Major League Baseball - 1998 MLB Draft Picks ⚾ RetroSeasons



Year	Draft	Round	Pick	Player	Pos	From	To	Notes	ROY	HOF	Allstar	Heismann
1998	1998	1	1	Pat Burrell	1B	University of Miami	Philadelphia
1998	1998	1	2	Mark Mulder	P	Michigan State University	Oakland
1998	1998	1	3	Corey Patterson	OF	Harrison High School (Kennesaw, GA)	Chi. Cubs
1998	1998	1	4	Jeff Austin	P	Stanford University	Kansas City
1998	1998	1	5	J.D. Drew	OF		StL Cardinals
1998	1998	1	6	Ryan Mills	P	Arizona State University	Minnesota
1998	1998	1	7	Austin Kearns	OF	Lafayette High School (Lexington, KY)	Cincinnati
1998	1998	1	8	Felipe Lopez	3B	Lake Brantley (Altamonte Springs,FL)	Toronto
1998	1998	1	9	Sean Burroughs	3B	Wilson High School (Long Beach, CA)	San Diego
1998	1998	1	10	Carlos Pena	1B	Northeastern University	Texas
1998	1998	1	11	Josh McKinley	IF	Malvern Preparatory School (Malvern,PA)	Montreal
1998	1998	1	12	Adam Everett	SS	University of South Carolina	Boston
1998	1998	1	13	J.M. Gold	P	Toms River North (Toms River,NJ)	Milwaukee
1998	1998	1	14	Jeff Weaver	P	California State University, Fresno	Detroit
1998	1998	1	15	Clint Johnston	1B	Vanderbilt University	Pittsburgh
1998	1998	1	16	Kip Wells	P	Baylor University	Chi. White Sox
1998	1998	1	17	Brad Lidge	P	University of Notre Dame	Houston
1998	1998	1	18	Seth Etherton	P	University of Southern California	Anaheim
1998	1998	1	19	Tony Torcato	OF	Woodland (Woodland,CA)	San Francisco
1998	1998	1	20	C.C. Sabathia	P	Vallejo (Vallejo, CA)	Cleveland
1998	1998	1	21	Jason Tyner	OF	Texas A&M University	NY Mets
1998	1998	1	22	Matt Thornton	P	Grand Valley State University	Seattle
1998	1998	1	23	Bubba Crosby	OF	Rice University	LA Dodgers
1998	1998	1	24	Andy Brown	OF	Richmond High School (Richmond,IN)	NY Yankees
1998	1998	1	25	Nate Bump	P	Penn State University	San Francisco
1998	1998	1	26	Rick Elder	OF	Sprayberry (Marietta, GA)	Baltimore
1998	1998	1	27	Chip Ambres	OF		Florida
1998	1998	1	28	Matt Roney	P	Edmond North (Edmond, OK)	Colorado
1998	1998	1	29	Arturo McDowell	OF	Forest Hill High School (West Palm Beach, FL)	San Francisco
1998	1998	1	30	Matt Burch	P	Virginia Commonwealth University	Kansas City
1998	1998	1	31	Chris George	P	Klein High School (Klein, TX)	Kansas City
1998	1998	1	32	Ben Diggins	P	Bradshaw Mountain (Prescott Valley,AZ)	StL Cardinals
1998	1998	1	33	Brad Wilkerson	OF	University of Florida	Montreal
1998	1998	1	34	Nate Cornejo	P	Wellington (Wellington,KS)	Detroit
1998	1998	1	35	Aaron Rowand	OF	Cal State Fullerton	Chi. White Sox
1998	1998	1	36	Choo Freeman	OF	University of Dallas	Colorado
1998	1998	1	37	Mike Nannini	P	Green Valley High School (Henderson, NV)	Houston
1998	1998	1	38	Chris Jones	P	South Mecklenburg (Charlotte, NC)	San Francisco
1998	1998	1	39	Mamon Tucker	OF	Austin High School (Austin, TX)	Baltimore
1998	1998	1	40	Jeff Winchester	C		Colorado
1998	1998	1	41	Jeff Urban	P	Ball State University	San Francisco
1998	1998	1	42	Eric Valent	OF	UCLA	Philadelphia
1998	1998	1	43	Mark Prior	P	University of San Diego (San Diego, CA)	NY Yankees
1998	1998	2	44	Brad Baisley	P	Land O'Lakes High School (Land O'Lakes, FL)	Philadelphia
1998	1998	2	45	Gerald Laird	C	La Quinta High School (Westminster, CA)	Oakland
1998	1998	2	46	Dave Kelton	3B	Troup County (LaGrange,GA)	Chi. Cubs
1998	1998	2	47	Robbie Morrison	P	University of Miami	Kansas City
