1974 NPB Amateur Draft

The 1974 NPB draft was held November 19, 1974. The Kintetsu Buffaloes won the lottery for the first overall pick.

First Round

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Kintetsu Buffaloes	Yasuo Fukui	P	Panasonic (Ind)
Hankyu Braves	Takashi Yamaguchi	P	Panasonic (Ind)
Chunichi Dragons	Masakatsu Tsuchiya	P	Choshi Shogyo High School (HS)
Yomiuri Giants	Shoji Sadaoka	P	Kagoshima Jitsugyo High School (HS)
Taiyo Whales	Takashi Nemoto	P	ENEOS (Ind)
Lotte Orions	Tokuyo Kikumura	P	Ikuei High School (HS)
Hanshin Tigers	Masaaki Koga	P	Cosmo Oil (Ind)	Refused to sign
Yakult Swallows	Eishoku Nagakawa	P	Yokohama High School (HS)
Nankai Hawks	Tsutomu Hasegawa	P	Nissan (Ind)
Nippon Ham Fighters	Mitsuo Sugano	IF	Mitsubishi Kawasaki (Ind)
Taiheiyo Club Lions	Tadayoshi Tamura	P	Nippon Steel Fukuyama (Ind)	Refused to sign
Hiroshima Carp	Kiyoshi Dozono	P	Kagoshima Commercial High School (HS)