Washington Nationals 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
2000	Montreal Expos	67.7
1977	Montreal Expos	60.2
2005	Washington Nationals	46.3
2010	Washington Nationals	46.1
1972	Montreal Expos	44.5

Bottom Five Draft Classes

Year	Team	WAR
2001	Montreal Expos	-1.2
1974	Montreal Expos	-0.4
1968	Montreal Expos	0.0
1981	Montreal Expos	0.1
1971	Montreal Expos	1.7

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
2011	1	6	Anthony Rendon	32.7
1975	11	250	Andre Dawson	30.7
2010	1	1	Bryce Harper	30.5
2000	3	75	Grady Sizemore	30.2
1994	5	140	Javier Vazquez	28.2

List made from top five WAR values alone.

Five Biggest Busts

Year Drafted	Round	Overall Pick	Name	WAR
1992	1	3	B.J. Wallace	No MLB Experience
1970	1	3	Barry Foote	4.5
2002	1	5	Clint Everts	No MLB Experience
1972	1	5	Bobby Goodman	No MLB Experience
2000	1	5	Justin Wayne	-0.8

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
1975	11	250	Andre Dawson	30.7
2000	22	645	Jason Bay	20.5
2010	12	356	Robbie Ray	12.1
1991	11	295	Mark Grudzielanek	9.2
1991	18	477	Kirk Rueter	9.2

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
2000	35	1035	Russell Martin	31.0
1981	8	199	Mark McGwire	26.2
1983	7	172	Erik Hanson	24.5
1989	1	10	Charles Johnson	19.9
1970	35	779	Roy Smalley	19.3

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

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