2001 Major League Baseball Draft

First Round Selections

Supplemental First Round Selections

Background

The Minnesota Twins selected St. Paul, MN native Joe Mauer with the number one pick in the 2001 draft. The 18-year-old Mauer, a catcher from Cretin-Derham Hall High School in St. Paul, became the seventh Minnesotan to be selected in the first round and the first to be chosen number one overall. The back-stop was a member of the USA Junior National Team and won a gold medal at the world tournament in Taiwan in 1999. He was also a High School football standout as a quarterback and signed a letter of intent to play football at Florida State University before being drafted.

Right-handed pitcher Mark Prior of the University of Southern California was selected by the Chicago Cubs with the second overall pick in the draft. Prior, who was previously selected in the supplemental first round of the 1998 draft by the Yankees, was the first college player chosen in the 2001 draft. Prior won numerous National Player of the Year awards after going 15-1 with a 1.69 ERA and 202 strikeouts to lead the Trojans to a College World Series berth in his junior year.^[1]

Right-handed All-Star starting pitcher Dan Haren was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2nd Round.

Right-handed power hitter Dan Uggla was drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 11th Round.

Left-handed power hitter Ryan Howard was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 5th Round.

Left-handed All-Star starting pitcher Zach Duke was drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 20th Round.

Joe Mauer's older brother; Jake Mauer was also selected by the Minnesota Twins in the 23rd round.

External links

• Complete draft list from The Baseball Cube database

References