1984 Major League Baseball draft

1984 MLB draft
Picks
Date(s)	June 1984
First selection	Shawn Abner New York Mets
First round selections	28
Overall selections	839

First round selections

= All-Star

= Baseball Hall of Famer

The following are the first round picks in the 1984 Major League Baseball draft.^[1]

Pick	Player	Team	Position	Hometown/School
1	Shawn Abner	New York Mets	Outfield	Mechanicsburg Area High School
2	Bill Swift	Seattle Mariners	Pitcher	University of Maine
3	Drew Hall	Chicago Cubs	Pitcher	Morehead State University
4	Cory Snyder	Cleveland Indians	Shortstop	Brigham Young University
5	Pat Pacillo	Cincinnati Reds	Pitcher	Seton Hall University
6	Erik Pappas	California Angels	Catcher	Mount Carmel High School
7	Mike Dunne	St. Louis Cardinals	Pitcher	Bradley University
8	Jay Bell	Minnesota Twins	Shortstop	Gonzalez Tate High School
9	Alan Cockrell	San Francisco Giants	Outfield	University of Tennessee
10	Mark McGwire	Oakland Athletics	First Base	University of Southern California
11	Shane Mack	San Diego Padres	Outfield	UCLA Bruins
12	Oddibe McDowell	Texas Rangers	Outfield	Arizona State University
13	Bob Caffrey	Montreal Expos	Catcher	California State University, Fullerton
14	John Marzano	Boston Red Sox	Catcher	Temple Owls
15	Kevin Andersh	Pittsburgh Pirates	Pitcher	University of New Mexico
16	Scott Bankhead	Kansas City Royals	Pitcher	North Carolina Tar Heels
17	Don August	Houston Astros	Pitcher	Chapman University
18	Isaiah Clark	Milwaukee Brewers	Shortstop	Crockett High School
19	Drew Denson	Atlanta Braves	First Base	Purcell Marian High School
20	Tony Menéndez	Chicago White Sox	Pitcher	American High School
21	Pete Smith	Philadelphia Phillies	Pitcher	Burlington High School
22	Jeff Pries	New York Yankees	Pitcher	UCLA Bruins
23	Dennis Livingston	Los Angeles Dodgers	Pitcher	Oklahoma State University
24	Terry Mulholland	San Francisco Giants	Pitcher	Marietta College
25	John Hoover	Baltimore Orioles	Pitcher	Fresno State University
26	David Jerore	Cincinnati Reds	Pitcher	Aquinas High School
27	Gary Green	San Diego Padres	Shortstop	Oklahoma State University
28	Norm Charlton	Montreal Expos	Pitcher	Rice University

^[2]

Other notable players

Jeff Blauser, 1st round (secondary phase), 4th overall by the Atlanta Braves
Greg Maddux, 2nd round, 31st overall by the Chicago Cubs
John Farrell, 2nd round, 32nd overall by the Cleveland Indians
Tom Glavine, 2nd round, 47th overall by the Atlanta Braves
Marvin Freeman, 2nd round, 49th overall by the Philadelphia Phillies
Al Leiter, 2nd round, 50th overall by the New York Yankees
Ken Caminiti, 3rd round, 71st overall by the Houston Astros
Greg Myers, 3rd round, 74th overall by the Toronto Blue Jays
Dwight Smith, 3rd round (secondary phase), 62nd overall by the Chicago Cubs
Mike Henneman, 4th round, 104th overall by the Detroit Tigers
Jamie Moyer, 6th round, 135th overall by the Chicago Cubs
Lance Johnson, 6th round, 139th overall by the St. Louis Cardinals
Todd Burns, 7th round, 168th overall by the Oakland Athletics
Jody Reed, 8th round, 198th overall by the Boston Red Sox
John Vander Wal, 8th round, 201st overall by the Houston Astros, but did not sign
Rich Rodriguez, 9th round, 211th overall by the New York Mets
John Wetteland, 12th round, 289th overall by the New York Mets, but did not sign
Jeff Brantley, 13th round, 327th overall by the Montreal Expos, but did not sign
John Jaha, 14th round, 358th overall by the Milwaukee Brewers
Chuck Finley, 15th round, 372nd overall by the California Angels, but did not sign
Darren Holmes, 16th round, 415th overall by the Los Angeles Dodgers
Dante Bichette, 17th round, 424th overall by the California Angels
Gene Larkin, 20th round, 504th overall by the Minnesota Twins
Jack McDowell, 20th round, 510th overall by the Boston Red Sox, but did not sign
Jeff Fassero, 22nd round, 554th overall by the St. Louis Cardinals
Jeff Nelson, 22nd round, 569th overall by the Los Angeles Dodgers
Mike Devereaux, 26th round, 644th overall by the Cleveland Indians, but did not sign
Don Wakamatsu, 51st round, 839th overall by the New York Yankees, but did not sign

NFL/CFL players drafted

Damon Allen, 7th round, 182nd overall by the Detroit Tigers, but did not sign
Mike Prior, 18th round, 469th overall by the Baltimore Orioles, but did not sign
Rodney Peete, 30th round, 722nd overall by the Toronto Blue Jays, but did not sign

References

↑ "MLB First Round Draft Picks - 1984". Retrieved 2008-09-16.
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?year_ID=1984&round=1

External links

Complete draft list from The Baseball Cube database

Preceded by Tim Belcher	1st Overall Picks Shawn Abner	Succeeded by B.J. Surhoff

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1984 MLB season by team

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AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

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