3rd Round of the 1978 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase
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3rd Round of the 1978 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase
Other Rounds: 1977 3rd / 1978 2nd / 1978 3rd / 1978 4th / 1979 3rd
Drafted Players
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Drafted Players Table
Year |
Rnd |
DT |
OvPck |
FrRnd |
RdPck |
Tm |
Signed |
Bonus |
Name |
Pos |
WAR |
G |
AB |
HR |
BA |
OPS |
G |
W |
L |
ERA |
WHIP |
SV |
Type |
Drafted Out of |
1978 | 3 | 1rg | 53 | FrRnd | 1 | Blue Jays | Y | | Geno Petralli (minors) | C | 3.8 | 809 | 1874 | 24 | .267 | .703 | | | | | | | JC | Sacramento City College (Sacramento, CA) |
1978 | 3 | 1rg | 54 | FrRnd | 2 | Braves | Y | | James Rogers (minors) | RHP | | | | | | | | | | | | | JC | Murray State College (Tishomingo, OK) |
1978 | 3 | 1rg | 55 | FrRnd | 3 | Athletics | N | | Thomas McGivney (minors) | C | | | | | | | | | | | | | JC | Alvin Community College (Alvin, TX) |
1978 | 3 | 1rg | 56 | FrRnd | 4 | Mets | N | | Marty Barrett (minors) | 2B | 9.2 | 941 | 3378 | 18 | .278 | .684 | | | | | | | JC | Mesa Community College (Mesa, AZ) |
1978 | 3 | 1rg | 57 | FrRnd | 5 | Mariners | N | | Dann Bilardello (minors) | C | 0.7 | 382 | 949 | 18 | .204 | .561 | | | | | | | JC | Cabrillo College (Aptos, CA) |
1978 | 3 | 1rg | 58 | FrRnd | 6 | Padres | N | | Ed Vande Berg (minors) | LHP | 6.5 | 63 | 1 | 0 | .000 | .000 | 413 | 25 | 28 | 3.92 | 1.49 | 22 | JC | San Bernardino Valley College (San Bernardino, CA) |
1978 | 3 | 1rg | 59 | FrRnd | 7 | Brewers | Y | | Doug Jones (minors) | RHP | 21.4 | 285 | 7 | 0 | .143 | .393 | 846 | 69 | 79 | 3.3 | 1.24 | 303 | JC | Central Arizona College (Coolidge, AZ) |
1978 | 3 | 1rg | 60 | FrRnd | 8 | Giants | Y | | Paul Plinski (minors) | INF | | | | | | | | | | | | | JC | Los Angeles Valley College (Los Angeles, CA) |
1978 | 3 | 1rg | 61 | FrRnd | 9 | Indians | Y | | Lloyd Turner (minors) | SS | | | | | | | | | | | | | JC | Middle Georgia State University (Macon, GA) |
1978 | 3 | 1rg | 62 | FrRnd | 10 | Expos | Unk | | John Maxson (minors) | RHP | | | | | | | | | | | | | JC | Georgia Perimeter College (Covington, GA) |
1978 | 3 | 1rg | 63 | FrRnd | 11 | Tigers | N | | John Cardinali (minors) | SS | | | | | | | | | | | | | JC | De Anza College (Cupertino, CA) |
1978 | 3 | 1rg | 64 | FrRnd | 12 | Astros | N | | Joe Collins (minors) | RHP | | | | | | | | | | | | | JC | Hillsborough Community College (Tampa, FL) |
1978 | 3 | 1rg | 65 | FrRnd | 13 | Angels | Y | | Robert Dailey (minors) | OF | | | | | | | | | | | | | JC | Valencia Community College (Orlando, FL) |
1978 | 3 | 1rg | 66 | FrRnd | 14 | Cubs | N | | Rich Aspenleiter (minors) | RHP | | | | | | | | | | | | | JC | Grossmont College (El Cajon, CA) |
1978 | 3 | 1rg | 67 | FrRnd | 15 | Twins | Y | | Butch Rowe (minors) | SS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
1978 | 3 | 1rg | 68 | FrRnd | 16 | Cardinals | Y | | Daniel Pierce (minors) | RHP | | | | | | | | | | | | | JC | El Camino College (Torrance, CA) |
1978 | 3 | 1rg | 69 | FrRnd | 17 | White Sox | N | | Jeffrey Orville (minors) | RHP | | | | | | | | | | | | | JC | Santa Ana College (Santa Ana, CA) |
1978 | 3 | 1rg | 70 | FrRnd | 18 | Reds | Y | | Paul Gibson (minors) | LHP | 3.3 | 53 | 6 | 0 | .000 | .143 | 319 | 22 | 24 | 4.07 | 1.45 | 11 | HS | Center Moriches HS (Center Moriches, NY) |
1978 | 3 | 1rg | 71 | FrRnd | 19 | Rangers | N | | Tony Stevens (minors) | OF | | | | | | | | | | | | | JC | Seminole State College of Florida (Sanford, FL) |
1978 | 3 | 1rg | 72 | FrRnd | 20 | Pirates | N | | Mel Locke (minors) | RHP | | | | | | | | | | | | | JC | Pasadena City College (Pasadena, CA) |
1978 | 3 | 1rg | 73 | FrRnd | 21 | Orioles | N | | David Jensen (minors) | LHP | | | | | | | | | | | | | JC | Edmonds College (Lynnwood, WA) |
1978 | 3 | 1rg | 74 | FrRnd | 22 | Dodgers | N | | Brad Patterson (minors) | RHP | | | | | | | | | | | | | JC | Umpqua Community College (Roseburg, OR) |
1978 | 3 | 1rg | 75 | FrRnd | 23 | Red Sox | N | | Milton Ondracek (minors) | RHP | | | | | | | | | | | | | JC | San Jacinto College (Pasadena, TX) |
1978 | 3 | 1rg | 76 | FrRnd | 24 | Phillies | N | | James Green (minors) | OF | | | | | | | | | | | | | JC | Panola College (Carthage, TX) |
1978 | 3 | 1rg | 77 | FrRnd | 25 | Yankees | N | | Kevin Niewulis (minors) | LHP | | | | | | | | | | | | | JC | Louisburg College (Louisburg, NC) |
1978 | 3 | 1rg | 78 | FrRnd | 26 | Royals | Y | | Keith Vranesh (minors) | OF | | | | | | | | | | | | | JC | Saddleback College (Mission Viejo, CA) |
Other Rounds: 1977 3rd / 1978 2nd / 1978 3rd / 1978 4th / 1979 3rd
26 matching player(s). 6 played in the majors (23%). Total of 44.9 WAR, or 7.5 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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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.
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