Los Angeles Dodgers 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
2002	Los Angeles Dodgers	51.8
1988	Los Angeles Dodgers	49.5
1979	Los Angeles Dodgers	45.3
2003	Los Angeles Dodgers	41.4
2006	Los Angeles Dodgers	38.1

Bottom Five Draft Classes

Year	Team	WAR
1972	Los Angeles Dodgers	-2.8
1973	Los Angeles Dodgers	-1.5
1980	Los Angeles Dodgers	-0.9
1983	Los Angeles Dodgers	-0.9
1990	Los Angeles Dodgers	-0.7

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
2006	1	7	Clayton Kershaw	39.5
1988	62	1390	Mike Piazza	39.5
2002	17	511	Russell Martin	31.0
1979	17	440	Orel Hershiser	30.3
2003	6	181	Matt Kemp	21.5

List made from top five WAR values alone.

Five Biggest Busts

Year Drafted	Round	Overall Pick	Name	WAR
1988	1	5	Bill Bene	No MLB Experience
1968	1	5	Bobby Valentine	1.2
1965	1	8	John Wyatt	No MLB Experience
1987	1	8	Dan Opperman	No MLB Experience
1969	1	8	Terry McDermott	-0.3

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
1988	62	1390	Mike Piazza	39.5
2002	17	511	Russell Martin	31.0
1979	17	440	Orel Hershiser	30.3
2010	11	352	Joc Pederson	13.1
1993	25	690	Paul Lo Duca	13.0

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
1965	10	193	Tom Seaver	46.1
1997	2	76	Chase Utley	40.1
2006	49	1453	Paul Goldschmidt	31.1
2004	19	568	David Price	24.3
1972	15	353	Jason Thompson	22.3

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

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