First-Round Draft Tendencies by Franchise (Part I)

The following is part I of a breakdown of the draft tendencies of teams picking in the first-round, dating back to 1965. Compensation round selections are also included.

Draft tendencies in this article are broken down by:

• College vs High School vs Independent
• Position Player vs Pitcher

A few interesting tidbits to be gleaned from this breakdown:

• The Cardinals have had the most first/compensation round selections, with 76.
• The A’s have the highest percentage of selections from the college rank, with 50-of-74 (68%).
• The Braves have the highest percentage of selections from the high school rank, with 47-of-58 (81%).
• The Rays have the highest percentage of selections that are position players, with 20-of-30 (67%).
• The A’s, Twins, Red Sox and Padres have the highest number of selections that are position players, with 40.
• The Rockies have the highest percentage of selections that are pitchers, with 30-of-32 (63%).
• The Cardinals have the highest number of selections that are pitchers, with 40.

Pick	#	COL	%	HS	%	IND	%	POS	%	P	%
Angels	61	29	48%	32	52%	0	0%	32	52%	29	48%
Astros	60	29	48%	31	52%	0	0%	33	55%	27	45%
Athletics	74	50	68%	23	31%	1	1%	40	54%	34	46%
Blue Jays	66	29	44%	37	56%	0	0%	35	53%	31	47%
Braves	58	11	19%	47	81%	0	0%	30	52%	28	48%
Brewers	56	28	50%	28	50%	0	0%	31	55%	25	45%
Cardinals	76	44	58%	32	42%	0	0%	36	47%	40	53%
Cubs	62	35	56%	27	44%	0	0%	31	50%	31	50%
D’backs	31	18	58%	13	42%	0	0%	13	42%	18	58%
Dodgers	58	27	47%	31	53%	0	0%	26	45%	32	55%
Giants	70	34	49%	36	51%	0	0%	37	53%	33	47%
Indians	63	29	46%	34	54%	0	0%	37	59%	26	41%
Mariners	44	22	50%	22	50%	0	0%	27	61%	18	41%
Marlins	29	10	34%	19	66%	0	0%	13	45%	16	55%
Mets	63	25	40%	38	60%	0	0%	38	60%	25	40%
Nationals	68	29	43%	39	57%	0	0%	34	50%	34	50%
Orioles	61	27	44%	34	56%	0	0%	29	48%	32	52%
Padres	70	39	56%	31	44%	0	0%	40	57%	30	43%
Phillies	51	14	27%	37	73%	0	0%	25	49%	26	51%
Pirates	58	21	36%	37	64%	0	0%	37	64%	21	36%
Rangers	68	31	46%	36	53%	1	1%	30	44%	38	56%
Rays	30	12	40%	18	60%	0	0%	20	67%	10	33%
Red Sox	73	36	49%	37	51%	0	0%	40	55%	33	45%
Reds	60	23	38%	37	62%	0	0%	31	52%	29	48%
Rockies	32	15	47%	17	53%	0	0%	12	38%	20	63%
Royals	61	26	43%	33	54%	2	3%	28	46%	33	54%
Tigers	56	21	38%	35	63%	0	0%	27	48%	29	52%
Twins	70	33	47%	36	51%	1	1%	40	57%	30	43%
White Sox	67	41	61%	26	39%	0	0%	35	52%	32	48%
Yankees	51	19	37%	32	63%	0	0%	26	51%	25	49%

All statistics courtesy of Baseball-Reference.com