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5th Round of the 1968 January Draft-Secondary Phase
    Other Rounds:1967 5th / 1968 4th / 1968 5th / 1968 6th / 1969 5th

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 5 1sc 81 FrRnd 1 Twins Barry Sheldon RHP Batavia (Batavia, NY)
1968 5 1sc 82 FrRnd 2 Giants Tom Schweitzer LHP Fairmont State College (Fairmont, WV)
1968 5 1sc 83 FrRnd 3 Tigers Steve Smith 3B Long Beach CC (Long Beach, CA)
1968 5 1sc 84 FrRnd 4 Mets Michael Lersch LHP Mesa CC (Mesa, AZ)
1968 5 1sc 85 FrRnd 5 Indians Kenneth Danson OF Gulf Coast CC (Panama City, FL)
1968 5 1sc 86 FrRnd 6 Dodgers Geoff Zahn LHP 48 43 0 .140 .279 304 111 109 3.74 1.35 1 University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)
1968 5 1sc 87 FrRnd 7 Yankees William Shepherd RHP Spokane CC (Spokane, WA)
1968 5 1sc 88 FrRnd 8 Phillies Michael Schomaker OF Stanford University (Stanford, CA)
1968 5 1sc 89 FrRnd 9 Orioles George Ferguson 3B University of Maine (Orono, ME)
1968 5 1sc 90 FrRnd 10 Cubs Tim Feldhaus SS Mount San Antonio College (Walnut, CA)
1968 5 1sc 91 FrRnd 11 Rangers Donald Keenan C Gulf Coast CC (Panama City, FL)
1968 5 1sc 92 FrRnd 12 Angels Ronald Pritchett RHP Mount San Antonio College (Walnut, CA)
1968 5 1sc 93 FrRnd 13 Cardinals Douglas Braun C Vallejo JC (Fairfield, CA)
1968 5 1sc 94 FrRnd 14 RedSox Gerald Burton OF St. Louis CC at Meramec (Kirkwood, MO)
1968 5 1sc 95 FrRnd 15 Reds Michael Willis LHP University of Colorado (Boulder, CO)
1968 5 1sc 96 FrRnd 16 Athletics Mark Reeser LHP Laney College (Oakland, CA)
1968 5 1sc 97 FrRnd 17 Pirates Jerald Vitatoe 3B Oakland (Oakland, CA)
1968 5 1sc 98 FrRnd 18 WhiteSox Jerry Algeo 2B Poteau JC (Poteau, OK)
1968 5 1sc 99 FrRnd 19 Braves Richard Cross INF University of Nebraska (Lincoln, NE)

Other Rounds:1967 5th / 1968 4th / 1968 5th / 1968 6th / 1969 5th

19 matching player(s). 1 played in the majors (5%).

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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