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1980 New York Mets Draft Class
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1980 1 1 June-Reg Darryl Strawberry OF Yes HS Crenshaw (Los Angeles,CA) RF-OF 6-6 200 L L 1962-03-12 Los Angeles,CA MLB 1983-1999 1980-1999 1980 1 23 June-Reg Billy Beane P Yes HS Mount Carmel (San Diego,CA) OF 6-4 195 R R 1962-03-29 Orlando,FL MLB 1984-1989 1980-1989 1980 1 24 June-Reg John Gibbons OF Yes HS MacArthur (San Antonio,TX) C 5-11 187 R R 1962-06-08 Great Falls,MT MLB 1984-1986 1980-1990 1980 2 27 June-Reg Jay Tibbs P Yes HS Huffman (Birmingham,AL) P 6-3 185 R R 1962-01-04 Birmingham,AL MLB 1984-1990 1980-1990 1980 3 53 June-Reg Jody Johnston P Yes HS Franklin Academy (Malone,NY) P 6-1 185 R R 1962-11-06 Malone,NY AA 1980-1985 1980 4 79 June-Reg Mike Davis 2B Yes College Wichita State 3B-1B 6-0 175 R R 1959-07-18 Janesville,WI AAA 1981-1986 1980 5 105 June-Reg Ronn Reynolds C Yes College Arkansas C 6-0 200 R R 1958-09-28 Wichita,KS MLB 1982-1990 1979-1990 1980 6 131 June-Reg Jay Palma 3B No HS Peterson (Sunnyvale,CA) 3B 6-4 185 R R 1961-01-27 San Jose,CA A+ 1981-1985 1980 7 157 June-Reg Jeff Bittiger P Yes HS Secaucus (Secaucus,NJ) P 5-10 175 R R 1962-04-13 Jersey City,NJ MLB 1986-1989 1980-2002 1980 8 183 June-Reg Lloyd McClendon C Yes College Valparaiso C-OF 5-11 195 R R 1959-01-11 Gary,IN MLB 1987-1994 1980-1995 1980 9 209 June-Reg Anthony Kelley P No HS Orr (Chicago,IL) P 6-2 205 R R 1962-03-04 Chicago,IL AAA 1983-1990 1980 10 235 June-Reg Otis Tramble SS No College Southern SS 5-10 165 B R 1958-06-18 Houston,TX AA 1981-1983 1980 11 261 June-Reg Alex Delano OF Yes College Florida Southern OF 6-0 180 R R A+ 1980-1981 1980 12 287 June-Reg Scott Merlack P Yes HS North Hills (Pittsburgh,PA) P 6-3 205 R L 1962-10-02 Pittsburgh,PA A 1980-1982 1980 13 313 June-Reg Rick Ownbey p Yes College Santa Ana P 6-3 185 R R 1957-10-20 Corona,CA MLB 1982-1986 1980-1987 1980 14 339 June-Reg Carl Ehmann OF No HS Corona del Mar (Newport Beach,CA) OF 1980 15 365 June-Reg John Hennell 1B No College Arkansas 1B 5-11 175 L L A+ 1981-1983 1980 16 391 June-Reg James Woodward SS-3B Yes College Long Beach State SS 6-1 182 R R Whittier,CA AA 1980-1983 1980 17 417 June-Reg Edward Teate p Yes HS Jonesboro (Jonesboro,GA) P 6-1 175 R R 1962-10-27 Griffin,GA A 1980-1982 1980 18 443 June-Reg Alan Maria p No College UTRGV P 6-1 170 L L 1959-11-22 Waipahu,HI A+ 1980-1982 1980 19 469 June-Reg Donald Magdzuik p Yes HS Los Alamitos (Los Alamitos,CA) P 6-5 205 R R Los Alamitos,CA A 1980-1981 1980 20 495 June-Reg Mickey Replogle p Yes College Rose State P 6-1 180 R R Broken Arrow,OK A 1980-1981 1980 21 521 June-Reg Mark Pingree 2B No College Lewis-Clark Idaho 2B 1980 22 546 June-Reg Trey Brooks SS No College Texas Christian 2B 6-0 180 R R 1958-10-28 Baytown,TX