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1979 New York Mets 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 2 2 Mets Tim Leary RHP 133 163 1 .221 .523 292 78 105 4.36 1.41 1 UCLA (Los Angeles, CA)
1979 2 28 2 Mets Jeff Bettendorf RHP 0 0 0 3 0 0 4.66 1.45 1 Lompoc HS (Lompoc, CA)
1979 3 54 2 Mets Craig Jones RHP United States Military Academy (West Point, NY)
1979 4 80 2 Mets David Howard OF Wichita State University (Wichita, KS)
1979 5 106 2 Mets Gary Hardie SS Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA)
1979 6 132 2 Mets Ron Gardenhire INF 285 710 4 .232 .573 University of Texas (Austin, TX)
1979 7 158 2 Mets Mike Hennessy OF Bogota HS (Bogota, NJ)
1979 8 184 2 Mets David Buttles RHP Kearny HS (San Diego, CA)
1979 9 210 2 Mets Lee Shockley RHP Parkside HS (Salisbury, MD)
1979 10 236 2 Mets Brooks Wallace SS Texas Tech University (Lubbock, TX)
1979 11 262 2 Mets Bryan Dunbar C Marin CC (Kentfield, CA)
1979 12 288 2 Mets Larry Hernandez OF Jones HS (Orlando, FL)
1979 13 314 2 Mets Doug Elliott 2B San Diego State University (San Diego, CA)
1979 14 340 2 Mets Brick Toifel C Davidson HS (Mobile, AL)
1979 15 366 2 Mets Walt Terrell RHP 94 192 3 .120 .339 321 111 124 4.22 1.43 0 Morehead State University (Morehead, KY)
1979 16 392 2 Mets Bill Hill OF Brookdale CC (Lincroft, NJ)
1979 17 418 2 Mets Todd Davidson OF North Allegheny HS (Wexford, PA)
1979 18 444 2 Mets John Bryant OF El Toro HS (Lake Forest, CA)
1979 19 470 2 Mets Mike Anicich 1B Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)
1979 20 496 2 Mets John Leister RHP 0 0 0 10 0 2 8.50 2.00 0 Russell HS (Great Falls, MT)
1979 21 522 2 Mets Ted Damiter RHP Shippensburg University (Shippensburg, PA)
1979 22 547 2 Mets Joe Scherger OF University of Nebraska (Lincoln, NE)
1979 23 572 2 Mets Joseph Healy RHP Father Judge HS (Philadelphia, PA)
1979 24 596 2 Mets Richard Greenfield SS La Salle University (Philadelphia, PA)
1979 25 620 2 Mets Scott LaVielle C Olympic JC (Bremerton, WA)
1979 26 644 2 Mets Jim Phillips RHP Shawnee Mission HS (Overland Park, KS)
1979 27 668 2 Mets Dave Smith RHP 0 0 0 5 0 0 9.00 1.67 0 Lamar University (Beaumont, TX)
1979 28 691 2 Mets Darryl Stephens 1B Butte CC (Oroville, CA)
1979 29 712 2 Mets Clay Christiansen RHP 0 0 0 24 2 4 6.05 1.60 2 University of Kansas (Lawrence, KS)
1979 30 733 2 Mets William Rittweger 2B Seton Hall University (South Orange, NJ)
1979 31 753 2 Mets Paul Niggebrugge OF Temple University (Philadelphia, PA)
1979 32 772 2 Mets Thomas Miller LHP Modesto JC (Modesto, CA)
1979 33 790 2 Mets Michael Privette RHP Millikan HS (Long Beach, CA)
1979 34 807 2 Mets Dan Sprick OF Saint Louis University (Saint Louis, MO)
1979 35 821 1 Mets Terry Byrum SS University of Houston (Houston, TX)
1979 36 830 1 Mets David Duff C University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA)

Other Years:1978 / 1979 / 1980

36 matching player(s). 7 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.