1998 Major League Baseball Draft
The 1998 First-Year Player Draft, Major League Baseball's annual amateur draft of high school and college baseball players, was held on June 2 and 3, 1998. A total of 1445 players were drafted over the course of 50 rounds.
First round selections
| Pick |
Player |
Team |
Position |
School |
| 1 |
Pat Burrell |
Philadelphia Phillies |
1B |
University Of Miami |
| 2 |
Mark Mulder |
Oakland Athletics |
P |
Michigan State University |
| 3 |
Corey Patterson |
Chicago Cubs |
OF |
Harrison HS (Kennesaw, GA) |
| 4 |
Jeff Austin |
Kansas City Royals |
P |
Stanford University |
| 5 |
J. D. Drew |
St. Louis Cardinals |
OF |
Florida State University |
| 6 |
Ryan Mills |
Minnesota Twins |
P |
Arizona State University |
| 7 |
Austin Kearns |
Cincinnati Reds |
OF |
Lafayette HS (Lexington, KY) |
| 8 |
Felipe López |
Toronto Blue Jays |
3B |
Lake Brantley HS (Altamonte Springs, FL) |
| 9 |
Sean Burroughs |
San Diego Padres |
3B |
Woodrow Wilson Classical HS (Long Beach, CA) |
| 10 |
Carlos Peña |
Texas Rangers |
1B |
Northeastern University |
| 11 |
Josh McKinley |
Montreal Expos |
SS |
Malvern Prep (Malvern, PA) |
| 12 |
Adam Everett |
Boston Red Sox |
SS |
University of South Carolina |
| 13 |
J.M. Gold |
Milwaukee Brewers |
P |
Toms River HS North (Toms River, NJ) |
| 14 |
Jeff Weaver |
Detroit Tigers |
P |
Fresno State University |
| 15 |
Clint Johnston |
Pittsburgh Pirates |
1B |
Vanderbilt University |
| 16 |
Kip Wells |
Chicago White Sox |
P |
Baylor University |
| 17 |
Brad Lidge |
Houston Astros |
P |
University of Notre Dame |
| 18 |
Seth Etherton |
Anaheim Angels |
P |
University of Southern California |
| 19 |
Tony Torcato |
San Francisco Giants |
OF |
Woodland HS (Woodland, CA) |
| 20 |
CC Sabathia |
Cleveland Indians |
P |
Vallejo HS (Vallejo, CA) |
| 21 |
Jason Tyner |
New York Mets |
OF |
Texas A&M University |
| 22 |
Matt Thornton |
Seattle Mariners |
P |
Grand Valley State University |
| 23 |
Bubba Crosby |
Los Angeles Dodgers |
OF |
Rice University |
| 24 |
Andy Brown |
New York Yankees |
OF |
Richmond HS (Richmond, IN) |
| 25 |
Nate Bump |
San Francisco Giants |
P |
Penn State University |
| 26 |
Rick Elder |
Baltimore Orioles |
OF |
Sprayberry HS (Sprayberry, GA) |
| 27 |
Chip Ambres |
Florida Marlins |
OF |
West Brook HS (Beaumont, TX) |
| 28 |
Matt Roney |
Colorado Rockies |
P |
Edmond North HS (Edmond, OK) |
| 29 |
Arturo McDowell |
San Francisco Giants |
OF |
Forest Hill Community HS (West Palm Beach, FL) |
| 30 |
Matt Burch |
Kansas City Royals |
P |
Virginia Commonwealth University |
Supplemental first round selections
Other notable players
- Gerald Laird, 2nd round, 45th overall
- Adam Dunn, 2nd round, 50th overall
- Brandon Inge, 2nd round, 57th overall
- Aubrey Huff, 5th round, 162nd overall
- Bill Hall, 6th round, 176th overall
- Matt Holliday, 7th round, 210th overall
- Eric Byrnes, 8th round, 225th overall
- Jack Wilson, 9th round, 258th overall
- Morgan Ensberg, 9th round, 272nd overall
- Juan Pierre, 13th round, 390th overall
- Eric Hinske, 17th round, 496th overall
- B.J. Ryan, 17th round, 500th overall
- Mark Buehrle, 38th round, 1139th overall
Future major leaguers Barry Zito (3rd round, 83rd overall), Mark Teixeira (9th round, 265th overall), J.J. Putz (17th round, 499th overall), Cliff Lee (20th round, 609th overall), Bobby Crosby (34th round, 1021st overall), and Mike Jacobs (48th round, 1412th overall) were also selected during this draft, but did not sign with the teams that selected them. Zito, Putz, and Jacobs were subsequently drafted for the last time in 1999, Lee in 2000, Teixeira and Crosby in 2001, and Braun in 2003.
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