Baseball Prospects

A list of number 1 prospects, as identified by Baseball America, since 1990.

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#1 Prospects by Year			MLB Stats:		W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	Whip	H9	BB9	SO9
Year	Player	Pos	Team	HiLvl	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2011	Bryce Harper	C-OF	Washington Nationals	AA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0
2010	Jason Heyward	OF	Atlanta Braves	MLB	270	916	133	234	47	7	32	114	142	221	20	.255	.362	.427	789
2009	Matt Wieters	C	Baltimore Orioles	MLB	365	1300	144	344	65	2	42	166	123	264	1	.265	.328	.415	743
2008	Jay Bruce	OF	Cincinnati Reds	MLB	514	1852	274	475	82	10	100	277	200	479	20	.256	.331	.474	805
2007	Daisuke Matsuzaka	P	Boston Red Sox	MLB	49	30	4.25	106	105	0	623	569	64	301	568	1.40	8.22	4.35	8.21
2006	Delmon Young	OF	Tampa Bay Rays	MLB	729	2784	342	802	158	9	71	408	125	514	34	.288	.321	.428	749
2005	Joe Mauer	C	Minnesota Twins	MLB	918	3388	545	1096	216	16	84	502	465	387	35	.323	.403	.471	874
2004	Joe Mauer	C	Minnesota Twins	MLB	918	3388	545	1096	216	16	84	502	465	387	35	.323	.403	.471	874
2003	Mark Teixeira	1B	Texas Rangers	MLB	1374	5213	872	1467	328	17	314	1017	692	1040	19	.281	.373	.532	905
2002	Josh Beckett	P	Florida Marlins	MLB	125	81	3.84	279	276	0	1722	1577	192	523	1621	1.22	8.24	2.73	8.47
2001	Josh Hamilton	OF	Tampa Bay Rays	MLB	589	2263	368	698	142	17	118	425	203	458	36	.308	.366	.543	909
2000	Rick Ankiel	OF	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB	538	1635	232	402	84	7	64	218	142	436	20	.246	.309	.423	732
1999	J.D. Drew	RF	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB	1566	5173	944	1437	273	48	242	795	862	1137	87	.278	.384	.489	873
1998	Ben Grieve	RF-LF	Oakland Athletics	MLB	976	3215	471	864	192	5	118	492	466	784	24	.269	.367	.442	809
1997	Andruw Jones	CF	Atlanta Braves	MLB	2102	7366	1177	1887	376	36	420	1255	863	1677	152	.256	.339	.488	827
1996	Andruw Jones	CF	Atlanta Braves	MLB	2102	7366	1177	1887	376	36	420	1255	863	1677	152	.256	.339	.488	827
1995	Alex Rodriguez	SS	Seattle Mariners	MLB	2402	9199	1824	2775	495	29	629	1893	1166	1916	305	.302	.386	.567	953
1994	Cliff Floyd	LF-OF	Montreal Expos	MLB	1621	5319	824	1479	340	23	233	865	601	1064	148	.278	.358	.482	840
1993	Chipper Jones	3B-LF	Atlanta Braves	MLB	2387	8597	1561	2615	526	38	454	1561	1455	1358	149	.304	.402	.533	935
1992	Brien Taylor	P	New York Yankees	AA	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
1991	Todd Van Poppel	P	Oakland Athletics	MLB	40	52	5.58	359	98	4	907	944	143	461	711	1.55	9.37	4.57	7.06
1990	Steve Avery	P	Atlanta Braves	MLB	96	83	4.19	297	261	0	1555	1529	148	569	980	1.35	8.85	3.29	5.67

	AAA	AAA	AA	AA	AA	A+	A+	A+
2011 Leagues:	International	Pacific	Eastern	Southern	Texas	California	Carolina	Florida State
	A	A	A-	A-	Rookie	Rookie	Rookie	Rookie
2011 Leagues:	Midwest	South Atl.	New York/Penn	Northwest	Appalachian	Arizona	Gulf Coast	Pioneer

Baseball Prospects

#1 Prospects by Year