San Francisco Giants 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
2008	San Francisco Giants	57.0
1985	San Francisco Giants	40.4
2002	San Francisco Giants	39.5
1972	San Francisco Giants	32.8
1983	San Francisco Giants	31.9

Bottom Five Draft Classes

Year	Team	WAR
1975	San Francisco Giants	-1.7
1980	San Francisco Giants	-0.7
1996	San Francisco Giants	-0.7
1982	San Francisco Giants	-0.3
1976	San Francisco Giants	-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
2008	1	5	Buster Posey	37.1
1985	1	2	Will Clark	31.7
2006	1	10	Tim Lincecum	27.4
2002	1	25	Matt Cain	23.7
2007	1	10	Madison Bumgarner	23.7

List made from top five WAR values alone.

Five Biggest Busts

Year Drafted	Round	Overall Pick	Name	WAR
1997	1	4	Jason Grilli	0.0
1973	1	6	Johnnie LeMaster	-2.1
1993	1	6	Steve Soderstrom	0.0
1978	1	7	Bob Cummings	No MLB Experience
1980	1	7	Jessie Reid	0.1

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
1973	13	294	Jack Clark	17.4
1977	11	270	Chili Davis	16.3
1972	24	564	Ed Halicki	16.1
1993	15	414	Bill Mueller	14.6
1981	20	503	Matt Nokes	9.4

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
1982	2	39	Barry Bonds	48.4
1994	20	564	J.D. Drew	26.1
1967	8	158	Davey Lopes	26.0
1978	8	189	Alvin Davis	22.8
2003	49	1451	Doug Fister	18.5

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

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