1968 Major League Baseball draft

First round selections

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= Baseball Hall of Famer

The following are the first round picks in the 1968 Major League Baseball draft.^[1]

Pick	Player	Team	Position	Hometown/School
1	Tim Foli	New York Mets	SS	Canoga Park, California
2	* Pete Broberg	Oakland Athletics	RHP	Palm Beach, Florida
3	Marty Cott	Houston Astros	C	Buffalo, New York
4	Thurman Munson	New York Yankees	C	Kent State University
5	Bobby Valentine	Los Angeles Dodgers	OF	Stamford, Connecticut
6	Robert Weaver	Cleveland Indians	SS	Jacksonville, Florida
7	Curtis Moore	Atlanta Braves	OF	Denison, Texas
8	Don Castle	Washington Senators	LHP	Coldwater, Mississippi
9	Dick Sharon	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF	Redwood City, California
10	Junior Kennedy	Baltimore Orioles	SS	Arvin, California
11	Greg Luzinski	Philadelphia Phillies	1B	Prospect Heights, Illinois
12	Lloyd Allen	California Angels	RHP	Selma, California
13	Tim Grant	Cincinnati Reds	RHP	Boykins, Virginia
14	Rich McKinney	Chicago White Sox	SS	Ohio University
15	Ralph Rickey	Chicago Cubs	OF	University of Oklahoma
16	Alex Rowell	Minnesota Twins	OF	Luther College
17	Gary Matthews	San Francisco Giants	OF	Pacoima, California
18	Robert Robinson	Detroit Tigers	OF	Chester, Virginia
19	James Hairston	St. Louis Cardinals	OF	Dayton, Ohio
20	Tom Maggard	Boston Red Sox	OF-C	Norwalk, California

* Did not sign

Background

The Los Angeles Dodgers laid the groundwork for their championship clubs of the 1970s with an outstanding draft. Among the players the Dodgers selected were: Dave Lopes (2nd round) in the January secondary phase, Bill Buckner (2nd round), Joe Ferguson (6th round), Tom Paciorek(40th round), and Doyle Alexander (42nd round) in the June regular phase; and Steve Garvey (1st round) and Ron Cey (3rd round) in the June secondary phase.

The Dodgers didn't grab all the talent. Other draftees included Al Bumbry (Baltimore), Thurman Munson (Yankees), Greg Luzinski (Philadelphia) and Gary Matthews (San Francisco). The biggest steal of the June draft was Cecil Cooper, chosen in the 6th round by the Boston Red Sox.

The 1968 June draft also included the four expansion teams that began play in 1969. Montreal, San Diego, Kansas City and Seattle began the selection process at the end of the fourth round of the regular phase.^[2]

Notes

↑ "MLB First Round Draft Picks – 1968". Retrieved 2008-07-27.
↑ "Background on the 1968 MLB Draft". Archived from the original on 14 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-27.

External links

Complete draft list from The Baseball Cube database

References

Preceded by Ron Blomberg	1st Overall Picks Tim Foli	Succeeded by Jeff Burroughs

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

Rule 5 drafts	Historical results

Expansion drafts	1960 1961 1968 1976 1992 1997

1968 MLB season by team

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1968 MLB draft 1968 All-Star Game 1968 World Series 1968 MLB expansion draft

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