Los Angeles Angels 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
2009	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	95.8
1988	California Angels	52.5
1978	California Angels	47.1
2004	Anaheim Angels	45.1
1971	California Angels	37.0

Bottom Five Draft Classes

Year	Team	WAR
1970	California Angels	-3.3
1998	Anaheim Angels	-0.3
1967	California Angels	0.0
1973	California Angels	0.0
1991	California Angels	0.2

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
2009	1	25	Mike Trout	55.0
1978	4	92	Mike Witt	27.4
1971	1	13	Frank Tanana	27.3
2004	1	12	Jered Weaver	26.8
1999	2	68	John Lackey	23.6

List made from top five WAR values alone.

Five Biggest Busts

Year Drafted	Round	Overall Pick	Name	WAR
1975	1	1	Danny Goodwin	-1.1
1993	1	3	Brian Anderson	4.3
1994	1	6	McKay Christensen	-0.4
1984	1	6	Erik Pappas	0.6
1973	1	7	Billy Taylor	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
2000	17	500	Mike Napoli	14.9
1989	45	1157	Chad Curtis	11.0
2004	27	803	Martin Maldonado	9.9
1997	38	1137	Scot Shields	9.4
2004	18	533	Mark Trumbo	8.9

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
2005	50	1496	Buster Posey	37.1
1978	8	196	Tim Wallach	19.1
1966	31	598	Bill Bonham	18.7
2008	39	1189	Kyle Hendricks	18.3
1966	11	208	Jim Barr	17.4

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

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