Major League Baseball - 1996 MLB Draft Picks ☉ RetroSeasons



Year	Draft	Round	Pick	Player	Pos	From	To	Notes	ROY	HOF	Allstar	Heismann
1996	1996	1	1	Kris Benson	P	Clemson University	Pittsburgh
1996	1996	1	2	Travis Lee	1B	San Diego State University	Minnesota
1996	1996	1	3	Braden Looper	P	Wichita State University	StL Cardinals
1996	1996	1	4	Billy Koch	P	Clemson University	Toronto
1996	1996	1	5	John Patterson	P	West Orange-Stark (Orange,TX)	Montreal
1996	1996	1	6	Seth Greisinger	P	University of Virginia	Detroit
1996	1996	1	7	Matt White	P	Waynesboro Area (Waynesboro,PA)	San Francisco
1996	1996	1	8	Chad Green	OF	University of Kentucky	Milwaukee
1996	1996	1	9	Mark Kotsay	OF	Cal State Fullerton	Florida
1996	1996	1	10	Eric Chavez	3B	Mount Carmel (San Diego, CA)	Oakland
1996	1996	1	11	Adam Eaton	P	Snohomish (Snohomish,WA)	Philadelphia
1996	1996	1	12	Bobby Seay	P	Sarasota High School (Sarasota, FL)	Chi. White Sox
1996	1996	1	13	Robert Stratton	OF	San Marcos (Santa Barbara, CA)	NY Mets
1996	1996	1	14	Dermal Brown	OF	Marlboro Central (Marlboro, NY)	Kansas City
1996	1996	1	15	Matt Halloran	SS	Chancellor (Fredericksburg,VA)	San Diego
1996	1996	1	16	Joe Lawrence	SS	Barbe High School (Lake Charles, LA)	Toronto
1996	1996	1	17	Todd Noel	P	North Vermillion (Maurice,LA)	Chi. Cubs
1996	1996	1	18	R.A. Dickey	P	University of Tennessee	Texas
1996	1996	1	19	Mark Johnson	P	University of Hawaii	Houston
1996	1996	1	20	Eric Milton	P	University of Maryland	NY Yankees
1996	1996	1	21	Jake Westbrook	P	Madison County (Danielsville,GA)	Colorado
1996	1996	1	22	Gil Meche	P	Acadiana High School (Lafayette, LA)	Seattle
1996	1996	1	23	Damian Rolls	3B	Schlagel (Kansas City,KS)	LA Dodgers
1996	1996	1	24	Sam Marsonek	P	Jesuit High School (Tampa, FL)	Texas
1996	1996	1	25	John Oliver	OF	Lake-Lehman (Lehman,PA)	Cincinnati
1996	1996	1	26	Josh Garrett	P	South Spencer (Rockport,IN)	Boston
1996	1996	1	27	A.J. Zapp	1B		Atlanta
1996	1996	1	28	Danny Peoples	1B	University of Texas	Cleveland
1996	1996	1	29	Paul Wilder	OF	Cary High School (Cary, NC)	Tampa Bay
1996	1996	1	30	Nick Bierbrodt	P	Millikan High School (Long Beach, CA)	Arizona
1996	1996	1	31	Pete Tucci	1B-OF	Providence College	Toronto
1996	1996	1	32	Corey Lee	P	North Carolina State University	Texas
1996	1996	1	33	Matt McClendon	P	Dr. Phillips (Orlando, FL)	Cincinnati
1996	1996	1	34	Chris Reitsma	P	Calgary Christian (Calgary,AB)	Boston
1996	1996	1	35	Jason Marquis	P	Tottenville (Staten Island, NY)	Atlanta
1996	1996	2	36	Andy Prater	P	McCluer North (Florissant,MO)	Pittsburgh
1996	1996	2	37	Jacque Jones	OF	University of Southern California	Minnesota
1996	1996	2	38	Buddy Carlyle	P	Bellevue East (Bellevue,NE)	Cincinnati
1996	1996	2	39	Gary LoCurto	1B	University of San Diego (San Diego, CA)	Boston
1996	1996	2	40	Milton Bradley	OF	Poly High School (Long Beach, CA)	Montreal
