| 1973 | 1 | | 1 | FrRnd | 1 | Rangers | David Clyde (minors) | 0.7 | 85 | 0 | 0 | | | 84 | 18 | 33 | 4.63 | 1.53 | 0 | HS | Westchester HS (Houston, TX) |
| 1973 | 1 | | 11 | FrRnd | 11 | Twins | Eddie Bane (minors) | -0.9 | 45 | 0 | 0 | | | 44 | 7 | 13 | 4.66 | 1.58 | 2 | 4Yr | Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ) |
| 1973 | 2 | | 25 | FrRnd | 1 | Rangers | Rich Shubert (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Bryant HS (Astoria, NY) |
| 1973 | 2 | | 27 | FrRnd | 3 | Brewers | Joe Slaymaker (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Newport HS (Bellevue, WA) |
| 1973 | 2 | | 46 | FrRnd | 22 | Reds | Richard Jensen (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Tooele HS (Tooele, UT) |
| 1973 | 2 | | 48 | FrRnd | 24 | Pirates | Douglas Nelson (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | JC | Manatee Community College (Bradenton, FL) |
| 1973 | 3 | | 54 | FrRnd | 6 | Giants | Jeff Little (minors) | 0.0 | 40 | 6 | 0 | .167 | .333 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 4.09 | 1.58 | 0 | HS | Woodmore HS (Elmore, OH) |
| 1973 | 3 | | 69 | FrRnd | 21 | White Sox | Ken Kravec (minors) | 5.6 | 161 | 18 | 0 | .000 | .143 | 160 | 43 | 56 | 4.47 | 1.42 | 1 | 4Yr | Ashland University (Ashland, OH) |
| 1973 | 3 | | 71 | FrRnd | 23 | Athletics | Floyd Bannister (minors) | 26.9 | 431 | 80 | 0 | .175 | .383 | 431 | 134 | 143 | 4.06 | 1.33 | 0 | HS | Kennedy HS (Seattle, WA) |
| 1973 | 4 | | 95 | FrRnd | 23 | Athletics | Ransom Voelkel (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | DeKalb HS (Waterloo, IN) |
| 1973 | 5 | | 108 | FrRnd | 12 | Cardinals | Randy Wiles (minors) | -0.2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | | | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10.13 | 3.00 | 0 | 4Yr | Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA) |
| 1973 | 5 | | 111 | FrRnd | 15 | Orioles | Michael Hile (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Venice HS (Los Angeles, CA) |
| 1973 | 5 | | 112 | FrRnd | 16 | Cubs | Dave Geisel (minors) | 2.2 | 131 | 7 | 0 | .000 | .125 | 131 | 5 | 5 | 4.01 | 1.47 | 8 | HS | Tonawanda HS (Tonawanda, NY) |
| 1973 | 5 | | 113 | FrRnd | 17 | Red Sox | Rick Jones (minors) | 1.1 | 37 | 0 | 0 | | | 37 | 6 | 9 | 4.02 | 1.68 | 0 | HS | Forrest HS (Jacksonville, FL) |
| 1973 | 5 | | 120 | FrRnd | 24 | Pirates | Randy Brandt (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Frazier HS (Newell, PA) |
| 1973 | 6 | | 125 | FrRnd | 5 | Indians | Norman Werd (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4Yr | Indiana University-Bloomington (Bloomington, IN) |
| 1973 | 6 | | 131 | FrRnd | 11 | Twins | Darrell Jackson (minors) | 3.1 | 104 | 0 | 0 | | | 102 | 20 | 27 | 4.38 | 1.49 | 1 | HS | Locke HS (Los Angeles, CA) |
| 1973 | 6 | | 142 | FrRnd | 22 | Reds | Reed Schielke (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Boulder HS (Boulder, CO) |
| 1973 | 7 | | 148 | FrRnd | 4 | Padres | Butch Stinson (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4Yr | Lipscomb University (Nashville, TN) |
| 1973 | 7 | | 159 | FrRnd | 15 | Orioles | Mike Flanagan (minors) | 26.3 | 529 | 0 | 0 | | | 526 | 167 | 143 | 3.90 | 1.33 | 4 | 4Yr | University of Massachusetts Amherst (Amherst, MA) |
| 1973 | 7 | | 161 | FrRnd | 17 | Red Sox | William St. Claire (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Springfield Tech HS (Springfield, MA) |
| 1973 | 7 | | 166 | FrRnd | 22 | Reds | James Kulina (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Lower Dauphin HS (Hummelstown, PA) |
| 1973 | 8 | | 169 | FrRnd | 1 | Rangers | Wayne Steele (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Herbert Hoover HS (San Diego, CA) |
| 1973 | 8 | | 170 | FrRnd | 2 | Phillies | Randy Lerch (minors) | -2.0 | 262 | 267 | 4 | .206 | .560 | 253 | 60 | 64 | 4.53 | 1.51 | 3 | HS | Cordova HS (Rancho Cordova, CA) |
| 1973 | 8 | | 177 | FrRnd | 9 | Royals | Bob Falcon (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4Yr | Texas A&M University (College Station, TX) |
| 1973 | 8 | | 178 | FrRnd | 10 | Braves | Randy Quintrell (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Newton HS (Covington, GA) |
| 1973 | 8 | | 180 | FrRnd | 12 | Cardinals | James Bradford (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Pine Bluff HS (Pine Bluff, AR) |
