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1965-2023
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year teamname stats picks other 1st rnd total mlb udfa top pick# top pick hs college signed Unsigned d1 d2 d3 naia jrcollege hs% col% sign% unsign% first to mlb top bonus
2023 Texas Rangers team page 18 0 1 0 47 4 Wyatt Langford 6 12 15 3 7 0 0 0 5 33.3 66.7 83.3 16.7 Wyatt Langford
2022 Texas Rangers team page 18 0 1 0 56 3 Kumar Rocker 8 9 13 5 5 0 0 0 4 44.4 50.0 72.2 27.8 Kumar Rocker
2021 Texas Rangers team page 20 0 1 1 41 2 Jack Leiter 9 11 18 2 6 1 0 0 4 45.0 55.0 90.0 10.0 Jack Leiter
2020 Texas Rangers team page 5 0 1 2 20 14 Justin Foscue 4 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 80.0 20.0 100.0 0.0 Evan Carter Justin Foscue
2019 Texas Rangers team page 41 0 2 2 38 8 Josh Jung 16 25 28 13 14 3 0 0 8 39.0 61.0 68.3 31.7 Josh Jung Josh Jung
2018 Texas Rangers team page 40 0 1 4 46 15 Cole Winn 16 24 32 8 12 2 0 3 7 40.0 60.0 80.0 20.0 Mason Englert Cole Winn
2017 Texas Rangers team page 41 0 2 8 33 26 Bubba Thompson 19 22 26 15 13 0 1 0 8 46.3 53.7 63.4 36.6 John King Bubba Thompson
2016 Texas Rangers team page 40 0 1 6 21 30 Cole Ragans 11 28 34 6 9 3 1 4 11 27.5 70.0 85.0 15.0 Kyle Cody Cole Ragans
2015 Texas Rangers team page 40 0 1 13 24 4 Dillon Tate 10 30 35 5 16 6 0 2 6 25.0 75.0 87.5 12.5 Jeffrey Springs Dillon Tate
2014 Texas Rangers team page 40 0 1 8 23 30 Luis Ortiz 14 26 28 12 13 2 0 1 10 35.0 65.0 70.0 30.0 Jose Trevino Luis Ortiz
2013 Texas Rangers team page 41 0 2 12 30 23 Chi Chi Gonzalez 15 26 28 13 9 3 0 3 11 36.6 63.4 68.3 31.7 Chi Chi Gonzalez Chi Chi Gonzalez
2012 Texas Rangers team page 43 0 3 10 23 29 Lewis Brinson 19 24 31 12 15 1 1 1 6 44.2 55.8 72.1 27.9 Keone Kela Joey Gallo
2011 Texas Rangers team page 51 0 2 12 15 33 Kevin Matthews 24 27 27 24 16 3 1 2 5 47.1 52.9 52.9 47.1 Nick Martinez Kevin Matthews
2010 Texas Rangers team page 53 0 4 17 22 15 Jake Skole 25 28 37 16 24 1 0 0 3 47.2 52.8 69.8 30.2 Justin Grimm Jake Skole
2009 Texas Rangers team page 51 0 2 7 7 14 Matt Purke 25 25 25 26 12 3 0 1 9 49.0 49.0 49.0 51.0 Tanner Scheppers Tanner Scheppers
2008 Texas Rangers team page 50 0 1 10 15 11 Justin Smoak 14 35 34 16 29 1 0 1 4 28.0 70.0 68.0 32.0 Justin Smoak Justin Smoak
2007 Texas Rangers team page 54 0 5 12 7 17 Blake Beavan 24 30 30 24 19 1 2 2 6 44.4 55.6 55.6 44.4 Tommy Hunter Blake Beavan
2006 Texas Rangers team page 49 0 1 8 8 12 Kasey Kiker 15 34 31 18 17 0 1 2 14 30.6 69.4 63.3 36.7 Daniel Herrera Kasey Kiker
2005 Texas Rangers team page 50 0 1 6 5 19 John Mayberry 17 33 32 18 19 1 0 0 13 34.0 66.0 64.0 36.0 German Duran John Mayberry
