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1966 Baseball Draft by Baseball Almanac
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1966 Baseball Draft

The 1966 Baseball Draft appears below and includes every player chosen in the June amateur draft, every round of the 1966 baseball draft, the overall pick, the team who drafted them, their position at that time, and where they were drafted from (high school / college name).
"The idea behind the draft was simple: 1) it gave the poorer teams—usually those lower in the standings—an equal chance to sign the top talent being produced in colleges and high schools; and 2) it cut down on payments of excessive bonuses to untried players. Even those who enthusiastically supported the free-agent draft had no idea that benefits from it would be reaped so quickly. Yet this season, less than two years later, several youngsters selected in the draft have stepped into the major leagues and have performed not just capably but in some cases spectacularly." - Sportswriter William Leggett in Sports Illustrated (May 01, 1967, 'Fresh Breezes From The Free-Agent Draft', Page 38)
1966 Baseball Draft

1966 Amateur Baseball Draft by Baseball Almanac | Baseball Draft Menu
1 1 JaR Don Lohse Kansas City Athletics P Indiana University
1 2 JaR Barry Carter New York Mets SS Chambersburg Area (Chambersburg,PA)
1 3 JaR Jim Rife Boston Red Sox C Lebanon Valley College
1 4 JaR Tom Griffin Houston Astros P Grant (Van Nuys, CA)
1 5 JaR Timothy Zajeski Washington Senators P
1 6 JaR John Dudek Chicago Cubs C Turley (Chicago, IL)
1 7 JaR Ronald Cherry California Angels C Francis Poly (Sun Valley,CA)
1 8 JaR Henry Urbanowitz St. Louis Cardinals 1B Jasper Junior College
1 9 JaR Thomas Matheson New York Yankees C Eagle Rock (Los Angeles, CA)
1 10 JaR John vukovich Philadelphia Phillies 3B-SS American River College
1 11 JaR Ted Ford Cleveland Indians OF-SS
1 12 JaR Robert Ritchie Atlanta Braves OF Bryant and Stratton College
1 13 JaR Tim Marting Detroit Tigers SS Hillsborough Community College
1 14 JaR Russell Vitallo Baltimore Orioles P
1 15 JaR Kent Smith Pittsburgh Pirates OF Sacramento City College
1 16 JaR Howard Gordon Chicago White Sox 1B-OF University of Southern California
1 17 JaR Gary Bowman San Francisco Giants OF
1 18 JaR Charles Chase Minnesota Twins OF College of San Mateo
1 19 JaR James Roberts Los Angeles Dodgers P-iF University of Alabama
2 20 JaR Bill Geiger Kansas City Athletics P Keyport (Keyport,NJ)
2 21 JaR Robert Sabo New York Mets P Ohio University
2 22 JaR Mark Schaeffer Boston Red Sox P Cleveland High School (Reseda,CA)
2 23 JaR Herman Johnson Houston Astros 1B Jefferson High School (Los Angeles, CA)
2 24 JaR Gary Kolumbus Washington Senators OF Waller (Chicago, IL)
2 25 JaR John Killebrew Chicago Cubs OF Arizona Western College
2 26 JaR Vern Geishert California Angels P University of Wisconsin
2 27 JaR Jessie DuBose St. Louis Cardinals P Smith High School (Ozark,AL)
2 28 JaR Dennis Pearson New York Yankees P Pasadena City College
2 29 JaR Kenneth Showalter Cleveland Indians SS
2 30 JaR Pete Rivera Atlanta Braves P Wilson High School (Los Angeles, CA)
2 31 JaR Robert Bellemare Detroit Tigers P Post University
2 32 JaR Carlos Evans Baltimore Orioles C University of Wisconsin
2 33 JaR James Minnette Pittsburgh Pirates IF Columbia Basin College
2 34 JaR James Barton Chicago White Sox P University of Akron
2 35 JaR Stephen Lohrer San Francisco Giants OF Nassau Community College
2 36 JaR Antone Cardoza Minnesota Twins P College of the Sequoias
2 37 JaR Ivey Armstrong Los Angeles Dodgers 2B-OF Miami-Dade College
3 38 JaR James Shotton Kansas City Athletics P Marion High School (Marion, IL)