1998	1998	2	48	Chad Hutchinson	P	Stanford University	StL Cardinals
1998	1998	2	49	Marcus Moseley	P	Cookeville (Cookeville,TN)	Minnesota
1998	1998	2	50	Adam Dunn	OF	New Caney High School (New Caney, TX)	Cincinnati
1998	1998	2	51	Ben Knapp	P	Oviedo High School (Oviedo, FL)	Baltimore
1998	1998	2	52	Matt Belisle	P	McCallum (Austin, TX)	Atlanta
1998	1998	2	53	Coleman Nowlin	OF	Clovis (Clovis, CA)	Texas
1998	1998	2	54	Eric Good	P	Mishawaka (Mishawaka,IN)	Montreal
1998	1998	2	55	Tim Lemon	OF	La Mirada High School (La Mirada, CA)	StL Cardinals
1998	1998	2	56	Nick Neugebauer	P	Arlington High School (Riverside, CA)	Milwaukee
1998	1998	2	57	Brandon Inge	C	Virginia Commonwealth University	Detroit
1998	1998	2	58	Jeremy Cotton	3B	Fuquay Varina (Fuquay Varina,NC)	Pittsburgh
1998	1998	2	59	Gary Majewski	P	St. Pius X High School (Houston, TX)	Chi. White Sox
1998	1998	2	60	Jermaine Van Buren	P	Hattiesburg (Hattiesburg,MS)	Colorado
1998	1998	2	61	Dennis Emanuel	P	Northwestern State University	Anaheim
1998	1998	2	62	Jeff Goldbach	C	Princeton High School (Princeton,IN)	Chi. Cubs
1998	1998	2	63	Zach Sorensen	SS	Wichita State University	Cleveland
1998	1998	2	64	Pat Strange	P	Springfield (Springfield,MA)	NY Mets
1998	1998	2	65	Jeff Verplancke	P	Cal State Los Angeles	Seattle
1998	1998	2	66	Mike Fischer	P-SS	University of South Alabama	LA Dodgers
1998	1998	2	67	Randy Keisler	P	Louisiana State University	NY Yankees
1998	1998	2	68	Eli Serrano	C	Stetson University	San Francisco
1998	1998	2	69	Alex Hart	P	Chambersburg Area (Chambersburg,PA)	Baltimore
1998	1998	2	70	Derek Wathan	SS	University of Oklahoma	Florida
1998	1998	2	71	Jody Gerut	OF	Stanford University	Colorado
1998	1998	2	72	Chris Magruder	OF	University of Washington	San Francisco
1998	1998	2	73	Adam Pettyjohn	P	California State University, Fresno	Detroit
1998	1998	3	74	Jorge Padilla	OF	Florida Air Academy (Melbourne, FL)	Philadelphia
1998	1998	3	83	Barry Zito	P	UCLA	Texas
1998	1998	3	85	Mike Maroth	P	University of Central Florida	Boston
1998	1998	3	89	Josh Fogg	P	University of Florida	Chi. White Sox
1998	1998	3	95	Andy Van Hekken	P	Holland (Holland,MI)	Seattle
1998	1998	3	97	Drew Henson	3B		NY Yankees
1998	1998	3	99	Steve Bechler	P	South Medford (Medford,OR)	Baltimore
1998	1998	3	100	David Callahan	H	Palm Bay (Melbourne, FL)	Florida
1998	1998	3	101	Ryan Langerhans	OF	Round Rock (Round Rock,TX)	Atlanta
1998	1998	4	104	Jason Michaels	OF	University of Miami	Philadelphia
1998	1998	4	117	Andres Torres	OF	Miami-Dade College	Detroit
1998	1998	4	120	Luke Hudson	P	University of Tennessee	Colorado
1998	1998	4	133	Javier Lopez	P	University of Virginia	Arizona
1998	1998	5	135	Jason Hart	2B-OF	Missouri State University	Oakland
1998	1998	5	137	Scott Chiasson	P	Eastern Connecticut State University	Kansas City
1998	1998	5	138	Steve Stemle	P	Western Kentucky University	StL Cardinals
1998	1998	5	145	Josh Hancock	P	Auburn University	Boston
1998	1998	5	150	Ryan Shealy	1B		Colorado
1998	1998	5	153	Ryan Drese	P	University of California	Cleveland
1998	1998	5	154	Craig Brazell	IF	Jefferson Davis (Montgomery,AL)	NY Mets
1998	1998	5	156	Scott Proctor	P	Florida State University	LA Dodgers
1998	1998	5	158	Ryan Vogelsong	P	Kutztown University	San Francisco
1998	1998	5	162	Aubrey Huff	3B	University of Miami	Tampa Bay
