List of Oakland Athletics first-round draft picks

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Reggie Jackson (1966) won three World Series titles with the A's and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1993.

The Oakland Athletics (the A's) are a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise based in Oakland, California. They play in the American League West division. The Athletics had played in Philadelphia from 1901 to 1954 and then Kansas City from 1955 to 1967 before moving to Oakland. Since the establishment of the Rule 4 Draft the Athletics have selected 75 players in the first round. Officially known as the "First-Year Player Draft",[1] the Rule 4 Draft is MLB's primary mechanism for assigning players from high schools, colleges, and other amateur clubs to its franchises. The draft order is determined based on the previous season's standings, with the team possessing the worst record receiving the first pick.[1] In addition, teams which lost free agents in the previous off-season may be awarded compensatory or supplementary picks.[2]

Of these 75 players, 34 have been pitchers, the most of any position; 26 of these were right-handed, while 8 were left-handed. 13 outfielders, including one center fielder, and 12 shortstops were selected. The A's have also drafted six catchers, five third basemen, four first basemen, and one second baseman in the first round.[3] Additionally, 22 players came from high schools or universities in the A's home state of California, followed by 10 from Texas and 8 from Florida.[3] They also drafted Ariel Prieto in 1995, who had defected from Cuba the year before.[4] Prieto made his major league debut in 1995, one of 20 players in draft history to go directly to the majors without playing in the minor leagues.[5][6]

Three Athletics' first-round picks have won championships with the franchise. Reggie Jackson (1966) won World Series titles with the team in 1972, 1973, and 1974.[7] Mark McGwire (1984) and Walt Weiss (1985) won with the 1989 championship team.[8][9] Four A's first-round picks have gone on to win the Rookie of the Year Award: McGwire in 1987, Weiss in 1988, Ben Grieve (1994) in 1998, and Huston Street (2004) in 2005.[8][9][10][11] Jackson also won a Most Valuable Player award in 1973, and Barry Zito (1999) won a Cy Young Award in 2002, making them the A's only picks to win these awards.[7][12] Reggie Jackson, elected in 1993, is their only pick in the Baseball Hall of Fame.[7] Although eligible McGwire has not been elected despite over 500 career home runs and briefly holding the single-season home run record (70).[8] Some see McGwire's exclusion as a sign that the Hall is hesitant to elect players suspected of using performance-enhancing drugs as McGwire was suspected of steroid use (he later admitted his use in 2010).[13][14][15] The Athletics have made eighteen selections in the supplemental round of the draft and have made the first overall selection once: in the first draft in 1965.[3][16]

The Athletics have failed to sign three first-round draft picks, although they did not receive a compensation pick for any of them.[3] The first such player not signed was Pete Broberg in 1968. The A's also failed to sign both of their draft picks in 1979, Juan Bustabad and Mike Stenhouse.[17][18] The Athletics have had ten compensatory picks overall since the first draft in 1965.[3] These additional picks are provided when a team loses a particularly valuable free agent in the previous off-season,[2][19][V] or, more recently, if a team fails to sign a draft pick from the previous year.[20]

Key

Year Each year links to an article about that year's Major League Baseball Draft.
Position Indicates the secondary/collegiate position at which the player was drafted, rather than the professional position the player may have gone on to play
Pick Indicates the number of the pick
* Player did not sign with the Athletics
§ Indicates a supplemental pick
† Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
'72, '73, '74 Player was a member of the Athletics' 1972, 1973, and 1974 championship teams
'89 Player was a member of the Athletics' 1989 championship team

