NABC FIRST ROUND DRAFT CHOICES 1979-2014
Here is a history of each franchise's first round draft choices over the years (unfortuantely, we do
not have the records from the first two seasons of the NABC). The first choice in the entire draft
is indicated by the note (#1) following his name.
SAGINAW
1979 (Traded)
BOOMTOWN
(Traded)
BUFFALO
(Traded)
(Traded)
Rick Sutcliffe
1981 Dave Stapleton
1982 Juan Bonilla
1983 Tom Brunansky
BEDROCK
Lou Whitaker
Alan Trammell
Lance Parrish
Ozzie Smith
Aurelio Lopez
Dave Frost
Britt Burns
John Denny
John Lowenstein
Rudy May
Tim Raines
Bill Laskey
Ed Whitson
Von Hayes
Chili Davis
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
Craig McMurtry
Ken Howell
Shawon Dunston
Benito Santiago
Mike Greenwell
(Traded)
(Traded)
Teddy Higuera
Barry Bonds
Mark McGwire
Julio Franco
Dwight Gooden(#1)
(Traded)
(Traded)
Randy Ready
Joe LeFebvre
Dan Gladden
Chris Brown
Mark Eichhorn
Ellis Burks
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
Bryan Harvey
John Wetteland
(Traded)
Pat Kelly
Mike Mussina(#1)
Chris Sabo
Greg Vaughn
DeLino DeShields
Juan Guzman
Cal Eldred
Nelson Santovenia
Gary Sheffield
Sandy Alomar
Dean Palmer
Tim Wakefield
Allen Anderson
Andy Benes
Travis Fryman
Chuck Knoblauch
Moises Alou
1994 Allen Watson
1995 Cliff Floyd (#1)
Jose Oliva
Jose Valentin
Johnny Ruffin
1996 Chipper Jones
1997 Mike Sweeney
1998 Mike Cameron
Steve Karsay
Orlando Miller
Steve Cooke
(Traded)
Kevin Stocker
Andy Ashby
Derek Jeter
Tim Wakefield
Darin Erstad
Amaury Telemaco
Mark Kotsay
Matt Morris
Chris Holt
Bill Pulsipher
Nomar Garciaparra
Rick Reed
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
Travis Lee
Kip Wells
Aubrey Huff
Nick Johnson
Hank Blalock
Omar Daal
Roy Halladay
(Traded)
Jose Ortiz
Junior Spivey
1980 Joe Niekro
Richie Sexson
Einar Diaz
Tomokazu Ohka
C. C. Sabathia
(traded)
Rolando Arrojo
Ben Davis
Corey Patterson
Josh Beckett
Mark Prior (#1)
NABC FIRST ROUND DRAFT CHOICES 1979-2014
2004
2005
2006
2007
SAGINAW
Darrell May
Bronson Arroyo
Ronny Cedeno
Dan Uggla
2008
Joba Chamberlain
2009 Mike Aviles
2010 Elvis Andrus
2011 Madison Bumgarner
Marcum
2012 Freddie Freeman
2013
2014
Jean Segura
Josh Donaldson
BEDROCK
Wilson Alvarez
Casey Kotchman
Matt Cain
Justin Verlander (#1)
Howie Kendrick
Homer Bailey
BOOMTOWN
Jose Guillen
Kazuo Matsui
Joe Blanton (#1)
Adam Wainwright
BUFFALO
Lyle Overbay
Matt Holliday
Jeremy Hermida
Cole Hamels
Yunel Escobar
Hunter Pence
Travis Snider
Gordon Beckham
Starlin Castro
Armando Galarraga
Nolan Reimold
Jhoulys Chacin
Johnny Cueto
Jeff Niemann
Shaun
Desmond Jennings
Devin Mesoraco
Matt Moore
Michael Wacha
Jesus Montero (#1)
Dustin Ackley
Matt Carpenter
(Traded)
Robbie Ross
Nolan Arenado
NABC FIRST ROUND DRAFT CHOICES 1979-2014
CAN-AM
1979 Bob Horner(#1)