1996	1996	2	41	Matt Miller	P	Texas Tech University	Detroit
1996	1996	2	42	Mike Caruso	SS	Stoneman Douglas (Parkland,FL)	San Francisco
1996	1996	2	43	Jose Garcia	P	Baldwin Park High School (Baldwin Park, CA)	Milwaukee
1996	1996	2	44	Brent Abernathy	SS	Lovett School (Atlanta, GA)	Toronto
1996	1996	2	45	Joe Espada	SS	University of Mobile	Oakland
1996	1996	2	46	Jimmy Rollins	SS	Encinal (Alameda,cA)	Philadelphia
1996	1996	2	47	Josh Paul	OF	Vanderbilt University	Chi. White Sox
1996	1996	2	48	Brendan Behn	P	Merced College	NY Mets
1996	1996	2	49	Taylor Myers	P	Green Valley High School (Henderson, NV)	Kansas City
1996	1996	2	50	Vernon Maxwell	OF	Midwest City High School (Midwest City, OK)	San Diego
1996	1996	2	51	Brian Falkenborg	P	Redmond (Redmond,WA)	Baltimore
1996	1996	2	52	Quincy Carter	OF	Southwest DeKalb (Decator,GA)	Chi. Cubs
1996	1996	2	53	Derrick Cook	P	James Madison University	Texas
1996	1996	2	54	John Huber	P	Lakota West High School (West Chester, OH)	Houston
1996	1996	2	55	Chuck Abbott	SS	Austin Peay State University	Anaheim
1996	1996	2	56	John Nicholson	P	Episcopal (Bellaire,TX)	Colorado
1996	1996	2	57	Jeff Farnsworth	P	Northwest Florida State College	Seattle
1996	1996	2	58	Josh Glassey	OF	Mission Bay High School (San Diego, CA)	LA Dodgers
1996	1996	2	59	Jason Coble	P	Lincoln County (Fayetteville,TN)	NY Yankees
1996	1996	2	60	Randi Mallard	P	Hillsborough Community College	Cincinnati
1996	1996	2	61	Jason Sekany	P	University of Virginia	Boston
1996	1996	2	62	Eric Munson	OF	Mount Carmel (San Diego, CA)	Atlanta
1996	1996	2	63	Ryan McDermott	P	Alamogordo (Alamogordo,NM)	Cleveland
1996	1996	2	64	Doug Johnson	1B-SS	Buchholz High School (Gainesville, FL)	Tampa Bay
1996	1996	2	65	Jerry Proctor	OF	Muir High School (Pasadena, CA)	Arizona
1996	1996	3	68	Brent Butler	SS	Scotland (Laurinburg,NC)	StL Cardinals
1996	1996	3	73	Kevin Barker	OF	Virginia Tech	Milwaukee
1996	1996	3	74	Clayton Andrews	P	Seminole High School (Seminole, FL)	Toronto
1996	1996	3	75	A.J. Hinch	OF	Stanford University	Oakland
1996	1996	3	78	Eddie Yarnall	P	Louisiana State University	NY Mets
1996	1996	3	79	Chad Durbin	P	Woodlawn High School (Baton Rouge, LA)	Kansas City
1996	1996	3	85	Scott Schoeneweis	P	Duke University	Anaheim
1996	1996	3	86	Shawn Chacon	P	Greeley Central (Greeley,CO)	Colorado
1996	1996	3	88	Alex Cora	SS	University of Miami	LA Dodgers
1996	1996	3	89	Nick Johnson	1B	McClatchy (Sacramento, CA)	NY Yankees
1996	1996	3	91	Dernell Stenson	OF	LaGrange (LaGrange,GA)	Boston
1996	1996	4	97	Chad Allen	OF	Texas A&M University	Minnesota
1996	1996	4	100	Christian Parker	P	University of Notre Dame	Montreal
1996	1996	4	101	Kris Keller	P	Fletcher High School (Neptune Beach, FL)	Detroit
1996	1996	4	102	Ken Vining	P	Clemson University	San Francisco
1996	1996	4	103	Josh Hancock	P	Vestavia Hills (Birmingham, AL)	Milwaukee