AAA 1981-1986 1980 23 571 June-Reg Tony Beal OF No HS Mainland (Daytona Beach,FL) OF 6-0 165 R R 1961-11-02 Daytona Beach,FL AA 1981-1986 1980 24 596 June-Reg Steve O'Donnell SS No HS Connellsville Area (Connellsville,PA) 3B-1B 6-2 200 R R 1967-05-19 Richmond,VA A+ 1983-1992 1980 25 620 June-Reg Kenneth Stelly p Yes College Northwestern State P 6-1 190 L L A+ 1980-1980 1980 26 643 June-Reg Keith Jones OF No College Wichita State OF 5-8 160 B R 1959-06-11 Wichita,KS AA 1981-1984 1980 27 663 June-Reg Chuck Schnoor SS Yes College Nebraska-Kearney SS 5-10 155 R R Minden,NE A+ 1980-1982 1980 28 681 June-Reg Thomas Saenz p No HS Pacifica (Garden Grove,CA) P 6-4 185 L L Garden Grove,CA NCAA 1981-1982 1980 29 698 June-Reg Anthony Malloy p No College Rider P 1980 30 714 June-Reg Jesse Vann 3B Yes College Johnson County CC 3B 6-0 190 R R A 1981-1981 1980 31 730 June-Reg Shake Moore OF Yes College Long Beach State OF B R 1980 32 744 June-Reg Duane Evans 1B Yes College Oklahoma State 1B 6-2 210 L L Yuma,AZ A+ 1978-1982 1980 33 758 June-Reg Martin Brophy C Yes HS Upper St. Clair (Upper St. Clair,PA) C 6-4 220 R R St. Clair,PA A- 1980-1981 1980 34 771 June-Reg Lance Hudson SS No HS San Bernardino (San Bernardino,CA) SS 6-1 165 B R 1962-03-17 San Bernardino,CA AA 1981-1990 1980 35 782 June-Reg Darrel White Of No College St. Louis CC-Meramec OF St. Louis,MO 1980 36 791 June-Reg Bill Boone 1B Yes College La Salle 1B 1980 37 800 June-Reg Ricky Poe 1B-Of Yes College Arkansas State 1B-OF 6-4 195 L L AAA 1980-1983 1980 38 808 June-Reg Nick Esposito p No College Los Medanos College P 5-11 180 R R A+ 1982-1984 1980 1 11 June-Sec Bill Worden C No College Stanford C 5-11 205 R R 1959-09-16 Glendale,CA AA 1980-1986 1980 2 35 June-Sec Al Newman 3B No College Chaffey 2B-SS 5-9 180 B R 1960-06-30 Kansas City,MO MLB 1985-1992 1982-1992 1980 1 2 Jan-Reg Roger Frash OF Yes College Oxnard College OF 6-3 210 L L 1960-04-05 San Diego,CA A+ 1980-1982 1980 2 28 Jan-Reg Joe Anderson P Yes College FSC at jacksonville P 1980 3 54 Jan-Reg Chuck Nat P Yes College Solano CC (CA) P NCAA 1982-1982 1980 4 80 Jan-Reg Robert Smart OF Yes College Golden West OF 1980 5 106 Jan-Reg Michael Sims P No College Johnson County CC P 6-3 200 R R Kansas City,MO Rk 1981-1981 1980 6 131 Jan-Reg Gary Dawson OF No College Orange Coast College OF 6-3 190 R R 1960-03-22 San Bernardino,CA A+ 1981-1984 1980 7 154 Jan-Reg Eric Porter C Yes College Iowa Western CC C 6-2 195 R R Waseca,MN A 1981-1982 1980 8 176 Jan-Reg Michael Paul 3B Yes College Col of Sequoias 3B 1980 9 196 Jan-Reg Jim Harris OF Yes College Butte College OF 5-11 180 R R Rk 1981-1981 1980 1 15 Jan-Sec Chris Johnston 3B No College Orange Coast College 3B 6-4 195 R R 1961-04-22 Newport Beach,CA AAA 1982-1986 52 record(s)
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