Colorado Rockies: A look back on Dan O'Dowd's 1st round draft picks

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DENVER – APRIL 10: Third baseman Ian Stewart #9 of the Colorado Rockies throws out a runner against the San Diego Padres during MLB action at Coors Field on April 10, 2010 in Denver, Colorado. The Padres defeated the Rockies 5-4 in 14 innings. (Photo by Doug Pensinger/Getty Images) /

In 2003, Dan O’Dowd and the Rockies had 10th overall pick in the amateur draft. With that pick, they decided to draft third baseman Ian Stewart. He spent parts of seven seasons in the major leagues and played in 511 games, with 432 of them being with the Rockies.

However, he only had two seasons in which he played in more than 100 games. In his career, he had a slash line of .229/.315/.415 and his WAR was 3.0.

There were some players after that saw some success in the big leagues that followed Ian Stewart in the first round of the draft.

Aaron Hill: infielder, 13th overall pick, 13 year MLB career, 23.7 WAR, 162 home runs, 695 RBI, .266/.323/.417, 96 OPS+, one-time All Star, ranked in MVP voting twice, two-time Silver Slugger Award winner

Chad Billingsley: right-handed pitcher, 24th overall pick, nine year MLB career, 83-64 record, 3.72 ERA, 108 ERA+, one-time All Star

Adam Jones*: outfielder (drafted as a shortstop and pitcher), 37th overall pick, 13 year MLB career, 31.9 WAR, 259 home runs, 839 RBI, .277/.317/.460 slash line, 108 OPS+, five-time All Star, four-time Gold Glove Award winner, one-time Silver Slugger Award winners

Other players that were in the draft but were in later rounds were Andre Ethier, Jonathan Papelbon, Michael Bourn, Matt Kemp*, Tyler Clippard*, Ian Kennedy*, and Ian Kinsler*.

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Colorado Rockies: A look back on Dan O’Dowd’s 1st round draft picks

By Noah Yingling | May 23, 2018