1996	1996	4	104	Blaine Neal	P	Bishop Eustace Preparatory School (Pennsauken,NJ)	Florida
1996	1996	4	109	Corey Thurman	P	Texas High School (Texarkana, TX)	Kansas City
1996	1996	4	112	Chris Gissell	P	Hudson's Bay (Vancouver, WA)	Chi. Cubs
1996	1996	4	113	Kelly Dransfeldt	SS	University of Michigan	Texas
1996	1996	4	117	Denny Stark	P	Pasco-Hernando Community College	Seattle
1996	1996	4	118	Peter Bergeron	OF	Greenfield (Greenfield,MA)	LA Dodgers
1996	1996	4	121	John Barnes	OF	Grossmont College	Boston
1996	1996	4	122	Joe Nelson	P	University of San Francisco	Atlanta
1996	1996	4	124	Cedrick Bowers	P	Chiefland (Chiefland,FL)	Tampa Bay
1996	1996	5	126	Tike Redman	OF	Tuscaloosa Academy (Tuscaloosa, AL)	Pittsburgh
1996	1996	5	127	Michael Ryan	SS	Indiana Area (Indiana,PA)	Minnesota
1996	1996	5	129	John Bale	P	University of Southern Mississippi	Toronto
1996	1996	5	131	Robert Fick	C	Cal State Northridge	Detroit
1996	1996	5	134	Brent Billingsley	P	Cal State Fullerton	Florida
1996	1996	5	137	Joe Crede	3B	Fatima (Westphalia,MO)	Chi. White Sox
1996	1996	5	139	Jeremy Hill	OF	W.T. White (Dallas, TX)	Kansas City
1996	1996	5	142	Chad Meyers	2B-OF	Creighton University	Chi. Cubs
1996	1996	5	143	Warren Morris	2B	Louisiana State University	Texas
1996	1996	5	145	Bobby Hill	SS	Leland High School (San Jose, CA)	Anaheim
1996	1996	5	147	Chris Mears	P	Lord Byng (Vancouver,BC)	Seattle
1996	1996	5	149	Zach Day	P	La Salle (Cincinnati, OH)	NY Yankees
1996	1996	5	154	Alex Sanchez	OF	Miami-Dade College	Tampa Bay
1996	1996	5	155	Brad Penny	P		Arizona
1996	1996	6	169	Jeremy Giambi	OF	Cal State Fullerton	Kansas City
1996	1996	6	179	Brian Reith	P	Concordia Lutheran (Fort Wayne, IN)	NY Yankees
1996	1996	6	183	Paul Rigdon	P	University of Florida	Cleveland
1996	1996	7	187	Chad Moeller	C	University of Southern California	Minnesota
1996	1996	7	189	Casey Blake	3B	Wichita State University	Toronto
1996	1996	7	190	Luis Rivera	OF		Montreal
1996	1996	7	199	Scott Mullen	P	Dallas Baptist University	Kansas City
1996	1996	7	212	Mark DeRosa	3B	University of Pennsylvania	Atlanta
1996	1996	7	214	Mickey Callaway	P	University of Mississippi	Tampa Bay
1996	1996	7	215	Casey Fossum	P	Midway High School (Waco, TX)	Arizona
1996	1996	8	222	Ryan Jensen	P	Southern Utah University	San Francisco
1996	1996	8	227	Marcus Jones	P	Long Beach State University	Chi. White Sox
1996	1996	8	231	Chad Paronto	P	University of Massachusetts Amherst	Baltimore
1996	1996	8	235	Jerrod Riggan	P	San Diego State University	Anaheim
1996	1996	8	237	Willie Bloomquist	SS	South Kitsap (Port Orchard,WA)	Seattle
1996	1996	8	241	Justin Duchscherer	P	Coronado (Lubbock, TX)	Boston
1996	1996	9	255	Cody McKay	C-3B	Arizona State University	Oakland
1996	1996	9	260	Jason Middlebrook	P	Stanford University	San Diego
1996	1996	9	264	Brian Dallimore	2B	Stanford University	Houston
1996	1996	9	273	Sean DePaula	P	Wake Forest University	Cleveland
