2009 Major League Baseball Draft for Players in Illinois

Below are a few numbers from the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft on players from Illinois. Of the 52 players selected from Illinois 56% of the players attended four-year Colleges and Universities, 29% were drafted in High School and 15% came from Junior Colleges.

The Chicago Cubs selected four players from Illinois (Blair Springfield, Gerardo Esquivel, Daniel Sheppard and Josh Nasshan) and the Chicago White Sox selected two players from Illinois (Robert Cummings and Ryan Crowley).