Major League Baseball - 2002 MLB Draft Picks ☉ RetroSeasons



Year	Draft	Round	Pick	Player	Pos	From	To	Notes	ROY	HOF	Allstar	Heismann
2002	2002	1	1	Bryan Bullington	P	Ball State University	Pittsburgh
2002	2002	1	2	B.J. Upton	SS	Greenbrier Christian Academy (Chesapeake, VA)	Tampa Bay
2002	2002	1	3	Christopher Gruler	P	Liberty High School (Brentwood,CA)	Cincinnati
2002	2002	1	4	Adam Loewen	P	Fraser Valley Christian (Surrey,BC)	Baltimore
2002	2002	1	5	Clint Everts	P	Cypress Falls (Houston, TX)	Montreal
2002	2002	1	6	Zack Greinke	P	Apopka High School (Apopka, FL)	Kansas City
2002	2002	1	7	Prince Fielder	1B	Eau Gallie High School (Melbourne, FL)	Milwaukee
2002	2002	1	8	Scott Moore	SS	Cypress High School (Cypress, CA)	Detroit
2002	2002	1	9	Jeff Francis	P	University of Lethbridge	Colorado
2002	2002	1	10	Drew Meyer	SS	University of South Carolina	Texas
2002	2002	1	11	Jeremy Hermida	OF	Wheeler High School (Marietta, GA)	Florida
2002	2002	1	12	Joe Saunders	P	Virginia Tech	Anaheim
2002	2002	1	13	Khalil Greene	SS	Clemson University	San Diego
2002	2002	1	14	Russ Adams	SS	University of North Carolina	Toronto
2002	2002	1	15	Scott Kazmir	P	Cypress Falls (Houston, TX)	NY Mets
2002	2002	1	16	Nick Swisher	OF	Ohio State University	Oakland
2002	2002	1	17	Cole Hamels	P	Rancho Bernardo (San Diego, CA)	Philadelphia
2002	2002	1	18	Roger Ring	P	San Diego State University	Chi. White Sox
2002	2002	1	19	James Loney	1B	Elkins (Missouri City,TX)	LA Dodgers
2002	2002	1	20	Denard Span	OF	Tampa Catholic High School (Tampa, FL)	Minnesota
2002	2002	1	21	Bobby Brownlie	P	Rutgers University	Chi. Cubs
2002	2002	1	22	Jeremy Guthrie	P	Stanford University	Cleveland
2002	2002	1	23	Jeff Francoeur	OF	Parkview High School (Liburn, GA)	Atlanta
2002	2002	1	24	Joe Blanton	P	University of Kentucky	Oakland
2002	2002	1	25	Matthew Cain	P	Houston High School (Germantown, TN)	San Francisco
2002	2002	1	26	John McCurdy	IF	University of Maryland	Oakland
2002	2002	1	27	Sergio Santos	SS	Mater Dei High School (Santa Ana, CA)	Arizona
2002	2002	1	28	John Mayberry	H	Rockhurst (Kansas City, MO)	Seattle
2002	2002	1	29	Derick Grigsby	P	Northeast Texas Community College	Houston
2002	2002	1	30	Ben Fritz	P	California State University, Fresno	Oakland
2002	2002	1	31	Greg Miller	P	Esperanza High School (Anaheim, CA)	LA Dodgers
2002	2002	1	32	Luke Hagerty	P	Ball State University	Chi. Cubs
2002	2002	1	33	Matt Whitney	3B	Palm Beach Gardens (Palm Beach Gardens,FL)	Cleveland
2002	2002	1	34	Dan Meyer	P	James Madison University	Atlanta
2002	2002	1	35	Jeremy Brown	C	University of Alabama	Oakland
2002	2002	1	36	Chadd Blasko	P	Purdue University	Chi. Cubs
2002	2002	1	37	Stephen Obenchain	P	University of Evansville	Oakland
2002	2002	1	38	Matthew Clanton	P	Orange County Community College	Chi. Cubs
2002	2002	1	39	Mark Teahen	3B	St. Mary's College of California	Oakland
2002	2002	1	40	Mark Schramek	P	University of Texas	Cincinnati
2002	2002	1	41	Micah Schilling	2B	Silliman Institute (Clinton,LA)	Cleveland
2002	2002	2	42	Blair Johnson	P	Washburn High School (Topeka, KS)	Pittsburgh
2002	2002	2	43	Jason Pridie	OF	Prescott (Prescott,AZ)	Tampa Bay
2002	2002	2	44	Joey Votto	3B	Richview Collegiate Institute (Toronto,ON)	Cincinnati
2002	2002	2	45	Corey Shafer	C	Choctaw High School (Choctaw, OK)	Baltimore
2002	2002	2	46	Darrell Rasner	P	University of Nevada	Montreal
