States with the most MLB Draft first round picks

By Staff Report Jun 5, 2013, 1:01am

California leads with 139 first-round selections since 1990, followed by Florida and Texas.

Graphic by Ryan Escobar
MLB First Round Draft Picks By State (since 1990)
California - 139 (62 straight out of high school)
Florida - 87 (53)
Texas - 81 (36)
Georgia - 42 (29)
Virginia - 20 (10)
Louisiana - 19 (7)
New York - 18 (5)
North Carolina - 17 (8)
Pennsylvania - 17 (10)
South Carolina - 16 (10)
Colorado - 13 (5)
Illinois - 13 (4)
Indiana - 13 (5)
Oklahoma - 13 (9)
Ohio - 13 (2)
Washington - 13 (9)
Arizona - 12 (3)
New Jersey - 12 (7)
Tennessee - 11 (2)
Kentucky - 10 (5)
Alabama - 9 (4)
Kansas - 9 (2)
Puerto Rico - 9 (6)
Massachusetts - 8 (3)
Canada - 7 (3)
Missouri - 7 (4)
Mississippi - 7 (4)
Nevada - 7 (4)
Michigan - 6 (2)
Connecticut - 5 (1)
Minnesota - 5 (3)
Oregon - 5 (1)
Maryland - 4 (1)
Arkansas - 3 (1)
Hawaii - 2 (0)
North Dakota - 2 (0)
Nebraska - 2 (0)
New Hampshire - 2 (1)
New Mexico - 2 (2)
West Virginia - 2 (0)
Cuba - 1 (1)
Iowa - 1 (0)
Maine - 1 (1)
Rhode Island - 1 (1)
South Dakota - 1 (0)
Utah - 1 (1)
Wisconsin - 1 (0)
Wyoming - 1 (1)
Alaska - 0
Montana - 0
Idaho - 0
Vermont - 0
Washington, D.C. - 0