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Gator Baseball Draftees

Year

Name

Position

Round

Overall

Team

Highest Level

1965

Charles Casey

RHP

15th

582nd

Kansas City Royals

Didn't Sign

1967

Kelly Prior*

RHP

8th

148th

Kansas City Royals

AA

Adrian Zabala*

RHP

10th

151st

Cleveland Indians

Rookie Ball

Nicholas Nicosia

1968

OF

Seattle Pilots

12th

171st

N/A

1969

Glen Pickren*

RHP

10th

165th

Baltimore Orioles

Didn't Sign

Richard Trapp

SS

12th

175th

Kansas City Royals

Didn't Sign

1970

Guy McTheny

OF/C

3rd

Milwaukee Brewers

51st

Low  

Low A

1971

Thomas Seybold*

LHP

6th

117th

Baltimore Orioles

High A

1974

John Fuller

C

Cincinnati Reds

26th

567th

High A

1975

David Bowden

SS

22nd

504th

Detroit Tigers

 

High A

1977

Roger Holt

Joseph Ward

Ross Baumgarten

SS

OF

LHP

4th

19th

20th

101st

476th

491st

New York Yankees

San Francisco Giants

Chicago White Sox

MLB

High A

MLB

1978

Craig Pippin

RHP

30th

693rd

Kansas City Royals

AAA

1979

Marc Sullivan

C

2nd

52nd

Boston Red Sox

MLB

Jim Watkins*

OF

5th

130th

Boston Red Sox

AA

Charles Sandberg

1B

9th

234th

Boston Red Sox

AA

Rob Teegarden

OF

17th

441st

New York Yankees

AA

Pete Teixeira

RHP

19th

472nd

Atlanta Braves

High A

Larry Hall

SS

21st

528th

Chicago White Sox

AAA

1980

David Banes

3B

16th

411th

New York Yankees

AA

1981

Rob Murphy

Randy O'Neal

Dave Falcone

LHP

RHP

1B

1st

1st

5th

3rd

15th

128th

Cincinnati Reds

Detroit Tigers

Baltimore Orioles

MLB

MLB

AAA

Steve Lombardozzi

Ron Cardieri

SS

C

9th

11th

218th

284th

Minnesota Twins

Baltimore Orioles

MLB

High A

Glenn Carpenter

OF

25th

642nd

Houston Astros

AAA

Larry Mikesell

LHP

28th

711th

New York Yankees

Ldddfd

Low A

1982

Rick Bombard

RHP

10th

251st

Houston Astros

AA

1983

Robby Thompson^%

SS

1st

2nd

San Francisco Giants

MLB

Rich Rice

RHP

1st

3rd

Baltimore Orioles

AA

1984

Russ Kibler

RHP

Oakland Athletics

4th

90th

AAA

Bruce Crabbe

SS

19th

473rd

Chicago Cubs

AAA

Clay Daniel

Tim Owen

LHP

C

20th

29th

501st

701st

Cincinnati Reds

Texas Rangers

AAA

AA

1985

Scott Lusader

Jeff Fischer

Chris Lombardozzi

Mike Stanley^

Stan Fascher

David Lee

OF

RHP

SS

1B

RHP

RHP

6th

7th

9th

16th

24th

25th

158th

166th

233rd

395th

612th

631st

Detroit Tigers

Montreal Expos

New York Yankees

Texas Rangers

Houston Astros

Chicago White Sox

MLB

MLB

AAA

MLB

High A

N/A

1986

Scott Ruskin*

Steve Rosenberg

Scott Clemo

OF

LHP

IF

1st

1st

4th

4th

14th

14th

8th

106th

356th

Montreal Expos

New York Yankees

Montreal Expos

MLB

MLB

AAA

Daryl Boyd

RHP

27th

666th

Pittsburgh Pirates

High A

1987

29th

Rodney Brewer

Ken Sebree

Mike Parks

Joey Fernandez*

Ed Shea

1B/OF

RHP

RHP

OF

5th

13th

22nd

26th

C

124th

332nd

560th

670th

736th

St. Louis Cardinals

St. Louis Cardinals

Los Angeles Dodgers

St. Louis Cardinals

Pittsburgh Pirates

MLB

Rookie Ball

N/A

AAA

Low A

1988

Joe Klancnik

Julio Mendez

Brian Reimsnyder

RHP

SS

OF

10th

18th

47th

258th

470th

1,202nd

Montreal Expos

St. Louis Cardinals

New York Yankees

Low A

Low A

High A

RHP

1989

Jamie McAndrew

RHP

Jeff Gidcumb

Jose Fernandez*

C

1st

13th

14th

28th

336th

354th

Los Angeles Dodgers

San Francisco Giants

St. Louis Cardinals

MLB

AAA

Didn't Sign

1990

Todd McCray*

RHP

17th

476th

California Angels

High A

1991

Herbert Perry

Mario Linares

3B

2nd

18th

57th

469th

Cleveland Indians

Houston Astros

MLB

C

Low A

1992

34th

John Burke*

John Pricher

Ted Rich

Kevin Polcovich

Dave Majeski*

RHP

RHP

2B

SS

1st

22nd

28th

30th

OF

27th

608th

792nd

847th

948th