3 39 JaR Mike Griffith New York Mets P California State University, Fresno
3 40 JaR Donald Fox Boston Red Sox P Cooley (Detroit, MI)
3 41 JaR Stanley Robinson Houston Astros P Jefferson High School (Los Angeles, CA)
3 42 JaR Frank White Chicago Cubs C South Carolina Area Trade School
3 43 JaR Randy Bobb California Angels C Verdugo Hills (Tujunga,CA)
3 44 JaR James Moore St. Louis Cardinals 2B-SS
3 45 JaR Michael Bruckner New York Yankees P Bakersfield College
3 46 JaR Dave Singerman Cleveland Indians P Cuyahoga Community College
3 47 JaR Jack Crist Atlanta Braves SS Los Angeles Harbor College
3 48 JaR Kenneth Youngblood Detroit Tigers C
3 49 JaR Alonzo Harris Baltimore Orioles 3B Fremont High School (Los Angeles, CA)
3 50 JaR Willard Somerset Pittsburgh Pirates iF-Of Duquesne University
3 51 JaR Ronald Ellis Chicago White Sox P-OF
3 52 JaR Tony Muser San Francisco Giants 1B-P San Diego Mesa College
3 53 JaR Tom Hall Minnesota Twins P
3 54 JaR Robert Childress Los Angeles Dodgers 3B Methacton (Norristown,PA)
4 55 JaR Jeff Hansen Kansas City Athletics 1B SUNY-Farmingdale
4 56 JaR Tim Keely New York Mets SS Chatham (Chatham,NJ)
4 57 JaR Donald Peters Boston Red Sox P Tusculum College
4 58 JaR Joe Dawkins Houston Astros 1B Fremont High School (Los Angeles, CA)
4 59 JaR William Johns Chicago Cubs 1B Virginia Tech
4 60 JaR Phil Hennigan Cleveland Indians P Sam Houston State University
4 61 JaR Jack Patterson Atlanta Braves 1B William Jewell College
4 62 JaR Jon Warden Detroit Tigers P
4 63 JaR James Dumais Baltimore Orioles P College of the Holy Cross
4 64 JaR Dean DeBuhr Chicago White Sox P Wayne State College (Nebraska)
4 65 JaR Michael Sheftall Minnesota Twins P Jones High School (Houston, TX)
4 66 JaR Albert Choate Los Angeles Dodgers P Sam Houston State University
5 67 JaR David Ray Kansas City Athletics P University of Alabama
5 68 JaR John Cervi New York Mets 1B-3b Erie Community College
5 69 JaR Oliver Kozloski Houston Astros C-OF Blinn College
5 70 JaR Wilma Evans Cleveland Indians OF
5 71 JaR Ray Burner Atlanta Braves P
5 72 JaR Edward Maras Baltimore Orioles P South Dakota State University
5 73 JaR Al Crawford Chicago White Sox 3B Miami-Dade College
5 74 JaR Barry Kibishta Minnesota Twins P Gardena High School (Gardena, CA)
5 75 JaR Jorge Benitez Los Angeles Dodgers 1B Miami-Dade College
6 76 JaR Charles Watson Kansas City Athletics P Clemson University
6 77 JaR Robert Santee Houston Astros P Carverdale (Houston, TX)
6 78 JaR Dave Pratt Cleveland Indians P Tennessee Technological University
6 79 JaR Greg Rineer Atlanta Braves SS
6 80 JaR Steve Melfa Baltimore Orioles P
6 81 JaR Richard Schryer Chicago White Sox OF University of Michigan
6 82 JaR Harold Steinback Minnesota Twins 3B Solano Community College
7 83 JaR Timothy Ware Houston Astros SS Spring Branch (Houston, TX)
7 84 JaR Joe Niekro Cleveland Indians P West Liberty State College
7 85 JaR Bert Jones Baltimore Orioles C Buffalo State College
7 86 JaR Stephen Moates Chicago White Sox P Miami-Dade College
7 87 JaR Fred Shuey Minnesota Twins OF University of Southern California
8 88 JaR Gary Neibauer Cleveland Indians P University of Nebraska
8 89 JaR Richard Wieczezak Baltimore Orioles SS Seton Hall University
8 90 JaR Tom Cole Minnesota Twins OF Wake Forest University
9 91 JaR Doug Ward Baltimore Orioles P Annapolis High School (Annapolis, MD)
9 92 JaR Richard Holmes Minnesota Twins P Michigan State University
10 93 JaR Dan Prebenda Baltimore Orioles P
11 94 JaR Harry Stelly Baltimore Orioles P
12 95 JaR Paul Fleshner Baltimore Orioles SS
1966 Baseball Draft


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