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1st Round of the 1981 January Draft-Regular Phase
    Other Rounds:1980 1st / 1981 1st / 1981 2nd / 1982 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
1981 1 1rg 1 FrRnd 1 Cubs Jim Rooney LHP County College of Morris (Randolph, NJ)
1981 1 1rg 2 FrRnd 2 Mariners Bret McAfee SS Merced College (Merced, CA)
1981 1 1rg 3 FrRnd 3 Mets Randy Milligan OF 703 2118 70 .261 .810 San Diego Mesa College (San Diego, CA)
1981 1 1rg 4 FrRnd 4 Angels Kevin Price RHP Cosumnes River College (Sacramento, CA)
1981 1 1rg 5 FrRnd 5 Padres Eric Bullock OF 131 146 1 .205 .536 Los Angeles Harbor CC (Wilmington, CA)
1981 1 1rg 6 FrRnd 6 Blue Jays Ken Galloway LHP West Valley College (Saratoga, CA)
1981 1 1rg 7 FrRnd 7 Cardinals Brad Luther SS College of the Sequoias (Visalia, CA)
1981 1 1rg 8 FrRnd 8 WhiteSox Reggie Montgomery OF Orange Coast College (Costa Mesa, CA)
1981 1 1rg 9 FrRnd 9 Giants Mel White RHP Fullerton College (Fullerton, CA)
1981 1 1rg 10 FrRnd 10 Rangers Greg Tabor INF 9 9 0 .111 .333 Chabot College (Hayward, CA)
1981 1 1rg 11 FrRnd 11 Braves Terry Cormack C Long Beach CC (Long Beach, CA)
1981 1 1rg 12 FrRnd 12 Twins Pete Kutsukos RHP Seminole CC (Sanford, FL)
1981 1 1rg 13 FrRnd 13 Pirates Brian Reams RHP Long Beach CC (Long Beach, CA)
1981 1 1rg 14 FrRnd 14 Indians Steve Cushing LHP Saint Leo College (Saint Leo, FL)
1981 1 1rg 15 FrRnd 15 Reds Daniel Durst RHP Iowa Western CC (Council Bluffs, IA)
1981 1 1rg 16 FrRnd 16 Athletics Steve Kiefer SS 105 229 7 .192 .574 Fullerton College (Fullerton, CA)
1981 1 1rg 17 FrRnd 17 Nationals Bruce Crabbe INF Gulf Coast CC (Panama City, FL)
1981 1 1rg 18 FrRnd 18 Tigers Jeff Rutledge SS Fresno CC (Fresno, CA)
1981 1 1rg 19 FrRnd 19 Phillies Eric Schmidt RHP Antelope Valley College (Lancaster, CA)
1981 1 1rg 20 FrRnd 20 RedSox Danny Sheaffer C 389 946 13 .232 .602 Harrisburg Area CC (Harrisburg, PA)
1981 1 1rg 21 FrRnd 21 Dodgers Kevin White RHP Cosumnes River College (Sacramento, CA)
1981 1 1rg 22 FrRnd 22 Brewers Dewey James OF Central Arizona College (Coolidge, AZ)
1981 1 1rg 23 FrRnd 23 Astros Trent Ferrin RHP College of Southern Idaho (Twin Falls, ID)
1981 1 1rg 24 FrRnd 24 Royals Rick Rizzo OF Mesa State College (Grand Junction, CO)
1981 1 1rg 25 FrRnd 25 Orioles Dave Corman 2B Hagerstown JC (Hagerstown, MD)
1981 1 1rg 26 FrRnd 26 Yankees Mike Gatlin OF Lurleen B. Wallace JC (Andalusia, AL)

Other Rounds:1980 1st / 1981 1st / 1981 2nd / 1982 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

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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.