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1968 Major League Baseball draft

{{Short description|Major League Baseball draft}}

{{distinguish|1968 Major League Baseball expansion draft}}

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The 1968 Major League Baseball draft took place prior to the 1968 MLB season. The draft saw the New York Mets take shortstop Tim Foli first overall.

First round selections

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|= Baseball Hall of Famer

The following are the first round picks in the 1968 Major League Baseball draft.{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/draft/history?year=1968 |title=MLB First Round Draft Picks – 1968 |access-date=2008-07-27 }}

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Pick Player Team Position Hometown/School
1

| Tim Foli

| New York Mets

| SS

| Canoga Park, California

2

| * Pete Broberg

| Oakland Athletics

| RHP

| Palm Beach, Florida

3

| Marty Cott

| Houston Astros

| C

| Buffalo, New York

4

| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Thurman Munson

| New York Yankees

| C

| Kent State University

5

| Bobby Valentine

| Los Angeles Dodgers

| OF

| Stamford, Connecticut

6

| Robert Weaver

| Cleveland Indians

| SS

| Jacksonville, Florida

7

| Curtis Moore

| Atlanta Braves

| OF

| Denison, Texas

8

| Don Castle

| Washington Senators

| LHP

| Coldwater, Mississippi

9

| Dick Sharon

| Pittsburgh Pirates

| OF

| Redwood City, California

10

| Junior Kennedy

| Baltimore Orioles

| SS

| Arvin, California

11

| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Greg Luzinski

| Philadelphia Phillies

| 1B

| Prospect Heights, Illinois

12

| Lloyd Allen

| California Angels

| RHP

| Selma, California

13

| Tim Grant

| Cincinnati Reds

| RHP

| Boykins, Virginia

14

| Rich McKinney

| Chicago White Sox

| SS

| Ohio University

15

| Ralph Rickey

| Chicago Cubs

| OF

| University of Oklahoma

16

| Alex Rowell

| Minnesota Twins

| OF

| Luther College

17

| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Gary Matthews

| San Francisco Giants

| OF

| Pacoima, California

18

| Robert Robinson

| Detroit Tigers

| OF

| Chester, Virginia

19

| James Hairston

| St. Louis Cardinals

| OF

| Dayton, Ohio

20

| Tom Maggard

| Boston Red Sox

| OF-C

| Norwalk, California

* Did not sign

Other notable selections

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{{Cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/draft/baseball-draft.php?yr=1968|title = 1968 Baseball Draft by Baseball Almanac}}

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Pick

! Player

! Team

! Position

25

| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Bill Buckner

| Los Angeles Dodgers

| First Baseman

33

| Milt Wilcox

| Cincinnati Reds

| Pitcher

85

| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Burt Hooton*

| New York Mets

| Pitcher

128

| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Cecil Cooper

| Boston Red Sox

| First Baseman

161

| Joe Ferguson

| Los Angeles Dodgers

| Outfielder

174

| Ross Grimsley*

| Detroit Tigers

| Pitcher

180

| Tom Kelly

| Seattle Pilots

| Outfielder

185

| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Doyle Alexander

| Los Angeles Dodgers

| Pitcher

237

| Milt May

| Pittsburgh Pirates

| Shortstop

238

| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Al Bumbry

| Baltimore Orioles

| Outfielder

248

| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Ben Oglivie

| Boston Red Sox

| Infield-Outfielder

256

| Duane Kuiper*

| New York Yankees

| Shortstop

301

| John Milner

| New York Mets

| Outfielder

309

| Bruce Kison

| Pittsburgh Pirates

| Pitcher

354

| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Steve Stone*

| Cleveland Indians

| Pitcher

363

| Oscar Gamble

| Chicago Cubs

| Outfielder

399

| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Ken Forsch

| Houston Astros

| Pitcher

402

| John Lowenstein

| Cleveland Indians

| Shortstop

448

|Ted Gilje

|Los Angeles Dodgers

|Pitcher

507

| Bill Lee

| Boston Red Sox

| Pitcher

528

| Craig Swan*

| St. Louis Cardinals

| Pitcher

574

| Paul Splittorff

| Kansas City Royals

| Pitcher

594

| Bob Forsch

| St. Louis Cardinals

| Third Baseman-Pitcher

* Did not sign

Notes

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External links

  • [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/draft/1968/Round-1-1.shtml Complete draft list from The Baseball Cube database]

References

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{{Major league baseball draft index}}

{{1968 MLB season by team}}

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