My friend told me that 80% of people chosen out of high school to play mlb and give it up to go to college never make it to the mlb, is this true?
2006-10-16 12:53:35 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Baseball
According to an article in the 2006 Colorado Springs Sky Sox program, about 9% of players in short-season A-ball ever make it to the majors - or 91% who never make it. Most high school players actually start in the minors a level lower, in what's called Rookie level, and at that level the percentage is probably worse. So, when your friend said that only 80% fail, he was being optimistic.
2006-10-16 13:07:07 · answer #1 · answered by JerH1 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
About 1 in 10,000 high school players make it to the major leagues. This is of course a rough estimate but I'm sure it's close. I have know the best players in Nassau County, Long Island, NY, population 1.4 million, who were at the top of their game on the high school level, even college level, but never got passed Double AA play in the minors. It takes a truly gifted athlete to make the pros.
2006-10-16 20:20:07 · answer #2 · answered by mac 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes about 2% of kids who play high school baseball make it to MLB....most cant quite can never get out of the minor leagues
2006-10-16 19:56:57 · answer #3 · answered by nas88car300 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
100% of MLB players make it to the MLB.
2006-10-16 19:56:10 · answer #4 · answered by a_poor_misguided_soul 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There are talented people out there that make it.
There are people who I wonder how they made it.
I guess it's basically just luck. Whether or not there's an agent around, whether or not you're really spectacular, etc.
2006-10-16 20:01:58 · answer #5 · answered by Betty 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, there are no gaurantees in baseball. There are so few open spaces on a team year to year.
2006-10-16 19:59:17 · answer #6 · answered by needhelp 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
75% of the time.
2006-10-20 17:31:49 · answer #7 · answered by Xen-Zing Cheng 2 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