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Breaking Down the 1990-97 Drafts

Jim Callis compiled a database of the 2,115 players who signed out of the first 10 rounds of the 1990-97 drafts, figuring we’ve had time to get a good read on the careers of all of those players. We’ve noted where they came from (college, high school, junior college) and how they’ve fared. Draft-and-follows who signed the following year were considered where they were drafted from (high school or junior college). Players’ careers were graded because the value of a player who becomes an all-star is clearly different than that of a player who gets one big league at-bat, even though both can be called big leaguers. Using Angels draftees as examples, the categories are: flops who fell short of big leagues (Pete Janicki), players who got a cup of coffee (Phil Leftwich), fringe big leaguers (Jorge Fabregas), big league regulars (Brian Anderson), good big league regulars (Garret Anderson) and stars (Troy Percival). The chart includes players who made their major league debuts through May 4th, 2003.

Overall
 
Players
Flops
Coffee
Fringe
Regular
Good
Star
Regular
or Better
College
1,023
61.2%
21.8%
8.4%
6.5%
1.4%
0.9%
8.7%
High School
920
71.8%
12.6%
7.2%
4.1%
3.2%
1.1%
8.4%
Junior College
171
77.8%
12.9%
7.0%
1.8%
0.6%
0.0%
2.3%
Total
2,115
67.1%
17.1%
7.8%
5.1%
2.1%
0.9%
8.0%
By Round
First Round
Players
Flops
Coffee
Fringe
Regular
Good
Star
Regular
or Better
College
148
27.0%
25.7%
21.6%
16.2%
6.1%
4.1%
26.4%
High School
145
42.1%
15.2%
15.2%
12.4%
10.3%
4.8%
27.6%
Junior College
7
57.1%
14.3%
14.3%
0.0%
14.3%
0.0%
14.3%
Total
301
34.9%
20.3%
18.3%
14.0%
8.3%
4.3%
26.6%
 
Second Round
Players
Flops
Coffee
Fringe
Regular
Good
Star
Regular
or Better
College
91
37.4%
40.7%
6.6%
11.0%
3.1%
1.1%
15.4%
High School
123
63.4%
22.8%
8.1%
3.3%
1.6%
0.8%
5.7%
Junior College
9
66.7%
11.1%
22.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Total
223
52.9%
29.6%
8.1%
6.3%
2.2%
0.9%
9.4%
 
Third Round
Players
Flops
Coffee
Fringe
Regular
Good
Star
Regular
or Better
College
86
60.5%
25.6%
8.1%
5.8%
0.0%
0.0%
5.8%
High School
111
73.0%
13.5%
6.3%
5.4%
1.8%
0.0%
7.2%
Junior College
14
78.6%
7.1%
14.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Total
211
68.2%
18.0%
7.6%
5.2%
0.9%
0.0%
6.2%
 
Fourth Round
Players
Flops
Coffee
Fringe
Regular
Good
Star
Regular
or Better
College
96
59.4%
27.1%
8.3%
5.2%
0.0%
0.0%
5.2%
High School
93
79.6%
11.8%
5.4%
2.2%
1.1%
0.0%
3.2%
Junior College
15
86.7%
13.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Total
204
70.6%
19.1%
6.4%
3.4%
0.5%
0.0%
3.9%
 
Fifth Round
Players
Flops
Coffee
Fringe
Regular
Good
Star
Regular
or Better
College
97
69.1%
18.6%
6.2%
5.2%
1.0%
0.0%
6.2%
High School
94
73.4%
14.9%
6.4%
2.1%
3.2%
0.0%
5.3%
Junior College
13
69.2%
15.4%
15.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Total
204
71.1%
16.7%
6.9%
3.4%
2.0%
0.0%
5.4%
 
Sixth Round
Players
Flops
Coffee
Fringe
Regular
Good
Star
Regular
or Better
College
107
77.6%
13.1%
3.7%
3.7%
0.0%
1.9%
5.6%
High School
81
80.2%
8.6%
7.4%
1.2%
1.2%
1.2%
3.7%
Junior College
13
53.8%
15.4%
23.1%
7.7%
0.0%
0.0%
7.7%
Total
201
77.1%
11.4%
6.5%
3.0%
0.5%
1.5%
5.0%
 
Seventh Round
Players
Flops
Coffee
Fringe
Regular
Good
Star
Regular
or Better
College
101
67.3%
19.8%
8.9%
4.0%
0.0%
0.0%
4.0%
High School
76
84.2%
6.6%
5.3%
3.9%
0.0%
0.0%
3.9%
Junior College
22
81.8%
13.6%
0.0%
4.5%
0.0%
0.0%
4.5%
Total
199
74.5%
14.1%
6.5%
4.0%
0.0%
0.0%
4.0%
 