2004 Texas Rangers team page 51 0 2 9 3 10 Thomas Diamond 10 41 40 11 26 2 0 1 12 19.6 80.4 78.4 21.6 Travis Metcalf Thomas Diamond
2003 Texas Rangers team page 44 0 1 6 1 9 John Danks 10 34 28 16 25 0 0 2 7 22.7 77.3 63.6 36.4 Scott Feldman John Danks
2002 Texas Rangers team page 46 0 1 5 2 10 Drew Meyer 18 28 22 24 15 2 1 0 9 39.1 60.9 47.8 52.2 Sam Narron Drew Meyer
2001 Texas Rangers team page 48 0 1 3 1 5 Mark Teixeira 19 29 21 27 11 5 0 1 12 39.6 60.4 43.8 56.3 Mark Teixeira Mark Teixeira
2000 Texas Rangers team page 53 0 3 7 2 25 Scott Heard 29 24 26 27 14 0 1 0 9 54.7 45.3 49.1 50.9 Laynce Nix Scott Heard
1999 Texas Rangers team page 53 0 2 9 1 38 Colby Lewis 31 22 20 33 9 2 0 0 11 58.5 41.5 37.7 62.3 Colby Lewis Colby Lewis
year teamname stats picks other 1st rnd total mlb udfa top pick# top pick hs college signed Unsigned d1 d2 d3 naia jrcollege hs% col% sign% unsign% first to mlb top bonus
1998 Texas Rangers team page 50 0 1 5 3 10 Carlos Pena 24 26 28 22 14 0 0 5 7 48.0 52.0 56.0 44.0 Barry Zito Carlos Pena
1997 Texas Rangers team page 42 0 1 6 1 39 Jason Romano 22 20 20 22 6 1 1 0 12 52.4 47.6 47.6 52.4 Mike Lamb Jason Romano
1996 Texas Rangers team page 54 0 3 11 4 18 R.A. Dickey 16 37 25 29 16 1 2 1 17 29.6 68.5 46.3 53.7 Warren Morris Sam Marsonek
1995 Texas Rangers team page 47 0 1 10 1 7 Jonathan Johnson 19 27 36 11 15 3 1 3 5 40.4 57.4 76.6 23.4 Ryan Dempster Jonathan Johnson
1994 Texas Rangers team page 38 0 0 7 1 56 Kevin Brown 10 27 31 7 18 2 1 3 3 26.3 71.1 81.6 18.4 Kevin Brown Kevin Brown
1993 Texas Rangers team page 59 0 1 6 0 30 Mike Bell 22 33 38 21 21 3 0 2 7 37.3 55.9 64.4 35.6 Marc Sagmoen Mike Bell
1992 Texas Rangers team page 50 0 1 7 1 22 Rick Helling 21 29 30 20 16 3 0 2 8 42.0 58.0 60.0 40.0 Rick Helling Rick Helling
1991 Texas Rangers team page 63 0 1 6 1 19 Benji Gil 20 43 46 17 26 1 1 3 12 31.7 68.3 73.0 27.0 Benji Gil Benji Gil
1990 Texas Rangers team page 60 0 1 10 3 16 Dan Smith 17 42 41 19 24 4 2 4 8 28.3 70.0 68.3 31.7 Matt Whiteside Dan Smith
1989 Texas Rangers team page 58 0 1 5 0 5 Donald Harris 17 39 41 17 24 1 1 4 9 29.3 67.2 70.7 29.3 Gerald Alexander Donald Harris
1988 Texas Rangers team page 59 0 1 6 1 6 Monty Fariss 15 44 39 20 20 2 1 7 14 25.4 74.6 66.1 33.9 Monty Fariss --
1987 Texas Rangers team page 53 0 3 13 2 19 Brian Bohanon 13 39 33 20 24 2 0 0 13 24.5 73.6 62.3 37.7 Scott Coolbaugh --
1986 Texas Rangers team page 30 19 1 11 3 4 Kevin Brown 9 20 22 8 16 0 0 3 1 30.0 66.7 73.3 26.7 Mike Loynd --
1985 Texas Rangers team page 30 18 1 7 1 3 Bobby Witt 8 21 24 6 15 2 2 1 1 26.7 70.0 80.0 20.0 Bobby Witt Bobby Witt
