List of drafted players who advanced directly to the Major Leagues

The following players have advanced directly to the Major Leagues without playing in the minor leagues since the Amateur Draft began in 1965.

Draft	Player	Position	School	Team	Debut Date
1967	Mike Adamson	P	University of Southern California	Baltimore Orioles	July 1, 1967
1969	Steve Dunning	P	Stanford University	Cleveland Indians	June 14, 1970
1971	Burt Hooton	P	University of Texas	Chicago Cubs	June 17, 1971
1971	Rob Ellis	IF	Michigan State University	Milwaukee Brewers	June 18, 1971
1971	Pete Broberg	P	Dartmouth College	Washington Senators	June 20, 1971
1972	Dave Roberts	IF	University of Oregon	San Diego Padres	June 7, 1972
1973	Dick Ruthven	P	Fresno State University	Philadelphia Phillies	April 17, 1973 see note
1973	Dave Winfield	OF	University of Minnesota	San Diego Padres	June 19, 1973
1973	David Clyde	P	Westchester High School (Houston)	Texas Rangers	June 27, 1973
1973	Eddie Bane	P	Arizona State University	Minnesota Twins	July 4, 1973
1978	Mike Morgan	P	Valley High School (Las Vegas)	Oakland Athletics	June 11, 1978
1978	Bob Horner	IF	Arizona State University	Atlanta Braves	June 16, 1978
1978	Tim Conroy	P	Gateway High School (Monroeville)	Oakland Athletics	June 23, 1978
1978	Brian Milner	C	Southwest High School (Fort Worth)	Toronto Blue Jays	June 23, 1978
1985	Pete Incaviglia	OF	Oklahoma State University	Montreal Expos see note	April 8, 1986
1988	Jim Abbott	P	University of Michigan	California Angels	April 8, 1989
1989	John Olerud	IF	Washington State University	Toronto Blue Jays	September 3, 1989
1993	Darren Dreifort	P	Wichita State University	Los Angeles Dodgers	April 7, 1994
1995	Ariel Prieto	P	Fajardo University (Cuba) see note	Oakland Athletics	July 2, 1995
2000	Xavier Nady	IF	University of California	San Diego Padres	September 3, 2000
2009	Mike Leake	P	Arizona State University	Cincinnati Reds	April 11, 2010
2020	Garrett Crochet	P	University of Tennessee	Chicago White Sox	September 18, 2020 see note

Notes

• Dick Ruthven was drafted in the Secondary Phase of the January 1973 amateur draft
• Pete Incaviglia's rights were traded to the Texas Rangers by the Montreal Expos when they were unable to sign him to a contract.
• Ariel Prieto came to United States in 1994 on a visa and had been playing for the Western League's Palm Springs Suns when drafted.
• Garrett Crochet did not play any minor league games before his first appearance, but was at the White Sox's alternative training site during the COVID-19 pandemic before making his debut; there were no minor league games that season.

Further Reading

• Jason Catania: "Players to go straight from MLB Draft to The Show: Only 21 drafted players have made the jump -- and none since 2009", mlb.com, June 9, 2020. [1]