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1978 Detroit Tigers Picks in the June Draft
    Other Years:1977 / 1978 / 1979

Drafted Players

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Year Rnd DT OvPck RdPck Tm Pos G AB HR BA OPS G W L ERA WHIP SV Drafted Out of
1978 1 12 12 Tigers Kirk Gibson OF 1635 5798 255 .268 .815 Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI)
1978 2 38 12 Tigers Craig Johnson OF UCLA (Los Angeles, CA)
1978 3 64 12 Tigers Fran Mullins SS 106 212 2 .203 .576 Santa Clara University (Santa Clara, CA)
1978 4 90 12 Tigers Jerry Ujdur RHP 0 0 0 53 12 16 4.78 1.44 0 University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN)
1978 5 116 12 Tigers Marty Castillo 3B 201 352 8 .190 .532 Chapman University (Orange, CA)
1978 6 142 12 Tigers Kevin Martin SS Falconer Central HS (Falconer, NY)
1978 7 168 12 Tigers Bruce Fields OF 58 113 1 .274 .681 Everett HS (Lansing, MI)
1978 8 194 12 Tigers Ted Hutson C Miami East HS (Fletcher, OH)
1978 9 220 12 Tigers Mike Wright OF Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN)
1978 10 246 12 Tigers James Simerly RHP Chapman University (Orange, CA)
1978 11 272 12 Tigers Art Toal 2B University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK)
1978 12 298 12 Tigers Jack Smith RHP Glen Oaks CC (Centreville, MI)
1978 13 324 12 Tigers David Cassetto RHP Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo, MI)
1978 14 350 12 Tigers Mike Mason OF 18 9 0 .222 .522 140 29 39 4.53 1.44 0 Normandale CC (Bloomington, MN)
1978 15 376 12 Tigers Marvin Saunders RHP University of South Alabama (Mobile, AL)
1978 16 402 12 Tigers Dave Rucker LHP 175 26 0 .192 .453 206 16 20 3.97 1.51 1 University of La Verne (La Verne, CA)
1978 17 428 12 Tigers Todd Ervin 2B Stanford University (Stanford, CA)
1978 18 453 11 Tigers Mark Jacob RHP De La Salle HS (Detroit, MI)
1978 19 478 11 Tigers Edwin Schneider LHP Indian River CC (Fort Pierce, FL)
1978 20 502 11 Tigers John Crawford C Delta State University (Cleveland, MS)
1978 21 525 11 Tigers Michael Untisz RHP Fairleigh Dickinson University (Teaneck, NJ)
1978 22 547 11 Tigers Bob Benda INF Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL)
1978 23 567 9 Tigers Gary Baker 3B Hazel Park HS (Hazel Park, MI)
1978 24 586 9 Tigers Tom Grinstead LHP Edgewood HS (West Covina, CA)
1978 25 604 9 Tigers John Kelley OF Simon Kenton HS (Independence, KY)
1978 26 621 8 Tigers James Wilfong OF University of La Verne (La Verne, CA)
1978 27 637 7 Tigers John Martin LHP 78 73 0 .205 .518 91 17 14 3.94 1.21 1 Eastern Michigan University (Ypsilanti, MI)
1978 28 653 7 Tigers Holden Smith OF University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)
1978 29 669 7 Tigers Judson Thigpen RHP Delta State University (Cleveland, MS)
1978 30 684 6 Tigers Michael Polvi RHP University of Detroit (Detroit, MI)
1978 31 699 6 Tigers Ben Bonk RHP Central Michigan University (Mount Pleasant, MI)
1978 32 712 5 Tigers Buddy Slemp OF Oral Roberts University (Tulsa, OK)

Other Years:1977 / 1978 / 1979

32 matching player(s). 8 played in the majors (25%).

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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