1966 Houston Astros Draft Picks

6 Major Leaguer(s) were drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1966 draft: Twitchell (1), Cook (2), Johnson (5), Stanley (8), Watkins (22), Griffin (1)

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1966 Houston Astros 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	3	Wayne Twitchell	P	Wilson HS (OR)	MLB	260	8	0	0	11	0	.127	48-65	133	2	1063	789	3.98
2	23	Ron Cook	P	Georgia Tech	MLB	25	0	2	0	1	0	.240	4-8	11	2	108	60	4.00
3	43	John D'Auria	P	Arcadia HS (CA)	-
4	63	Elliott Maddox	IF	Union HS (NJ)	MLB
5	83	Cliff Johnson	C	Wheatley HS (TX)	MLB	3945	188	10	196	699	9	.258
6	103	Thomas Koziol	IF	LaSalle HS (FL)	-
7	123	Richard Lynn	IF	Edwardsville HS (IL)	-
8	143	Fred Stanley	IF	Horizon HS (IA)	MLB	1650	38	5	10	120	11	.216
9	163	Sli Harvey	1B	Aransas Pass HS (TX)	-
10	183	J.D. Hill	OF	Edison HS (CA)	-
11	203	John Caruso	P	Franklin K. Lan HS (NY)	-
12	223	Robert Dickman	C	Rutgers	-
13	243	Douglas Hansen	p	Herbert Hoover HS (CA)	-
14	263	Alan Pauska	1B-OF	Phillipsburg HS (NJ)	-
15	283	Mike Cole	p	Clarke College	-
16	303	James Kobi	SS	King's College	-
17	323	William Green	3B	Central Missouri	-
18	343	Cyrus Lee	p	Jones HS (AR)	-
19	363	William Steinkamp	C	Highland HS (NM)	-
20	383	Ed Goodson	SS	Fries HS (VA)	MLB
21	403	Frank Van Devender	p	San Diego Mesa Colle	-
22	423	Bob Watkins	p	Compton HS (CA)	MLB	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0-0	0	0	16	11	5.17
23	443	William Wright	p	South Park HS (TX)	-
24	463	John Fletcher	C	Lee HS (MS)	-
25	483	Dan Monzon	2B	Buena Vista	MLB
26	503	Robert Anderson	C	Boulder HS (CO)	-
27	523	Benny Looper	C	Granite HS (OK)	-
28	542	Jerry Marion	OF	Wyoming	-
29	560	Edmund Mantie	p	Syracuse	-
30	577	Robert Cassady	IF	Neshaminy HS (PA)	-
31	594	Boyd Van Patten	OF	Springville HS (UT)	-
32	611	Steve Evans	p	Northville HS (MI)	-
33	628	James Moore	3B	Halifax County HS (VA)	-
34	645	Jeffrey Bowman	p	Downey HS (CA)	-
35	662	Patrick Warren	Of	Miami	-
36	677	Phillip Jones	p	Jasper HS (TX)	-
37	690	Mark Scally	p	Archbishop Curl HS (FL)	-
38	702	Herbert Peterson	C	Rosenwald HS (FL)	-
39	714	Jerome Hall	Of	Arlington HS (TX)	-
June-Sec
1	5	Larry Linville	OF	Mesa State College	-
2	25	Alfred Crawford	OF	Miami-Dade College	-
3	45	Paul Dennenbaum	1B	Syracuse	-
4	65	Stephen Lohrer	IF	Nassau CC	-
Aug-Leg
1	3	Gerald Johnson	P	Michigan State	-
Jan-Reg
1	4	Tom Griffin	P	Grant HS (CA)	MLB	405	16	0	10	32	0	.163	77-94	191	5	1495	1054	4.07
2	23	Herman Johnson	1B	Jefferson HS (CA)	-
3	41	Stanley Robinson	P	Jefferson HS (CA)	-
4	58	Joe Dawkins	1B	Fremont HS (CA)	-
5	69	Oliver Kozloski	C-OF	Blinn College	-
6	77	Robert Santee	P	Carverdale HS (TX)	-
7	83	Timothy Ware	SS	Spring Branch HS (TX)	-
Jan-Sec
1	4	Joel McMasters	P-1B	Clarke College	-
2	23	John Respondek	P	Texas A&M-Kingsville	-

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