Baseball Draft History

+ MLB Drafts 1965-2014

Draft MAIN

Expansion Drafts

Rule 5

The Baseball Cube has compiled a database of all historical draft picks. All picks have their own page on the site with Professional and college statistics where available.

The Rule 4 Draft was developed to provide a fair way to assign amateur players to MLB organizations and to prevent teams with more money from having a signing advantage over available players.

Players eligibility rules:

Historical Amateur Drafts

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Historical #1 Draft Picks

Listing of #1 overall draft picks since 1965. Players in italics did not sign.

Year	#1 Pick	Team	Pos	Picks	College%
2014	Brady Aiken	P	Houston Astros	1215	71.85%
2013	Mark Appel	P	Houston Astros	1216	68.26%
2012	Carlos Correa	SS	Houston Astros	1236	65.70%
2011	Gerrit Cole	P	Pittsburgh Pirates	1530	65.03%
2010	Bryce Harper	OF	Washington Nationals	1522	66.69%
2009	Stephen Strasburg	P	Washington Nationals	1520	66.32%
2008	Tim Beckham	SS	Tampa Bay Rays	1503	66.80%
2007	David Price	P	Tampa Bay Rays	1453	66.76%
2006	Luke Hochevar	P	Kansas City Royals	1502	64.25%
2005	Justin Upton	ss	Arizona Diamondbacks	1501	63.69%
2004	Matt Bush	SS	San Diego Padres	1497	66.67%
2003	Delmon Young	OF	Tampa Bay Rays	1480	62.84%
2002	Bryan Bullington	P	Pittsburgh Pirates	1485	61.55%
2001	Joe Mauer	C	Minnesota Twins	1477	56.40%
2000	Adrian Gonzalez	1B	Florida Marlins	1448	57.04%
1999	Josh Hamilton	OF	Tampa Bay Rays	1471	56.70%
1998	Pat Burrell	1B	Philadelphia Phillies	1440	52.50%
1997	Matt Anderson	P	Detroit Tigers	1604	50.87%
1996	Kris Benson	P	Pittsburgh Pirates	1735	54.47%
1995	Darin Erstad	OF	California Angels	1663	52.92%
1994	Paul Wilson	P	New York Mets	1704	54.23%
1993	Alex Rodriguez	SS	Seattle Mariners	1716	54.20%
1992	Phil Nevin	3B	Houston Astros	1411	58.89%
1991	Brien Taylor	P	New York Yankees	1598	57.51%
1990	Chipper Jones	SS	Atlanta Braves	1470	59.66%
1989	Ben McDonald	P	Baltimore Orioles	1487	58.71%
1988	Andy Benes	P	San Diego Padres	1430	63.22%
1987	Ken Griffey	OF	Seattle Mariners	1261	65.82%
1986	Jeff King	SS-3B	Pittsburgh Pirates	888	62.05%
1985	B.J. Surhoff	SS-C	Milwaukee Brewers	832	70.67%
1984	Shawn Abner	OF	New York Mets	836	69.26%
1983	Tim Belcher	P	Minnesota Twins	824	66.26%
1982	Shawon Dunston	SS	Chicago Cubs	831	62.70%
1981	Mike Moore	P	Seattle Mariners	853	63.19%
1980	Darryl Strawberry	OF	New York Mets	832	58.17%
1979	Al Chambers	OF	Seattle Mariners	870	55.86%
1978	Bob Horner	3B	Atlanta Braves	779	50.96%
1977	Harold Baines	1B-OF	Chicago White Sox	775	48.65%
1976	Floyd Bannister	P	Houston Astros	713	42.78%
1975	Danny Goodwin	C	California Angels	677	39.73%
1974	Bill Almon	SS	San Diego Padres	686	38.05%
1973	David Clyde	P	Texas Rangers	744	37.77%
1972	Dave Roberts	3B	San Diego Padres	790	35.44%
1971	Danny Goodwin	C	Chicago White Sox	793	25.85%
1970	Mike Ivie	C	San Diego Padres	920	29.67%
1969	Jeff Burroughs	OF	Washington Senators II	1041	29.11%
1968	Tim Foli	SS	New York Mets	913	28.70%
1967	Ron Blomberg	1B	New York Yankees	974	23.41%
1966	Steve Chilcott	C	New York Mets	832	41.59%
1965	Rick Monday	OF	Kansas City Athletics	823	43.01%

Draft Picks by Franchise

Arizona Diamondbacks
Atlanta Braves
Baltimore Orioles
Boston Red Sox
Chicago Cubs
Chicago White Sox
Cincinnati Reds
Cleveland Indians
Colorado Rockies
Detroit Tigers
Houston Astros
Kansas City Royals
Los Angeles Angels
Los Angeles Dodgers
Miami Marlins

Milwaukee Brewers
Minnesota Twins
New York Mets
New York Yankees
Oakland Athletics
Philadelphia Phillies
Pittsburgh Pirates
San Diego Padres
San Francisco Giants
Seattle Mariners
St. Louis Cardinals
Tampa Bay Rays
Texas Rangers
Toronto Blue Jays
Washington Nationals

Defaults to a list of recent first rounders in the draft research tool.

