MLB Draft Database: 1965-1969

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1965
RD	Pick	Pos	Player	School	Signed	Bonus
1	6	RHP	Rick James	Coffee HS, Florence, Ala.	Y	$40,000
2	26	C	Ken Rudolph	Los Angeles JC	Y
3	46	SS	Greg Werdick	Crawford HS, San Diego	Y
4	61	LHP	Ken Holtzman	Illinois	Y
5	81	OF	Ronald Webb	Hillcrest HS, Springfield, Mo.	Y
6	101	C	Ron Drake	Long Beach (Calif.) JC	N
7	121	SS	Garry Jestadt	Fremont HS, Sunnyvale, Calif.	Y
8	141	RHP	Richard Johnson	Mount San Antonio (Calif.) JC	Y
9	161	RHP	Joe Decker	Petaluma (Calif.) HS	Y
10	181	SS	Duane Rossman	Washington State	Y
11	201	LHP	Tom House	Nogales HS, La Puente, Calif.	N
12	221	RHP	David Amman	Cocoa Beach (Fla.) HS	Y
13	241	3B	Darrell Evans	Muir HS, Altadena, Calif.	N
14	261	OF	John Thomas	Morehouse HS, Bastrop, La.	N
15	281	RHP	Henry Knittel	Holy Cross	Y
16	301	C	Johnny Hairston	Southern	Y
17	321	RHP	Craig Glassco	Glendora (Calif.) HS	Y
18	341	2B/3B	Robert Rossi	Loyola (Md.)	N
19	361	1B	John Burnett	Skyline HS, Oakland, Calif.	Y
20	381	OF	Jim Williams	Harry Ellis HS, Richmond, Calif.	Y
21	401	3B	Joseph Doerr	West Liberty State	Y
22	420	OF	Robert Beran	Bishop Amat HS, Rosemead, Calif.	N
23	438	1B	Lamar LaBauve	Southeastern Louisiana	N
24	456	SS	Thomas Finnegan	Washington (Pa.)	Y
25	474	LHP	Lawrence Lobb	Bangor (Pa.) HS	Y
26	492	RHP	Steve Wright	Andrew Hill HS, San Jose	N
27	509	SS	Nathaniel Perkins	Benedict (S.C.)	Y
28	526	RHP	John Hermanek	Bradley	Y
29	543	OF	John Bacot	Alabama A&M	N
30	560	C	Ronald Renner	West Virginia	Y

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1966
RD	Pick	Pos	Player	School	Signed	Bonus
1	5	RHP	Dean Burk	Highland (Ill.) HS	Y	$35,000
2	25	OF	C.E. Bryson	Findlay (Ohio) HS	N
3	45	C	Robert Owens	Henderson HS, West Chester, Pa.	Y
4	65	OF	Richard Curbow	Central HS, Springfield, Mo.	Y
5	85	LHP	Marcus Rhaney	Middleton HS, Tampa	Y
6	105	3B	Edward Bruksch	Minnesota	Y
7	125	LHP	Pat O’Brien	Arizona	N
8	145	1B	Jerry Szukala	Illinois	Y
9	165	RHP	John Miller	I.H.M. Academy, Coeur DAlene, Idaho	N
10	185	OF	Clyde Kuehn	Belleville (Ill.) HS	N
11	205	C	Elby Bushong	California Western	Y
12	225	OF	Elvatous Peters	Southern	Y
13	245	SS	Robert Eyer	Loyola HS, Los Angeles	Y
14	265	LHP	Rich Nye	California	Y
15	285	OF	Jeff Rude	Southern Oregon State	Y
16	305	LHP	Charles Jones	Central HS, Mobile, Ala.	N
17	325	SS	Ron Del Planche	Oregon	N
18	345	OF	James Silestrini	Bullard HS, Fresno, Calif.	N
19	365	C	Rick Davis	Park View HS, Springfield, Mo.	Y
20	385	1B	Dale Ford	Washington State	Y
21	405	C/1B	Thomas Whelan	San Diego State	Y
22	425	LHP	Michael Nichols	Bakersfield (Calif.) HS	N
23	445	LHP	Dana Freudeman	Central HS, Canton, Ohio	Y
24	465	RHP	Steve Hanson	Saratoga (Calif.) HS	N
25	485	RHP	Adrian Kent	Hillsborough HS, Tampa	N
26	505	C/3B	David McKelvey	Rider	Y
27	525	2B/SS	Bruce Carmichael	Santa Clara	Y
28	544	SS	Dean Klahr	Albright	Y
29	561	RHP	William Grogan	Clarkston (Wash.) HS	N
30	578	RHP	Patrick Hartigan	Columbia Basin (Wash.) CC	N
31	595	RHP	Bill Stoneman	Idaho	Y
32	612	C	Dale Ehler	Oregon	Y
33	629	OF	Ronald Pearson	Phoenix (Ariz.) JC	Y
34	646	2B	Earl Lombardo	Rider	Y
35	663	RHP	James Nealey	Corona (Calif.) HS	Y
36	678	OF	Bruce Johnson	Wilson HS, Portland, Ore.	Y
37	691	2B	Fred Rodriguez	East Carolina	Y
38	703	RHP	Archie Reynolds	Paris (Texas) JC	Y

