1984 NPB Amateur Draft

The 1984 NPB draft was held November 20, 1984..

First Round - initial picks

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Kintetsu Buffaloes	Osamu Sasaki	P	Kinki University (Col.)	Won lottery for Sasaki over Nankai
Yokohama Taiyo Whales	Mitsukuni Takeda	P	Meiji University (Col.)	Won lottery for Takeda over Chunichi and Yomiuri
Hankyu Braves	Takayuki Shirai	P	Toyokawa High School (HS)
Chunichi Dragons	Mitsukuni Takeda	P	Meiji University (Col.)	Lost lottery for Takeda to Taiyo
Seibu Lions	Katsumi Hirosawa	IF	Meiji University (Col.)	Lost lottery for Hirosawa to Yakult
Hiroshima Carp	Akihiro Shimada	P	Minoshima High School (HS)	Lost lottery for Shimada to Hanshin
Lotte Orions	Eiichi Kasahara	P	Isesaki Koyo High School (HS)
Hanshin Tigers	Akihiro Shimada	P	Minoshima High School (HS)	on lottery for Shimada over Hiroshima
Nippon Ham Fighters	Katsumi Hirosawa	IF	Meiji University (Col.)	Lost lottery for Hirosawa to Yakult
Yomiuri Giants	Mitsukuni Takeda	P	Meiji University (Col.)	Lost lottery for Takeda to Taiyo
Nankai Hawks	Osamu Sasaki	P	Kinki University (Col.)	Lost lottery for Sasaki to Kintetsu
Yakult Swallows	Katsumi Hirosawa	IF	Meiji University (Col.)	Won lottery for Hirosawa over Seibu and Nippon Ham

First Round - redraft

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Seibu Lions	Hiromoto Okubo	C	Mito Commercial High School (HS)
Yomiuri Giants	Kazuaki Ueda	IF	Keio University (Col.)
Chunichi Dragons	Takeshi Nakamura	C	Hanazono High School (HS)
Nippon Ham Fighters	Hirofumi Kono	P	Komazawa University (Col.)
Nankai Hawks	Ryuji Taguchi	P	Miyakonojo High School (HS)
Hiroshima Carp	Masashi Sugimoto	P	Minoshima High School (HS)