1978 MLB Draft

Complete Results
Top Pick
Picks
779
Total Rounds
48
Major Leaguers
158
College Players
397
High School Players
369
High School%
47.37%
College%
50.96%
Signed
485
Unsigned
294
Signed%
62.26%
NCAA D1 Picks
244
NCAA D2 Picks
57
NCAA D3 Picks
19
NAIA Picks
35
Jr College Picks
42
Bonus Records
3
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This section provides a high level view of the 1978 Major League Baseball Draft.

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Draft Picks by College

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USCPac81111Boxberger-11 ... Van Gorder-43 ... Engle-66 ... Hostetler-87 ... Stokke-115 ... Smith-280 ... Tolman-297 ... Schattinger-300 ... Hayes-411 ... Skube-456 ... Wells-470
Arizona StateWAC81Horner-1 ... Brooks-3 ... Bando-36 ... Michael-61 ... Lindsey-296 ... Vasquez-448 ... Dean-458 ... Van Der Meersche-652
UCLAPac8738Johnson-38 ... Chiffer-109 ... Townsend-147 ... Cox-239 ... Baker-262 ... Delany-301 ... Carpenter-405
Cal State FullertonSCBA7120Vilorio-120 ... Wallach-196 ... Gore-339 ... Whitmer-352 ... Rommel-378 ... Till-494 ... Sporrer-541
Oral RobertsIndyNCAA689Meridith-89 ... Bjorkman-93 ... Springman-170 ... Volk-421 ... Stone-700 ... Siemp-712
StanfordPac8683Reynolds-83 ... Perez-191 ... Cod rol-212 ... Irwin-366 ... Ervin-428 ... Harrison-680
OklahomaBig86136Smith-136 ... Bogener-150 ... Nipp-177 ... Toal-272 ... Morris-420 ... Hover-608
Southern IllinoisMVC558Simond-58 ... Keeton-60 ... Stieb-106 ... DeSimone-294 ... Curry-678
San Jose StateNCBA5237Lane-237 ... Kemp-255 ... Johnson-263 ... Raphael-605 ... Rambis-620
South AlabamaSBC478Johnston-78 ... Morrison-113 ... Loftin-360 ... Saunders-376
Florida StateMetro4256Carey-256 ... Gilbert-351 ... Benda-547 ... Bretz-754
ArizonaWAC472Crutcher-72 ... Pearsey-198 ... Murillo-278 ... Manship-651
MiamiIndyNCAA473Ruiz-73 ... Shapiro-485 ... Guerra-522 ... Acosta-602
MichiganBig104140Owens-140 ... Parker-187 ... Leach-594 ... Chapman-751
Santa ClaraNCBA464Mullins-64 ... Foley-118 ... Rivas-550 ... Kirby-638
Jackson StateSWAC4134Moore-134 ... McBride-477 ... Godley-587 ... Williams-766
TulsaMVC463Hessier-63 ... Humphrey-335 ... Nowland-396 ... Calvert-521
San Diego StateSCBA371Rubino-71 ... Troedson-375 ... Ranson-597
North CarolinaACC3345Norris-345 ... Deratt-625 ... Smith-668
Fresno StateNCBA3240Stoddard-240 ... Lohuis-273 ... Johnson-595
NorthwesternBig103129Hogg-129 ... Stranski-429 ... Kokas-459
Washington StatePac83514Snider-514 ... Edler-520 ... Cook-552
Georgia SouthernIndyNCAA3235Matthews-235 ... Mixon-292 ... Givens-465
TexasSWC3444Heuck-444 ... McCoy-576 ... Wright-583
St. Mary's CANCBA3343Richmond-343 ... Cannedy-395 ... Watkins-469
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Miami-OhioMAC3161Fireovid-161 ... Leibrandt-225 ... Patten-691
Central MichiganMAC356Grandas-56 ... Czarka-613 ... Bonk-699
BaylorSWC3117Perlman-117 ... Beene-364 ... Coker-618
ArkansasSWC3104Lollar-104 ... Harper-349 ... Bakewell-657
Brigham YoungWAC3250Morris-250 ... Killebrew-610 ... Law-758
Eastern MichiganMAC3252Stemberger-252 ... Yanus-581 ... Martin-637
MissouriBig83167Cypret-167 ... Cornell-207 ... Pietroburgo-344
EckerdSSC352Balboni-52 ... Khoury-130 ... Kwist-312
CaliforniaPac82482Ransom-482 ... Smith-653
Texas A&MSWC274Bonner-74 ... Thurmond-582
St. John'sIndyNCAA281Troyan-81 ... Hille-742
Loyola MarymountSCBA2228Cowger-228 ... Horak-757
NebraskaBig82410Dixon-410 ... Carroll-622
PepperdineSCBA2311Ganger-311 ... Gloyd-671
TempleECC12153Dempsey-153 ... Beck-393
ClemsonACC2218Peltz-218 ... Bonnette-501
Illinois StateIndyNCAA2243Wieghaus-243 ... Zitek-643
James MadisonECACSouth2231Prior-231 ... Mitchell-403
Mississippi StateSEC2128Bender-128 ... Lazorko-271
IowaBig102152Boddicker-152 ... Carlucci-467
VirginiaACC2268Duncan-268 ... Norwood-320
UNLVIndyNCAA2266McHenry-266 ... Guerra-422
MarylandACC2164Thomas-164 ... Castro-589
VanderbiltSEC2220Wright-220 ... Kittrell-397
HoustonSWC2391Lopez-391 ... Weiss-486
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Indiana StateMVC213Hayes-13 ... Williams-226
New MexicoWAC2504Muccio-504 ... Cain-563
Western MichiganMAC2108Meyer-108 ... Cassetto-324
Penn StateIndyNCAA2433Lawless-433 ... Farr-675
South FloridaSBC2224Fossas-224 ... Moore-286
CincinnatiMetro2407Barnes-407 ... Roush-596
Southern MethodistSWC2692Bickham-692 ... De Fla Strawn-727
HawaiiIndyNCAA286Olsen-86 ... Hall-450
Northern ColoradoIndyNCAA2534White-534 ... Pitconi-768
Portland StateNorPac2121Lahti-121 ... Hudson-497
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