1976 Major League Baseball draft

First round selections

= All-Star

= Baseball Hall of Famer

The following are the first round picks in the 1976 Major League Baseball draft.^[1]

Pick	Player	Team	Position	Hometown/School
1	Floyd Bannister	Houston Astros	LHP	Arizona State University
2	Pat Underwood	Detroit Tigers	LHP	Kokomo, IN
3	Ken Smith	Atlanta Braves	3B	Youngstown, OH
4	Bill Bordley	Milwaukee Brewers	LHP	Rolling Hills Estates, CA
5	Bob Owchinko	San Diego Padres	LHP	Eastern Michigan University
6	Ken Landreaux	California Angels	OF	Arizona State University
7	Herm Segelke	Chicago Cubs	RHP	South Sacramento, CA
8	Steve Trout	Chicago White Sox	LHP	South Holland, IL
9	Bob James	Montreal Expos	RHP	Sunland, CA
10	Jamie Allen	Minnesota Twins	3B-RHP	Yakima, WA
11	Mark Kuecker	San Francisco Giants	SS	Brenham, TX
12	Billy Simpson	Texas Rangers	OF	Lakewood, CA
13	Tom Thurberg	New York Mets	OF-RHP	South Weymouth, MA
14	Tim Glass	Cleveland Indians	C	Springfield, OH
15	Leon Durham	St. Louis Cardinals	1B	Cincinnati, OH
16	Pat Tabler	New York Yankees	OF	Cincinnati, OH
17	Jeff Kraus	Philadelphia Phillies	SS	Cincinnati, OH
18	Ben Grzybek	Kansas City Royals	RHP	Hialeah, FL
19	Mike Scioscia	Los Angeles Dodgers	C	Morton, PA
20	Dallas Williams	Baltimore Orioles	OF	Brooklyn, NY
21	Jim Parke	Pittsburgh Pirates	RHP	Sterling Heights, MI
22	Bruce Hurst	Boston Red Sox	LHP	St. George, UT
23	Mark King	Cincinnati Reds	RHP	Owensboro, KY
24	* Mike Sullivan	Oakland Athletics	RHP	Woodbridge, VA

* Did not sign

Background

The 1976 Arizona State University team, considered by many to be the best collegiate team ever, played a major role in the draft. Floyd Bannister was picked number one by the Astros while Ken Landreaux was selected sixth by the Angels. In all, 12 players from that team went on to play in the majors.

Bannister and Landreaux anchored a June draft that was one of the most talented ever. The first 10 selections went on to play in the big leagues. Among those picked in the June draft were Rickey Henderson (Oakland), Alan Trammell (Detroit), Wade Boggs (Boston), Jack Morris (Detroit), Dan Petry (Detroit), Bruce Hurst (Boston), Steve Trout (Chicago White Sox), Leon Durham (St. Louis), and Pat Tabler (New York Yankees).

Willie McGee (Chicago White Sox) and Ozzie Smith (Detroit) were selected in the seventh round but did not sign. In the January phase, Steve Kemp of Southern California was picked first by the Tigers and Jody Davis was picked third by the Mets.

Other notable players

Bobby Bonner

External links

Complete draft list from The Baseball Cube database

Notes

↑ "MLB First Round Draft Picks - 1976". Retrieved 2008-10-28.

References

Preceded by Danny Goodwin	1st Overall Picks Floyd Bannister	Succeeded by Harold Baines

Major League Baseball drafts

First-year player drafts	1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Rule 5 drafts	Historical results

Expansion drafts	1960 1961 1968 1976 1992 1997

1976 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York

AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

1976 All-Star Game 1976 World Series

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