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1967
RD	Pick	Pos	Player	School	Signed	Bonus
1	2	SS	Terry Hughes	Dorman HS, Spartanburg, S.C.	Y	$50,000
2	22	OF	Jimmy McMath	Druid HS, Tuscaloosa, Ala.	Y
3	42	RHP	Terry Bongiovanni	Platt HS, South Meridien, Conn.	Y
4	62	SS	Tom Krawczyk	Central Michigan	Y
5	82	C	Terrell Jones	Parkersburg HS, Washington, W.Va.	Y
6	102	OF	Bruce Dixon	Jones HS, Washington Shores, Fla.	Y
7	122	RHP	Michael Redling	Pleasant Hill (Calif.) HS	N
8	142	OF	Allen Robinson	Tennessee State	Y
9	162	1B	Edward Thomas	Pioneer HS, Whittier, Calif.	N
10	182	LHP	Joe Reyda	Upsala (N.J.)	Y
11	202	3B	John Lung	UCLA	Y
12	222	LHP	Charles Pollock	Farmington HS, Racheal, W.Va.	Y
13	242	3B/C	David Classen	St. Louis (Mo.) HS	N
14	262	RHP	Richard Arbogast	South Harrison HS, West Milford, W.Va.	Y
15	282	RHP	Lloyd Kingfisher	Bacone (Okla.) JC	Y
16	302	C	Richard Tekavec	Jefferson-Morgan HS, Jefferson, Pa.	N
17	322	RHP	John Merten	Rider	Y
18	342	RHP	Thomas Brown	Washington State	Y
19	362	RHP	Q.V. Lowe	Auburn	Y
20	382	RHP	Gary Lance	Dentville HS, Columbia, S.C.	N
21	401	RHP	Allen Dukate	Admiral King HS, Lorain, Ohio	N
22	420	OF	Martin Miller	DePaul HS, Chicago	Y
23	439	RHP	Bruce Olson	Montclair (Calif.) HS	N
24	458	OF	John Johnson	North Chicago (Ill.) HS	Y
25	477	LHP	David Stone	Kittanning (Pa.) HS	N
26	495	C	Leonard Bible	Murrah HS, Jackson, Miss.	N
27	513	1B	Dennis Rockwell	Pacific Grove (Calif.) HS	Y
28	531	LHP	Larry Sheffield	Gainesville (Fla.) HS	N
29	549	3B	Donald Davis	Randleman (N.C.) HS	N
30	567	RHP	Charles Hunt	Washington HS, Portland, Ore.	Y