Eighth Round
Players
Flops
Coffee
Fringe
Regular
Good
Star
Regular
or Better
College
108
77.8%
16.7%
1.9%
3.7%
0.0%
0.0%
3.7%
High School
62
82.3%
6.5%
3.2%
1.6%
6.5%
0.0%
8.1%
Junior College
26
88.5%
11.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Total
196
80.6%
12.8%
2.0%
2.6%
2.0%
0.0%
4.6%
 
Ninth Round
Players
Flops
Coffee
Fringe
Regular
Good
Star
Regular
or Better
College
100
75.0%
16.0%
5.0%
3.0%
1.0%
0.0%
4.0%
High School
68
88.2%
8.8%
2.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Junior College
22
81.8%
13.6%
4.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Total
190
80.5%
13.2%
4.2%
1.6%
0.5%
0.0%
2.1%
 
Tenth Round
Players
Flops
Coffee
Fringe
Regular
Good
Star
Regular
or Better
College
89
74.2%
15.7%
7.9%
2.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2.2%
High School
67
86.6%
6.0%
3.0%
1.5%
1.5%
1.5%
4.5%
Junior College
30
80.0%
13.3%
3.3%
3.3%
0.0%
0.0%
3.3%
Total
186
79.6%
11.8%
5.4%
2.2%
0.5%
0.5%
3.2%
 
By Position
Lefthanders
Players
Flops
Coffee
Fringe
Regular
Good
Star
Regular
or Better
College
159
56.0%
30.8%
6.9%
5.0%
0.6%
0.6%
6.3%
High School
99
69.7%
19.2%
7.1%
3.0%
1.0%
0.0%
4.0%
Junior College
35
68.6%
17.1%
14.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Total
293
62.1%
25.3%
7.8%
3.8%
0.7%
0.3%
4.8%
 
Righthanders
Players
Flops
Coffee
Fringe
Regular
Good
Star
Regular
or Better
College
397
63.0%
22.2%
6.8%
6.3%
1.0%
1.0%
8.3%
High School
291
67.0%
15.1%
8.6%
6.5%
2.4%
0.3%
9.3%
Junior College
84
79.8%
11.9%
4.8%
2.4%
1.2%
0.0%
3.6%
Total
773
66.2%
18.4%
7.4%
6.0%
1.6%
0.6%
8.2%
 
Catchers
Players
Flops
Coffee
Fringe
Regular
Good
Star
Regular
or Better
College
82
63.4%
18.3%
9.8%
7.3%
1.2%
0.0%
8.5%
High School
91
73.6%
6.6%
9.9%
4.4%
4.4%
1.1%
9.9%
Junior College
6
100.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Total
179
69.8%
11.7%
9.5%
5.6%
2.8%
0.6%
8.9%
 
First Baseman
Players
Flops
Coffee
Fringe
Regular
Good
Star
Regular
or Better
College
43
58.1%
20.9%
7.0%
7.0%
2.3%
4.7%
14.0%
High School
47
78.7%
6.4%
6.4%
0.0%
8.5%
0.0%
8.5%
Junior College
3
100.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Total
93
69.9%
12.9%
6.5%
3.2%
5.4%
2.2%
10.8%
 
Second Baseman
Players
Flops
Coffee
Fringe
Regular
Good
Star
Regular
or Better
College
33
69.7%
12.1%
3.0%
12.1%
3.0%
0.0%
15.2%
High School
7
42.9%
14.3%
0.0%
14.3%
14.3%
14.3%
42.9%
Junior College
5
80.0%
20.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Total
45
66.7%
13.3%
2.2%
11.1%
4.4%
2.2%
17.8%
 
Third Baseman
Players
Flops
Coffee
Fringe
Regular
Good
Star
Regular
or Better
College
49
57.1%
16.3%
16.3%
4.1%
4.1%
2.0%
10.2%
High School
42
69.0%
7.1%
9.5%
7.1%
2.4%
4.8%
14.3%
Junior College
7
100.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Total
98
65.3%
11.2%
12.2%
5.1%
3.1%
3.1%
11.2%
 
Shortstops
Players
Flops
Coffee
Fringe
Regular
Good
Star
Regular
or Better
College
82
53.7%
20.7%
13.4%
11.0%
0.0%
1.2%
12.2%
High School
127
71.7%
15.0%
7.1%
2.4%
1.6%
2.4%
6.3%
Junior College
6
50.0%
16.7%
16.7%
16.7%
0.0%
0.0%
16.7%
Total
215
64.2%
17.2%
9.8%
6.0%
0.9%
1.9%
8.8%
 
Outfielders
Players
Flops
Coffee
Fringe
Regular
Good
Star
Regular
or Better
College
178
64.6%
18.5%
9.6%
5.1%
2.2%
0.0%
7.3%
High School
216
78.7%
9.7%
4.2%
2.3%
4.2%
0.9%
7.4%
Junior College
25
76.0%
16.0%
8.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Total
419
72.6%
13.8%
6.7%
3.3%
3.1%
0.5%
6.9%

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