All-Time MLB Draft: Round 10 (Picks 451-500)

At least a year ago, maybe longer, I had an idea: wouldn’t it be cool to go through every draft pick in major league history, pick the best player for each one, and create sort of an Ultimate Draft? (NFL.com did something like this a couple years ago, so maybe that’s where I got the idea from, but they only did the first round. I can’t find anyplace that’s done it for baseball.)

There are over 1,200 players listed here, so I broke this up into rounds of fifty picks each. We’ll run one round each day.

All-Time Draft: Picks 451-500

Total WAR: 533.9 (10.7 per player)
High WAR: Bret Saberhagen (54.4)
Low WAR: Rafael Bournigal (-1.7)

Hall of Famers: Bruce Sutter (501)

Most Valuable Players: Don Mattingly (1985)

Cy Youngs: Jake Peavy (2007); Bret Saberhagen 2 (1985, 1989); Bruce Sutter (1979)

Rookies of the Year: Pat Zachry (1976)

451 – Doug Johns, LHP, Oakland Athletics (1990)
452 – Mike Hessman***, 1B, Atlanta Braves (1996)
453 – Jerry Remy, 2B, Washington Senators (1970)
454 – Pat Zachry, RHP, Cincinnati Reds (1970)
455 – David Segui, 1B, Baltimore Orioles (1987)
456 – Greg Garrett, LHP, Oakland Athletics (1965)
457 – Dann Howitt, OF, Oakland Athletics (1986)
458 – Jared Hughes, RHP, Tampa Bay Devil Rays (2003)
459 – Dennis Rasmussen, LHP, Pittsburgh Pirates (1977)
460 – Randy Tomlin*, LHP, Pittsburgh Pirates (1988)
461 – Bob Myrick, LHP, New York Mets (1974)
462 – Alex Hinshaw, LHP, San Francisco Giants (2005)
463 – Darren Lewis, OF, Oakland Athletics (1988)
464 – Jason Michaels, OF, St. Louis Cardinals (1997)
465 – Dennis Sarfate, RHP, Texas Rangers (1999)
466 – James Shields, RHP, Tampa Bay Devil Rays (2000)
467 – Dewey Robinson, RHP, Chicago White Sox (1977)
468 – Bill Gogolewski*, RHP, Washington Senators (1965)
469 – Brian Daubach, 1B, New York Mets (1990)
470 – Turner Ward, OF, New York Yankees (1986)
471 – Chris Dickerson, OF, Cincinnati Reds (2003)
472 – Jake Peavy, RHP, San Diego Padres (1999)
473 – Glenn Hubbard***, 2B, Atlanta Braves (1975)
474 – Marty Pevey, C, Minnesota Twins (1982)
475 – Kevin McReynolds, OF, Milwaukee Brewers (1978)
476 – Mark Reynolds, SS, Arizona Diamondbacks (2004)
477 – Kirk Reuter, LHP, Montreal Expos (1991)
479 – Mike Willis, LHP, Baltimore Orioles (1972)
480 – Bret Saberhagen, RHP, Kansas City Royals (1982)
481 – Craig Chamberlain, RHP, New York Mets (1977)
482 – Rafael Bournigal, INF, Los Angeles Dodgers (1987)
483 – David Hernandez, RHP, Baltimore Orioles (2005)
484 – John Tudor, LHP, New York Mets (1975)
485 – Danny Kolb, RHP, Minnesota Twins (1993)
486 – Mike Gonzalez, LHP, Pittsburgh Pirates (1996)
487 – Steve Gajkowski, RHP, Cleveland Indians (1990)
488 – Mike Cameron, OF, Chicago White Sox (1991)
489 – Chris Hoiles, C, Detroit Tigers (1986)
490 – Chris Stowers, OF, Montreal Expos (1996)
491 – Josh Willingham, SS, Florida Marlins (2000)
492 – Paul Maholm, LHP, Minnesota Twins (2000)
493 – Don Mattingly, 1B, New York Yankees (1979)
494 – Steve Edlefsen, RHP, San Francisco Giants (2007)
495 – Tom Henke, RHP, Seattle Mariners (1979)
496 – Ian Kinsler, SS, Texas Rangers (2003)
497 – Matt Macri, SS, Minnesota Twins (2001)
499 – J.J. Putz, RHP, Minnesota Twins (1998)
500 – Mike Napoli, C, Anaheim Angels (2000)
501 – Bruce Sutter, RHP, Washington Senators (1970)
502 – Brian Lawrence, RHP, San Diego Padres (1998)

Note: No player selected with the 478th or 498th overall picks has gone on to play in the major leagues.

Active Players Who Are Close To The Best WAR (Denoted By Single Asterisk)
460 – Gaby Sanchez (3.5)
468 – Aaron Laffey (2.1)

Player Listed Was Second-Highest; First Highest Already Appeared (Denoted By Triple Asterisk)
452 – Chuck Knoblauch
473 – Bobby Higginson