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1979 Montreal Expos Draft Class
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1979 1 10 June-Reg Tim Wallach 1B Yes College Cal State Fullerton 3B 6-3 200 R R 1957-09-14 Huntington Park,CA MLB 1980-1996 1978-1996 1979 2 32 June-Reg Mike Kwlecinski SS Yes HS Shawnee (Warren,MI) SS 6-3 180 R R 1960-12-18 Warren,MI A+ 1979-1983 1979 4 88 June-Reg John Russell OF No HS Norman (Norman,OK) C-OF 6-0 200 R R 1961-01-05 Oklahoma City,OK MLB 1984-1993 1980-2003 1979 5 114 June-Reg Jim Auten OF Yes College UCLA OF 6-1 200 R R 1957-11-09 Los Angeles,CA AA 1978-1984 1979 6 140 June-Reg Wallace Johnson 2B Yes College Indiana State 1B-2B 5-11 185 B R 1956-12-25 Gary,IN MLB 1981-1990 1977-1990 1979 7 166 June-Reg Mike Gates 2B Yes College Pepperdine 2B 6-0 165 L R 1956-09-20 Culver City,CA MLB 1981-1982 1979-1984 1979 8 192 June-Reg Bill St. John P Yes HS Aiken (Cincinnati,OH) P 6-3 185 L L 1960-09-06 Cincinnati,OH A+ 1979-1982 1979 9 218 June-Reg Larry Boger OF Yes HS Del Campo (Fair Oaks,CA) OF 5-11 170 R R Citrus Heights,CA Rk 1979-1980 1979 10 244 June-Reg Thor Edgell P No HS Garden Grove (Garden Grove,CA) P 6-3 190 R R Garden Grove,CA A+ 1982-1983 1979 11 270 June-Reg Joe Abone P Yes College Le Moyne P 6-1 180 R R 1957-08-05 Rome,NY AAA 1979-1983 1979 12 296 June-Reg Ron Caldwell P-OF Yes College McNeese State P-OF 6-3 205 R R 1958-01-09 Frankfurt,GE AA 1979-2001 1979 13 322 June-Reg Kirk Forbes 2B Yes College Tennessee State 2B 6-0 170 B R A- 1979-1980 1979 14 348 June-Reg John Palica 1B-OF No HS Torrance (Torrance,CA) 1B-OF 6-4 195 B L Torrance,CA AA 1979-1985 1979 15 374 June-Reg Gus Burgess p No HS Atlantic Community (Delray Beach,FL) P 5-11 185 L L 1961-12-18 Boynton Beach,FL AAA 1980-1985 1979 16 400 June-Reg Bobby Ruis p Yes HS Dupont (Hermitage,TN) P 6-1 185 L Hermitage,TN Rk 1979-1979 1979 17 426 June-Reg Brad Mills 3B Yes College Arizona 3B 6-0 195 L R 1957-01-19 Exeter,CA MLB 1980-1983 1978-1986 1979 18 452 June-Reg Shayne Hammond p No HS West Columbus (Cerro Gordo,NC) P 6-0 185 L L 1960-11-14 Cerro Gordo,NC AA 1980-1983 1979 19 478 June-Reg Jeff McDonald p No HS Tulsa Union (Tulsa,OK) P 6-3 190 R R 1961-03-07 Cupertino,CA AA 1981-1986 1979 20 504 June-Reg Chuck Fick OF Yes College Pepperdine OF 6-1 195 R R 1957-11-11 AAA 1979-1983 1979 21 529 June-Reg Keith White p Yes College Jackson State CC P 6-3 190 L L Rk 1979-1979 1979 22 554 June-Reg Thomas Scheer p No HS Luther Burbank (Sacramento,CA) P Sacramento,CA 1979 23 579 June-Reg David Flowers p Yes College Methodist P 6-1 165 R L 1953-09-08 Lumberton,NC A- 1979-1979 1979 24 603 June-Reg David Flores p No HS Mary Carroll (Corpus Christi,TX) P 6-3 205 R R Corpus Christi,TX AA 1980-1985 1979 25 627 June-Reg Bud Yanus