Draft Statistics

I'm going to guess. Someone will have the actual data, but I am going to take a stab and see how close I am:

HS: 400
D1: 675
D2: 150
D3: 35
JUCO: 190
NAIA: 50

DIII does indeed average around 20 drafted, per year, CD.
The folks who run the DIII message boards do a great job tracking free agents and I would estimate there are upwards of 10 reported free agent signings at the DIII level, following the draft.

CD,

I'm not at the office right now, but I believe we have those statistics. Will check when I get back.

Just guessing, but I think Rob is fairly close other than the DIII numbers are probably even lower. Maybe not though!

It's the lower rounds that throws everything off. If possible we will see how the first half of the draft relates to the last half.

I do know the college draft picks has been increasing over the years. The draft can be a bit misleading, though, because it is so dependent on signability.

infielddad, Didn't see your post in time. I would have guessed even less.

Found this tidbit:

In the 2007 MLB draft, there were 107 Junior College players selected, 63 NCAA DII, 43 NAIA, and 30 NCAA DIII.

Thanks everyone for the information thus far.

Another question: How many college players who are drafted were also drafted in high school?

Thanks!

I dont think I am going to answer exactly what you are asking but here are some fun numbers.

Draft Numbers – source 2009 mlb draft tracker

Round 1 (32)
15 - 4 Y (1so), 16 HS , 1 indi player.

Round 1A (17)
12 4 year (1 so), 4 hs , 1 indi player

Round 2 (31)
12 4Y (2 sr, 1 so), 1 CC (j2), 18 hs

Round 3 (30)
17 4Y (2sr), 3 CC (J1, 2J2), 10 hs

Comp B (1)
1 hs

Round 4 (30)
17 4Y (1fr, 1 so, 5 sr), 4 jc (j1,2j2,1j3), 9 hs

Round 5 (30)
23 4Y (5 sr), 7 hs


171 players drafted thru 5 rounds
96 4 year university players (19 of them were not juniors)
65 high school seniors
2 independents
8 JC players
Observations – number of hs players drafted reduced by round 20,18,11,9,7 – number of college players stayed consistent or increased by round.
Numbers:
56% of players drafted in rounds 1-5 were 4 year college players
80% of 4 year college players drafted were juniors.
38% of players drafted in rounds 1 -5 were hs seniors
Slightly less than 5% of players drafted in rounds 1-5 were JC players

I will do rounds 6 - 10 and see how the trends move.

Playfair,

Please continue.

Round 6 (30)
13 4Y (2 sr, 1so), 5 CC, 12 hs,

Round 7 (30)
16 4Y (1 sr), 3 CC, 11 hs

Round 8 (30)
21 4Y (7sr), 3 CC, 6 hs

Round 9 (30)
21 4Y (5sr), 4 CC, 5 hs

Round 10
21 4Y (5sr), 1 CC, 8 hs

150 total players drafted in rounds 6-10 (mlb 2009 draft tracker)
92 4year college guys (20 sr, 1 so)
16 CC players
42 hs players

150 players drafted in rounds 6-10
92 were 4 year college players (20 seniors, 1 so)
42 were hs players
16 were CC players
61% of players drafted in 6-10 were 4 year college players
47% of the 4Y college players were juniors – 13% were 4Y seniors
28% were HS players
Slightly above 10% were Community College players

4Y college player percentages went up in rounds 6-1 by 5%
college junior percentage went down from 80% in rounds 1-5 to 47% in rounds 6-10
hs players drafted went down by 10%
cc players moved up by 5%

Our guys just gave me this for last year.

Total College Players Drafted - 804
Total High School Players Drafted - 505
Total Junior College Players Drafted - 206
Total No School Players Drafted - 6

Out of the college players drafted last year (2009)

42 were 5th year seniors
328 were 4th year seniors
410 were Juniors
23 were sophomores (21 years old)
1 was a freshman (21 years old)

Sorry, we haven't figured out the various divisions the college players came from yet. We do know it leans heavily towards DI.

through 10 rounds there were 321 total picks
188 4 year college players or 58.5%, 78% of those were college juniors (34 seniors, 5 so, 1 fr)
107 hs players or 33%
24 CC players or 7.4%
2 independents

PG, Is that a general representation of years past as well? I mean as a general rule 2009 a normal year as far as high school to college percentages? Or was it an anomaly?

I am just asking for your general thoughts......no need to research anything.

There must be a big shift in the later draft away from juniors toward seniors for those two numbers to end so close. (328/410)

I also noticed heavy D-1 and the JC kids came from the big winning programs.

I also (just for fun) looked by position (Catcher) to see if position tracked along with overall draft.
14 catchers taken in rounds 1-5 and it was an even split of 4yr college players (7) and hs players (7) taken.
In all rounds 130 total catchers were taken
64 were 4Y players 49%
59 were hs players 45%
6 were CC players 4.6%
1 no school

Great thread guys. Keep it up. I would bet that the amount of HS kids drafted 10 years ago would be higher than today.

Rounds 11-20 300 total players drafted

185 4Y college players taken or 61%
89 of the 185 4Y players were seniors equaling 48%
112 hs players taken or 37%
44 Junior College players taken or 14%


Totals through 20 rounds of this year's draft

621 total players selected
373 4 Year college students or 60%
242 of the 373 were 4 Year college juniors equalling 65%
177 hs players were selected or 29%
68 Junior college players were selected or 11%

Now using PG's total draft numbers
1521 total players drafted this year.
804 4 Year college players drafted or 53%
(51% juniors, 49% not juniors)
505 hs players selected or 33%
206 Junior College players selected or 14%

I just took a quick reading of the 2006 to 2009 drafts on DIIIbaseball.com. (BTW, it is great for those who follow DIII sports).
Here are the draft talleys
2006-18 players;
2007-19 players;
2008-20 players;
2009-19 players.
I also know that in 2004 it was 19 players.

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Originally posted by playfair:
There must be a big shift in the later draft away from juniors toward seniors for those two numbers to end so close. (328/410)

I think it's pretty easy to figure that one...Unlike any other category Seniors have no options so no negotiating power so they are a HUGE bargain...and seasoned...a very important factor at a time when budgets are strained and players in positions of negotiating power can command six figures and up...


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Over the past several years the trend has gone towards college kids. I think this years draft would be similiar to the last several.

Quick question everyone - why are there so many more JUCO players drafted than DII? Are the better players going the 2 yr route so they CAN be drafted after year 1 or 2 or just basically more kids in general are going to 2 year programs?