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1979 Kansas City Royals

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year rnd ovl phase player name draft team signed source school bonus pos ht wt ba th Born place hilvl mlb years stat years
1979 1 21 June-Reg Atlee Hammaker Kansas City Royals Yes College East Tennessee State 0.00 p 6-2 200 B L 1958-01-24 Carmel,CA MLB 1981-1995 1979-1995
1979 2 47 June-Reg John Skinner Kansas City Royals Yes College NC State 0.00 p 6-1 180 L R 1958-05-03 Franklin,IN AA -- 1977-1982
1979 3 73 June-Reg Pat Sheridan Kansas City Royals Yes College Eastern Michigan 0.00 of 6-3 175 L R 1957-12-04 Ann Arbor,MI MLB 1981-1991 1979-1991
1979 4 99 June-Reg Dan Marino   Kansas City Royals No HS Central Catholic (Pittsburgh,PA) 0.00 p 6-4 228 -- R 1961-09-15 Pittsburgh,PA -- -- --
1979 5 125 June-Reg Mickey Palmer Kansas City Royals Yes College Cal State Fullerton 0.00 p 6-1 185 B L 1958 West Covina,CA A+ -- 1977-1982
1979 6 151 June-Reg Kenneth Pour Kansas City Royals Yes HS New Athens (New Athens,IL) 0.00 p 6-2 185 R R 1961 New Athens,IL Rk -- 1979-1980
1979 7 177 June-Reg Craig Lefferts Kansas City Royals No College Arizona 0.00 p 6-1 210 L L 1957-09-29 Munich,GE MLB 1983-1994 1979-1994
1979 8 203 June-Reg Doran Perdue Kansas City Royals No College Murray State 0.00 2b 5-9 165 L R 1958-01-24 Evansville,IN AA -- 1980-1982
1979 9 229 June-Reg Rob Townley Kansas City Royals Yes College Long Beach State 0.00 of 5-11 175 R R 1958 -- A+ -- 1979-1982
1979 10 255 June-Reg Bill Moore Kansas City Royals No HS Covina (Covina,CA) 0.00 1b-of 6-1 185 R L 1960-10-10 Los Angeles,CA MLB 1986-1986 1980-1991
1979 11 281 June-Reg Otis Irvin Kansas City Royals Yes HS Wendell Phillips Academy (Chicago,IL) 0.00 ss 5-11 160 R R 1960-09-05 Chicago,IL A -- 1979-1982
1979 12 307 June-Reg Ron Krauss Kansas City Royals Yes HS Seminole (Seminole,FL) 0.00 p 6-2 180 L L 1961-10-13 Seminole,FL A+ -- 1979-1982
1979 13 333 June-Reg Ron Batter Kansas City Royals Yes College Miami 0.00 of 6-1 180 R R 1957-10-22 -- AA -- 1979-1981
1979 14 359 June-Reg Osbe Hoskins   Kansas City Royals No HS Creston (Grand Rapids,MI) 0.00 of 5-11 170 R R 1961 Grand Rapids,MI A+ -- 1982-1984
1979 15 385 June-Reg Walt Vanderbush Kansas City Royals Yes College College of Wooster 0.00 p 6-2 190 L R 1958-08-14 Buchanon,MI AAA -- 1979-1985
1979 16 411 June-Reg Johnny Barnette Kansas City Royals Yes College Spartanburg Methodist 0.00 of 5-11 180 R R 1959 -- Rk -- 1979-1979
1979 17 437 June-Reg David Sullivan Kansas City Royals No College Oklahoma State 0.00 c 6-1 185 R R 1958-06-26 Tucson,AZ A+ -- 1980-1981
1979 18 463 June-Reg John Elway   Kansas City Royals No HS Granada Hills (Granada Hills,CA) 0.00 of 6-3 215 L R 1960-06-28 Port Angeles,WA A- -- 1980-1982
1979 19 489 June-Reg Daniel St. Clair Kansas City Royals Yes College Kansas 0.00 p 6-1 195 R R 1957 -- AAA -- 1978-1985
1979 20 515 June-Reg James Atkinson Kansas City Royals Yes College North Carolina 0.00 3b 6-2 180 L R 1957 -- AA -- 1979-1982
1979 21 540 June-Reg Larry Grahek Kansas City Royals Yes College Minnesota 0.00 of 6-2 195 L L 1957-01-02 Ely,MN A -- 1979-1981
1979 22 565 June-Reg Dave Luethy Kansas City Royals Yes College Oklahoma 0.00 ss 6-1 178 R R 1955 Portland,OR AA -- 1977-1981
1979 23 590 June-Reg Larry Williams Kansas City Royals Yes College Central Michigan 0.00 p 6-3 185 R R 1956 -- AA -- 1979-1982
1979 24 614 June-Reg Vin Yuhas   Kansas City Royals Yes HS Manalapan (Englishtown,NJ) 0.00 p 6-1 170 R R 1961-05-23 Manalapan,NJ AAA -- 1979-1984
1979 25 638 June-Reg Jeff Twitty Kansas City Royals Yes College South Carolina 0.00 p 6-2 185 L L 1957-11-10 Lancaster,SC MLB 1980-1980 1979-1982
