1967 Major League Baseball draft

Baseball draft of amateur players August 2023 1967 Major League Baseball draft Ron BlombergNew York Yankees 20 1 C Ted Simmons 1966 1968 The 1967 Major League Baseball draft recruits amateur baseball players into the American Major League Baseball (MLB) league. The players selected in 1967 included many talented prospects who later had careers in the professional league. Some selections included Bobby Grich and Don Baylor (Baltimore), Vida Blue (Kansas City Athletics), Dusty Baker and Ralph Garr (Atlanta), Ken Singleton and Jon Matlack (Mets), and Ted Simmons and Jerry Reuss (St. Louis). In the January draft, Boston selected catcher Carlton Fisk and the New York Mets drafted Ken Singleton. The Cincinnati Reds selected Chris Chambliss in the 31st round only to have him enroll in junior college. The Mets chose Dan Pastorini in the 32nd round, but Pastorini chose football and played several seasons in the NFL. Atlanta also chose Archie Manning in the 43rd round. There was also a "1967 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase" that saw players drafted, most notably with Gary Gentry.https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.fcgi?year_ID=1967&draft_round=3&draft_type=junsec&query_type=year_round&from_type_4y=0&from_type_hs=0&from_type_jc=0&from_type_unk=0 3rd Round of the 1967 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase First round selections = All-Star = Baseball Hall of Famer The following are the first round picks in the 1967 Major League Baseball draft.https://www.espn.com/mlb/draft/history?year=1967 MLB First Round Draft Picks – 1967 2008-07-27 Pick Player Team Position Hometown/School 1 Ron Blomberg New York Yankees First baseman Atlanta 2 Terry Hughes Chicago Cubs Shortstop Spartanburg, South Carolina 3 Mike Garman Boston Red Sox Right-handed Pitcher Caldwell, Idaho 4Jon Matlack New York Mets Left-handed Pitcher West Chester, Pennsylvania 5 John Jones Washington Senators Catcher St. Joseph, Tennessee 6John Mayberry Houston Astros First baseman Detroit, Michigan 7 Brian Bickerton Kansas City Athletics Left-handed Pitcher Santee, California 8Wayne Simpson Cincinnati Reds Right-handed Pitcher Los Angeles 9 Mike Nunn California Angels Catcher Greensboro, North Carolina 10Ted Simmons St. Louis Cardinals Catcher Southfield, Michigan 11 Jack Heidemann Cleveland Indians Shortstop Brenham, Texas 12 Andrew Finlay Atlanta Braves Outfielder Sacramento, California 13 Dan Haynes Chicago White Sox Third baseman East Point, Georgia 14 Phil Meyer Philadelphia Phillies Left-handed Pitcher Downey, California 15 Jim Foor Detroit Tigers Left-handed Pitcher Ferguson, Missouri 16 Joe Grigas Pittsburgh Pirates Outfielder Brockton, Massachusetts 17 Steve Brye Minnesota Twins Third baseman/Outfielder Oakland, California 18 Dave Rader San Francisco Giants Catcher Bakersfield, California 19Bobby Grich Baltimore Orioles Shortstop Long Beach, California 20 Don Denbow Los Angeles Dodgers Third baseman Southern Methodist University Other notable selections = All-Star http://www.baseball-almanac.com/draft/baseball-draft.php?yr=1967 1967 Baseball Draft Baseball Almanac 3 April 2018 Round Pick Player Team Position 2 27Vida Blue Kansas City Athletics Pitcher 2 29Dave Kingman* California Angels Pitcher 2 30Jerry Reuss St. Louis Cardinals Pitcher 2 39Don Baylor Baltimore Orioles Outfielder 3 52Ralph Garr Atlanta Braves Second Baseman 3 56Richie Zisk Pittsburgh Pirates Outfielder 4 68 Fred Kendall Cincinnati Reds Catcher 4 78Steve Busby* San Francisco Giants Pitcher 4 80 Steve Yeager Los Angeles Dodgers Catcher 5 96 Dave Goltz Minnesota Twins Pitcher 8 157Dave Lopes* San Francisco Giants Outfielder 10 189 Lenny Randle* St. Louis Cardinals Shortstop 11 216 Al Hrabosky* Minnesota Twins Pitcher 15 296 Rick Dempsey Minnesota Twins Catcher 20 396Gary Lavelle San Francisco Giants Pitcher 20 397 Doug Rau* Baltimore Orioles Pitcher 26 503Dusty Baker Atlanta Braves Outfielder 31 587Chris Chambliss* Cincinnati Reds First Baseman 32 599 Dan Pastorini* New York Mets Shortstop 43 779 Archie Manning* Atlanta Braves Shortstop 60 924Steve Rogers* New York Yankees Pitcher 69 962 Freddie Steinmark* Cincinnati Reds Shortstop * Did not sign Notes 2 External links Complete draft list from The Baseball Cube database 1st Overall Picks Steve Chilcott Tim Foli Ron Blomberg Category:Major League Baseball draft Draft