1988 Pittsburgh Pirates Draft Picks

6 Major Leaguer(s) were drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1988 draft: Minor (6), Wehner (7), Wakefield (8), Ausanio (11), Tomlin (18), Romero (19)

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1988 Pittsburgh Pirates 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	13	Austin Manahan	SS	Horizon HS (AZ)	AA
2	43	Keith Richardson	P	Georgia Southern	AA
3	70	Glen McNabb	2B-SS	Millikan HS (CA)	A+
4	96	Steve Buckholz	P	Fresno State	AA
5	122	Darryl Ratliff	OF	Santa Cruz HS (CA)	AAA
6	148	Blas Minor	P	Arizona State	MLB	13	1	0	0	0	0	.154	13-10	0	5	225	184	4.40
7	174	John Wehner	3B	Indiana	MLB	804	33	4	4	54	15	.249
8	200	Tim Wakefield	1B	Florida Technical Co	MLB	111	2	0	1	4	0	.117	200-180	463	22	3226	2156	4.41
9	226	Jeff Payne	P	University HS (WV)	Rk
10	252	Jon Martin	OF	Golden West College	A-
11	278	Joe Ausanio	P	Jacksonville	MLB								4-1	0	1	53	51	5.57
12	304	Chris Estep	OF	Kentucky	AA
13	330	Mike Huyler	2B	Golden West College	AA
14	356	Deryk Hudson	3B	Fullerton College	A
15	382	Mitchell Burke	OF	Florida A&M	-
16	408	Jim Heins	p	Vanderbilt	A-
17	434	Bobby Underwood	p	South Carolina	A+
18	460	Randy Tomlin	p	Liberty	MLB	181	2	0	0	5	0	.160	30-31	94	0	580	297	3.43
19	486	Mandy Romero	OF	Brevard CC	MLB	77	2	0	2	5	1	.208
20	512	Lawrence Gilligan	SS	Lakeland HS (NJ)	-
21	538	Val Henderson	OF	Bellevue CC	A-
22	564	Dave Staton	1B	Orange County CC	MLB
23	590	Ronald Datcher	1B	Lackey HS (MD)	Rk
24	616	Scott Cowley	OF	Saint Leo	A-
25	642	Greg Sims	OF	Saint Leo	A+
26	668	Chris Sheffield	2B	Pine Forest HS (FL)	A-
27	694	Paul McGhay	OF	Montana State	Rk
28	720	Jeff Osborne	C	Kent State	AA
29	746	Matthew Udell	p	Southwestern Michiga	Rk
30	772	Jeff Kuder	p	Mount Vernon Nazaren	A
31	798	Troy Clemens	C	Foothill College	AA
32	824	Brian Purvis	OF	Noblesville HS (IN)	A+
33	850	Paul Spalt	SS	North Carolina State	A-
34	876	Steve Roeder	p	Mishawaka HS (IN)	A-
35	902	Derek Tinnin	Of-SS	Anderson	Rk
36	928	Al Molina	SS	Texas-Pan American	AA
37	954	Darwin Pennye	Of	Texas State	AA
38	980	Mike Thompson	1B	North Texas	Rk
39	1005	Ken Buksa	C-Of	Saint Xavier	A-
40	1030	Mike Fortuna	of	Coastal Carolina	A+
41	1055	Richard Haupt	p	Bald Eagle Area HS (PA)	Rk
42	1080	Ronald Way	p	Henry Ford CC	A+
43	1105	Mark Hummell	3B	Arizona Western Coll	-
44	1129	Richard Wilson	p	Columbus State	Rk
45	1152	Ben Burlingame	p	Newton South HS (MA)	AAA
46	1174	Fernando Arguelles	of	Florida Southern Col	AA
47	1194	Craig Juran	p	Colorado State	Rk
48	1212	Steve O'Donnell	3B	La Salle	A+
49	1230	Wade Lytle	3B	Bellmont HS (IN)	Rk
50	1246	Keith Mays	p	Louisburg College	Rk
51	1261	Mike LeBlanc	p	Maine	A-
52	1275	Joe Pagan	p	Chicago State	Rk
53	1289	Bryan Arnold	C-1B	Florida Southern Col	A-
54	1302	Dan Nielson	p		A-
55	1315	Cary Elston	p	Green River CC	A-
56	1328	Scott Sharts	1B	Simi Valley HS (CA)	A
57	1341	Bobby West	of	Brewton-Parker Colle	Rk
58	1354	Ken Baurle	p	North Allegheny HS (PA)	-
59	1366	Troy Trollope	of	Bellevue CC	-
60	1376	Thomas Owen	C	Brewton-Parker Colle	-
61	1386	Jon Fisher	C		-
62	1393	Jerry Summers	of	CC for Beaver County	-
63	1399	David Silvernail	p	Columbia Basin Colle	-
64	1405	Jessie Torres	C	College of Southern	AA
65	1410	Burke Cromer	3B	Lexington HS (SC)	A
66	1414	Randy Martin	SS-of	Godby HS (FL)	-

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