Milwaukee Brewers 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
2005	Milwaukee Brewers	46.1
1977	Milwaukee Brewers	40.5
2004	Milwaukee Brewers	37.6
2007	Milwaukee Brewers	35.5
1987	Milwaukee Brewers	34.0

Bottom Five Draft Classes

Year	Team	WAR
1982	Milwaukee Brewers	-2.0
1990	Milwaukee Brewers	-1.7
1996	Milwaukee Brewers	-1.4
1978	Milwaukee Brewers	-0.3
1975	Milwaukee Brewers	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
2007	3	101	Jonathan Lucroy	36.9
2005	1	5	Ryan Braun	31.2
1991	11	286	Jeff Cirillo	25.8
1999	1	10	Ben Sheets	24.6
1977	1	3	Paul Molitor	21.6

List made from top five WAR values alone.

Five Biggest Busts

Year Drafted	Round	Overall Pick	Name	WAR
1971	1	3	Tommy Bianco	-0.3
1994	1	4	Antone Williamson	-0.7
1975	1	5	Rick O’Keeffe	No MLB Experience
2004	1	5	Mark Rogers	1.0
1974	1	6	Butch Edge	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
1991	11	286	Jeff Cirillo	25.8
2004	17	496	Lorenzo Cain	17.4
1969	15	357	Jim Slaton	10.8
2009	16	496	Scooter Gennett	10.2
2000	11	321	Corey Hart	8.5

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
1991	5	130	Nomar Garciaparra	32.7
1989	43	1118	Jason Giambi	28.4
2002	40	1189	Hunter Pence	23.0
1988	1	24	Alex Fernandez	21.6
1992	26	724	Matt Morris	21.6

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

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