1985 Amateur Draft

1985 First Round Picks

Pick	Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Hometown	Notes
1	Milwaukee Brewers	B.J. Surhoff	C	University of North Carolina (Col.)	Bronx, NY
2	San Francisco Giants	Will Clark	1B	Mississippi State University (Col.)	New Orleans, LA
3	Texas Rangers	Bobby Witt	RHP	University of Oklahoma (Col.)	Arlington, VA
4	Cincinnati Reds	Barry Larkin	SS	University of Michigan (Col.)	Cincinnati, OH
5	Chicago White Sox	Kurt Brown	C	Glendora High School (HS)	Glendora, CA
6	Pittsburgh Pirates	Barry Bonds	OF	Arizona State University (Col.)	Riverside, CA
7	Seattle Mariners	Mike Campbell	RHP	University of Hawaii (Col.)	Seattle, WA
8	Montreal Expos	Pete Incaviglia	OF	Oklahoma State University (Col.)	Pebble Beach, CA
9	Cleveland Indians	Mike Poehl	RHP	University of Texas (Col.)	[[]]
10	Los Angeles Dodgers	Chris Gwynn	OF	San Diego State University (Col.)	Los Angeles, CA
11	Oakland Athletics	Walt Weiss	SS	University of North Carolina (Col.)	Tuxedo, NY
12	Houston Astros	Cameron Drew	OF	University of New Haven (Col.)	Boston, MA
13	Minnesota Twins	Jeff Bumgarner	RHP	Hanford High School (HS)	Richland, WA
14	Atlanta Braves	Tommy Greene	RHP	Whiteville High School (HS)	Whiteville, NC
15	California Angels	Willie Fraser	RHP	Concordia College (Col.)	New York, NY
16	Philadelphia Phillies	Trey McCall	C	Abingdon High School (HS)	Abingdon, VA
17	Kansas City Royals	Brian McRae	SS	Manatee High School (HS)	Blue Springs, MO
18	St. Louis Cardinals	Joe Magrane	LHP	University of Arizona (Col.)	Des Moines, IA
19	California Angels	Mike Cook	RHP	University of South Carolina (Col.)	Charleston, SC	Compensation from Baltimore Orioles for Fred Lynn
20	New York Mets	Gregg Jefferies	SS	Junipero Serra High School (HS)	Millbrae, CA
21	Boston Red Sox	Dan Gabriele	RHP	Walled Lake Western High School (HS)	Walled Lake, MI
22	Chicago Cubs	Rafael Palmeiro	OF	Mississippi State University (Col.)	Miami, FL	Compensation from San Diego Padres for Tim Stoddard
23	San Diego Padres	Joey Cora	SS	Vanderbilt University (Col.)	Caguas, PR	Compensation from New York Yankees for Ed Whitson
24	Chicago Cubs	Dave Masters	RHP	University of California (Col.)	Honolulu, HI
25	Toronto Blue Jays	Greg David	OF	Barron Collier High School (HS)	Naples, FL
26	Detroit Tigers	Randy Nosek	RHP	Chillicothe (MO) High School (HS)	Chillicothe, MO

Supplemental First Round

Pick	Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Hometown	Notes
27	Seattle Mariners	Bill McGuire	C	University of Nebraska (Col.)	[[]]	Compensation for Steve Henderson
28	New York Yankees	Rick Balabon	P	Conestoga High School (HS)	Berwyn, PA	Compensation for Tim Belcher

January 1985 amateur draft

Pick	Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Hometown	Notes
1	San Francisco Giants	Rick Nelson	OF	Orange Coast College (Col.)
2	Milwaukee Brewers	Oliver Nichols	RHP	Oxnard College (Col.)
3	Cincinnati Reds	Scott Willis	RHP	College of the Sequoias (Col.)
4	Texas Rangers	Dave Rolland	3B	Orange Coast College (Col.)
5	Pittsburgh Pirates	Pat Gilbert	OF	Columbia State Community College (Col)		Did not sign

Other Notable Selections

Randy Johnson (2nd round); David Justice, Mike Macfarlane (4th round); Mike Devereaux (5th round); Jeff Brantley (6th round); Mark Gardner, Doug Henry, Al Martin (8th round); Brady Anderson, Jason Grimsley (10th round); Mike Stanley (16th round); Dennis Cook (18th round); Randy Velarde (19th round); John Smoltz (22nd round); Mark Grace (24th round); Todd Stottlemyre (secondary phase); Chuck Finley, John Wetteland (secondary phase, January)

Draft Notes

• The Montreal Expos picked Pete Incaviglia in the first round, but they traded his rights to the Texas Rangers when they were unable to sign him to a contract.