Are there any baseball players who were drafted in the 50th round who have made it to the MLB?
If so, who are they? If not, what is the latest round a player has been drafted in and made it to the MLB?
Best Answer: You aroused my curiosity so I took a look at the 50th round draft picks from 1965 to date on baseball-reference.com.
I found 17 players drafted in the 50th round of the June draft who have or are playing in MLB.
The first of those was Tom Robson, drafted by the Mets in 1967. He played two years.
1990 pitcher Rick Helling was drafted by the Mets. He later was drafted by the Rangers as a first round draft pick in 1992. Helling won 93 games in the majors and led the league with 20 wins in 1998.
1992 brought Marvin Benard drafted by the Giants and Anthony Chavez drafted by the Angels. Benard played in the majors for eight years. Chavez was a September callup one year.
1994 was Brian Bowles, drafted by the Blue Jays, three years in the majors.
1995 was Edwards Guzman, drafted by the Giants. Parts of three years in the majors.
1997 was Tommy Murphy, drafted by the DBacks. Later drafted in the third round by the Angels. Two seasons in the majors.
2000 was current major leaguer David Murphy, now in his 6th season. He was drafted by the Angels, later by Boston in the first round of 2003.
Also drafted that year was Brian Buscher, drafted by the DBacks. He played three years for the Twins. He also was later drafted in the 3rd round of the 2003 draft by the Giants.
2001 there were two players thus chosen. Brandon Boggs was drafted by the Yankees, then drafted again by Texas in the fourth round of the 2004 draft. He has played parts of three seasons in the majors.
The other was Zach Zackson, drafted by the White Sox, later drafted in the fourth round of the 2004 draft by Toronto. He has played parts of three games.
2003 brought three Major Leaguers. Rhyne Hughes was drafted by the Pirates. He was later drafted in the 8th round of 2004 draft. He played 14 games last year.
Colin Curtis was drafted by the Reds, later by the Yankees in the 2006 draft. He played in 31 games last year.
2004 was Chris Davis, drafted by the Yankees. He was later taken by the Rangers in the fifth round of the 2006 draft. He has played four seasons in the majors.
2005 was someone you may have heard of. Buster Posey was the 2010 NL rookie of the year. He was later drafted in the first round of the 2008 dtaft by the Giants. Something tells me this kid may stick around.
The most recent was Jarrod Dyson, drafted by the Royals in 2006, He has played in the majors in two different years.
Of the 17, only five have made it to the majors without being taken in a subsequent draft. The best of those five would be Marvin Benard. He played his entire career with the Giants. His career batting average was .271. I am including a link to his player page.
More work than I expected, but I found some fascinating info.
David did an excellent job detailing the 50th round picks that made the majors.
There has also been a number of players picked after the 50th round.
Travis Phelps was the highest round player that made the majors. He was picked in the 89th round.
Other notable late round picks were Mike Piazza (62nd), Gabe Kapler (57th), Marcus Giles (53rd), David Riske (56th), and Denny Hocking (52nd).
Mike Piazza was drafted in the 65th round.
Do players drafted in the really late rounds of the mlb draft even have a chance at pro baseball?
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