RIVERTOWN
Bob Welch
Frank Castro
Pete Redfern
Mike LaCoss
Dave Smtih
Mike Norris(#1)
Fern. Valenzuela(#1) (Traded)
Al Hrabosky
Jose DeLeon
Wade Boggs
SAN ANTONIO
Leon Roberts
1984 Ron Kittle
Greg Brock
1985 Eric Davis
1986 Oddibe McDowell
Mariano Duncan
1987 Cory Snyder(#1)
Will Clark
Bo Jackson
1988 (Traded)
Bryn Smith
Kevin McReynolds
Darryl Strawberry(#1)
Alvin Davis
Ozzie Guillen
Mark Salas
Dale Mohorcic
Roger Clemens
Jose Canseco
Orel Hershiser
Rick Reuschel
Matt Nokes
Jose Lind
B.J. Surhoff(#1)
Bobby Thigpen
1989 Roberto Alomar
1990 Gregg Olson
Walt Weiss
Eric Anthony
Andy Hawkins
(Traded)
1991 Steve Avery
Tim Belcher
Tom Gordon
Jerome Walton
Ben McDonald(#1)
Kevin Maas
1992 Mark Lewis
1993 Willie Greene
Juan Gonzalez(#1)
Pat Listach
Bret Barberie
Reggie Sanders
Frank Thomas
Ray Lankford
Bill Wegman
(Traded)
1994 Brent Gates
Jeff Hammonds
Pedro J. Martinez
1995
1996
1997
1998
Albie Lopez
Benji Gil
Jason Kendall
Miguel Tejada
Joey Hamilton
Garret Anderson
Todd Walker
Vladimir Guerrero
Tim Salmon
Javier Lopez
Brian L. Hunter
Andy Pettitte
Justin Thompson
Magglio Ordonez
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
Eric Chavez
Michael Barrett
Barry Zito
(Traded)
Josh Phelps
Hee Seop Choi
Joe Borchard
Troy Glaus
Ruben Mateo
Jon Garland
Felipe Lopez
Oliver Perez
Seth Greisinger
A.J. Burnett
Pat Burrell
Joel Pineiro
John Lackey
(Traded)
Ron Belliard
Brad Penny
Adam Dunn
Brandon Phillips
1980 Jim Morrison
1981 Ken Forsch
1982 Bo Diaz
1983 Gary Ward
MIDTOWN
Mike Ivie
Jack Morris(#1)
Tony Armas
Bill Almon
Mike Marshall
Floyd Youmans
Barry Larkin
(Traded)
Quilvio Veras
Jeff D'Amico
(Traded)
NABC FIRST ROUND DRAFT CHOICES 1979-2014
2008
Clay Buchholz
Yovani Gallardo
Jarrod Saltalamacchia Tim Lincecum
Justin Upton
SAN ANTONIO
Edwin Jackson
Nick Swisher
Tony Clark
Troy Tulowitzki
Matt Garza
Geovany Soto
2009
(Traded)
Jay Bruce
(Traded)
Neftali Feliz
Stephen Strasburg
Brandon Beachy
Brett Anderson
Carlos Santana
(Traded)
(Traded)
(Traded)
(Traded)
Xander Bogaerts
2004
2005
2006
2007
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
CAN-AM
Cliff Lee
Grady Sizemore
Francisco Liriano
Delmon Young
MIDTOWN
Jeremy Bonderman
Dallas McPherson
Rickie Weeks
Nick Markakis
Pablo Sandoval
Jamie Moyer
Alcides Escobar
Matt Weiters
Jason Heyward (#1) (Traded)
Eric Hosmer
(Traded)
Jemile Weeks
Bryce Harper (#1)
Will Middlebrooks
Jarrod Parker
Wil Myers
Jurickson Profar
RIVERTOWN
Miguel Cabrera (#1)
Zach Greinke
Jeff Francoeur
Stephen Drew
NABC FIRST ROUND DRAFT CHOICES 1979-2014
ALISO VIEJO
Carney Lansford
Silvio Martinez
Tug McGraw
Ray Burris
Dave Stewart
(Traded)
INDIANA
DANBURY
Dwayne Murphy
(Traded)
Vern Ruhle
Hubie Brooks
Glenn Wilson(#1)
Tim Lollar
Cal Ripken
Carlos Diaz
Mark Langston
Doug Sisk
