The 1970 Major League Baseball draft took place prior to the 1970 MLB season. The draft saw the San Diego Padres select Mike Ivie first overall.
First round selections = All-Star = Baseball Hall of Famer
The following are the first round picks in the 1970 Major League Baseball draft.
Pick Player Team Position Hometown/School 1 Mike Ivie San Diego Padres Catcher Decatur, Georgia 2 Steve Dunning Cleveland Indians RHP Stanford University 3 Barry Foote Montreal Expos Catcher Smithfield, North Carolina 4Darrell Porter Milwaukee Brewers Catcher Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 5 Mike Martin Philadelphia Phillies LHP Columbia, South Carolina 6Bucky Dent Chicago White Sox Third Baseman Miami-Hialeah/Miami-Dade Community College 7 * Randy Scarbery Houston Astros RHP Fresno, California 8 Rex Goodson Kansas City Royals RHP Longview, Texas 9 Jim Haller Los Angeles Dodgers RHP Omaha, Nebraska 10 Paul Dade Los Angeles Angels Third Baseman/Outfielder Seattle 11 Bobby Browning St. Louis Cardinals RHP Gadsden, Alabama 12 Dave Cheadle New York Yankees LHP Asheville, North Carolina 13 John Bedard Pittsburgh Pirates RHP Springfield, Massachusetts 14 Charles Maxwell Washington Senators Third Baseman/Shortstop Kingston, Ohio 15 Gary Polczynski Cincinnati Reds Shortstop West Allis, Wisconsin 16 * Jimmy Hacker Boston Red Sox Shortstop Temple, Texas 17 John D'Acquisto San Francisco Giants RHP San Diego, California 18 Dan Ford Oakland Athletics Outfielder Los Angeles 19 Gene Hiser Chicago Cubs Outfielder University of Maryland 20 Terry Mappin Detroit Tigers Catcher Louisville, Kentucky 21 Ron Broaddus Atlanta Braves RHP Freeport, Texas 22 Bob Gorinski Minnesota Twins Shortstop Calumet, Pennsylvania 23 * George Ambrow New York Mets Shortstop Long Beach, California 24 James West Baltimore Orioles Catcher St. Louis, Missouri * Did not sign
Other notable selections = All-Star = Baseball Hall of Famer
Round Pick Player Team Position 2 30 Terry Forster Chicago White Sox Pitcher 41 Butch Metzger San Francisco Giants Pitcher 3 60Fred Lynn* New York Yankees Outfielder 67Rick Reuschel Chicago Cubs Pitcher 5 110 Rick Waits Washington Senators Pitcher 6 124 Bill Travers Milwaukee Brewers Pitcher 8 171Phil Garner* Montreal Expos Infielder 9 198Goose Gossage Chicago White Sox Pitcher 10 231Ray Knight Cincinnati Reds Pitcher/Third Baseman 14 325Dave Parker Pittsburgh Pirates Catcher/Outfielder 19 446 Jerry Remy* Washington Senators Second Baseman 447 Pat Zachry Cincinnati Reds Pitcher 20 479 Bruce Boisclair New York Mets Outfielder 21 494Bruce Sutter* Washington Senators Pitcher 23 541 Ed Ott Pittsburgh Pirates Third Baseman/Catcher 29 671 John Denny St. Louis Cardinals Pitcher 30 692 Doc Medich New York Yankees Pitcher31712James Street*Cleveland IndiansPitcher 32 725Mike Krukow* California Angels Pitcher/Catcher 35 770Roy Smalley* Montreal Expos Shortstop 37 802 Bake McBride St. Louis Cardinals Pitcher/Outfielder * Did not sign
References
External links Complete draft list from The Baseball Cube database