1980 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
1980	1	1	Darryl Strawberry	New York Mets	OF	RF-OF	6-6	200	L	L	1962-03-12	Los Angeles,CA	MLB	1983-1999	1980-1999	HS	Crenshaw (Los Angeles,CA)
1980	1	2	Garry Harris	Toronto Blue Jays	SS	SS	5-10	165	B	R	1962-08-13	San Diego,CA	AA		1980-1983	HS	Hoover (San Diego,CA)
1980	1	3	Ken Dayley	Atlanta Braves	P	P	6-0	175	L	L	1959-02-25	Jerome,ID	MLB	1982-1993	1980-1993	College	Portland
1980	1	4	Mike King	Oakland Athletics	P	P	6-1	175	L	L	1959-02-14	Sioux City,IA	AAA		1980-1984	College	Morningside
1980	1	5	Jeff Pyburn	San Diego Padres	OF	OF	6-1	205	R	R	1957-12-16	Birmingham,AL	AAA		1977-1982	College	Georgia
1980	1	6	Darnell Coles	Seattle Mariners	SS	3B-RF	6-1	185	R	R	1962-06-02	San Bernardino,CA	MLB	1983-1997	1980-1997	HS	Eisenhower (Rialto,CA)
1980	1	7	Jessie Reid	San Francisco Giants	1B	RF-LF	6-1	200	L	L	1962-06-01	Honolulu,HI	MLB	1987-1988	1980-1989	HS	Lynwood (Lynwood,CA)
1980	1	8	Cecil Espy	Chicago White Sox	OF	CF-LF	6-3	195	B	R	1963-01-20	San Diego,CA	MLB	1983-1993	1980-1994	HS	Point Loma (San Diego,CA)
1980	1	9	Ross Jones	Los Angeles Dodgers	SS	SS	6-2	185	R	R	1960-01-14	Miami,FL	MLB	1984-1987	1979-1989	College	Miami
1980	1	10	Kelly Gruber	Cleveland Indians	SS	3B	6-0	185	R	R	1962-02-26	Houston,TX	MLB	1984-1993	1980-1997	HS	Westlake (Austin,TX)
1980	1	11	Don Schulze	Chicago Cubs	P	P	6-3	225	R	R	1962-09-27	Roselle,IL	MLB	1983-1989	1980-1993	HS	Lake Park (Roselle,IL)
1980	1	12	Jeff Reed	Minnesota Twins	C	C	6-2	190	L	R	1962-11-12	Joliet,IL	MLB	1984-2000	1980-2001	HS	Joliet West (Joliet,IL)
1980	1	13	Lebo Powell	Philadelphia Phillies	C	C	5-11	215	R	R	1962-01-19	Pensacola,FL	A		1980-1982	HS	Pine Forest (Pensacola,FL)
1980	1	14	Tim Maki	Texas Rangers	P	P	6-2	210	R	R	1962-02-13	Fort Wayne,IN	A+		1980-1984	HS	Carroll (Fort Wayne,IN)
1980	1	15	Don Collins	St. Louis Cardinals	P	P	6-2	190	R	R	1962-01-26	Newport News,VA	A+		1980-1983	HS	Ferguson (Newport News,VA)
1980	1	16	Frank Wills	Kansas City Royals	P	P	6-2	202	R	R	1958-10-26	New Orleans,LA	MLB	1983-1991	1978-1991	College	Tulane
1980	1	17	Dennis Rasmussen	California Angels	P	P	6-7	230	L	L	1959-04-18	Los Angeles,CA	MLB	1983-1995	1978-1995	College	Creighton
1980	1	18	Glenn Wilson	Detroit Tigers	3B	OF	6-1	190	R	R	1958-12-22	Baytown,TX	MLB	1982-1993	1980-1993	College	Sam Houston State
1980	1	19	Ron Robinson	Cincinnati Reds	P	P	6-4	235	R	R	1962-03-24	Exeter,CA	MLB	1984-1992	1980-1992	HS	Woodlake Union (Woodlake,CA)
1980	1	20	Rick Renteria	Pittsburgh Pirates	SS	2B-3B	5-9	172	R	R	1961-12-25	Harbor City,CA	MLB	1986-1994	1980-1994	HS	South Gate (South Gate,CA)
1980	1	21	Jim Acker	Atlanta Braves	P	P	6-2	212	R	R	1958-09-24	Freer,TX	MLB	1983-1992	1978-1993	College	Texas
1980	1	22	Terry Francona	Montreal Expos	OF	1B-OF	6-1	190	L	L	1959-04-22	Aberdeen,SD	MLB	1981-1990	1979-1990	College	Arizona
1980	1	23	Billy Beane	New York Mets	P	OF	6-4	195	R	R	1962-03-29	Orlando,FL	MLB	1984-1989	1980-1989	HS	Mount Carmel (San Diego,CA)
1980	1	24	John Gibbons	New York Mets	OF	C	5-11	187	R	R	1962-06-08	Great Falls,MT	MLB	1984-1986	1980-1990	HS	MacArthur (San Antonio,TX)
1980	1	25	Dion James	Milwaukee Brewers	OF	LF-CF	6-1	170	L	L	1962-11-09	Philadelphia,PA	MLB	1983-1996	1980-1996	HS	McClatchy (Sacramento,CA)
1980	1	26	Jeff Williams	Baltimore Orioles	OF	OF	6-0	175	L	L	1962-09-10	Cincinnati,OH	AAA		1980-1989	HS	Princeton (Cincinnati,OH)
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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.