p Yes College Eastern Michigan P 6-2 190 R R 1957-06-18 Ferndale,MI AA 1979-1983 1979 26 651 June-Reg David Bradshaw p Yes HS Jac Cen Del (Osgood,IN) P 5-11 165 L L Osgood,IN Rk 1979-1980 1979 27 674 June-Reg Tommy Montgomery p Yes College Columbus State P 6-4 170 L L Thomaston,GA A- 1979-1979 1979 28 696 June-Reg George Foussianes SS No College Michigan SS 6-1 190 R R 1957-12-21 New York,NY AAA 1978-1985 1979 29 717 June-Reg Bill Sattler p Yes College Youngstown State P 6-0 166 R R 1957-08-19 Youngstown,OH AAA 1979-1984 1979 30 738 June-Reg Billy Hatcher OF-p No HS Williams (Williams,AZ) LF-CF 5-9 175 R R 1960-10-04 Williams,AZ MLB 1984-1995 1981-1995 1979 31 758 June-Reg John McKeon 2B No HS Cummings (Burlington,NC) 2B 1979 1 10 June-Sec Mark Christy P Yes College Miami Dade P 6-3 185 R R 1959-01-16 Astoria,NY A+ 1980-1982 1979 2 33 June-Sec Ed Schiavo P Yes FA Pennsylvania P 6-2 175 R R Boyertown,PA A 1980-1981 1979 1 9 Jan-Reg Steve Roeder SS Yes College Columbia State CC SS 6-3 185 R R A+ 1979-1981 1979 2 35 Jan-Reg Jim Weaver OF-1B No College St Col of FL RF-OF 6-3 190 L L 1959-10-10 Kingston,NY MLB 1985-1989 1980-1990 1979 3 61 Jan-Reg Derrell Baker 2B No College Middle Georgia 2B 5-10 185 R R 1960-08-05 Hinesville,GA AAA 1980-1988 1979 4 87 Jan-Reg Randy O'Neal P No College Palm Beach State P 6-2 195 R R 1960-08-30 Ashland,KY MLB 1984-1990 1981-1995 1979 5 111 Jan-Reg Chris Campbell 3B No College Panola College 3B 6-3 195 B R 1959-06-13 Rk 1980-1981 1979 6 135 Jan-Reg Rory Brown P No College Broward College P 6-2 180 L L 1960-12-04 Fort Lauderdale,FL A+ 1982-1983 1979 7 157 Jan-Reg Steve Mastro 3B-OF Yes College Macomb CC 3B-OF 6-1 185 B R 1960-03-30 Detroit,MI A+ 1980-1981 1979 8 176 Jan-Reg Mike Withrow P Yes College Blinn P 6-3 200 R R 1959-09-22 AA 1981-1983 1979 9 192 Jan-Reg David Cohron P Yes College Middle Georgia P 6-4 220 L L A 1979-1980 1979 10 204 Jan-Reg Richard Vitato IF No College Merced College IF 6-0 170 L R 1960-07-05 Merced,CA A+ 1981-1983 1979 11 215 Jan-Reg John Baker P Yes College St Col of FL P 6-2 195 R R A- 1979-1979 1979 12 224 Jan-Reg Blake Byrket P Yes College Muscatine CC P 6-1 R Victorville,CA A- 1979-1980 1979 13 231 Jan-Reg Jim Atkinson OF Yes College Western Kentucky OF 6-3 200 R R 1957-08-01 A+ 1977-1980 1979 14 236 Jan-Reg Ric Wilson OF No College Mesa CC OF 6-2 200 R R 1959-10-21 Tempe,AZ AA 1981-1986 1979 15 240 Jan-Reg George Keen p Yes College Wittenberg P 6-1 180 R R A+ 1979-1979 1979 1 14 Jan-Sec Chris Cawthon 1B No College Georgia Perimeter OF 6-5 215 L R 1959-12-07 Atlanta,GA A 1981-1983 1979 2 38 Jan-Sec Cat Whitfield 1B Yes College Middle Georgia OF-1B 6-2 185 R R 1958-07-27 Gainesville,FL A+ 1979-1981 49 record(s)
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