Major League Baseball - 1973 MLB Draft Picks ☉ RetroSeasons



Year	Draft	Round	Pick	Player	Pos	From	To	Notes	ROY	HOF	Allstar	Heismann
1973	1973	1	1	David Clyde	P	Westchester High School (Houston, TX)	Texas
1973	1973	1	2	John Stearns	OF	University of Colorado	Philadelphia
1973	1973	1	3	Robin Yount	SS	Taft High School (Woodland Hills,CA)	Milwaukee
1973	1973	1	4	Dave Winfield	P-OF	University of Minnesota	San Diego
1973	1973	1	5	Glenn Tufts	IF	Raynham High School (Bridgewater, MA)	Cleveland
1973	1973	1	6	Johnnie LeMaster	SS	Paintsville High School (Paintsville, KY)	San Francisco
1973	1973	1	7	Billy Taylor	OF	Windsor Forest High School (Savannah,GA)	California
1973	1973	1	8	Gary Roenicke	SS	Edgewood High School (West Covina, CA)	Montreal
1973	1973	1	9	Lew Olsen	P	San Ramon Valley (Danville,CA)	Kansas City
1973	1973	1	10	Pat Rockett	2B-SS	Lee High School (San Antonio, TX)	Atlanta
1973	1973	1	11	Eddie Bane	P	Arizona State University	Minnesota
1973	1973	1	12	Joe Edefen	3B	Gracemont (Gracemont, OK)	StL Cardinals
1973	1973	1	13	Doug Heinold	P	Stroman High School (Victoria, TX)	NY Yankees
1973	1973	1	14	Lee Mazzilli	OF	Lincoln High School (Brooklyn, NY)	NY Mets
1973	1973	1	15	Mike Parrott	P		Baltimore
1973	1973	1	16	Jerry Tabb	1B	University of Tulsa	Chi. Cubs
1973	1973	1	17	Ted Cox	SS	Midwest City High School (Midwest City, OK)	Boston
1973	1973	1	18	Ted Farr	C	Shadle Park High School (Spokane, WA)	LA Dodgers
1973	1973	1	19	Charles Bates	3B	Cal State Los Angeles	Detroit
1973	1973	1	20	Calvin Portley	SS	Longview High School (Longview, TX)	Houston
1973	1973	1	21	Steve Swisher	C	Ohio University	Chi. White Sox
1973	1973	1	22	Charles Kessler	OF	Claremont High School (Claremont, CA)	Cincinnati
1973	1973	1	23	Randy Scarbery	P	University of Southern California	Oakland
1973	1973	1	24	Steve Nicosia	C	North Miami Beach (North Miami Beach,FL)	Pittsburgh
1973	1973	2	25	Richard Shubert	P	Bryant (Long Island City, NY)	Texas
1973	1973	2	26	Todd Cruz	SS	Western International (Detroit, MI)	Philadelphia
1973	1973	2	27	Joe Slaymaker	P	Newport High School (Bellevue, WA)	Milwaukee
1973	1973	2	28	Mike Champion	SS-3B	Foothill High School (Santa Ana, CA)	San Diego
1973	1973	2	29	Tommy McMillan	IF	Jacksonville University	Cleveland
1973	1973	2	30	Ernest Young	OF	Denby (Detroit, MI)	San Francisco
1973	1973	2	31	Bruce Tonascia	OF-C	Napa High School (Napa, CA)	California
1973	1973	2	32	Pat Creech	SS	Mercer University	Montreal
1973	1973	2	33	Brian Trifiolis	OF	West Orange High School (West Orange,NJ)	Kansas City
1973	1973	2	34	Steve Stone	C	Doherty (Worcester,MA)	Atlanta
1973	1973	2	35	Eddie McMahon	SS	University of Massachusetts Amherst	Minnesota
1973	1973	2	36	Ron Selak	P	El Cerrito High School (El Cerrito, CA)	StL Cardinals
1973	1973	2	37	Mike Heath	SS	Hillsborough High School (Tampa, FL)	NY Yankees
1973	1973	2	38	Jackson Todd	P	University of Oklahoma	NY Mets
