1980 Major League Baseball draft

1980 MLB draft
Picks
Date(s)	June 1980
First selection	Darryl Strawberry New York Mets
First round selections	26
Overall selections	832

First round selections

= All-Star

= Baseball Hall of Famer

The following are the first round picks in the 1980 Major League Baseball draft.^[1]

Pick	Player	Team	Position	Hometown/School
1	Darryl Strawberry	New York Mets	Outfield	Crenshaw High School
2	Garry Harris	Toronto Blue Jays	Shortstop	Hoover High School
3	Ken Dayley	Atlanta Braves	Pitcher	University of Portland
4	Mike King	Oakland Athletics	Pitcher	Morningside College
5	Jeff Pyburn	San Diego Padres	Outfield	University of Georgia
6	Darnell Coles	Seattle Mariners	Shortstop	Eisenhower High School
7	Jessie Reid	San Francisco Giants	First Base	Lynwood High School
8	Cecil Espy	Chicago White Sox	Outfield	Point Loma High School
9	Ross Jones	Los Angeles Dodgers	Shortstop	Miami Hurricanes
10	Kelly Gruber	Cleveland Indians	Shortstop	Westlake High School
11	Don Schulze	Chicago Cubs	Pitcher	Lake Park High School
12	Jeff Reed	Minnesota Twins	Catcher	Joliet West High School
13	Henry Powell	Philadelphia Phillies	Catcher	Pine Forest High School
14	Tim Maki	Texas Rangers	Pitcher	Carrol High School
15	Don Collins	St. Louis Cardinals	Pitcher	Ferguson High School
16	Frank Wills	Kansas City Royals	Pitcher	Tulane University
17	Dennis Rasmussen	California Angels^{[Compensation 1]}	Pitcher	Creighton University
18	Glenn Wilson	Detroit Tigers	Third Baseman	Sam Houston State University
19	Ron Robinson	Cincinnati Reds	Pitcher	Woodlake High School
20	Rich Renteria	Pittsburgh Pirates^{[Compensation 2]}	Shortstop	South Gate High School
21	Jim Acker	Atlanta Braves^{[Compensation 3]}	Pitcher	Texas Longhorns
22	Terry Francona	Montreal Expos^{[Compensation 4]}	Outfield	University of Arizona
23	Billy Beane	New York Mets^{[Compensation 5]}	Outfield	Mount Carmel High School
24	John Gibbons	New York Mets^{[Compensation 6]}	Catcher	MacArthur High School
25	Dion James	Milwaukee Brewers	Outfield	McClatchy High School
26	Jeff Williams	Baltimore Orioles	Outfield	Princeton High School

^[2]

Compensation Picks

↑ Pick from Houston Astros as compensation for signing of free agent Nolan Ryan
↑ Pick from California Angels as compensation for signing of free agent Bruce Kison
↑ Pick from Montreal Expos as compensation for signing of free agent Rowland Office
↑ Pick from New York Yankees as compensation for signing of free agent Rudy May
↑ Pick from Pittsburgh Pirates as compensation for signing of free agent Andy Hassler
↑ Pick from Boston Red Sox as compensation for signing of free agent Skip Lockwood

Other notable players

Tim Teufel, 2nd round, 38th overall Minnesota Twins
Dan Plesac, 2nd round, 41st overall St. Louis Cardinals (did not sign)
Dave Miley, 2nd round, 47th overall Cincinnati Reds
Tim Burke†, 2nd round, 49th overall Pittsburgh Pirates
Joe Hesketh, 2nd round, 50th overall Montreal Expos
Danny Tartabull†, 3rd round, 71st overall Cincinnati Reds
Doug Drabek†, 4th round, 87th overall Cleveland Indians (did not sign)
Ricky Horton, 4th round, 92nd overall St. Louis Cardinals
Joe Orsulak, 6th round, 152nd overall Pittsburgh Pirates
Randy Ready, 6th round, 154th overall Milwaukee Brewers
Don Slaught, 7th round, 171st overall Kansas City Royals
Lloyd McClendon, 8th round, 183rd overall New York Mets
Eric Davis†, 8th round, 201st overall Cincinnati Reds
John Farrell, 9th round, 212th overall Oakland Athletics (did not sign)
Craig Lefferts, 9th round, 219th overall Chicago Cubs
Dave Magadan, 12th round, 310th overall Boston Red Sox (did not sign)
Ed Vande Berg, 13th round, 318th overall Seattle Mariners
Terry Steinbach†, 16th round, 400th overall Cleveland Indians (did not sign)
Jim Eisenreich, 16th round, 402nd overall Minnesota Twins
Oil Can Boyd, 16th round, 414th overall Boston Red Sox
Danny Jackson†, 24th round, 599th overall Oakland Athletics (did not sign)
Darren Daulton†, 25th round, 629th overall Philadelphia Phillies
Chris Sabo†, 30th round, 727th overall Montreal Expos (did not sign)
Walt Terrell, 33rd round, 763rd overall Texas Rangers
Rick Aguilera, 37th round, 803rd overall St. Louis Cardinals (did not sign)

† All-Star
‡ Hall of Famer

Football players drafted

Turner Gill, 2nd round, 36th overall by the Chicago White Sox (did not sign)
Kevin House, 19th round, 475th overall by the Chicago White Sox (did not sign)

External links

Complete draft list from The Baseball Cube database

Notes

↑ "MLB First Round Draft Picks - 1980". Retrieved 2008-09-16.
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?year_ID=1980&round=1

References

Preceded by Al Chambers	1st Overall Picks Darryl Strawberry	Succeeded by Mike Moore

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 2017 2018
Rule 5 drafts	Historical results
Expansion drafts	1960 1961 1968 1976 1992 1997

1980 MLB season by team
AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto
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
1980 MLB draft 1980 All-Star Game 1980 World Series

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