1994 Major League Baseball draft

1994 Major League Baseball draft
1994 Major League Baseball draft
General information
Date(s)	June 1994
Overview
First selection	Paul Wilson; New York Mets
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The 1994 Major League Baseball draft took place in June 1994. The draft saw the New York Mets select Paul Wilson first overall.

First round selections

The following are the first round picks in the 1994 Major League Baseball draft.^[1]

= All-Star

= Baseball Hall of Famer

Pick	Player	Team	Position	School
1	Paul Wilson	New York Mets	P	Florida State
2	Ben Grieve	Oakland Athletics	OF	Martin High School (TX)
3	Dustin Hermanson	San Diego Padres	P	Kent State
4	Antone Williamson	Milwaukee Brewers	3B	Arizona State
5	Josh Booty	Florida Marlins	SS	Evangel Christian Academy (LA)
6	McKay Christensen	California Angels	OF	Clovis West High School (CA)
7	Doug Million	Colorado Rockies	P	Sarasota High School (FL)
8	Todd Walker	Minnesota Twins	2B	LSU
9	C. J. Nitkowski	Cincinnati Reds	P	St. John's
10	Jaret Wright	Cleveland Indians	P	Katella High School (CA)
11	Mark Farris	Pittsburgh Pirates	SS	Angleton High School (TX)
12	Nomar Garciaparra	Boston Red Sox	SS	Georgia Tech
13	Paul Konerko	Los Angeles Dodgers	C	Chaparral High School (AZ)
14	Jason Varitek	Seattle Mariners	C	Georgia Tech
15	Jayson Peterson	Chicago Cubs	P	East High School (CO)
16	Matt Smith	Kansas City Royals	P/1B	Grants Pass High School (OR)
17	Ramón Castro	Houston Astros	C	Lino Padron Rivera High School (PR)
18	Cade Gaspar	Detroit Tigers	P	Pepperdine
19	Bret Wagner	St. Louis Cardinals	P/OF	Wake Forest
20	Terrence Long	New York Mets^{[Compensation 1]}	1B/OF	Stanhope Elmore High School (AL)
21	Hiram Bocachica	Montreal Expos	SS	Rexville Superior School (PR)
22	Dante Powell	San Francisco Giants^{[Compensation 2]}	OF	Cal State Fullerton
23	Carlton Loewer	Philadelphia Phillies	P	Mississippi State
24	Brian Buchanan	New York Yankees	1B/OF	Virginia
25	Scott Elarton	Houston Astros^{[Compensation 3]}	P/1B	Lamar High School (CO)
26	Mark Johnson	Chicago White Sox	1B	Warner Robins High School (GA)
27	Jacob Shumate	Atlanta Braves	P	Hartsville High School (SC)
28	Kevin Witt	Toronto Blue Jays	SS	Bishop Kenny High School (FL)

Compensation picks

Pick	Player	Team	Position	School
29	Jay Payton	New York Mets^{[Compensation 4]}	OF	Georgia Tech
30	Russ Johnson	Houston Astros^{[Compensation 5]}	SS/3B	LSU
31	Mike Thurman	Montreal Expos	P	Oregon State
32	Jacob Cruz	San Francisco Giants^{[Compensation 6]}	OF	Arizona State
33	Chris Clemons	Chicago White Sox	P	Texas A&M
34	Travis Miller	Minnesota Twins	P	Kent State

Compensation Picks

^ Compensation pick from Baltimore Orioles for signing free agent Sid Fernandez
^ Compensation pick from Texas Rangers for signing free agent Will Clark
^ Compensation pick from San Francisco Giants for signing free agent Mark Portugal
^ Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Sid Fernandez
^ Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Mark Portugal
^ Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Will Clark

