1971 Major League Baseball draft

First round selections

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The following are the first round picks in the 1971 Major League Baseball draft.^[1]

Pick	Player	Team	Position	Hometown/School
1	* Danny Goodwin	Chicago White Sox	C	Peoria, IL
2	Jay Franklin	San Diego Padres	RHP	Vienna, VA
3	Tommy Bianco	Milwaukee Brewers	SS	Elmont, NY
4	* Condredge Holloway	Montreal Expos	SS	Huntsville, AL
5	Roy Branch	Kansas City Royals	RHP	St. Louis, MO
6	Roy Thomas	Philadelphia Phillies	RHP	Lompoc, CA
7	Roger Quiroga	Washington Senators	RHP	Galveston, TX
8	Ed Kurpiel	St. Louis Cardinals	1B	Hollis, NY
9	David Sloan	Cleveland Indians	RHP	Santa Clara, CA
10	Taylor Duncan	Atlanta Braves	SS	Sacramento, CA
11	Tom Veryzer	Detroit Tigers	SS	Islip, NY
12	Frank Tanana	California Angels	LHP	Detroit, MI
13	Neil Rasmussen	Houston Astros	SS	Arcadia, CA
14	Rich Puig	New York Mets	2B	Tampa, FL
15	Jim Rice	Boston Red Sox	OF	Anderson, SC
16	Jeff Wehmeir	Chicago Cubs	RHP	Indianapolis, IN
17	William "Sugar Bear" Daniels	Oakland Athletics	RHP	Detroit, MI
18	Frank Riccelli	San Francisco Giants	LHP	Syracuse, NY
19	Terry Whitfield	New York Yankees	OF	Blythe, CA
20	Rick Rhoden	Los Angeles Dodgers	RHP	Boynton Beach, FL
21	Dale Soderholm	Minnesota Twins	SS	Miami, FL
22	Craig Reynolds	Pittsburgh Pirates	SS	Houston, TX
23	Randy Stein	Baltimore Orioles	RHP	Pomona, CA
24	* Mike Miley	Cincinnati Reds	SS	New Orleans, LA

* Did not sign

Background

The June 1971 draft was a productive one, even though none of its top ten choices yielded players who would have memorable major league careers. Selected in the regular phase were future all-stars Jim Rice (Boston, 1st round), Frank Tanana (California, 1st round), George Brett (Kansas City, 2nd round), Ron Guidry (New York Yankees, 3rd round), Rick Rhoden (Los Angeles, 1st round), Mike Schmidt (Philadelphia, 2nd round) and Keith Hernandez (St. Louis, 42nd round). In the secondary phase, Burt Hooton (Chicago Cubs, 1st round), Steve Rogers (Montreal, 1st round) and Steve Busby (Kansas City, 2nd round) were chosen.

Pitcher Mike Flanagan was selected in the 15th round of the June regular phase by Houston, but enrolled at the University of Massachusetts. One of the more interesting highlights of the June draft was that five quarterbacks were selected including future NFL stars Archie Manning, Steve Bartkowski and Joe Theismann. Danny Goodwin, the nation's top pick, couldn't agree to terms with the White Sox and became the first top choice who did not sign a contract.

Other notable players

Condredge Holloway went on to have a career in the Canadian Football League, where he was awarded Most Outstanding Player while playing for the Toronto Argonauts

External links

Complete draft list from The Baseball Cube database

Notes

↑ "MLB First Round Draft Picks - 1971". Retrieved 2008-10-28.

References

Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles, eds. (1997). The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball (2nd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-9637189-8-3.

Preceded by Mike Ivie	1st Overall Picks Danny Goodwin	Succeeded by Dave Roberts

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