2002	2002	2	47	Adam Donachie	C	Timber Creek (Orlando, FL)	Kansas City
2002	2002	2	48	Joshua Murray	SS	Jesuit High School (Tampa, FL)	Milwaukee
2002	2002	2	49	Brent Clevlen	OF	Westwood High School (Austin, TX)	Detroit
2002	2002	2	50	Micah Owings	P	Bishop Kenny High School (Jacksonville, FL)	Colorado
2002	2002	2	51	Zachary Hammes	P	Iowa City (Iowa City,IA)	LA Dodgers
2002	2002	2	52	Robert Andino	SS	Southridge (Miami, FL)	Florida
2002	2002	2	53	Kevin Jepsen	P	Bishop Manogue (Reno, NV)	Anaheim
2002	2002	2	54	William Johnson	1B	Clemson University	San Diego
2002	2002	2	55	David Bush	P	Wake Forest University	Toronto
2002	2002	2	56	Brian Dopirak	1B	Dunedin (Dunedin,FL)	Chi. Cubs
2002	2002	2	57	Jon Lester	P	Bellarmine Prep (Tacoma, WA)	Boston
2002	2002	2	58	Zachary Segovia	P	Forney (Forney,TX)	Philadelphia
2002	2002	2	59	Jeremy Reed	OF	Long Beach State University	Chi. White Sox
2002	2002	2	60	Jonathan Broxton	P	Burke County High School (Waynesboro, GA)	LA Dodgers
2002	2002	2	61	Jesse Crain	P	University of Houston	Minnesota
2002	2002	2	62	Justin Jones	P	Kellam (Virginia Beach, VA)	Chi. Cubs
2002	2002	2	63	Brian Slocum	P	Villanova University	Cleveland
2002	2002	2	64	Brian McCann	C	Duluth (Duluth,GA)	Atlanta
2002	2002	2	65	James Greene	SS	St. Thomas Aquinas High School (Fort Lauderdale, FL)	Atlanta
2002	2002	2	66	Fred Lewis	OF	Southern University	San Francisco
2002	2002	2	67	Steve Stanley	OF	University of Notre Dame	Oakland
2002	2002	2	68	Christopher Snyder	C	University of Houston	Arizona
2002	2002	2	69	Joshua Womack	OF	Crawford High School (San Diego, CA)	Seattle
2002	2002	2	70	Mitchell Talbot	P	Canyon View (Cedar City,UT)	Houston
2002	2002	2	71	Brandon Weeden	P	Edmond Santa Fe (Edmond, OK)	NY Yankees
2002	2002	2	72	Pat Osborn	3B	University of Florida	Cleveland
2002	2002	3	74	Elijah Dukes	CF	Hillsborough High School (Tampa, FL)	Tampa Bay
2002	2002	3	76	Val Majewski	OF	Rutgers University	Baltimore
2002	2002	3	80	Curtis Granderson	OF	University of Illinois	Detroit
2002	2002	3	90	Josh Rupe	P	Louisburg College	Chi. White Sox
2002	2002	3	93	William Petrick	P	Morris (Morris,IL)	Chi. Cubs
2002	2002	3	95	Charles Morton	P	Barlow (Redding,CT)	Atlanta
2002	2002	3	97	Daniel Ortmeier	OF	University of Texas	San Francisco
2002	2002	3	98	William Murphy	P	University of California-Riverside	Oakland
2002	2002	4	104	Wes Bankston	OF	Plano East High School (Plano, TX)	Tampa Bay
2002	2002	4	111	Jeff Baker	3B	Clemson University	Colorado
2002	2002	4	112	Richard Hill	P	University of Texas-San Antonio	Chi. Cubs
2002	2002	4	113	Joshua Johnson	P	Jenks (Jenks,OK)	Florida
2002	2002	4	116	Adam Peterson	P	Wichita State University	Toronto
2002	2002	4	118	Chris Smith	P	University of California-Riverside	Boston
2002	2002	4	121	Delwyn Young	2B	Santa Barbara City College	LA Dodgers
2002	2002	4	127	Kevin Correia	P	Cal Poly	San Francisco
2002	2002	4	128	John Baker	C	University of California	Oakland
2002	2002	4	129	Lance Cormier	P	University of Alabama	Arizona
2002	2002	4	131	Mark McLemore	P	Oregon State University	Houston
2002	2002	5	136	Hayden Penn	P	Santana High School (Santee, CA)	Baltimore
2002	2002	5	138	Donald Murphy	SS	Orange County Community College	Kansas City
2002	2002	5	143	Nick Hundley	C	Lake Washington (Kirkland,WA)	Florida
