Seattle Mariners 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
1981	Seattle Mariners	71.3
1991	Seattle Mariners	48.4
1987	Seattle Mariners	43.9
1993	Seattle Mariners	33.8
2006	Seattle Mariners	32.9

Bottom Five Draft Classes

Year	Team	WAR
1983	Seattle Mariners	-3.3
2005	Seattle Mariners	-0.6
2000	Seattle Mariners	-0.4
1989	Seattle Mariners	-0.1
2001	Seattle Mariners	0.3

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
1987	1	1	Ken Griffey Jr.	38.3
1993	1	1	Alex Rodriguez	35.0
1981	2	35	Mark Langston	27.5
2009	3	82	Kyle Seager	26.3
1986	2	36	Erik Hanson	24.5

List made from top five WAR values alone.

Five Biggest Busts

Year Drafted	Round	Overall Pick	Name	WAR
1979	1	1	Al Chambers	-0.5
2005	1	3	Jeff Clement	-0.7
1989	1	3	Roger Salkeld	0.4
1978	1	6	Tito Nanni	No MLB Experience
1990	1	6	Marc Newfield	-1.8

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
1997	12	373	Joel Pineiro	11.6
1979	17	417	Bud Black	10.4
1991	22	578	Darren Bragg	8.4
2004	11	333	Michael Saunders	6.0
1995	25	678	Brian Fuentes	4.9

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
1996	59	1587	Barry Zito	23.8
1999	38	1145	Rich Harden	16.5
1996	48	1406	Juan Pierre	16.4
1995	30	818	Juan Pierre	16.4
1994	61	1534	Morgan Ensberg	15.3

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

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