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1st Round of the 1972 January Draft-Regular Phase
    Other Rounds:1971 1st / 1972 1st / 1972 2nd / 1973 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
1972 1 1rg 1 FrRnd 1 Indians Eric Raich RHP 1 0 0 19 7 8 5.85 1.64 0 University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
1972 1 1rg 2 FrRnd 2 Padres Cliff Butcher RHP University of Tulsa (Tulsa, OK)
1972 1 1rg 3 FrRnd 3 Rangers James Owen RHP San Jose CC (San Jose, CA)
1972 1 1rg 4 FrRnd 4 Phillies Ricky Knepper 3B Boonsboro (Boonsboro, MD)
1972 1 1rg 5 FrRnd 5 Brewers Robert Alexander RHP St. Clair County CC (Port Huron, MI)
1972 1 1rg 6 FrRnd 6 Nationals Wayne Piper RHP Omaha (Omaha, NE)
1972 1 1rg 7 FrRnd 7 Twins Lew Lemer RHP Panorama City (Panorama City, CA)
1972 1 1rg 8 FrRnd 8 Reds Greg Sinatro SS Miami Dade South CC (Miami, FL)
1972 1 1rg 9 FrRnd 9 Angels Tom Donohue OF 122 325 5 .200 .510 Nassau CC (Garden City, NY)
1972 1 1rg 10 FrRnd 10 Astros William Meyer SS Indian River CC (Fort Pierce, FL)
1972 1 1rg 11 FrRnd 11 WhiteSox Murphy Eppinette RHP Northeast Louisiana University (Monroe, LA)
1972 1 1rg 12 FrRnd 12 Braves Ray Humphries RHP San Bernardino Valley College (San Bernardino, CA)
1972 1 1rg 13 FrRnd 13 Yankees Joe Krsnich INF Wichita State University (Wichita, KS)
1972 1 1rg 14 FrRnd 14 Mets Ron Diggle OF UCLA (Los Angeles, CA)
1972 1 1rg 15 FrRnd 15 RedSox Cliff Holland LHP Canada College (Redwood City, CA)
1972 1 1rg 16 FrRnd 16 Cubs Rex Peters 1B Lafayette University (Easton, PA)
1972 1 1rg 17 FrRnd 17 Royals Kenzie Davis OF Chaffey College (Rancho Cucamonga, CA)
1972 1 1rg 18 FrRnd 18 Dodgers John Adams RHP Phoenix (Phoenix, AZ)
1972 1 1rg 19 FrRnd 19 Tigers Alfred Callis LHP Fullerton College (Fullerton, CA)
1972 1 1rg 20 FrRnd 20 Giants Ken Kollmeyer LHP San Diego CC (San Diego, CA)
1972 1 1rg 21 FrRnd 21 Athletics Charles Hendrix RHP Grossmont College (El Cajon, CA)
1972 1 1rg 22 FrRnd 22 Cardinals Bob Gerdes RHP Miami Dade South CC (Miami, FL)
1972 1 1rg 23 FrRnd 23 Orioles Cass Safrit SS Pfeiffer College (Misenheimer, NC)
1972 1 1rg 24 FrRnd 24 Pirates Dennis Bolden RHP Chipola JC (Marianna, FL)

Other Rounds:1971 1st / 1972 1st / 1972 2nd / 1973 1st

24 matching player(s). 2 played in the majors (8%).

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.