1996 Atlanta Braves Draft Picks

6 Major Leaguer(s) were drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 1996 draft: Marquis (1), Nelson (4), DeRosa (7), Taylor (11), Hessman (15), Giles (53)

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1996 Atlanta Braves Draft Picks

Rnd	Overall	Player	Pos	Drafted From	HiLvl	AB	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	Avg	W-L	GS	SV	IP	SO	ERA
June-Reg
1	27	A.J. Zapp	1B		AAA
1	35	Jason Marquis	P	Tottenville HS (NY)	MLB	573	30	2	5	53	1	.197	104-98	267	1	1676	974	4.55
2	62	Eric Munson	OF	Mount Carmel HS (CA)	MLB
3	92	Junior Brignac	OF	Cleveland HS (CA)	AA
4	122	Joe Nelson	P	San Francisco	MLB	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	7-2	0	13	152	154	4.38
5	152	Josh Pugh	C	Henry Clay HS (KY)	A+
6	182	Shawn Onley	P	Rice	A+
7	212	Mark DeRosa	3B	Pennsylvania	MLB	3107	169	10	83	424	20	.276
8	242	A.D. Thorpe	SS	Southern HS (NC)	A
9	272	Nathan Harden	P	Dripping Spring HS (TX)	Ind
10	302	Winston Lee	P	Glendale CC	AA
11	332	Aaron Taylor	P	Appalachian State	MLB								0-0	0	0	21	19	8.86
12	362	Greg Ward	OF	Avon HS (CT)	A+
13	392	Jason Ross	OF	Hawaii	AAA
14	422	John Arkire	p	Tennessee	-
15	452	Mike Hessman	1B-p	Mater Dei HS (CA)	MLB	223	8	1	14	33	0	.188
16	482	Ray Beasley	p	Lake City CC	AAA
17	512	Dana Davis	p	Rice	-
18	542	Donald Ceasar	p	Lake Charles HS (LA)	Rk
19	572	Adam Milburn	p	Kentucky	AA
20	602	John Arnold	C	Eastern New Mexico	A
21	632	Jesse Crespo	C	Arizona State	Rk
22	662	Aaron Melebeck	SS	Clear Brook HS (TX)	A-
23	692	Dax Norris	C	Alabama	AAA
24	722	Pat Collins	p	Union HS (NJ)	AA
25	752	Anthony Brooks	SS	Gulf Coast CC	A
26	782	Jason Katz	SS	New Mexico JC	AA
27	812	Aaron Strangfeld	1B	Grossmont College	A-
28	842	Miguel Garcia	p	Cerritos College	-
29	872	Galen Reeder	p	Georgia Perimeter Co	Rk
30	902	Freddy Sanchez	SS	Burbank HS (CA)	MLB
31	932	Adam Love	p	Westlake HS (TX)	-
32	962	Dustin Franklin	p	Permian HS (TX)	-
33	992	Jerrod Wong	1B	Gonzaga	A+
34	1022	Adam Springston	p	Oxnard College	A-
35	1052	Byron Embry	p	Indian Hills CC-Cent	AAA
36	1082	Scott Frawley	Of	South Suburban Colle	Rk
37	1112	Hunter Wenzel	p	Boerne HS (TX)	-
38	1142	Randy Phillips	p	Olney Central Colleg	Rk
39	1172	Jeff Lindemann	p	Andrew HS (IL)	Rk
40	1202	Anthony Barrow	1B	Blazer HS (KY)	-
41	1230	Justin Willoughby	p	Princeton HS (NC)	AAA
42	1258	George Snead	p	Albany State	A
43	1285	Cory Simpson	p	Sumner HS (LA)	A
44	1311	Nathan Fernley	p	Long Beach City Coll	A+
45	1336	John Zydowsky	SS	Portage HS (WI)	Rk
46	1361	Joe Holzbauer	p	Palomar College	Rk
47	1385	Patrick Fuentes	SS	Logan HS (CA)	-
48	1408	Greg Dukeman	p	Millikan HS (CA)	A+
49	1431	Michael Jones	p	California-Riverside	A+
50	1454	Travis Richo	of	Fernandina Beac HS (FL)	-
51	1475	Daniel Bell	of	University HS (CA)	-
52	1494	Brett Pierce	SS	Citrus College	A-
53	1511	Marcus Giles	2B	Granite Hills HS (CA)	MLB	2934	187	16	76	333	70	.277
54	1527	Jeff Champion	of	Florida Memorial	Rk
55	1543	Adam Johnson	of	Central Florida	MLB
56	1558	Bradley Green	SS	South Pittsburg HS (TN)	-
57	1569	Juan Galban	p		-
58	1579	Baylor Moore	p	Friendswood HS (TX)	-
59	1589	Hector Gonzales	C	Scottsdale CC	-
60	1598	Ray Plummer	p	Point Loma Nazarene	A

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