Philadelphia Phillies 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
1971	Philadelphia Phillies	44.0
2000	Philadelphia Phillies	43.1
1993	Philadelphia Phillies	35.0
1998	Philadelphia Phillies	33.2
1996	Philadelphia Phillies	30.9

Bottom Five Draft Classes

Year	Team	WAR
1987	Philadelphia Phillies	-5.4
1970	Philadelphia Phillies	-3.0
1994	Philadelphia Phillies	-0.6
2005	Philadelphia Phillies	-0.1
1967	Philadelphia Phillies	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
1971	2	30	Mike Schmidt	42.5
2000	1	15	Chase Utley	40.1
1993	2	46	Scott Rolen	32.6
2002	1	17	Cole Hamels	28.9
1978	20	511	Ryne Sandberg	23.7

List made from top five WAR values alone.

Five Biggest Busts

Year Drafted	Round	Overall Pick	Name	WAR
1989	1	4	Jeff Jackson	No MLB Experience
1993	1	4	Wayne Gomes	1.2
1970	1	5	Mike Martin	No MLB Experience
1971	1	6	Roy Thomas	2.0
1986	1	7	Brad Brink	0.2

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
1978	20	511	Ryne Sandberg	23.7
1979	26	661	Kelly Downs	9.6
1977	20	511	Greg Walker	8.4
1981	12	305	Charles Hudson	6.2
1998	21	614	Nick Punto	5.4

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
1986	18	452	Chuck Knoblauch	33.6
1997	1	2	J.D. Drew	26.1
1991	18	473	Bobby Higginson	16.7
2006	36	1087	Kyle Gibson	13.2
1981	20	513	Vince Coleman	12.7

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

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