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1979 Texas Rangers

Draft Class
Franchise
Total Picks
38
College Picks
31
High School Picks
7
Signed Picks
25
Unsigned Picks
13
MLB Players
8
1st Rounders
1
NCAA D1
19
NCAA D2
5
NCAA D3
0
NAIA
5
Junior College
2
Full list of drafted players for the selected draft class for all phases. Undrafted free agents may not be complete for selected season and represent players signed to a contract outside the draft process

Draft Picks

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yearrndovlphaseplayerd-possignedsourceschoolposhtwtbathbornplacehilvlmlb yearsstat years
1979117June-RegJerry Don GleatonPYesCollegeTexasP6-3210LL1957-09-14Brownwood,TXMLB1979-19921977-1993
1979243June-RegDonnie ScottCYesHSTampa Catholic (Tampa,FL)C5-11185BR1961-08-16Dunedin,FLMLB1983-19911979-1991
1979369June-RegNick Capra2BYesCollegeOklahomaOF5-8165RR1958-03-08Denver,COMLB1982-19911979-1995
1979495June-RegLarry ReynoldsSSYesCollegeStanford2B5-11175BR1957-07-09Eugene,ORAA 1976-1984
19795121June-RegMark GammagePNoHSOsborn (Detroit,MI)P5-11185RR1960-09-10Detroit,MIA 1979-1982
19796147June-RegShelton McMathOFYesCollegeTexas A&MOF6-2190RR1957-01-18Houston,TXAA 1976-1980
19797173June-RegLarry DonofrioOFYesCollegeSt. Francis (IL)C6-3195LR1958-12-25 AA 1979-1982
19798199June-RegMichael RobertsPYesCollegeBaylorP6-2180RR1957-02-01Dallas,TXAA 1979-1981
19799225June-RegJeff JohnsonPNoHSMuir (Pasadena,CA)P         
197910251June-RegWilliam Goodman2BYesCollegeGeorge Washington2B5-10170RR1958-06-21 A 1979-1980
197911277June-RegMel GilliamPYesCollegeFlorida A&MP6-3195LL1957-11-08 AAA 1979-1987
197912303June-RegTony FossasPYesCollegeSouth FloridaP6-0187LL1957-09-23Havana,CUMLB1988-19991979-1999
197913329June-RegBobby BallOFYesCollegeCal State Dominguez HillsOF6-1175BR1958-07-09Long Beach,CAAA 1979-1983
197914355June-RegMike Behudian2B-OFYesCollegeFairfield2B-OF         
197915381June-RegPete O'BrienOFYesCollegeNebraska1B6-1195LL1958-02-09Santa Monica,CAMLB1982-19931979-1993
197916407June-RegJames HagerpYesCollegeNewberryP6-4215RR1957-04-26 Rk 1979-1979
197917433June-RegSteve Brigante2BNoCollegeLubbock Christian2B6-1180RR  Rk 1980-1980
197918459June-RegJoe KucharskipNoHSSurratsville (Clinton,MD)P6-3225RR1961-02-03Houston,TXAAA 1980-1987
197919485June-RegLarry HamiltonOFNoCollegeMorehead StateOF6-3185RR  Rk 1980-1980
197920511June-RegJames HawkinsCNoHSHerndon (Herndon,VA)C         
197921536June-RegHomer MoncriefpNoCollegeJackson StateP6-3210RR1958-07-26Newton,MIAA 1980-1984
197922561June-RegSteve DavisOFNoCollegeMiddle GeorgiaP6-1195LL1960-08-04San Antonio,TXMLB1985-19891980-1989
197923586June-RegJames SchaeferOFYesCollegeMissouri StateOF6-2185LL1957-03-16 A 1979-1980
197924610June-RegAndrew OrtizpNoHSRoselle Catholic (Roselle,NJ)P6-3180LL1961-10-27Orange,NJAA 1982-1984
