1978 Amateur Draft

The 1978 Amateur Draft was the first to use compensation picks to reward teams who had lost top players to free agency.

1978 First Round Picks

Pick	Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Hometown	Notes
1	Atlanta Braves	Bob Horner	3B	Arizona State University (Col.)	Junction City, KS
2	Toronto Blue Jays	Lloyd Moseby	1B	Oakland High School (HS)	Oakland, CA
3	New York Mets	Hubie Brooks	SS	Arizona State University (Col.)	Los Angeles, CA
4	Oakland Athletics	Mike Morgan	RHP	Valley High School (HS)	Las Vegas, NV
5	San Diego Padres	Andy Hawkins	RHP	Midway High School (HS)	Waco, TX
6	Seattle Mariners	Tito Nanni	OF	Chestnut Hill Academy High School (HS)	Philadelphia, PA
7	San Francisco Giants	Bob Cummings	C	Brother Rice High School (HS)	Chicago, IL
8	Milwaukee Brewers	Nick Hernandez	C	Hialeah High School (HS)	Hialeah, FL
9	Montreal Expos	Glen Franklin	SS	Chipola Junior College (Col.)	[[]]
10	Cleveland Indians	Phil Lansford	SS	Wilcox High School (HS)	Santa Clara, CA
11	Houston Astros	Rod Boxberger	RHP	University of Southern California (Col.)	[[]]
12	Detroit Tigers	Kirk Gibson	OF	Michigan State University (Col.)	Pontiac, MI
13	Chicago Cubs	Bill Hayes	C	Indiana State University (Col.)	Cheverly, MD
14	California Angels	Tom Brunansky	OF	West Covina High School (HS)	West Covina, CA
15	St. Louis Cardinals	Bob Hicks	1B	Tate High School (HS)	Pensacola, FL
16	Minnesota Twins	Lenny Faedo	SS	Jefferson High School (HS)	Tampa, FL
17	Cincinnati Reds	Nick Esasky	SS	Miami Carol City High School (HS)	Carol City, FL
18	New York Yankees	Rex Hudler	SS	Bullard High School (HS)	Fresno, CA	Compensation from the Chicago White Sox for Ron Blomberg
19	Pittsburgh Pirates	Brad Garnett	1B	DeSoto High School (HS)	DeSoto, TX
20	Oakland Athletics	Tim Conroy	LHP	Gateway High School (HS)	Monroeville, PA	Compensation from Texas Rangers for Mike Jorgensen
21	Pittsburgh Pirates	Gerry Aubin	OF	Dougherty High School (HS)	Albany, GA	Compensation from Los Angeles Dodgers for Terry Forster
22	Baltimore Orioles	Robert Boyce	3B	Deer Park High School (HS)	Cincinnati, OH
23	Philadelphia Phillies	Rip Rollins	1B-RHP	Allegheny High School (HS)	Sparta, NC
24	New York Yankees	Matt Winters	OF	Williamsville High School (HS)	Williamsville, NY	Compensation from Boston Red Sox for Mike Torrez
25	Kansas City Royals	Buddy Biancalana	SS	Redwood High School (HS)	Greenbrae, CA
26	New York Yankees	Brian Ryder	RHP	Shrewsbury High School (HS)	Shrewsbury, MA

January 1978 amateur draft

Pick	Team	Player	Position	School (Type)	Hometown	Notes
1	Toronto Blue Jays	Mike Lebo	C
2	Atlanta Braves	Joe Housey	RHP	Miami-Dade College (Coll.)		Did not sign
3	Oakland Athletics	David Grier	RHP	Valencia Community College		Did not sign
4	New York Mets	Gerald Miller	1B	Des Moines Area Community College (Col.)		Did not sign
5	Seattle Mariners	Jim Maler	1B	Miami-Dade College (Col)

Other Notable Selections

Mel Hall, Cal Ripken (2nd round); Steve Bedrosian, Mike Witt (3rd round); Rob Deer (4th round); Dave Stieb (5th round); Mike Boddicker, Mike Marshall (6th round); Charlie Leibrandt, Steve Sax (9th round); Gerald Perry (11th round); Gary Redus (15th round); Kent Hrbek (17th round); Eric Show (18th round); Ryne Sandberg (20th round); Vance Law (39th round); Jesse Orosco (2nd round, January); Doug Jones (3rd round, January); Tony Phillips (secondary phase, January)