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Major League Baseball

Record: 77-77 .500.... 3rd in American League West
Stadium: Metropolitan Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 797,901

Top Draft Pick: Dick Ruthven (#8) MLB
Manager - Frank Quilici, Bill Rigney

Team Leaders

HR: Killebrew [26]
RBI: Darwin [80]
2B: Thompson [22]
SB: Tovar [21]
W: Blyleven [17]
SV: Granger [19]
SO: Blyleven [228]

Oldest Player: []
Youngest Player: []

Major League Debuts

Batters: Mike Adams (Sep 10) Glenn Borgmann (Jul 1) Bucky Guth (Sep 12) Dan Monzon (Apr 25)
Pitchers: Dave Goltz (Jul 18) Tom Norton (Apr 18)

2009 Independent League Statistics have been updated.

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Draft Picks Listing

Rnd	Ovl	Phase	Player Name	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	B	T	HL	MLB	Drafted From	Bonus
1	8**	June-Reg	Dick Ruthven	P	21	6-3	190	R	R	MLB	1973-1986	Fresno State University
2	32**	June-Reg	Clay Westlake	C-1B						A+		Loara (Anaheim,CA)
3	56	June-Reg	Willie Norwood	OF	21	6-0	185	R	R	MLB	1977-1980	University of La Verne
4	80	June-Reg	William Daniels	P						-		Montebello (Montebello,CA)
5	104	June-Reg	Tommy Franklin	C						-		Roberson (Asheville,NC)
6	128	June-Reg	Doug Clarey	SS	18	6-0	180	R	R	MLB	1976-1976	Homestead (Cupertino,CA)
7	152	June-Reg	Randy Bass	1B	18	6-1	210	L	R	MLB	1977-1982	Lawton (Lawton,OK)
8	176**	June-Reg	William Cowens	SS						-
9	200	June-Reg	Michael Baier	SS-2B						-		University of Maryland
10	224**	June-Reg	Dave Stegman	OF	18	5-11	190	R	R	MLB	1978-1984	Lompoc (Lompoc,CA)
11	248	June-Reg	Kevin Cooney	P						-		Montclair State University
12	272	June-Reg	William Stiegemeier	P						-		University of Kansas
13	296**	June-Reg	Pete Falcone	p	18	6-2	185	L	L	MLB	1975-1984	Lafayette (Brooklyn,NY)
14	320	June-Reg	Dan Kelly	C-SS						-		Unionville (Kennett Square,PA)
15	344	June-Reg	Mike Nelson	OF						-		Stanford University
16	368	June-Reg	Thomas Boettcher	3B						-
17	392**	June-Reg	Steve Wilkins	OF						AA		The Dalles (The Dalles,OR)
18	416	June-Reg	Kenneth Wright	OF						A+
19	440	June-Reg	Mike Gerakos	3B						-		UCLA
20	463	June-Reg	Lindsay Hoyer	OF						-		University of Minnesota
21	486	June-Reg	James Saunders	3B						-		Prince Edward County (Farmville,VA)
22	509	June-Reg	Gary Sargent	IF						-		Bemidji (Bemidji,MN)
23	532	June-Reg	John Brooks	OF						-		Northwestern University
24	554	June-Reg	Lee Sturtevant	p						-		Laconia (Laconia,NH)
25	576	June-Reg	Kevin Hanzlik	C						-		Edison (Minneapolis,MN)
26	596	June-Reg	Lyman Bostock	OF	21	6-1	180	L	R	MLB	1975-1978	Cal State Northridge
27	616	June-Reg	Michael Thissen	p						-		Columbus (Waterloo,IA)
28	633	June-Reg	David Morrison	OF-p						-		Mission Bay (San Diego,CA)
29	648	June-Reg	Richard Metzger	SS						-		Hoover (Fresno,CA)
30	663	June-Reg	Michael Coronado	SS						-		Cal State Los Angeles
31	677	June-Reg	Carlos Moreno	p						-		Lennox (Lennox,CA)
32	690	June-Reg	William O'Connor	p						-		Kingsborough Community College
33	703	June-Reg	David Anna	p						-		Jefferson (Denver,CO)
34	715	June-Reg	Gary Martin	p						-		Alpaugh (Alpaugh,CA)
35	725	June-Reg	Terry Ryan	p						-		Parker (Janesville,WI)
36	735	June-Reg	Michael Hickman	p						-		Tustin (Tustin,CA)
1	17	June-Sec	John Eicholtz	P						-		Fresno City College
2	35	June-Sec	Alvis Woods	1B	18	6-3	195	L	L	MLB	1977-1986	Laney College
1	7	Jan-Reg	Lew Lemer	P						-
2	31	Jan-Reg	William Bishop	1B						-		Yavapai College
3	54	Jan-Reg	John Pangle	P						-		Parsons College
4	76	Jan-Reg	Tom Mitterholzer	OF						-
1	1	Jan-Sec	Bob Koeppel	P-OF						-		Bradley University
2	25	Jan-Sec	Joseph Yocum	P						-		Fresno City College
3	48**	Jan-Sec	Warren Cromartie	OF	18	6-0	192	L	L	MLB	1974-1991	Miami-Dade College