF	21.5	Jun	Reg		5.4	59.3	10.4		3.2	28.3	8.0
3			Roy Smith	PHI	SP	17.7	Jun	Reg		3.9	24.5	4.5		0.0	0.0	0.0
3			Freddie Toliver	NYA	SP	18.3	Jun	Reg		0.4	10.2	0.6		0.0	0.0	0.0
3			Ed Vosberg	SLN	RP	17.7	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	2.0	17.8	5.5		0.0	0.0	0.0
4			Jay Baller	PHI	SW	18.7	Jun	Reg		-0.8	5.9	-1.8		-0.3	0.5	-0.4
4			Chris Green	PIT	RP	18.8	Jun	Reg		-0.0	0.0	-0.2		-0.0	0.0	-0.2
4			Randy Kutcher	SFN	CF	19.1	Jun	Reg		1.9	9.7	-0.3		1.3	5.0	0.5
4			Mark Parent	SDN	C	17.7	Jun	Reg		1.8	31.1	-2.7		0.3	11.1	-1.4
4			Jim Presley	SEA	3B	17.6	Jun	Reg		0.3	67.9	-6.6		3.3	57.2	-4.4
4			Larry Ray	HOU	RF	21.2	Jun	Reg		-0.1	0.0	-0.1		-0.1	0.0	-0.1
4			Andre Robertson	TOR	SS	21.7	Jun	Reg		0.8	15.0	-2.7		0.0	0.0	0.0
4			John Russell	MON	C	18.4	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-3.1	22.2	-2.7		0.0	0.0	0.0
5			Andy Beene	ML4	SP	22.6	Jun	Reg		-1.0	0.0	-0.8		-1.0	0.0	-0.8
5			Greg Gagne	NYA	SS	17.6	Jun	Reg		26.2	156.6	15.0		0.0	0.0	0.0
5			Pat Keedy	CAL	3B	21.4	Jun	Reg		0.2	1.5	0.2		0.1	0.5	0.5
5			Allan Ramirez	BAL	SP	22.1	Jun	Reg		1.2	4.1	2.3		1.2	4.1	2.3
5			Ronn Reynolds	OAK	C	20.7	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-2.1	3.4	-6.1		0.0	0.0	0.0
5			Jeff Russell	CIN	RP	17.8	Jun	Reg		15.2	103.6	54.4		2.1	11.2	3.5
5			Mark Thurmond	SDN	SP	22.7	Jun	Reg		4.7	45.9	12.8		2.8	25.8	9.6
6			Bill Doran	HOU	2B	21.0	Jun	Reg		32.7	191.1	62.9		30.3	165.4	58.3
6			Ron Gardenhire	NYN	SS	21.6	Jun	Reg		0.8	12.4	-6.2		0.8	12.4	-6.2
6			Wallace Johnson	MON	1B	22.4	Jun	Reg		0.5	9.9	-0.6		0.6	9.8	-0.4
6			Mike Payne	ATL	SP	17.6	Jun	Reg		-0.1	0.0	-0.2		-0.1	0.0	-0.2
6			Harold Reynolds	SDN	2B	18.5	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	15.8	115.7	2.3		0.0	0.0	0.0
6			Stefan Wever	NYA	SP	21.1	Jun	Reg		-0.4	0.0	-0.1		-0.4	0.0	-0.1
7			Storm Davis	BAL	SP	17.4	Jun	Reg		17.4	97.8	36.2		13.5	64.6	32.4
7			Mike Gates	MON	2B	22.7	Jun	Reg		0.3	2.2	-0.7		0.3	2.2	-0.7
7			Von Hayes	CLE	RF	20.8	Jun	Reg		29.6	178.1	65.3		3.4	14.9	2.4
7			Craig Lefferts	KCA	RP	21.7	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	9.3	89.5	33.8		0.0	0.0	0.0
7			Tom McCarthy	BOS	RP	18.0	Jun	Reg		0.6	5.1	-0.1		-0.2	0.0	-0.3
7			Mark Ross	HOU	RP	21.8	Jun	Reg		0.2	2.2	-0.1		0.2	1.4	0.2
7			Brian Snyder	SEA	SP	21.3	Jun	Reg		-0.8	0.0	-1.3		-0.6	0.0	-1.3
8			Bill Schroeder	ML4	C	20.7	Jun	Reg		2.7	34.5	4.9		2.7	31.4	6.3
8			Jim Steels	SDN	LF	18.0	Jun	Reg		-1.4	0.5	-2.1		-0.3	0.2	-1.2
9			Mark Dempsey	HOU	SP	21.5	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-0.1	0.0	-0.2		0.0	0.0	0.0
9			Pete Filson	NYA	SW	20.7	Jun	Reg		2.7	24.7	8.1		0.3	1.7	0.9
9			Darrell Miller	CAL	C	21.3	Jun	Reg		0.5	9.4	0.2		0.5	9.4	0.2
9			Paul Runge	ATL	2B	21.0	Jun	Reg		0.2	7.1	-1.8		0.2	7.1	-1.8
