The best and worst No. 1 picks in MLB draft history
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Seattle Mariners
Shortstop
Career: 14× All-Star, 3× AL MVP, 5× AL home run champion, AL batting champion (1996), World Series champion (2009). ;
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Seattle Mariners
Career: 13× All-Star, 1997 AL MVP, 4× AL home run champion, 10× Gold Glove Award winner. ;
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Atlanta Braves
Shortstop
Career: 8× All-Star, World Series champion (1995), NL MVP (1999), NL batting champion (2008). ;
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Career: 6× All-Star, World Series champion (2005). ;
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Career: 8× All-Star, 4× World Series champion (1986, 1996, 1998, 1999), 1983 NL Rookie of the Year, 30-30 club, 1988 NL Home Run Champion. ;
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Career: 1978 NL Rookie of the Year (beat out Ozzie Smith), four home run game (July 6, 1986). ;
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Never played past Class AA level.
Sentenced to 51 months in state prison stemming from a DUI incident in Florida in 2012.
If his career is in fact over, he will join Steve Chilcott (1966) and Brien Taylor (1991) as the only No. 1 picks to have never played a game in the majors. ;
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Only appeared in 57 games in his career - posting a .208 average with two homers and 11 RBI. ;
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Texas Rangers
David Clyde won his first ever Major League start - in front of 37,000 fans - the first sellout in Arlington Stadium history, then was hampered by injuries for the better part of the rest of his career. ;
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Never played a game for the Mets.
Career .227 hitter.
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