1980 Amateur Draft

1980 First Round Picks

Pick	Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Hometown	Notes
1	New York Mets	Darryl Strawberry	OF	Crenshaw High School (HS)	Los Angeles, CA
2	Toronto Blue Jays	Garry Harris	SS	Herbert Hoover High School (San Diego) (HS)	San Diego, CA
3	Atlanta Braves	Ken Dayley	LHP	University of Portland (Col.)	Jerome, ID
4	Oakland Athletics	Mike King	LHP	Morningside College (Col.)	[[]]
5	San Diego Padres	Jeff Pyburn	OF	University of Georgia (Col.)	[[]]
6	Seattle Mariners	Darnell Coles	SS	Eisenhower High School (HS)	Rialto, CA
7	San Francisco Giants	Jessie Reid	1B	Lynwood High School (HS)	Lynwood, CA
8	Chicago White Sox	Cecil Espy	OF	Point Loma High School (HS)	San Diego, CA
9	Los Angeles Dodgers	Ross Jones	SS	University of Miami (Col.)	Miami, FL
10	Cleveland Indians	Kelly Gruber	SS	Westlake High School (Austin) (HS)	Austin, TX
11	Chicago Cubs	Don Schulze	RHP	Lake Park High School (HS)	Roselle, IL
12	Minnesota Twins	Jeff Reed	C	Joliet West High School (HS)	Joliet, IL
13	Philadelphia Phillies	Lebo Powell	C	Pine Forest High School (HS)	Pensacola, FL
14	Texas Rangers	Tim Maki	RHP	Carroll High School (HS)	Huntertown, IN
15	St. Louis Cardinals	Don Collins	RHP	Homer L. Ferguson High School (HS)	Newport News, VA
16	Kansas City Royals	Frank Wills	RHP	Tulane University (Col.)	New Orleans, LA
17	California Angels	Dennis Rasmussen	LHP	Creighton University (Col.)	Los Angeles, CA	Compensation from Houston Astros for Nolan Ryan
18	Detroit Tigers	Glenn Wilson	3B	Sam Houston State University (Col.)	Baytown, TX
19	Cincinnati Reds	Ron Robinson	RHP-SS	Woodlake High School (HS)	Woodlake, CA
20	Pittsburgh Pirates	Rich Renteria	SS	South Gate High School (HS)	South Gate, CA	Compensation from California Angels for Bruce Kison
21	Atlanta Braves	Jim Acker	RHP	University of Texas (Col.)	Freer, TX	Compensation from Montreal Expos for Rowland Office
22	Montreal Expos	Terry Francona	OF	University of Arizona (Col.)	Aberdeen, SD	Compensation from New York Yankees for Rudy May
23	New York Mets	Billy Beane	OF	Mount Carmel High School (HS)	Rancho Bernardo, CA	Compensation from Pittsburgh Pirates for Andy Hassler
24	New York Mets	John Gibbons	C	Douglas MacArthur High School (HS)	San Antonio, TX	Compensation from Boston Red Sox for Skip Lockwood
25	Milwaukee Brewers	Dion James	OF	McClatchy High School (HS)	Sacramento, CA
26	Baltimore Orioles	Jeff Williams	OF	Princeton High School (HS)	Cincinnati, OH

January 1980 amateur draft

Pick	Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Hometown	Notes
1	Toronto Blue Jays	Colin McLaughlin	RHP	University of Connecticut (Col.)
2	New York Mets	Roger Frash	OF	Oxnard College (Col.)
3	Oakland Athletics	Dave Gallagher	OF	Mercer County Community College		Did not sign
4	Atlanta Braves	Craig McMurtry	RHP	McLennan Community College (Col.)
5	Seattle Mariners	Don Freeman	SS	West Los Angeles College (Col)		Did not sign

Other Notable Selections

• Tim Teufel (2nd round); Danny Tartabull (3rd round); Don Slaught (7th round); Eric Davis (8th round); Craig Lefferts (9th round); Jim Eisenreich (16th round); Darren Daulton (25th round), Walt Terrell (33rd round); Tom Henke, Harold Reynolds (secondary phase)

Other Sports Selections

• Billy Cannon, Jr (3rd round - voided)