Just as we did with the 2012 version of this post, I’ll leave the sophisticated analysis of the recently-concluded 2013 Draft to the real experts.
There were 1,216 players drafted.
Most popular last names: Miller, Smith and Williams (each 11).
Most popular first names: Tyler (34), Ryan (31), Nick (21).
Longest last name: (Kyren) Gilmore-Parrott (14 letters plus one hyphen).
Shortest last name: (Cortland) Cox, (Anthony) Kay, (Brandon) Fry, (Griffin) Jax, (Marcus) Doi, (Travis) Ott, (Brett) Kay, (Corey) Ray, (Jacob) May, (Logan) Uxa, (Adam) Law, (Alex) Byo, (Cody) Ege, (Jeff) Roy, (Paul) Fry, (AJ) Puk.
Longest first name: Michaelangelo (Guzman) (13 letters, which would be the longest first name in MLB history if he makes the Majord).
Shortest first name: AJ (6 players), CJ (1), CK (1), DJ (3), JB (1), JC (1), JD (3), JJ (1), JP (1), JT (2), KJ (2), LB (1), LJ (1), MJ (1), MT (1), PJ (1), Ro (1), TJ (1), Ty (7).
Alliterative names: 69 players, as follows:
| Akoni | Arriaga |
| Alex | Allbritton |
| Andrew | Ayers |
| Antonio | Alvarez |
| Brandon | Bednar |
| Brandon | Bixler |
| Brandon | Bayardi |
| Brandon | Brosher |
| Brett | Booth |
| Brett | Barber |
| Bryan | Baker |
| Buddy | Borden |
| Cale | Coshow |
| Carson | Cross |
| Chad | Christensen |
| Chris | Cotton |
| Cody | Crabaugh |
| Cody | Crouse |
| Cornelius | Copeland |
| Cortland | Cox |
| Dakota | Dill |
| Dalton | Dulin |
| Dane | Dunning |
| Daniel | delaCalle |
| David | Denson |
| Drew | Dosch |
| Dustin | DeMuth |
| Dustin | Driver |
| Garrett | Gordon |
| Grant | Goodman |
| Grant | Gordon |
| Hayden | Howard |
| Henry | Hirsch |
| Hunter | Harvey |
| JaCoby | Jones |
| Jake | Johansen |
| Jake | Joyce |
| Jason | Jester |
| Joe | Jackson |
| Kevin | Kuntz |
| Kurtis | Kostuk |
| Luke | Lanphere |
| Mark | Meadors |
| Matt | Marksberry |
| Matt | McPhearson |
| Michael | Miller |
| Mike | Mayers |
| Mike | McCann |
| MT | Minacci |
| Paul | Paez |
| Ramsey | Romano |
| Raph | Rhymes |
| Reed | Reilly |
| Rob | Rogers |
| Roel | Ramirez |
| Ryan | Rippee |
| Scott | Schultz |
| Scott | Silverstein |
| Scott | Sitz |
| Silento | Sayles |
| Sterling | Sharp |
| Steven | Sensley |
| Stone | Speer |
| Taylor | Terrasas |
| Thomas | Taylor |
| Toby | Thomas |
| Trace | TamSing |
| Tyler | Toyfair |
| Will | White |
Other fun names not already mentioned:
Daniel Poncedeleon
Trey Michalczewski
Johneshwy Fargas
Amalani Fukofuka
Sicnarf Loopstok
Johneshwy? Yikes. Thanks for keeping us updated.
Sincarf? His parents spelled “Francis” backwards and slapped it on the poor kid? Yeesh. Like he wasn’t going to be made fun of enough in school with the last name “Loopstok,” they decided to double down? Sheesh….
The Red Sox top pick, number 7 overall… Trey Ball… suggests many comments… reminded me of my suggestion of a title for the female ump’s memoir of prejudice: No Balls, Two Strikes.
“Dalton Dulin”—parents clearly were Eagles fans.