1983 Amateur Draft

First selection Tim Belcher became only the second top pick to not sign a contract. Danny Goodwin was the first in 1971.

1983 First Round Picks

Pick	Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Hometown	Notes
1	Minnesota Twins	Tim Belcher	RHP	Mount Vernon Nazarene College (Col.)	Mount Gilead, OH	Did not sign
2	Cincinnati Reds	Kurt Stillwell	SS	Thousand Oaks High School (HS)	Thousand Oaks, CA
3	Texas Rangers	Jeff Kunkel	SS	Rider College (Col.)	West Palm Beach, FL
4	New York Mets	Eddie Williams	3B	Herbert Hoover High School (San Diego) (HS)	San Diego, CA
5	Oakland Athletics	Stan Hilton	RHP	Baylor University (Col.)	[[]]
6	Chicago Cubs	Jackie Davidson	RHP	Everman High School (HS)	Everman, TX
7	Seattle Mariners	Darrel Akerfelds	RHP	Mesa State College (Col.)	Denver, CO
8	Houston Astros	Robbie Wine	C	Oklahoma State University (Col.)	Norristown, PA
9	Toronto Blue Jays	Matt Stark	C	Los Altos High School (HS)	Hacienda Heights, CA
10	San Diego Padres	Ray Hayward	LHP	University of Oklahoma (Col.)	Enid, OK
11	Cleveland Indians	Dave Clark	OF	Jackson State University (Col.)	Tupelo, MS
12	Pittsburgh Pirates	Ron DeLucchi	OF	Campolindo High School (HS)	Moraga, CA
13	Chicago White Sox	Joel Davis	RHP	Sandalwood High School (HS)	Jacksonville, FL	Compensation from New York Yankees for Steve Kemp
14	Montreal Expos	Rich Stoll	RHP	University of Michigan (Col.)	[[]]
15	Detroit Tigers	Wayne Dotson	RHP	Estacado High School (HS)	Lubbock, TX
16	Montreal Expos	Brian Holman	RHP	Wichita North High School (HS)	Wichita, KS	Compensation from San Francisco Giants for Joel Youngblood
17	Seattle Mariners	Terry Bell	C	Old Dominion University (Col.)	Dayton, OH	Compensation from Chicago White Sox for Floyd Bannister
18	Los Angeles Dodgers	Erik Sonberg	LHP	Wichita State University (Col.)	[[]]
19	Boston Red Sox	Roger Clemens	RHP	University of Texas (Col.)	Houston, TX
20	New York Mets	Stan Jefferson	OF	Bethune-Cookman College (Col.)	New York, NY	Compensation from Atlanta Braves for Pete Falcone
21	Kansas City Royals	Gary Thurman	OF	North Central High School (HS)	Indianapolis, IN
22	Philadelphia Phillies	Ricky Jordan	1B	Grant High School (HS)	Sacramento, CA
23	California Angels	Mark Doran	OF	University of Wisconsin (Col.)	[[]]
24	St. Louis Cardinals	Jim Lindeman	3B	Bradley University (Col.)	Evanston, IL
25	Baltimore Orioles	Wayne Wilson	RHP	Redondo Union High School (HS)	Redondo Beach, CA
26	Milwaukee Brewers	Dan Plesac	LHP	North Carolina State University (Col.)	Gary, IN

Supplemental First Round

Pick	Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Hometown	Notes
27	New York Mets	Calvin Schiraldi	P	University of Texas (Col.)	[[]]	Compensation for Pete Falcone
28	Chicago White Sox	Russ Morman	OF-1B	Wichita State University (Col.)	[[]]	Compensation for Bill Almon

January 1983 amateur draft

Pick	Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Hometown	Notes
1	Cincinnati Reds	Ted Langdon	RHP	Eastern Florida State College (Col.)
2	Minnesota Twins	Kevin Hammond	RHP	St. Petersburg College (Col.)
3	New York Mets	Ralph Adams	RHP
4	Texas Rangers	Javier Ortiz	1B	Miami-Dade College (Col.)
5	Chicago Cubs	Dave Cortez	SS	Lower Columbia College (Col)		Did not sign

Other Notable Selections

Dave Magadan, Joe Oliver (2nd round); Rick Aguilera, Wally Joyner (3rd round); Ron Gant, Charlie Hayes (4th round); Lenny Harris (5th round); John Burkett (6th round); Glenallen Hill, Jeff Montgomery, Terry Steinbach (9th round); Doug Drabek, Kevin Seitzer (11th round); John Smiley (12th round); Mark Lemke (27th round); Robby Thompson (secondary phase); Ellis Burks (1st round, January); Dave Martinez (secondary phase, January)