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1980 Cleveland Indians Draft Class
1980 Cleveland Indians
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1980 1 10 June-Reg Kelly Gruber SS Yes HS Westlake (Austin,TX) 3B 6-0 185 R R 1962-02-26 Houston,TX MLB 1984-1993 1980-1997 1980 3 57 June-Reg Greg Pope P Yes College Sacramento City P 6-2 185 R R 1959-04-26 Mobile,AL A+ 1980-1982 1980 3 62 June-Reg Bart Mackie C Yes HS Meadowdale (Lynnwood,WA) C 6-2 210 R R 1962-05-31 Seattle,WA A 1980-1982 1980 4 88 June-Reg Doug Drabek OF No HS St. Joseph (Victoria,TX) P 6-1 185 R R 1962-07-25 Victoria,TX MLB 1986-1998 1981-1998 1980 5 114 June-Reg Eric Jones OF Yes HS Luther Burbank (Sacramento,CA) OF 6-1 175 R L Sacramento,CA A 1980-1981 1980 6 140 June-Reg Jeff Moronko 3B Yes College Texas Wesleyan 3B-SS 6-2 190 R R 1959-08-17 Houston,TX MLB 1984-1987 1980-1988 1980 7 166 June-Reg Norman Morton P No HS McArthur (Hollywood,FL) P Hollywood,FL 1980 8 192 June-Reg Rich Thompson P Yes College Amherst P 6-3 225 R R 1958-11-01 New York,NY MLB 1985-1990 1980-1994 1980 9 218 June-Reg Eddie Tanner SS Yes HS Brookland-Cayce (Cayce,SC) SS 5-10 170 B R 1962-11-07 Columbia,SC AAA 1980-1990 1980 10 244 June-Reg Larry Dotson OF Yes College UC Irvine OF 5-11 165 L R 1959-06-02 San Bernardino,CA AA 1980-1981 1980 11 270 June-Reg Limbric Windham OF No HS Vigor (Prichard,AL) OF 1980 12 296 June-Reg Don Long SS No HS Meadowdale (Lynnwood,WA) SS 6-2 185 R R 1962-03-17 Bremerton,WA AA 1983-1985 1980 13 322 June-Reg Mike Jeffcoat p Yes College Louisiana Tech P 6-2 187 L L 1959-08-03 Pine Bluff,AR MLB 1983-1994 1978-1994 1980 14 348 June-Reg Michael Kolodney p Yes College Brooklyn College P 6-2 200 R R Staten Island,NY A- 1980-1980 1980 15 374 June-Reg Ricky Elkin C Yes College Tacoma CC C 6-2 200 R R A 1980-1981 1980 16 400 June-Reg Terry Steinbach 3B No HS New Ulm (New Ulm,MN) C 6-1 195 R R 1962-03-02 New Ulm,MN MLB 1986-1999 1981-1999 1980 17 426 June-Reg Patrick Grady OF Yes College Upsala College OF 6-3 205 L L 1959-08-30 Clifton,NJ A- 1980-1980 1980 18 452 June-Reg Gary Holden OF Yes HS Aragon (San Mateo,CA) OF 6-0 180 R R San Mateo,CA A- 1980-1981 1980 19 478 June-Reg William Holland p Yes College Louisville P 6-6 230 R A- 1980-1980 1980 20 504 June-Reg Anthony Freeman OF No HS Albany (Albany,CA) OF 1980 21 529 June-Reg Robert Gitchrist p No HS Sandusky (Sandusky,OH) P 1980 22 554 June-Reg Richard Gebin p Yes College Monterey Peninsula College P 6-2 195 L A- 1980-1980 1980 23 579 June-Reg Steven Jenter p Yes College Louisiana-Lafayette P 6-2 190 R R A- 1980-1980 1980 24 603 June-Reg Matt Minium OF Yes College Miami OF 6-1 185 L L A 1980-1980 1980 25 626 June-Reg Arthur Sulivan OF Yes College Colby College OF 1980 26 648 June-Reg Thomas Stibora p Yes College Cleveland State P 6-6 220 L Parma,OH A 1980-1981 1980 27 667 June-Reg Dan McInerny OF Yes College California OF 6-1 185 L L AA 1978-1983 1980 28 685 June-Reg John Churhn p No HS Meadowdale (Lynnwood,WA) P 1980 29 702 June-Reg Jack Fimple SS-3B Yes College Humboldt State C 6-2 185 R R 1959-02-10 Darby,PA MLB 1983-1987 1980-1987 1980 30 718 June-Reg James Oros 3B Yes College Saint Xavier U. (Ill.) 3B 5-11 180 R R A- 1980-1980 1980 31 734 June-Reg Michael Crowley p Yes HS St. Mary's (Lynn,MA) P 6-0 175 L L Lynn,MA A- 1980-1980 1980 32 748 June-Reg Timothy Kelly OF No College College of Wooster C 1980 33 761 June-Reg Andy Alvis C-1B Yes College Washington State C-1B 6-2 180 L R Chico,CA A- 1979-1980 1980 34 774 June-Reg Richard Saavedra p Yes HS Santa Clara (Santa Clara,CA) P 6-1 210 R R Santa Clara,CA A- 1980-1980 1980 35 785 June-Reg Kevin Malone 2B Yes College Louisville 2B 5-11 165 B R 1957-08-06 San Diego,CA A- 1979-1980 1980 36 794 June-Reg Ricky Lintz p Yes College San Francisco State P 5-10 185 R R San Francisco,CA AA 1980-1982 1980 37 803 June-Reg Mark Wright SS Yes HS Newberry (Newberry,FL) SS 5-10 165 B R Newberry,FL A- 