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1981 Major League Baseball draft
General information
Date	June 1981
Overview
853 total selections
First selection	Mike Moore Seattle Mariners
First round selections	26
Hall of Famers	2 RFTony Gwynn 1BFred McGriff
← 1980 1982 →

The1981 Major League Baseball draft took place in June 1981. The draft saw theSeattle Mariners selectMike Moore first overall.

First round selections

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= All-Star

= Baseball Hall of Famer

The following are the first round picks in the 1981 Major League Baseball draft.^[1]

Pick	Player	Team	Position	Hometown/School
1	Mike Moore	Seattle Mariners	Pitcher	Oral Roberts
2	Joe Carter	Chicago Cubs	Outfield	Wichita State
3	Dick Schofield	California Angels	Shortstop	Griffin High School
4	Terry Blocker	New York Mets	Outfield	Tennessee State
5	Matt Williams	Toronto Blue Jays	Pitcher	Rice
6	Kevin McReynolds	San Diego Padres	Outfield	Arkansas
7	Daryl Boston	Chicago White Sox	Outfield	Woodward High School
8	Bobby Meacham	St. Louis Cardinals	Shortstop	San Diego State
9	Ron Darling	Texas Rangers	Pitcher	Yale
10	Mark Grant	San Francisco Giants	Pitcher	Joliet Catholic High School
11	Mike Sodders	Minnesota Twins	Third Base	Arizona State
12	Jay Roberts	Atlanta Braves	Outfield	Centralia High School
13	George Alpert	Cleveland Indians	Outfield	Livingston High School (NJ)
14	Jim Winn	Pittsburgh Pirates	Pitcher	John Brown University
15	Tim Pyznarski	Oakland Athletics	Third Base	Eastern Illinois
16	Vance Lovelace	Chicago Cubs^{[Compensation 1]}	Pitcher	Hillsborough High School (FL)
17	Ricky Barlow	Detroit Tigers	Pitcher	Woodville High School (Woodville, TX)
18	Darren Dilks	Montreal Expos	Pitcher	Oklahoma State
19	Steve Lyons	Boston Red Sox	Shortstop	Oregon State
20	Johnny Abrego	Philadelphia Phillies	Pitcher	Mission High School (CA)
21	John Cerutti	Toronto Blue Jays^{[Compensation 2]}	Pitcher	Amherst College
22	Dave Anderson	Los Angeles Dodgers	Shortstop	Memphis
23	Dave Leeper	Kansas City Royals	Outfield	USC
24	Al Lachowicz	Texas Rangers^{[Compensation 3]}	Pitcher	Pittsburgh
25	Kevin Burrell	Boston Red Sox^{[Compensation 4]}	Catcher	Poway High School
26	Frank Castro	San Diego Padres^{[Compensation 5]}	Catcher	Miami (FL)

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Compensation picks

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^Pick fromCincinnati Reds as compensation for signing of free agentLarry Biittner
^Pick fromMilwaukee Brewers as compensation for signing of free agentRoy Howell
^Pick fromHouston Astros as compensation for signing of free agentDave Roberts
^Pick fromBaltimore Orioles as compensation for signing of free agentJim Dwyer
^Pick fromNew York Yankees as compensation for signing of free agentDave Winfield

Other notable players

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Darrin Jackson, 2nd round, 28th overall by theChicago Cubs
Mike Gallego, 2nd round, 33rd overall by theOakland Athletics
Mark Gubicza†, 2nd round, 34th overall by theKansas City Royals
Mark Langston†, 2nd round, 35th overall by theSeattle Mariners
Frank Viola†, 2nd round, 37th overall by theMinnesota Twins
Neal Heaton†, 2nd round, 39th overall by theCleveland Indians
Sid Bream, 2nd round, 48th overall by theLos Angeles Dodgers
John Elway, 2nd round, 52nd overall by theNew York Yankees
Phil Bradley†, 3rd round, 53rd overall by theSeattle Mariners
Tony Gwynn‡, 3rd round, 58th overall by theSan Diego Padres
Sid Fernandez†, 3rd round, 73rd overall by theLos Angeles Dodgers
David Cone†, 3rd round, 74th overall by theKansas City Royals
Curt Young, 4th round, 92nd overall by theOakland Athletics
Paul O'Neill†, 4th round, 93rd overall by theCincinnati Reds
Todd Benzinger, 4th round, 96th overall by theBoston Red Sox
Shane Mack, 4th round, 100th overall by theKansas City Royals, but did not sign
Eric Plunk, 4th round, 103rd overall by theNew York Yankees
Bip Roberts, 5th round, 117th overall by thePittsburgh Pirates, but did not sign
Mickey Tettleton†, 5th round, 118th overall by theOakland Athletics
Bill Wegman, 5th round, 124th overall by theMilwaukee Brewers
John Franco†, 5th round, 125th overall by theLos Angeles Dodgers
Devon White†, 6th round, 132nd overall by theCalifornia Angels
Alvin Davis†, 6th round, 144th overall by theOakland Athletics, but did not sign
Mike Pagliarulo, 6th round, 155th overall by theNew York Yankees
Mark McGwire†, 8th round, 199th overall by theMontreal Expos, but did not sign
Steve Lombardozzi, 9th round, 218th overall by theMinnesota Twins
Fred McGriff‡, 9th round, 233rd overall by theNew York Yankees
Roger Clemens†, 12th round, 289th overall by theNew York Mets, but did not sign
Lenny Dykstra†, 13th round, 315th overall by theNew York Mets
Danny Cox, 13th round, 319th overall by theSt. Louis Cardinals
Bob Tewksbury†, 19th round, 493rd overall by theNew York Yankees
Matt Nokes†, 20th round, 503rd overall by theSan Francisco Giants
Vince Coleman, 20th round, 513th overall by thePhiladelphia Phillies, but did not sign
Al LeBoeuf, 28th round, 705th overall by thePhiladelphia Phillies
Chris Bosio, 29th round, 722nd overall by thePittsburgh Pirates, but did not sign
Lance Johnson, 30th round, 742nd overall by thePittsburgh Pirates, but did not sign
Cecil Fielder, 31st round, 767th overall by theBaltimore Orioles, but did not sign

† All-Star
‡ Hall of Famer

NFL players drafted

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John Elway, 2nd round, 52nd overall by theNew York Yankees
Jack Del Rio, 22nd round, 550th overall by theToronto Blue Jays, but did not sign

References

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^"MLB First Round Draft Picks - 1981". RetrievedSeptember 16, 2008.
^1st Round of the 1981 MLB June Amateur Draft | Baseball-Reference.com

External links

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Complete draft list fromThe Baseball Cube database

Preceded by

Darryl Strawberry

1st Overall Picks
Mike Moore

Succeeded by

Shawon Dunston

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First-year player drafts	1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Rule 5 drafts	Historical results
Expansion drafts	1960 1961 1968 1976 1992 1997

1981 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto
AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis
NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

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