In 24 years of rankings, there obviously were 2400 players ranked; however, since some players were ranked in more than one year, there were only 1363 different players (after determining players with same names). There have been 16 players who were ranked in the Top-100 in 5 different seasons (2 haven't made the majors); 88 ranked in 4 seasons (3 haven't made the majors); 154 ranked in 3 seasons (9 haven't made the majors); 401 ranked twice (38 haven't made the majors); 704 ranked once (150 haven't the majors).
The first table shows the number of ranked players who did make it to the major leagues, even if just for the proverbial "cup of coffee."
Because this study goes through 2013, some of the ranked players have not yet had the chance to make it to the major leagues.
[tablegrid= A look at Baseball America's pre-season Top-100 rankings from 1990 through 2013 ]year bba MLB 1990 100 87 1991 100 93 1992 100 92 1993 100 94 1994 100 94 1995 100 94 1996 100 92 1997 100 94 1998 100 92 1999 100 95 2000 100 94 2001 100 87 2002 100 88 2003 100 87 2004 100 85 2005 100 91 2006 100 94 2007 100 95 2008 100 94 2009 100 94 2010 100 89 2011 100 81 2012 100 68 2013 100 51 Total 2400 2125 [/tablegrid]
The first table shows the number of ranked players who did make it to the major leagues, even if just for the proverbial "cup of coffee."
Because this study goes through 2013, some of the ranked players have not yet had the chance to make it to the major leagues.
[tablegrid= A look at Baseball America's pre-season Top-100 rankings from 1990 through 2013 ]