Picks

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John Wasdin (1993) is one of six players taken by the A's from the state of Florida.
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Eric Chavez (1996) won six Rawlings Gold Glove Awards while with Oakland.[21]
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Barry Zito (1999) won a Cy Young Award while with the Athletics in 2002.
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Huston Street (2004) is one of four Athletics' first-round draft picks to win the Rookie of the Year Award.
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Travis Buck (2005) is the third player the Athletics have drafted in the first round from Arizona State University, the first since they did so back-to-back in the first two years of the draft.
Year Name Position School (location) Pick Ref
1965 Rick Monday Outfielder Arizona State University
(Tempe, Arizona)		 1 [22]
1966 Reggie Jackson† '72, '73, '74 Outfielder Arizona State University
(Tempe, Arizona)		 2 [23]
1967 Brian Bickerton Left-handed pitcher Santana High School
(Santee, California)		 7 [24]
1968 Pete Broberg* Right-handed pitcher Palm Beach High School
(Palm Beach, Florida)		 2 [25]
1969 Don Stanhouse Right-handed pitcher DeQuoin High School
(DuQuoin, Illinois)		 9 [26]
1970 Dan Ford Outfielder Fremont High School
(Los Angeles, California)		 18 [27]
1971 William Daniels Right-handed pitcher Mackenzie High School
(Detroit, Michigan)		 17 [28]
1972 Chet Lemon Shortstop Fremont High School
(Los Angeles, California)		 22 [29]
1973 Randy Scarbery Right-handed pitcher University of Southern California
(Los Angeles, California)		 23 [30]
1974 Jerry Johnson Catcher McCallum High School
(Austin, Texas)		 22 [31]
1975 Bruce Robinson Catcher Stanford University
(Stanford, California)		 21 [32]
1976 Thomas Sullivan Right-handed pitcher Garfield High School
(Woodbridge, Virginia)		 24 [33]
1977 Craig Harris Right-handed pitcher Buena High School
(Sierra Vista, Arizona)		 18 [34]
1978 Mike Morgan Right-handed pitcher Valley High School
(Las Vegas, Nevada)		 4 [35]
1978 Tim Conroy Left-handed pitcher Gateway Senior High School
(Monroeville, Pennsylvania)		 20[a] [35]
1979 Juan Bustabad* Shortstop Miami Lakes High School
(Hialeah, Florida)		 5 [36]
1979 Mike Stenhouse* Outfielder Harvard University
(Cambridge, Massachusetts)		 26[b] [36]
1980 Mike King Left-handed pitcher Morningside College
(Sioux City, Iowa)		 4 [37]
1981 Tim Pyznarski Third baseman Eastern Illinois University
(Charleston, Illinois)		 15 [38]
1982 no first-round pick[c] [3]
1983 Stan Hilton Right-handed pitcher Baylor University
(Waco, Texas)		 5 [39]
1984 Mark McGwire '89 First baseman University of Southern California
(Los Angeles, California)		 10 [40]
1985 Walt Weiss '89 Shortstop University of North Carolina
(Chapel Hill, North Carolina)		 11 [41]
1986 Scott Hemond Catcher University of South Florida
(Tampa, Florida)		 12 [42]
1987 Lee Tinsley Outfielder Shelby County High School
(Shelbyville, Kentucky)		 11 [43]
1988 Stan Royer Catcher Eastern Illinois University
(Charleston, Illinois)		 16 [44]
1989 no first-round pick[d] [3]
1990 Todd Van Poppel Right-handed pitcher Martin High School
(Arlington, Texas)		 14[e] [45]
1990 Don Peters Right-handed pitcher St. Francis College
(Joliet, Illinois)		 26 [45]
1990 David Zancanaro Left-handed pitcher UCLA
(Los Angeles, California)		 34§[f] [45]
1990 Kirk Dressendorfer Right-handed pitcher University of Texas
(Austin, Texas)		 36§[g] [45]
1991 Brent Gates Shortstop University of Minnesota
(Minneapolis, Minnesota)		 26 [46]
1991 Mike Rossiter Right-handed pitcher Burrough High School
(Burbank, California)		 38§[h] [46]
1992 Benji Grigsby Right-handed pitcher San Diego State University
(San Diego, California)		 20 [47]
1993 John Wasdin Right-handed pitcher Florida State University
(Tallahassee, Florida)		 25 [48]
