About PG

Player Exposure
Perfect Game USA is devoted to furthering the development and career of the talented high school baseball player. To that end, Perfect Game USA produces the very highest national level individual player showcases and team tournaments all over the United States. These events have proved invaluable to the college coaching community and major league baseball as they can scout a large population of talented ball players all in one location.

RECORD NUMBER 1,164 PG PARTICIPANTS DRAFTED

Including 41 First Round Picks This Year
In the past seven years 5,293 players who attended Perfect Game events have been selected/drafted by Major League clubs. The numbers on this page might be amazing to some people. Major League Scouting Departments and top College Programs caught on several years ago. Perfect Game has more talented players attend their events than all other organizations. The proof is always in the results!

By The Numbers
In 2002 Perfect Game broke the record for all organizations for the most participants drafted with 364 Draft picks. In 2003 Perfect Game again broke the record when 409 PG participants were drafted by MLB Clubs. In 2004 Perfect Game once again broke the record when 533 PG participants were drafted by MLB Clubs. In 2005 Perfect Game again broke the record with 823 PG participants were drafted by MLB Clubs. The record fell again in 2006 when 952 PG participants were drafted by MLB Clubs. The record was set once again in 2007 when 1,054 PG participants were selected in the 2007 MLB draft. And for the seventh straight year Perfect Game shattered its own record when an astounding 1,164 PG participants were selected in the 2008 MLB draft. This accounts for over 77% of the entire draft! Over the seven year span Perfect Game has seen 5,293 players drafted. In that same seven year period, 235 first round picks had attended PG events. That includes an amazing 41 this year who were selected in the first and supplemental 1st rounds. Add to the above totals over 200 Latin and other Free Agent signings that have come out of Perfect Game events. It has been estimated that by year 2009 over half of all the players on Major League rosters will have attended Perfect Game events.

People sometimes think that Perfect Game is only for those prospects that are going into professional baseball. The number of Perfect Game participants who play at the college level is much, much larger than the draft totals. In the 2004 NCAA DI College World Series, the 8 team rosters included 155 former PG participants. The number was even higher at the 2005 College World Series. Many of the top college programs in the country have nearly all former PG participants on their rosters. Perfect Game also has many players who are continuing their baseball careers at Junior Colleges and other Small Colleges.

Note: Often the PG naysayers get upset when we release these figures. However, they are a very important part of our business. We ask, if anyone else could claim these numbers, would they keep it confidential? Please everyone, understand that we are not laying claim for these players getting drafted. Our job is to identify talented players, not to develop them, draft them or recruit them. That is why we use the term "attended PG events" rather than "PG Player". We don't deserve any credit for the vast majority of talented players who attend our events and go on to get College Scholarships or become draft picks. We understand that Justin Upton would have been what he is, with or without PG.


The credit should go to the many coaches, teams, teammates, instructors, parents and most of all, to the individual players themselves. Many of these players play in excellent summer and fall programs. Without those programs PG would miss a lot of talented players.

Last, but not least, people should really appreciate those who are involved in scouting for Major League Clubs and the many college coaches who scout and recruit hard. Without these people, we would all be wasting our time. MLB Scouts and College Coaches are the most important people in this whole process. They are the people who make the most important decisions! Lucky for us is that they follow what we do very closely, whether they actually attend a specific event or not.

We work very hard and we are very lucky! We fully expect the record numbers to keep climbing!
Click here for a list of our 2008 events.



Testimonials
Roy Clark - Scouting Director - Atlanta Braves
Roy Clark: Jerry (Ford) and his staff do an outstanding job. We feel that they put on, and it's not even close, the best showcases and tournaments of anybody. They're so well organized. Jerry has tremendous knowledge of scouting. They have a lot of former professional and college baseball people in their organization. Since they put on the best showcases and tournaments, naturally they're going to get the best players. We are pretty much a high school oriented organization, so where the best players go we will be there. We have sometimes up to 10 or 11 scouts covering Perfect Game events. It gives athletes the chance to compete at the highest level of their age group, in a team or showcase format, in some of the best facilities in front of both colleges and scouts. They're (Perfect Game) the best and the top colleges and the highest level scouts know it.

Dan Jennings - Assistant GM - Florida Marlins
Dan Jennings: "Anything Perfect Game is involved with is followed closely by colleges and professional baseball. They are the very best at what they do. No one creates more opportunities for young players.

Scouting Reports
Perfect Game USA produces PG Crosschecker, a comprehensive scouting notebook complete with lists and rankings of all the top college and high school players in the upcoming draft classes and underclassmen, broken down nationally and by state.

AFLAC Classic
Perfect Game is the official selection partner for the nationally televised AFLAC Classic. All players are selected by Perfect Game. 10 of these AFLAC All Americans were selected in the first round of the 2008 MLB draft. [AFLAC All-American Web Site]



WWBA
Perfect Game established the World Wood Bat Association to govern the many highest level PG Tournaments including the October event which is the #1 scouting attraction in all of baseball. The championship games of the Marietta, GA Tournaments are televised by Fox Sports South. [WWBA Web Site]



BCS 
BCS is the Perfect Game Metal Bat division which will operate under similar rules as the WWBA.

Leagues
Perfect Game has run Scout Leagues in it's home state of Iowa for over 10 years. Every single player from Iowa drafted by MLB clubs in the past 10 years has played in the PG Leagues. This year PG will start a Scout League in California and in Florida.

Latin America
In the past 5 years Perfect Game has helped a large number of Latin players who have signed with Major League organizations.

Instruction and Training
Baseball players from all over the country have come to train at Perfect Game's indoor facilities, located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Our training center is open to the general public as well as to the serious competitor. Complete with pitching machine cages, indoor dirt mounds, two full size hitting areas, fast pitch softball machines and pitching areas, and a weight training room complete with Universal Gym Equipment and free weights, the Perfect Game facilities are unrivaled in the state. Perfect Game's staff is made up of former professional and MLB players, college players, and coaches. Our baseball professionals are available for hitting and pitching instruction at competitive rates, and memberships (six-month and yearly increments) are available to those that would like to use the Perfect Game facilities. To inquire about memberships or individual instruction, contact Perfect Game USA at 319-298-2923, or via email at jvanscoyoc@perfectgame.org.


Team Sales
Perfect Game USA can take care of a player's or an entire team's baseball or softball equipment needs. We specialize in custom fitting each individual with a quality product, and delivering it at a competitive price. And, if we don't have it on hand, we can certainly order it on your behalf. Find out how you can take advantage of our expertise--visit our online store, or contact Tom Jackson via email or by phone at 319-298-2923.



PG Foundation
Perfect Game has established a non-profit Foundation to help promote baseball and help deserving young people.

PG Academy
Perfect Game has started a full service baseball training academy in Ft Myers, FL.

PG Sports Medicine
Perfect Game has started a Sports Medicine Division that specializes in Injury Prevention and training.

PG Softball
See Perfect Game Softball for more information.

Contact Information
Perfect Game USA
1203 Rockford Rd SW
Cedar Rapids, IA 52404

email: staff@perfectgame.org
email: jerry@perfectgame.org
phone: 319-298-2923
fax: 319-298-2924