1972 NPB Amateur Draft

The 1972 NPB draft was held November 21, 1972. The Taiyo Whales won the lottery for the first overall pick.

First Round

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Taiyo Whales	Keiichi Nagasaki	OF	Hosei University (Col.)
Chunichi Dragons	Takamasa Suzuki	P	Chiba Naruto High School (HS)
Toei Flyers	Satoshi Niimi	P	Nippon Instrument (Ind)
Kintetsu Buffaloes	Masahiro Nakane	P	Nihon University Sakuragaoka High School (HS)
Hanshin Tigers	Yutaka Saotome	P	ENEOS (Ind)
Taiheiyo Club Lions	Hiromi Nakajima	P	Syugakukan High School (HS)
Hankyu Braves	Makoto Ishida	P	Ashikaga Kogyo High School (HS)
Hiroshima Carp	Kojiro Ikegaya	P	Nippon Instrument (Ind)
Yakult Atoms	Yasunori Nagao	IF	Suzuki (Ind)
Nankai Hawks	Katsumasa Ishikawa	P	Toyobo Iwakuni (Ind)	Refused to sign
Yomiuri Giants	Yasuyuki Nakai	P	Saikyo High School (HS)
Lotte Orions	Yasuji Date	OF	Hosei University (Col.)