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Ken Griffey Jr., the 1987 first overall pick

The First-Year Player Draft, also known as the Rule 4 Draft, is Major League Baseball's (MLB) primary mechanism for assigning amateur baseball players from high schools, colleges, and other amateur baseball clubs to its teams. Unlike most professional sports, MLB does not permit the trading of draft picks,^[1] so the draft order is solely determined by the previous season's standings; the team that possesses the worst record receives the first pick.^[2] If two teams have identical records, the team with the worse record in the previous season will receive the higher pick.^[2] In addition, teams that lost free agents in the previous off-season may be awarded "compensatory" picks.^[2] The first draft took place in 1965; it was introduced to prevent richer teams from negotiating wealthier contracts with top-level prospects and therefore, monopolizing the player market.^[3] Originally, three drafts were held each year. The first draft took place in June and involved high-school graduates and college seniors who had just finished their seasons. The second draft took place in January for high school and college players who had graduated in December. The third draft took place in August and was for players who participated in American amateur summer leagues.^[4] The August draft was eliminated after two years, and the January draft lasted until 1986.^[5]

In 1965, Rick Monday became MLB's first draft pick after being selected by the Kansas City Athletics. Casey Mize is the most recent first overall pick; he was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in 2018. Overall, 23 of the 50 picks before 2015 have participated in the All-Star Game, and three (Bob Horner, Darryl Strawberry, and Bryce Harper) have won the Rookie of the Year Award. Twenty-five of the fifty picks before 2015 have been drafted from high schools, one has been drafted out of the Independent American Association, and the others were drafted from universities. To date, Arizona State University and Vanderbilt University are the only schools from which multiple number-one overall draft picks have been chosen. No first overall pick was inducted into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame until 2016, when Ken Griffey Jr. was inducted with a record 99.3% of votes cast.^[6]

In the 54 drafts that have taken place through 2018, 22 of the 30 MLB franchises have had the first pick at least once. The Toronto Blue Jays, St. Louis Cardinals, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Francisco Giants, Cleveland Indians, Cincinnati Reds, Boston Red Sox, and Colorado Rockies have never had the first pick. The Montreal Expos never had the first pick, but the Nationals have had it twice. The Oakland Athletics have never had the first pick, but the Kansas City Athletics had the very first pick in MLB Draft history. The New York Mets, San Diego Padres, and Houston Astros have each had the first pick 5 times, and the Seattle Mariners, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Tampa Bay Rays have each had the first pick four times.

Key

	Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame
*	All-Star
៛	Rookie of the Year and All-Star
#	Retired without playing a game in MLB
°	Player did not sign
italics	Active player

