1978 Cleveland Indians Picks in the MLB January Draft-Regular Phase
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1978 Cleveland Indians Picks in the MLB January Draft-Regular Phase
Other Years: 1975 / 1976 / 1977 / 1978 / 1979 / 1980 / 1981
Drafted Players
- Links to minor league stats are incomplete and may not indicate a player signing
| Year | Rnd | DT | OvPck | RdPck | Tm | Signed | Name | Pos | WAR | G | AB | HR | G | W | L | SV | Type | Drafted Out of | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 1 | 1rg | 9 | 9 | Indians | Y | Thomas Anderson (minors) | 1B | JC | South Florida State College (Avon Park, FL) | |||||||||||||
| 1978 | 2 | 1rg | 35 | 9 | Indians | Y | Robert Conley (minors) | SS | JC | Enterprise State Community College (Enterprise, AL) | |||||||||||||
| 1978 | 3 | 1rg | 61 | 9 | Indians | Y | Lloyd Turner (minors) | SS | JC | Middle Georgia State University (Macon, GA) | |||||||||||||
| 1978 | 4 | 1rg | 87 | 9 | Indians | Y | Robin Fuson (minors) | RHP | JC | Valencia Community College (Orlando, FL) | |||||||||||||
| 1978 | 5 | 1rg | 110 | 7 | Indians | Y | Keith Hendry (minors) | RHP | JC | South Florida State College (Avon Park, FL) | |||||||||||||
| 1978 | 6 | 1rg | 132 | 6 | Indians | N | Robert Payne (minors) | OF | JC | St. Johns River State College (Palatka, FL) | |||||||||||||
| 1978 | 7 | 1rg | 151 | 5 | Indians | Y | Ralph Henriquez (minors) | C | JC | Indian River State College (Fort Pierce, FL) | |||||||||||||
| 1978 | 8 | 1rg | 169 | 5 | Indians | Y | Rusty Cain (minors) | C | 4Yr | Wallace Community College (Dothan, AL) | |||||||||||||
| 1978 | 9 | 1rg | 183 | 5 | Indians | N | James Gardner (minors) | C | JC | Miami Dade College (Miami, FL) | |||||||||||||
| 1978 | 10 | 1rg | 196 | 4 | Indians | N | Joseph Kelihar (minors) | 1B | JC | St. Petersburg College (St. Petersburg, FL) |
Other Years: 1975 / 1976 / 1977 / 1978 / 1979 / 1980 / 1981
10 matching player(s). 0 played in the majors (0%). Total of 0.0 WAR, or -- per major leaguer.
DT Key
- Blank - June Draft
- 6sc - June Secondary
- 6sa - June Secondary (normal, 1971 only)
- 6sd - June Secondary (delayed, 1971 only)
- 1rg - January Draft
- 1sc - January Secondary Draft
- 8lg - August Legion Draft
NOTES: We have not yet matched the 2023 debuts to their draft into. We hope to do so soon.
Please note that searches by state are not complete and not guaranteed to be accurate.
Players are listed regardless of whether they signed or not.
School names may change from year to year making it difficult to find all player drafted from a school.
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The 1965 draft had a major league and AAA section (rounds 1-3), a AA section (4-7) and A-ball sections (8+). Each team had one pick in rounds 1-7 (MLB, AAA, and AA picks). Starting with the 8th round teams received a pick for each A-ball team in their system in the reverse order of the affiliate finishes. Franchises that shared affiliates, alternated the picks round-by-round. This means that a franchise will have multiple picks in a "round". For presentation reasons here, we have re-labeled the rounds to be the number of the selection made by this franchise. This means that the Twins' 10th round pick could come after the Mets' 12th round pick.
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