San Francisco Giants' Draft Success

I decided I'd mine Baseball-Reference to produce an interactive graphic of the San Francisco Giants' draft history (1958-2010). Below is the result. -- Blue denotes college picks, green denotes Junior College, and yellow = high school -- The size of the circle is based on career rWAR -- You can sort by year -- It's important to note that these are all the picks, and not just the ones that signed Sheet 1 - 2002 Powered by Tableau Notes: -- The only high-school draft picks to see extended time in the majors since 2002? Travis Ishikawa, Matt Cain, and Madison Bumgarner. -- The 1998-2000 drafts produced little in the way of valuable major-leaguers, with one current exception: Ryan Vogelsong, fifth-rounder in 1998. -- The Giants produced quite a few relievers with their mid-to-late 90s draft picks: Jason Grilli, Scott Linebrink, Joe Nathan, Bob Howry, and Keith Foulke. -- The Giants' most valuable draft pick in 1992 was the 1391st overall pick: Marvin Benard. ...