The 1998 Major League Baseball draft, was the choosing of high school and college baseball players, held on June 2 and 3, 1998. A total of 1445 players were drafted over the course of 50 rounds.
First round selections = All-Star Pick Player Team Position School 1 Pat Burrell Philadelphia Phillies 1B Miami (FL) 2Mark Mulder Oakland Athletics P Michigan State 3 Corey Patterson Chicago Cubs OF Harrison High School (GA) 4 Jeff Austin Kansas City Royals P Stanford 5J. D. Drew St. Louis Cardinals OF Florida State 6 Ryan Mills Minnesota Twins P Arizona State 7 Austin Kearns Cincinnati Reds OF Lafayette High School (KY) 8Felipe López Toronto Blue Jays 3B Lake Brantley High School (FL) 9 Sean Burroughs San Diego Padres 3B Woodrow Wilson Classical High School (CA) 10Carlos Peña Texas Rangers 1B Northeastern 11 Josh McKinley Montreal Expos SS Malvern Prep School (PA) 12 Adam Everett Boston Red Sox SS South Carolina 13 J.M. Gold Milwaukee Brewers P Toms River High School (NJ) 14 Jeff Weaver Detroit Tigers P Fresno State 15 Clint Johnston Pittsburgh Pirates 1B Vanderbilt 16 Kip Wells Chicago White Sox P Baylor 17Brad Lidge Houston Astros P Notre Dame 18 Seth Etherton Anaheim Angels P USC 19 Tony Torcato San Francisco Giants OF Woodland High School (CA) 20CC Sabathia Cleveland Indians P Vallejo High School (CA) 21 Jason Tyner New York Mets OF Texas A&M 22Matt Thornton Seattle Mariners P Grand Valley State 23 Bubba Crosby Los Angeles Dodgers OF Rice 24 Andy Brown New York Yankees OF Richmond High School (IN) 25 Nate Bump San Francisco Giants P Penn State 26 Rick Elder Baltimore Orioles OF Sprayberry High School (GA) 27 Chip Ambres Florida Marlins OF West Brook High School (TX) 28 Matt Roney Colorado Rockies P Edmond North High School (OK) 29 Arturo McDowell San Francisco Giants OF Forest Hill High School (MS) 30 Matt Burch Kansas City Royals P VCU
Supplemental first round selections
Pick Player Team Position School 31 Chris George Kansas City Royals P Klein High School (TX) 32 Ben Diggins St. Louis Cardinals P Bradshaw Mountain High School (AZ) 33 Brad Wilkerson Montreal Expos OF Florida 34 Nate Cornejo Detroit Tigers P Wellington High School (KS) 35Aaron Rowand Chicago White Sox OF Cal State Fullerton 36 Raphael Freeman Colorado Rockies OF Dallas Christian School (TX) 37 Mike Nannini Houston Astros P Green Valley High School (NV) 38 Chris Jones San Francisco Giants P South Mecklenburg High School (NC) 39 Mamon Tucker Baltimore Orioles OF Stephen F. Austin High School (TX) 40 Jeff Winchester Colorado Rockies C Archbishop Rummel High School (LA) 41 Jeff Urban San Francisco Giants P Ball State 42 Eric Valent Philadelphia Phillies OF UCLA 43Mark Prior New York Yankees P University High School (CA)
Compensation picks
Other notable players Gerald Laird, 2nd round, 45th overall by the Oakland Athletics Adam Dunn, 2nd round, 50th overall by the Cincinnati Reds Matt Belisle, 2nd round, 52nd overall by the Atlanta Braves Brandon Inge, 2nd round, 57th overall by the Detroit Tigers Jody Gerut, 2nd round, 71st overall by the Colorado Rockies Barry Zito, 3rd round, 83rd overall by the Texas Rangers, but did not sign Mike Maroth, 3rd round, 85th overall by the Boston Red Sox Josh Fogg, 3rd round, 89th overall by the Chicago White Sox Ryan Langerhans, 3rd round, 101st overall by the Atlanta Braves Jason Michaels, 4th round, 104th overall by the Philadelphia Phillies Eddy Furniss, 4th round, 118th overall by the Pittsburgh Pirates Javier López, 4th round, 133rd overall by the Arizona Diamondbacks Scott Proctor, 5th round, 156th overall by the Los Angeles Dodgers Ryan Vogelsong, 5th round, 158th overall by the San Francisco Giants Aubrey Huff, 5th round, 162nd overall by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays Bill Hall, 6th round, 176th overall by the Milwaukee Brewers Matt Holliday, 7th round, 210th overall by the Colorado Rockies John Buck, 7th round, 212th overall by the Houston Astros David Ross, 7th round, 216th overall by the Los Angeles Dodgers Eric Byrnes, 8th round, 225th overall by the Oakland Athletics Will Ohman, 8th round, 226th overall by the Chicago Cubs Andrew Good, 8th round, 251st by the Arizona Diamondbacks Joe Kennedy, 8th round, 252nd overall by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays Ryan Madson, 9th round, 254th overall by the Philadelphia Phillies Jack Wilson, 9th round, 258th overall by the St. Louis Cardinals Mark Teixeira, 9th round, 265th overall by the Boston Red Sox, but did not sign Morgan Ensberg, 9th round, 272nd overall by the Houston Astros Juan Pierre, 13th round, 390th overall by the Colorado Rockies Jay Gibbons, 14th round, 411th overall by the Toronto Blue Jays Eric Hinske, 17th round, 496th overall by the Chicago Cubs J. J. Putz, 17th round, 499th overall by the Minnesota Twins, but did not sign B. J. Ryan, 17th round, 500th overall by the Cincinnati Reds Brian Lawrence, 17th round, 502nd overall by the San Diego Padres Ty Wigginton, 17th round, 514th overall by the New York Mets Mike MacDougal, 17th round, 519th overall by the Baltimore Orioles, but did not sign Joe Beimel, 18th round, 538th overall by the Pittsburgh Pirates Adam LaRoche, 18th round, 550th overall by the Florida Marlins, but did not sign Cliff Lee, 20th round, 609th overall by the Baltimore Orioles, but did not sign Nick Punto, 21st round, 614th overall by the Philadelphia Phillies Bobby Crosby, 34th round, 1021st overall by the Anaheim Angels, but did not sign Mark Buehrle, 38th round, 1139th overall by the Chicago White Sox Todd Coffey, 41st round, 1220th overall by the Cincinnati Reds Nyjer Morgan, 42nd round, 1260th overall by the Colorado Rockies, but did not sign Mike Jacobs, 48th round, 1413th overall by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, but did not sign
NFL players drafted Chad Hutchinson, 2nd round, 48th overall by the St. Louis Cardinals Drew Henson, 3rd round, 97th overall by the New York Yankees Earnest Graham, 43rd round, 1273rd overall by the Philadelphia Phillies, but did not sign
See also Major League Baseball Major League Baseball draft List of MLB first overall draft choices Rule 5 draft
External links Complete draft list from The Baseball Cube database MLB.com's section on the draft