1984 Texas Rangers team page 47 15 1 3 0 12 Oddibe McDowell 7 39 41 6 23 3 1 10 2 14.9 83.0 87.2 12.8 Oddibe McDowell --
1983 Texas Rangers team page 50 19 1 6 1 3 Jeff Kunkel 7 43 38 12 35 1 0 5 2 14.0 86.0 76.0 24.0 Jeff Kunkel --
1982 Texas Rangers team page 40 19 0 5 2 44 Mike Rubel 16 23 24 16 21 0 1 0 1 40.0 57.5 60.0 40.0 Steve Buechele --
1981 Texas Rangers team page 35 17 2 7 1 9 Ron Darling 4 31 29 6 16 8 1 2 4 11.4 88.6 82.9 17.1 Ron Darling --
1980 Texas Rangers team page 34 20 1 8 0 14 Tim Maki 14 20 25 9 18 0 0 2 0 41.2 58.8 73.5 26.5 Walt Terrell --
1979 Texas Rangers team page 38 17 1 8 0 17 Jerry Don Gleaton 7 31 25 13 19 5 0 5 2 18.4 81.6 65.8 34.2 Jerry Don Gleaton --
1978 Texas Rangers team page 41 10 0 6 0 46 Amos Lewis 17 24 26 15 16 3 2 3 0 41.5 58.5 63.4 36.6 Gene Nelson --
1977 Texas Rangers team page 28 12 1 7 0 9 David Hibner 13 15 17 11 9 2 0 3 1 46.4 53.6 60.7 39.3 Ed Lynch --
1976 Texas Rangers team page 28 8 1 7 3 12 Billy Simpson 20 8 16 12 6 2 0 0 0 71.4 28.6 57.1 42.9 Billy Sample --
1975 Texas Rangers team page 33 8 1 7 0 17 Jim Gideon 19 14 19 14 11 1 1 1 0 57.6 42.4 57.6 42.4 Jim Gideon --
1974 Texas Rangers team page 36 10 1 9 0 2 Tommy Boggs 21 14 22 14 7 1 1 5 0 58.3 38.9 61.1 38.9 Jim Umbarger --
year teamname stats picks other 1st rnd total mlb udfa top pick# top pick hs college signed Unsigned d1 d2 d3 naia jrcollege hs% col% sign% unsign% first to mlb top bonus
1973 Texas Rangers team page 36 11 1 7 1 1 David Clyde 21 15 20 16 11 0 0 1 3 58.3 41.7 55.6 44.4 David Clyde David Clyde
1972 Texas Rangers team page 44 16 1 6 0 4 Roy Howell 28 16 18 26 6 5 0 2 3 63.6 36.4 40.9 59.1 Jim Sundberg --
1971 Washington Senators II team page 35 18 1 5 0 7 Roger Quiroga 22 13 16 19 6 4 0 0 3 62.9 37.1 45.7 54.3 Stan Thomas --
1970 Washington Senators II team page 47 21 1 5 0 14 Chip Maxwell 29 17 20 27 6 4 0 1 6 61.7 36.2 42.6 57.4 Rick Waits --
1969 Washington Senators II team page 48 22 1 6 0 1 Jeff Burroughs 37 10 22 26 3 4 0 2 1 77.1 20.8 45.8 54.2 Jeff Burroughs Jeff Burroughs
1968 Washington Senators II team page 31 18 1 5 0 8 Don Castle 20 11 16 15 5 2 1 1 1 64.5 35.5 51.6 48.4 Larry Biittner --
1967 Washington Senators II team page 42 17 1 6 0 5 John Jones 31 11 26 16 5 4 0 1 1 73.8 26.2 61.9 38.1 Mike Thompson --
1966 Washington Senators II team page 34 15 1 5 1 6 Tom Grieve 19 15 14 20 7 4 0 2 2 55.9 44.1 41.2 58.8 Gerry Schoen Tom Grieve
1965 Washington Senators II team page 25 0 1 7 2 3 Joe Coleman 18 7 13 12 4 3 0 0 0 72.0 28.0 52.0 48.0 Joe Coleman Joe Coleman
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