1973	1973	2	39	Jerry Guinn	P	Maud (Maud,OK)	Baltimore
1973	1973	2	40	Darrel Turner	P	Ocoee (Ocoee,FL)	Chi. Cubs
1973	1973	2	41	Fred Lynn	OF	University of Southern California	Boston
1973	1973	2	42	Mike Paciorek	SS		LA Dodgers
1973	1973	2	43	Kevin Slattery	SS	Oceanside (Oceanside,NY)	Detroit
1973	1973	2	44	Scott Gregory	P	Palos Verdes (Palos Verdes Estates,CA)	Houston
1973	1973	2	45	Jim Otten	P	Arizona State University	Chi. White Sox
1973	1973	2	46	Richard Jensen	P	Tooele (Tooele,UT)	Cincinnati
1973	1973	2	47	James Tuttle	P	Roger Bacon High School (Cincinnati, OH)	Oakland
1973	1973	2	48	Jim Nelson	P	State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota	Pittsburgh
1973	1973	3	49	Len Barker	P	Neshaminy High School (Langhorne, PA)	Texas
1973	1973	3	53	Dave Oliver	IF	Cal Poly	Cleveland
1973	1973	3	54	Jeff Little	P	Woodmore (Elmore,OH)	San Francisco
1973	1973	3	55	Pat Kelly	C	Santa Maria High School (Santa Maria,CA)	California
1973	1973	3	57	Ruppert Jones	OF	Berkeley (Berkeley,CA)	Kansas City
1973	1973	3	58	Jim Gaudet	C	Jesuit High School (New Orleans,LA)	Atlanta
1973	1973	3	63	Eddie Murray	C-1B	Locke High School (Los Angeles, CA)	Baltimore
1973	1973	3	66	Joe Simpson	OF	University of Oklahoma	LA Dodgers
1973	1973	3	67	Bob Adams	3B	UCLA	Detroit
1973	1973	3	69	Ken Kravec	P	Ashland University	Chi. White Sox
1973	1973	3	71	Floyd Bannister	P	John F. Kennedy Memorial (Burien, WA)	Oakland
1973	1973	3	72	Mitchell Page	OF	Cal Poly Pomona	Pittsburgh
1973	1973	4	85	Kerry Dineen	OF	University of San Diego	NY Yankees
1973	1973	5	97	Ken Pape	SS	University of Texas	Texas
1973	1973	5	98	Jim Wright	P	Benton High School (St. Joseph,MO)	Philadelphia
1973	1973	5	102	Bobby Mitchell	OF	Chatsworth High School (Chatsworth,CA)	San Francisco
1973	1973	5	105	Mike Colbern	C	Hawthorne High School (Hawthorne, CA)	Kansas City
1973	1973	5	108	Randy Wiles	P	Louisiana State University	StL Cardinals
1973	1973	5	109	LaMarr Hoyt	P	Keenan (Columbia, SC)	NY Yankees
1973	1973	5	112	Dave Geisel	P-1B	Tonawanda High School (Tonawanda, NY)	Chi. Cubs
1973	1973	5	113	Rick Jones	P	Forrest (Jacksonville, FL)	Boston
1973	1973	5	116	Mike Mendoza	P	McClintock (Tempe,AZ)	Houston
1973	1973	6	122	Manny Secane	P	Tampa Catholic High School (Tampa, FL)	Philadelphia
1973	1973	6	126	Tommy Toms	P	East Carolina University	San Francisco
1973	1973	6	131	Darrell Jackson	P	Locke High School (Los Angeles, CA)	Minnesota
1973	1973	6	132	John Tamargo	C	Georgia Southern University	StL Cardinals
1973	1973	6	136	Joe Wallis	OF	Southern Illinois University	Chi. Cubs
1973	1973	6	138	Mike Dimmel	OF	Logansport (Logansport,IN)	LA Dodgers
1973	1973	7	155	Luis Gomez	SS	UCLA	Minnesota
1973	1973	7	159	Mike Flanagan	P	University of Massachusetts Amherst	Baltimore
1973	1973	7	167	Matt Keough	3B-P	Corona del Mar (Newport Beach,CA)	Oakland
1973	1973	8	170	Randy Lerch	P	Cordova High School (Rancho Cordova, CA)	Philadelphia
