1969 Amateur Draft

1969 First Round Picks

Pick	Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Hometown	Notes
1	Washington Senators	Jeff Burroughs	OF	Wilson High School (HS)	Long Beach, CA
2	Houston Astros	J.R. Richard	RHP	Lincoln High School (HS)	Ruston, LA
3	Chicago White Sox	Ted Nicholson	3B	Oak Park High School (HS)	Laurel, MS
4	New York Mets	Randy Sterling	RHP	Key West High School (HS)	Key West, FL
5	California Angels	Alan Bannister	SS	John F. Kennedy High School (HS)	Buena Park, CA	Did not sign
6	Philadelphia Phillies	Mike Anderson	1B	Timmonsville High School (HS)	Timmonsville, SC
7	Minnesota Twins	Paul Ray Powell	OF	Arizona State University (Col.)	San Angelo, TX
8	Los Angeles Dodgers	Terry McDermott	C	St. Agnes Boys High School (HS)	West Hempstead, NY
9	Oakland Athletics	Don Stanhouse	RHP-SS	DuQuoin High School (HS)	DuQuoin, IL
10	Pittsburgh Pirates	John Morlan	RHP	Merritt Island High School (HS)	Merritt Island, FL
11	New York Yankees	Charlie Spikes	3B-OF	Central Memorial High School (HS)	Bogalusa, LA
12	Atlanta Braves	Gene Holbert	C	Palmyra (PA) High School (HS)	Campbelltown, PA
13	Boston Red Sox	Noel Jenke	OF	University of Minnesota (Col.)	Owatonna, MN
14	Cincinnati Reds	Don Gullett	LHP	McKell High School (HS)	Lynn, KY
15	Cleveland Indians	Alvin McGrew	OF	Parker High School (HS)	Fairfield, AL
16	Chicago Cubs	Roger Metzger	SS	St. Edward's University (Col.)	Fredericksburg, TX
17	Baltimore Orioles	Don Hood	LHP	Southside High School (HS)	Florence, SC
18	San Francisco Giants	Mike Phillips	SS	MacArthur High School (HS)	Irving, TX
19	Detroit Tigers	John Young	1B	Mount Carmel High School (HS)	Redding, CA
20	St. Louis Cardinals	Charles Minott	LHP	Royal Oak High School (HS)	Covina, CA
21	Seattle Pilots	Gorman Thomas	SS	James Island High School (HS)	Charleston, SC
22	Montreal Expos	Balor Moore	LHP	Deer Park High School (HS)	Deer Park, TX
23	Kansas City Royals	John Simmons	SS	Childersburg High School (HS)	Childersburg, AL	Did not sign
24	San Diego Padres	Randy Elliott	1B	Camarillo High School (HS)	Camarillo, CA

January 1969 amateur draft

Pick	Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Hometown	Notes
1	Houston Astros	Derrel Thomas	SS	Susan Miller Dorsey High School (H.S.)
2	Washington Senators	Joe Lovitto	C
3	New York Mets	Bruce Heinbechner	LHP			Did not sign
4	California Angels	Randall Bayer	1B	Mesa Community College (Coll.)		Did not sign
5	Los Angeles Dodgers	Michael Kimbrell	2B

Other Notable Selections

Larry Gura, Rick Miller (2nd round); Alan Ashby, Bert Blyleven (3rd round); Dwight Evans (5th round); Bob Boone (6th round); Billy North (12th round); Mike Easler (14th round); Jim Slaton (15th round); Buddy Bell (16th round); Ken Griffey (29th round); Ken Reitz (31st round); Dave Winfield (40th round - did not sign); Al Cowens (75th round); Mickey Rivers (secondary phase); Al Hrabosky (1st round, January); Lee Lacy (2nd round, January); Ross Grimsley, Steve Stone (secondary phase, January)