1978 Baltimore Orioles Draft Picks

5 Major Leaguer(s) were drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1978 draft: Sheets (2), Ripken (2), Bonner (3), Boddicker (6), Welchel (7)

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1978 Baltimore Orioles 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	22	Robert Boyce	3B	Deer Park HS (OH)	A+
2	29	Larry Sheets	OF	Robert E. Lee HS (VA)	MLB	2284	98	5	94	339	6	.266
2	35	Edwin Hook	P	Point Loma HS (CA)	AA
2	48	Cal Ripken	3B	Aberdeen HS (MD)	MLB	11551	603	44	431	1695	36	.276
2	50	Cecil Whitehead	OF	Valdosta State	A+
3	74	Bobby Bonner	SS	Texas A&M	MLB	108	5	1	0	8	1	.194
4	100	Tim Norris	P	Archbishop Curl HS (MD)	AA
5	126	Tony Herron	P	Sanger HS (CA)	AAA
6	152	Mike Boddicker	P	Iowa	MLB	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	134-116	309	3	2124	1330	3.80
7	178	Don Welchel	P	Sam Houston State	MLB								1-2	0	0	31	19	5.81
8	204	Scott Collins	SS	Plymouth-Canton HS (OH)	A-
9	230	Kurt Fabrizio	1B	Edmonds CC	AA
10	256	Brooks Carey	OF	Florida State	AAA
11	282	Robin Dreizler	C	Redondo Union HS (CA)	A-
12	308	Charles Salagan	p	St. Clair County CC	A+
13	334	William Purdy	p	Niagara	A+
14	360	Jim Loftin	p	South Alabama	Rk
15	386	John Mortillaro	p	Smithtown East HS (NY)	AA
16	412	Michael Byars	SS	Canyon HS (CA)	Rk
17	438	James Deimonico	OF		-
18	463	Marion Thackston	p	Huntington HS (WV)	Rk
19	487	William Butler	SS	Rossville HS (GA)	A+
June-Sec
1	22	Juan Corey	C	Miami-Dade College	A+
Jan-Reg
1	21	Kenny Kurtz	P	Seminole CC	-
2	47	Daniel Keck	OF	Central Arizona Coll	A-
3	73	David Jensen	P	Edmonds CC	-
4	98	Stanley Hendrickson	OF-1B	CC of Philadelphia	A+
5	121	George Paul	P	State College of Flo	Rk
6	142	Curt Kowalski	P	Seminole CC	-
7	161	Ted Dixon	P	Angelina College	-
8	176	John Wood	3B	Abraham Baldwin Agri	-
9	190	Charles Proviano	SS	Triton College	Rk
10	202	Robert Pigford	P	CC of Philadelphia	-
Jan-Sec
1	3	Eduardo Rodriguez	SS	Miami-Dade College	AA
2	29	Mark Bolton	P	Cerritos College	-
3	53	Lawrence Davila	P	San Diego CC	-

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