1979 Season
1978 / 1980
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1979 Amateur Draft by Team

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Outcome
Draft
Phase
               
Career Total
  
Total With Team
        
#  
High
Low
      
1  
7
19.1
1
19
  
87.7
579.9
173.2
  
42.0
257.5
128.9
   Don Mattingly
42.2
19
2  
6
19.6
1
23
  
85.3
560.9
164.6
  
4.4
46.3
-1.8
   Brett Butler
49.5
23
3  
5
20.7
1
24
  
76.6
374.2
179.8
  
57.5
242.5
124.8
   Orel Hershiser
56.8
17
4  
7
20.7
1
25
  
56.0
353.0
91.7
  
29.9
172.8
55.4
   Bill Doran
32.7
6
5  
5
20.9
1
10
  
45.4
367.5
64.4
  
30.6
264.4
46.3
   Gary Gaetti
41.8
1 (11)
6  
5
18.9
1
23
  
43.3
278.5
107.3
  
10.5
61.6
26.7
   Andy Van Slyke
41.3
1 (6)
7  
4
22.3
1
17
  
38.4
260.0
63.1
  
37.1
222.6
60.1
   Tim Wallach
38.3
1 (10)
8  
8
21.2
1
34
  
36.0
299.3
79.0
  
23.9
140.9
51.8
   Pete O'Brien
19.2
15
9  
5
21.4
1
16
  
30.4
151.7
14.0
  
-0.7
3.2
-3.1
   Scott Fletcher
32.0
1 (6)
10  
3
19.9
1
31
  
29.7
179.5
65.4
  
3.3
14.9
2.1
   Von Hayes
29.6
7
11  
5
18.9
1
16
  
25.2
183.5
48.1
  
20.7
143.7
47.8
   Scott Garrelts
10.0
1 (15)
12  
3
19.5
1
12
  
24.5
233.3
77.9
  
2.3
23.7
1.1
   Howard Johnson
22.1
1 (12)
13  
3
21.1
5
9
  
22.8
106.3
12.1
  
13.9
62.3
10.2
   Gary Pettis
22.0
6
14  
5
18.7
1
37
  
22.2
182.9
38.9
  
3.0
26.9
1.9
   Jose DeLeon
15.2
3
15  
7
20.4
1
17
  
20.8
204.9
38.2
  
2.0
61.1
-10.1
   Bud Black
21.1
17
16  
3
19.5
2
4
  
19.0
99.2
31.1
  
10.3
45.7
17.6
   Mark Eichhorn
19.6
2
17  
3
20.7
5
26
  
18.1
104.0
37.3
  
14.1
70.9
33.4
   Storm Davis
17.4
7
18  
4
18.3
1
26
  
15.9
143.4
32.7
  
-1.7
1.5
-2.7
   Mark Davis
8.2
1 (1)
19  
5
19.7
2
25
  
13.7
114.8
53.7
  
1.5
13.8
3.1
   Jeff Russell
15.2
5
20  
5
21.4
1
25
  
13.2
112.7
26.6
  
2.3
28.9
5.5
   Atlee Hammaker
8.5
1 (21)
21  
5
20.1
1
27
  
13.1
76.0
9.0
  
1.0
15.3
-5.9
   Tim Leary
12.2
1 (2)
22  
3
19.9
1
7
  
8.1
101.8
7.4
  
7.3
96.3
7.1
   Marty Barrett
8.9
1 (1)
23  
5
18.9
1
8
  
6.5
95.5
5.5
  
2.6
39.7
5.0
   Mark Thurmond
4.7
5
24  
3
21.7
5
13
  
1.7
35.1
4.1
  
1.7
31.9
5.5
   Bill Schroeder
2.7
8
25  
4
20.1
1
3
  
-0.2
9.6
-2.5
  
-0.6
1.9
-2.6
   Fran Mullins
0.4
3
26  
1
22.5
27
27
  
-0.3
0.0
-0.5
  
-0.3
0.0
-0.5
   Bert Bradley
-0.3
27
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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James