Baseball Draft History

+ MLB Drafts 1965-2016

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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.

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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%
2016	Mickey Moniak	OF	Philadelphia Phillies	1216	73.93%
2015	Dansby Swanson	SS	Arizona Diamondbacks	1215	72.67%
2014	Brady Aiken	P	Houston Astros	1215	71.85%
2013	Mark Appel	P	Houston Astros	1216	68.26%
2012	Carlos Correa	SS	Houston Astros	1237	65.64%
2011	Gerrit Cole	P	Pittsburgh Pirates	1530	65.16%
2010	Bryce Harper	OF	Washington Nationals	1522	66.89%
2009	Stephen Strasburg	P	Washington Nationals	1519	66.43%
2008	Tim Beckham	SS	Tampa Bay Rays	1500	67.20%
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	1500	63.73%
2004	Matt Bush	SS	San Diego Padres	1498	66.62%
2003	Delmon Young	OF	Tampa Bay Rays	1480	62.84%
2002	Bryan Bullington	P	Pittsburgh Pirates	1481	61.51%
2001	Joe Mauer	C	Minnesota Twins	1483	56.64%
2000	Adrian Gonzalez	1B	Florida Marlins	1451	57.13%
1999	Josh Hamilton	OF	Tampa Bay Rays	1474	56.78%
1998	Pat Burrell	1B	Philadelphia Phillies	1446	53.04%
1997	Matt Anderson	P	Detroit Tigers	1607	51.40%
1996	Kris Benson	P	Pittsburgh Pirates	1740	54.54%
1995	Darin Erstad	OF	California Angels	1666	52.88%
1994	Paul Wilson	P	New York Mets	1707	54.25%
1993	Alex Rodriguez	SS	Seattle Mariners	1721	54.15%
1992	Phil Nevin	3B	Houston Astros	1412	58.92%
1991	Brien Taylor	P	New York Yankees	1600	57.44%
1990	Chipper Jones	SS	Atlanta Braves	1489	60.04%
1989	Ben McDonald	P	Baltimore Orioles	1490	58.86%
1988	Andy Benes	P	San Diego Padres	1433	63.29%
1987	Ken Griffey	OF	Seattle Mariners	1265	66.01%
1986	Jeff King	SS-3B	Pittsburgh Pirates	891	62.29%
1985	B.J. Surhoff	SS-C	Milwaukee Brewers	832	70.79%
1984	Shawn Abner	OF	New York Mets	839	69.25%
1983	Tim Belcher	P	Minnesota Twins	827	66.26%
1982	Shawon Dunston	SS	Chicago Cubs	832	62.74%
1981	Mike Moore	P	Seattle Mariners	853	63.19%
1980	Darryl Strawberry	OF	New York Mets	834	58.27%
1979	Al Chambers	OF	Seattle Mariners	870	55.98%
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	43.62%
1975	Danny Goodwin	C	California Angels	679	39.62%
1974	Bill Almon	SS	San Diego Padres	689	38.03%
1973	David Clyde	P	Texas Rangers	747	37.48%
1972	Dave Roberts	3B	San Diego Padres	791	36.28%
1971	Danny Goodwin	C	Chicago White Sox	803	26.03%
1970	Mike Ivie	C	San Diego Padres	929	29.92%
1969	Jeff Burroughs	OF	Washington Senators II	1041	29.20%
1968	Tim Foli	SS	New York Mets	913	28.81%
1967	Ron Blomberg	1B	New York Yankees	975	23.59%
1966	Steve Chilcott	C	New York Mets	833	41.54%
1965	Rick Monday	OF	Kansas City Athletics	824	42.96%

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

Golden West College - Grambling State - Santa Clara - Broward College - Louisiana-Lafayette - Texas Christian - Sam Houston State - Gonzaga - Lewis-Clark State College - Purdue - Western Carolina - Wisconsin - Liberty - Oklahoma City - Harvard

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

St. John Bosco (CA) - 16
Berkeley (CA) - 17
Mount Carmel (CA) - 15
Green Valley (NV) - 28
Brandon (FL) - 29
North Torrance (CA) - 16
Crespi Carmelite (CA) - 17
Bishop Gorman (NV) - 25

James Monroe (CA) - 15
Kennedy (CA) - 23
Brazoswood (TX) - 15
Tucson (AZ) - 20
Duncanville (TX) - 22
Eisenhower (CA) - 18
Venice (CA) - 17
Lakewood (CA) - 52

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.

