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1st Round of the 1968 January Draft-Regular Phase
    Other Rounds:1967 1st / 1968 1st / 1968 2nd / 1969 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
1968 1 1rg 1 FrRnd 1 Athletics George Hendrick OF 2048 7129 267 .278 .775 Fremont HS (Los Angeles, CA)
1968 1 1rg 2 FrRnd 2 Mets George Kazmarek OF
1968 1 1rg 3 FrRnd 3 Yankees Robert Elliot RHP Massapequa (Massapequa, NY)
1968 1 1rg 4 FrRnd 4 Astros Glenn Adams OF 661 1617 34 .280 .721 Springfield College (Springfield, MA)
1968 1 1rg 5 FrRnd 5 Indians Lambert Ford OF Richland (Richland, NJ)
1968 1 1rg 6 FrRnd 6 Dodgers Larry Hall 1B Broward CC (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
1968 1 1rg 7 FrRnd 7 Rangers Jimmy Blackmon RHP Rock Hill (Rock Hill, SC)
1968 1 1rg 8 FrRnd 8 Braves Jim Breazeale C 89 179 9 .223 .686 Houston (Houston, TX)
1968 1 1rg 9 FrRnd 9 Orioles Tom Walker RHP 154 33 0 .152 .382 191 18 23 3.87 1.35 11 Brevard CC (Cocoa, FL)
1968 1 1rg 10 FrRnd 10 Pirates Sam Viney 1B San Joaquin Delta College (Stockton, CA)
1968 1 1rg 11 FrRnd 11 Angels Robert Johnson RHP Los Angeles Pierce College (Woodland Hills, CA)
1968 1 1rg 12 FrRnd 12 Phillies Stephen Cates LHP Sunland (Sunland, CA)
1968 1 1rg 13 FrRnd 13 WhiteSox Mickey Rivers OF 1468 5629 61 .295 .724 Miami Dade College (Miami, FL)
1968 1 1rg 14 FrRnd 14 Reds Donald Shrum RHP Houston (Houston, TX)
1968 1 1rg 15 FrRnd 15 Twins Daved Hoot OF Houston (Houston, TX)
1968 1 1rg 16 FrRnd 16 Cubs Dave Baldwin LHP Manatee CC (Bradenton, FL)
1968 1 1rg 17 FrRnd 17 Tigers James Carter 3B Golden West College (Huntington Beach, CA)
1968 1 1rg 18 FrRnd 18 Giants Steve Sibley LHP El Camino College (Torrance, CA)
1968 1 1rg 19 FrRnd 19 RedSox Walter Ransom SS South Gate (South Gate, CA)
1968 1 1rg 20 FrRnd 20 Cardinals Michael Maselbas RHP Swampscott (Swampscott, MA)

Other Rounds:1967 1st / 1968 1st / 1968 2nd / 1969 1st

20 matching player(s). 5 played in the majors (25%).

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.