1995 Major League Baseball draft

{{Short description|Baseball draft of amateur players}}

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The 1995 Major League Baseball draft began June 1995 to assign amateur baseball players to MLB teams. The draft order is the reverse order of the 1994 MLB season standings. In addition, compensation picks were distributed for players who did not sign from the 1994 MLB draft. The California Angels received the first overall selection, choosing Darin Erstad.{{Infobox sports draft

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First round selections

The following are the first round picks in the 1995 Major League Baseball draft.{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/draft/history?year=1995 |title=MLB First Round Draft Picks - 1995 |access-date=2008-07-08 }}

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Pick Player Team Position Hometown/School
1

| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Darin Erstad

| California Angels

| OF

| Nebraska

2

| Ben Davis

| San Diego Padres

| C

| Malvern Preparatory School (PA)

3

| José Cruz Jr.

| Seattle Mariners

| OF

| Rice

4

| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Kerry Wood

| Chicago Cubs

| RHP

| Grand Prairie High School (TX)

5

| Ariel Prieto

| Oakland Athletics

| RHP

| Manuel Fajardo College (PR)

6

| Jaime Jones

| Florida Marlins

| OF

| Rancho Bernardo High School (CA)

7

| Jonathan Johnson

| Texas Rangers

| RHP

| Florida State

8

| bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|Todd Helton

| Colorado Rockies

| 1B

| Tennessee

9

| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Geoff Jenkins

| Milwaukee Brewers

| OF

| USC

10

| Chad Hermansen

| Pittsburgh Pirates

| SS

| Green Valley High School (NV)

11

| Mike Drumright

| Detroit Tigers

| RHP

| Wichita State

12

| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Matt Morris

| St. Louis Cardinals

| RHP

| Seton Hall

13

| bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Mark Redman

| Minnesota Twins

| LHP

| Oklahoma

14

| Reggie Taylor

| Philadelphia Phillies

| OF

| Newberry High School (SC)

15

| Andy Yount

| Boston Red Sox

| RHP

| Kingwood, Texas

16

| Joe Fontenot

| San Francisco Giants

| RHP

| Lafayette, Louisiana

17

| bgcolor="#CCFFCC"|Roy Halladay

| Toronto Blue Jays

| RHP

| Arvada West High School (CO)

18

| Ryan Jaroncyk

| New York Mets

| SS

| Escondido, California

19

| Juan Lebron

| Kansas City Royals

| OF

| Arroyo, Puerto Rico

20

| David Yocum

| Los Angeles Dodgers

| LHP

| Florida State

21

| Alvie Shepherd

| Baltimore Orioles

| RHP

| Nebraska

22

| Tony McKnight

| Houston Astros

| RHP

| Texarkana, Arkansas

23

| David Miller

| Cleveland Indians

| 1B

| Clemson

24

| Corey Jenkins

| Boston Red Sox

| OF

| Columbia, South Carolina

25

| Jeff Liefer

| Chicago White Sox

| 3B

| Long Beach State

26

| * Chad Hutchinson

| Atlanta Braves

| RHP

| Encinitas, California

27

| Shea Morenz

| New York Yankees

| OF

| Texas

28

| Michael Barrett

| Montreal Expos

| SS

| Pace Academy

29

| Chris Haas

| St. Louis Cardinals

| 3B

| St. Mary's High School

30

| Dave Coggin

| Philadelphia Phillies

| RHP

| Upland High School

* Did not sign

Other notable players

= NFL personnel drafted =

References

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{{Major league baseball draft index}}

{{1995 MLB season by team}}

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