1996	1996	10	276	Carlos Rivera	1B		Pittsburgh
1996	1996	10	279	Josh Phelps	C	Lakeland High School (Rathdrum,ID)	Toronto
1996	1996	10	291	Luis Matos	OF		Baltimore
1996	1996	10	292	Phillip Norton	P	Texarkana College	Chi. Cubs
1996	1996	10	293	Doug Davis	P	City College of San Francisco	Texas
1996	1996	10	300	Michael Vento	OF	Cibola (Albuquerque, NM)	Cincinnati
1996	1996	10	301	Shea Hillenbrand	SS	Mesa Community College	Boston
1996	1996	11	313	Val Pascucci	P	Gahr High School (Cerritos, CA)	Milwaukee
1996	1996	11	326	Tim Christman	P	Siena College	Colorado
1996	1996	11	332	Aaron Taylor	P		Atlanta
1996	1996	11	333	Joe Horgan	P	Sacramento City College	Cleveland
1996	1996	12	342	Damon Minor	1B	University of Oklahoma	San Francisco
1996	1996	12	363	John McDonald	SS	Providence College	Cleveland
1996	1996	13	367	Mike Lincoln	P	University of Tennessee	Minnesota
1996	1996	13	373	Allen Levrault	P	Community College of Rhode Island	Milwaukee
1996	1996	13	377	Chad Bradford	P	University of Southern Mississippi	Chi. White Sox
1996	1996	13	381	Augie Ojeda	SS	University of Tennessee	Baltimore
1996	1996	14	400	Jamey Carroll	SS	University of Evansville	Montreal
1996	1996	14	404	Brian Tallet	P	Putnam City West (Oklahoma City, OK)	Florida
1996	1996	14	409	Brandon Berger	OF	Eastern Kentucky University	Kansas City
1996	1996	14	411	Ryan Kohlmeier	P	Butler Community College	Baltimore
1996	1996	14	424	Delvin James	P	Nacogdoches High School (Nacogdoches, TX)	Tampa Bay
1996	1996	15	431	Chris Wakeland	OF	Oregon State University	Detroit
1996	1996	15	435	Kevin Gregg	P	Corvallis High School (Corvallis, OR)	Oakland
1996	1996	15	440	Stephen Watkins	P	Lubbock Christian (Lubbock, TX)	San Diego
1996	1996	15	441	Josh Towers	P	Oxnard College	Baltimore
1996	1996	15	452	Mike Hessman	1B-P	Mater Dei High School (Santa Ana, CA)	Atlanta
1996	1996	16	460	Andy Tracy	1B	Bowling Green State University	Montreal
1996	1996	16	468	Dicky Gonzalez	P		NY Mets
1996	1996	16	484	Jared Sandberg	3B		Tampa Bay
1996	1996	17	486	Michael Gonzalez	P	Faith Christian Academy (Pasadena,TX)	Pittsburgh
1996	1996	17	490	Chris Stowers	OF	University of Georgia	Montreal
1996	1996	17	509	Matt Ginter	P	Clark (Winchester,KY)	NY Yankees
1996	1996	18	543	Mike Bacsik	P	Duncanville High School (Duncanville, TX)	Cleveland
1996	1996	19	550	Tim Young	P	University of Alabama	Montreal
1996	1996	19	557	Chris Heintz	3B	University of South Florida	Chi. White Sox
1996	1996	19	563	Mark Hendrickson	P	Washington State University	Texas
1996	1996	19	573	Danny Wright	P	Sullivan South (Kingsport,TN)	Cleveland
1996	1996	20	577	Matt Kata	p-SS	St. Ignatius High School (Cleveland, OH)	Minnesota
1996	1996	20	592	Courtney Duncan	P	Grambling State University	Chi. Cubs
1996	1996	20	594	Wade Miller	P		Houston
1996	1996	20	597	Brian Fitzgerald	P	Virginia Tech	Seattle
