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1st Round of the 1966 January Draft-Regular Phase
    Other Rounds:1965 1st / 1966 1st / 1966 2nd / 1967 1st

Drafted Players

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Year Rnd DT OvPck FrRnd RdPck Tm Pos G AB HR BA OPS G W L ERA WHIP SV Drafted Out of
1966 1 1rg 1 FrRnd 1 Athletics Don Lohse RHP Indiana University (Bloomington, IN)
1966 1 1rg 2 FrRnd 2 Mets Barry Carter SS Chambersburg Area HS (Chambersburg, PA)
1966 1 1rg 3 FrRnd 3 RedSox Jim Rife C Lebanon Valley College (Annville, PA)
1966 1 1rg 4 FrRnd 4 Astros Tom Griffin RHP 384 405 10 .163 .468 401 77 94 4.07 1.46 5 Grant HS (Van Nuys, CA)
1966 1 1rg 5 FrRnd 5 Rangers Timothy Zajeski RHP South Holland (South Holland, IL)
1966 1 1rg 6 FrRnd 6 Cubs John Dudek C Tuley HS (Chicago, IL)
1966 1 1rg 7 FrRnd 7 Angels Ronald Cherry C Poly HS (Sun Valley, CA)
1966 1 1rg 8 FrRnd 8 Cardinals Henry Urbanowitz 1B Jasper JC (Jasper, MO)
1966 1 1rg 9 FrRnd 9 Yankees Thomas Matheson C Eagle Rock HS (Los Angeles, CA)
1966 1 1rg 10 FrRnd 10 Phillies John Vukovich 3B 277 559 6 .161 .425 America River CC (Sacramento, CA)
1966 1 1rg 11 FrRnd 11 Indians Ted Ford OF 240 711 17 .219 .605 Richland (Richland, NJ)
1966 1 1rg 12 FrRnd 12 Braves Robert Ritchie OF Bryant & Stratton Business College (Buffalo, NY)
1966 1 1rg 13 FrRnd 13 Tigers Tim Marting SS Hillsborough CC (Tampa, FL)
1966 1 1rg 14 FrRnd 14 Orioles Russell Vitallo RHP Schenectady (Schenectady, NY)
1966 1 1rg 15 FrRnd 15 Pirates Kent Smith OF Sacramento CC (Sacramento, CA)
1966 1 1rg 16 FrRnd 16 WhiteSox Howard Gordon 1B University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
1966 1 1rg 17 FrRnd 17 Giants Gary Bowman OF Garden City (Garden City, MI)
1966 1 1rg 18 FrRnd 18 Twins Charles Chase OF College of San Mateo (San Mateo, CA)
1966 1 1rg 19 FrRnd 19 Dodgers James Roberts RHP University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa, AL)

Other Rounds:1965 1st / 1966 1st / 1966 2nd / 1967 1st

19 matching player(s). 3 played in the majors (15%).

DT Key

  • Blank - June Draft
  • 6sc - June Secondary
  • 6sa - June Secondary (normal, 1971 only)
  • 6sd - June Secondary (delayed, 1971 only)
  • 1rg - January Draft
  • 1sc - January Secondary Draft
  • 8lg - August Legion Draft

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    The 1965 draft had a major league and AAA section (rounds 1-3), a AA section (4-7) and A-ball sections (8+). Each team had one pick in rounds 1-7 (MLB, AAA, and AA picks). Starting with the 8th round teams received a pick for each A-ball team in their system in the reverse order of the affiliate finishes. Franchises that shared affiliates, alternated the picks round-by-round. This means that a franchise will have multiple picks in a "round". For presentation reasons here, we have re-labeled the rounds to be the number of the selection made by this franchise. This means that the Twins' 10th round pick could come after the Mets' 12th round pick.