1998	1998	5	163	J.D. Closser	C	Alexandria-Monroe (Alexandria,IN)	Arizona
1998	1998	6	170	Bobby Madritsch	P	Point Park (Burbank,IL)	Cincinnati
1998	1998	6	176	Bill Hall	SS	Nettleton (Nettleton,MS)	Milwaukee
1998	1998	6	182	Dave Matranga	IF	Pepperdone University	Houston
1998	1998	6	187	Brett Jodie	P	University of South Carolina	NY Yankees
1998	1998	6	189	Tim Raines	OF	Seminole High School (Sanford,FL)	Baltimore
1998	1998	6	192	Ryan Rupe	P	Texas A&M University	Tampa Bay
1998	1998	7	200	Josh Hall	P	E.C. Glass (Lynchburg, VA)	Cincinnati
1998	1998	7	210	Matt Holliday	3B	Stillwater (Stillwater, OK)	Colorado
1998	1998	7	212	John Buck	C	Taylorsville High School (Salt Lake City, UT)	Houston
1998	1998	7	216	David Ross	C	University of Florida	LA Dodgers
1998	1998	7	218	Doug Clark	OF	University of Massachusetts Amherst	San Francisco
1998	1998	7	221	Scott Sobkowiak	P	Northern Illinois University	Atlanta
1998	1998	8	225	Eric Byrnes	OF	UCLA	Oakland
1998	1998	8	226	Will Ohman	P	Pepperdone University	Chi. Cubs
1998	1998	8	227	Norris Hopper	OF	Shelby High School (Shelby, NC)	Kansas City
1998	1998	8	252	Joe Kennedy	P	Grossmont College	Tampa Bay
1998	1998	8	253	Andrew Good	P	Rochester (Rochester Hills,MI)	Arizona
1998	1998	9	254	Ryan Madson	P	Valley View High School (Moreno Valley, CA)	Philadelphia
1998	1998	9	255	Jonathan Adkins	P	Oklahoma State University	Oakland
1998	1998	9	257	Paul Phillips	C	University of Alabama	Kansas City
1998	1998	9	258	Jack Wilson	SS	Oxnard College	StL Cardinals
1998	1998	9	259	Rabell Rivera	P	University of Mobile	Minnesota
1998	1998	9	263	Andy Pratt	P	Chino Valley (Chino Valley,AZ)	Texas
1998	1998	9	265	Mark Teixeira	3B	Mount Saint Joseph (Baltimore, MD)	Boston
1998	1998	9	272	Morgan Ensberg	3B	University of Southern California	Houston
1998	1998	9	278	Cody Ransom	SS	Grand Canyon University	San Francisco
1998	1998	10	295	Lenny DiNardo	P	Santa Fe (Alachua,FL)	Boston
1998	1998	10	301	Chuck Lehr	P	University of Southern California	Anaheim
1998	1998	10	302	Keith Ginter	2B	Texas Tech University	Houston
1998	1998	11	338	Erasmo Ramirez	P	Cal State Fullerton	San Francisco
1998	1998	11	343	Hector Cruz	OF-3B	Florida State College at Jacksonville	Arizona
1998	1998	12	350	John Koronka	P	South Lake (Groveland,FL)	Cincinnati
1998	1998	12	364	Ryan Budde		Midwest City High School (Midwest City, OK)	NY Mets
1998	1998	13	374	Adam Peterson	P	Oconto Falls (Oconto Falls,WI)	Philadelphia
1998	1998	13	375	Jeff Bajenaru	P	Riverside Community College	Oakland
1998	1998	13	377	Brian Shackelford	OF	University of Oklahoma	Kansas City
1998	1998	13	378	Les Walrond	P	University of Kansas	StL Cardinals
1998	1998	13	385	Mike Rabelo	C	Ridgewood (New Port Richey, FL)	Boston
1998	1998	13	390	Juan Pierre	OF	University of South Alabama	Colorado
1998	1998	13	396	Charles Thomas	OF	McLane (Fresno, CA)	LA Dodgers
1998	1998	13	401	Steve Smyth	P	Cypress College	Atlanta
1998	1998	14	407	Shawn Sedlacek	P	Iowa State University	Kansas City
1998	1998	14	409	Mike Gosling	P	East (Salt Lake City, UT)	Minnesota
1998	1998	14	411	Jay Gibbons	OF	Cal State Los Angeles	Toronto
1998	1998	14	424	Gil Velazquez	SS	Paramount High School (Paramount, CA)	NY Mets
1998	1998	14	431	John Ennis	P	Monroe High School (North Hills, CA)	Atlanta
