Major League Baseball - 1973 MLB Draft Picks



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

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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