1979 MLB Draft Summary - The Baseball Cube

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year	rnd	ovrl	player	drafting team	d-pos	pos	ht	wt	ba	th	born	place	hilvl	mlb years	stat years	source	school
1979	1	1	Al Chambers	Seattle Mariners	OF	OF	6-4	217	L	L	1961-03-24	Harrisburg,PA	MLB	1983-1985	1979-1988	HS	John Harris (Harrisburg,PA)
1979	1	2	Tim Leary	New York Mets	P	P	6-3	205	R	R	1958-12-23	Santa Monica,CA	MLB	1981-1994	1977-1994	College	UCLA
1979	1	3	Jay Schroeder	Toronto Blue Jays	C	C	6-4	197	R	R	1961-06-28	Milwaukee,WI	A+		1980-1983	HS	Palisades (Pacific Palisades,CA)
1979	1	4	Brad Komminsk	Atlanta Braves	OF-1B	OF	6-2	205	R	R	1961-04-04	Lima,OH	MLB	1983-1991	1979-1997	HS	Shawnee (Lima,OH)
1979	1	5	Juan Bustabad	Oakland Athletics	SS	SS	5-10	150	L	R	1961-08-16	Havana,CU	AAA		1980-1989	HS	Hialeah-Miami Lakes (Hialeah,FL)
1979	1	6	Andy Van Slyke	St. Louis Cardinals	OF	CF	6-2	192	L	R	1960-12-21	Utica,NY	MLB	1983-1995	1980-1995	HS	New Hartford (New Hartford,NY)
1979	1	7	John Bohnet	Cleveland Indians	P	P	6-0	175	B	L	1961-01-18	Pasadena,CA	MLB	1982-1982	1979-1984	HS	Hogan (Vallejo,CA)
1979	1	8	John Mizerock	Houston Astros	C	C	5-11	190	L	R	1960-12-08	Punxsutawney,PA	MLB	1983-1989	1979-1990	HS	Punxsutawney Area (Punxsutawney,PA)
1979	1	9	Steve Buechele	Chicago White Sox	P	3B	6-2	190	R	R	1961-09-26	Lancaster,CA	MLB	1985-1995	1980-1995	HS	Servite (Anaheim,CA)
1979	1	10	Tim Wallach	Montreal Expos	1B	3B	6-3	200	R	R	1957-09-14	Huntington Park,CA	MLB	1980-1996	1978-1996	College	Cal State Fullerton
1979	1	11	Kevin Brandt	Minnesota Twins	OF	OF	5-11	180	R	R		Nekoosa,WI	Rk		1979-1980	HS	Nekoosa (Nekoosa,WI)
1979	1	12	Jon Perlman	Chicago Cubs	P	P	6-3	185	L	R	1956-12-13	Dallas,TX	MLB	1985-1988	1979-1988	College	Baylor
1979	1	13	Rick Leach	Detroit Tigers	OF	1B-OF	6-0	195	L	L	1957-05-04	Ann Arbor,MI	MLB	1981-1990	1976-1990	College	Michigan
1979	1	14	Joe Lansford	San Diego Padres	1B	1B	6-5	225	R	R	1961-01-15	San Jose,CA	MLB	1982-1983	1979-1987	HS	Wilcox (Santa Clara,CA)
1979	1	15	Scott Garrelts	San Francisco Giants	P	P	6-4	195	R	R	1961-10-30	Champaign,IL	MLB	1982-1991	1979-1995	HS	Buckley Loda (Paxton,IL)
1979	1	16	Steve Howe	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	P	6-1	180	L	L	1958-03-10	Pontiac,MI	MLB	1980-1996	1977-1997	College	Michigan
1979	1	17	Jerry Don Gleaton	Texas Rangers	P	P	6-3	210	L	L	1957-09-14	Brownwood,TX	MLB	1979-1992	1977-1993	College	Texas
1979	1	18	Rick Luecken	San Francisco Giants	P	P	6-6	210	R	R	1960-11-15	Mcallen,TX	MLB	1989-1990	1980-1991	HS	Spring Woods (Houston,TX)
1979	1	19	Ricky Seilheimer	Chicago White Sox	C	C	5-11	185	L	R	1960-08-30	Brenham,TX	MLB	1980-1980	1979-1986	HS	Brenham (Brenham,TX)
1979	1	20	Dan Lamar	Cincinnati Reds	C	C	6-1	190	R	R	1960-09-18	Bellaire,TX	AA		1979-1985	HS	Bellaire (Bellaire,TX)
1979	1	21	Atlee Hammaker	Kansas City Royals	P	P	6-3	200	B	L	1958-01-24	Carmel,CA	MLB	1981-1995	1979-1995	College	East Tennessee State
1979	1	22	Mike Sullivan	Cincinnati Reds	P	P	6-0	176	R	R	1958-11-04	Woodbridge,VA	A+		1977-1982	College	Clemson
1979	1	23	Chris Baker	Detroit Tigers	OF	OF	6-4	195	R	R	1961-05-25	Dearborn Heights,MI	A		1979-1982	HS	Franklin (Livonia,MI)
1979	1	24	Bob Geren	San Diego Padres	C	C	6-3	220	R	R	1961-09-22	San Diego,CA	MLB	1988-1993	1979-1993	HS	Clairemont (San Diego,CA)
1979	1	25	Steve Perry	Los Angeles Dodgers	P	P	6-5	210	R	R	1957-02-25	Ann Arbor,MI	AAA		1976-1984	College	Michigan
1979	1	26	Mike Stenhouse	Oakland Athletics	OF	OF-1B	6-1	195	L	R	1958-05-29	Pueblo,CO	MLB	1982-1986	1980-1987	College	Harvard
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First round picks include both team-assigned picks from original draft order PLUS compensation picks from competitive balance system or loss of free agents. These 'sandwich' picks are typically considered to be between rounds, however TBC has classified them only with the numeric portion of the round name (1 instead of 1C)

Players are listed with 2 positions. Draft Position (d-pos) is the listed position at the time of the draft whereas position (pos) is current.