1979 New York Mets

Draft Class
Franchise
Total Picks
36
College Picks
24
High School Picks
12
Signed Picks
21
Unsigned Picks
15
MLB Players
6
1st Rounders
NCAA D1
18
NCAA D2
1
NCAA D3
0
NAIA
0
Junior College
5
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Full list of draft picks (all available phases) for the 1979 New York Mets. This section has 3 views:

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1979 Draft Class

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yearrndovlphaseplayerdraft teamd-possignedsourceschooldivisionregposhtwtbathbornplacehilvlmlb yearsstat yearsslot valuebonusstatuscur-orgcur-lev
197911Jan-RegNeal HeatonNew York MetsPNoHSSachem East (Farmingville,NY)HSNYP6-1205LL1960-03-03Jamaica,NYMLB1982-19931979-1993PremiumPremiumPremiumPremiumPremium
197912June-RegTim LearyNew York MetsPYesCollegeUCLANCAA 1CAP6-3205RR1958-12-23Santa Monica,CAMLB1981-19941977-1994PremiumPremiumPremiumPremiumPremium
1979111Jan-SecJohn VioletteNew York MetsCYesOtherCalifornia CAP6-3195RR1958-02-19Playa del Ray,CAAAA 1979-1984PremiumPremiumPremiumPremiumPremium
1979121June-SecBill MooneyhamNew York MetsPNoCollegeMerced CollegeCCCAACAP6-0175RR1960-08-16Livermore,CAMLB1986-19861980-1988PremiumPremiumPremiumPremiumPremium
1979227Jan-RegMark WelchNew York MetsPYesCollegeIndianapolisNCAA 2INP6-3182LL  A- 1979-1979PremiumPremiumPremiumPremiumPremium
1979228June-RegJeff BettendorfNew York MetsPYesHSLompoc (Lompoc,CA)HSCAP6-3180RR1960-12-10Lompoc,CAMLB1984-19841979-1987PremiumPremiumPremiumPremiumPremium
1979235Jan-SecJeff SunderlageNew York MetsPYesCollegeDes Moines Area CCNJCAAIAP6-2195LL1960-04-16Elgin,ILA+ 1979-1983PremiumPremiumPremiumPremiumPremium
1979242June-SecJoe PlummerNew York MetsPYesCollegeLong Beach CCCCCAACAP6-2185RR Long Beach,CAA- 1979-1979PremiumPremiumPremiumPremiumPremium
1979353Jan-RegMarques CooperNew York MetsOFYesCollegeThree Rivers CCNJCAAMOOF6-0165RR  A- 1979-1979PremiumPremiumPremiumPremiumPremium
1979354June-RegCraig JonesNew York MetsPNoCollegeArmyNCAA 1NYP6-1195RR1958-08-19Natrona Heights,PAAAA 1980-1984PremiumPremiumPremiumPremiumPremium
1979356June-SecSheldon AndrewsNew York MetsPNoCollegeLower Columbia CCNWAACCWAP5-10185RR1959-08-25Portland,ORA+ 1980-1983PremiumPremiumPremiumPremiumPremium
1979479Jan-RegThomas McLaughlinNew York MetsPNoCollegeLos Angeles CCCCCAACAP6-0185RR1959-11-29 A 1980-1981PremiumPremiumPremiumPremiumPremium
1979480June-RegDavid HowardNew York MetsOFYesCollegeWichita StateNCAA 1KSOF5-11180RR1958-05-10 AA 1979-1981PremiumPremiumPremiumPremiumPremium
19795105Jan-RegMichael BefortNew York MetsPNoCollegeAllen County CCNJCAAKSP6-2192RR  Rk 1980-1980PremiumPremiumPremiumPremiumPremium
19795106June-RegGary HardieNew York MetsSSYesCollegeGeorgia TechNCAA 1GASS5-11185RR Milledgeville,GAA+ 1979-1980PremiumPremiumPremiumPremiumPremium
19796129Jan-RegRon SouzaNew York MetsSSYesCollegeButte CollegeCCCAACASS5-9170BR1959-04-20Chico,CAA- 1979-1979PremiumPremiumPremiumPremiumPremium
