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1988 Major League Baseball draft

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Baseball draft of amateur players by Major League Baseball

1988 Major League Baseball draft
General information
Date	June 1–3, 1988
Location	New York City
Overview
1433^[1] total selections
First selection	Andy Benes San Diego Padres
First round selections	30
Hall of Famers	1 CMike Piazza
← 1987 1989 →

The1988 Major League Baseball draft took place June 1–3, 1988, in New York City.^[2] The draft saw theSan Diego Padres selectAndy Benes first overall.

First round selections

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The following are the first round picks in the 1988Major League Baseball draft.

= All-Star

= Baseball Hall of Famer

Pick	Player	Team	Position	Hometown/School
1	Andy Benes	San Diego Padres	RHP	Evansville
2	Mark Lewis	Cleveland Indians	SS	Hamilton High School (OH)
3	Steve Avery	Atlanta Braves	LHP	Kennedy High School (MI)
4	Gregg Olson	Baltimore Orioles	RHP	Auburn
5	Bill Bene	Los Angeles Dodgers	RHP	Cal State Los Angeles
6	Monty Fariss	Texas Rangers	SS	Oklahoma State
7	Willie Ansley	Houston Astros	OF	Plainview High School (TX)
8	Jim Abbott	California Angels	LHP	Michigan
9	Ty Griffin	Chicago Cubs	2B	Georgia Tech
10	Robin Ventura	Chicago White Sox	3B	Oklahoma State
11	Pat Combs	Philadelphia Phillies	LHP	Baylor
12	Tom Fischer	Boston Red Sox	LHP	Wisconsin
13	Austin Manahan	Pittsburgh Pirates	SS	Horizon High School (AZ)
14	Tino Martinez	Seattle Mariners	1B	Tampa
15	Royce Clayton	San Francisco Giants	SS	St. Bernard High School (CA)
16	Stan Royer	Oakland Athletics	C	Eastern Illinois
17	Charles Nagy	Cleveland Indians	RHP	UConn
18	Hugh Walker	Kansas City Royals	OF	Jacksonville High School (AR)
19	Dave Wainhouse	Montreal Expos	RHP	Washington State
20	Johnny Ard	Minnesota Twins	RHP	Manatee CC
21	Dave Proctor	New York Mets	RHP	Allen County CC
22	John Ericks	St. Louis Cardinals	RHP	Illinois
23	Brad DuVall	St. Louis Cardinals	RHP	Virginia Tech
24	Alex Fernandez	Milwaukee Brewers	RHP	Monsignor Edward Pace High School (FL)
25	Ed Sprague	Toronto Blue Jays	3B	Stanford
26	Rico Brogna	Detroit Tigers	1B	Watertown High School (CT)

Supplemental first round selections

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Pick	Player	Team	Position	Hometown/School
27	Jeff Mutis	Cleveland Indians	LHP	Lafayette
28	Ricky Gutiérrez	Baltimore Orioles	SS	American Senior High School (FL)
29	Ted Wood	San Francisco Giants	OF	New Orleans
30	Brian Jordan	St. Louis Cardinals	OF	Richmond

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Other notable players

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Arthur Rhodes†, 2nd round, 34th overall by theBaltimore Orioles
Bob Hamelin, 2nd round, 48th overall by theKansas City Royals
Darren Oliver, 3rd round, 63rd overall by theTexas Rangers
Scott Servais, 3rd round, 64th overall by theHouston Astros
Marquis Grissom†, 3rd round, 76th overall by theMontreal Expos
David Weathers, 3rd round, 82nd overall by theToronto Blue Jays
Luis Gonzalez†, 4th round, 90th overall by theHouston Astros
Turk Wendell, 5th round, 112th overall by theAtlanta Braves
Mickey Morandini†, 5th round, 120th overall by thePhiladelphia Phillies
John Valentin, 5th round, 121st overall by theBoston Red Sox
Pat Listach, 5th round, 133rd overall by theMilwaukee Brewers
Eric Karros, 6th round, 140th overall by theLos Angeles Dodgers
Gary DiSarcina, 6th round, 143rd overall by theCalifornia Angels
Rheal Cormier, 6th round, 158th overall by theSt. Louis Cardinals
Greg McMichael, 7th round, 163rd overall by theCleveland Indians
Jim Edmonds†, 7th round, 169th overall by theCalifornia Angels
Mark Wohlers†, 8th round, 190th overall by theAtlanta Braves
Tim Naehring, 8th round, 199th overall by theBoston Red Sox
Tim Wakefield†, 8th round, 200th overall by thePittsburgh Pirates
Mark Clark, 9th round, 236th overall by theSt. Louis Cardinals
Pete Rose Jr., 12th round, 295th overall by theBaltimore Orioles
Scott Hatteberg, 12th round, 302nd overall by thePhiladelphia Phillies, but did not sign
Paul Byrd†, 13th round, 332nd overall by theCincinnati Reds, but did not sign
Kenny Lofton†, 17th round, 428th overall by theHouston Astros
Darren Lewis, 18th round, 463rd overall by theOakland Athletics
John Flaherty, 25th round, 641st overall by theBoston Red Sox
Joey Hamilton, 28th round, 711th overall by theBaltimore Orioles, but did not sign
Scott Taylor, 28th round, 719th overall by theBoston Red Sox
Woody Williams†, 28th round, 732nd overall by theToronto Blue Jays
Russ Davis, 29th round, 755th overall by theNew York Yankees
Jeff Frye, 30th round, 765th overall by theTexas Rangers
Damion Easley†, 30th round, 767th overall by theCalifornia Angels
Deion Sanders, 30th round, 781st overall by theNew York Yankees
Mike Matheny, 31st round, 810th overall by theToronto Blue Jays, but did not sign
Aaron Sele†, 37th round, 961st overall by theMinnesota Twins, but did not sign
Marvin Benard, 39th round, 1003rd overall by theChicago White Sox, but did not sign
Orlando Palmeiro, 43rd round, 1114th overall by theNew York Yankees, but did not sign
Scott Erickson†, 44th round, 1140th overall by theToronto Blue Jays, but did not sign
Fernando Viña†, 51st round, 1266th overall by theNew York Yankees, but did not sign
Mike Piazza‡, 62nd round, 1390th overall by theLos Angeles Dodgers

† All-Star
‡ Hall of Famer

NFL players drafted

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Rodney Peete, 14th round, 359th overall by theOakland Athletics, but did not sign
Todd Marinovich, 43rd round, 1101st overall by theCalifornia Angels, but did not sign
Hart Lee Dykes, 54th round, 1300th overall by theChicago White Sox, but did not sign

References

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^"MLB.com draft history".MLB.com. RetrievedMarch 8, 2013.
^"Baseball Draft Order".The Morning Call.Allentown, Pennsylvania.AP. May 31, 1988. p. C2. RetrievedJanuary 29, 2024 – via newspapers.com.
^Baseball-Reference.com Draft Database

External links

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Complete draft list fromThe Baseball Cube database

Preceded by

Ken Griffey Jr.

1st Overall Picks
Andy Benes

Succeeded by

Ben McDonald

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