1988 Major League Baseball draft

First round selections

The following are the first round picks in the 1988 Major League Baseball draft.

Supplemental first round selections

Other notable players

• Arthur Rhodes†, 2nd round, 34th overall by the Baltimore Orioles
• Bob Hamelin, 2nd round, 48th overall by the Kansas City Royals
• Darren Oliver, 3rd round, 63rd overall by the Texas Rangers
• Scott Servais, 3rd round, 64th overall by the Houston Astros
• Marquis Grissom†, 3rd round, 76th overall by the Montreal Expos
• David Weathers, 3rd round, 82nd overall by the Toronto Blue Jays
• Luis Gonzalez†, 4th round, 90th overall by the Houston Astros
• Turk Wendell, 5th round, 112th overall by the Atlanta Braves
• Mickey Morandini†, 5th round, 120th overall by the Philadelphia Phillies
• John Valentin, 5th round, 121st overall by the Boston Red Sox
• Pat Listach, 5th round, 133rd overall by the Milwaukee Brewers
• Eric Karros, 6th round, 140th overall by the Los Angeles Dodgers
• Gary DiSarcina, 6th round, 143rd overall by the California Angels
• Rheal Cormier, 6th round, 158th overall by the St. Louis Cardinals
• Greg McMichael, 7th round, 163rd overall by the Cleveland Indians
• Jim Edmonds†, 7th round, 169th overall by the California Angels
• Mark Wohlers†, 8th round, 190th overall by the Atlanta Braves
• Tim Naehring, 8th round, 199th overall by the Boston Red Sox
• Tim Wakefield†, 8th round, 200th overall by the Pittsburgh Pirates
• Mark Clark, 9th round, 236th overall by the St. Louis Cardinals
• Pete Rose Jr., 12th round, 295th overall by the Baltimore Orioles
• Scott Hatteberg, 12th round, 302nd overall by the Philadelphia Phillies, but did not sign
• Paul Byrd†, 13th round, 332nd overall by the Cincinnati Reds, but did not sign
• Kenny Lofton†, 17th round, 428th overall by the Houston Astros
• Darren Lewis, 18th round, 463rd overall by the Oakland Athletics
• John Flaherty, 25th round, 641st overall by the Boston Red Sox
• Joey Hamilton, 28th round, 711th overall by the Baltimore Orioles, but did not sign
• Scott Taylor, 28th round, 719th overall by the Boston Red Sox
• Woody Williams†, 28th round, 732nd overall by the Toronto Blue Jays
• Russ Davis, 29th round, 755th overall by the New York Yankees
• Jeff Frye, 30th round, 765th overall by the Texas Rangers
• Damion Easley†, 30th round, 767th overall by the California Angels
• Deion Sanders, 30th round, 781st overall by the New York Yankees
• Mike Matheny, 31st round, 810th overall by the Toronto Blue Jays, but did not sign
• Aaron Sele†, 37th round, 961st overall by the Minnesota Twins, but did not sign
• Marvin Benard, 39th round, 1003rd overall by the Chicago White Sox, but did not sign
• Orlando Palmeiro, 43rd round, 1114th overall by the New York Yankees, but did not sign
• Scott Erickson†, 44th round, 1140th overall by the Toronto Blue Jays, but did not sign
• Fernando Viña†, 51st round, 1266th overall by the New York Yankees, but did not sign
• Mike Piazza‡, 62nd round, 1390th overall by the Los Angeles Dodgers

† All-Star

‡ Hall of Famer

NFL players drafted

• Rodney Peete, 14th round, 359th overall by the Oakland Athletics, but did not sign
• Todd Marinovich, 43rd round, 1101st overall by the California Angels, but did not sign
• Hart Lee Dykes, 54th round, 1300th overall by the Chicago White Sox, but did not sign

References

References

1. "MLB.com draft history". MLB.com.
2. (May 31, 1988). "Baseball Draft Order". [[The Morning Call]].
3. [https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/index.cgi?round=1&year_ID=1988&draft_type=junreg Baseball-Reference.com Draft Database]