How to read this table
- Established in NPB = reached 100 plate appearances (30 innings for pitchers) in total.
- Groups with few players are shown as “—”.
- Past seasons are counted for the players selected, whether or not they are on a roster now.
- Players who did not sign are also counted in the number of picks.
- ※ marks a draft year without five full seasons behind it. With fewer seasons, college and industrial-league picks tend to rate high, and high-school picks rate low until five seasons are in.
Establishment rate by draft round
- Round 186.9 %
- Round 279.8 %
- Round 370.2 %
- Round 455.4 %
- Round 553.8 %
- Round 650.8 %
- Round 7+42.0 %
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- No lottery90.5 %
- 1 loss87.2 %
- 2+ losses76.0 %
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Picks and what followed, by round
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| Round | Picks | Established (rate) |
|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | 168 | 146 (86.9 %) |
| No lottery | 84 | 76 (90.5 %) |
| 1 loss | 47 | 41 (87.2 %) |
| 2+ losses | 25 | 19 (76.0 %) |
| Round 2 | 168 | 134 (79.8 %) |
| Round 3 | 168 | 118 (70.2 %) |
| Round 4 | 168 | 93 (55.4 %) |
| Round 5 | 158 | 85 (53.8 %) |
| Round 6 | 124 | 63 (50.8 %) |
| Round 7 and later | 112 | 47 (42.0 %) |
“1 loss” means a round 1 pick made after the club lost one lottery, and “2+ losses” after it lost two or more.
Developmental picks
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| Round | Picks | Established (rate) |
|---|---|---|
| Round 1 | 140 | 34 (24.3 %) |
| Round 2 | 96 | 19 (19.8 %) |
| Round 3 | 60 | 11 (18.3 %) |
| Round 4 | 43 | 8 (18.6 %) |
| Round 5 and later | 83 | 12 (14.5 %) |
How to read the table and the figure
Rows are the round of the pick, with the seventh round and later gathered into one row. Developmental picks are not split by round; only their total is given in a separate table. Players who did not sign are counted in the number of picks.
The rate divides the players established in NPB by the number of picks. The number of picks differs by round, so raw counts would always favour the rows with more players. A draft year without five full seasons behind it carries a ※ next to the rate.
The three rows under the first round split it by whether that year's first round went to a lottery. Only years whose records could be read are split, so the three rows add up to less than the first-round total; picks from the other years sit in the first-round row alone.