1977 Amateur Draft

1977 First Round Picks

Pick	Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Hometown	Notes
1	Chicago White Sox	Harold Baines	OF	St. Michaels Middle/High School (HS)	St. Michaels, MD
2	Montreal Expos	Bill Gullickson	RHP	Joliet Catholic High School (HS)	Orland Park, IL
3	Milwaukee Brewers	Paul Molitor	SS	University of Minnesota (Col.)	St. Paul, MN
4	Atlanta Braves	Tim Cole	LHP	Saugerties High School (HS)	Saugerties, NY
5	Detroit Tigers	Kevin Richards	RHP	Roosevelt High School (HS)	Wyandotte, MI
6	St. Louis Cardinals	Terry Kennedy	C	Florida State University (Col.)	Euclid, OH
7	California Angels	Richard Dotson	RHP	Anderson High School (HS)	Cincinnati, OH
8	San Diego Padres	Brian Greer	OF	Sonora High School (HS)	Brea, CA
9	Texas Rangers	David Hibner	SS	Howell High School (HS)	Howell, MI
10	San Francisco Giants	Craig Landis	SS	Vintage High School (HS)	Napa, CA
11	Cleveland Indians	Bruce Compton	OF	Norman High School (HS)	Norman, OK
12	Chicago Cubs	Randy Martz	RHP	University of South Carolina (Col.)	Harrisburg, PA
13	Boston Red Sox	Andrew Madden	RHP	New Hartford High School (HS)	New Hartford, NY
14	Houston Astros	Ricky Adams	SS	Montclair (CA) High School (HS)	Montclair, CA
15	Minnesota Twins	Paul Croft	OF	Morristown (NJ) High School (HS)	Morristown, NJ
16	New York Mets	Wally Backman	SS	Aloha High School (HS)	Beaverton, OR
17	Oakland Athletics	Craig Harris	RHP	Buena High School (HS)	Sierra Vista, AZ
18	Pittsburgh Pirates	Anthony Nicely	OF	Meadowdale High School (HS)	Dayton, OH
19	Baltimore Orioles	Drungo Hazewood	OF	Sacramento High School (HS)	Sacramento, CA
20	Los Angeles Dodgers	Bob Welch	RHP	Eastern Michigan University (Col.)	Detroit, MI
21	Kansas City Royals	Mike Jones	LHP	Pittsford Sutherland High School (HS)	Pittsford, NY
22	Philadelphia Phillies	Scott Munninghoff	RHP	Purcell High School (HS)	Cincinnati, OH
23	New York Yankees	Steve Taylor	RHP	University of Delaware (Col.)	[[]]
24	Cincinnati Reds	Tad Venger	3B	Hart High School (HS)	Newhall, CA
25	Toronto Blue Jays	Tom Goffena	SS	Sidney High School (HS)	Sidney, OH
26	Seattle Mariners	Dave Henderson	OF	Dos Palos High School (HS)	Dos Palos, CA

January 1977 amateur draft

Pick	Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Hometown	Notes
1	Montreal Expos	Kalvin Adams	C	Central Arizona College (Coll.)		Did not sign
2	Chicago White Sox	Simon Glenn	OF	Blinn College (Coll.)		Did not sign
3	Atlanta Braves	no selection				Cancelled due to tampering in signing of Gary Matthews
4	Milwaukee Brewers	Daryl Bailey	RHP	Monroe Community College (Coll.)
5	St. Louis Cardinals	Curtis Reade	RHP	Allan Hancock College (Coll.)		Did not sign

The Atlanta Braves were stripped of their selection in the first round of the January draft by Commissioner Bowie Kuhn as punishment for owner Ted Turner having been guilty of tampering in the signing of free agent OF Gary Matthews. Turner was also suspended for one year for his actions.

Other Notable Selections

Kevin Bass, Mookie Wilson (2nd round); Scott Sanderson (3rd round); Jim Gott, Brian Harper, Ozzie Smith (4th round); Mickey Hatcher, Tim Raines (5th round); Tom Foley (7th round); Jesse Barfield (9th round); Chili Davis (11th round); Mitch Webster (23rd round); Dave Righetti, John Shelby (1st round, January); Willie McGee (secondary phase, January)

The Toronto Blue Jays selected Danny Ainge in the 15th round. Ainge played parts of three seasons with the Jays but is best known as an NBA player and coach.