You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Baseball's Amateur Draft > Amateur Draft: 1st Round of the 1978 January Draft-Regular Phase

Draft Pick Search Options
Picks by Overall #

 
Picks by Year/Round
 
 
Picks by Franchise/Year (&actives)
 
 
Picks by Franchise/Round
 
 
Picks by Position/Year
 
 
Name and Came From searches work only for names longer than three characters.
Player Name:
Came From: (enter 2-letter code for states)

2009 MLB Draft Preview: draft order and top players selected at that slot

1st Round of the 1978 January Draft-Regular Phase
    Other Rounds:1977 1st / 1978 1st / 1978 2nd / 1979 1st

Drafted Players

Glossaries · Click headers to sort · SHARE  · CSV · PRE · LINK · Links to minor league stats are incomplete and may not indicate a player signing
Year Rnd DT OvPck FrRnd RdPck Tm Pos G AB HR BA OPS G W L ERA WHIP SV Drafted Out of
1978 1 1rg 1 FrRnd 1 Blue Jays Mike Lebo C Middletown (Middletown, PA)
1978 1 1rg 2 FrRnd 2 Braves Joe Housey RHP Miami Dade College (Miami, FL)
1978 1 1rg 3 FrRnd 3 Athletics David Grier RHP Valencia CC (Orlando, FL)
1978 1 1rg 4 FrRnd 4 Mets Gerry Miller 1B Des Moines Area CC (Boone, IA)
1978 1 1rg 5 FrRnd 5 Mariners Jim Maler 1B 102 310 5 .226 .609 Miami Dade South CC (Miami, FL)
1978 1 1rg 6 FrRnd 6 Padres Donald Johnson LHP Westland (Westland, MI)
1978 1 1rg 7 FrRnd 7 Brewers Weldon Swift RHP Baltimore (Baltimore, MD)
1978 1 1rg 8 FrRnd 8 Giants Greg Byrd 1B Columbia State CC (Columbia, TN)
1978 1 1rg 9 FrRnd 9 Indians Thomas Anderson 1B South Florida CC (Avon Park, FL)
1978 1 1rg 10 FrRnd 10 Nationals Gary Hartsock RHP Muscatine CC (Muscatine, IA)
1978 1 1rg 11 FrRnd 11 Tigers Chris Codiroli RHP 1 0 0 144 38 47 4.87 1.45 3 San Jose CC (San Jose, CA)
1978 1 1rg 12 FrRnd 12 Astros Greg Smith OF Canada College (Redwood City, CA)
1978 1 1rg 13 FrRnd 13 Angels Rick Evans LHP El Camino College (Torrance, CA)
1978 1 1rg 14 FrRnd 14 Cubs Joe Hicks 3B Indianapolis (Indianapolis, IN)
1978 1 1rg 15 FrRnd 15 Twins Ralph Citarella RHP 16 5 0 .200 .400 21 0 1 4.06 1.24 0 Brevard CC (Cocoa, FL)
1978 1 1rg 16 FrRnd 16 Cardinals Michael Gentry RHP Chipola JC (Marianna, FL)
1978 1 1rg 17 FrRnd 17 WhiteSox Mark Christy RHP Miami Dade College (Miami, FL)
1978 1 1rg 18 FrRnd 18 Reds Brad Lesley RHP 49 3 0 .333 .667 54 1 3 3.86 1.24 6 Merced College (Merced, CA)
1978 1 1rg 19 FrRnd 19 Rangers Michael Vickers LHP Hill JC (Hillsboro, TX)
1978 1 1rg 20 FrRnd 20 Pirates Pete Chapin RHP Fullerton College (Fullerton, CA)
1978 1 1rg 21 FrRnd 21 Orioles Kenny Kurtz LHP Seminole CC (Sanford, FL)
1978 1 1rg 22 FrRnd 22 Dodgers Brian Holton RHP 113 20 0 .050 .145 185 20 19 3.62 1.42 3 Louisburg College (Louisburg, NC)
1978 1 1rg 23 FrRnd 23 RedSox Bruce Kastelic SS Ranger College (Ranger, TX)
1978 1 1rg 24 FrRnd 24 Phillies Don Woodward RHP Central Arizona College (Coolidge, AZ)
1978 1 1rg 25 FrRnd 25 Yankees Mark Harris SS Manassas (Manassas, VA)
1978 1 1rg 26 FrRnd 26 Royals Lee Cline RHP College of Southern Idaho (Twin Falls, ID)

Other Rounds:1977 1st / 1978 1st / 1978 2nd / 1979 1st

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

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

    • NOTES: We have not yet matched the 2009 debuts to their draft into. We hope to do so soon.
    Please note that searches by state are not complete and not guaranteed to be accurate.
    Players are listed regardless of whether they signed or not.
    School names may change from year to year making it difficult to find all player drafted from a school.
    Please let us know if you find what you believe is an error.

    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.