1993 Willie Adams Right-handed pitcher Stanford University
(Stanford, California)		 36§[i] [48]
1994 Ben Grieve Outfielder Martin High School
(Arlington, Texas)		 2 [49]
1995 Ariel Prieto Right-handed pitcher Fajardo University
(Santiago de Cuba, Cuba)		 5 [5][50]
1996 Eric Chavez Third baseman Mount Carmel High School
(San Diego, California)		 10 [50]
1997 Chris Enochs Right-handed pitcher West Virginia University
(Morgantown, West Virginia)		 11 [51]
1997 Eric DuBose Left-handed pitcher Mississippi State University
(Mississippi State, Mississippi)		 21[j] [51]
1997 Nathan Haynes Outfielder Pinole Valley High School
(Pinole, California)		 32§[k] [51]
1997 Denny Wagner Right-handed pitcher Virginia Tech
(Blacksburg, Virginia)		 42§[l] [51]
1998 Mark Mulder Left-handed pitcher Michigan State University
(East Lansing, Michigan)		 2 [52]
1999 Barry Zito Left-handed pitcher University of Southern California
(Los Angeles, California)		 9 [53]
2000 no first-round pick[m] [3]
2001 Bobby Crosby Shortstop Long Beach State University
(Long Beach, California)		 25 [54]
2001 Jeremy Bonderman Right-handed pitcher Pasco High School
(Pasco, Washington)		 26[n] [54]
2001 John Rheinecker Left-handed pitcher Missouri State University
(Springfield, Missouri)		 37§[o] [54]
2002 Nick Swisher First baseman Ohio State University
(Columbus, Ohio)		 16[p] [55]
2002 Joe Blanton Right-handed pitcher University of Kentucky
(Lexington, Kentucky)		 24[q] [55]
2002 John McCurdy Shortstop University of Maryland
(College Park, Maryland)		 26 [55]
2002 Ben Fritz Right-handed pitcher Fresno State University
(Fresno, California)		 30[r] [55]
2002 Jeremy Brown Catcher University of Alabama
(Tuscaloosa, Alabama)		 35§[s] [55]
2002 Stephen Obenchain Right-handed pitcher University of Evansville
(Evansville, Indiana)		 37§[t] [55]
2002 Mark Teahen Third baseman St. Mary's College of California
(Moraga, California)		 39§[u] [55]
2003 Bradley Sullivan Right-handed pitcher University of Houston
(Houston, Texas)		 25 [56]
2003 Brian Snyder Third baseman Stetson University
(DeLand, Florida)		 26[v] [56]
2003 Omar Quintanilla Shortstop University of Texas
(Austin, Texas)		 33§[w] [56]
2004 Landon Powell Catcher University of South Carolina
(Columbia, South Carolina)		 24[x] [57]
2004 Richard Robnett Outfielder Fresno State University
(Fresno, California)		 26 [57]
2004 Danny Putnam Outfielder Stanford University
(Stanford, California)		 36§[y] [57]
2004 Huston Street Right-handed pitcher University of Texas
(Austin, Texas)		 40§[z] [57]
2005 Cliff Pennington Shortstop Texas A&M University
(College Station, Texas)		 21 [58]
2005 Travis Buck Outfielder Arizona State University
(Tempe, Arizona)		 36§[aa] [58]
2006 no first-round pick[ab] [3]
2007 James Simmons Right-handed pitcher University of California, Riverside
(Riverside, California)		 26 [59]
2007 Sean Doolittle First baseman University of Virginia
(Charlottesville, Virginia)		 41§[ac] [59]
2007 Corey Brown Outfielder Oklahoma State University
(Stillwater, Oklahoma)		 59§[ad] [59]
2008 Jemile Weeks Second baseman University of Miami
(Coral Gables, Florida)		 12 [60]
2009 Grant Green Shortstop University of Southern California
(Los Angeles, California)		 13 [61]
2010 Michael Choice Center fielder University of Texas, Arlington
(Arlington, Texas)		 10 [62]
2011 Sonny Gray Right-handed pitcher Vanderbilt University
(Nashville, Tennessee)		 18 [63]
2012 Addison Russell Shortstop Pace High School
(Pace, Florida)		 11 [64]
2012 Daniel Robertson Shortstop Upland High School
(Upland, California)		 34§[ae] [64]
2012 Matt Olson First baseman Parkview High School
(Lilburn, Georgia)		 47§[af] [64]
2013 Billy McKinney Outfielder Plano West Senior High School
(Plano, Texas)		 24 [65]
2014 Matt Chapman Third baseman California State University
(Fullerton, California)		 25 [66]
2015 Richie Martin Shortstop University of Florida
(Gainesville, Florida)		 20 [67]

