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1978 Baseball Draft

The 1978 Baseball Draft appears below and includes every player chosen in the June amateur draft, every round of the 1978 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)

Rd	Pick	Phase	Player Name	Drafting Team	Pos	Drafted From
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1	1	JaS	Joe Isaacs	Minnesota Twins	P	Eastern Oklahoma State College
1	2	JaS	Ron Pisel	San Francisco Giants	P	Southeastern Illinois College
1	3	JaS	Eduardo Rodriguez	Baltimore Orioles	SS	Miami-Dade College
1	4	JaS	Mark Martin	Atlanta Braves	C	San Jacinto College
1	5	JaS	Earl Robinson	Kansas City Royals	OF	Gulf Coast Community College
1	6	JaS	Mike Martin	San Diego Padres	C	Mount Hood Community College
1	7	JaS	Vic Walters	Chicago White Sox	P	Miami-Dade College
1	8	JaS	Rusty McDonald	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	De Anza College
1	9	JaS	Richard Alexander	Seattle Mariners	OF
1	10	JaS	Tony Phillips	Montreal Expos	SS-2B	New Mexico Military Institute
1	11	JaS	David Garcia	New York Yankees	2B	Grossmont College
1	12	JaS	Kurt Kingsolver	Pittsburgh Pirates	C	Long Beach City College
1	13	JaS	Brian Denman	Boston Red Sox	1B-P
1	14	JaS	James Tjader	Houston Astros	2B	Iowa Western Community College
1	15	JaS	Rob Hertel	Toronto Blue Jays	2B-3b	University of Southern California
1	16	JaS	Wayne Guinn	Cincinnati Reds	P	Georgia Perimeter College
1	17	JaS	Mike Bates	Cleveland Indians	P	Phoenix College
1	18	JaS	James David	St. Louis Cardinals	SS	Santa Barbara City College
1	19	JaS	Greg DeHart	Milwaukee Brewers	P	Los Angeles Valley College
1	20	JaS	Daryl Adams	Philadelphia Phillies	P	Butte College
1	21	JaS	Scott Fletcher	Oakland Athletics	SS	Valencia Community College
1	22	JaS	Michael Campbell	Chicago Cubs	3B	Panola College
1	23	JaS	Michae Childs	Texas Rangers	C	Ranger College
1	24	JaS	Michael Foster	New York Mets	P	Merced College
1	25	JaS	Simon Glenn	California Angels	OF	Blinn College
1	26	JaS	William Klank	Detroit Tigers	P	Mercer County Community College
2	27	JaS	Mike Couchee	Minnesota Twins	P	San Jose City College
2	28	JaS	Greg Moyer	San Francisco Giants	OF	Cerritos College
2	29	JaS	Mark Bolton	Baltimore Orioles	P
2	30	JaS	Stephen Maral	Atlanta Braves	C	Chabot College
2	31	JaS	Mike Haley	Kansas City Royals	OF	Central Arizona College
2	32	JaS	Willie Hardwick	San Diego Padres	P	Laney College
2	33	JaS	Randy Brown	Chicago White Sox	P	San Jacinto College
2	34	JaS	Dan Sijer	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	Shoreline Community College
2	35	JaS	Juan Corey	Seattle Mariners	C	Miami-Dade College
2	36	JaS	Larry Reasonover	Montreal Expos	3B	Hillsborough Community College
2	37	JaS	James Rob nson	New York Yankees	OF	Edmonds Community College
2	38	JaS	Lawrence Dotson	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF	Orange County Community College
2	39	JaS	Mark Paradise	Boston Red Sox	P	Marblehead (Marblehead,MA)
2	40	JaS	Jeff Ayers	Cincinnati Reds	P	Bellevue Community College
2	41	JaS	Kernan Ronan	Cleveland Indians	P	Glendale Community College
2	42	JaS	Ken Eriksen	St. Louis Cardinals	P	Citrus College
2	43	JaS	Maury Ornest	Milwaukee Brewers	P	Central Arizona College
2	44	JaS	Kevin Williams	Philadelphia Phillies	OF	Edmonds Community College
2	45	JaS	Mark Beuclear	Oakland Athletics	P	San Jacinto College
2	46	JaS	Andrew Walker	Chicago Cubs	C
2	47	JaS	Greg Eason	Texas Rangers	P
2	48	JaS	Jack Lambeth	New York Mets	P	University of Arkansas-Fort Smith
2	49	JaS	Stephen Martin	California Angels	P	Pima Community College
2	50	JaS	Rick Santarone	Detroit Tigers	OF	Gulf Coast Community College
3	51	JaS	Willie Lozado	Minnesota Twins	SS	Miami-Dade College
3	52	JaS	Norm Christensen	San Francisco Giants	P	San Diego Community College
3	53	JaS	Lawrence Davila	Baltimore Orioles	P
3	54	JaS	Tony Zahradnick	Kansas City Royals	P	Valencia Community College
3	55	JaS	Reggie West	San Diego Padres	OF	Santa Ana College
3	56	JaS	Stephen Smith	Los Angeles Dodgers	P-OF	Gulf Coast Community College
3	57	JaS	Carlos Matamoras	Seattle Mariners	2B	Miami-Dade College
3	58	JaS	Gary Aguirre	Montreal Expos	SS
3	59	JaS	David Fowke	New York Yankees	2B	State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota
3	60	JaS	Marvin Fowler	Pittsburgh Pirates	P	San Diego Mesa College
3	61	JaS	Dave Meier	St. Louis Cardinals	P	Fresno City College
3	62	JaS	Jerry Joyce	Milwaukee Brewers	OF	West Valley College
3	63	JaS	Edward Long	Oakland Athletics	P
4	64	JaS	Harold Washington	Minnesota Twins	OF-P	Southwestern Community College
4	65	JaS	Robert Wicks	San Diego Padres	P	Chabot College
4	66	JaS	Michael Kelly	Montreal Expos	P	Cosumnes River College
4	67	JaS	Rob Dondero	Pittsburgh Pirates	P	Mesa Community College
4	68	JaS	Joe Madrigal	Oakland Athletics	P	Mount San Antonio College
5	69	JaS	Steve McQueen	Minnesota Twins	SS	Gulf Coast Community College
Rd	Pick	Phase	Player Name	Drafting Team	Pos	Drafted From
1978 Baseball Draft

Did you know that there have been twenty-one players who have been drafted (since the baseball draft began in 1965) then went straight to the Major Leagues without first playing on a Minor League team?

Being selected with the first round, first pick, as the number one draft pick, is quite a baseball feat, but not every one of them has actually made it to the big leagues! Review those who did, those who didn't, which catcher was the first one ever selected first overall, which catcher was first that didn't make it and the first one that did, plus every other draft type (secondary drafts) along with information about which ones made it there as well.

The Baseball Almanac Draft Register is completely comprehensive and includes data on every single player ever drafted in baseball history, more than 65,000+ baseball draft picks spanning 40+ years of baseball draft history.

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