2002	2002	5	152	Michael Thomas	CF	Mosley High School (Panama City, FL)	Minnesota
2002	2002	5	154	Ben Francisco	OF	University of California	Cleveland
2002	2002	5	156	Matt Carson	OF	Brigham Young University	NY Yankees
2002	2002	5	158	Mark Kiger	IF	University of Florida	Oakland
2002	2002	5	161	Pat Misch	P	Western Michigan University	Houston
2002	2002	6	163	Bradley Eldred	IF	Florida International University	Pittsburgh
2002	2002	6	164	Cesar Ramos	P	El Rancho High School (Pico Rivera, CA)	Tampa Bay
2002	2002	6	166	John Maine	P	University of North Carolina	Baltimore
2002	2002	6	171	Sean Barker	OF	Louisiana State University	Colorado
2002	2002	6	173	Scott Olsen	P	Crystal Lake South (Crystal Lake, IL)	Florida
2002	2002	6	176	Jason Perry	1B-OF	Georgia Institute of Technology	Toronto
2002	2002	6	180	Chris Getz	SS	Grosse Pointe South High School (Grosse Pointe, MI)	Chi. White Sox
2002	2002	6	182	Pat Neshek	P	Butler University	Minnesota
2002	2002	6	187	Jesse English	P	Rancho Buena Vista High School (Vista, CA)	San Francisco
2002	2002	6	189	Brian Barden	3B	Oregon State University	Arizona
2002	2002	6	190	Troy Cate	P	Brigham Young University-Idaho	Seattle
2002	2002	7	193	Matt Capps	P	Alexander (Douglasville,GA)	Pittsburgh
2002	2002	7	197	Mike O'Connor	P	George Washington University	Montreal
2002	2002	7	198	Jonah Bayliss	P	Trinity College	Kansas City
2002	2002	7	199	Thomas Wilhelmsen	P	Tucson High School (Tucson, AZ)	Milwaukee
2002	2002	7	201	Ryan Spilborghs	OF	University of California-Santa Barbara	Colorado
2002	2002	8	231	Jeff Salazar	OF	Oklahoma State University	Colorado
2002	2002	8	238	Brandon Moss	2B	Loganville (Loganville,GA)	Boston
2002	2002	8	240	Sean Tracey	P	University of California-Irvine	Chi. White Sox
2002	2002	8	242	Adam Lind	1B	Highland (Anderson,IN)	Minnesota
2002	2002	8	246	Brad Halsey	P	University of Texas	NY Yankees
2002	2002	8	247	Clay Hensley	P	Lamar University	San Francisco
2002	2002	8	248	Jared Burton	P	Western Carolina University	Oakland
2002	2002	9	254	Chris Leroux	C	St. Joseph (Mississauga,ON)	Tampa Bay
2002	2002	9	258	Matt Tupman	C	University of Massachusetts-Lowell	Kansas City
2002	2002	9	263	Eric Reed	OF	Texas A&M University	Florida
2002	2002	9	273	Adam Greenberg	OF	University of North Carolina	Chi. Cubs
2002	2002	9	278	Shane Komine	P	University of Nebraska	Oakland
2002	2002	10	283	David Davidson	P	Denis Morris (Thorold,ON)	Pittsburgh
2002	2002	10	284	Jason Hammel	P	Treasure Valley Community College	Tampa Bay
2002	2002	10	290	Luke Carlin	C	Northeastern University	Detroit
2002	2002	10	294	Howard Kendrick	2B	St. Johns River Community College	Anaheim
2002	2002	10	297	Matthew Lindstrom	P	Brigham Young University-Idaho	NY Mets
2002	2002	10	302	Kyle Phillips	C	El Capitan High School (Lakeside, CA)	Minnesota
2002	2002	11	317	Jason Bergmann	P	Rutgers University	Montreal
2002	2002	11	320	Joel Zumaya	P	Bonita Vista (Chula Vista, CA)	Detroit
2002	2002	11	321	Ryan Shealy	1B	University of Florida	Colorado
2002	2002	11	329	T.J. Beam	P	University of Mississippi	Philadelphia
2002	2002	11	331	James McDonald	P	Poly High School (Long Beach, CA)	LA Dodgers
2002	2002	11	332	Evan Meek	P	Inglemoor (Kenmore,WA)	Minnesota
2002	2002	12	346	Brandon Fahey	SS-3B	University of Texas	Baltimore
2002	2002	12	349	Callix Crabbe	2B	State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota	Milwaukee
