1978 Cincinnati Reds Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft
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1978 Cincinnati Reds Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft
Other Years: 1975 / 1976 / 1977 / 1978 / 1979 / 1980 / 1981
Drafted Players
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Drafted Players Table
Year |
Rnd |
DT |
OvPck |
RdPck |
Tm |
Signed |
Bonus |
Name |
Pos |
WAR |
G |
AB |
HR |
BA |
OPS |
G |
W |
L |
ERA |
WHIP |
SV |
Type |
Drafted Out of |
1978 | 1 | | 17 | 17 | Reds | Y | $40,000 | Nick Esasky (minors) | SS | 8.3 | 810 | 2703 | 122 | .251 | .775 | | | | | | | HS | Carol City HS (Miami Gardens, FL) |
1978 | 2 | | 43 | 17 | Reds | Y | | Dave Van Gorder (minors) | C | -1.7 | 183 | 420 | 3 | .212 | .547 | | | | | | | 4Yr | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA) |
1978 | 3 | | 69 | 17 | Reds | Y | | Eski Viltz (minors) | OF | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Notre Dame HS (Sherman Oaks, CA) |
1978 | 4 | | 95 | 17 | Reds | Y | | Mike Kripner (minors) | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4Yr | Texas Lutheran University (Seguin, TX) |
1978 | 5 | | 121 | 17 | Reds | Y | | Jeff Lahti (minors) | RHP | 2.7 | 205 | 38 | 0 | .053 | .105 | 205 | 17 | 11 | 3.12 | 1.27 | 20 | 4Yr | Portland State University (Portland, OR) |
1978 | 6 | | 147 | 17 | Reds | N | | Ray Townsend (minors) | 2B | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4Yr | University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA) |
1978 | 7 | | 173 | 17 | Reds | N | | Timothy Greene (minors) | LHP | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | River North Academy HS (Macon, GA) |
1978 | 8 | | 199 | 17 | Reds | Y | | Chuck McKinney (minors) | RHP | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Badin HS (Hamilton, OH) |
1978 | 9 | | 225 | 17 | Reds | Y | | Charlie Leibrandt (minors) | LHP | 33.3 | 174 | 267 | 0 | .120 | .306 | 394 | 140 | 119 | 3.71 | 1.32 | 2 | 4Yr | Miami University of Ohio (Oxford, OH) |
1978 | 10 | | 251 | 17 | Reds | Y | | Chris Stropolo (minors) | OF | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | John Curtis Christian School (River Ridge, LA) |
1978 | 11 | | 277 | 17 | Reds | N | | John Warren (minors) | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Wayne County HS (Jesup, GA) |
1978 | 12 | | 303 | 17 | Reds | Y | $40,000 | Mike Sullivan (minors) | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Northwestern Regional HS (Winsted, CT) |
1978 | 13 | | 329 | 17 | Reds | Y | | Byron Jackson (minors) | RHP | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | S. H. Rider HS (Wichita Falls, TX) |
1978 | 14 | | 355 | 17 | Reds | N | | Jim Thomas (minors) | SS | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Southeast HS (Wichita, KS) |
1978 | 15 | | 381 | 17 | Reds | Y | | Gary Redus (minors) | SS | 16.3 | 1159 | 3513 | 90 | .252 | .752 | | | | | | | | |
1978 | 16 | | 407 | 17 | Reds | Y | | Skeeter Barnes (minors) | 2B | 1.1 | 353 | 614 | 14 | .259 | .695 | | | | | | | 4Yr | University of Cincinnati (Cincinnati, OH) |
1978 | 17 | | 433 | 17 | Reds | Y | | Tom Lawless (minors) | SS | -2.0 | 343 | 531 | 2 | .207 | .521 | | | | | | | 4Yr | Penn State Behrend, a College of Pennsylvania State University (Erie, PA) |
1978 | 18 | | 458 | 16 | Reds | N | | Mitch Dean (minors) | RHP | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4Yr | Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ) |
1978 | 19 | | 483 | 16 | Reds | Unk | | Dave Anderson (minors) | RHP | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Western HS (Las Vegas, NV) |
1978 | 20 | | 507 | 16 | Reds | Y | | Jim Taylor (minors) | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Harding HS (Charlotte, NC) |
1978 | 21 | | 530 | 16 | Reds | N | | Otis Nixon (minors) | INF | 16.6 | 1709 | 5115 | 11 | .270 | .658 | | | | | | | JC | Louisburg College (Louisburg, NC) |
1978 | 22 | | 552 | 16 | Reds | N | | John Cook (minors) | OF | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4Yr | Washington State University (Pullman, WA) |
1978 | 23 | | 571 | 13 | Reds | N | | Kevin Maroney (minors) | OF | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Oakwood HS (Dayton, OH) |
1978 | 24 | | 590 | 13 | Reds | Y | | Rich Jendra (minors) | SS | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4Yr | Florida International University (Miami, FL) |
1978 | 25 | | 608 | 13 | Reds | Y | | Lee Hover (minors) | OF | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4Yr | University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK) |
1978 | 26 | | 625 | 12 | Reds | N | | Alan DeRatt (minors) | RHP | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4Yr | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, NC) |
1978 | 27 | | 641 | 11 | Reds | Y | | James Mugele (minors) | INF | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4Yr | High Point University (High Point, NC) |
1978 | 28 | | 657 | 11 | Reds | N | | Bill Bakewell (minors) | P | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4Yr | University of Arkansas (Fayetteville, AR) |
1978 | 29 | | 673 | 11 | Reds | Y | | Alex Neely (minors) | P | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4Yr | Phillips University (Enid, OK) |
1978 | 30 | | 688 | 10 | Reds | N | | Joe Stefani (minors) | P | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Dowling Catholic HS (West Des Moines, IA) |
1978 | 31 | | 703 | 10 | Reds | N | | Ronald Walling (minors) | LHP | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Westmont Hilltop HS (Johnstown, PA) |
1978 | 32 | | 715 | 8 | Reds | Y | | Cary Homaman (minors) | OF | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4Yr | Northern State University (Aberdeen, SD) |
1978 | 33 | | 725 | 7 | Reds | N | | James Johnson (minors) | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4Yr | Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, NC) |
1978 | 34 | | 732 | 4 | Reds | Y | | Charlie Engel (minors) | RHP | | | | | | | | | | | | | 4Yr | St. Cloud State University (St. Cloud, MN) |
1978 | 35 | | 739 | 4 | Reds | N | | Kurt Moody (minors) | LHP | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Hoover HS (Des Moines, IA) |
1978 | 36 | | 744 | 3 | Reds | Y | | John LoCascio (minors) | LHP | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | St. Francis de Sales HS (Toledo, OH) |
1978 | 37 | | 749 | 3 | Reds | Y | | Patrick Chester (minors) | SS | | | | | | | | | | | | | HS | Cambridge-South Dorchester HS (Cambridge, MD) |
Other Years: 1975 / 1976 / 1977 / 1978 / 1979 / 1980 / 1981
37 matching player(s). 8 played in the majors (21%). Total of 74.6 WAR, or 9.3 per major leaguer.
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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