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1968
RD	Pick	Pos	Player	School	Signed	Bonus
1	15	OF	Ralph Rickey	Oklahoma	Y	$28,500
2	35	3B	Matt Alexander	Grambling	Y
3	55	OF	Jeff Pederson	Fermin Lausen HS, San Pedro, Calif.	N
4	75	RHP	Michael Roe	East Providence HS, Riverside, R.I.	Y
5	99	OF	Eldridge Blake	St. Thomas, Virgin Islands	N
6	123	C	Randolph Richardson	Pfeiffer (N.C.)	Y
7	147	SS	Thomas McDermott	Northwest HS, St. Louis	N
8	171	RHP	Joseph Biercevicz	Shelton HS, Huntington, Conn.	Y
9	195	LHP	Ronald Jones	Covina HS, West Covina, Calif.	Y
10	219	RHP	Don Henrichs	Enumclaw (Wash.) HS	N
11	243	SS	Nicholas Eichelberger	Trinity Prep, Allentown, Pa.	N
12	267	RHP	Scott Taylor	Mansfield (Pa.)	N
13	291	LHP	Richard Barnes	Lane Tech HS, Chicago	Y
14	315	RHP	Kim West	St. Albans (W.Va.) HS	N
15	339	1B	Wayne Anderson	Lakes HS, Tacoma, Wash.	N
16	363	OF	Oscar Gamble	Montgomery, Ala.	Y
17	387	LHP	Robert Johnston	Fike HS, Wilson, N.C.	N
18	411	OF	Tim Gurp	Phoenix JC	N
19	435	RHP	Phil Brown	Manteca (Calif.) HS	Y
20	458	C	Robert Micheletti	Minnesota	Y
21	480	RHP	Paul Zahn	Parsons	Y
22	502	OF	Richard Nye	Ribualt HS, Jacksonville, Fla.	Y
23	524	RHP	James Mottine	Red Bank (N.J.) HS	N
24	546	LHP	Merle Taylor	West Virginia	Y
25	568	OF	James Bryan	Guilford (N.C.)	Y
26	590	3B	Herbert Sikes	Leon HS, Tallahassee, Fla.	N
27	612	SS	Jimmy Walters	Georgia Southern	Y
28	634	C	Terry Childers	Georgia Southern	Y
29	656	RHP	Paul Starman	Iowa	Y
30	678	2B	Bill Dorothy	Bacone (Okla.) JC	N
31	699	LHP	Ken Wastradowski	Centralia (Wash.) HS	N
32	717	C	Mike Hetman	Hudson Valley (N.Y.) JC	N

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1969
RD	Pick	Pos	Player	School	Signed	Bonus
1	16	SS	Roger Metzger	St. Edward’s (Texas)	Y	$26,000
2	40	LHP	Larry Gura	Arizona State	Y
3	64	LHP	Gary James	Channel Islands HS, Oxnard, Calif.	Y
4	86	1B	James Davis	McKinley HS, Canton, Ohio	Y
5	110	RHP	Daniel Corder	El Cajon (Calif.) HS	Y
6	134	C	Kevin Kooyman	St. Mary’s HS, Lodi, Calif.	N
7	158	3B	James Brunette	Lewis (Ill.)	Y
8	182	OF	Robert White	Fort Cherry HS, Hickory, Pa.	Y
9	206	1B	Edwin McLarty	Mississippi	N
10	230	RHP	Jim Todd	Millersville (Pa.)	Y
11	254	SS	Robert Crain	Muir HS, Altadena, Calif.	N
12	278	OF	Billy North	Central Washington	Y
13	302	1B	Curtis Zimmerman	De LaSalle HS, New Orleans	N
14	326	SS	Dan Hansen	Western HS, Anaheim	N
15	350	RHP	Steve Eckert	Moline (Ill.) HS	Y
16	374	RHP	Jay Smith	Boca Ciega HS, Treasure Island, Fla.	N
17	398	1B	Arthur Ganious	Southern	Y
18	422	OF	Thomas Hulderman	Monongah HS, Carolina, W.Va.	Y
19	446	OF	Steve Kemnitzer	Klamath Falls (Ore.) HS	N
20	470	OF	Rufus Holton	St. Johns River (Fla.) JC	Y
21	494	RHP	Gary Canepa	Lodi (Calif.) HS	Y
22	518	2B	Dave Oliver	Franklin HS, Stockton, Calif.	N
23	542	2B	Horace Porter	Pfeiffer (N.C.)	Y
24	566	3B	James Johnson	Cal State Chico	Y
25	590	RHP	Ralph Pipes	Fresno (Calif.) HS	Y
26	613	LHP	Carlos Suarez	Miami Beach (Fla.) HS	N
27	636	LHP	Randy Benson	East Rowan HS, Granite Quarry, N.C.	N
28	659	RHP	Andy Nelson	Everett (Wash.) HS	N
29	682	RHP	Richard Bennett	East Meadow HS, Long Island, N.Y.	Y
30	704	SS	Michael Derr	Mansfield (Pa.)	Y
31	726	C	Gary Ghidinelli	Santa Cruz (Calif.) HS	N
32	747	OF	Carl Shumaker	Seminole (Fla.) JC	N
33	768	OF	Pat Bourque	Holy Cross	Y
34	789	RHP	William Mansfield	Jacksonville	Y
35	808	OF	Phil Reser	Idaho	Y
36	825	SS	Thomas Rosa	Coral Park HS, Miami	N
37	840	2B	Richard Gold	Florida State	N
38	855	1B	Arthur Oordt	Westmar (Iowa)	Y

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