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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	Yoan Moncada	2015	Boston Red Sox	$ 31,500,000
2	Hector Olivera	2015	Los Angeles Dodgers	$ 28,000,000
3	Aroldis Chapman	2010	Cincinnati Reds	$ 16,250,000
4	Yadier Alvarez	2015	Los Angeles Dodgers	$ 16,000,000
5	Yusniel Diaz	2015	Los Angeles Dodgers	$ 15,500,000
6	Yasmany Tomas	2014	Arizona Diamondbacks	$ 14,000,000
7	Byung-Ho Park	2015	Minnesota Twins	$ 12,850,000
8	Yasiel Puig	2012	Los Angeles Dodgers	$ 12,000,000
9	Matt White	1996	Tampa Bay Rays	$ 10,200,000
10	Jose Abreu	2013	Chicago White Sox	$ 10,000,000
11	Alex Guerrero	2013	Los Angeles Dodgers	$ 10,000,000
12	Yoan Lopez	2015	Arizona Diamondbacks	$ 8,250,000
13	Gerrit Cole	2011	Pittsburgh Pirates	$ 8,000,000
14	Roberto Baldoquin	2014	Los Angeles Angels	$ 8,000,000
15	Erisbel Arruebarrena	2014	Los Angeles Dodgers	$ 7,500,000
16	Bubba Starling	2011	Kansas City Royals	$ 7,500,000
17	Stephen Strasburg	2009	Washington Nationals	$ 7,500,000
18	Kris Bryant	2013	Chicago Cubs	$ 6,708,400
19	Carlos Rodon	2014	Chicago White Sox	$ 6,582,000
20	Dansby Swanson	2015	Arizona Diamondbacks	$ 6,500,000
21	Mark Appel	2013	Houston Astros	$ 6,350,000
22	Danny Hultzen	2011	Seattle Mariners	$ 6,350,000
23	Bryce Harper	2010	Washington Nationals	$ 6,250,000
24	Donavan Tate	2009	San Diego Padres	$ 6,250,000
25	Jose Iglesias	2009	Boston Red Sox	$ 6,250,000
26	Nick Senzel	2016	Cincinnati Reds	$ 6,200,000
27	Tim Beckham	2008	Tampa Bay Rays	$ 6,150,000
28	Justin Upton	2005	Arizona Diamondbacks	$ 6,100,000
29	Mickey Moniak	2016	Philadelphia Phillies	$ 6,100,000
30	Anthony Rendon	2011	Washington Nationals	$ 6,000,000
31	Jorge Soler	2012	Chicago Cubs	$ 6,000,000
32	Byron Buxton	2012	Minnesota Twins	$ 6,000,000
33	Tyler Kolek	2014	Miami Marlins	$ 6,000,000
34	Lucius Fox	2015	San Francisco Giants	$ 6,000,000
35	Eric Hosmer	2008	Kansas City Royals	$ 6,000,000
36	Pedro Alvarez	2008	Pittsburgh Pirates	$ 6,000,000
37	Dustin Ackley	2009	Seattle Mariners	$ 6,000,000
38	Matt Wieters	2007	Baltimore Orioles	$ 6,000,000
39	Jose Contreras	2002	New York Yankees	$ 6,000,000
40	Alex Bregman	2015	Houston Astros	$ 5,900,000
41	Jameson Taillon	2010	Pittsburgh Pirates	$ 5,600,000
42	David Price	2007	Tampa Bay Rays	$ 5,600,000
43	Jacob Turner	2009	Detroit Tigers	$ 5,500,000
44	Brendan Rodgers	2015	Colorado Rockies	$ 5,500,000
45	Rusney Castillo	2014	Boston Red Sox	$ 5,400,000
46	Joe Borchard	2000	Chicago White Sox	$ 5,300,000
47	Manny Machado	2010	Baltimore Orioles	$ 5,250,000
48	Zach Lee	2010	Los Angeles Dodgers	$ 5,250,000
49	Ichiro Suzuki	2000	Seattle Mariners	$ 5,000,000
50	Josh Bell	2011	Pittsburgh Pirates	$ 5,000,000