1973	1973	8	175	Steven Burke	P	Tokay (Lodi, CA)	California
1973	1973	8	181	Garth Iorg	SS		NY Yankees
1973	1973	8	184	Mike Krukow	P	Cal Poly	Chi. Cubs
1973	1973	8	185	Butch Hobson	3B	University of Alabama	Boston
1973	1973	8	188	Ken Landreaux	OF	Dominguez High School (Compton, CA)	Houston
1973	1973	8	191	Derek Bryant	OF	University of Kentucky	Oakland
1973	1973	9	203	Larry Wolfe	SS	Sacramento City College	Minnesota
1973	1973	9	210	Bob Stanley	P	Kearny High School (Kearny,NJ)	LA Dodgers
1973	1973	9	215	Wayne Gross	1B	Cal Poly Pomona	Oakland
1973	1973	10	222	Eddie Plank	P	University of Nevada	San Francisco
1973	1973	10	227	Ken Schrom	P	Grangeville (Grangeville,ID)	Minnesota
1973	1973	11	251	Jerry Reed	P	Enka High School (Candler, NC)	Minnesota
1973	1973	12	271	Brian Kingman	P		California
1973	1973	12	286	Jay Howel	P	Fairview (Boulder,CO)	Cincinnati
1973	1973	13	292	Joe Mcintosh	P	Washington State University	San Diego
1973	1973	13	294	Jack Clark	P-OF	Gladstone (Covina, CA)	San Francisco
1973	1973	13	297	Sandy Wihtol	P	Homestead (Cupertino,CA)	Kansas City
1973	1973	13	307	Charlie Puleo	P	Bloomfield (Bloomfield,NJ)	Detroit
1973	1973	14	332	Bob Clark	SS	Perris (Perris,CA)	Houston
1973	1973	15	343	Dan Boone	P	Cerritos College	California
1973	1973	15	359	Dwayne Murphy	OF	Antelope Valley High School (Lancaster, CA)	Oakland
1973	1973	16	370	Terry Harper	P-OF	Douglas County High School (Douglasville,GA)	Atlanta
1973	1973	17	399	Jerry Garvin	P	Merced (Merced,CA)	Baltimore
1973	1973	17	404	Joe Sambito	P	Adelphi University	Houston
1973	1973	18	419	Ricky Peters	IF	Dominguez High School (Compton, CA)	Minnesota
1973	1973	18	426	Tom Dixon	p-3B	Boone High School (Orlando, FL)	LA Dodgers
1973	1973	18	428	Mike Davey	P	Gonzaga University	Houston
1973	1973	18	429	Mike Squires	OF-1B	Western Michigan University	Chi. White Sox
1973	1973	19	442	Larry Bradford	P	Michele Clark (Chicago, IL)	Atlanta
1973	1973	21	485	Dan Graham	3B	Mesa Community College	San Francisco
1973	1973	21	486	Jim Dorsey	P	Cleveland High School (Reseda,CA)	California
1973	1973	21	493	Mardie Cornejo	P	University of Tulsa	NY Mets
1973	1973	21	499	Chris Nyman	SS	Cordova High School (Rancho Cordova, CA)	Chi. White Sox
1973	1973	22	507	Raymond Smith	1B	Lincoln High School (San Diego, CA)	California
1973	1973	23	527	Jeff Reardon	P	Wahconah Regional (Dalton,MA)	Montreal
1973	1973	23	539	Jeff Rineer	P	Penn Manor (Millersville,PA)	Oakland
1973	1973	25	563	Tim Ireland	2B	Chabot College	Montreal
1973	1973	26	582	Chuck Baker	SS	Santa Ana College	Kansas City
1973	1973	27	602	Gary Woods	OF	Santa Barbara City College	Minnesota
1973	1973	28	613	Billy Sample	3B		Texas
1973	1973	28	624	Chuck Porter	P	Perry Hall (Baltimore, MD)	Baltimore
1973	1973	30	646	Dan Duran	1B	Foothill College	Texas
1973	1973	32	676	Eric Rasmussen	P	Louisiana State University	StL Cardinals
1973	1973	33	684	Warren Brusstar	P	California State University, Fresno	NY Mets
