1978 NPB Amateur Draft

The 1978 NPB draft was held November 27, 1978. It was the first year that NPB used the lottery system again. The Yomiuri Giants lost their all picks due to the Blank Day Scandal.

First Round - initial picks

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Kintetsu Buffaloes	Suguru Egawa	P	Sakushin Gakuin University (Ind)	Lost lottery for Egawa to Hanshin
Yokohama Taiyo Whales	Isamu Kida	P	JFE Steel (Ind)	Lost lottery for Kida to Hiroshima
Hankyu Braves	Isamu Kida	P	JFE Steel (Ind)	Lost lottery for Kida to Hiroshima
Chunichi Dragons	Shigekazu Mori	P	Sumitomo Metal (Ind)	Lost lottery for Mori to Seibu
Seibu Lions	Shigekazu Mori	P	Sumitomo Metal (Ind)	Won lottery for Mori over 3 teams
Hiroshima Carp	Isamu Kida	P	JFE Steel (Ind)	Won lottery for Kida over Taiyo and Hankyu, but he refused to sign
Lotte Orions	Suguru Egawa	P	Sakushin Gakuin University (Ind)	Lost lottery for Egawa to Hanshin
Hanshin Tigers	Suguru Egawa	P	Sakushin Gakuin University (Ind)	Won lottery for Egawa over 3 teams
Nippon Ham Fighters	Shigekazu Mori	P	Sumitomo Metal (Ind)	Lost lottery for Mori to Seibu
Yomiuri Giants	No Right
Nankai Hawks	Suguru Egawa	P	Sakushin Gakuin University (Ind)	Lost lottery for Egawa to Hanshin
Yakult Swallows	Shigekazu Mori	P	Sumitomo Metal (Ind)	Lost lottery for Mori to Seibu

First Round - redraft

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Chunichi Dragons	Michitake Takahashi	P	Meiji University (Col.)
Yokohama Taiyo Whales	Shoichi Takamoto	P	Katsuyama High School (HS)
Hankyu Braves	Tomoyuki Sekiguchi	P	Yoshida Shogyo High School (HS)
Kintetsu Buffaloes	Kinya Toki	P	Kobe Steel (Ind)
Nankai Hawks	Hideki Takayanagi	OF	Kokushikan University (Col.)
Nippon Ham Fighters	Nobuhiro Takashiro	IF	Toshiba (Ind)
Yakult Swallows	Sueki Harada	P	Hokkaido Takushoku Bank (Ind)
Lotte Orions	Osamu Fukuma	P	Panasonic (Ind)