197925634June-RegElwood ZebleyCYesCollegeTowsonC6-4205RR1957-04-23 AA 1979-1979
197926658June-RegDave SchmidtpYesCollegeUCLAP6-1185RR1957-04-22Niles,MIMLB1981-19921977-1992
197927681June-RegStanley BakerSSYesCollegeDallas BaptistSS5-10160RR1957-06-26 Rk 1979-1979
197928702June-RegJorge GomezSSYesCollegeMacomb CCSS5-10165RR1959-04-19Miami,FLAAA 1980-1985
197929723June-RegCharles StaffordOFYesCollegeDallas BaptistOF6-5210RR1957-03-20 Rk 1979-1979
197930743June-RegJay PettibonepYesCollegeChapmanP6-4182RR1957-06-21Mount Clemens,MIMLB1983-19831979-1984
yearrndovlphaseplayerd-possignedsourceschoolposhtwtbathbornplacehilvlmlb yearsstat years
197931763June-RegDaryl FrazierpNoCollegeMidwestern StateP6-3190BR St. John's,NL   
197932781June-RegGordon RicossapYesCollegeSouthern MethodistP5-11180LL1957-10-23Richardson,TXRk 1979-1979
197933799June-RegJoe Dellasega1BNoHSSt. Mary's Colgan (Pittsburg,KS)1B     Pittsburg,KS   
197934815June-RegRay FontenotPpYesCollegeMcNeese StateP6-0175LL1957-08-08Lake Charles,LAMLB1983-19861979-1987
197935826June-RegRodger BastienSSYesCollegeMichigan StateSS6-0175RR1957-03-22East Lansing,MIRk 1979-1979
197936835June-RegMitch AshmoreCNoCollegeCentenary LAC5-11195RR  AAA 1981-1985
197937843June-RegThomas SmithpNoCollegeMinnesotaP      NCAA 1979-1980
197938850June-RegStephen Romey1B-3bYesCollegeKent State1B-3B6-1185RR1957-02-27Toronto,OHRk 1978-1979
1979122June-SecMichael SanfordPYesCollegeGeorgia PerimeterP     Childersburg,AL   
1979243June-SecJoseph McCarthyOFNoCollegeSeminole FloridaOF         
1979357June-SecJerome Burgess1BYesFAFloridaOF6-3170RR1941-05-31Vancouver,BC   
1979118Jan-RegClay WeisingerPYesCollegeAngelina CollegeP         
1979244Jan-RegKeith ShowellOFYesCollegePrince George's CCOF5-10180LL1958-03-01Baltimore,MDRk 1979-1979
1979370Jan-RegLarry MikesellPpNoCollegeEastern FL STP6-0150LL1959-05-05Cocoa,FLA 1980-1982
1979496Jan-RegMichael YoungPYesCollegeTrinidad StateP  RR     
19795120Jan-RegDavid OrzelPYesCollegeMacomb CCP6-0180LL1958-12-14 Rk 1979-1979
19796143Jan-RegJames GoodOFNoCollegeSouthern IdahoOF6-3195RR1959-04-12 A+ 1979-1982
19797165Jan-RegLee ClinePYesCollegeSouthern IdahoP         
19798182Jan-RegPerry KilgoPYesCollegeMcLennan CCP6-0165 R1959-08-31Waco,TXNCAA 1980-1980
19799198Jan-RegMichael WilliamsCYesCollegeHill CollegeC         
197910209Jan-RegOscar CardenasSSYesCollegeHill CollegeSS         
197911218Jan-RegRandy JonesOFYesCollegeWenatchee Valley CCOF         
197916Jan-SecArbrey LucasPNoCollegeArizona Western CollegeP6-3187RR1960-02-09Las Vegas,NVAA 1982-1985
1979231Jan-SecJerry VasquezPYesCollegeArizona StateP6-2195RR1956-02-04Scottsdale,AZAA 1977-1979
1979346Jan-SecDoyle WilsonPNoFAGeorgia          
55 Record(s)
picks # of Regular June/July phase picks.
Other Picks out of other phases of the draft (pre-1987), excludes udfa signings