1973	1973	38	713	Tony Johnson	OF	Vallejo (Vallejo, CA)	Chi. White Sox
1973	1973	42	727	Gil Patterson	of-p	Norland High School (Miami, FL)	StL Cardinals
1973	1973	49	741	Bryn Smith	P	Santa Maria High School (Santa Maria,CA)	StL Cardinals
1973	1973	1	1	Alan Bannister	SS	Arizona State University	Philadelphia
1973	1973	1	2	Brad Fulk	2B		Texas
1973	1973	1	3	Dave Wehrmeister	P	Truman State University	San Diego
1973	1973	1	4	Michael Robinson	OF	Shoreline Community College	Milwaukee
1973	1973	1	5	John Andrews	SS	Lincoln Land Community College	San Francisco
1973	1973	1	6	James McCutchin	P		Cleveland
1973	1973	1	7	Thomas Ford	OP	Eastern Michigan University	Montreal
1973	1973	1	8	Randy Smith	P	Three Rivers Community College	California
1973	1973	1	9	Mike Kirkpatrick	P	Bucks County Community College	Atlanta
1973	1973	1	10	Marty French	P	Grossmont College	Kansas City
1973	1973	1	11	Larry Storti	2B		StL Cardinals
1973	1973	1	12	Joseph Honce	OF	West Virginia University	Minnesota
1973	1973	1	13	James Johnson	P		NY Mets
1973	1973	1	14	Greg Kane	C	Yavapai College	NY Yankees
1973	1973	1	15	Wayne Benson	iF-Of	Ranger College	Chi. Cubs
1973	1973	1	16	Cleve Reed	OF	Southeastern Oklahoma State University	Baltimore
1973	1973	1	17	Wesley Moore	P	Yavapai College	LA Dodgers
1973	1973	1	18	Lloyd Thompson	3B	Blinn College	Boston
1973	1973	1	19	Robert Nickeson	SS	West Valley College	Houston
1973	1973	1	20	Steve Trella	P	Fullerton College	Detroit
1973	1973	1	21	Gary Lucas	P	Riverside Community College	Cincinnati
1973	1973	1	22	Elmer Yelverton	P	University of North Carolina at Wilmington	Chi. White Sox
1973	1973	1	23	Paul Nelson	P	Sacramento City College	Pittsburgh
1973	1973	1	24	Mike Norris	P		Oakland
1973	1973	2	25	Greg Gold	P	Diablo Valley College	Philadelphia
1973	1973	2	26	Jeff Schneider	P	Iowa State University	Texas
1973	1973	2	27	Phil Williams	C	Saddleback College	San Diego
1973	1973	2	28	James Diventi	P	Essex County College	Milwaukee
1973	1973	2	29	Rob Picciolo	IF		San Francisco
1973	1973	2	30	Jerry Devine	OF-if	Rose State College	Cleveland
1973	1973	2	31	Mark Cunningham	IF	Diablo Valley College	Montreal
1973	1973	2	32	Marvin Townsend	SS	College of the Albemarle	California
1973	1973	2	33	Mike Vemier	3B	Aquinas College	Atlanta
1973	1973	2	34	Karel Deleeuw	OF	Glendale Community College	Kansas City
1973	1973	2	35	Don Hogestyn	OF	Broward College	StL Cardinals
1973	1973	2	36	Dan Argee	OF	Cosumnes River College	Minnesota
1973	1973	2	37	Melvin Anderson	OF-1B	Los Angeles Community College	NY Mets
1973	1973	2	38	Steve Hergenrader	C-OF	Fresno City College	NY Yankees
1973	1973	2	39	Charles Pfab	IF	Middle Georgia College	Chi. Cubs
1973	1973	2	40	Richard Cucco	2B	Los Angeles Valley College	Baltimore
1973	1973	2	41	Michael Boyd	OF	Chipola College	LA Dodgers
1973	1973	2	42	William Daves	C	Motlow State Community College	Boston
1973	1973	2	43	Dino HIoros	P	St. Clair County Community College	Detroit
