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4th Round of the 1979 January Draft-Regular Phase
    Other Rounds:1978 4th / 1979 3rd / 1979 4th / 1979 5th / 1980 4th

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
1979 4 1rg 79 FrRnd 1 Mets Thomas McLaughlin RHP University of Nebraska (Lincoln, NE)
1979 4 1rg 80 FrRnd 2 Mariners Steve Lawrence LHP Yavapai CC (Prescott, AZ)
1979 4 1rg 81 FrRnd 3 Braves Edward Lambeth LHP University of Arkansas, Fort Smith (Fort Smith, AR)
1979 4 1rg 82 FrRnd 4 Blue Jays Craig Charron SS Merced College (Merced, CA)
1979 4 1rg 83 FrRnd 5 Cardinals Ronald Sloy 1B Mount Hood CC (Gresham, OR)
1979 4 1rg 84 FrRnd 6 Athletics Harold Brown RHP Chipola JC (Marianna, FL)
1979 4 1rg 85 FrRnd 7 Astros Gil Robison RHP Centralia College (Centralia, WA)
1979 4 1rg 86 FrRnd 8 Indians Roberto Alvarez 3B Miami Dade College (Miami, FL)
1979 4 1rg 87 FrRnd 9 Nationals Randy O'Neal RHP 74 50 0 .080 .178 142 17 19 4.35 1.38 3 Palm Beach CC (Lake Worth, FL)
1979 4 1rg 88 FrRnd 10 WhiteSox Tim Kammeyer RHP Southwestern CC (Chula Vista, CA)
1979 4 1rg 89 FrRnd 11 Cubs Terry Austin OF Ranger College (Ranger, TX)
1979 4 1rg 90 FrRnd 12 Twins John Damon 2B Sacramento CC (Sacramento, CA)
1979 4 1rg 91 FrRnd 13 Padres Greg Tarnow C Rolling Prairies (Rolling Prairies, IN)
1979 4 1rg 92 FrRnd 14 Tigers Gary Zelmanski 1B St. Clair County CC (Port Huron, MI)
1979 4 1rg 93 FrRnd 15 Pirates Rick Ownbey RHP 43 35 0 .114 .276 39 3 11 4.11 1.61 0 Santa Ana College (Santa Ana, CA)
1979 4 1rg 94 FrRnd 16 Angels Edward Lindsey LHP Broward CC (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
1979 4 1rg 95 FrRnd 17 Giants David LaBounty RHP Yakima Valley JC (Yakima, WA)
1979 4 1rg 96 FrRnd 18 Rangers Michael Young RHP Trinidad State JC (Trinidad, CO)
1979 4 1rg 97 FrRnd 19 Phillies Grant Priess C Blinn College (Brenham, TX)
1979 4 1rg 98 FrRnd 20 Orioles Bill Bond 1B St. Petersburg College (St. Petersburg, FL)
1979 4 1rg 99 FrRnd 21 Reds Larry Raskin C Coastal Carolina University (Conway, SC)
1979 4 1rg 100 FrRnd 22 Royals Roger Patoka C Plover (Plover, WI)
1979 4 1rg 101 FrRnd 23 Dodgers Joseph Siers RHP Palm Beach CC (Lake Worth, FL)
1979 4 1rg 102 FrRnd 24 Brewers Bengie Bigges RHP Frederick CC (Frederick, MD)
1979 4 1rg 103 FrRnd 25 RedSox Michael Burton RHP Mobile (Mobile, AL)
1979 4 1rg 104 FrRnd 26 Yankees Gary Higgins RHP Columbia State CC (Columbia, TN)

Other Rounds:1978 4th / 1979 3rd / 1979 4th / 1979 5th / 1980 4th

26 matching player(s). 2 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.