1979 26 662 June-Reg Daniel Fischer Kansas City Royals Yes College UNLV 0.00 p 6-3 180 R R 1957 -- AAA -- 1977-1983
1979 27 685 June-Reg Craig Herberholz Kansas City Royals No HS Detroit Catholic Central (Novi,MI) 0.00 p 6-4 200 R R 1962 Detroit,MI A -- 1980-1981
1979 28 706 June-Reg Bryan Nabors   Kansas City Royals No HS South Shore (Chicago,IL) 0.00 p -- -- -- -- 1961 Chicago,IL -- -- --
1979 29 727 June-Reg Andrew Basten   Kansas City Royals No HS Ashwaubenon (Green Bay,WI) 0.00 p -- -- -- -- 1961 -- -- -- --
1979 30 747 June-Reg Mark Wakai   Kansas City Royals No HS Cumberland Regional (Seabrook,NJ) 0.00 c -- -- -- -- 1961 Seabrook,NJ -- -- --
1979 31 767 June-Reg Craig Patterson Kansas City Royals Yes College Florida State 0.00 2b 5-9 175 R R 1957-02-04 Berwyn,IL AA -- 1978-1981
1979 32 785 June-Reg Ken Kurtz Kansas City Royals Yes College Mississippi State 0.00 p 6-0 195 L L 1957 -- A+ -- 1979-1979
1979 33 803 June-Reg James Jones Kansas City Royals No HS Redwood (Larkspur,CA) 0.00 p -- -- -- -- 1961 -- -- -- --
1979 34 818 June-Reg Allan Garray Kansas City Royals Yes College Connecticut 0.00 c 6-2 210 R R 1958-10-17 Woodbury,CT A -- 1977-1980
1979 35 828 June-Reg Reggie West Kansas City Royals No College Santa Ana 0.00 of 5-10 175 L R 1960-10-22 Havelock,NC AAA -- 1980-1985
1979 36 837 June-Reg Leon Vickers Kansas City Royals Yes College Kansas 0.00 of -- -- -- -- 1957 -- College -- 1979-1979
1979 37 844 June-Reg Greg Housner   Kansas City Royals No HS Bridgeport (Bridgeport,MI) 0.00 c -- -- -- -- 1961 Bridgeport,MI -- -- --
year rnd ovl phase player name draft team signed source school bonus pos ht wt ba th Born place hilvl mlb years stat years
1979 1 20 June-Sec Duane Dewey Kansas City Royals Yes College LSU 0.00 c-1b 6-0 190 R R 1958-08-28 Westfield,NY AAA -- 1979-1984
1979 2 41 June-Sec David McDonald Kansas City Royals No College Allegheny College 0.00 p -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
1979 3 55 June-Sec David LaBounty Kansas City Royals Yes College Yakima Valley College 0.00 p 6-1 170 R R 1958 Ephrata,WA A+ -- 1980-1981
1979 4 63 June-Sec Gil Robison Kansas City Royals Yes College Centralia College 0.00 p -- -- -- -- 1959 -- -- -- --
year rnd ovl phase player name draft team signed source school bonus pos ht wt ba th Born place hilvl mlb years stat years
1979 1 22 Jan-Reg Mike Brewer Kansas City Royals Yes College Foothill 0.00 of 6-5 190 R R 1959-10-24 Shreveport,LA MLB 1986-1986 1979-1986
1979 2 48 Jan-Reg Tim Cates Kansas City Royals Yes College Georgia Perimeter College 0.00 p 6-1 175 R R 1959-11-11 Hapeville,GA AAA -- 1979-1985
1979 3 74 Jan-Reg Alex Christy Kansas City Royals No FA Ohio 0.00 of 5-10 195 R R 1960-10-18 -- A+ -- 1982-1985
1979 4 100 Jan-Reg Roger Patoka Kansas City Royals Yes FA Wisconsin 0.00 c -- -- -- -- 1959-08-31 Plover,WI -- -- --
1979 5 124 Jan-Reg Curt Thrasher   Kansas City Royals Yes College Oxnard College 0.00 p -- -- -- -- 1959 -- -- -- --
1979 6 147 Jan-Reg Mike Bielecki Kansas City Royals No College Valencia CC 0.00 p 6-3 195 R R 1959-07-31 Baltimore,MD MLB 1984-1997 1979-1997
year rnd ovl phase player name draft team signed source school bonus pos ht wt ba th Born place hilvl mlb years stat years
1979 1 21 Jan-Sec Jeff Schattinger Kansas City Royals Yes College USC 0.00 p 6-5 200 L R 1955-10-25 Fresno,CA MLB 1981-1981 1977-1983
1979 2 42 Jan-Sec David Anderson Kansas City Royals No College Arizona Western College 0.00 p 5-11 180 R R 1956-02-08 Gresham,OR A -- 1977-1977
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