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913

Total Rounds

71

Major Leaguers

131

College Players

263

High School Players

635

High School%

69.55%

College%

28.81%

Signed

482

Unsigned

431

Signed%

52.79%

NCAA D1 Picks

139

NCAA D2 Picks

51

NCAA D3 Picks

2

NAIA Picks

19

Jr College Picks

50

Bonus Records

6

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This section provides a high level view of the 1968 Major League Baseball Draft.

1. The primary view lists first rounders.
2. Another view includes a list of all Major Leaguers from the draft.
3. TBC PREMIUM subscribers can view career MLB or Minor League Statistics (sortable) for all signed/drafted players per year.

List of Rounds


June Regular Phase
  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 
 11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20 
 21  22  23  24  25  26  27  28  29  30 
 31  32  33  34  35  36  37  38  39  40 
 41  42  43  44  45  46  47  48  49  50 
 51  52  53  54  55  56  57  58  59  60 
 61  62  63  64  65  66  67  68  69  70 
 71 

June Secondary Phase
  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9 

January Regular Phase
  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 


January Secondary Phase
  1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10 
 11  12  13

First Round Picks

CSV

year

rnd

ovl

player

draft team

d-pos

pos

ht

wt

ba

th

born

place

hilvl

mlb years

stat years

source

school

slot value

bonus

1968

SS

SS

6-0

179

R

R

MLB

1970-1985

1970-1985

HS

Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks,CA)

1968

Oakland Athletics

P

P

6-3

205

R

R

West Palm Beach,FL

MLB

1971-1978

1971-1978

HS

Palm Beach (West Palm Beach,FL)

1968

C

C

6-3

185

L

R

-

HS

Hutchinson Technical (Buffalo,NY)

1968

New York Yankees

C

C

5-11

190

R

R

MLB

1969-1979

1969-1979

College

1968

Bobby Valentine

Los Angeles Dodgers

OF

SS-OF

5-10

189

R

R

MLB

1969-1979

1969-1979

HS

Rippowam (Stamford,CT)

1968

Cleveland Indians

SS-OF

SS-OF

6-0

165

Jacksonville,FL

-

HS

Paxon School (Jacksonville,FL)

1968

OF

OF

6-1

185

L

R

-

HS

Denison (Denison,TX)

1968

Washington Senators

P-1B

H

6-1

205

L

L

MLB

1973-1973

1973-1978

HS

Coldwater (Coldwater,MS)

1968

Pittsburgh Pirates

OF

OF

6-2

195

R

R

MLB

1973-1975

1973-1976

HS

Sequoia (Redwood City,CA)

1968

Baltimore Orioles

SS

2B

6-0

185

R

R

MLB

1974-1983

1974-1983

HS

Arvin (Arvin,CA)

1968

Philadelphia Phillies

1B

OF

6-1

225

R

R

MLB

1970-1984

1970-1984

HS

Notre Dame College Prep (Niles,IL)

1968

California Angels

P

P

6-1

185

R

R

MLB

1969-1975

1969-1979

HS

Selma (Selma,CA)

1968

Cincinnati Reds

P

P

6-0

185

L

R

-

HS

Riverview (Courtland,VA)

1968

Chicago White Sox

SS-3B

3B-2B

5-11

185

R

R

MLB

1970-1977

1970-1977

College

1968

OF

OF

6-3

205

B

R

Oklahoma City,OK

NCAA

1967-1967

College

1968

Minnesota Twins

OF

OF

6-0

195

R

R

-

College

1968

San Francisco Giants

OF

OF

6-3

190

R

R

San Fernando,CA

MLB

1972-1987

1972-1987

HS

San Fernando (San Fernando,CA)

1968

Robert Robinson

OF

OF

6-1

196

R

R

-

HS

Thomas Dale (Chester,VA)

1968

St. Louis Cardinals

OF

OF

0

-

HS

Roth (Dayton,OH)

1968

OF-C

OF-C

6-6

215

R

R

-

HS

John Glenn (Norwalk,CA)

20 record(s)