1989 Amateur Draft

1989 First Round Picks

Pick	Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Hometown	Notes
1	Baltimore Orioles	Ben McDonald	RHP	Louisiana State University (Col.)	Baton Rouge, LA
2	Atlanta Braves	Tyler Houston	C	Valley High School (Las Vegas) (HS)	Las Vegas, NV
3	Seattle Mariners	Roger Salkeld	RHP	Saugus High School (HS)	Saugus, CA
4	Philadelphia Phillies	Jeff Jackson	OF	Simeon High School (HS)	Chicago, IL
5	Texas Rangers	Donald Harris	OF	Texas Tech University (Col.)	Waco, TX
6	St. Louis Cardinals	Paul Coleman	OF	Frankston High School (HS)	Frankston, TX
7	Chicago White Sox	Frank Thomas	1B	Auburn University (Col.)	Columbus, GA
8	Chicago Cubs	Earl Cunningham	OF	Lancaster (SC) High School (HS)	Lancaster, SC
9	California Angels	Kyle Abbott	LHP	Long Beach State University (Col.)	[[]]
10	Montreal Expos	Charles Johnson	C	Fort Pierce Westwood High School (HS)	Fort Pierce, FL	Did not sign
11	Cleveland Indians	Calvin Murray	3B	W. T. White High School (HS)	Dallas, TX	Did not sign
12	Houston Astros	Jeff Juden	RHP	Salem (MA) High School (HS)	Salem, MA
13	Kansas City Royals	Brent Mayne	C	California State-Fullerton (Col.)	Loma Linda, CA
14	San Francisco Giants	Steve Hosey	OF	Fresno State University (Col.)	Oakland, CA
15	Los Angeles Dodgers	Kiki Jones	RHP	Hillsborough High School (HS)	Tampa, FL	Compensation from New York Yankees for Steve Sax
16	Boston Red Sox	Greg Blosser	OF	Sarasota High School (HS)	Sarasota, FL	Compensation from San Diego Padres for Bruce Hurst
17	Milwaukee Brewers	Cal Eldred	RHP	University of Iowa (Col.)	Cedar Rapids, IA
18	Pittsburgh Pirates	Willie Greene	SS	Jones County High School (HS)	Gray, GA
19	Toronto Blue Jays	Eddie Zosky	SS	Fresno State University (Col.)	Whittier, CA
20	Cincinnati Reds	Scott Bryant	OF-RHP	University of Texas (Col.)	[[]]
21	Detroit Tigers	Greg Gohr	RHP	Santa Clara University (Col.)	Santa Clara, CA
22	Los Angeles Dodgers	Tom Goodwin	OF	Fresno State University (Col.)	Fresno, CA
23	Boston Red Sox	Mo Vaughn	1B	Seton Hall University (Col.)	[[]]
24	New York Mets	Alan Zinter	C	University of Arizona (Col.)	El Paso, TX
25	Minnesota Twins	Chuck Knoblauch	SS	Texas A&M University (Col.)	Houston, TX
26	Seattle Mariners	Scott Burrell	RHP	Hamden High School (HS)	Hamden, CT	Did not sign / Compensation from Oakland A's for Mike Moore

Supplemental First Round

Pick	Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Hometown	Notes
27	Houston Astros	Todd Jones	P	Jacksonville State University (Col.)	[[]]	Compensation for Nolan Ryan
28	Los Angeles Dodgers	Jamie McAndrew	P	University of Florida (Col.)	[[]]	Compensation for Steve Sax
29	Boston Red Sox	Kevin Morton	P	Seton Hall University (Col.)	[[]]	Compensation for Bruce Hurst
30	Milwaukee Brewers	Gordon Powell	3B	Hughes Center High School (HS)	Cincinnati, OH	Compensation for failure to sign 1988 pick Alex Fernandez

Other Notable Selections

Brian Hunter, Denny Neagle, John Olerud, Shane Reynolds, Tim Salmon (3rd round); Jeff Bagwell, Scott Erickson (4th round); Alan Embree, Ryan Klesko, J.T. Snow (5th round); Paul Quantrill (6th round); Russ Springer (7th round); Curtis Leskanic (8th round); Trevor Hoffman (11th round); Jim Thome (13th round); Mike Trombley (14th round); Brian Giles, Gregg Zaun (17th round); Jeff Kent, Tim Worrell (20th round); Dana Brown (35th round - now Nationals Director of Scouting); Eric Young (43rd round); Chad Curtis (45th round)

Draft Notes

• Scott Burrell, the 26th pick, would later play in the National Basketball Association