1970 Amateur Draft

1970 First Round Picks

Pick	Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Hometown	Notes
1	San Diego Padres	Mike Ivie	C	Walker High School (HS)	Decatur, GA
2	Cleveland Indians	Steve Dunning	RHP	Stanford University (Col.)	Denver, CO
3	Montreal Expos	Barry Foote	C	Smithfield-Selma High School (HS)	Smithfield, NC
4	Milwaukee Brewers	Darrell Porter	C	Southeast High School (Oklahoma City) (HS)	Oklahoma City, OK
5	Philadelphia Phillies	Mike Martin	LHP	Olympia High School (HS)	Columbia, SC
6	Chicago White Sox	Lee Richard	SS	Southern University (Col.)	Lafayette, LA
7	Houston Astros	Randy Scarbery	RHP	Roosevelt High School (Fresno) (HS)	Fresno, CA	Did not sign
8	Kansas City Royals	Rex Goodson	C	Pine Tree High School (HS)	Longview, TX
9	Los Angeles Dodgers	Jim Haller	RHP	Creighton Prep High School (HS)	Omaha, NE
10	California Angels	Paul Dade	3B-OF	Nathan Hale High School (Seattle) (HS)	Seattle, WA
11	St. Louis Cardinals	Jim Browning	RHP	Emma Sansom High School (HS)	Gadsden, AL
12	New York Yankees	Dave Cheadle	LHP	Asheville High School (HS)	Asheville, NC
13	Pittsburgh Pirates	John Bedard	RHP	Springfield Tech (HS)	Springfield, MA
14	Washington Senators	Chip Maxwell	3B-SS	Zane Trace High School (HS)	Kingston, OH
15	Cincinnati Reds	Gary Polczynski	SS	Nathan Hale High School (West Allis) (HS)	West Allis, WI
16	Boston Red Sox	Jimmie Hacker	SS	Temple High School (HS)	Temple, TX	Did not sign
17	San Francisco Giants	John D'Acquisto	RHP	St. Augustine High School (San Diego) (HS)	San Diego, CA
18	Oakland Athletics	Dan Ford	OF	John C. Fremont High School (HS)	Los Angeles, CA
19	Chicago Cubs	Gene Hiser	OF	University of Maryland (Col.)	Baltimore, MD
20	Detroit Tigers	Terry Mappin	C	Durrett High School (HS)	Louisville, KY
21	Atlanta Braves	Ron Broaddus	RHP	Brazosport High School (HS)	Freeport, TX
22	Minnesota Twins	Bob Gorinski	SS	Mt. Pleasant Area High School (HS)	Calumet, PA
23	New York Mets	George Ambrow	SS	Poly High School (HS)	Long Beach, CA	Did not sign
24	Baltimore Orioles	James West	C	Vashon High School (HS)	St. Louis, MO

January 1970 amateur draft

Pick	Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Hometown	Notes
1	Cleveland Indians	Chris Chambliss	1B	UCLA (Coll.)
2	San Diego Padres	John Scott	IF	Centennial High School (Compton) (H.S.)
3	Milwaukee Brewers	George Bacher	OF			Did not sign
4	Montreal Expos	Frank Hale	C	Mount San Antonio College (Coll.)
5	Chicago White Sox	Duane Kuiper	SS	Indian Hills Community College (Coll.)		Did not sign

Other Notable Selections

Terry Forster, Dan Spillner (2nd round); Rick Reuschel (3rd round); Fred Lynn (3rd round - did not sign); Greg Gross (4th round); Bill Madlock (5th round); Rich Gossage (9th round); Ray Knight (10th round); Dave Parker (14th round); Dale Murray (18th round); John Denny (29th round); Doc Medich (30th round); Bake McBride (37th round); Jim Barr, Bucky Dent, Dave Kingman, Len Randle (secondary phase); Randy Moffitt (1st round, January); Joel Youngblood (2nd round, January); Greg Minton, Mike Tyson (3rd round, January); Rick Burleson, Doug DeCinces, Bill Madlock, Chris Speier, Jim Wohlford (secondary phase, January)