1988 NPB Amateur Draft

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The 1988 NPB draft was held November 24, 1988.

First Round - initial picks[edit]

Team Player Position School (Type) Notes
Kintetsu Buffaloes Kunji Yonezaki IF Nippon Life (Ind)
Yokohama Taiyo Whales Motonobu Tanishige C Gonokawa High School (HS)
Hankyu Braves Tsutomu Sakai P Hitachi (Ind) Won lottery for Sakai over Lotte
Chunichi Dragons Shinji Imanaka P Osaka Toin High School (HS)
Seibu Lions Tomio Watanabe P NTT Shikoku (Ind)
Hiroshima Carp Kenjiro Nomura IF Komazawa University (Col.)
Lotte Orions Tsutomu Sakai P Hitachi (Ind) Lost lottery for Sakai to Orix
Hanshin Tigers Shin Nakagomi P Kanzaki Kogyo High School (HS)
Nippon Ham Fighters Terushi Nakajima IF Prince Hotel (Ind) Won lottery for Nakajima over Daiei
Yomiuri Giants Kenjiro Kawasaki P Tsukumi High School (HS) Lost lottery for Kawasaki to Yakult
Daiei Hawks Terushi Nakajima IF Prince Hotel (Ind) Lost lottery for Nakajima to Nippon Ham
Yakult Swallows Kenjiro Kawasaki P Tsukumi High School (HS) Won lottery for Kawasaki over Yomiuri

First Round - redraft[edit]

Team Player Position School (Type) Notes
Yomiuri Giants Shuji Yoshida P Hokkaido Takushoku Bank (Ind)
Lotte Orions Yukinaga Maeda P Fukuoka Daiichi High School (HS)
Daiei Hawks Jun Shinoda P Ogaki Shogyo High School (HS)