Draft Picks by College

Sampling of colleges with at least 50 draft picks. Click the school to view a full listing of draft picks

Kent State - Stetson - Minnesota - Connors State College - Texas A&M - Seminole Florida - New Orleans - Pasadena City College - Grayson County College - Utah - Maine - UCLA - Kansas - Clemson - Louisiana Tech

Draft Picks by High School

Sampling of High Schools with at least 15 draft picks. Click the school to view a full listing of draft picks

Pine Bluff (AR) - 16
North Torrance (CA) - 15
Bellaire (TX) - 28
Jesuit (FL) - 28
Ocean View (CA) - 15
Katella (CA) - 17
Hanford (CA) - 15
Sarasota (FL) - 52

Merritt Island (FL) - 15
Newport (WA) - 20
Los Alamitos (CA) - 19
Arcadia (CA) - 20
Lakewood (CA) - 51
Redan (GA) - 15
Forest Hill (FL) - 17
Santa Monica (CA) - 22

Draft Data Notes

TBC makes available an Excel version of the complete history of the Major League Baseball draft for $25. You can purchase this product, along with Signing Bonus data in our data store where most datasets are at a fixed cost of $25 with customized datasets available for a little bit more, depending on complexity.

Draft Research Form

These are just some of the fields available for research within the historical draft database. There are many more on the Research page.

Year:
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Top 50 Signing Bonuses

TBC has signing bonuses for most picks in the top ten rounds.

#	Player	Year	Team	Bonus
1	Matt White	1996	San Francisco Giants	$ 10,200,000
2	Gerrit Cole	2011	Pittsburgh Pirates	$ 8,000,000
3	Bubba Starling	2011	Kansas City Royals	$ 7,500,000
4	Stephen Strasburg	2009	Washington Nationals	$ 7,500,000
5	Kris Bryant	2013	Chicago Cubs	$ 6,708,400
6	Carlos Rodon	2014	Chicago White Sox	$ 6,582,000
7	Mark Appel	2013	Houston Astros	$ 6,350,000
8	Danny Hultzen	2011	Seattle Mariners	$ 6,350,000
9	Bryce Harper	2010	Washington Nationals	$ 6,250,000
10	Donavan Tate	2009	San Diego Padres	$ 6,250,000
11	Tim Beckham	2008	Tampa Bay Rays	$ 6,150,000
12	Justin Upton	2005	Arizona Diamondbacks	$ 6,100,000
13	Tyler Kolek	2014	Miami Marlins	$ 6,000,000
14	Byron Buxton	2012	Minnesota Twins	$ 6,000,000
15	Matt Wieters	2007	Baltimore Orioles	$ 6,000,000
16	Eric Hosmer	2008	Kansas City Royals	$ 6,000,000
17	Pedro Alvarez	2008	Pittsburgh Pirates	$ 6,000,000
18	Dustin Ackley	2009	Seattle Mariners	$ 6,000,000
19	Anthony Rendon	2011	Washington Nationals	$ 6,000,000
20	Jameson Taillon	2010	Pittsburgh Pirates	$ 5,600,000
21	David Price	2007	Tampa Bay Rays	$ 5,600,000
22	Jacob Turner	2009	Detroit Tigers	$ 5,500,000
23	Joe Borchard	2000	Chicago White Sox	$ 5,300,000
24	Zach Lee	2010	Los Angeles Dodgers	$ 5,250,000
25	Manny Machado	2010	Baltimore Orioles	$ 5,250,000
26	Josh Bell	2011	Pittsburgh Pirates	$ 5,000,000
27	Archie Bradley	2011	Arizona Diamondbacks	$ 5,000,000
28	Carlos Correa	2012	Houston Astros	$ 4,800,000
29	Jon Gray	2013	Colorado Rockies	$ 4,800,000
30	Mark Prior	2001	Chicago Cubs	$ 4,600,000
31	B.J. Upton	2002	Tampa Bay Rays	$ 4,600,000
32	Kohl Stewart	2013	Minnesota Twins	$ 4,544,400
33	Matt Purke	2011	Washington Nationals	$ 4,400,000
34	Kevin Gausman	2012	Baltimore Orioles	$ 4,320,000
35	Alex Jackson	2014	Seattle Mariners	$ 4,200,000
36	Gavin Floyd	2001	Philadelphia Phillies	$ 4,200,000
37	Joe Mauer	2001	Minnesota Twins	$ 4,000,000
38	Bryan Bullington	2002	Pittsburgh Pirates	$ 4,000,000
39	Dylan Bundy	2011	Baltimore Orioles	$ 4,000,000
40	Alex Gordon	2005	Kansas City Royals	$ 4,000,000
41	Mike Zunino	2012	Seattle Mariners	$ 4,000,000
42	Mike Moustakas	2007	Kansas City Royals	$ 4,000,000
43	Jered Weaver	2004	Anaheim Angels	$ 4,000,000
44	Josh Hamilton	1999	Tampa Bay Rays	$ 3,960,000
45	Tyler Matzek	2009	Colorado Rockies	$ 3,900,000
46	Albert Almora	2012	Chicago Cubs	$ 3,900,000
47	Nick Gordon	2014	Minnesota Twins	$ 3,851,000
48	Corey Patterson	1998	Chicago Cubs	$ 3,700,000
49	Delmon Young	2003	Tampa Bay Rays	$ 3,700,000
50	Philip Humber	2004	New York Mets	$ 3,700,000