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A list of players who, after being drafted, played a Major League game in the same season. Typically, a drafted player works his way through the minor league system over the course of several years. Though first rounders are usually more advanced or have higher ceilings, they also generally take at least 2 years to reach the Major Leagues.

This list is for drafted players only. International professional free agents are not considered for this list due to their advanced age and previous professional experience in other countries. (Japan, Cuba, Korea etc)

This table is sortable

Year	Player	Pos	Team	Drafted	Phase	Debut	Age	MLB Years	Play Years	MLB Games
2014	Brandon Finnegan	P	Kansas City Royals	2014-1-17	June-Reg	2014-09-06	21.145	2014-2016	2012-2016	58
2010	Chris Sale	P	Chicago White Sox	2010-1-13	June-Reg	2010-08-06	21.129	2010-2016	2008-2016	228
2008	Conor Gillaspie	3B	San Francisco Giants	2008-1-37	June-Reg	2008-09-09	21.053	2008-2016	2006-2016	469
2007	Ross Detwiler	P	Washington Nationals	2007-1-6	June-Reg	2007-09-07	21.185	2007-2016	2005-2016	189
2006	Andrew Miller	P	Detroit Tigers	2006-1-6	June-Reg	2006-08-30	21.101	2006-2016	2004-2016	389
2005	Joey Devine	P	Atlanta Braves	2005-1-27	June-Reg	2005-08-20	21.336	2005-2011	2003-2011	93
2005	Ryan Zimmerman	3b	Washington Nationals	2005-1-4	June-Reg	2005-09-01	20.338	2005-2016	2003-2016	1408
2005	Craig Hansen	P	Boston Red Sox	2005-1-26	June-Reg	2005-09-19	21.309	2005-2009	2003-2012	95
2003	Rickie Weeks	2B	Milwaukee Brewers	2003-1-2	June-Reg	2003-09-15	21.002	2003-2016	2001-2016	1287
2003	Ryan Wagner	P	Cincinnati Reds	2003-1-14	June-Reg	2003-07-19	21.004	2003-2007	2002-2009	148
2003	Chad Cordero	P	Montreal Expos	2003-1-20	June-Reg	2003-08-30	21.165	2003-2010	2001-2013	314
2000	Xavier Nady	OF	San Diego Padres	2000-2-49	June-Reg	2000-09-30	21.320	2000-2014	1998-2014	961
1998	J.D. Drew	OF	St. Louis Cardinals	1998-1-5	June-Reg	1998-09-08	22.293	1998-2011	1995-2011	1566
1995	Ariel Prieto	P	Oakland Athletics	1995-1-5	June-Reg	1995-07-02	25.253	1995-2001	1995-2005	70
1993	Jeff Granger	P	Kansas City Royals	1993-1-5	June-Reg	1993-09-16	21.275	1993-1997	1991-2000	27
1990	Alex Fernandez	P	Chicago White Sox	1990-1-4	June-Reg	1990-08-02	20.354	1990-2000	1989-2000	263
1990	Lance Dickson	P	Chicago Cubs	1990-1-23	June-Reg	1990-08-09	20.294	1990-1990	1988-1995	3
1989	John Olerud	1B-P	Toronto Blue Jays	1989-3-79	June-Reg	1989-09-03	21.029	1989-2005	1987-2005	2234
1989	Ben McDonald	P	Baltimore Orioles	1989-1-1	June-Reg	1989-09-06	21.287	1989-1997	1987-1997	211
1988	Gregg Olson	P	Baltimore Orioles	1988-1-4	June-Reg	1988-09-02	21.326	1988-2001	1986-2001	622
1987	Jack McDowell	P	Chicago White Sox	1987-1-5	June-Reg	1987-09-15	21.242	1987-1999	1985-1999	277
1986	Mike Loynd	P	Texas Rangers	1986-7-163	June-Reg	1986-07-24	22.120	1986-1987	1983-1994	35
1986	Greg Swindell	P	Cleveland Indians	1986-1-2	June-Reg	1986-08-21	21.231	1986-2002	1984-2003	664
1980	Rich Bordi	P	Oakland Athletics	1980-3-56	June-Reg	1980-07-16	21.089	1980-1988	1980-1990	173
