1990 Major League Baseball Draft

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1990 MLB Draft
General information
Date(s) June 1990
Location
Picks
First selection Chipper Jones
Atlanta Braves
First round selections 40
Overall selections 1,487
MLB Draft
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Contents

First round selections[edit]

The following are the first round picks in the 1990 Major League Baseball draft.[1]

= All-Star = Baseball Hall of Famer
Pick Player Team Position Hometown/School
1 Chipper Jones Atlanta Braves SS Pierson, Florida
2 Tony Clark Detroit Tigers OF El Cajon, California
3 Mike Lieberthal Philadelphia Phillies C Westlake, California
4 Alex Fernandez Chicago White Sox RHP Miami Dade College
5 Kurt Miller Pittsburgh Pirates RHP Bakersfield, California
6 Marc Newfield Seattle Mariners 1B Huntington Beach, California
7 Dan Wilson Cincinnati Reds C University of Minnesota
8 Timothy Costo Cleveland Indians SS University of Iowa
9 Ronnie Walden Los Angeles Dodgers LHP Blanchard, Oklahoma
10 Carl Everett New York Yankees OF Tampa, Florida
11 Shane Andrews Montreal Expos SS Carlsbad, New Mexico
12 Todd Ritchie Minnesota Twins RHP Duncanville, Texas
13 Donovan Osborne St. Louis Cardinals LHP University of Nevada, Las Vegas
14 Todd Van Poppel Oakland A's RHP Arlington, Texas
15 Adam Hyzdu San Francisco Giants OF Cincinnati, Ohio
16 Daniel Smith Texas Rangers LHP Creighton University
17 Jeromy Burnitz New York Mets OF Oklahoma State University
18 Aaron Holbert St. Louis Cardinals SS Long Beach, California
19 Eric Christopherson San Francisco Giants C San Diego State University
20 Mike Mussina Baltimore Orioles RHP Stanford University
21 Thomas Nevers Houston Astros SS Edina, Minnesota
22 Steve Karsay Toronto Blue Jays RHP College Point, New York
23 Lance Dickson Chicago Cubs LHP University of Arizona
24 Rondell White Montreal Expos OF Gray, Georgia
25 Robert Beckett San Diego Padres LHP Austin, Texas
26 Donald Peters Oakland A's RHP St. Francis College

Supplemental First Round Selections[edit]

Pick Player Team Position Hometown/School
27 Mike Zimmerman Pittsburgh Pirates RHP University of South Alabama
28 Gabe White Montreal Expos RHP Sebring, Florida
29 Midre Cummings Minnesota Twins OF Miami, Florida
30 Paul Ellis St. Louis Cardinals C University of California, Los Angeles
31 Brian Williams Houston Astros RHP University of South Carolina
32 Scott Sanders San Diego Padres RHP Nicholls State University
33 Marcus Jensen San Francisco Giants C Oakland, California
34 Dave Zancanaro Oakland Athletics LHP University of California, Los Angeles
35 Stan Spencer Montreal Expos RHP Stanford University
36 Kirk Dressendorfer Oakland Athletics RHP University of Texas at Austin
37 Ben Van Ryn Montreal Expos LHP Kendallville, Indiana
38 Tony Manahan Seattle Mariners SS Arizona State University
39 Samuel Hence Cleveland Indians OF Wiggins, Mississippi
40 Stan Robertson Montreal Expos OF Plainview, Texas

Background[edit]

The draft went a record 101 rounds, surpassing 1989's total of 88, and included a record 1,487 selections. The Astros had the most selections with a 100. Seattle followed second with 75, and then the Yankees with. The 1990 draft included two Class AA clubs, the Erie Sailors of the New York-Penn League and the Miami Miracle of the Florida State League. Rule 4 draft regulations permitted minor league clubs to participate. Erie made one selection, 24-year-old Brigham Young outfielder Gary Daniels. Miami made 16 selections, signing 15 of them, including All-American outfielder Paul Carey of Stanford in the fourth round. Atlanta made Chipper Jones, a high school shortstop from the Bolles School in Jacksonville, Florida, the draft's top pick. Detroit followed by picking outfielder Tony Clark out of Christian High School in El Cajon, California. The top three picks and seven of the top 10 choices were out of high school.

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Other notable players[edit]

NFL/NBA players drafted[edit]

External links[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "MLB First Round Draft picks - 1990". Retrieved 2008-07-25. 
  2. ^ "Background on the 1990 MLB Draft". Archived from the original on 21 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-25. 
Preceded by
Ben McDonald
1st Overall Picks
Chipper Jones
Succeeded by
Brien Taylor