1989 NPB Amateur Draft

The 1989 NPB draft was held November 26, 1989. Hideo Nomo was picked by eight teams, which set the NPB draft record.

First Round - initial picks[edit]

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Kintetsu Buffaloes	Hideo Nomo	P	Nippon Steel Sakai (Ind)	Won eight-way lottery for Nomo's rights
Yokohama Taiyo Whales	Hideo Nomo	P	Nippon Steel Sakai (Ind)	Lost lottery for Nomo to Kintetsu
Orix Braves	Hideo Nomo	P	Nippon Steel Sakai (Ind)	Lost lottery for Nomo to Kintetsu
Chunichi Dragons	Tsuyoshi Yoda	P	NTT Tokyo (Ind)
Seibu Lions	Tetsuya Shiozaki	P	Panasonic (Ind)
Hiroshima Carp	Shinji Sasaoka	P	NTT Chugoku (Ind)
Lotte Orions	Hideo Nomo	P	Nippon Steel Sakai (Ind)	Lost lottery for Nomo to Kintetsu
Hanshin Tigers	Hideo Nomo	P	Nippon Steel Sakai (Ind)	Lost lottery for Nomo to Kintetsu
Nippon Ham Fighters	Hideo Nomo	P	Nippon Steel Sakai (Ind)	Lost lottery for Nomo to Kintetsu
Yomiuri Giants	Takeshi Omori	IF	Keio University (Col.)
Daiei Hawks	Hideo Nomo	P	Nippon Steel Sakai (Ind)	Lost lottery for Nomo to Kintetsu
Yakult Swallows	Hideo Nomo	P	Nippon Steel Sakai (Ind)	Lost lottery for Nomo to Kintetsu

Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Notes
Yokohama Taiyo Whales	Kazuhiro Sasaki	P	Tohoku Fukushi University (Col.)
Hanshin Tigers	Minoru Kasai	P	Hosei University (Col.)
Lotte Orions	Satoru Komiyama	P	Waseda University (Col.)
Daiei Hawks	Daisuke Motoki	IF	Uenomiya High School (HS)	Refuse to sign
Yakult Swallows	Tatsuji Nishimura	P	Yamaha (Ind)
Orix Blue Wave	Kazuhiro Sato	OF	Kumagai Gumi (Ind)
Nippon Ham Fighters	Mitsujiro Sakai	P	Kindai University (Col.)