Baseball draft of amateur players
The1996 Major League Baseball draft was an annual choosing of high school and college baseball players that was held on June 4 and 5, 1996. A total of 1740 players were drafted over the course of 100 rounds.
This is the only draft to last 100 rounds.[citation needed The last player taken was outfielder Aron Amundson, drafted by theNew York Yankees in the 100th round.[ 1]
This draft is also notable because a record four first-round draft picks were not offered contracts by the teams that drafted them and subsequently became free agents. Under Major League Baseball'sCollective Bargaining Agreement , the teams had been required to offer a written contract within fifteen days of the draft, but that rule had been ignored for decades prior to this draft. AgentScott Boras challenged the White Sox on their lack of an offered contract forBobby Seay and filed grievances on behalf ofJohn Patterson andMatt White .Travis Lee 's advisers followed suit.[ 2] [ 3]
First round selections [ edit ] Supplemental first round selections [ edit ] Other notable players [ edit ] Jacque Jones , 2nd round, 37th overall by theMinnesota Twins Milton Bradley , 2nd round, 40th overall by theMontreal Expos Joe Espada , 2nd round, 45th overall by theOakland Athletics Jimmy Rollins , 2nd round, 46th overall by thePhiladelphia Phillies A. J. Hinch , 3rd round, 75th overall by theOakland Athletics Chad Durbin , 3rd round, 79th overall by theKansas City Royals Scott Schoeneweis , 3rd round, 85th overall by theCalifornia Angels Shawn Chacón , 3rd round, 90th overall by theColorado Rockies Alex Cora , 3rd round, 88th overall by theLos Angeles Dodgers Nick Johnson , 3rd round, 89th overall by theNew York Yankees Robert Fick , 5th round, 131st overall by theDetroit Tigers Joe Crede , 5th round, 137th overall by theChicago Sox Brad Penny , 5th round, 155th overall by theArizona Diamondbacks Jeremy Giambi , 6th round, 169th overall by theKansas City Royals Casey Blake , 7th round, 189th overall by theToronto Blue Jays Mark DeRosa , 7th round, 212th overall by theAtlanta Braves Willie Bloomquist , 8th round, 237th overall by theSeattle Mariners , but did not signJustin Duchscherer , 8th round, 241st overall by theBoston Red Sox Doug Davis , 10th round, 293rd overall by theTexas Rangers Shea Hillenbrand , 10th round, 301st overall by theBoston Red Sox John McDonald , 12th round, 363rd overall by theCleveland Indians Mike Lincoln , 13th round, 367th overall by theMinnesota Twins Chad Bradford , 13th round, 377th overall by theChicago White Sox Jamey Carroll , 14th round, 400th overall by theMontreal Expos Kevin Gregg , 15th round, 435th overall by theOakland Athletics Josh Towers , 15th round, 441st overall by theBaltimore Orioles Mike Gonzalez , 17th round, 486th overall by thePittsburgh Pirates , but did not signMark Hendrickson , 19th round, 563rd overall by theTexas Rangers , but did not signWade Miller , 20th round, 594th overall by theHouston Astros Mike MacDougal , 22nd round, 651st overall by theBaltimore Orioles , but did not signAaron Harang , 22nd round, 661st overall by theBoston Red Sox , but did not signRoy Oswalt , 23rd round, 684th overall by theHouston Astros Ted Lilly , 23rd round, 688th overall by theLos Angeles Dodgers Joe Beimel , 26th round, 773rd overall by theTexas Rangers , but did not signKiko Calero , 27th round, 799th overall by theKansas City Royals Willie Harris , 28th round, 816th overall by thePittsburgh Pirates , but did not signKyle Lohse , 29th round, 862nd overall by theChicago Cubs Marcus Thames , 30th round, 899th overall by theNew York Yankees Freddy Sanchez , 30th round, 902nd overall by theAtlanta Braves , but did not signMike Lamb , 31st round, 907th overall by theMinnesota Twins , but did not signTravis Hafner , 31st round, 923rd overall by theTexas Rangers Orlando Hudson , 33rd round, 969th overall by theToronto Blue Jays , but did not signMatt Guerrier , 33rd round, 979th overall by theKansas City Royals , but did not signDan Wheeler , 34th round, 1024th overall by theTampa Bay Devil Rays Jason Michaels , 44th round, 1314th overall by theTampa Bay Devil Rays , but did not signChris Capuano , 45th round, 1316th overall by thePittsburgh Pirates , but did not signJuan Pierre , 48th round, 1406th overall by theSeattle Mariners , but did not signGreg Dobbs , 52nd round, 1492nd overall by theSeattle Mariners , but did not signRob Mackowiak , 53rd round, 1498th overall by thePittsburgh Pirates Marcus Giles , 53rd round, 1511th overall by theAtlanta Braves Jason Jennings , 54th round, 1531st overall by theArizona Diamondbacks , but did not signDavid Riske , 56th round, 1559th overall by theCleveland Indians Barry Zito , 59th round, 1587th overall by theSeattle Mariners , but did not signGeoff Duncan , 69th round, 1647th overall by theFlorida Marlins Travis Phelps , 89th round, 1721st overall by theTampa Bay Devil Rays Clay Condrey , 94th round, 1730th overall by theNew York Yankees , but did not sign. Condrey is the lowest drafted player to ever appear in a major league game[citation needed .
