1979 MLB Draft

Complete Results
Top Pick
Picks
870
Total Rounds
44
Major Leaguers
149
College Players
487
High School Players
379
High School%
43.56%
College%
55.98%
Signed
550
Unsigned
320
Signed%
63.22%
NCAA D1 Picks
317
NCAA D2 Picks
58
NCAA D3 Picks
22
NAIA Picks
41
Jr College Picks
49
Bonus Records
2
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This section provides a high level view of the 1979 Major League Baseball Draft.

1. The primary view lists first rounders.
2. Another view includes a list of all Major Leaguers from the draft.
3. TBC PREMIUM subscribers can view career MLB or Minor League Statistics (sortable) for all signed/drafted players per year.

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Draft Picks by College

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collegeconferencepickshighplayers picked
Arizona StatePac10827Allen-27 ... Irvine-179 ... Randolph-209 ... Ahern-332 ... Anicich-470 ... Whistler-498 ... Gillie-542 ... Eiler-667
UCLAPac1082Leary-2 ... Auten-114 ... Followel-195 ... Gausepohl-248 ... Slaught-517 ... Schmidt-658 ... Miller-663 ... Bollens-761
Cal State FullertonSCBA710Wallach-10 ... Palmer-125 ... Navilhon-300 ... David-349 ... Kingsolver-413 ... Hudson-422 ... Garcia-669
TexasSWC717Don Gleaton-17 ... Robertson-81 ... Walker-107 ... Gardenhire-132 ... Salazar-302 ... Jones-464 ... Chellette-732
Washington StatePac10676Crow-76 ... Kinnunen-245 ... Quealey-450 ... Cook-546 ... Thompson-806 ... Chaney-869
ClemsonACC622Sullivan-22 ... Snyder-157 ... Schroeder-205 ... Bradley-241 ... Masone-256 ... Buffarnoyer-337
FloridaSEC652Sullivan-52 ... Watkins-130 ... Sandberg-234 ... Teegarden-441 ... Teixeira-472 ... Hall-528
Brigham YoungWAC6220Morris-220 ... Thomas-242 ... Peterson-268 ... Hardy-428 ... Blyth-556 ... Bradley-670
New OrleansSBC637Bush-37 ... Froefick-352 ... Colletti-375 ... Quade-560 ... Lampey-675 ... Manieri-776
San Diego StateWAC5314Elliott-314 ... Black-417 ... Finch-601 ... Jones-625 ... Wirkus-632
USCPac105335Skube-335 ... Carfino-379 ... Brown-503 ... Wells-606 ... Pennachio-721
TulaneMetro5167Stokes-167 ... Melito-189 ... Butera-267 ... Francingues-401 ... Tkac-491
MiamiIndyNCAA5261Batten-261 ... Batter-333 ... Guerra-363 ... Rodriguez-482 ... Shapiro-841
OklahomaBig8569Capra-69 ... Harrigan-306 ... Luethy-565 ... Thompson-692 ... Gardner-704
Eastern MichiganMAC573Sheridan-73 ... Stemberger-315 ... Chretien-351 ... Cole-582 ... Yanus-627
Southern IllinoisMVC4226Curry-226 ... DeSinione-274 ... Steib-316 ... House-671
North CarolinaACC4398Smith-398 ... Atkinson-515 ... Norris-548 ... Clark-595
Texas A&MSWC4118Thurmond-118 ... McMath-147 ... Ross-164 ... Turnel-782
StanfordPac10495Reynolds-95 ... Zuvella-283 ... Codiroli-287 ... Harrison-521
NebraskaBig84227Hunter-227 ... O'Brien-381 ... Primante-424 ... Scherger-547
PepperdineSCBA4166Gates-166 ... Gloyd-180 ... Liber-185 ... Fick-504
MichiganBig10413Leach-13 ... Howe-16 ... Perry-25 ... Foussianes-696
