1966 Amateur Draft

The top selection of the 1966 Amateur Draft, Steve Chilcott, is one of only three first overall picks not to make the majors (Brien Taylor and Mark Appel are the others). The player chosen immediately after Chilcott was future Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson.

1966 was also the first year in which a January draft was held in addition to the regular June draft. The practice of holding two drafts per year would last until the 1986 Amateur Draft, after which it was discontinued.

In the 10th Round, the New York Yankees selected future NFL star Ken Stabler.

1966 First Round Picks

Pick	Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Hometown	Notes
1	New York Mets	Steve Chilcott	C	Antelope Valley High School (HS)	Lancaster, CA
2	Kansas City Athletics	Reggie Jackson	OF	Arizona State University (Col.)	Wyncote, PA
3	Houston Astros	Wayne Twitchell	RHP	Wilson High School (Portland) (HS)	Portland, OR
4	Boston Red Sox	Ken Brett	LHP	El Segundo High School (HS)	El Segundo, CA
5	Chicago Cubs	Dean Burk	RHP	Highland High School (HS)	Highland, IL
6	Washington Senators	Tom Grieve	OF	Pittsfield (MA) High School (HS)	Pittsfield, MA
7	St. Louis Cardinals	Leron Lee	OF	Grant Union High School (Sacramento) (HS)	Sacramento, CA
8	California Angels	Jim DeNeff	SS	Indiana University (Col.)	[[]]
9	Philadelphia Phillies	Mike Biko	RHP	Samuell High School (HS)	Dallas, TX
10	New York Yankees	Jim Lyttle	OF	Florida State University (Col.)	Hamilton, OH
11	Atlanta Braves	Al Santorini	RHP	Union (NJ) High School (HS)	Union, NJ
12	Cleveland Indians	John Curtis	LHP	Smithtown High School (HS)	Smithtown, NY	Did not sign
13	Cincinnati Reds	Gary Nolan	RHP	Oroville High School (HS)	Oroville, CA
14	Detroit Tigers	Rick Konik	1B	St. Andrews High School (HS)	Detroit, MI	Did not sign
15	Pittsburgh Pirates	Richie Hebner	SS	Norwood (MA) High School (HS)	Norwood, MA
16	Baltimore Orioles	Ted Parks	SS	University of California (Col.)	[[]]
17	San Francisco Giants	Bob Reynolds	RHP	Ingraham High School (HS)	Seattle, WA
18	Chicago White Sox	Carlos May	OF	Parker High School (Birmingham) (HS)	Birmingham, AL
19	Los Angeles Dodgers	Larry Hutton	RHP	Greenfield High School (HS)	Greenfield, IN
20	Minnesota Twins	Bob Jones	3B	Dawson County High School (HS) or Dawson High School (HS)	Dawsonville, GA or Dawson, GA

January 1966 amateur draft

Pick	Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Hometown	Notes
1	Kansas City Athletics	Don Lohse	RHP	Indiana University Bloomington (Coll.)	St. Louis, MO
2	New York Mets	Barry Carter	SS	Chambersburg Area Senior High School (H.S.)	Chambersburg, PA
3	Boston Red Sox	James Rife	C	Lebanon Valley College (Coll.)		Did not sign
4	Houston Astros	Tom Griffin	RHP	Ulysses S. Grant High School (Van Nuys) (H.S.)
5	Washington Senators	Timothy Zajeski	RHP

Other Notable Selections

Clay Kirby (3rd round); Steve Garvey (3rd round - did not sign); Mike Jorgensen (4th round); Dave Cash, Cliff Johnson (5th round); Charlie Hough (8th round); Bill Russell (9th round); Steve Braun (10th round); Ted Sizemore (15th round); Andy Messersmith, Joe Niekro, Del Unser (secondary phase)