10			Rod Booker	BAL	2B	20.8	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-0.7	5.1	-1.5		0.0	0.0	0.0
10			Jimmy Key	CHA	SP	18.1	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	49.6	188.8	109.1		0.0	0.0	0.0
10			Mike Kinnunen	MIN	RP	21.2	Jun	Reg		-0.5	0.7	-2.1		-0.3	0.3	-1.0
10			Scotti Madison	SFN	3B	19.7	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-0.9	1.5	-2.0		0.0	0.0	0.0
10			Bill Moore	KCA	1B	18.7	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-0.1	0.0	-0.2		0.0	0.0	0.0
10			Dave Owen	CHN	SS	21.1	Jun	Reg		-0.7	2.6	-1.2		-0.4	2.4	-1.2
11			Tom Dozier	SLN	RP	17.8	Jun	Reg		-0.1	0.0	-0.3		0.0	0.0	0.0
11			Tom Dunbar	BOS	RF	19.5	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-1.6	1.9	-2.1		0.0	0.0	0.0
11			Ray Soff	CHN	RP	20.6	Jun	Reg		-0.4	2.8	-0.1		0.0	0.0	0.0
11			Frank Williams	SFN	RP	21.3	Jun	Reg		6.0	33.3	7.4		2.9	13.9	1.5
11			Paul Zuvella	ML4	SS	20.6	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-2.3	8.0	-4.5		0.0	0.0	0.0
12			Tom Edens	CIN	RP	18.0	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	2.3	19.4	4.1		0.0	0.0	0.0
12			Tony Fossas	TEX	RP	21.7	Jun	Reg		2.9	30.6	7.0		0.4	1.5	0.7
12			Johnny Ray	HOU	2B	22.3	Jun	Reg		24.0	153.2	32.3		0.0	0.0	0.0
12			Mike Warren	DET	SP	18.2	Jun	Reg		-0.8	4.8	-2.5		0.0	0.0	0.0
13			Greg Brock	LAN	1B	22.0	Jun	Reg		9.9	92.4	28.8		5.8	46.2	15.3
13			Mike Hart	SEA	CF	21.3	Jun	Reg		-0.8	1.1	-1.2		0.0	0.0	0.0
13			Bob Skube	ML4	CF	21.7	Jun	Reg		0.0	0.6	-0.0		0.0	0.6	-0.0
14			Andre David	MIN	LF	21.0	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-0.0	0.9	-0.1		-0.0	0.9	-0.1
15			Pete O'Brien	TEX	1B	21.3	Jun	Reg		19.2	144.5	42.4		18.2	103.7	40.0
15			Keith Smith	NYA	SS	17.6	Jun	Reg		0.0	0.1	-0.0		0.0	0.1	-0.0
15			Walt Terrell	NYN	SP	21.1	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	10.8	86.7	26.1		4.0	19.1	7.8
16			Tom Grant	CHN	RF	22.0	Jun	Reg		-0.1	0.1	-0.3		-0.1	0.1	-0.3
16			Tom O'Malley	SFN	3B	18.4	Jun	Reg		1.4	29.5	2.3		0.7	19.5	2.7
16			Steve Stanicek	SLN	DH	18.0	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-0.1	0.0	-0.2		0.0	0.0	0.0
16			Ron Wotus	PIT	SS	18.3	Jun	Reg		1.0	1.4	-0.2		1.0	1.4	-0.2
17			Bud Black	SEA	SP	21.9	Jun	Reg		21.1	115.1	49.1		0.1	0.1	0.1
17			Orel Hershiser	LAN	SP	20.7	Jun	Reg		56.8	208.3	112.6		45.0	152.9	84.8
17			Brad Mills	MON	3B	22.4	Jun	Reg		-0.6	2.3	-1.2		-0.6	2.3	-1.2
17			Jeff Robinson	TOR	SP	17.5	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	1.3	25.1	3.0		0.0	0.0	0.0
18			Mark Salas	SLN	C	18.2	Jun	Reg		2.0	33.6	3.1		-0.3	0.1	-0.3
19			Don Mattingly	NYA	1B	18.1	Jun	Reg		42.2	255.5	128.2		42.2	255.5	128.2
20			Tom Henke	SEA	RP	21.5	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	23.5	139.6	94.8		0.0	0.0	0.0
