I have looked at some of this before, but it is no wonder why one franchise has won multiple WS and the other hasn't participated in one since 1979.
Pirates guys on right, SF on the left
1986 Jeff King 1-1 by the Pirates in 1986. He was a 3B. Matt Williams was selected 3rd overall Giants 3B.
1988 SS Austin Manahan 11th never played a game. SS Royce Clayton 13th long successful career
1996 1-1 Pitcher Kris Benson. 7th Matt White P. One for the good guys!
1999 8th Bobby Bradley P 24 Kurt Ainsworth P. Bradley never pitched in MLB.
2002 1-1 Bryan Bullington P 25 Matt Cain. Umm....yeah.
2003 8 P Paul Maholm 23 P David Aardsma Pirates win this one!!
Its ironic that in 2004 and 2005 The Pirates selected Neil Walker and Andrew McCutcheon. The Giants didn't have a #1 pick.
2006 4th overall Brad Lincoln P 10th overall Tim Lincecum P Yikes.
2007 4th overall Paul Moskos P 10th overall Madison Baumgardner. DOUBLE YIKES!!
2008 2nd overall Pedro Alvarez 3B 5th overall Buster Posey Alvarez was ok, but no Posey
2009 4th overall Tony Sanchez C 6th overall Zach Wheeler P What is it with 4th overall picks?
2010 Pirates win with Jameson Taillon over Gary Brown, but 2nd overall vs 24th.
2011 Garrit Cole with 1st overall and Joe Panik with the last pick of rd 1. Win but come on.
2012 both teams washed out 1st rd picks Mark Appel and Gary White
Anyways.....you get the drift. You can say "you cherry picked" and sure. But trust me, I didn't really look past 2015. But the years not represented were relatively anonymous players. And I only included the years the Pirates drafted ahead of the Giants.
Pirates guys on right, SF on the left
1986 Jeff King 1-1 by the Pirates in 1986. He was a 3B. Matt Williams was selected 3rd overall Giants 3B.
1988 SS Austin Manahan 11th never played a game. SS Royce Clayton 13th long successful career
1996 1-1 Pitcher Kris Benson. 7th Matt White P. One for the good guys!
1999 8th Bobby Bradley P 24 Kurt Ainsworth P. Bradley never pitched in MLB.
2002 1-1 Bryan Bullington P 25 Matt Cain. Umm....yeah.
2003 8 P Paul Maholm 23 P David Aardsma Pirates win this one!!
Its ironic that in 2004 and 2005 The Pirates selected Neil Walker and Andrew McCutcheon. The Giants didn't have a #1 pick.
2006 4th overall Brad Lincoln P 10th overall Tim Lincecum P Yikes.
2007 4th overall Paul Moskos P 10th overall Madison Baumgardner. DOUBLE YIKES!!
2008 2nd overall Pedro Alvarez 3B 5th overall Buster Posey Alvarez was ok, but no Posey
2009 4th overall Tony Sanchez C 6th overall Zach Wheeler P What is it with 4th overall picks?
2010 Pirates win with Jameson Taillon over Gary Brown, but 2nd overall vs 24th.
2011 Garrit Cole with 1st overall and Joe Panik with the last pick of rd 1. Win but come on.
2012 both teams washed out 1st rd picks Mark Appel and Gary White
Anyways.....you get the drift. You can say "you cherry picked" and sure. But trust me, I didn't really look past 2015. But the years not represented were relatively anonymous players. And I only included the years the Pirates drafted ahead of the Giants.
