Baseball draft of amateur players by Major League Baseball
1985 Major League Baseball draft General information Date(s) June 1985 Overview 832 total selectionsFirst selection B. J. Surhoff Milwaukee Brewers First round selections 28 Hall of Famers
The1985 Major League Baseball draft took place in June 1985. The draft saw theMilwaukee Brewers selectB. J. Surhoff first overall. Also picked in the first round were future stars Barry Bonds, Barry Larkin and Rafael Palmeiro.
First round draft picks [ edit ] TheSan Francisco Giants selectedWill Clark second overall. The 6xAll-Star won the1991 Gold Glove Award atfirst base , twoSilver Slugger Awards atfirst base , and had hisNo 22 Retired by the Giants. TheCincinnati Reds selectedBarry Larkin fourth overall. Larkin is a 12xAll-Star , 9xSilver Slugger atshortstop , 3xGold Glove winner atshortstop , and the1995 National League Most Valuable Player Award . TheNational Baseball Hall of Fame inducted Larkin as a member in2012 . ThePittsburgh Pirates selectedBarry Bonds sixth overall. Bonds is a 7xNational League MVP , and theSingle-season home run leader andall-time home run leader . TheChicago Cubs selectedRafael Palmeiro 22nd overall. Palmeiro is a 4xAll-Star , 3xGold Glove winner atfirst base , 2xSilver Slugger (one atfirst base and one atDH ), and a member of the500 home run club . The following are the first round picks in the 1985 Major League Baseball draft.[ 1]
= All-Star = Baseball Hall of Famer
Supplemental First Round Selections [ edit ] [ 2]
Six of the first eight draft picks from the June regular phase had at least one full year of major league experience prior to the start of the1987 season . Included in that list were B.J. Surhoff (Milwaukee), the draft's number one pick, Will Clark (San Francisco), Bobby Witt (Texas), Barry Larkin (Cincinnati), Pete Incaviglia (Montreal) and Barry Bonds (Pittsburgh).
Incaviglia was selected eighth overall by the Expos, but was unable to reach a contract and was traded to Texas. He made his major league debut on Opening Day 1986 as the Rangers' left fielder, becoming just the 15th drafted player to go directly to the majors.[ 3]
As of 2017[update] Baseball-Reference Wins Above Replacement total of any class in the draft's history.[ 4]
Other notable players [ edit ] TheMontreal Expos selectedRandy Johnson in the second round. Johnson is a 5xCy Young Award winner and finished his careersecond in all-time strikeouts . TheNational Baseball Hall of Fame inducted Johnson as a member in2015 . TheDetroit Tigers selectedJohn Smoltz in the 22nd round. Smoltz is a 8xAll-Star , the1996 Cy Young Award winner , and member of the3,000 strikeout club . TheNational Baseball Hall of Fame inducted Smoltz as a member in2015 . Bruce Ruffin , 2nd round, 34th overall by thePhiladelphia Phillies Mike Schooler , 2nd round, 35th overall by theSeattle Mariners Randy Johnson ‡, 2nd round, 36th overall by theMontreal Expos Scott Servais , 2nd round, 48th overall by theNew York Mets , but did not signWally Whitehurst , 3rd round, 65th overall by theOakland Athletics Paul Abbott , 3rd round, 67th overall by theMinnesota Twins Tino Martinez †, 3rd round, 75th overall by theBoston Red Sox , but did not signBobby Thigpen †, 4th round, 85th overall by theChicago White Sox David Justice †, 4th round, 94th overall by theAtlanta Braves Mike Macfarlane , 4th round, 97th overall by theKansas City Royals Chad Kreuter , 5th round, 109th overall by theTexas Rangers Mike Devereaux , 5th round, 116th overall by theLos Angeles Dodgers Jeff Brantley †, 6th round, 134th overall by theSan Francisco Giants Deion Sanders , 6th round, 149th overall by theKansas City Royals , but did not signTodd Pratt , 6th round, 153rd overall by theBoston Red Sox Doug Henry , 8th round, 185th overall by theMilwaukee Brewers Mark Gardner , 8th round, 192nd overall by theMontreal Expos Al Martin , 8th round, 198th overall by theAtlanta Braves Kevin Tapani , 9th round, 234th overall by theChicago Cubs , but did not signJason Grimsley , 10th round, 252nd overall by thePhiladelphia Phillies Brady Anderson †, 10th round, 257th overall by theBoston Red Sox Greg Harris , 10th round, 258th overall by theSan Diego Padres Don Wakamatsu , 11th round, 266th overall by theCincinnati Reds Jeff Manto , 14th round, 355th overall by theCalifornia Angels Mike Stanley †, 16th round, 395th overall by theTexas Rangers Dennis Cook , 18th round, 446th overall by theSan Francisco Giants Randy Velarde , 19th round, 475th overall by theChicago White Sox Brian Jordan †, 20th round, 505th overall by theCleveland Indians , but did not signBo Jackson †, 20th round, 511th overall by theCalifornia Angels , but did not signJohn Smoltz ‡, 22nd round, 574th overall by theDetroit Tigers Mark Grace †, 24th round, 622nd overall by theChicago Cubs Ed Sprague Jr. †, 26th round, 673rd overall by theBoston Red Sox , but did not signJim Abbott , 36th round, 826th overall by theToronto Blue Jays , but did not sign† All-Star
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