| 1973 | 8 | | 187 | FrRnd | 19 | Tigers | Elliott Moore (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4Yr | Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI) |
| 1973 | 9 | | 196 | FrRnd | 4 | Padres | John McAllen (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4Yr | California State University Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA) |
| 1973 | 9 | | 201 | FrRnd | 9 | Royals | Ron Miles (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Marion HS (Marion, SC) |
| 1973 | 9 | | 213 | FrRnd | 21 | White Sox | Julio Alonso (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Power Memorial HS (New York, NY) |
| 1973 | 10 | | 217 | FrRnd | 1 | Rangers | Steven Strickland (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Fort Myers HS (Fort Myers, FL) |
| 1973 | 10 | | 224 | FrRnd | 8 | Expos | Mark Carpenter (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Los Alamitos HS (Los Alamitos, CA) |
| 1973 | 11 | | 248 | FrRnd | 8 | Expos | Clarence Thornton (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Holtville HS (Deatsville, AL) |
| 1973 | 11 | | 263 | FrRnd | 23 | Athletics | Rick Zoss (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | East Detroit HS (Eastpointe, MI) |
| 1973 | 11 | | 264 | FrRnd | 24 | Pirates | Larry Kinn (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4Yr | Eastern Michigan University (Ypsilanti, MI) |
| 1973 | 12 | | 267 | FrRnd | 3 | Brewers | Jack Chilton (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Maryvale HS (Phoenix, AZ) |
| 1973 | 12 | | 269 | FrRnd | 5 | Indians | Joseph Bodine (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Emma Sansom HS (Gadsden, AL) |
| 1973 | 13 | | 293 | FrRnd | 5 | Indians | Tim Holden (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4Yr | Cleveland State University (Cleveland, OH) |
| 1973 | 13 | | 298 | FrRnd | 10 | Braves | Charles Phillips (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | La Quinta HS (Westminster, CA) |
| 1973 | 13 | | 301 | FrRnd | 13 | Yankees | James Sullivan (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4Yr | Colorado State University (Fort Collins, CO) |
| 1973 | 13 | | 308 | FrRnd | 20 | Astros | Kelly Cordes (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Prescott HS (Prescott, AZ) |
| 1973 | 13 | | 310 | FrRnd | 22 | Reds | Richard Kuhn (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Swissvale HS (Pittsburgh, PA) |
| 1973 | 13 | | 312 | FrRnd | 24 | Pirates | Randolph Hopkins (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4Yr | Livingston University (Livingston, AL) |
| 1973 | 14 | | 314 | FrRnd | 2 | Phillies | Darrell Flowers (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Cairo HS (Cairo, IL) |
| 1973 | 14 | | 315 | FrRnd | 3 | Brewers | Paul Ausman (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Regis HS (Eau Claire, WI) |
| 1973 | 14 | | 321 | FrRnd | 9 | Royals | John Yandle (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Lake Oswego HS (Lake Oswego, OR) |
| 1973 | 14 | | 334 | FrRnd | 22 | Reds | Jeffrey Lang (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | McNicholas HS (Cincinnati, OH) |
| 1973 | 15 | | 343 | FrRnd | 7 | Angels | Danny Boone (minors) | 0.7 | 61 | 10 | 0 | .300 | .700 | 61 | 2 | 1 | 3.36 | 1.32 | 4 | JC | Cerritos College (Norwalk, CA) |
| 1973 | 15 | | 351 | FrRnd | 15 | Orioles | Russell Peach (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4Yr | Murray State University (Murray, KY) |
| 1973 | 15 | | 358 | FrRnd | 22 | Reds | Alfred Henkel (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Churchland HS (Portsmouth, VA) |
| 1973 | 15 | | 360 | FrRnd | 24 | Pirates | Richard Rhodes (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4Yr | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN) |
| 1973 | 16 | | 362 | FrRnd | 2 | Phillies | Stephen Thornton (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Pearl HS (Nashville, TN) |
| 1973 | 16 | | 363 | FrRnd | 3 | Brewers | Terrence Frawley (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Bodley HS (Fulton, NY) |
| 1973 | 16 | | 367 | FrRnd | 7 | Angels | Bob DiPietro (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4Yr | Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA) |
