1988 NPB Amateur Draft

The 1988 NPB draft was held November 24, 1988.

First Round - initial picks

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Kintetsu Buffaloes	Kunji Yonezaki	IF	Nippon Life (Ind)
Yokohama Taiyo Whales	Motonobu Tanishige	C	Gonokawa High School (HS)
Hankyu Braves	Tsutomu Sakai	P	Hitachi (Ind)	Won lottery for Sakai over Lotte
Chunichi Dragons	Shinji Imanaka	P	Osaka Toin High School (HS)
Seibu Lions	Tomio Watanabe	P	NTT Shikoku (Ind)
Hiroshima Carp	Kenjiro Nomura	IF	Komazawa University (Col.)
Lotte Orions	Tsutomu Sakai	P	Hitachi (Ind)	Lost lottery for Sakai to Orix
Hanshin Tigers	Shin Nakagomi	P	Kanzaki Technical High School (HS)
Nippon Ham Fighters	Terushi Nakajima	IF	Prince Hotel (Ind)	Won lottery for Nakajima over Daiei
Yomiuri Giants	Kenjiro Kawasaki	P	Tsukumi High School (HS)	Lost lottery for Kawasaki to Yakult
Daiei Hawks	Terushi Nakajima	IF	Prince Hotel (Ind)	Lost lottery for Nakajima to Nippon Ham
Yakult Swallows	Kenjiro Kawasaki	P	Tsukumi High School (HS)	Won lottery for Kawasaki over Yomiuri

First Round - redraft

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Yomiuri Giants	Shuji Yoshida	P	Hokkaido Takushoku Bank (Ind)
Lotte Orions	Yukinaga Maeda	P	Fukuoka Daiichi High School (HS)
Daiei Hawks	Jun Shinoda	P	Ogaki Commercial High School (HS)