2005 Amateur Draft

The 2005 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft was held on June 7 and June 8, 2005. The first overall pick was Justin Upton, by the Arizona Diamondbacks.

First pick Upton is the brother of B.J. Upton, who had been selected with the second overall pick in 2002 by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Golden Spikes Award winner Alex Gordon of the University of Nebraska was drafted with the number two selection by the Kansas City Royals. Wade Townsend, who had been drafted the previous year by the Baltimore Orioles but could not reach a contract agreement, was drafted by Tampa Bay.

Collegiate players accounted for two-thirds of the first round selections and all but the first and tenth of the top ten picks. 13 pitchers were selected in the first round.

Joey Devine became the first player from the draft to play in the majors when he debuted on August 20th of that year.

2005 First Round Picks

Pick	Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Hometown	Notes
1	Arizona Diamondbacks	Justin Upton	SS	Great Bridge High School (HS)	Chesapeake, VA
2	Kansas City Royals	Alex Gordon	3B	University of Nebraska (Col.)	Lincoln, NE
3	Seattle Mariners	Jeffrey Clement	C	University of Southern California (Col.)	Marshalltown, IA
4	Washington Nationals	Ryan Zimmerman	3B	University of Virginia (Col.)	Virginia Beach, VA
5	Milwaukee Brewers	Ryan Braun	3B	University of Miami (Col.)	Granada Hills, CA
6	Toronto Blue Jays	Ricardo Romero	LHP	California State-Fullerton (Col.)	Los Angeles, CA
7	Colorado Rockies	Troy Tulowitzki	SS	Long Beach State University (Col.)	Sunnyvale, CA
8	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	Wade Townsend	RHP	Rice University (Col.) see notes	Dripping Springs, TX
9	New York Mets	Michael Pelfrey	RHP	Wichita State University (Col.)	Augusta, KS
10	Detroit Tigers	Cameron Maybin	OF	T.C. Roberson High School (HS)	Arden, NC
11	Pittsburgh Pirates	Andrew McCutchen	OF	Fort Meade High School (HS)	Fort Meade, FL
12	Cincinnati Reds	Jay Bruce	OF	West Brook High School (HS)	Beaumont, TX
13	Baltimore Orioles	Brandon Snyder	C	Westfield High School (HS)	Centreville, VA
14	Cleveland Indians	Trevor Crowe	OF	University of Arizona (Col.)	Aurora, CO
15	Chicago White Sox	Lance Broadway	RHP	Texas Christian University (Col.)	Mansfield, TX
16	Florida Marlins	Chris Volstad	RHP	Palm Beach Gardens High School (HS)	Palm Beach Gardens, FL
17	New York Yankees	C.J. Henry	SS	Putnam City High School (HS)	Oklahoma City, OK	Compensation from Phillies for Jon Lieber
18	San Diego Padres	Cesar Carrillo	RHP	University of Miami (Col.)	Hammond, IN
19	Texas Rangers	John Mayberry Jr.	OF	Stanford University (Col.)	Overland Park, KS
20	Chicago Cubs	Mark Pawelek	LHP	Springville High School (HS)	Springville, UT
21	Oakland Athletics	Cliff Pennington	SS	Texas A&M University (Col.)	Corpus Christi, TX
22	Florida Marlins	Aaron Thompson	LHP	Second Baptist High School (HS)	Houston, TX	Compensation from Giants for Armando Benitez
23	Boston Red Sox	Jacoby Ellsbury	OF	Oregon State University (Col.)	Madras, OR	Compensation from Angels for Orlando Cabrera
24	Houston Astros	Brian Bogusevic	LHP	Tulane University (Col.)	Palos Heights, IL
25	Minnesota Twins	Matthew Albidrez-Garza	RHP	Fresno State University (Col.)	Fresno, CA
26	Boston Red Sox	Craig Hansen	RHP	St. John's University (Col.)	Glen Cove, NY	Compensation from Dodgers for Derek Lowe
27	Atlanta Braves	Joey Devine	RHP	North Carolina State University (Col.)	Junction City, KS
28	St. Louis Cardinals	Colby Rasmus	OF	Russell County High School (HS)	Phenix City, AL	Compensation from Red Sox for Edgar Renteria
29	Florida Marlins	Jacob Marceaux	RHP	McNeese State University (Col.)	Jennings, LA	Compensation from Yankees for Carl Pavano
30	St. Louis Cardinals	Tyler Greene	SS	Georgia Institute of Technology (Col.)	Plantation, FL

Supplemental First Round

Pick	Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Hometown	Notes
31	Arizona Diamondbacks	Matt Torra	RHP	University of Massachusetts Amherst (Col.)	Pittsfield, MA	Compensation for Richie Sexson
32	Colorado Rockies	Chaz Roe	RHP	Lafayette High School (Lexington) (HS)	Lexington, KY	Compensation for Vinny Castilla
33	Cleveland Indians	John Drennen	OF	Rancho Bernardo High School (HS)	San Diego, CA	Compensation for Omar Vizquel
34	Florida Marlins	Ryan Tucker	RHP	Temple City High School (HS)	Temple City, CA	Compensation for Armando Benitez
35	San Diego Padres	Cesar Ramos	LHP	Long Beach State University (Col.)	Pico Rivera, CA	Compensation for David Wells
36	Oakland Athletics	Travis Buck	OF	Arizona State University (Col.)	Richland, WA	Compensation for Damian Miller
37	Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim	Trevor Bell	RHP	Crescenta Valley High School (HS)	La Crescenta, CA	Compensation for Troy Percival
38	Houston Astros	Eli Iorg	OF	University of Tennessee (Col.)	Knoxville, TN	Compensation for Carlos Beltran
39	Minnesota Twins	Henry Sanchez	1B	Mission Bay High School (HS)	San Diego, CA	Compensation for Corey Koskie
40	Los Angeles Dodgers	Luke Hochevar	RHP	University of Tennessee (Col.)	Fowler, CO	Did not sign/Compensation for Adrian Beltre
41	Atlanta Braves	Beau Jones	LHP	Destrehan High School (HS)	Destrehan, LA	Compensation for Jaret Wright
42	Boston Red Sox	Clay Buchholz	RHP	Angelina College (Col.)	Lumberton, TX	Compensation for Pedro Martinez
43	St. Louis Cardinals	Mark McCormick	RHP	Baylor University (Col.)	League City, TX	Compensation for Edgar Renteria
44	Florida Marlins	Sean West	LHP	Captain Shreve High School (HS)	Shreveport, LA	Compensation for Carl Pavano
45	Boston Red Sox	Jed Lowrie	2B	Stanford University (Col.)	Salem, OR	Compensation for Orlando Cabrera
46	St. Louis Cardinals	Tyler Herron	RHP	Wellington High School (HS)	Wellington, FL	Compensation for Mike Matheny
47	Boston Red Sox	Michael Bowden	RHP	Waubonsie Valley High School (HS)	Aurora, IL	Compensation for Derek Lowe
48	Baltimore Orioles	Garrett Olson	LHP	Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo (Col.)	Clovis, CA	Compensation for failure to sign 2004 Pick Wade Townsend

Other Notable Selections

Yunel Escobar, Chase Headley (2nd round); Brett Gardner (3rd round); Michael Brantley (7th round); Koby Clemens, Austin Jackson (8th round); Matt Joyce (12th round); David Hernandez (16th round); Sergio Romo (28th round)

Draft Notes

• Townsend did not play on the school's team in 2005.