| 1973 | 16 | | 368 | FrRnd | 8 | Expos | Dave Koza (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | JC | Eastern Wyoming College (Torrington, WY) |
| 1973 | 16 | | 369 | FrRnd | 9 | Royals | Ruben Garcia (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4Yr | Texas Tech University (Lubbock, TX) |
| 1973 | 16 | | 381 | FrRnd | 21 | White Sox | Monte Kruse (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Little Rock HS (Little Rock, IA) |
| 1973 | 17 | | 386 | FrRnd | 2 | Phillies | Oliver Bell (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Encina HS (Sacramento, CA) |
| 1973 | 17 | | 390 | FrRnd | 6 | Giants | Steve Williams (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Swanton HS (Swanton, OH) |
| 1973 | 17 | | 392 | FrRnd | 8 | Expos | Terrance Kieffer (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | JC | Indian Hills Community College (Centerville, IA) |
| 1973 | 17 | | 394 | FrRnd | 10 | Braves | Steve Barlow (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4Yr | Morehouse College (Atlanta, GA) |
| 1973 | 17 | | 399 | FrRnd | 15 | Orioles | Jerry Garvin (minors) | 7.4 | 196 | 0 | 0 | | | 196 | 20 | 41 | 4.43 | 1.43 | 8 | HS | Merced HS (Merced, CA) |
| 1973 | 17 | | 400 | FrRnd | 16 | Cubs | Richard Ware (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4Yr | Southern Illinois University Carbondale (Carbondale, IL) |
| 1973 | 17 | | 404 | FrRnd | 20 | Astros | Joe Sambito (minors) | 9.0 | 462 | 52 | 0 | .135 | .428 | 461 | 37 | 38 | 3.03 | 1.20 | 84 | 4Yr | Adelphi University (Garden City, NY) |
| 1973 | 17 | | 405 | FrRnd | 21 | White Sox | William Tucker (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Bloom HS (Chicago Heights, IL) |
| 1973 | 17 | | 408 | FrRnd | 24 | Pirates | Vincent Frye (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Monessen HS (Monessen, PA) |
| 1973 | 18 | | 414 | FrRnd | 6 | Giants | Jeffrey Ross (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Ellwood P. Cubberley HS (Palo Alto, CA) |
| 1973 | 18 | | 416 | FrRnd | 8 | Expos | Bill Harris (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | St. Francis HS (Mountain View, CA) |
| 1973 | 18 | | 417 | FrRnd | 9 | Royals | Gary Williams (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Fenger HS (Chicago, IL) |
| 1973 | 18 | | 421 | FrRnd | 13 | Yankees | Ron Pederson (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Rock Valley HS (Rock Valley, IA) |
| 1973 | 18 | | 427 | FrRnd | 19 | Tigers | Michael St. Louis (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1973 | 18 | | 428 | FrRnd | 20 | Astros | Mike Davey (minors) | 0.3 | 19 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 4.34 | 1.61 | 2 | 4Yr | Gonzaga University (Spokane, WA) |
| 1973 | 19 | | 435 | FrRnd | 3 | Brewers | Richard Baker (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Monte Vista HS (Spring Valley, CA) |
| 1973 | 19 | | 436 | FrRnd | 4 | Padres | Gregory Kruciak (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | St. Gerards HS (San Antonio, TX) |
| 1973 | 19 | | 442 | FrRnd | 10 | Braves | Larry Bradford (minors) | 1.6 | 104 | 5 | 0 | .200 | .400 | 104 | 6 | 4 | 2.52 | 1.28 | 7 | HS | Clark HS (Chicago, IL) |
| 1973 | 19 | | 456 | FrRnd | 24 | Pirates | Joseph Neal (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4Yr | St. Joseph's University (Philadelphia, PA) |
| 1973 | 20 | | 458 | FrRnd | 2 | Phillies | Ken Bourque (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Enrico Fermi HS (Enfield, CT) |
| 1973 | 20 | | 462 | FrRnd | 6 | Giants | Carroll Palmer (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | JC | Treasure Valley Community College (Ontario, OR) |
| 1973 | 20 | | 463 | FrRnd | 7 | Angels | Brian Rhode (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | East HS (Wichita, KS) |
| 1973 | 20 | | 472 | FrRnd | 16 | Cubs | John Barnfield (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Niles North HS (Skokie, IL) |
| 1973 | 20 | | 473 | FrRnd | 17 | Red Sox | Collin Youtz (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Lebanon HS (Lebanon, PA) |
| 1973 | 20 | | 474 | FrRnd | 18 | Dodgers | George Kunkler (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Lindbergh HS (St. Louis, MO) |
| 1973 | 21 | | 491 | FrRnd | 12 | Cardinals | David Sandlin (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4Yr | University of North Carolina at Wilmington (Wilmington, NC) |
