Pittsburgh Pirates 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
1985	Pittsburgh Pirates	46.7
1972	Pittsburgh Pirates	46.6
1966	Pittsburgh Pirates	42.3
2005	Pittsburgh Pirates	40.0
2011	Pittsburgh Pirates	37.3

Bottom Five Draft Classes

Year	Team	WAR
1999	Pittsburgh Pirates	-5.7
1993	Pittsburgh Pirates	-0.5
1991	Pittsburgh Pirates	-0.3
1984	Pittsburgh Pirates	-0.1
2006	Pittsburgh Pirates	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
1985	1	6	Barry Bonds	48.4
2005	1	11	Andrew McCutchen	41.0
1970	14	332	Dave Parker	31.3
2011	1	1	Gerrit Cole	29.5
1972	7	167	Willie Randolph	27.6

List made from top five WAR values alone.

Five Biggest Busts

Year Drafted	Round	Overall Pick	Name	WAR
2002	1	1	Bryan Bullington	-0.2
1987	1	2	Mark Merchant	No MLB Experience
2009	1	4	Tony Sanchez	0.2
2007	1	4	Daniel Moskos	0.2
2006	1	4	Brad Lincoln	0.7

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
1970	14	332	Dave Parker	31.3
1965	18	348	Bob Moose	20.4
1983	12	300	John Smiley	15.2
1965	22	434	Freddie Patek	13.7
2001	20	594	Zach Duke	13.6

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
1981	29	722	Chris Bosio	20.5
2000	36	1079	Scott Baker	15.8
1982	3	61	Joe Magrane	15.3
2011	20	602	Trea Turner	14.3
1981	5	117	Bip Roberts	13.6

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

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