We’ve been lamenting how thin the Padres farm system is and how few impact players it’s produced over the years. But what are the hard numbers?

Following is a list of every position player drafted and signed by the Padres from 1995 to 2004 who reached the big club. Stats are those compiled while in San Diego.

Yr Rd Player         G   AB HR   BA  OBP  SLG
95  1 Davis,Be     258  845 19 .250 .332 .367
95  2 Alvarez,Ga    11   13  0 .154 .214 .231
95 30 Allen,Du       9   12  0 .000 .143 .000
97  1 Nicholson,Ke  37   97  1 .216 .255 .330
98  1 Burroughs,Se 339 1232 10 .289 .345 .374
98 42 Pelaez,Al      3    8  0 .250 .250 .250
00  2 Nady,Xa      145  449 12 .265 .319 .396
02  1 Greene,Kh    159  549 17 .266 .340 .441
Total              961 3205 59 .267 .333 .383

Wait, it gets worse. I won’t even get into Todd Helton, the #8 pick overall in 1995 (and the Pads’ second round pick in 1992). But here’s what Jose Cruz, the player taken after Davis in 1995 has done:

Yr Rd Player      G   AB  HR   BA  OBP  SLG
95  1 Cruz,Jo  1058 3826 175 .250 .336 .455

I guess if you want a silver lining–and I’m really reaching here–it’s that Greene is about to pass Davis as the most prolific home run hitter the Padres have drafted over the past 10 years. And if Greene hits 12 homers this year, he’ll have the most bombs by a Padre draftee as a Padre since 1985 round 12 pick Jerald Clark.

Last time the Padres drafted a guy who hit more than 30 career home runs for the big club? They did it twice in 1981 with first rounder Kevin McReynolds and third rounder Tony Gwynn.

Ugh.

Tomorrow we’ll look at the pitchers. I promise, it’ll be better.