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1978 Kansas City Royals 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 25 25 Royals Buddy Biancalana SS 311 550 6 .205 .553 Redwood HS (Greenbrae, CA)
1978 2 51 25 Royals Darryl Motley OF 413 1333 44 .243 .682 Grant HS (Portland, OR)
1978 3 77 25 Royals Mark Ryal OF 127 223 7 .211 .599 Dewar HS (Dewar, OK)
1978 4 103 25 Royals David Mangrum RHP Bells HS (Bells, TX)
1978 5 129 25 Royals David Hogg C Northwestern University (Evanston, IL)
1978 6 155 25 Royals Jesse Lucious OF Rich East HS (Park Forest, IL)
1978 7 181 25 Royals Tim Rodgers RHP Bixby HS (Broken Arrow, OK)
1978 8 207 25 Royals Jeff Cornell RHP 23 4 0 .000 .000 23 1 3 6.10 1.90 0 University of Mississippi (Oxford, MS)
1978 9 233 25 Royals Erik Hendricks RHP Chapman University (Orange, CA)
1978 10 259 25 Royals Harold Bright OF Mumford HS (Detroit, MI)
1978 11 285 25 Royals Ulises Infante 3B St.Patrick's HS (Elizabeth, NJ)
1978 12 311 25 Royals Robert Ganger RHP Pepperdine University (Malibu, CA)
1978 13 337 25 Royals James Davidson OF Alma College (Alma, MI)
1978 14 363 25 Royals Ira Turner 1B Bethune-Cookman College (Daytona Beach, FL)
1978 15 389 25 Royals Don Heinkel RHP 7 6 0 .000 .250 28 1 1 4.74 1.42 1 Horlick HS (Racine, WI)
1978 16 415 25 Royals Frank Viola LHP 87 185 0 .141 .311 421 176 150 3.73 1.30 0 East Meadow HS (East Meadow, NY)
1978 17 441 25 Royals James Canfield LHP Wayne Memorial HS (Wayne, MI)
1978 18 466 24 Royals Bob Fiala 3B Oklahoma City University (Oklahoma City, OK)
1978 19 490 23 Royals Bradley Kast LHP Reading HS (Reading, MI)
1978 20 513 22 Royals Tom Willette LHP North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC)
1978 21 535 21 Royals Steven Porter OF Upsala College (East Orange, NJ)
1978 22 557 21 Royals Anthony Washington OF Southeastern Oklahoma State University (Durant, OK)
1978 23 576 18 Royals Jim McCoy RHP University of Texas (Austin, TX)
1978 24 595 18 Royals Ron Johnson 1B 22 46 0 .261 .663 Fresno State University (Fresno, CA)
1978 25 613 18 Royals Chris Czarka RHP Central Michigan University (Mount Pleasant, MI)
1978 26 630 17 Royals Welby Bailey C Lynchburg College (Lynchburg, VA)
1978 27 646 16 Royals Mark Terrill RHP Gilroy HS (Gilroy, CA)
1978 28 662 16 Royals John Seneca RHP Seton Hall University (South Orange, NJ)
1978 29 678 16 Royals Charles Curry INF Southern Illinois University (Carbondale, IL)
1978 30 693 15 Royals Craig Pippin RHP University of Florida (Gainesville, FL)
1978 31 707 14 Royals Gregg Baker RHP Marcos de Niza HS (Tampa, FL)

Other Years:1977 / 1978 / 1979

31 matching player(s). 7 played in the majors (22%).

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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