1973	1973	2	44	Jonathon Ellefson	P	University of North Dakota	Cincinnati
1973	1973	2	45	Joseph Hickerson	2B	University of North Carolina	Chi. White Sox
1973	1973	2	46	Michael Buckingham	P	Gulf Coast Community College	Pittsburgh
1973	1973	2	47	John Morris	P	Cypress College	Oakland
1973	1973	3	62	Bob McClure	P	College of San Mateo	LA Dodgers
1973	1973	4	70	Mike DuPree	P-OF	Fresno City College	San Diego
1973	1973	6	111	Mark Lee	P	El Camino College	Baltimore
1973	1973	7	114	Rick Bosetti	2B	Shasta College	Philadelphia
1973	1973	1	1	Mark Mercer	P	Hill College	Pittsburgh
1973	1973	1	2	Wayne Benson	iF-Of	Ranger College	NY Yankees
1973	1973	1	3	Pete Falcone	P	Kingsborough Community College	San Francisco
1973	1973	1	4	Warren Cromartie	OF	Miami-Dade College	Montreal
1973	1973	1	5	Doug Wessel	P	Vanderbilt University	Baltimore
1973	1973	1	6	William Daves	C	Motlow State Community College	StL Cardinals
1973	1973	1	7	Wayne Williams	SS	Ranger College	Minnesota
1973	1973	1	8	Ken McKinney	3B	Yavapai College	Chi. Cubs
1973	1973	1	9	Mark Jackson	C	Long Beach City College	Chi. White Sox
1973	1973	1	10	Dan Boitano	P	Fresno City College	Philadelphia
1973	1973	1	11	Scott Gunderson	P	Bellevue Community College	Milwaukee
1973	1973	1	12	Alex Pastore	OF	University of South Alabama	Cleveland
1973	1973	1	13	William Meyer	SS	University of Michigan	LA Dodgers
1973	1973	1	14	Jeff Feramisco	iF-Of	Fresno City College	Texas
1973	1973	1	15	Cliff Holland	P	University of Southern California	Kansas City
1973	1973	1	16	David Bedrosian	2B	Fresno City College	California
1973	1973	1	17	Gary Lucas	P	Riverside Community College	Cincinnati
1973	1973	1	18	Craig Mitchen	P	Spokane Falls Community College	Oakland
1973	1973	2	19	Charles Steffen	P-1B	Monroe Community College	Pittsburgh
1973	1973	2	20	Dean Engler	P	Eastern Illinois University	NY Yankees
1973	1973	2	21	Richard Cuoco	2B	Los Angeles Valley College	Baltimore
1973	1973	2	22	Bob Nickeson	SS	West Valley College	Minnesota
1973	1973	2	23	Paul Caffrey	OF	Seton Hall University	Kansas City
1973	1973	2	24	Kevin Morel	SS	Indian River State College	California
1973	1973	2	25	Don Lyons	1B	City College of San Francisco	Oakland
1973	1973	3	30	Bob McClure	P	College of San Mateo	Kansas City
1973	1973	4	34	Bobby Pate	3B-OF	Mesa Community College	Baltimore
1973	1973	4	36	Rob Picciolo	IF		Kansas City
1973	1973	1	1	Dick Ruthven	P	California State University, Fresno	Philadelphia
1973	1973	1	2	Jim Sundberg	C	University of Iowa	Texas
1973	1973	1	3	Donnie Moore	P-OF	Ranger College	Chi. Cubs
1973	1973	1	4	Jeff Feramisco	iF-Of	Fresno City College	California
1973	1973	1	5	Mike Stanton	P	Miami-Dade College	Houston
1973	1973	1	6	Scott Gunderson	P	Bellevue Community College	Milwaukee
1973	1973	1	7	Brad Van Pelt	P	Michigan State University	StL Cardinals
1973	1973	1	8	Larry Ike	P	Michigan State University	Detroit
1973	1973	1	9	Jeff Chandler	FP	Sacramento City College	Cincinnati
