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1979 Kansas City Royals Picks in the June Draft
    Other Years:1978 / 1979 / 1980

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
1979 1 21 21 Royals Atlee Hammaker LHP 224 305 0 .118 .273 249 59 67 3.66 1.24 5 East Tennessee State University (Johnson City, TN)
1979 2 47 21 Royals John Skinner RHP North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC)
1979 3 73 21 Royals Pat Sheridan OF 876 2419 51 .253 .690 Eastern Michigan University (Ypsilanti, MI)
1979 4 99 21 Royals Dan Marino RHP Central Catholic HS (Pittsburgh, PA)
1979 5 125 21 Royals Mickey Palmer OF California State University, Fullerton (Fullerton, CA)
1979 6 151 21 Royals Kenneth Pour RHP New Athens HS (New Athens, IL)
1979 7 177 21 Royals Craig Lefferts LHP 610 132 1 .121 .287 696 58 72 3.43 1.25 101 University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)
1979 8 203 21 Royals Doran Perdue 2B Murray State University (Murray, KY)
1979 9 229 21 Royals Rob Townley OF Long Beach State University (Long Beach, CA)
1979 10 255 21 Royals Bill Moore OF 6 12 0 .167 .333 Covina HS (West Covina, CA)
1979 11 281 21 Royals Otis Irvin SS Phillips HS (Chicago, IL)
1979 12 307 21 Royals Ron Krauss LHP Seminole HS (Seminole, FL)
1979 13 333 21 Royals Ron Batter C University of Miami (Coral Gables, FL)
1979 14 359 21 Royals Osbe Hoskins 3B Grand Rapids Creston HS (Grand Rapids, MI)
1979 15 385 21 Royals Walter Vanderbush RHP College of Wooster (Wooster, OH)
1979 16 411 21 Royals Johnny Barnette OF Spartanburg Methodist College (Spartanburg, SC)
1979 17 437 21 Royals David Sullivan C Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, OK)
1979 18 463 21 Royals John Elway OF Granada Hills HS (Northridge, CA)
1979 19 489 21 Royals Daniel St.Clair RHP University of Kansas (Lawrence, KS)
1979 20 515 21 Royals James Atkinson 3B University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill, NC)
1979 21 540 20 Royals Lawrence Grahek OF University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN)
1979 22 565 20 Royals Dave Luethy SS University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK)
1979 23 590 20 Royals Larry Williams RHP Central Michigan University (Mount Pleasant, MI)
1979 24 614 20 Royals Vin Yuhas RHP Manalapan HS (Manalapan, NJ)
1979 25 638 20 Royals Jeff Twitty LHP 0 0 0 13 2 1 6.04 1.79 0 University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC)
1979 26 662 20 Royals Daniel Fischer RHP University of Nevada, Las Vegas (Las Vegas, NV)
1979 27 685 19 Royals Craig Herberholz RHP Catholic Central HS (Redford, MI)
1979 28 706 17 Royals Bryan Nabors RHP South Shores HS (Chicago, IL)
1979 29 727 17 Royals Andrew Basten RHP Ashwaubenon HS (Ashwaubenon, WI)
1979 30 747 16 Royals Mark Wakai C Cumberland HS (Seabrook, NJ)
1979 31 767 16 Royals Craig Patterson 2B Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL)
1979 32 785 15 Royals Ken Kurtz LHP Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, MS)
1979 33 803 15 Royals James Jones RHP Redwood HS (Greenbrae, CA)
1979 34 818 13 Royals Allan Garray C University of Connecticut (Storrs, CT)
1979 35 828 8 Royals Reggie West OF Santa Ana College (Santa Ana, CA)
1979 36 837 8 Royals Leon Vickers OF University of Kansas (Lawrence, KS)
1979 37 844 6 Royals Greg Housner C Bridgeport HS (Saginaw, MI)

Other Years:1978 / 1979 / 1980

37 matching player(s). 5 played in the majors (13%).

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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