Other notable players

Troy Glaus, 2nd round, 37th overall by the San Diego Padres, but did not sign
Brian Meadows, 3rd round, 70th overall by the Florida Marlins
A. J. Pierzynski, 3rd round, 71st overall by the Minnesota Twins
Aaron Boone, 3rd round, 72nd overall by the Cincinnati Reds
Brian Rose, 3rd round, 75th overall by the Boston Red Sox
Scott Podsednik, 3rd round, 85th overall by the Texas Rangers
Danny Graves, 4th round, 101st overall by the Cleveland Indians
Tim Byrdak, 5th round, 135th overall by the Kansas City Royals
Javier Vázquez, 5th round, 140th overall by the Montreal Expos
Bob Howry, 5th round, 144th overall by the San Francisco Giants
Emil Brown, 6th round, 149th overall by the Oakland Athletics
Jason Dickson, 6th round, 153rd overall by the California Angels
Joe Mays, 6th round, 161st overall by the Seattle Mariners
Russell Branyan, 7th round, 185th overall by the Cleveland Indians
Geoff Blum, 7th round, 196th overall by the Montreal Expos
Ronnie Belliard, 8th round, 207th overall by the Milwaukee Brewers
Keith Foulke, 9th round, 256th overall by the San Francisco Giants
Wes Helms, 10th round, 286th overall by the Atlanta Braves
David Dellucci, 11th round, 295th overall by the Minnesota Twins, but did not sign
Bubba Trammell, 11th round, 305th overall by the Detroit Tigers
Scott Downs, 12th round, 342nd overall by the Atlanta Braves, but did not sign
Carl Pavano, 13th round, 355th overall by the Boston Red Sox
Daryle Ward, 15th round, 417th overall by the Detroit Tigers
Mike Holtz, 17th round, 461st overall by the California Angels
Plácido Polanco, 19th round, 530th overall by the St. Louis Cardinals
Dustan Mohr, 20th round, 545th overall by the California Angels, but did not sign
Brett Tomko, 20th round, 552nd overall by the Los Angeles Dodgers, but did not sign
J. D. Drew, 20th round, 564th overall by the San Francisco Giants, but did not sign
Scott Sauerbeck, 23rd round, 624th overall by the New York Mets
John Halama, 23rd round, 640th overall by the Houston Astros
Jason Grilli, 24th round, 675th overall by the New York Yankees, but did not sign
Randy Wolf, 25th round, 692nd overall by the Los Angeles Dodgers, but did not sign
Michael Young, 25th round, 699th overall by the Baltimore Orioles, but did not sign
Corey Koskie, 26th round, 715th overall by the Minnesota Twins
Dave Roberts, 28th round, 781st overall by the Detroit Tigers
Éric Gagné, 30th round, 845th overall by the Chicago White Sox, but did not sign
Mark Hendrickson, 32nd round, 902nd overall by the Atlanta Braves, but did not sign
Chad Bradford, 34th round, 957th overall by the Chicago White Sox, but did not sign
Tim Hudson, 35th round, 961st overall by the Oakland Athletics, but did not sign
Eric Byrnes, 38th round, 1056th overall by the Los Angeles Dodgers, but did not sign
Brian Lawrence, 39th round, 1079th overall by the Minnesota Twins, but did not sign
Julio Lugo, 43rd round, 1193rd overall by the Houston Astros
Kyle Farnsworth, 47th round, 1290th overall by the Chicago Cubs
Jason Michaels, 49th round, 1323rd overall by the San Diego Padres, but did not sign
Jim Parque, 50th round, 1349th overall by the Los Angeles Dodgers, but did not sign
Morgan Ensberg, 61st round, 1534th overall by the Seattle Mariners, but did not sign
José Santiago, 70th round, 1627th overall by the Kansas City Royals
Johnny Estrada, 71st round, 1636th overall by the Houston Astros, but did not sign

CFL/NBA/NFL/NHL players drafted

Trajan Langdon, 6th round, 150th overall by the San Diego Padres
Shawn Knight, 13th round, 346th overall by the San Diego Padres
Frank Sanders, 14th round, 385th overall by the Seattle Mariners, but did not sign
Charlie Ward, 18th round, 507th overall by the New York Yankees, but did not sign
Matt Herr, 29th round, 818th overall by the Atlanta Braves, but did not sign
Kerry Collins, 48th round, 1321st overall by the Toronto Blue Jays, but did not sign
D'Wayne Bates, 53rd round, 1420th overall by the Toronto Blue Jays, but did not sign
Eric Montross, 62nd round, 1547th overall by the Chicago Cubs, but did not sign
Glenn Foley, 72nd round, 1639th overall by the Florida Marlins, but did not sign
Hines Ward, 73rd round, 1646th overall by the Florida Marlins, but did not sign

References

^ "MLB First Round Draft Picks - 1994". ESPN. Retrieved May 28, 2021.

External links

1994 MLB Draft Summary from The Baseball Cube
1994 Baseball Draft from Baseball Almanac

Preceded by Alex Rodriguez	1st Overall Picks Paul Wilson	Succeeded by Darin Erstad

[2] Compensation pick from Baltimore Orioles for signing free agent Sid Fernandez

[3] Compensation pick from Texas Rangers for signing free agent Will Clark

[4] Compensation pick from San Francisco Giants for signing free agent Mark Portugal

[5] Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Sid Fernandez

[6] Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Mark Portugal

[7] Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Will Clark

[1] "MLB First Round Draft Picks - 1994". ESPN. Retrieved May 28, 2021.

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