1985 Major League Baseball Draft

1985 Major League Baseball Draft

=First round selections=

The following are the first round picks in the 1985 Major League Baseball draft. [cite web |url=http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/alltime/draft?year=1985 |title=MLB First Round Draft Picks - 1985 |accessdate=2008-04-04 ]

Background

Six of the first eight draft picks from the June regular phase had at least one full year of major league experience prior to the start of the 1987 season. Included in that list were B.J. Surhoff (Milwaukee), the draft's number one pick, Will Clark (San Francisco), Bobby Witt (Texas), Barry Larkin (Cincinnati), Pete Incaviglia (Montreal) and Barry Bonds (Pittsburgh).

Incaviglia was selected eighth overall by the Expos, but was unable to reach a contract and was traded to Texas. He made his major league debut on Opening Day 1986 as the Rangers' left fielder, becoming just the 15th drafted player to go directly to the majors. [cite web |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/history/draft/index.jsp?feature=decade1980s|title=Background on the 1985 MLB Draft|accessdate=2008-04-04 ]

Other notable players

*Randy Johnson, 2nd round, 36th overall
*Paul Abbott, 3rd round, 67th overall
*Tino Martinez, 3rd round, 75th overall - Did not sign but went to college instead. He eventually got drafted in the 1988 draft.
*Bobby Thigpen, 4th round, 85th overall
*David Justice, 4th round, 94th overall
*Jeff Brantley, 6th round, 134th overall
*Deion Sanders, 6th round, 149th overall - Did the same thing as Tino Martinez.
*Jason Grimsley, 10th round, 252nd overall
*Brady Anderson, 10th round, 257th overall
*Randy Velarde, 19th round, 475th overall
*Brian Jordan, 20th round, 505th overall - Did the same thing as Martinez and Sanders.
*Bo Jackson, 20th round, 511th overall - Was drafted in 1982 and 1986 MLB draft.
*John Smoltz, 22nd round, 574th overall
*Mark Grace, 24th round, 622th overall
*Jim Abbott, 36th round, 826th overall - Did the same thing as Martinez, Sanders and Jordan.

External links

* [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/draft/1985/Round-1-1.shtml Complete draft list from "The Baseball Cube" database]

* [http://www.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20020530&content_id=37207&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=null Best draft ever?]

References


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