1973	1973	1	10	Warren Cromartie	OF	Miami-Dade College	Oakland
1973	1973	1	11	Doug Wessel	P	Vanderbilt University	NY Mets
1973	1973	1	12	Don Saulnier	P	Massachusetts Bay Community College	Cleveland
1973	1973	1	13	Dan Shaw	P	Stanford University	San Diego
1973	1973	1	14	Bob Polinsky	P	University of Delaware	NY Yankees
1973	1973	1	15	Brian Asselstine	OF-if	Allan Hancock College	Atlanta
1973	1973	1	16	Alfred Aulwurm	P	Glendale Community College	Baltimore
1973	1973	1	17	Guy Todd	P	Blinn College	LA Dodgers
1973	1973	1	18	Dennis Sherow	OF	Compton Community College	Minnesota
1973	1973	1	19	Richard Olson	C	Fresno City College	Pittsburgh
1973	1973	1	20	John Pierson	OF	Glendale Community College	Kansas City
1973	1973	1	21	David Bedrosian	2B	Fresno City College	Montreal
1973	1973	1	22	Mike Payne	P	Delta State University	Boston
1973	1973	1	23	Dave Heaverlo	P	Central Washington University	San Francisco
1973	1973	1	24	Stephen Cook	3B	Miami-Dade College	Chi. White Sox
1973	1973	2	25	Don Fisher	P	Polk State College	Philadelphia
1973	1973	2	26	Rick Bethke	P	Cerritos College	Texas
1973	1973	2	27	Lawrence Groover	P	Temple College	Chi. Cubs
1973	1973	2	28	Mike Overy	P	Olivet College	California
1973	1973	2	29	Donald Broom	OF	McNeese State University	Houston
1973	1973	2	30	Kip Coughlan	3B		StL Cardinals
1973	1973	2	31	Gary Kennedy	OF	Brewton-Parker College	Detroit
1973	1973	2	32	Paul Parker	P	Montclair State University	Cincinnati
1973	1973	2	33	Carl Sapp	P		Oakland
1973	1973	2	34	Bob Gerdes	P	Miami-Dade College	NY Mets
1973	1973	2	35	Gene Stohs	P-OF	University of Nebraska	Cleveland
1973	1973	2	36	Wayne Williams	SS	Ranger College	San Diego
1973	1973	2	37	Wayne Horkey	C		NY Yankees
1973	1973	2	38	Pete Faicone	P	Kingsborough Community College	Atlanta
1973	1973	2	39	John Flinn	P	Los Angeles Valley College	Baltimore
1973	1973	2	40	Bob Purkey	P	Gulf Coast Community College	LA Dodgers
1973	1973	2	41	Ron Bell	P	Fullerton College	Minnesota
1973	1973	2	42	Sam Leonard	P	Yavapai College	Pittsburgh
1973	1973	2	43	Bradley Davis	P	Mount Hood Community College	Kansas City
1973	1973	2	44	Dan Boltano	P	Fresno City College	Montreal
1973	1973	2	45	Bobby Pate	3B-OF	San Diego Mesa College	Boston
1973	1973	2	46	Steve Wilkins	OF	Treasure Valley Community College	San Francisco
1973	1973	3	57	Craig Mitchell	P	Spokane Falls Community College	NY Yankees
1973	1973	3	59	Gil Rondon	P		Baltimore
1973	1973	3	60	Craig Minetto	P	San Joaquin Delta College	LA Dodgers
1973	1973	3	61	Jerry Maddox	3B	Cerritos College	Minnesota

The MLB draft often consists of 50 or more rounds of players, most of which never make it out of the minor leagues. In order to make the above list more useful, drafts that took place more than 5 years ago only include the first two rounds or players that actually appeared in a major league game.

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