2002	2002	12	351	Mike Esposito	P	Arizona State University	Colorado
2002	2002	12	355	Paul McAnulty	1B	Long Beach State University	San Diego
2002	2002	12	362	Jeff Clement	C	Marshalltown (Marshalltown,IA)	Minnesota
2002	2002	13	380	Anthony Reyes	P	University of Southern California	Detroit
2002	2002	13	385	Lance Pendleton	H	Kingwood High School (Kingwood, TX)	San Diego
2002	2002	13	393	James Hoffpauir	RF	Lamar University	Chi. Cubs
2002	2002	13	402	Reid Gorecki	CF	University of Delaware	StL Cardinals
2002	2002	14	413	Travis Chick	P	Whitehouse High School (Whitehouse, TX)	Florida
2002	2002	14	422	Garrett Mock	P	Grayson County College	Minnesota
2002	2002	14	423	Rocky Cherry	P	University of Oklahoma	Chi. Cubs
2002	2002	15	434	Mike Pelfrey	P	Wichita Heights (Wichita, KS)	Tampa Bay
2002	2002	15	438	Kila Kaaihue	1B	Iolani High School (Honolulu, HI)	Kansas City
2002	2002	15	440	Jesse Carlson	P	University of Connecticut	Detroit
2002	2002	15	442	Sam Narron	P	East Carolina University	Texas
2002	2002	15	451	Eric Stults	P	Bethel College	LA Dodgers
2002	2002	15	459	Dustin Nippert	P	West Virginia University	Arizona
2002	2002	15	460	Gaby Sanchez	H	Brito Miami Private School (Miami, FL)	Seattle
2002	2002	16	469	Dana Eveland	P	Hill College	Milwaukee
2002	2002	16	492	Brad Thompson	P	Dixie State College of Utah	StL Cardinals
2002	2002	17	493	Chris De Maria	P	Long Beach State University	Pittsburgh
2002	2002	17	509	Scott Mathieson	P	Aldergrove (Aldergrove,BC)	Philadelphia
2002	2002	17	510	Brandon McCarthy	P	Lamar Community College	Chi. White Sox
2002	2002	17	511	Russell Martin	3B	Chipola College	LA Dodgers
2002	2002	18	533	Ross Wolf	P	Wabash Valley College	Florida
2002	2002	18	536	Jordan De Jong	P	Cal State Fullerton	Toronto
2002	2002	19	555	Chris Denorfia	OF	Wheaton College	Cincinnati
2002	2002	19	569	Bobby Korecky	P	University of Texas-San Antonio	Philadelphia
2002	2002	20	592	Kameron Loe	P	Cal State Northridge	Texas
2002	2002	20	595	George Kottaras	C	Connors State College	San Diego
2002	2002	20	600	Boone Logan	P	Sandra Day O'Connor (Helotes,TX)	Chi. White Sox
2002	2002	20	605	Charles James	P	Chattahoochee Valley Community College	Atlanta
2002	2002	20	608	Trevor Crowe	SS	Westview High School (Portland, OR)	Oakland
2002	2002	21	625	Andy LaRoche	SS	Grayson County College	San Diego
2002	2002	21	637	Travis Ishikawa	1B	Federal Way (Federal Way,WA)	San Francisco
2002	2002	22	663	Taylor Teagarden	H	Creekview (Carrollton, TX)	Chi. Cubs
2002	2002	23	674	Jacoby Ellsbury		Madras High School (Madras, OR)	Tampa Bay
2002	2002	23	675	Nick Markakis		Young Harris College	Cincinnati
2002	2002	23	696	Eric Hacker	P	Duncanville High School (Duncanville, TX)	NY Yankees
2002	2002	23	700	Travis Buck	OF	Richland High School (Richland,WA)	Seattle
2002	2002	24	726	Dane De la Rosa	P	Riverside Community College	NY Yankees
2002	2002	25	750	Jay Marshall	P	Jefferson College	Chi. White Sox
2002	2002	25	762	Kyle McClellan	P	Hazelwood West (Hazelwood,MO)	StL Cardinals
2002	2002	26	769	Craig Breslow	P	Yale University	Milwaukee
2002	2002	26	776	Dewon Day	P	Southern University	Toronto
2002	2002	26	786	Phillip Coke	P	San Joaquin Delta College	NY Yankees
2002	2002	27	794	Brandon Mann	P	Mount Rainier High School (Des Moines, WA)	Tampa Bay
2002	2002	27	796	Antoan Richardson	CF	Palm Beach State College	Baltimore
