Hardball Retrospective – Amateur Draft – Average Yearly WAR and Win Shares

Derek Bain

5 years ago

Based on my research for Hardball Retrospective, the following table reveals the average and total Wins Above Replacement (WAR) and Win Shares (WS) for every franchise based on the players that were drafted and signed to their first professional Major League Baseball contract. Each player’s statistics are mapped to the appropriate franchise for the duration of their career. Therefore Rickey Henderson and Reggie Jackson’s career WAR and WS are included in the Athletics (OAK) franchise totals, Greg Maddux to the Cubs (CHC), Ken Griffey Jr. to the Mariners (SEA), etc. Statistics through the 2019 season.

Hardball Retrospective - Amateur Draft - Average Yearly WAR and Win Shares for "Original" Players

Franchise	Total_WAR	Total_WS	FDY	TDY	AvgWAR	AvgWS
BOS_Da	1843.73	11275.52	1965	55	33.52	205.01
OAK_Da	1694.28	10635.65	1965	55	30.81	193.38
STL_Da	1528.63	10358.40	1965	55	27.79	188.33
ANA_Da	1474.80	9998.64	1965	55	26.81	181.79
LAD_Da	1551.59	9919.88	1965	55	28.21	180.36
TEX_Da	1404.51	9756.93	1965	55	25.54	177.40
WSN_Da	1453.76	9201.05	1968	52	27.96	176.94
TOR_Da	1266.32	7577.45	1977	43	29.45	176.22
ATL_Da	1346.10	9660.56	1965	55	24.47	175.65
CIN_Da	1361.43	9511.15	1965	55	24.75	172.93
KCR_Da	1416.90	8904.58	1968	52	27.25	171.24
MIN_Da	1382.17	9373.83	1965	55	25.13	170.43
PIT_Da	1403.88	9314.78	1965	55	25.53	169.36
MIL_Da	1209.99	8332.92	1968	52	23.27	160.25
NYM_Da	1237.35	8709.97	1965	55	22.50	158.36
SFG_Da	1225.01	8709.19	1965	55	22.27	158.35
SEA_Da	1065.70	6779.53	1977	43	24.78	157.66
CHC_Da	1288.44	8659.50	1965	55	23.43	157.45
PHI_Da	1199.69	8434.60	1965	55	21.81	153.36
NYY_Da	1213.74	8250.26	1965	55	22.07	150.00
CLE_Da	1251.52	8086.19	1965	55	22.75	147.02
HOU_Da	1096.92	7771.09	1965	55	19.94	141.29
COL_Da	529.93	3869.51	1992	28	18.93	138.20
DET_Da	1117.87	7600.65	1965	55	20.32	138.19
SDP_Da	951.33	7133.80	1968	52	18.29	137.19
ARI_Da	504.43	3275.20	1996	24	21.02	136.47
BAL_Da	1144.89	7496.30	1965	55	20.82	136.30
CHW_Da	1067.04	6871.75	1965	55	19.40	124.94
TBD_Da	456.93	2879.22	1996	24	19.04	119.97
FLA_Da	418.24	2871.53	1992	28	14.94	102.55

Average Yearly WAR and Win Shares for "Original" Players for players drafted and signed by each franchise - statistics compiled over the duration of their careers. For example, Rickey Henderson career WAR and Win Shares are included in the OAK_Da totals.

Legend: FDY = First Draft Year TDY = Total Draft Years