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 301-350
Total WAR: 544.6 (10.9 per player)
High WAR: Jim Thome (72.2)
Low WAR: John Hale and Leon Everitt (-0.4)
Hall of Famers: None
Most Valuable Players: Dave Parker (1978)
Rookies of the Year: Geovany Soto (2008)
301 – John Milner, OF, New York Mets (1968)
302 – Scott Hatteberg, C, Philadelphia Phillies (1988)
303 – Leon Everitt***, RHP, Los Angeles Dodgers (1965)
304 – Scott Terry, OF, Cincinnati Reds (1980)
305 – Casey Blake, SS, Philadelphia Phillies (1992)
306 – Marlon Byrd, OF, Philadelphia Phillies (1999)
307 – Darren Dreifort, OF, New York Mets (1990)
308 – Mark Williamson, RHP, Kansas City Royals (1981)
309 – Bruce Kison***, RHP, Pittsburgh Pirates (1968)
310 – Jerald Clark*, 3B, San Diego Padres (1985)
311 – Robb Quinlan, 1B, Anaheim Angels (1999)
312 – Mike Perez, RHP, St. Louis Cardinals (1986)
313 – Peter Bourjos, OF, Los Angeles Angels (2005)
314 – Mike Easler, 3B, Houston Astros (1969)
315 – Lenny Dykstra, OF, New York Mets (1981)
316 – Rob Wilfong, 2B, Minnesota Twins (1971)
317 – Ed Vande Berg, LHP, Seattle Mariners (1980)
318 – Geovany Soto, C, Chicago Cubs (2001)
319 – Bob Welch, RHP, Chicago Cubs (1974)
320 – Kevin Millwood, RHP, Atlanta Braves (1993)
321 – Corey Hart, Milwaukee Brewers (2000)
322 – Jerry White, Montreal Expos (1970)
323 – Mike Oquist, RHP, Baltimore Orioles (1989)
324 – Mike Stanton*, LHP, Atlanta Braves (1987)
325 – Scott Leius***, SS, Minnesota Twins (1986)
326 – Tim Christman, LHP, Colorado Rockies (1996)
327 – Rod Beck, RHP, Oakland Athletics (1986)
328 – Bruce Christensen, SS, California Angels (1966)
329 – Pat Meares, 3B, Minnesota Twins (1990)
330 – Adam Wilk, LHP, Detroit Tigers (2009)
331 – Jose Rosado, LHP, Kansas City Royals (1994)
332 – Dave Parker, C, Pittsburgh Pirates (1970)
333 – Jim Thome, SS, Cleveland Indians (1989)
334 – Michael Wuertz, RHP, Chicago Cubs (1997)
335 – Todd Frohwirth, RHP, Philadelphia Phillies (1984)
336 – Bobby Higginson, OF, Detroit Tigers (1992)
337 – Nathan Eovaldi, RHP, Los Angeles Dodgers (2008)
338 – Dan Uggla, 2B, Arizona Diamondbacks (2001)
339 – John Hale, OF, Los Angeles Dodgers (1971)
340 – Gene Tenace, SS, Kansas City Athletics (1965)
341 – Chris Brock, OF, Atlanta Braves (1992)
342 – Scott Downs, LHP, Atlanta Braves (1994)
343 – Danny Boone, LHP, California Angels (1973)
344 – Roy Staiger, SS, Los Angeles Dodgers (1969)
345 – Jerry Hairston, SS, Baltimore Orioles (1997)
346 – Michael Stutes, RHP, Philadelphia Phillies (2008)
347 – Everett Teaford, LHP, Kansas City Royals (2006)
348 – Bob Moose, RHP, Pittsburgh Pirates (1965)
349 – Brian Shouse, LHP, Pittsburgh Pirates (1990)
350 – Mike Mason, OF, Detroit Tigers (1978)
Active Players Who Are Close To The Best WAR (Denoted By Single Asterisk)
310 – Kris Medlen (1.2)
324 – Stephen Drew (10.7)
Player Listed Was Second-Highest; First Highest Already Appeared (Denoted By Triple Asterisk)
303 – Tony Fossas
309 – Dave Magadan
325 – Steve Finley
