1972 Amateur Draft

1972 First Round Picks

Pick	Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Hometown	Notes
1	San Diego Padres	Dave Roberts	3B	University of Oregon (Col.)	Lebanon, OR
2	Cleveland Indians	Rick Manning	SS	LaSalle High School (HS)	Niagara Falls, NY
3	Philadelphia Phillies	Larry Christenson	RHP	Marysville High School (HS)	Marysville, WA
4	Texas Rangers	Roy Howell	3B	Lompoc High School (HS)	Lompoc, CA
5	Montreal Expos	Bobby Goodman	C	Bishop Byrne High School (HS)	Memphis, TN
6	Milwaukee Brewers	Danny Thomas	1B	Southern Illinois University (Col.)	Birmingham, AL
7	Cincinnati Reds	Larry Payne	RHP	Huntsville High School (HS)	Bedias, TX
8	Minnesota Twins	Dick Ruthven	RHP	California State University, Fresno (Col.)	Sacramento, CA	Did not sign
9	Houston Astros	Steve Englishbey	OF	South Houston High School (HS)	Houston, TX
10	California Angels	Dave Chalk	3B	University of Texas (Col.)	Del Rio, TX
11	Atlanta Braves	Preston Hanna	RHP	Escambia High School (HS)	Pensacola, FL
12	Chicago White Sox	Mike Ondina	OF	Cordova High School (HS)	Rancho Cordova, CA
13	New York Mets	Richard Bengston	C	Richwoods High School (HS)	Peoria, IL
14	New York Yankees	Scott McGregor	LHP	El Segundo High School (HS)	El Segundo, CA
15	Chicago Cubs	Brian Vernoy	LHP	La Quinta High School (HS)	Westminster, CA
16	Boston Red Sox	Joel Bishop	SS	McClatchy High School (HS)	Sacramento, CA
17	Los Angeles Dodgers	John Harbin	SS	Newberry College (Col.)	Newberry College
18	Kansas City Royals	Jamie Quirk	SS	St. Paul High School (HS)	Whittier, CA
19	San Francisco Giants	Rob Dressler	RHP	Madison High School (HS)	Portland, OR
20	Detroit Tigers	Jerry Manuel	SS	Cordova High School (HS)	Rancho Cordova, CA
21	St. Louis Cardinals	Dan Larson	RHP	Alhambra High School (HS)	Alhambra, CA
22	Oakland Athletics	Chet Lemon	SS	John C. Fremont High School (HS)	Los Angeles, CA
23	Pittsburgh Pirates	Dwayne Peltier	SS	Servite High School (HS)	Anaheim, CA
24	Baltimore Orioles	Ken Thomas	C	Clear Fork High School (HS)	Bellville, OH

January 1972 amateur draft

Pick	Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Hometown	Notes
1	Cleveland Indians	Eric Raich	RHP	University of Southern California (Coll.)
2	San Diego Padres	Clifton Butcher	RHP	University of Tulsa (Coll.)
3	Texas Rangers	James Owen	RHP	San Jose City College (Coll.)
4	Philadelphia Phillies	Rickey Knepper	3B
5	Milwaukee Brewers	Robert Alexander	RHP	St. Clair County Community College (Coll.)

Other Notable Selections

Bruce Bochte, John Candelaria, Bob Knepper, Dennis Leonard, Tom Underwood (2nd round); Gary Carter, Dennis Eckersley (3rd round); Dan Meyer (4th round); Randy Jones (5th round); Willie Randolph (7th round); Ernie Whitt (15th round); Ray Burris (17th round); Mike Hargrove (25th round); Dave Collins (secondary phase); Tom Hume, Duane Kuiper (secondary phase, January)