1987 Amateur Draft

1987 First Round Picks

Pick	Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Hometown	Notes
1	Seattle Mariners	Ken Griffey, Jr.	OF	Moeller High School (HS)	Cincinnati, OH
2	Pittsburgh Pirates	Mark Merchant	OF	Oviedo High School (HS)	Oviedo, FL
3	Minnesota Twins	Willie Banks	RHP	St. Anthony High School (HS)	Jersey City, NJ
4	Chicago Cubs	Mike Harkey	RHP	California State-Fullerton (Col.)	San Diego, CA
5	Chicago White Sox	Jack McDowell	RHP	Stanford University (Col.)	Van Nuys, CA
6	Atlanta Braves	Derek Lilliquist	LHP	University of Georgia (Col.)	Winter Park, FL
7	Baltimore Orioles	Chris Myers	LHP	Plant High School (HS)	Tampa, FL
8	Los Angeles Dodgers	Dan Opperman	RHP	Valley High School (Las Vegas) (HS)	Las Vegas, NV
9	Kansas City Royals	Kevin Appier	RHP	Antelope Valley Junior College (Col.)	Lancaster, CA
10	San Diego Padres	Kevin Garner	RHP-OF	University of Texas (Col.)	[[]]
11	Oakland Athletics	Lee Tinsley	OF	Shelby County High School (HS)	Shelbyville, KY
12	Montreal Expos	Delino DeShields	SS-2B	Seaford (DE) High School (HS)	Seaford, DE
13	Milwaukee Brewers	Bill Spiers	SS	Clemson University (Col.)	Orangeburg, SC
14	St. Louis Cardinals	Cris Carpenter	RHP	University of Georgia (Col.)	St. Augustine, FL
15	Baltimore Orioles	Brad DuVall	RHP	Virginia Tech (Col.)	[[]]	Did not sign Compensation from Cleveland Indians for Rick Dempsey
16	San Francisco Giants	Mike Remlinger	LHP	Dartmouth College (Col.)	Middletown, NY
17	Toronto Blue Jays	Alex Sanchez	RHP	UCLA (Col.)	Concord, CA
18	Cincinnati Reds	Jack Armstrong	RHP	University of Oklahoma (Col.)	Englewood, NJ
19	Texas Rangers	Brian Bohanon	LHP	North Shore High School (HS)	Houston, TX
20	Detroit Tigers	Bill Henderson	C	Westminster High School (HS)	Miami, FL	Compensation from Philadelphia Phillies for Lance Parrish
21	Detroit Tigers	Steve Pegues	OF	Pontotoc High School (HS)	Pontotoc, MS
22	Houston Astros	Craig Biggio	C	Seton Hall University (Col.)	Smithtown, NY
23	Texas Rangers	Bill Haselman	C	UCLA (Col.)	Long Branch, NJ	Compensation from New York Yankees for Gary Ward
24	New York Mets	Chris Donnels	3B	Loyola Marymount University (Col.)	Los Angeles, CA
25	California Angels	John Orton	C	Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo (Col.)	Santa Cruz, CA
26	Boston Red Sox	Reggie Harris	RHP	Waynesboro High School (HS)	Waynesboro, VA

Supplemental First Round

Pick	Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Hometown	Notes
27	Baltimore Orioles	Pete Harnisch	P	Fordham University (Col.)	[[]]	Compensation for Rick Dempsey
28	Montreal Expos	Tyrone Kingwood	OF	Imperial Valley College (Col.)	[[]]	Compensation for Andre Dawson
29	Texas Rangers	Mark Petkovsek	P	University of Texas (Col.)	[[]]	Compensation for Gary Ward
30	Detroit Tigers	Travis Fryman	SS	Tate High School (HS)	Cantonment, FL	Compensation for Lance Parrish
31	California Angels	David Holdridge	P	Ocean View High School (HS)	Huntington Beach, CA	Compensation for Reggie Jackson
32	Boston Red Sox	Bob Zupcic	OF	Oral Roberts University (Col.)	[[]]	Compensation for failure to sign 1986 pick Greg McMurtry

Other Notable Selections

Derek Bell, Albert Belle, Dave Burba, Todd Hundley (2nd round); Ray Lankford, Jaime Navarro, John Vander Wal (3rd round); Mike Timlin (5th round); Frank Castillo, Darrin Fletcher (6th round); Mark Guthrie, Reggie Sanders (7th round); Buddy Groom (12th round); Steve Finley, Troy O'Leary, Mike Stanton (13th round); Gerald Williams (14th round); David Segui (18th round); Scott Brosius (20th round); Darryl Kile (30th round); Robb Nen (32nd round); Brad Ausmus (48th round); Jeff Conine (58th round)