Ron Darling
1986 (Traded)
1987 Curt Young
1988 Devon White
Matt Young
Juan Samuel
Joe Carter
Joe Hesketh
Ruben Sierra
Joe Magrane
Brian Fisher
Tom Candiotti
Mike Dunne
Tim Burke
Bruce Ruffin
Dave Magadan
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
Juan Agosto
Kevin Brown
Mike Harkey
Mo Vaughn
Derek Bell
Greg Jefferies(#1)
Ramon Martinez
Larry Walker
Phil Plantier
(Traded)
Damon Berryhill
Ken Griffey(#1)
Dave Justice
Jeff Bagwell
Wil Cordero
Arthur Rhodes
Mark Grace
Roberto Kelly
Cecil Fielder
Jose Guzman
Brady Anderson
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
(Traded)
Alex Gonzalez
Troy Percival
Alan Benes
Matt Stairs
(Traded)
(Traded)
Charles Johnson
Ugueth Urbina
(Traded)
Aaron Sele
(Traded)
(Traded)
Edgar Renteria
Brett Tomko
Bobby Jones
Shawn Green
Russ Davis
James Baldwin
Richard Hidalgo
Mike Caruso
Todd Ritchie
Glendon Rusch
Orlando Hernandez
Ben Petrick
Brian Tollberg
A.J. Hinch
Octavio Dotel
Julio Lugo
(Traded)
(Traded)
Juan Cruz
(Traded)
Jake Peavy
Mike Cuddyer
1979
1980
1981
1982
BATON ROUGE
(Traded)
Champ Summers
Mike Easler
Dave Righetti
1983 David Green
1984 Mike Boddicker
1985 Tony Fernandez
1999 Scott Elarton
2000 Freddy Garcia
2001 Chris Richard
Adam Piatt
2002 Ichiro Suzuki
Juan Uribe
2003 Austin Kearns
NABC FIRST ROUND DRAFT CHOICES 1979-2014
2004
2005
BATON ROUGE
Mark Teixiera
Scott Kazmir
2006
2007
2008
Zach Duke
Hanley Ramirez
Jeremy Guthrie
ALISO VIEJO
(Traded)
David Wright (#1)
Gavin Floyd
Gustavo Chacin
Joel Zumaya
Ryan Braun (#1)
INDIANA
Jerome Williams
Bobby Crosby
DANBURY
Horacio Ramirez
Jeff Francis
Felix Hernandez
Kenji Johjima
(Traded)
Prince Fielder
Jered Weaver
(Traded)
2009
Jose Arredondo
Clayton Kershaw
Ramon Vazquez
2010
Rick Porcello
Randy Wells
Ben Zobrist
2011
Mitch Moreland
Mike Stanton
2012
2013
Mike Moustakas
Yoenis Cespedes
Jeremy Hellickson
Chris Sale
Mike Trout
A.J. Griffin
Alexi Ramirez
Chris Volstad
David Price
Joe Blanton
Buster Posey
Ryan Vogelsong
Yasmani Grandal
(Traded)
(Traded)
2014
Yasiel Puig
Jedd Gyorko
Shelby Miller
Yan Gomes
Gerrit Cole
Danny Salazar
Brad Miller
NABC FIRST ROUND DRAFT CHOICES 1979-2014
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
PAXTON
Rick Mahler
Vince Coleman
(Traded)
Chris James
Jody Reed
WYANDOTTE
Terry Pendleton
Tom Browning(#1)
Wally Joyner
Terry Steinbach
Ricky Jordan
1990
1991
1992
1993
Todd Zeile
Kevin Appier
Ivan Rodriguez
Dave Fleming
Dwight Smith
John Olerud
Luis Gonzalez
Kenny Lofton
BURLINGAME
WOODLAND
Rheal Cormier
1994 Ryan Klesko
Rondell White
Carlos Garcia
Mike Piazza(#1)
Donovan Osborne
Royce Clayton
Jason Bere
1995 (Traded)
Carlos Delgado
Armando Benitez
Bob Hamelin
Jason Isringhausen
Manny Ramirez
Alex Rodriguez
Hideo Nomo (#1)
Tony Batista
Jaret Wright (#1)
Jose Cruz, Jr.
