1984 Major League Baseball Draft

First round selections

= All-Star

= Baseball Hall of Famer

The following are the first round picks in the 1984 Major League Baseball draft.

Pick	Player	Team	Position	Hometown/School
1	Shawn Abner	New York Mets	Outfield	Mechanicsburg Area High School
2	Bill Swift	Seattle Mariners	Pitcher	University of Maine
3	Drew Hall	Chicago Cubs	Pitcher	Morehead State University
4	Cory Snyder	Cleveland Indians	Shortstop	Brigham Young University
5	Pat Pacillo	Cincinnati Reds	Pitcher	Seton Hall University
6	Erik Pappas	California Angels	Catcher	Mount Carmel High School
7	Mike Dunne	St. Louis Cardinals	Pitcher	Bradley University
8	Jay Bell	Minnesota Twins	Shortstop	Gonzalez Tate High School
9	Alan Cockrell	San Francisco Giants	Outfield	University of Tennessee
10	Mark McGwire	Oakland Athletics	First Base	University of Southern California
11	Shane Mack	San Diego Padres	Outfield	UCLA Bruins
12	Oddibe McDowell	Texas Rangers	Outfield	Arizona State University
13	Bob Caffrey	Montreal Expos	Catcher	California State University, Fullerton
14	John Marzano	Boston Red Sox	Catcher	Temple Owls
15	Kevin Andersh	Pittsburgh Pirates	Pitcher	University of New Mexico
16	Scott Bankhead	Kansas City Royals	Pitcher	North Carolina Tar Heels
17	Don August	Houston Astros	Pitcher	Chapman University
18	Isaiah Clark	Milwaukee Brewers	Shortstop	Crockett High School
19	Drew Denson	Atlanta Braves	First Base	Purcell Marian High School
20	Tony Menendez	Chicago White Sox	Pitcher	American High School
21	Pete Smith	Philadelphia Phillies	Pitcher	Burlington High School
22	Jeff Pries	New York Yankees	Pitcher	UCLA Bruins
23	Dennis Livingston	Los Angeles Dodgers	Pitcher	Oklahoma State University
24	Terry Mulholland	San Francisco Giants	Pitcher	Marietta College
25	John Hoover	Baltimore Orioles	Pitcher	Fresno State University
26	David Jerore	Cincinnati Reds	Pitcher	Aquinas High School
27	Gary Green	San Diego Padres	Shortstop	Oklahoma State University
28	Norm Charlton	Montreal Expos	Pitcher	Rice University

Other notable players

• Future Canadian Football League quarterback Damon Allen, was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the seventh round, 182nd overall.
• Four-time NL Cy Young Award winner Greg Maddux, ten-time All-Star Tom Glavine, and two-time World Series champion Al Leiter were all drafted in the second round.
• Former Seattle Mariners manager Don Wakamatsu was the last pick, drafted 839th overall by the Yankees. He did not sign but was drafted by the Reds in 1985.

External links

• Complete draft list from The Baseball Cube database

Preceded by Tim Belcher

1st Overall Picks Shawn Abner

Succeeded by B.J. Surhoff