1979 Major League Baseball Draft
- 1979 Major League Baseball Draft
=First round selections=
The following are the first round picks in the 1979 Major League Baseball draft. [cite web |url=http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/alltime/draft?year=1979 |title=MLB First Round Draft Picks - 1979 |accessdate=2008-08-03 ]
"*" Did not sign
Background
The 1979 draft may long be remembered as the year of the football player. Among future NFL players drafted by baseball teams were Dan Marino and John Elway (Kansas City), Jack Thompson (Seattle), Curt Warner (Philadelphia), Kevin House (St. Louis) and Jay Schroeder (Toronto). Michigan quarterback Rick Leach was drafted by the Tigers in the first round and went on to a major league career.
The number one pick in the June draft went to Seattle, which selected high school outfielder Al Chambers. Perhaps the biggest steal in the draft was the Yankees' selection of Don Mattingly in the 19th round.
Other significant selections in the draft were Tim Wallach (Montreal), Steve Howe (Los Angeles), Atlee Hammaker (Kansas City), Andy Van Slyke (St. Louis), Brett Butler (Atlanta), Pete O'Brien (Texas), Von Hayes (Cleveland), Marty Barrett (Boston) and Gary Gaetti (Minnesota). [cite web |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/history/draft/index.jsp?feature=decade1970s|title=Background on the 1979 MLB Draft|accessdate=2008-08-03 ]
Other notable players
References
External links
* [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/draft/1979/Round-1-1.shtml Complete draft list from "The Baseball Cube" database]
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