1979	Jerry Don Gleaton	P	Texas Rangers	1979-1-17	June-Reg	1979-07-11	21.300	1979-1992	1979-1993	307
1978	Brian Milner	C	Toronto Blue Jays	1978-7-158	June-Reg	1978-06-23	18.219	1978-1978	1978-1982	2
1978	Scott Meyer	C	Oakland Athletics	1978-5-108	June-Reg	1978-09-10	21.022	1978-1978	1978-2001	8
1978	Britt Burns	P	Chicago White Sox	1978-3-70	June-Reg	1978-08-05	19.058	1978-1985	1978-1990	193
1978	Bob Horner	3B	Atlanta Braves	1978-1-1	June-Reg	1978-06-16	20.314	1978-1988	1977-1988	1020
1978	Tim Conroy	P	Oakland Athletics	1978-1-20	June-Reg	1978-06-23	18.081	1978-1987	1978-1989	135
1978	Mike Morgan	P	Oakland Athletics	1978-1-4	June-Reg	1978-06-11	18.247	1978-2002	1978-2002	597
1977	Brian Greer	OF	San Diego Padres	1977-1-8	June-Reg	1977-09-13	18.122	1977-1979	1977-1983	5
1976	Bob Owchinko	P	San Diego Padres	1976-1-5	June-Reg	1976-09-25	21.267	1976-1986	1975-1986	275
1975	Rick Cerone	C	Cleveland Indians	1975-1-7	June-Reg	1975-08-17	21.090	1975-1992	1974-1992	1329
1975	Jim Gideon	P	Texas Rangers	1975-1-17	June-Reg	1975-09-14	21.353	1975-1975	1975-1982	1
1975	Danny Goodwin	C	California Angels	1975-1-1	June-Reg	1975-09-03	22.001	1975-1982	1974-1985	252
1975	Chris Knapp	P	Chicago White Sox	1975-1-11	June-Reg	1975-09-04	21.353	1975-1980	1975-1983	122
1975	Denny Walling	OF	Oakland Athletics	1975-1-1	June-Sec	1975-09-07	21.143	1975-1992	1975-1992	1271
1975	Tim Stoddard	P	Chicago White Sox	1975-2-44	Jan-Sec	1975-09-07	22.226	1975-1989	1975-1989	485
1974	Jack Kucek	P	Chicago White Sox	1974-2-32	June-Reg	1974-08-08	21.061	1974-1980	1972-1981	59
1974	Bill Almon	SS	San Diego Padres	1974-1-1	June-Reg	1974-09-02	21.285	1974-1988	1973-1988	1236
1973	Eddie Bane	P	Minnesota Twins	1973-1-11	June-Reg	1973-07-04	21.104	1973-1976	1973-1980	44
1973	David Clyde	P	Texas Rangers	1973-1-1	June-Reg	1973-06-27	18.066	1973-1979	1973-1981	84
1973	Dick Ruthven	P	Philadelphia Phillies	1973-1-1	Jan-Sec	1973-04-17	22.021	1973-1986	1971-1986	355
1973	Dave Winfield	P-OF	San Diego Padres	1973-1-4	June-Reg	1973-06-19	21.260	1973-1995	1971-1995	2973
1972	Dave Roberts	3B	San Diego Padres	1972-1-1	June-Reg	1972-06-07	21.110	1972-1982	1972-1982	709
1971	Pete Broberg	P	Washington Senators II	1971-1-1	June-SecD	1971-06-20	21.110	1971-1978	1969-1978	206
1971	Rob Ellis	iF-Of	Milwaukee Brewers	1971-1-3	June-SecD	1971-06-18	20.350	1971-1975	1970-1980	64
1971	Jay Franklin	P	San Diego Padres	1971-1-2	June-Reg	1971-09-04	18.172	1971-1971	1971-1977	3
1971	Burt Hooton	P	Chicago Cubs	1971-1-2	June-SecD	1971-06-17	21.130	1971-1985	1971-1985	480
1971	Mike Caldwell	P	San Diego Padres	1971-12-273	June-Reg	1971-09-04	22.225	1971-1984	1971-1984	475
1970	Steve Dunning	P	Cleveland Indians	1970-1-2	June-Reg	1970-06-14	21.030	1970-1977	1969-1978	136
1967	Mike Adamson	P	Baltimore Orioles	1967-1-1	June-Sec	1967-07-01	19.292	1967-1969	1967-1969	11
1965	Ken Holtzman	P	Chicago Cubs	1965-4-61	June-Reg	1965-09-04	19.305	1965-1979	1965-1979	451
1965	Joe Coleman	P	Washington Senators II	1965-1-3	June-Reg	1965-09-28	18.237	1965-1979	1965-1982	484