1984 Major League Baseball draft

Baseball draft of amateur players by Major League Baseball August 2023 1984 Major League Baseball draft June 1984 Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States Shawn AbnerNew York Mets 28 839 2 P Greg Maddux P Tom Glavine 1983 1985 The 1984 Major League Baseball draft took place in June 1984. The draft saw the New York Mets select Shawn Abner first overall. First round selections = All-Star = Baseball Hall of Famer The following are the first round picks in the 1984 Major League Baseball draft.https://www.espn.com/mlb/draft/history?year=1984 MLB First Round Draft Picks - 1984 2008-09-16 Pick Player Team Position Hometown/School 1 Shawn Abner New York Mets Outfield Mechanicsburg Area Senior High School (PA) 2 Bill Swift Seattle Mariners Pitcher Maine 3 Drew Hall Chicago Cubs Pitcher Morehead State 4 Cory Snyder Cleveland Indians Shortstop BYU 5 Pat Pacillo Cincinnati Reds Pitcher Seton Hall 6 Erik Pappas California Angels Catcher Mount Carmel High School (IL) 7 Mike Dunne St. Louis Cardinals Pitcher Bradley 8Jay Bell Minnesota Twins Shortstop Gonzalez Tate High School 9 Alan Cockrell San Francisco Giants Outfield Tennessee 10Mark McGwire Oakland Athletics First Base USC 11 Shane Mack San Diego Padres Outfield UCLA 12 Oddibe McDowell Texas Rangers Outfield Arizona State 13 Bob Caffrey Montreal Expos Catcher Cal State Fullerton 14 John Marzano Boston Red Sox Catcher Temple 15 Kevin Andersh Pittsburgh Pirates Pitcher New Mexico 16 Scott Bankhead Kansas City Royals Pitcher North Carolina 17 Don August Houston Astros Pitcher Chapman University 18 Isaiah Clark Milwaukee Brewers Shortstop Crockett High School 19 Drew Denson Atlanta Braves First Base Purcell Marian High School 20 Tony Menéndez Chicago White Sox Pitcher American High School (FL) 21 Pete Smith Philadelphia Phillies Pitcher Burlington High School (MA) 22 Jeff Pries New York Yankees Pitcher UCLA 23 Dennis Livingston Los Angeles Dodgers Pitcher Oklahoma State 24Terry Mulholland San Francisco Giants Pitcher Marietta College 25 John Hoover Baltimore Orioles Pitcher Fresno State 26 David Jerore Cincinnati Reds Pitcher Aquinas High School (MI) 27 Gary Green San Diego Padres Shortstop Oklahoma State 28Norm Charlton Montreal Expos Pitcher Ricehttps://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?year_ID=1984&round=1 1st Round of the 1984 MLB June Amateur Draft - Baseball-Reference.com Baseball-Reference.com Other notable players Jeff Blauser†, 1st round (secondary phase), 4th overall by the Atlanta Braves Greg Maddux‡, 2nd round, 31st overall by the Chicago Cubs John Farrell, 2nd round, 32nd overall by the Cleveland Indians Tom Glavine‡, 2nd round, 47th overall by the Atlanta Braves Marvin Freeman, 2nd round, 49th overall by the Philadelphia Phillies Al Leiter†, 2nd round, 50th overall by the New York Yankees Ken Caminiti†, 3rd round, 71st overall by the Houston Astros Greg Myers, 3rd round, 74th overall by the Toronto Blue Jays Dwight Smith, 3rd round (secondary phase), 62nd overall by the Chicago Cubs Mike Henneman†, 4th round, 104th overall by the Detroit Tigers Jamie Moyer†, 6th round, 135th overall by the Chicago Cubs Lance Johnson†, 6th round, 139th overall by the St. Louis Cardinals Todd Burns, 7th round, 168th overall by the Oakland Athletics Jody Reed, 8th round, 198th overall by the Boston Red Sox John Vander Wal, 8th round, 201st overall by the Houston Astros, but did not sign Rich Rodriguez, 9th round, 211th overall by the New York Mets John Wetteland†, 12th round, 289th overall by the New York Mets, but did not sign Jeff Brantley†, 13th round, 327th overall by the Montreal Expos, but did not sign John Jaha†, 14th round, 358th overall by the Milwaukee Brewers Chuck Finley†, 15th round, 372nd overall by the California Angels, but did not sign Darren Holmes, 16th round, 415th overall by the Los Angeles Dodgers Dante Bichette†, 17th round, 424th overall by the California Angels Gene Larkin, 20th round, 504th overall by the Minnesota Twins Jack McDowell†, 20th round, 510th overall by the Boston Red Sox, but did not sign Jeff Fassero, 22nd round, 554th overall by the St. Louis Cardinals Eric Bolling, 22nd round, 561st overall by the Pittsburgh Pirates Jeff Nelson†, 22nd round, 569th overall by the Los Angeles Dodgers Mike Devereaux, 26th round, 644th overall by the Cleveland Indians, but did not sign Don Wakamatsu, 51st round, 839th overall by the New York Yankees, but did not sign † All-Star ‡ Hall of Famer NFL/CFL players drafted Damon Allen, 7th round, 182nd overall by the Detroit Tigers, but did not sign Mike Prior, 18th round, 469th overall by the Baltimore Orioles, but did not sign Rodney Peete, 30th round, 722nd overall by the Toronto Blue Jays, but did not sign References 2 External links Complete draft list from The Baseball Cube database 1st Overall Picks Tim Belcher B.J. 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