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8th Round of the 1978 January Draft-Regular Phase
    Other Rounds:1977 8th / 1978 7th / 1978 8th / 1978 9th / 1979 8th

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
1978 8 1rg 165 FrRnd 1 Athletics Robert Parr OF West Los Angeles JC (Culver City, CA)
1978 8 1rg 166 FrRnd 2 Mets Jamie Nelson C 40 96 1 .219 .590 Orange Coast College (Costa Mesa, CA)
1978 8 1rg 167 FrRnd 3 Brewers Greg Robles 1B San Jose CC (San Jose, CA)
1978 8 1rg 168 FrRnd 4 Giants Joe Olivas RHP San Joaquin Delta College (Stockton, CA)
1978 8 1rg 169 FrRnd 5 Indians Russell Cain C George C. Wallace CC (Dothan, AL)
1978 8 1rg 170 FrRnd 6 Nationals Mark South RHP Wright State University (Dayton, OH)
1978 8 1rg 171 FrRnd 7 Angels Arthur Maebe RHP Mission College (Santa Clara, CA)
1978 8 1rg 172 FrRnd 8 Twins Larry Navilhon RHP College of San Mateo (San Mateo, CA)
1978 8 1rg 173 FrRnd 9 Cardinals Robert Weirum 2B Santa Barbara CC (Santa Barbara, CA)
1978 8 1rg 174 FrRnd 10 Reds Robert Day 3B North Idaho JC (Coeur d'Alene, ID)
1978 8 1rg 175 FrRnd 11 Pirates John Garcia P Chattahoochee Valley CC (Phenix City, AL)
1978 8 1rg 176 FrRnd 12 Orioles John Wood 3B Abraham Baldwin College (Tifton, GA)
1978 8 1rg 177 FrRnd 13 Dodgers Anthony Murdaugh RHP University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC)
1978 8 1rg 178 FrRnd 14 Royals John Melody LHP Irvington (Irvington, NJ)

Other Rounds:1977 8th / 1978 7th / 1978 8th / 1978 9th / 1979 8th

14 matching player(s). 1 played in the majors (7%).

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.