I previously looked at the 31 top Ranger Draft picks, but, when looking at it, I also got interested in how productive the average drafts were, and how productive the Various Ranger GMs were. So, I crunched the data and came up with the following lists. All WARs are Baseball-reference.com WAR's.
Please note that some GMs can still improve with time, and it's probably premature to include Daniels. It does show that anyone who expects a fairly short term bump from upcoming drafts will likely be disappointed.
At any rate, here are the lists.
Ranger GMs by Average WAR per Draft |
|
GM | WAR |
Eddie Robinson | 27.78 |
Tom Grieve | 27.15 |
Doug Melvin | 22.30 |
Bob Short | 11.90 |
Dan O'Brien | 10.07 |
John Hart | 9.88 |
George Selkirk | 6.85 |
Joe Klein | 5.65 |
Joe Burke | 5.65 |
O'Brien/Robinson | 4.20 |
Jon Daniels | 0.18 |
All Drafts | 17.10 |
Top 10 Ranger Drafts | ||
GM | Year | WAR |
Tom Grieve | 1986 | 99.9 |
Joe Burke | 1972 | 72.7 |
Eddie Robinson | 1982 | 59.8 |
Doug Melvin | 1996 | 45.8 |
Tom Grieve | 1985 | 42.5 |
Doug Melvin | 2001 | 42.4 |
John Hart | 2003 | 39.2 |
Tom Grieve | 1992 | 37.3 |
Doug Melvin | 1999 | 31.3 |
Eddie Robinson | 1979 | 27.8 |
Bottom 10 Ranger Drafts | ||
GM | Year | WAR |
Jon Daniels | 2006 | -2.6 |
John Hart | 2004 | -0.7 |
Dan O'Brien | 1975 | -0.3 |
Jon Daniels | 2010 | 0 |
Jon Daniels | 2009 | 0 |
Jon Daniels | 2008 | 0 |
Tom Grieve | 1993 | 0 |
John Hart | 2002 | 0.2 |
Doug Melvin | 1997 | 0.4 |
Joe Klein | 1983 | 0.6 |