J.D. Drew
Adrian Beltre
Carl Pavano
Scott Rolen
Livan Hernandez
Johnny Damon
Julian Tavarez
Andruw Jones (#1)
Ben Grieve
Kerry Wood (#1)
(Traded)
Tim Hudson (#1)
Terrence Long
Doug Mientkiewicz
Kris Benson
Adam Eaton
Bud Smith
2003 Kenny Rogers
2004 Dontrelle Willis
Rich Ankiel
Jimmy Rollins
Toby Hall
Ben Sheets
Victor Martinez
Justin Morneau
Chris Hammond
Jason Phillips
Eric Hinske
Jose Reyes
2005 Jaret Wright
2006 Robinson Cano
2007 (Traded)
Joe Mauer
Scott Baker
Anibal Sanchez
Aaron Miles
Bruce Chen
Josh Johnson
Dave Bush
Huston Street
(Traded)
2008 Micah Owings
Cameron Maybin
Franklin Morales
Jeff Clement
Daisuke Matsuzaka
Alex Gordon
Phil Hughes
Evan Longoria (#1)
Joey Devine
1996 Marty Cordova
1997 Rey Ordonez
1998 Jose Mercedes
1999 Bruce Chen
2000 Alex Fernandez
2001 Chuck Smith
2002 Roy Oswalt
2009 Chris Davis
Justin Duchscherer
NABC FIRST ROUND DRAFT CHOICES 1979-2014
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
PAXTON
WYANDOTTE
Tommy Hanson (#1) Andrew McCutchen
Ike Davis
Pedro Alvarez
J. P. Arencibia
Mark Trumbo
Brett Lawrie
Paul Goldschmidt
Yu Darvish
Matt Harvey
Tom Wilhelmsen
Marco Estrada
Justin Ruggiano
(Traded)
Sonny Gray
BURLINGAME
Brad Bergesen
Austin Jackson
WOODLAND
(Traded)
(Traded)
Emilio Bonifacio
Vance Worley
Scott Diamond
(Traded)
Jose Fernandez (#1) Hyun-Jin Ryu
NABC FIRST ROUND DRAFT CHOICES 1979-2014
LIVONIA
Carlos Febles
Rafael Furcal (#1)
Albert Pujols (#1)
2003
2004
METROMESS
Vernon Wells
Jeff D'Amico
Carlos Pena
Brian Lawrence
Damian Moss
Rich Harden
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
B.J. Upton
Ryan Zimmerman
Russell Martin
(Traded)
(Traded)
(Traded)
Andy Marte
Jeremy Sowers
(Traded)
Brad Ziegler
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
Casey McGehee
Jaime Garcia
Michael Pineda
Lucas Harrell
Julio Teheran
Brian Matusz
Daniel Hudson
Salvador Perez
Manny Machado
Zack Wheeler
2000
2001
2002
Sean Burroughs
Brandon Webb
Rocco Baldelli