Houston Astros 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
1988	Houston Astros	54.8
1996	Houston Astros	49.7
2004	Houston Astros	48.8
1979	Houston Astros	43.0
2009	Houston Astros	40.4

Bottom Five Draft Classes

Year	Team	WAR
1995	Houston Astros	-3.1
1971	Houston Astros	-1.2
1983	Houston Astros	-1.1
1974	Houston Astros	-0.8
1991	Houston Astros	-0.6

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
1996	23	684	Roy Oswalt	36.9
1988	17	428	Kenny Lofton	32.8
1997	1	16	Lance Berkman	30.5
2011	1	11	George Springer	24.6
2004	6	184	Ben Zobrist	24.3

List made from top five WAR values alone.

Five Biggest Busts

Year Drafted	Round	Overall Pick	Name	WAR
2013	1	1	Mark Appel	No MLB Experience
1968	1	3	Martin Cott	No MLB Experience
1965	1	4	Alex Barrett	No MLB Experience
1988	1	7	Willie Ansley	No MLB Experience
1983	1	8	Robbie Wine	-0.5

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
1996	23	684	Roy Oswalt	36.9
1988	17	428	Kenny Lofton	32.8
1979	12	294	Johnny Ray	19.7
2009	20	611	J.D. Martinez	15.0
1994	43	1193	Julio Lugo	14.4

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
1971	15	355	Mike Flanagan	20.1
2000	19	577	Michael Bourn	19.1
1987	34	884	Scott Erickson	18.4
2003	3	89	Drew Stubbs	12.2
1990	23	625	Jason Varitek	11.3

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

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