North Carolina StateACC447Skinner-47 ... White-341 ... Bryant-362 ... Huffman-760
Bowling GreenMAC4264Reiter-264 ... Hershiser-440 ... Black-645 ... Groth-791
Santa ClaraNCBA461Mullins-61 ... Everton-519 ... Edwards-551 ... Walsh-810
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KansasBig84128Sutcliffe-128 ... St. Clair-489 ... Christiansen-712 ... Vickers-837
MissouriBig8463Laudner-63 ... Mann-102 ... Lockett-298 ... English-425
CaliforniaPac103253Booker-253 ... Colburn-739 ... Duffy-866
Long Beach StateSCBA3229Townley-229 ... Danielson-508 ... Correl-646
ArizonaPac103177Lefferts-177 ... Mills-426 ... Clements-848
Fresno StateNCBA3293Leach-293 ... Lohuis-527 ... Holt-545
AuburnSEC3113Fucci-113 ... Keedy-119 ... Renfree-171
TempleECC13233Filson-233 ... Niggebrugge-753 ... Johnson-829
Oklahoma StateBig83101Kranitz-101 ... Evans-295 ... Sullivan-437
Seton HallMPC3357Schuman-357 ... Seneca-710 ... Rittweger-733
WisconsinBig103313Hart-313 ... Wetenkamp-497 ... Gurholt-505
Miami-OhioMAC3138Doran-138 ... Bresnen-677 ... Patten-808
New MexicoWAC3326Cain-326 ... Rutledge-786 ... Hooever-851
Central MichiganMAC3272Soff-272 ... Flannery-490 ... Williams-590
Western MichiganMAC3260Miklosi-260 ... Ford-263 ... Kenaga-377
BaylorSWC312Perlman-12 ... Beene-127 ... Roberts-199
South FloridaSBC3282Schrimsher-282 ... Fossas-303 ... Williams-714
Jackson StateSWAC3207Gayden-207 ... Moncrief-536 ... Hinds-541
HawaiiIndyNCAA340Tatsuno-40 ... Hansen-75 ... Ramle-289
OhioMAC368Kuvinka-68 ... Echstenkamper-181 ... Nicholson-535
South AlabamaSBC2466Mohler-466 ... Lee-468
MinnesotaBig102540Grahek-540 ... Smith-843
KentuckySEC2339Georger-339 ... Roberts-524
RiceSWC2123Ramirez-123 ... Baldwin-557
St. John'sIndyNCAA2500Latrenta-500 ... Nacierio-737
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Ball StateMAC2543Wickenscheimer-543 ... Dikos-754
Louisiana TechSthland2154Holrrian-154 ... Kibbe-656
McNeese StateSthland2296Caldwell-296 ... Fontenot-815
Mississippi StateSEC2629Kelley-629 ... Kurtz-785
San Jose StateNCBA2795Bulcock-795 ... Maki-857
IowaBig102139Johnson-139 ... Jones-516
VirginiaACC2219Voigt-219 ... Duff-830
UNLVIndyNCAA2526Jones-526 ... Fischer-662
Saint Joseph'sECC1284Del Monte-84 ... Thornton-611
ConnecticutYankee2168LaVigne-168 ... Garray-818
VanderbiltSEC2252Madison-252 ... Nuismer-371
Murray StateOVC2203Perdue-203 ... Rice-476
HoustonSWC2597Shannon-597 ... Byrum-821
Indiana StateMVC2140Johnson-140 ... Baker-200
HarvardEIBL226Stenhouse-26 ... Brown-346
StetsonIndyNCAA2660Swaggerty-660 ... Williams-673
Cal State LASCBA2559Duran-559 ... Sylvia-622
ArkansasSWC2109Reynolds-109 ... Ray-294
Colorado StateWAC2350Upton-350 ... Huismann-581
East Tennessee StateSoCon221Hammaker-21 ... Cardwell-330
WyomingWAC2232Oroz-232 ... Brock-336
Morehead StateOVC2366Terrell-366 ... Hamilton-485
FairfieldIndyNCAA230Cato-30 ... Behudian-355
Centenary-LATrans2792Babcock-792 ... Ashmore-835
74 record(s)