1998	1998	15	434	Geoff Geary	P	University of Oklahoma	Philadelphia
1998	1998	15	438	Pedro Hernandez	DH	Xaverian High School (Brooklyn, NY)	StL Cardinals
1998	1998	15	448	Craig House	P	University of Memphis	Pittsburgh
1998	1998	15	449	Nate Robertson	P	Wichita State University	Chi. White Sox
1998	1998	15	450	Mark DiFelice	P	Western Carolina University	Colorado
1998	1998	15	453	Matt White	P	Clemson University	Cleveland
1998	1998	16	472	Steve Watkins	P	Lubbock (Lubbock, TX)	San Diego
1998	1998	17	496	Eric Hinske	3B	University of Arkansas	Chi. Cubs
1998	1998	17	499	J.J. Putz	P	University of Michigan	Minnesota
1998	1998	17	500	B.J. Ryan	P	University of Louisiana at Lafayette	Cincinnati
1998	1998	17	502	Brian Lawrence	P	Northwestern University	San Diego
1998	1998	17	508	David Williams	P	Delaware Technical & Community College	Pittsburgh
1998	1998	17	512	Colin Porter	OF	University of Arizona	Houston
1998	1998	17	514	Ty Wigginton	IF	University of North Carolina	NY Mets
1998	1998	17	519	Mike MacDougal	P	Wake Forest University	Baltimore
1998	1998	18	528	Esix Snead	OF	University of Central Florida	StL Cardinals
1998	1998	18	529	Kevin Thompson	OF	Western Hills High School (Benbrook,TX)	Minnesota
1998	1998	18	534	Jim Serrano	P	University of New Mexico	Montreal
1998	1998	18	538	Joe Beimel	P	Duquesne University	Pittsburgh
1998	1998	18	550	Adam LaRoche	1B	Fort Scott (Fort Scott,KS)	Florida
1998	1998	18	552	Brandon Backe	P	Galveston College	Tampa Bay
1998	1998	18	553	Bret Prinz	P	Phoenix College	Arizona
1998	1998	19	561	Bob File	P	Father Judge (Philadelphia, PA)	Toronto
1998	1998	19	562	Jeremy Fikac	P	Southwest Tennessee Community College	San Diego
1998	1998	19	568	Jeff Bennett	P	Gordonsville (Gordonsville,TN)	Pittsburgh
1998	1998	20	598	Mike Johnston	P	Garrett College	Pittsburgh
1998	1998	20	607	Dusty Rhodes	OF	University of Illinois	NY Yankees
1998	1998	20	609	Cliff Lee	P	Meridian Community College	Baltimore
1998	1998	21	614	Nick Punto	SS	Saddleback (Santa Ana, CA)	Philadelphia
1998	1998	21	621	Frank Gracesqui	P	George Washington High School (New York, NY)	Toronto
1998	1998	22	651	Adam Stern	OF	St. Thomas Aquinas High School (New Britain,CT)	Toronto
1998	1998	22	665	Mike Myers	SS		Seattle
1998	1998	23	675	Tyler Yates	P	University of Hawaii-Hilo	Oakland
1998	1998	23	691	Ryan Braun	P	Edison High School (Fresno, CA)	Anaheim
1998	1998	23	694	Jaime Cerda	P	Freed-Hardeman University	NY Mets
1998	1998	23	703	Rob Hammock	C	University of Georgia	Arizona
1998	1998	24	709	Juan Padilla	P	Jacksonville University	Minnesota
1998	1998	24	732	Ryan Jorgensen	C	San Jacinto College	Tampa Bay
1998	1998	25	745	John Hattig	IF		Boston
1998	1998	26	775	Ben Kozlowski	P	Seminole High School (Seminole, FL)	Boston
1998	1998	26	778	Jon Switzer	P	Clear Lake (Houston, TX)	Pittsburgh
1998	1998	26	779	Edwin Almonte	P	University of St. Francis	Chi. White Sox
1998	1998	26	790	Kevin Olsen	P	University of Oklahoma	Florida
1998	1998	28	838	Steve Sparks	P	University of South Alabama	Pittsburgh
1998	1998	28	849	Jason Botts	OF	Paso Robles (Paso Robles,CA)	Baltimore
1998	1998	29	862	Cliff Bartosh	P	Duncanville High School (Duncanville, TX)	San Diego
1998	1998	29	879	Doug Slaten	P	Venice High School (Los Angeles, CA)	Baltimore
1998	1998	29	881	Tim Spooneybarger	P	Pine Forest High School (Pensacola, FL)	Atlanta