19796132June-RegRon GardenhireNew York MetsIFYesCollegeTexasNCAA 1TXSS6-0175RR1957-10-24Butzbach,GEMLB1981-19851978-1987PremiumPremiumPremiumPremiumPremium
19797152Jan-RegRon GravesNew York MetsPYesCollegeModesto Junior CollegeCCCAACAP6-5210RR  A+ 1979-1980PremiumPremiumPremiumPremiumPremium
19797158June-RegMike HennessyNew York MetsOFYesHSBogota (Bogota,NJ)HSNJOF6-1150BL1961-09-09Bronx,NYA 1979-1984PremiumPremiumPremiumPremiumPremium
19798173Jan-RegDavid MichaelNew York MetsPYesCollegeDodge City CCNJCAAKSP6-1180RR1960-01-27Richland,MIA- 1979-1979PremiumPremiumPremiumPremiumPremium
19798184June-RegDavid ButtlesNew York MetsPYesHSKearny (San Diego,CA)HSCAP6-2180 R1961-04-27San Diego,CAA+ 1979-1982PremiumPremiumPremiumPremiumPremium
19799189Jan-RegJohn SempriniNew York MetsPYesCollegeDes Moines Area CCNJCAAIAP6-3195RR1959-02-27Dayton,IAAAA 1979-1984PremiumPremiumPremiumPremiumPremium
197910201Jan-RegRusty TillmanNew York MetsOFYesCollegeFSC at jacksonvilleNJCAAFLOF6-0185RR1960-08-29Jacksonville,FLMLB1982-19881979-1989PremiumPremiumPremiumPremiumPremium
19799210June-RegLee ShockleyNew York MetsPYesHSParkside (Salisbury,MD)HSMDP6-3205 R Salisbury,MDA+ 1979-1981PremiumPremiumPremiumPremiumPremium
197911212Jan-RegJesse AndersonNew York MetsPYesCollegeSan Diego City CollegeCCCAACAP6-1197RR1959-08-06San Diego,CAAA 1979-1983PremiumPremiumPremiumPremiumPremium
yearrndovlphaseplayerdraft teamd-possignedsourceschooldivisionregposhtwtbathbornplacehilvlmlb yearsstat yearsslot valuebonusstatuscur-orgcur-lev
197912221Jan-RegMike SoddersNew York Mets3BNoCollegeOrange Coast CollegeCCCAACA3B6-3190RR1958-12-26Compton,CAAAA 1981-1984PremiumPremiumPremiumPremiumPremium
197910236June-RegBrooks WallaceNew York MetsSSNoCollegeTexas TechNCAA 1TXSS6-2180RR1957-09-18Plano,TXAA 1980-1981PremiumPremiumPremiumPremiumPremium
197911262June-RegBryan DunbarNew York MetsCYesCollegeCollege of MarinCCCAACAC6-0195RR  A- 1979-1980PremiumPremiumPremiumPremiumPremium
197912288June-RegLarry HernandezNew York MetsOFNoHSJones (Orlando,FL)HSFLOF 0    -  PremiumPremiumPremiumPremiumPremium
197913314June-RegDoug ElliottNew York Mets2BYesCollegeSan Diego StateNCAA 1CA2B5-11165RR Fullerton,CAA- 1979-1979PremiumPremiumPremiumPremiumPremium
197914340June-RegBrick ToifelNew York MetsCNoHSW. P. Davidson (Mobile,AL)HSALC6-1180RR Mobile,ALNCAA 1982-1982PremiumPremiumPremiumPremiumPremium
197915366June-RegWalt TerrellNew York MetsOFNoCollegeMorehead StateNCAA 1KYP6-2205LR1958-05-11Jeffersonville,INMLB1982-19921977-1993PremiumPremiumPremiumPremiumPremium
197916392June-RegBill HillNew York MetsOFYesCollegeBrookdale CCNJCAANJOF5-9165RR  A- 1979-1979PremiumPremiumPremiumPremiumPremium
197917418June-RegTodd DavidsonNew York MetsOFNoHSNorth Allegheny (Wexford,PA)HSPAOF6-1175LR1961-06-01Pittsburgh,PAA- 1983-1983PremiumPremiumPremiumPremiumPremium
