Boston Red Sox 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
1976	Boston Red Sox	79.1
1989	Boston Red Sox	71.1
2011	Boston Red Sox	64.5
1983	Boston Red Sox	46.1
1994	Boston Red Sox	43.1

Bottom Five Draft Classes

Year	Team	WAR
1992	Boston Red Sox	-1.8
1979	Boston Red Sox	-1.4
1977	Boston Red Sox	-1.2
1978	Boston Red Sox	0.0
1974	Boston Red Sox	0.3

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
1976	7	166	Wade Boggs	51.7
1983	1	19	Roger Clemens	43.7
1989	4	110	Jeff Bagwell	42.3
2011	5	172	Mookie Betts	37.2
1994	1	12	Nomar Garciaparra	32.7

List made from top five WAR values alone.

Five Biggest Busts

Year Drafted	Round	Overall Pick	Name	WAR
1967	1	3	Mike Garman	0.7
1965	1	5	Billy Conigliaro	3.9
1988	1	12	Tom Fischer	No MLB Experience
1969	1	13	Noel Jenke	No MLB Experience
1977	1	13	Andrew Madden	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
1997	19	581	David Eckstein	14.5
1968	22	507	Bill Lee	14.0
1994	13	355	Carl Pavano	13.7
2006	17	523	Josh Reddick	12.7
1980	16	413	Oil Can Boyd	11.8

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
1998	9	265	Mark Teixeira	31.8
2007	27	834	Yasmani Grandal	27.4
2012	29	901	Alex Bregman	20.5
1984	20	510	Jack McDowell	20.2
1996	22	661	Aaron Harang	18.3

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

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