1967 Amateur Draft

1967 First Round Picks

Pick	Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Hometown	Notes
1	New York Yankees	Ron Blomberg	1B	Druid Hills High School (HS)	Atlanta, GA
2	Chicago Cubs	Terry Hughes	SS	Dorman High School (HS)	Spartanburg, SC
3	Boston Red Sox	Mike Garman	RHP	Caldwell (ID) High School (HS)	Caldwell, ID
4	New York Mets	Jon Matlack	LHP	Henderson High School (West Chester) (HS)	West Chester, PA
5	Washington Senators	John Jones	C	Loretto High School (HS)	St. Joseph, TN
6	Houston Astros	John Mayberry	1B	Northwestern High School (Detroit) (HS)	Detroit, MI
7	Kansas City Athletics	Brien Bickerton	LHP	Santana High School (HS)	Santee, CA
8	Cincinnati Reds	Wayne Simpson	RHP	Centennial High School (Compton) (HS)	Compton, CA
9	California Angels	Mike Nunn	C	Ben L. Smith High School (HS)	Greensboro, NC
10	St. Louis Cardinals	Ted Simmons	C	Southfield High School (HS)	Southfield, MI
11	Cleveland Indians	Jack Heidemann	SS	Brenham High School (HS)	Brenham, TX
12	Atlanta Braves	Andrew Finlay	OF	Luther Burbank High School (Sacramento) (HS)	Sacramento, CA
13	Chicago White Sox	Dan Haynes	3B	Headland High School (East Point) (HS)	East Point, GA
14	Philadelphia Phillies	Phil Meyer	LHP	Pius X High School (Downey) (HS)	Downey, CA
15	Detroit Tigers	Jim Foor	LHP	McCluer High School (HS)	Ferguson, MO
16	Pittsburgh Pirates	Joe Grigas	OF	Monsignor Coyle High School (HS)	Brockton, MA
17	Minnesota Twins	Steve Brye	3B-OF	St. Elizabeth High School (Oakland) (HS)	Oakland, CA
18	San Francisco Giants	Dave Rader	C	South High School (Bakersfield) (HS)	Bakersfield, CA
19	Baltimore Orioles	Bobby Grich	SS	Wilson High School (Long Beach) (HS)	Long Beach, CA
20	Los Angeles Dodgers	Don Denbow	3B	Southern Methodist University (Col.)	Corsicana, TX

January 1967 amateur draft

Pick	Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Hometown	Notes
1	Chicago Cubs	Alec Distaso	RHP	Woodrow Wilson High School (Los Angeles) (H.S.)
2	New York Yankees	Michael Flanagan	LHP	Yakima Valley Junior College (Coll.)		Did not sign
3	New York Mets	Ken Singleton	OF
4	Boston Red Sox	Carlton Fisk	C
5	Houston Astros	Jack Van Vleck	RHP	Everett Community College (Coll.)

Other Notable Selections

Don Baylor, Vida Blue, Jerry Reuss (2nd round); Ralph Garr, Richie Zisk (3rd round); Steve Yeager (4th round); Dave Goltz (5th round); Rick Dempsey (15th round); Gary Lavelle (20th round); Dusty Baker (26th round); Bob Jones (36th round); Darrell Evans (secondary phase); Buck Martinez (2nd round, January); Dave LaRoche, Dick Tidrow (secondary phase, January)

Other Sports Selections

Dave Elmendorf (8th round Atlanta Braves)