2002	2002	28	840	Hector Ambriz	P-C	Valencia (Placentia, CA)	Chi. White Sox
2002	2002	28	841	Robert Ray		Lufkin High School (Lufkin, TX)	LA Dodgers
2002	2002	29	866	Erik Kratz	C	Eastern Mennonite University	Toronto
2002	2002	29	877	Alex Hinshaw	P	Chaffey College	San Francisco
2002	2002	30	897	Chris Robinson	C	Lord Dorchester (Dorchester,ON)	NY Mets
2002	2002	30	910	T.J. Bohn	OF	Bellevue University	Seattle
2002	2002	31	925	Jared Wells	P	Tyler Junior College	San Diego
2002	2002	31	937	Matt Palmer	P	Missouri State University	San Francisco
2002	2002	31	938	Brad Ziegler	P	Missouri State University	Oakland
2002	2002	32	968	Justin Towles	C	Crosby High School (Crosby, TX)	Oakland
2002	2002	33	973	Nyjer Morgan	CF	Walla Walla Community College	Pittsburgh
2002	2002	33	978	Cesar Carrillo	P	Mount Carmel (Chicago, IL)	Kansas City
2002	2002	33	990	Tony Sipp	P	Northwest Florida State College	Chi. White Sox
2002	2002	33	994	Jensen Lewis		Anderson (Cincinnati, OH)	Cleveland
2002	2002	34	1009	Tim Dillard	C	Itawamba Community College	Milwaukee
2002	2002	34	1011	Ryan Mattheus	P	Galt Union (Galt,CA)	Colorado
2002	2002	34	1021	Doug Mathis	P	Show Low (Show Low,AZ)	LA Dodgers
2002	2002	34	1032	Mike McCoy	SS	University of San Diego	StL Cardinals
2002	2002	35	1037	Sean White	P	University of Washington	Montreal
2002	2002	35	1045	Drew Macias	CF	Chaffey College	San Diego
2002	2002	37	1101	Victor Alvarez	P	Chipola College	Colorado
2002	2002	37	1108	Ricardo Romero	P	Roosevelt High School (Los Angeles, CA)	Boston
2002	2002	38	1131	Steve Sutton	SS	Texarkana College	Colorado
2002	2002	38	1143	Randy Wells	C	Southwestern Illinois College	Chi. Cubs
2002	2002	39	1171	Luke Hochevar		Fowler High School (Fowler, CO)	LA Dodgers
2002	2002	39	1180	Bryan Lahair	RF	St. Petersburg College	Seattle
2002	2002	39	1181	Nicholas Stavinoha	RF	San Jacinto College	Houston
2002	2002	40	1189	Hunter Pence		Texarkana College	Milwaukee
2002	2002	40	1191	Matt Garza	P	Washington Union High School (Fresno, CA)	Colorado
2002	2002	40	1208	Jonathan Papelbon		Mississippi State University	Oakland
2002	2002	41	1223	Rob Johnson	C	Saddleback College	Florida
2002	2002	41	1230	Daniel Barone	P	Monterey Peninsula College	Chi. White Sox
2002	2002	41	1241	Scott Feldman	P	College of San Mateo	Houston
2002	2002	42	1252	Jesse Chavez	P	Riverside Community College	Texas
2002	2002	43	1283	Steve Delabar	RHP	Volunteer State Community College	Anaheim
2002	2002	44	1310	Tim Wood	P	Pima Community College	Florida
2002	2002	44	1325	Ty Taubenheim	P	Edmonds Community College	Oakland
2002	2002	45	1333	Jon Link		Chantilly High School (Chantilly, VA)	Montreal
2002	2002	45	1342	Brian Bannister	P	University of Southern California	Boston
2002	2002	45	1343	Sam LeCure	P	Helias (Jefferson City, MO)	Philadelphia
2002	2002	46	1370	Dusty Ryan	C	Golden Valley High School (Merced,CA)	Philadelphia
2002	2002	48	1417	Robert Wilson	C	St. Petersburg College	Anaheim
2002	2002	48	1419	Andrew Butera	C	Bishop Moore (Orlando, FL)	Toronto
2002	2002	49	1448	Fernando Hernandez	P	Southwest High School (Miami, FL)	Chi. White Sox
2002	2002	49	1450	Brock Peterson	3B	W.F. West (Chehalis,WA)	Minnesota
2002	2002	50	1466	Dustin Hughes	P	Northgate (Walnut Creek,CA)	Florida

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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