| 1973 | 21 | | 496 | FrRnd | 17 | Red Sox | Gregory Eastin (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Ridge HS (Basking Ridge, NJ) |
| 1973 | 21 | | 502 | FrRnd | 23 | Pirates | Stephen Dorsch (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4Yr | Concordia College-Bronxville (Bronxville, NY) |
| 1973 | 22 | | 511 | FrRnd | 9 | Twins | Frank Meyers (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | De LaSalle HS (Minneapolis, MN) |
| 1973 | 22 | | 515 | FrRnd | 13 | Orioles | David Highmark (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4Yr | Dartmouth College (Hanover, NH) |
| 1973 | 22 | | 518 | FrRnd | 16 | Tigers | Michael Hughes (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4Yr | Lamar University (Beaumont, TX) |
| 1973 | 23 | | 539 | FrRnd | 17 | Athletics | Jeff Rineer (minors) | 0.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | HS | Penn Manor HS (Pequea, PA) |
| 1973 | 25 | | 568 | FrRnd | 10 | Yankees | Collin Morrison (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Livermore HS (Livermore, CA) |
| 1973 | 25 | | 574 | FrRnd | 16 | Reds | Paul Downey (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | JC | Columbia State Community College (Columbia, TN) |
| 1973 | 26 | | 591 | FrRnd | 15 | White Sox | Sal Rende (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Eisenhower HS (Blue Island, IL) |
| 1973 | 26 | | 594 | FrRnd | 18 | Pirates | Stanley Schroer (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4Yr | Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA) |
| 1973 | 27 | | 595 | FrRnd | 1 | Rangers | Nicholas Peterson (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4Yr | Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA) |
| 1973 | 27 | | 603 | FrRnd | 9 | Cardinals | Dana Pearson (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Cobden HS (Cobden, IL) |
| 1973 | 27 | | 606 | FrRnd | 12 | Orioles | Robert Davis (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | JC | College of the Albemarle (Albemarle, NC) |
| 1973 | 27 | | 610 | FrRnd | 16 | Reds | Samuel Heasley (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | JC | Lamar Community College (Lamar, CO) |
| 1973 | 27 | | 612 | FrRnd | 18 | Pirates | Mike Williams (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Brazoswood HS (Clute, TX) |
| 1973 | 28 | | 615 | FrRnd | 3 | Giants | Lee Cook (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | JC | Treasure Valley Community College (Ontario, OR) |
| 1973 | 29 | | 632 | FrRnd | 2 | Indians | James Boulter (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | King Phillip HS (Plainville, MA) |
| 1973 | 29 | | 637 | FrRnd | 7 | Braves | James Busby (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Leesburg HS (Fruitland Park, FL) |
| 1973 | 29 | | 638 | FrRnd | 8 | Twins | Jerald Matejka (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Breckenridge HS (Breckenridge, MN) |
| 1973 | 29 | | 640 | FrRnd | 10 | Mets | Paul Dyer (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4Yr | University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA) |
| 1973 | 29 | | 642 | FrRnd | 12 | White Sox | Roy Coulter (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Creiger HS (Chicago, IL) |
| 1973 | 29 | | 645 | FrRnd | 15 | Pirates | Paul Anthony (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Lancaster HS (Lancaster, NY) |
| 1973 | 31 | | 668 | FrRnd | 8 | Cubs | Vincent Hillyer (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Thayer Academy (Braintree, MA) |
| 1973 | 37 | | 709 | FrRnd | 4 | White Sox | Phil Mullen (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4Yr | Methodist College (Fayetteville, NC) |
| 1973 | 38 | | 711 | FrRnd | 2 | Royals | Bob Goodyear (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Lutheran HS (Inglewood, CA) |
| 1973 | 42 | | 725 | FrRnd | 1 | Indians | Michael Rachuba (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Start HS (Toledo, OH) |
| 1973 | 44 | | 730 | FrRnd | 1 | Royals | Kenneth Wright (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Kailua HS (Kailua, HI) |
| 1973 | 51 | | 744 | FrRnd | 1 | Royals | David Klungreseter (minors) | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4Yr | California State University Fullerton (Fullerton, CA) |