Baltimore Orioles Draft History

_{All tables below are based on the amount of WAR each player produced during their first seven seasons in Major League Baseball. The WAR totals for each draft class include both Pitching and Hitting WAR, but excludes any player that did not sign with their drafting team. The total WAR also reflects the total value the drafted player provided, not just the value to his drafting team.}

_{^{*Data accurate through 2019 season.}}

Top Five Draft Classes

Year	Team	WAR
1973	Baltimore Orioles	59.6
1978	Baltimore Orioles	54.7
1967	Baltimore Orioles	47.5
1999	Baltimore Orioles	39.2
2007	Baltimore Orioles	36.8

Bottom Five Draft Classes

Year	Team	WAR
1981	Baltimore Orioles	-0.8
1994	Baltimore Orioles	-0.6
1976	Baltimore Orioles	-0.6
1970	Baltimore Orioles	-0.2
1998	Baltimore Orioles	0.0

This list excludes any season past 2010, since those draft classes have a multitude of active players.

Top Five Draft Picks

Year Drafted	Round	Overall Pick	Name	WAR
1978	2	48	Cal Ripken Jr.	38.2
1967	1	19	Bobby Grich	33.6
1973	3	63	Eddie Murray	32.7
2010	1	3	Manny Machado	30.1
1990	1	20	Mike Mussina	29.1

List made from top five WAR values alone.

Five Biggest Busts

Year Drafted	Round	Overall Pick	Name	WAR
2002	1	4	Adam Loewen	1.6
2011	1	4	Dylan Bundy	4.8
2009	1	5	Matt Hobgood	No MLB Experience
2001	1	7	Chris Smith	No MLB Experience
1987	1	7	Chris Myers	No MLB Experience

List made from first round picks that produced less than 5.0 WAR in their first seven seasons and ordered by lowest overall pick.

Top Five Value Picks

Year Drafted	Round	Overall Pick	Name	WAR
1987	13	325	Steve Finley	16.4
1968	11	238	Al Bumbry	10.5
2011	26	785	Zach Davies	7.6
1997	11	345	Jerry Hairston	6.8
2012	19	582	Josh Hader	6.0

List made from top five WAR values where a player was drafted outside of the first ten rounds.

Top Five Unsigned Draft Picks

Year Drafted	Round	Overall Pick	Name	WAR
1987	11	273	Mike Mussina	29.1
1969	40	884	Dave Winfield	25.6
1968	31	695	Bill Bonham	18.7
1979	31	765	Glenn Davis	18.0
1969	20	473	Dick Ruthven	16.6

List made from top five WAR values where a player did not sign with the team.

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