Comments on: Andrew McCutchen And The Super-Duper Great 2005 1st Round https://thepointofpittsburgh.com/andrew-mccutchen-and-the-super-duper-great-2005-1st-round/ Ideas Involving Pittsburgh Wed, 08 Jun 2016 13:42:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.2 By: Brian Vernon https://thepointofpittsburgh.com/andrew-mccutchen-and-the-super-duper-great-2005-1st-round/#comment-8101 Sat, 12 Mar 2016 16:27:05 +0000 https://thepointofpittsburgh.com/?p=4588#comment-8101 Interestingly enough, Bonds (drafted by the Giants) and Larkin (Reds) were both selected in the second round of the 1982 draft, which represents the best round 2 in history (WAR 338.9) if you allow for players who didn’t sign. David Wells (53.6) was the only other WAR > 10.

The best second round of players that signed would belong to 1984 (WAR 246.6), with Maddux, Glavine and Al Leiter.

]]> By: Kevin Creagh https://thepointofpittsburgh.com/andrew-mccutchen-and-the-super-duper-great-2005-1st-round/#comment-8092 Sat, 12 Mar 2016 00:33:22 +0000 https://thepointofpittsburgh.com/?p=4588#comment-8092 First– kudos on the pivot tables.
Second — yeah, 2nd will be peak position as Bonds 160 coupled w Larkins 70 (and palmiero’s) is unbeatable.

]]> By: Brian Vernon https://thepointofpittsburgh.com/andrew-mccutchen-and-the-super-duper-great-2005-1st-round/#comment-8089 Fri, 11 Mar 2016 13:34:24 +0000 https://thepointofpittsburgh.com/?p=4588#comment-8089 You are correct, my pivot table lied to me!

2005 is the 4th best first round ever, and soon to be the second. They will have a hard time catching up to the juicy class of 1985.

]]> By: Kevin Creagh https://thepointofpittsburgh.com/andrew-mccutchen-and-the-super-duper-great-2005-1st-round/#comment-8082 Fri, 11 Mar 2016 01:16:24 +0000 https://thepointofpittsburgh.com/?p=4588#comment-8082 Thanks for sharing this, Brian. If I’m reading and sorting this correctly, though, isn’t 2005 the 4th most WAR overall and then 15th by the Top 5 players?
This is a great resource. Thank you.

]]> By: Brian Vernon https://thepointofpittsburgh.com/andrew-mccutchen-and-the-super-duper-great-2005-1st-round/#comment-8078 Thu, 10 Mar 2016 14:30:23 +0000 https://thepointofpittsburgh.com/?p=4588#comment-8078 Here is the link to the Google Doc if you want a better look.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cF0hdjbAzyszboAyJJ3HnV6tKDm_npcdy88I9qdjOIY/edit?usp=sharing

]]> By: Brian Vernon https://thepointofpittsburgh.com/andrew-mccutchen-and-the-super-duper-great-2005-1st-round/#comment-8077 Thu, 10 Mar 2016 14:25:19 +0000 https://thepointofpittsburgh.com/?p=4588#comment-8077 Currently, 2005 sits at the 15th best cumulative WAR for the first round. It also sits 15th if you rank the top 5 players for each draft.

Here is a breakdown of the top 20 by number of players to hit a career WAR level

Year Players WAR WAR Top 5 WAR 10-20 WAR 20-30 WAR 30-40 WAR 40-50 WAR 50-60 WAR 60-70 WAR 70-80 WAR 80+
1985 28 495.4 394.7 6 0 1 0 1 0 2 1
1987 32 359.6 266.1 3 2 1 0 1 1 0 1
1993 42 359.3 265.7 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 1
1990 40 330.8 245.4 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 2
1986 28 279.9 224.9 4 0 1 1 0 2 0 0
1992 38 285.6 216.7 1 3 0 1 1 0 1 0
1977 26 264.8 209.3 2 3 1 1 0 0 1 0
1995 30 258.1 207.7 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0
1974 24 254.1 204.2 1 1 3 2 0 0 0 0
1983 28 198.5 198.3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1967 20 199 194.8 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0
1997 52 258.2 192.6 1 4 1 1 1 0 0 0
1973 24 179.4 191.5 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1989 30 230 188.8 2 3 0 1 0 0 1 0
2005 48 347.4 185.2 5 2 3 1 0 0 0 0
2001 44 221.7 182.5 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 0
2002 41 315.7 178.8 3 4 1 1 1 0 0 0
1988 30 267.5 178.2 4 3 2 0 1 0 0 0
2000 40 167.2 168.3 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
1998 43 302.3 166.6 7 2 0 1 1 0 0 0

Data according to baseball-reference.com http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/

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