John Austin [John K. Austin] was drafted by a Major League organization but does not have any statistics listed below. Austin was born in McLeansville, North Carolina. He played his high school baseball for the Northeast Guilford High School Rams in McLeansville, North Carolina. He was drafted and signed in the 3rd round (66th overall) of the 1969 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft by the Baltimore Orioles in the January Secondary Phase. He was also drafted in the 22nd round of the 1967 Draft by the Kansas City Athletics but did not sign.