197918444June-RegJohn BryantNew York MetsOFNoHSEl Toro (Lake Forest,CA)HSCAOF5-11185RR1961-09-02El Toro,CAAA 1983-1987PremiumPremiumPremiumPremiumPremium
197919470June-RegMike AnicichNew York Mets1BYesCollegeArizona StateNCAA 1AZ1B6-2200RR1957-05-16Sacramento,CAAAA 1976-1984PremiumPremiumPremiumPremiumPremium
197920496June-RegJohn LeisterNew York MetspNoHSCharles M. Russell (Great Falls,MT)HSMTP6-2200RR1961-01-03San Antonio,TXMLB1987-19901984-1990PremiumPremiumPremiumPremiumPremium
197921522June-RegTed DamiterNew York MetspYesCollegeShippensburgNCAA 2PAP6-2195RR1958-05-02Hazleton,PAA+ 1979-1980PremiumPremiumPremiumPremiumPremium
197922547June-RegJoe SchergerNew York MetsOFNoCollegeNebraskaNCAA 1NEOF6-2195RR Billings,MTAA 1980-1982PremiumPremiumPremiumPremiumPremium
197923572June-RegJoseph HealyNew York MetspNoHSFather Judge (Philadelphia,PA)HSPAP6-3185RR1961-05-06Philadelphia,PA-  PremiumPremiumPremiumPremiumPremium
197924596June-RegRichard GreenfieldNew York MetsSSYesCollegeLa SalleNCAA 1PASS6-3185RR1957-11-06Philadelphia,PAA- 1979-1980PremiumPremiumPremiumPremiumPremium
197925620June-RegScott LaVielleNew York MetsCYesCollegeOlympic CollegeNWAACCWAC6-30RR Seattle,WAA- 1979-1979PremiumPremiumPremiumPremiumPremium
197926644June-RegJim PhillipsNew York MetspNoHSShawnee Mission (Shawnee Mission,KS)HSKSP6-3200RR1961-10-15Kansas City,MOAA 1980-1987PremiumPremiumPremiumPremiumPremium
197927668June-RegDave SmithNew York MetspYesCollegeLamarNCAA 1TXP6-1190RR1957-08-30Tomball,TXMLB1984-19851977-1987PremiumPremiumPremiumPremiumPremium
197928691June-RegDarryl StephensNew York Mets1BNoCollegeButte CollegeCCCAACA1B 0    -  PremiumPremiumPremiumPremiumPremium
197929712June-RegClay ChristiansenNew York MetspNoCollegeKansasNCAA 1KSP6-5205RR1958-06-28Wichita,KSMLB1984-19841977-1988PremiumPremiumPremiumPremiumPremium
197930733June-RegWilliam RittwegerNew York Mets2BYesCollegeSeton HallNCAA 1NJ2B6-0165RR  AA 1979-1982PremiumPremiumPremiumPremiumPremium
197931753June-RegPaul NiggebruggeNew York MetsOFYesCollegeTempleNCAA 1PAOF6-20RR Wilmington,DEA+ 1979-1980PremiumPremiumPremiumPremiumPremium
197932772June-RegThomas MillerNew York MetspYesCollegeModesto Junior CollegeCCCAACAP6-2170LL1959-07-20 AA 1979-1983PremiumPremiumPremiumPremiumPremium
197933790June-RegMichael PrivetteNew York MetspYesHSMillikan (Long Beach,CA)HSCAP 0    -  PremiumPremiumPremiumPremiumPremium
yearrndovlphaseplayerdraft teamd-possignedsourceschooldivisionregposhtwtbathbornplacehilvlmlb yearsstat yearsslot valuebonusstatuscur-orgcur-lev
197934807June-RegDan SprickNew York MetsOfNoCollegeSaint LouisNCAA 1MOOF 0    -  PremiumPremiumPremiumPremiumPremium
197935821June-RegTerry ByrumNew York MetsSSNoCollegeHoustonNCAA 1TXSS6-1170LR Houston,TXA+ 1980-1982PremiumPremiumPremiumPremiumPremium
197936830June-RegDavid DuffNew York MetsCYesCollegeVirginiaNCAA 1VAC5-11180RR1958-06-28Lynchburg,VAAAA 1979-1983PremiumPremiumPremiumPremiumPremium
53 record(s)