1977 Major League Baseball Draft

1 First round selections
2 Background
3 Other notable players
4 External links
5 Notes
6 References

First round selections

= All-Star

= Baseball Hall of Famer

The following are the first round picks in the 1977 Major League Baseball draft.^[1]

Pick	Player	Team	Position	Hometown/School
1	Harold Baines	Chicago White Sox	OF	St. Michaels, Maryland
2	Bill Gullickson	Montreal Expos	RHP	Orland Park, IL
3	Paul Molitor	Milwaukee Brewers	SS	University of Minnesota
4	Tim Cole	Atlanta Braves	LHP	Saugerties, NY
5	Kevin Richards	Detroit Tigers	RHP	Wyandotte, MI
6	Terry Kennedy	St. Louis Cardinals	C	Florida State University
7	Richard Dotson	California Angels	RHP	Cincinnati, OH
8	Brian Greer	San Diego Padres	OF	Brea, CA
9	David Hibner	Texas Rangers	SS	Howell, MI
10	Craig Landis	San Francisco Giants	SS	Napa, CA
11	Bruce Compton	Cleveland Indians	OF	Norman, OK
12	Randy Martz	Chicago Cubs	RHP	University of South Carolina
13	Andrew Madden	Boston Red Sox	RHP	New Hartford, NY
14	Ricky Adams	Houston Astros	SS	Montclair, CA
15	Paul Croft	Minnesota Twins	OF	Morristown, NJ
16	Wally Backman	New York Mets	SS	Beaverton, OR
17	Craig Harris	Oakland Athletics	RHP	Sierra Vista, AZ
18	Anthony Nicely	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF	Dayton, OH
19	Drungo Hazewood	Baltimore Orioles	OF	Sacramento, CA
20	Bob Welch	Los Angeles Dodgers	RHP	Eastern Michigan University
21	Mike Jones	Kansas City Royals	LHP	Pittsford, NY
22	Scott Munninghoff	Philadelphia Phillies	RHP	Cincinnati, OH
23	Steve Taylor	New York Yankees	RHP	University of Delaware
24	Tad Venger	Cincinnati Reds	3B	Newhall, CA
25	Tom Goffena	Toronto Blue Jays	SS	Sidney, OH
26	Dave Henderson	Seattle Mariners	OF	Dos Palos, CA

Background

The White Sox raised some brows when they passed on right-handed pitcher Bill Gullickson, a native of nearby Orland Park, IL, and selected outfielder Harold Baines as the number one pick in the country.

White Sox owner Bill Veeck had seen Baines play little league baseball in Maryland and had followed his progress through the years. After spending three seasons in the minors, Baines was a fixture in the White Sox lineup for 10 seasons. Montreal had perhaps the best draft, choosing Gullickson second, pitcher Scott Sanderson in the third round and outfielder Tim Raines in the fifth. Other picks of interest included infielder Paul Molitor (Milwaukee), pitcher Richard Dotson (California), and catcher Terry Kennedy (St. Louis).

Shortstop Tom Goffena from Sidney, Ohio became the Toronto Blue Jays' first draft pick as he was chosen 25th in the first round. The Seattle Mariners picked 26th and took outfielder Dave Henderson from Dos Palos, CA as their first draft pick. The Blue Jays also picked Danny Ainge out of Brigham Young University in the 15th round. Ainge, who was also drafted by the NBA's Boston Celtics, later quit baseball for a career in basketball as a player and coach.^[2]

Other notable players

Terry Francona, 2nd round, 38th overall
Mookie Wilson, 2nd round, 42nd overall
Brian Harper, 4th round, 85th overall
Ozzie Smith, 4th round, 86th overall
Tim Raines, 5th round, 106th overall
Jesse Barfield 9th round, 233rd overall
Chili Davis, 11th round, 270th overall
Danny Ainge, 15th round, 389th overall
Tony Phillips, 16th round, 416th overall

External links

databaseThe Baseball CubeComplete draft list from

Notes

References

Preceded by Floyd Bannister	1st Overall Picks Harold Baines	Succeeded by Bob Horner

Major League Baseball drafts

First-year player drafts	1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Rule 5 drafts	Historical results

Expansion drafts	1960 1961 1968 1976 1992 1997

1977 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto

AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

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