1968 Amateur Draft

1968 First Round Picks

Pick	Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Hometown	Notes
1	New York Mets	Tim Foli	SS	Notre Dame High School (HS)	Canoga Park, CA
2	Oakland Athletics	Peter Broberg	RHP	Palm Beach High School (HS)	Palm Beach, FL	Did not sign
3	Houston Astros	Marty Cott	C	Hutchinson Technical (HS)	Buffalo, NY
4	New York Yankees	Thurman Munson	C	Kent State University (Col.)	Akron, OH
5	Los Angeles Dodgers	Bobby Valentine	OF	Rippowam School (HS)	Stamford, CT
6	Cleveland Indians	Michael Weaver	SS	Paxon High School (HS)	Jacksonville, FL
7	Atlanta Braves	Curtis Moore	OF	Denison High School (HS)	Denison, TX
8	Washington Senators	Donnie Castle	LHP-OF	Coldwater (MS) High School (HS)	Coldwater, MS
9	Pittsburgh Pirates	Dick Sharon	OF	Sequoia High School (Redwood City) (HS)	Redwood City, CA
10	Baltimore Orioles	Junior Kennedy	SS	Arvin High School (HS)	Arvin, CA
11	Philadelphia Phillies	Greg Luzinski	1B	Notre Dame High School for Boys (HS)	Prospect Heights, IL
12	California Angels	Lloyd Allen	RHP	Selma (CA) High School (HS)	Selma, CA
13	Cincinnati Reds	Tim Grant	RHP	Riverview High School (HS)	Boykins, VA
14	Chicago White Sox	Rich McKinney	SS	Ohio University (Col.)	Piqua, OH
15	Chicago Cubs	Ralph Rickey	OF	University of Oklahoma (Col.)	Oklahoma City, OK
16	Minnesota Twins	Alex Rowell	OF	Luther College (Col.)	Luther College
17	San Francisco Giants	Gary Matthews Sr.	OF	San Fernando High School (HS)	Pacoima, CA
18	Detroit Tigers	Robert Robinson	OF	Thomas Dale High School (HS)	Chester, VA
19	St. Louis Cardinals	James Hairston	OF	Roth High School (Dayton) (HS)	Dayton, OH
20	Boston Red Sox	Tom Maggard	OF-C	John Glenn High School (HS)	Norwalk, CA

January 1968 amateur draft

Pick	Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Hometown	Notes
1	Oakland Athletics	George Hendrick	OF	John C. Fremont High School (H.S.)	Los Angeles, CA
2	New York Mets	George Kazmarek	OF	Baltimore Institute	Baltimore, MD
3	New York Yankees	Bob Elliott	RHP	Massapequa High School (H.S.)	Massapequa, NY
4	Houston Astros	Glenn Adams	OF	Springfield College (Coll.)	Northridge, MA
5	Cleveland Indians	Lambert Ford	OF	Vineland High School (H.S.)	Richland, NJ	Did not sign

Other Notable Selections

Bill Buckner, Milt Wilcox (2nd round); Tom Paciorek (5th round); Cecil Cooper (6th round); Joe Ferguson (8th round); Doyle Alexander (9th round); Larry Biittner (10th round); Al Bumbry, Milt May, Ben Oglivie (11th round); Bruce Kison, John Milner (14th round); Oscar Gamble (16th round); Ken Forsch, John Lowenstein (18th round); Bill Lee (22nd round); Paul Splittorff (25th round); Bob Forsch (26th round); Ron Cey, John Curtis, Steve Garvey, Elliott Maddox (secondary phase); Mickey Rivers (1st round, January - did not sign); Garry Maddox (2nd round, January); George Foster (3rd round, January); Davey Lopes, Geoff Zahn (secondary phase, January)