Draft

Harold Baines, the 1977 first overall pick

Chipper Jones, the 1990 first overall pick

Alex Rodriguez, the 1993 first overall pick

Pat Burrell, the 1998 first overall pick

Joe Mauer, the 2001 first overall pick

Year	Player	Team	Position	Club/School
1965	Rick Monday*	Kansas City Athletics	Outfielder	Arizona State University
1966	Steve Chilcott#	New York Mets	Catcher	Antelope Valley High School (Lancaster, California)
1967	Ron Blomberg	New York Yankees	First baseman	Druid Hills High School (Druid Hills, Georgia)
1968	Tim Foli	New York Mets	Shortstop	Notre Dame High School (Sherman Oaks, California)
1969	Jeff Burroughs*	Washington Senators	Outfielder	Woodrow Wilson Classical High School (Long Beach, California)
1970	Mike Ivie	San Diego Padres	Catcher	Walker High School (Atlanta, Georgia)
1971	Danny Goodwin°	Chicago White Sox	Catcher	Peoria High School (Peoria, Illinois)
1972	Dave Roberts	San Diego Padres	Third baseman	University of Oregon
1973	David Clyde	Texas Rangers	Left-handed pitcher	Westchester High School (Houston, Texas)
1974	Bill Almon	San Diego Padres	Shortstop	Brown University
1975	Danny Goodwin [a]	California Angels	Catcher	Southern University
1976	Floyd Bannister*	Houston Astros	Left-handed pitcher	Arizona State University
1977	Harold Baines*	Chicago White Sox	Outfielder	St. Michaels Middle/High School (St. Michaels, Maryland)
1978	Bob Horner៛	Atlanta Braves	Third baseman	Arizona State University
1979	Al Chambers	Seattle Mariners	Outfielder	John Harris High School (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania)
1980	Darryl Strawberry៛	New York Mets	Outfielder	Crenshaw High School (Los Angeles, California)
1981	Mike Moore*	Seattle Mariners	Right-handed pitcher	Oral Roberts University
1982	Shawon Dunston*	Chicago Cubs	Shortstop	Thomas Jefferson High School (Brooklyn, New York)
1983	Tim Belcher°	Minnesota Twins	Right-handed pitcher	Mount Vernon Nazarene University
1984	Shawn Abner	New York Mets	Outfielder	Mechanicsburg Area Senior High School (Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania)
1985	B.J. Surhoff*	Milwaukee Brewers	Catcher	University of North Carolina
1986	Jeff King	Pittsburgh Pirates	Third baseman	University of Arkansas
1987	Ken Griffey Jr.*	Seattle Mariners	Outfielder	Moeller High School (Cincinnati, Ohio)
1988	Andy Benes*	San Diego Padres	Right-handed pitcher	University of Evansville
1989	Ben McDonald	Baltimore Orioles	Right-handed pitcher	Louisiana State University
1990	Chipper Jones*	Atlanta Braves	Shortstop	Bolles High School (Jacksonville, Florida)
1991	Brien Taylor#	New York Yankees	Left-handed pitcher	East Carteret High School (Beaufort, North Carolina)
1992	Phil Nevin*	Houston Astros	Third baseman	California State University, Fullerton
1993	Alex Rodriguez*	Seattle Mariners	Shortstop	Westminster Christian High School (Palmetto Bay, Florida)
1994	Paul Wilson	New York Mets	Right-handed pitcher	Florida State University
1995	Darin Erstad*	California Angels	Outfielder	University of Nebraska–Lincoln
1996	Kris Benson	Pittsburgh Pirates	Right-handed pitcher	Clemson University
1997	Matt Anderson	Detroit Tigers	Right-handed pitcher	Rice University
1998	Pat Burrell	Philadelphia Phillies	Outfielder	University of Miami
1999	Josh Hamilton*	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	Outfielder	Athens Drive High School (Raleigh, North Carolina)
2000	Adrian Gonzalez*	Florida Marlins	First baseman	Eastlake High School (Chula Vista, California)
2001	Joe Mauer*	Minnesota Twins	Catcher	Cretin-Derham Hall High School (St. Paul, Minnesota)
2002	Bryan Bullington	Pittsburgh Pirates	Right-handed pitcher	Ball State University
2003	Delmon Young	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	Outfielder	Adolfo Camarillo High School (Camarillo, California)
2004	Matt Bush	San Diego Padres	Shortstop	Mission Bay Senior High School (San Diego, California)
2005	Justin Upton*	Arizona Diamondbacks	Shortstop	Great Bridge High School (Chesapeake, Virginia)
2006	Luke Hochevar	Kansas City Royals	Right-handed pitcher	Fort Worth Cats [b]
2007	David Price*	Tampa Bay Rays	Left-handed pitcher	Vanderbilt University
2008	Tim Beckham	Tampa Bay Rays	Shortstop	Griffin High School (Griffin, Georgia)
2009	Stephen Strasburg*	Washington Nationals	Right-handed pitcher	San Diego State University
2010	Bryce Harper៛	Washington Nationals	Outfielder/Catcher	College of Southern Nevada
2011	Gerrit Cole*	Pittsburgh Pirates	Right-handed pitcher	University of California, Los Angeles
2012	Carlos Correa៛	Houston Astros	Shortstop	Puerto Rico Baseball Academy and High School
2013	Mark Appel#	Houston Astros	Right-handed pitcher	Stanford University
2014	Brady Aiken°	Houston Astros	Left-handed pitcher	Cathedral Catholic High School (San Diego, California)
2015	Dansby Swanson	Arizona Diamondbacks	Shortstop	Vanderbilt University
2016	Mickey Moniak	Philadelphia Phillies	Outfielder	La Costa Canyon High School (Carlsbad, California)
2017	Royce Lewis	Minnesota Twins	Shortstop	JSerra Catholic High School (San Juan Capistrano, California)
2018	Casey Mize	Detroit Tigers	Right-handed pitcher	Auburn University
2019		Baltimore Orioles

By Franchise

Footnotes

^a Goodwin chose to attend university instead of signing with the Chicago White Sox, and re-entered the draft once he graduated in 1975.^[7]
b Hochevar played college baseball for the University of Tennessee, and was originally drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2005, but did not agree to a contract. He re-entered the draft in 2006 after spending the previous year with the independent Fort Worth Cats.

References

General

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