See also

Footnotes

  • V Free agents are evaluated by the Elias Sports Bureau and rated "Type A", "Type B", or not compensation-eligible. If a team offers arbitration to a player but that player refuses and subsequently signs with another team, the original team may receive additional draft picks. If a "Type A" free agent leaves in this way his previous team receives a supplemental pick and a compensation pick from the team with which he signs. If a "Type B" free agent leaves in this way his previous team receives only a supplemental pick.[20]
  • a The Athletics gained a compensatory first-round pick in 1978 from the Texas Rangers as compensation for losing free agent Mike Jorgensen.[35]
  • b The Athletics gained a compensatory first-round pick in 1979 from the Boston Red Sox as compensation for losing free agent Steve Renko.[36]
  • c The Athletics lost their first-round pick in 1982 to the Boston Red Sox as compensation for signing free agent Joe Rudi.[68]
  • d The Athletics lost their first-round pick in 1989 to the Seattle Mariners as compensation for signing free agent Mike Moore.[69]
  • e The Athletics gained a compensatory first-round pick in 1990 from the Milwaukee Brewers as compensation for losing free agent Dave Parker.[45]
  • f The Athletics gained a supplemental first-round pick in 1990 for losing free agent Storm Davis.[45]
  • g The Athletics gained a supplemental first-round pick in 1990 for losing free agent Dave Parker.[45]
  • h The Athletics gained a supplemental first-round pick in 1991 for losing free agent Willie McGee.[46]
  • i The Athletics gained a supplemental first-round pick in 1993 for losing free agent Dave Stewart.[48]
  • j The Athletics gained a compensatory first-round pick in 1997 from the Baltimore Orioles as compensation for losing free agent Mike Bordick.[51]
  • k The Athletics gained a supplemental first-round pick in 1997 for losing free agent Mike Bordick.[51]
  • l The Athletics gained a supplemental first-round pick in 1997 for losing free agent Mike Bordick.[51]
  • m The Athletics lost their first-round pick in 2000 to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim as compensation for signing free agent Mike Magnante.[70]
  • n The Athletics gained a compensatory first-round pick in 2001 from the New York Mets as compensation for losing free agent Kevin Appier.[54]
  • o The Athletics gained a supplemental first-round pick in 2001 for losing free agent Kevin Appier.[54]
  • p The Athletics gained a compensatory first-round pick in 2002 from the Boston Red Sox as compensation for losing free agent Johnny Damon.[55]
  • q The Athletics gained a compensatory first-round pick in 2002 from the New York Yankees as compensation for losing free agent Jason Giambi.[55]
  • r The Athletics gained a compensatory first-round pick in 2002 from the St. Louis Cardinals as compensation for losing free agent Jason Isringhausen.[55]
  • s The Athletics gained a supplemental first-round pick in 2002 for losing free agent Jason Giambi.[55]
  • t The Athletics gained a supplemental first-round pick in 2002 for losing free agent Jason Isringhausen.[55]
  • u The Athletics gained a supplemental first-round pick in 2002 for losing free agent Johnny Damon.[55]
  • v The Athletics gained a compensatory first-round pick in 2003 from the San Francisco Giants as compensation for losing free agent Ray Durham.[56]
  • w The Athletics gained a supplemental first-round pick in 2003 for losing free agent Ray Durham.[56]
  • x The Athletics gained a compensatory first-round pick in 2004 from the Boston Red Sox as compensation for losing free agent Keith Foulke.[57]
  • y The Athletics gained a supplemental first-round pick in 2004 for losing free agent Keith Foulke.[57]
  • z The Athletics gained a supplemental first-round pick in 2004 for losing free agent Miguel Tejada.[57]
  • aa The Athletics gained a supplemental first-round pick in 2005 for losing free agent Damian Miller.[58]
  • ab The Athletics lost their first-round pick in 2006 to the Washington Nationals as compensation for losing free agent Esteban Loaiza.[71]
  • ac The Athletics gained a supplemental first-round pick in 2007 for losing free agent Frank Thomas.[59]
  • ad The Athletics gained a supplemental first-round pick in 2007 for losing free agent Barry Zito.[59]
  • ae The Athletics gained a supplemental first-round pick in 2007 for losing free agent Josh Willingham.[59]
  • af The Athletics gained a supplemental first-round pick in 2007 for losing free agent David DeJesus.[59]

References

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