1996	1996	21	608	Randy Flores	P	University of Southern California	StL Cardinals
1996	1996	21	619	Jason Simontacchi	P	College of Idaho	Kansas City
1996	1996	21	621	Gabe Molina	P	Arizona State University	Baltimore
1996	1996	21	633	Jamie Brown	P	Northwest Florida State College	Cleveland
1996	1996	22	649	Kit Pellow	OF	University of Arkansas	Kansas City
1996	1996	22	651	Mike MacDougal	P	Mesa (Mesa,AZ)	Baltimore
1996	1996	22	661	Aaron Harang	P	Patrick Henry High School (San Diego, CA)	Boston
1996	1996	23	682	Jason Smith	SS	Meridian Community College	Chi. Cubs
1996	1996	23	684	Roy Oswalt	P	Holmes Community College	Houston
1996	1996	23	688	Ted Lilly	P	Fresno City College	LA Dodgers
1996	1996	24	705	Brett Laxton	P	Louisiana State University	Oakland
1996	1996	24	725	Eric Knott	P	Stetson University	Arizona
1996	1996	25	741	John Parrish	P	McCaskey (Lancaster, PA)	Baltimore
1996	1996	25	744	Paul Phillips	C	Meridian Community College	Houston
1996	1996	25	745	Jose Ortiz	P	Hayward High School (Hayward, CA)	Anaheim
1996	1996	26	764	Scott Dunn	P	Churchill High School (San Antonio, TX)	Florida
1996	1996	26	773	Joe Beimel	P	Allegheny College	Texas
1996	1996	26	785	Rob Ryan	OF	Washington State University	Arizona
1996	1996	27	799	Kiko Calero	P	Saint Thomas University	Kansas City
1996	1996	27	814	Kyle Snyder	P	Riverview (Sarasota, FL)	Tampa Bay
1996	1996	28	816	William Harris	2B-SS	Cairo (Cairo,GA)	Pittsburgh
1996	1996	29	862	Kyle Lohse	P	Hamilton Union (Hamilton City,CA)	Chi. Cubs
1996	1996	29	864	Thomas Shearn	P	Briggs (Columbus, OH)	Houston
1996	1996	29	871	Josh Stewart	P		Boston
1996	1996	30	899	Marcus Thames	OF	East Central Community College	NY Yankees
1996	1996	30	902	Fred Sanchez	SS	Burbank High School (Burbank,CA)	Atlanta
1996	1996	31	907	Mike Lamb	OF	Cal State Fullerton	Minnesota
1996	1996	31	923	Travis Hafner	3B	Cowley College	Texas
1996	1996	31	935	Jose Nunez	3B-2b	Northeast Texas Community College	Arizona
1996	1996	32	954	Trey Hodges	P	Klein Oak (Spring, TX)	Houston
1996	1996	32	961	Mike Bynum	ip	Middleburg (Middleburg,FL)	Boston
1996	1996	32	965	Jason Conti	OF	University of Pittsburgh	Arizona
1996	1996	33	969	Orlando Hudson	SS	Darlington High School (Darlington, SC)	Toronto
1996	1996	33	979	Matt Guerrier	P	Shaker Heights (Shaker Heights,OH)	Kansas City
1996	1996	33	981	Ryan Minor	3B-1b	University of Oklahoma	Baltimore
1996	1996	34	1000	Carl Sadler	P	Taylor County (Perry,FL)	Montreal
1996	1996	34	1024	Daniel Wheeler	P	Central Arizona College	Tampa Bay
1996	1996	35	1027	Josh Bard	OF	Cherry Creek High School (Englewood, CO)	Minnesota
1996	1996	35	1030	Eric Cyr	P		Montreal
1996	1996	35	1050	Doug Devore	P		Cincinnati
1996	1996	36	1058	Stubby Clapp	2B	Texas Tech University	StL Cardinals
1996	1996	36	1063	Brandon Backe	SS	Ball (Galveston,TX)	Milwaukee
1996	1996	36	1064	Jay Jones	C	University of Alabama-Birmingham	Florida
