1965 Amateur Draft

A total of 826 players were selected in the 1965 Amateur draft, baseball's inaugural annual draft. Ken Holtzman, a fourth-round pick of the Chicago Cubs, was the first player to make it to the majors.

1965 First Round Picks

Pick	Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Hometown	Notes
1	Kansas City Athletics	Rick Monday	OF	Arizona State University (Col.)	Batesville, AR
2	New York Mets	Les Rohr	LHP	West High School (HS)	Billings, MT
3	Washington Senators	Joe Coleman	RHP	Natick High School (HS)	Natick, MA
4	Houston Astros	Alex Barrett	SS	Atwater (CA) High School (HS)	Winton, CA
5	Boston Red Sox	Billy Conigliaro	OF	Swampscott High School (HS)	Swampscott, MA
6	Chicago Cubs	Rick James	RHP	Coffee High School (HS)	Florence, AL
7	Cleveland Indians	Ray Fosse	C	Marion High School (HS)	Marion, IL
8	Los Angeles Dodgers	John Wyatt	SS	Bakersfield High School (HS)	Bakersfield, CA
9	Minnesota Twins	Eddie Leon	SS	University of Arizona (Col.)	Tucson, AZ	Did not sign
10	Pittsburgh Pirates	Wayne Dickerson	OF	Ensley High School (HS)	Birmingham, AL
11	California Angels	Jim Spencer	1B	Andover High School (HS)	Glen Burnie, MD
12	Milwaukee Braves	Dick Grant	1B	Watertown High School (HS)	Watertown, MA
13	Detroit Tigers	Gene Lamont	C	Hiawatha High School (HS)	Kirkland, IL
14	San Francisco Giants	Al Gallagher	3B	Santa Clara University (Col.)	San Francisco, CA
15	Baltimore Orioles	Scott McDonald	RHP	Marquette High School (HS)	Yakima, WA
16	Cincinnati Reds	Bernie Carbo	3B	Franklin High School (HS)	Garden City, MI
17	Chicago White Sox	Ken Plesha	C	University of Notre Dame (Col.)	McCook, IL
18	Philadelphia Phillies	Mike Adamson	RHP	Point Loma High School (HS)	San Diego, CA	Did not sign
19	New York Yankees	Bill Burbach	RHP	Wahlert High School (HS)	Dickeyville, WI
20	St. Louis Cardinals	Joe DiFabio	RHP	Delta State University (Col.)	Cranford, NJ

Other Notable Selections

Johnny Bench, Larry Hisle (2nd round); Stan Bahnsen (3rd round); Ken Holtzman, Graig Nettles (4th round); Amos Otis (5th round); Sal Bando, Wayne Garrett, Hal McRae, Clyde Wright (6th round); Marty Pattin (7th round); Tom Seaver (10th round - did not sign); Nolan Ryan (12th round); Gene Garber, Gene Tenace (20th round); Freddie Patek (22nd round); Steve Renko (24th round); Carlton Fisk (48th round - did not sign)