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1978 Major League Baseball draft

Major League Baseball draft

Field	Value
name	1978 Major League Baseball draft
first	Bob Horner
Atlanta Braves
first_round	26
hofnum	{{Collapsible list
title	2
1	SS Cal Ripken Jr.
2	2B Ryne Sandberg}}
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Atlanta Braves

The 1978 Major League Baseball draft was held June 6–8, 1978, consisting of 48 rounds, during which a total of 779 players were selected by 26 Major League Baseball (MLB) organizations. The first overall selection was Bob Horner, drafted by the Atlanta Braves.

Four of the selected players made their professional debuts in MLB without first playing in Minor League Baseball: third baseman Horner from Arizona State University, Oakland High School pitchers Tim Conroy and Mike Morgan, and catcher Brian Milner from Southwest High School in Fort Worth, Texas.

In addition to Horner, the Braves also selected future major-leaguer players Matt Sinatro (2nd round), Steve Bedrosian (3rd round), Rick Behenna (4th round), Jose Alvarez (8th round) and Gerald Perry (11th round).

Others notable players drafted included Lloyd Moseby and Dave Stieb (Toronto), Mike Marshall and Steve Sax (Los Angeles), Cal Ripken Jr. and Mike Boddicker (Baltimore), Kirk Gibson (Detroit), Kent Hrbek (Minnesota) and Hubie Brooks (New York Mets).

First round selections

The following are the first round picks in the 1978 Major League Baseball draft.

	= All-Star			= Baseball Hall of Fame

Pick	Player	Team	Position	School
1	Bob Horner	[Atlanta Braves](1978-atlanta-braves-season)	3B	Arizona State
2	Lloyd Moseby	[Toronto Blue Jays](1978-toronto-blue-jays-season)	1B	Oakland High School (Oakland, California)
3	Hubie Brooks	[New York Mets](1978-new-york-mets-season)	SS	Arizona State
4	Mike Morgan	[Oakland Athletics](1978-oakland-athletics-season)	RHP	Valley High School (Las Vegas, Nevada)
5	Andy Hawkins	[San Diego Padres](1978-san-diego-padres-season)	RHP	Midway High School (Hewitt, Texas)
6	Tito Nanni	[Seattle Mariners](1978-seattle-mariners-season)	OF	Chestnut Hill Academy High School (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
7	Bob Cummings	[San Francisco Giants](1978-san-francisco-giants-season)	C	Brother Rice High School (Chicago, Illinois)
8	Nick Hernandez	[Milwaukee Brewers](1978-milwaukee-brewers-season)	C	Hialeah High School (Hialeah, Florida)
9	Glenn Franklin	[Montreal Expos](1978-montreal-expos-season)	SS	Chipola Junior College
10	Phil Lansford	[Cleveland Indians](1978-cleveland-indians-season)	SS	Wilcox High School (Santa Clara, California)
11	Rod Boxberger	[Houston Astros](1978-houston-astros-season)	RHP	University of Southern California
12	Kirk Gibson	[Detroit Tigers](1978-detroit-tigers-season)	OF	Michigan State University
13	Bill Hayes	[Chicago Cubs](1978-chicago-cubs-season)	C	Indiana State University
14	Tom Brunansky	[California Angels](1978-california-angels-season)	OF	West Covina High School (West Covina, California)
15	Robert Hicks	[St. Louis Cardinals](1978-st-louis-cardinals-season)	1B	Tate High School (Pensacola, Florida)
16	Lenny Faedo	[Minnesota Twins](1978-minnesota-twins-season)	SS	Jefferson High School (Tampa, Florida)
17	Nick Esasky	[Cincinnati Reds](1978-cincinnati-reds-season)	SS	Carol City High School (Carol City, Florida)
18	Rex Hudler	[New York Yankees](1978-new-york-yankees-season){{#tag:ref	Pick from Chicago White Sox as compensation for signing of free agent Ron Blomberg	group="Compensation"}}	SS
19	Brad Garnett	[Pittsburgh Pirates](1978-pittsburgh-pirates-season)	1B	DeSoto High School (DeSoto, Texas)
20	Tim Conroy	[Oakland Athletics](1978-oakland-athletics-season){{#tag:ref	Pick from Texas Rangers as compensation for signing of free agent Mike Jorgensen	group="Compensation"}}	LHP
21	Gerry Aubin	[Pittsburgh Pirates](1978-pittsburgh-pirates-season){{#tag:ref	Pick from Los Angeles Dodgers as compensation for signing of free agent Terry Forster	group="Compensation"}}	OF
22	Robert Boyce	[Baltimore Orioles](1978-baltimore-orioles-season)	3B	Deer Park High School (Cincinnati, Ohio)
23	Rip Rollins	[Philadelphia Phillies](1978-philadelphia-phillies-season)	1B/RHP	Allegheny High School (Sparta, North Carolina)
24	Matt Winters	[New York Yankees](1978-new-york-yankees-season){{#tag:ref	Pick from Boston Red Sox as compensation for signing of free agent Mike Torrez	group="Compensation"}}	OF
25	Buddy Biancalana	[Kansas City Royals](1978-kansas-city-royals-season)	SS	Redwood High School (Greenbrae, California)
26	Brian Ryder	[New York Yankees](1978-new-york-yankees-season)	RHP	Shrewsbury High School (Shrewsbury, Massachusetts)

Compensation picks

Other notable players

	= All-Star			= Baseball Hall of Famer

Round	Pick	Player	Team	Position
2	37	Danny Heep	Houston Astros	OF
39	Mel Hall	Chicago Cubs
48	Cal Ripken Jr.	Baltimore Orioles	3B
52	Steve Balboni	New York Yankees	1B
3	53	Steve Bedrosian	Atlanta Braves	RHP
70	Britt Burns	Chicago White Sox	LHP
74	Bobby Bonner	Baltimore Orioles	SS
4	85	Rob Deer	San Francisco Giants	OF
92	Mike Witt	California Angels	RHP
5	106	Dave Stieb	Toronto Blue Jays	OF
6	151	Mike Marshall	Los Angeles Dodgers	1B
152	Mike Boddicker	Baltimore Orioles	RHP
8	196	Tim Wallach*	California Angels	1B
9	229	Steve Sax	Los Angeles Dodgers	SS
15	377	Mark Langston*	Chicago Cubs	LHP
381	Gary Redus	Cincinnati Reds	SS
16	415	Frank Viola*	Kansas City Royals	LHP
17	432	Kent Hrbek	Minnesota Twins	1B
18	447	Eric Show	San Diego Padres	RHP
460	John Stuper	Pittsburgh Pirates
19	475	Kevin McReynolds*	Milwaukee Brewers	OF
20	511	Ryne Sandberg	Philadelphia Phillies	IF
21	531	Dave Dravecky	Pittsburgh Pirates	LHP
23	577	Howard Johnson*	New York Yankees	RHP
24	594	Rick Leach	Philadelphia Phillies	1B
39	758	Vance Law	Pittsburgh Pirates	SS
47	778	Ron Reeves	Cleveland Indians	RHP

*** Did not sign

References

Henderson, Joe. (June 9, 1978). "2 Tampa Pitchers Picked; Draft Ends". [[The Tampa Tribune]].
"Background on the 1978 MLB Draft".
"MLB First Round Draft Picks - 1978".
"1978 Baseball Draft by Baseball Almanac".

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