1996	1996	36	1068	Randy Ruiz	1B	James Monroe High School (Bronx, NY)	NY Mets
1996	1996	36	1069	Ryan Rupe	P	Texas A&M University	Kansas City
1996	1996	36	1078	Wayne Franklin	P	University of Maryland	LA Dodgers
1996	1996	36	1085	Junior Spivey	2B	Cowley College	Arizona
1996	1996	37	1105	Jack Taschner	P	Horlick William (Racine,WI)	Anaheim
1996	1996	38	1116	Jamaal Strong	Of-SS	Pasadena High School (Pasadena, CA)	Pittsburgh
1996	1996	38	1136	Adam Bernero	P	Sacramento City College	Colorado
1996	1996	38	1138	Jeff Kubenka	P	St. Mary's University	LA Dodgers
1996	1996	39	1173	Marcus Gwyn	P	McCullough (The Woodlands, TX)	Cleveland
1996	1996	40	1188	Joshua Pearce	P	West Valley (Yakima, WA)	NY Mets
1996	1996	40	1197	Sean Spencer	P	University of Washington	Seattle
1996	1996	41	1217	Marshall McDougall	2B	Buchholz High School (Gainesville, FL)	Chi. White Sox
1996	1996	42	1252	Greg Jones	C	Pasco-Hernando Community College	Anaheim
1996	1996	42	1261	Erik Sabel	P	Tennessee Technological University	Arizona
1996	1996	43	1287	Jason Smith	P	Palm Beach Lakes High School (West Palm Beach, FL)	Tampa Bay
1996	1996	44	1294	Brandon Larson	SS	Blinn College	San Francisco
1996	1996	44	1299	Tim Corcoran	P	Jackson High School (Jackson,LA)	NY Mets
1996	1996	44	1313	Jason Michaels	OF	Northwest Florida State College	Tampa Bay
1996	1996	45	1315	Chris Capuano	P	Cathedral (Springfield,MA)	Pittsburgh
1996	1996	45	1322	Mike Rose	P	Texarkana College	Florida
1996	1996	47	1373	Matt Watson	3B-2b	McCaskey (Lancaster, PA)	Chi. White Sox
1996	1996	48	1399	Mario Ramos	P	Pflugerville (Pflugerville,TX)	Kansas City
1996	1996	48	1405	Juan Pierre	OF	Galveston College	Seattle
1996	1996	51	1466	Tim Pittsley	P	Allegany College of Maryland	Kansas City
1996	1996	53	1498	Rob Mackowiak	SS-2B	South Suburban College	Pittsburgh
1996	1996	53	1508	Greg Dobbs	3B	Canyon Springs (Moreno Valley, CA)	Seattle
1996	1996	53	1511	Marcus Giles	2B	Granite Hills High School (El Cajon, CA)	Atlanta
1996	1996	54	1530	Jason Jennings	P	Poteet (Mesquite, TX)	Arizona
1996	1996	55	1543	Adam Johnson	OF	University of Central Florida	Atlanta
1996	1996	56	1559	David Riske	P	Green River Community College	Cleveland
1996	1996	57	1570	Randy Keisler	P	Navarro College	Cleveland
1996	1996	59	1586	Barry Zito	P	University of San Diego (San Diego, CA)	Seattle
1996	1996	61	1607	Brandon Duckworth	P	College of Southern Idaho	Arizona
1996	1996	64	1624	Matt Wise	P	Cal State Fullerton	NY Yankees
1996	1996	72	1663	Eric Bruntlett	SS	Harrison High School (West Lafayette,IN)	LA Dodgers
1996	1996	88	1716	Scott Seabol	3B	West Virginia University	NY Yankees
1996	1996	89	1719	Travis Phelps	P	Crowder College	Tampa Bay
1996	1996	94	1728	Clay Condrey	P	Angelina College	NY Yankees

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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