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WAR data added to the B-R Draft Section

Posted by Sean Forman on May 18, 2010

1st Round of the 2006 MLB June Amateur Draft - Baseball-Reference.com.

Having this WAR data onhand is kind of fun. I added a column for total WAR (note pitchers include their batting WAR) to the draft pages. At the bottom of the page is the overall production for the players shown and the averages among the players who made the majors.

Some examples:

Cardinals First Round Picks

Players drafted out of Iowa

The Royals 1992 draft

2 Responses to “WAR data added to the B-R Draft Section”

  1. Johnny Twisto Says:

    So, which team's single draft has been the most productive in history? (We peons can't search that directly, can we?)

  2. Best draft picks in Yankee history, by round | River Avenue Blues Says:

    [...] if B-Ref couldn’t get any better, yesterday Sean Forman introduced WAR data to the site’s draft pages. Now you can go and see that Alex Rodriguez has the highest career WAR (99.0) among players taken [...]