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1970 Houston Astros Draft Class
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1970 1 7 June-Reg Randy Scarbery P No HS Roosevelt (Fresno,CA) P 6-1 185 B R 1952-06-22 Fresno,CA MLB 1979-1980 1972-1980 1970 2 31 June-Reg John Williams SS Yes HS J.F. Webb (Oxford,NC) SS 5-10 164 R R Oxford,NC 1970 3 55 June-Reg Robert Stratton P Yes HS Los Altos (Los Altos,CA) P 6-3 180 R R 1952-08-20 Los Angeles,CA 1970 4 80 June-Reg Greg Gross OF Yes HS Red Land (Lewisberry,PA) OF 5-11 175 L L 1952-08-01 York,PA MLB 1973-1989 1973-1989 1970 5 105 June-Reg Ronald DeJean P Yes HS Aurora Central (Aurora,CO) P 6-4 200 R R 1952-06-10 Denver,CO
1970 6 130 June-Reg Richard Busby SS Yes HS Bessemer Academy (Bessemer,AL) SS 6-1 170 R R 1951-11-05 Bessemer,AL 1970 7 155 June-Reg John McLaren C Yes HS Westbury (Houston,TX) C 6-0 200 R R 1951-09-29 Galveston,TX AAA 1976-1976 1970 8 180 June-Reg Richard Sanderlin OF Yes HS Mission Bay (San Diego,CA) OF 5-9 170 R R 1951-12-27 Pasadena,CA AAA 1977-1979 1970 9 205 June-Reg Tom Wise IF Yes HS Leodis V. McDaniel (Portland,OR) IF 6-1 185 R R 1952-05-31 Vancouver,WA 1970 10 230 June-Reg Gordon Crane P Yes HS Birmingham (Van Nuys,CA) P 6-6 210 R R 1952-10-24 Provo,UT
1970 11 254 June-Reg Leonnard Davis OF Yes HS Mainland (Daytona Beach,FL) OF 5-10 180 R R 1951-06-20 Daytona Beach,FL 1970 12 278 June-Reg Lonnie Kruger p No HS Silver Lake (Silver Lake,KS) P 5-11 170 R R 1952-08-09 Silver Lake,KS NCAA 1971-1974 1970 13 302 June-Reg William Horne p Yes HS Daugherty (Albany,GA) P Albany,GA 1970 14 326 June-Reg William Gardner p Yes HS DeLand (DeLand,FL) P 6-2 R R Chicago,IL 1970 15 350 June-Reg Joe Wallis OF No HS McCluer North (Florissant,MO) OF 5-10 195 B R 1952-01-09 East St. Louis,IL MLB 1975-1979 1971-1979
1970 16 374 June-Reg Lawrence Kimm p No HS New Riegel (New Riegel,OH) P New Riegel,OH 1970 17 398 June-Reg Joseph Chelli p No HS Linden (Linden,CA) P 1970 18 422 June-Reg Richard Marcet p No HS McGill-Toolen (Mobile,AL) P Mobile,AL 1970 19 446 June-Reg Brad McRoberts p Yes HS Santana (Santee,CA) P 6-2 205 R R 1952-03-09 Menomonee,WI 1970 20 470 June-Reg David Wing SS Yes HS Will Rogers (Tulsa,OK) 3B-OF 6-2 180 R R 1951-12-14 Tulsa,OK
1970 21 494 June-Reg Anthony Lang OF Yes HS Central (Mobile,AL) OF 6-2 175 L L Mobile,AL 1970 22 518 June-Reg James Provenzeno p Yes College Arizona P 5-10 170 R L 1948-08-05 Los Angeles,CA 1970 23 542 June-Reg Thomas Walsh p No HS St. Maria Goretti (Hagerstown,MD) P L L Hagerstown,MD 1970 24 566 June-Reg Brad Omlid IF No HS Cleveland (Seattle,WA) IF Seattle,WA NCAA 1974-1975 1970 25 590 June-Reg James Streleski p Yes HS Puyallup (Puyallup,WA) P 6-2 175 L L 1952-04-03 Dayton,OH
1970 1 11 June-Sec Donald Russell IF Yes College Clemson 3B 6-0 180 R R 1949-02-02 Baltimore,MD NCAA 1968-1970 1970 2 35 June-Sec Jim Burnes P Yes College Glendale CC CA P 1970 3 59 June-Sec Stan Butkus P No College Miami Dade P 6-3 210 R R 1951-05-06 Elgin,IL AAA 1972-1978 1970 1 8 Jan-Reg William Wood C No College Los Angeles Valley C 6-2 185 R R 1970 2 32 Jan-Reg Kent Froede OF Yes College Southwestern College OF 5-10 180 R R
1970 3 56 Jan-Reg Kenneth Doria 3B Yes College Gulf Coast CC 3B 1970 4 80 Jan-Reg Mason Bean C Yes College South Georgia College C 5-11 170 R R 1950-04-22 Fernandina Beach,FL 1970 5 103 Jan-Reg Larry Carino 2B Yes FA New Jersey 2B Ridgewood,NJ 1970 1 14 Jan-Sec Robert Masteller P No College Grayson County P 6-0 180 L L Midwest City,OK 1970 2 38 Jan-Sec Mike Cosgrove P Yes College Phoenix College P 6-1 180 L L 1951-02-17 Phoenix,AZ MLB 1972-1976 1972-1977
1970 3 62 Jan-Sec Steve Gardner 3B Yes College Weber State 3B 6-0 170 R R 1947-12-13 Spanish Fork,UT 1970 4 86 Jan-Sec Jerry Lewis 1B Yes College College of the Desert 1B 6-2 207 L L Palm Springs,CA 37 record(s)
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