20			Jeff Jones	CIN	LF	21.6	Jun	Reg		0.2	1.7	0.7		0.2	1.7	0.7
20			John Leister	NYN	SP	18.4	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-0.9	0.0	-1.2		0.0	0.0	0.0
20			Bryan Oelkers	CHN	RP	18.2	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-0.9	2.9	-1.3		0.0	0.0	0.0
20			Don Slaught	ML4	C	20.7	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	19.4	132.5	29.5		0.0	0.0	0.0
23			Brett Butler	ATL	CF	22.0	Jun	Reg		49.5	306.0	116.5		2.5	21.6	1.9
23			Terry Clark	SLN	SW	18.6	Jun	Reg		-0.3	7.3	-1.5		0.0	0.0	0.0
23			Mark Huismann	CHN	RP	21.1	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	0.8	17.0	0.9		0.0	0.0	0.0
24			Morris Madden	LAN	RP	18.8	Jun	Reg		-0.7	0.8	-0.1		0.0	0.0	0.0
25			Chris Jones	HOU	CF	21.9	Jun	Reg		-0.0	0.3	-0.3		-0.0	0.3	-0.3
25			Kurt Kepshire	CIN	SP	19.9	Jun	Reg		-0.7	8.6	-0.1		0.0	0.0	0.0
25			Jeff Twitty	KCA	RP	21.6	Jun	Reg		-0.6	0.1	-1.2		-0.6	0.1	-1.2
26			Kelly Downs	PHI	SP	18.6	Jun	Reg		4.6	42.9	11.0		0.0	0.0	0.0
26			Dave Schmidt	TEX	RP	22.1	Jun	Reg		8.9	65.3	25.6		6.0	32.8	15.9
26			Bill Swaggerty	BAL	SP	22.5	Jun	Reg		-0.5	2.1	-1.3		-0.5	2.1	-1.3
27			Bert Bradley	OAK	RP	22.5	Jun	Reg		-0.3	0.0	-0.5		-0.3	0.0	-0.5
27			Dave Smith	NYN	RP	21.8	Jun	Reg		-0.1	0.0	-0.3		0.0	0.0	0.0
29			Clay Christiansen	NYN	RP	20.9	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-0.7	0.0	-2.0		0.0	0.0	0.0
29			Dan Firova	ML4	C	22.6	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-0.1	0.0	-0.2		0.0	0.0	0.0
29			Nelson Santovenia	PHI	C	17.9	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	1.5	18.1	-4.9		0.0	0.0	0.0
29			Steve Ziem	CHN	RP	17.6	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-0.2	0.0	-0.1		0.0	0.0	0.0
30			Billy Hatcher	MON	CF	18.7	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	3.9	98.7	7.9		0.0	0.0	0.0
30			Jay Pettibone	TEX	SP	22.0	Jun	Reg		0.1	0.4	-0.5		0.0	0.0	0.0
31			Glenn Davis	BAL	1B	18.2	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	19.5	140.3	68.1		0.7	14.0	2.6
31			Tom Nieto	MIN	C	18.6	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-2.3	11.0	-6.3		-1.1	2.3	-2.1
31			Larry White	CLE	RP	20.7	Jun	Reg		0.3	1.4	0.5		0.0	0.0	0.0
32			Kevin Gross	BAL	SP	18.0	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	28.0	116.5	37.9		0.0	0.0	0.0
34			Ray Fontenot	TEX	SP	21.8	Jun	Reg		4.5	25.6	7.6		0.0	0.0	0.0
36			Mike Maddux	CIN	RP	17.8	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	5.7	53.4	14.2		0.0	0.0	0.0
37			Joel Skinner	PIT	C	18.3	Jun	Reg		0.0	23.3	-14.3		0.0	0.0	0.0
39			Herm Winningham	PIT	CF	17.5	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	-0.3	35.8	-5.9		0.0	0.0	0.0
41			Mike Sharperson	PIT	3B	17.7	Jun	Reg	Did Not Sign	5.5	41.5	13.3		0.0	0.0	0.0

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