1998	1998	29	883	Mike Koplove	P	University of Delaware	Arizona
1998	1998	30	892	Eric Cyr	P	Seminole State College of Florida	San Diego
1998	1998	30	893	Jaime Bubela	OF	Blinn College	Texas
1998	1998	30	905	John Rheinecker	P	Belleville (Belleville,IL)	Seattle
1998	1998	30	913	Charlie Manning	P	Polk State College	Arizona
1998	1998	31	920	Brad Salmon	P	Tate High School (Cantonment, FL)	Cincinnati
1998	1998	31	930	Mark Woodyard	P	Northwest Florida State College	Colorado
1998	1998	32	971	Nick Green	2B	Georgia Perimeter College	Atlanta
1998	1998	34	1009	Kevin Frederick	P	Creighton University	Minnesota
1998	1998	34	1011	Robert Cramer	P	Cal State Fullerton	Toronto
1998	1998	34	1021	Robert Crosby	SS	La Quinta High School (Westminster, CA)	Anaheim
1998	1998	34	1026	Brandon Claussen	P	Howard College	NY Yankees
1998	1998	35	1035	Brad Moore	P	University of Northern Iowa	Oakland
1998	1998	36	1084	Earl Snyder	1B	University of Hartford	NY Mets
1998	1998	36	1087	Eric Eckenstahler	P	Illinois State University	NY Yankees
1998	1998	36	1092	Tim Olson	SS	Hutchinson (Bismarck,ND)	Tampa Bay
1998	1998	37	1096	James Lunsford	C	San Angelo Central (San Angelo,TX)	Chi. Cubs
1998	1998	37	1122	Brandon Medders	P	Hillcrest High School (Tuscaloosa, AL)	Tampa Bay
1998	1998	38	1129	Tommy Watkins	IF	Riverdale High School (Fort Myers, FL)	Minnesota
1998	1998	38	1132	Trey Hodges	P	Blinn College	San Diego
1998	1998	38	1135	Dennis Tankersley	P	Merrimack College	Boston
1998	1998	38	1139	Mark Buehrle	P	Howell North High School (St. Charles, MO)	Chi. White Sox
1998	1998	40	1190	Lance Cormier	P	Lafayette High School (Lafayette, LA)	Cincinnati
1998	1998	40	1207	Exavier Logan	SS	Natchez (Natchez,MS)	NY Yankees
1998	1998	41	1218	Justin Knoedler	P	Springfield (Springfield,IL)	StL Cardinals
1998	1998	41	1220	Todd Coffey	P	Chase (Forest City,NC)	Cincinnati
1998	1998	41	1241	Mike Perez	P	Palm Beach High School (West Palm Beach, FL)	Atlanta
1998	1998	42	1252	Alex Pelaez	IF	San Diego State University	San Diego
1998	1998	42	1259	Kevin Cameron	P	Catholic Academy (Joliet, IL)	Chi. White Sox
1998	1998	42	1260	Nyjer Morgan	CF	-	Colorado
1998	1998	43	1274	Mike Cervenak	3B	University of Michigan	Oakland
1998	1998	43	1280	Jason Jones	1B	Kennesaw State University	San Diego
1998	1998	44	1314	Alfredo Amezaga	IF	Miami Senior High School (Miami, FL)	Colorado
1998	1998	44	1323	Dallas McPherson	IF	Randleman High School (Randleman, NC)	Atlanta
1998	1998	45	1329	Terrmel Sledge	OF	Long Beach State University	Cincinnati
1998	1998	45	1332	Tomas Perez	IF	John Burroughs (Burbank,CA)	Montreal
1998	1998	45	1348	Brad Voyles	P	Luxemburg-Casco (Luxemburg,WI)	Atlanta
1998	1998	46	1366	Steve Andrade	P	American River College	LA Dodgers
1998	1998	48	1412	Mike Jacobs	C	Hilltop (Chula Vista, CA)	Tampa Bay
1998	1998	49	1421	Kevin Hooper	IF	Wichita State University	Cleveland
1998	1998	49	1423	Scott Atchison	P	Texas Christian University	Seattle
1998	1998	49	1426	Mitch Jones	IF	Mountain View High School (Orem,UT)	Baltimore

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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Davan S. Mani says:

April 17, 2020 at 11:36 pm

what a year. the competitiveness of the ABL really brought the NBA out of its duldrums.

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