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Ken Griffey Jr., the 1987 first overall draft pick The first-year player draft, also known as the Rule 4 Draft, is the primary mechanism for assigning amateur baseball players from high schools, colleges, and other amateur baseball clubs to Major League Baseball (MLB) teams.
List of Major League Baseball first-round draft picks. Ken Griffey Jr., the 1987 first round pick of the Seattle Mariners. Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in North American professional baseball, and is the organization that operates the National League and the American League. In 2000, the two leagues were officially ...
Picks. Paul Maholm (2003) was one of 19 pitchers taken by Pittsburgh in the first round. Neil Walker (2004) is the only player the Pirates have drafted in the first round from their home state of Pennsylvania. Andrew McCutchen (2005) was one of seven players from Florida taken by the Pirates in the first round.
2009: Stephen Strasburg, right-handed pitcher, Nationals (36.6 fWAR) Strasburg was one of the most hyped players entering the draft and then had one of the most hyped MLB debuts of all time.
Jerry Manuel (1972) was one of twelve players taken by the Tigers in the first round from California. Kirk Gibson (1978) won a World Series with the Tigers in 1984. Cameron Maybin (2005) was one of three first-round draft picks of the Tigers taken from North Carolina from 2003 to 2006.
OF Harold Baines. SS Paul Molitor. SS Ozzie Smith. OF Tim Raines. ← 1976. 1978 →. The 1977 Major League Baseball draft took place prior to the 1977 MLB season. The draft saw the Chicago White Sox select Harold Baines first overall.
With the number one pick of the June regular phase, San Diego tabbed infielder Bill Almon from Brown University, one of six shortstops selected in round one. Twelve of the first 13 and a total of 16 first round selections went on to become major leaguers, including Lonnie Smith (Philadelphia), Dale Murphy (Atlanta), Garry Templeton (St. Louis), Lance Parrish (Detroit), Willie Wilson (Kansas ...
[3] Two players have won a championship with the team; Bobby Grich (1967), who was a part of the 1970 World Series championship team, and Rich Dauer (1974), who was a part of the 1983 World Series championship team. [4] [5] Mike Mussina (1990) is the only of the Orioles' first-round picks to have been elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. One ...