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» 1979 New York Mets Draft Picks


General Manager:  Joe McDonald

# Players Drafted:   53

Draft Score:   21
Draft Score Rank:   15
Best Pick of draft:   Tim Leary

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A high level of "-" indicates that we have no information on this player, or that he never played professional baseball.



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Team Draft Results

PhaseRnd#Player Name$$PosAgeBornHtWtBTHigh LevelMLB YearsDrafted From
June-Reg1Tim Leary P2012/23/19586-3205RRMLB1981-1994UCLA
 228 Jeff Bettendorf P1812/10/19606-3180RRMLB1984-1984Lompoc High School (Lompoc,CA)
 354** Craig Jones P AAAU.S. Military Academy
 480 David Howard OF AAWichita State University
 5106 Gary Hardie SS A+Georgia Tech
 6132 Ron Gardenhire IF2110/24/19576-0180RRMLB1981-1985University of Texas
 7158 Mike Hennessy OF ABogota High School (Bogota,NJ)
 8184 David Buttles P A+Kearny High School (San Diego,CA)
 9210 Lee Shockley P A+Parkside High School (Salisbury,MD)
 10236** Brooks Wallace SS AATexas Tech University
 11262 Bryan Dunbar C A-Marin Community College.
 12288** Larry Hernandez OF -Jones High School (Orlando,FL)
 13314 Doug Elliott 2B A-San Diego State University
 14340 Brick Toifel C CollegeDavidson High School (Mobile,AL)
 15366** Walt Terrell OF215/11/19586-2205LRMLB1982-1992Morehead State University
 16392 Bill Hill OF A-Brookdale Community College
 17418 Todd Davidson OF -North Allegheny High School (Wexford,PA)
 18444** John Bryant OF AAEl Toro High School (El Toro,CA)
 19470 Mike Anicich 1B AAAArizona State University
 20496** John Leister p181/3/19616-2200RRMLB1987-1990Russell High School (Great Falls,MT)
 21522 Tod Damiter p A+Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania
 22547** Joe Scherger OF AAUniversity of Nebraska
 23572 Joseph Healy p185/6/19616-3185RR-Father Judge High School (Philadelphia,PA)
 24596 Richard Greenfield SS A-La Salle University
 25620 Scott LaVielle C A-Olympic (Wash ) Junior College
 26644** Jim Phillips p AAShawnee Mission High School (Shawnee Mission,KS)
 27668 Dave Smith p218/30/19576-1190RRMLB1984-1985Lamar University
 28691 Darryl Stephens 1B -Butte Community College
 29712** Clay Christiansen p216/28/19586-5205RRMLB1984-1984University of Kansas
 30733 William Rittweger 2B AASeton Hall University
 31753 Paul Niggebrugge OF 6-2RRA+Temple University
 32772 Thomas Miller p AAModesto Junior College
 33790 Michael Privette p -Millikan High School (Long Beach,CA)
 34807 Dan Sprick Of -Saint Louis University
 35821** Terry Byrum SS A+University of Houston
 36830 David Duff C AAAUniversity of Virginia
 
June-Sec121** Bill Mooneyham P188/16/19606-0175RRMLB1986-1986Merced College
 242 Joe Plummer P A-Long Beach City College
 356** Sheldon Andrews P A+Lower Columbia Community College
 
Jan-Reg11** Neal Heaton P193/3/19606-1205LLMLB1982-1993Sachem East High School (Farmingville,NY)
 227 Mark Welch P A-Indiana Central University
 353 Marcus Cooper OF A-Three Rivers Community College (MO)
 479** Thomas McLaughlin P ALos Angeles Community College
 5105** Michael Befort P RookieAllen County Community College
 6129 Ron Souza SS204/20/19595-9170BRA-Butte Community College
 7152 Ron Graves P AAModesto Junior College
 8173 David Michael P A-Dodge City Community College
 9189 John Semprini P AAADes Moines Area Community College
 10201 Rusty Tillman OF188/29/19606-0185RRMLB1982-1988Florida Junior College
 11212 Jesse Anderson P AASan Diego Community College
 12221** Mike Sodders 3B AAAOrange County Community College
 
Jan-Sec111 John Violette C AAA
 235 Jeff Sunderlage P A+Des Moines Area Community College