1980-1980 1980 38 811 June-Reg Rich Rice p No HS Lake Worth Community (Lake Worth,FL) P 6-3 209 R R 1962-08-22 Lake Worth,FL AA 1983-1987 1980 39 816 June-Reg Harvey Heise 3B No HS Brookland-Cayce (Cayce,SC) OF R R Cayce,SC NCAA 1981-1984 1980 40 821 June-Reg Thomas Smercynski p No HS St. John's Prep (Danvers,MA) P Danvers,MA 1980 41 825 June-Reg William Schoenig 2B No College Montclair State 2B 1980 42 829 June-Reg Martin Writt C No HS Livingston (Livingston,NJ) C Livingston,NJ 1980 43 833 June-Reg Luis Duarte C-1B Yes FA Florida C-1B 6-0 200 R R 1959-06-09 Havana,CU A 1980-1981 1980 44 834 June-Reg Shanie Dugas SS Yes College McNeese State 2B-3B 5-10 155 L R 1958-03-19 New Iberia,LA AAA 1980-1989 1980 1 8 June-Sec Dave Gallagher OF Yes College Mercer County CC CF-RF 6-0 180 R R 1960-09-20 Trenton,NJ MLB 1987-1995 1980-1995 1980 2 33 June-Sec Gary Whisler SS Yes College Canada College IF 6-0 168 L R Klamath Falls,OR A 1980-1980 1980 3 53 June-Sec Steve Ellsworth P Yes College Fresno City P 6-8 220 R R 1960-07-30 Chicago,IL MLB 1988-1988 1981-1993 1980 4 65 June-Sec Glenn Edwards OF Yes College Mercer County CC OF 6-0 185 R R 1961-11-07 Hackensack,NJ AA 1983-1985 1980 5 74 June-Sec Thomas Blackmon P Yes College Spartanburg Methodist P 6-0 185 R R 1960-02-15 Florence,SC AA 1980-1984 1980 6 78 June-Sec Winston Ficklin 2B Yes FA California OF 5-9 165 R R 1961-11-13 Richmond,CA AAA 1981-1989 1980 7 81 June-Sec Nattie George OF Yes College San Jose City OF 5-10 170 R R 1960-03-12 San Jose,CA A 1981-1984 1980 8 82 June-Sec Ralph Elpin P Yes College County College of Morris P 6-1 185 R R 1960-10-19 New York,NY A 1981-1982 1980 9 83 June-Sec Mike Wilder 2B No College Contra Costa 2B 6-1 170 R R 1960-10-14 Berkeley,CA AA 1983-1985 1980 10 84 June-Sec Billy Cannon SS Yes HS Broadmoor (Baton Rouge,LA) SS Baton Rouge,LA NCAA 1981-1983 1980 1 9 Jan-Reg Marlin Methven SS Yes College Edmonds CC SS 5-10 170 B R Everett,WA AA 1980-1982 1980 2 35 Jan-Reg Alan Willis P Yes College Georgia Southern P 6-5 225 R R East Bridgewater,MA AA 1978-1982 1980 3 61 Jan-Reg Tim Cannon OF No College Chipola OF 5-11 175 B R A+ 1980-1983 1980 4 87 Jan-Reg Angelo Gilbert P Yes College Laney College P 5-10 165 B L 1961-08-02 Oakland,CA A 1980-1982 1980 5 112 Jan-Reg Michael Dixon P Yes College Sacramento City P 6-0 165 L L Sacramento,CA A 1980-1984 1980 6 137 Jan-Reg Charles Tillett P-OF Yes College Eastern FL ST P-OF 6-2 198 L L 1959-11-10 New Bedford,MA A- 1980-1980 1980 7 159 Jan-Reg Steve Giovacchini SS No College Modesto Junior College SS 6-3 180 R R A- 1981-1981 1980 8 181 Jan-Reg Darold Ellison 3B Yes College Mt. Hood CC 3B 5-11 190 R R Portland,OR A 1980-1981 1980 9 199 Jan-Reg Tom Gil OF No College Miami Dade OF NCAA 1981-1981 1980 10 213 Jan-Reg Florentino Gonzales SS Yes College Big Bend CC SS 1980 11 225 Jan-Reg Tracey Player P Yes College FSC at jacksonville P 1980 12 233 Jan-Reg Larry Swann 1B-P Yes College Chipola 1B-P 6-2 195 R L 1961-04-25 Orlando,FL 1980 13 240 Jan-Reg Dale Nichols p Yes College Central Florida CC P 6-3 190 R R A- 1980-1980 1980 14 246 Jan-Reg Phillip Jackson OF Yes College SJ Delta College OF 1980 15 251 Jan-Reg Mike Schwarber p Yes College Cleveland State CC P 6-1 185 R R Cincinnati,OH AA 1980-1982 1980 16 254 Jan-Reg Scott Brusse p Yes College Mt. Hood CC P 1980 17 257 Jan-Reg Mike Wilder 2B No College Contra Costa 2B 6-1 170 R R 1960-10-14 Berkeley,CA AA 1983-1985 1980 18 260 Jan-Reg Gordon Gradwohl p Yes College Edmonds CC P 1980 1 26 Jan-Sec Mark Roberts P Yes College Georgia Perimeter P 6-1 175 L L Charlotte,NC A- 1980-1980 1980 2 48 Jan-Sec Charles Hollowell P Yes College Hillsborough CC P 6-2 190 L L Tampa,FL A- 1980-1980 1980 3 59 Jan-Sec Mitch Seoane 2B Yes College Hillsborough CC 2B 5-9 160 R R 1961-02-09 Tampa,FL AAA 1981-1987 1980 4 66 Jan-Sec Darren Swanson P Yes College Green River CC P 76 record(s)
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