Colorado Rockies

California Angels

Chicago White Sox

Pittsburgh Pirates

Milwaukee Brewers

MLB

AA

Low A

MLB

N/A

1993

Marc Valdes

Ron Scott

RHP

1st

34th

27th

956th

Florida Marlins

St. Louis Cardinals

MLB

LHP

Low A

1994

Rob Bonanno*

Robert Dodd

Brian Duva

Todd Brown

Chan Perry

RHP

LHP

OF

OF

10th

14th

29th

39th

1B

265th

394th

801st

1,091st

1,212th

California Angels

Philadelphia Phillies

Cleveland Indians

Baltimore Orioles

Cleveland Indians

AAA

MLB

Low A

High A

MLB

44th

1996

Paul Rigdon

John Kaufman

Chuck Hazzard

John Tamargo

RHP

LHP

DH

SS

6th

15th

18th

21st

183rd

454th

539th

618th

Cleveland Indians

Tampa Bay Devil Rays

New York Yankees

New York Mets

MLB

AA

Did Not Sign

AAA

1997

David Eckstein^#

2B

19th

581st

Boston Red Sox

MLB

1998

Brad Wilkerson

Josh Fogg

David Ross

Derek Nicholson

Tommy Bond

1B/OF/LHP

RHP

C

OF

1st

3rd

7th

16th

RHP

33rd

89th

216th

482nd

751st

Montreal Expos

Chicago White Sox

Los Angeles Dodgers

Houston Astros

Anaheim Angels

MLB

MLB

MLB

AAA

Low A

25th

1999

24th

C

AAA

Matt McClendon

Greg Catalanotte

Mark Ellis

Mike Floyd

Ben Grezlovski

Dwight Edge

Todd Johannes*

Brian Pollard

RHP

OF

SS

OF

5th

8th

9th

22nd

RHP

OF

OF

30th

35th

49th

174th

250th

271st

672nd

731st

903rd

1,050th

1,436th

Atlanta Braves

Colorado Rockies

Kansas City Royals

St. Louis Cardinals

Anaheim Angels

Oakland Athletics

Montreal Expos

Pittsburgh Pirates

AAA

AA

MLB

Low A

AA

High A

N/A

2000

Tim Olson

Tony Socarras

Mike Smalley

Kurt Keene

Stuart McFarland

OF

C

LHP

IF

LHP

7th

50th

18th

23rd

24th

219th

530th

700th

718th

1,444th

Arizona Diamondbacks

Anaheim Angels

Atlanta Braves

Toronto Blue Jays

Toronto Blue Jays

MLB

AAA

High A

AAA

Low A

2001

Jay Bellflower

RHP

17th

518th

Arizona Diamondbacks

AAA

Pat Osborn

Alex Hart

Mark Kiger**

Keith Ramsey*

Ryan Shealy

Aaron Sobieraj

Kevin Coleman

Aaron Davidson

3B

RHP

IF

LHP

1B

OF

RHP

2B

2nd

5th

5th

10th

11th

13th

24th

46th

72nd

133rd

158th

304th

321st

397th

732nd

1,375th

Cleveland Indians

Pittsburgh Pirates

Oakland Athletics

Cleveland Indians

Colorado Rockies

San Francisco Giants

St. Louis Cardinals

Cleveland Indians

AA

High A

MLB

AAA

MLB

Low A

Low A

Rookie Ball

2002

2003

Brett Dowdy

Ryan Sadowski

Brian Rose

Mario Garza

2B/3B

RHP

C

OF/DH

9th

12th

14th

25th

271st

363rd

426th

749th

Los Angeles Dodgers

San Francisco Giants

Arizona Diamondbacks

Houston Astros

AAA

MLB

High A

High A

2004

Justin Hoyman

C.J. Smith*

Ben Harrison*

Jonathan Tucker

Austin Easley

RHP

OF/1B

OF

INF

1B

2nd

5th

7th

20th

47th

47th

139th

201st

589th

1,409th

Cleveland Indians

Baltimore Orioles

Texas Rangers

Baltimore Orioles

Boston Red Sox

Low A

Low A

AAA

AAA

Low A

Jeff Corsaletti*

Alan Horne

Justin Tordi

Connor Falkenbach

OF

RHP

SS

RHP

6th

11th

41st

43rd

198th

349th

1,230th

1,282nd

Boston Red Sox

New York Yankees

Cincinnati Reds

Toronto Blue Jays

AAA

AAA

AA

AA

2005

2006

Adam Davis

Brian Jeroloman**

Gavin Dickey

Bryan Ball

David Cash

SS

C

OF

RHP

3B

3rd

6th

12th

27th

40th

101st

180th

351st

801st

1,195th

Cleveland Indians

Toronto Blue Jays

Seattle Mariners

Seattle Mariners

Baltimore Orioles

AA

MLB

AA

Low A

High A

2007

Matt LaPorta*

Bryan Augenstein

Brian Leclerc

Michael Branham

1B

RHP

OF

RHP

1st

7th

31st

39th

7th

223rd

937th

1,182

Milwaukee Brewers

Arizona Diamondbacks

Chicago Cubs

Philadelphia Phillies

MLB

MLB

Low A

N/A

2008

Cole Figueroa*

Josh Edmondson

SS

RHP

6th

41st

195th

1,249th

San Diego Padres

Los Angeles Angeles

MLB

Didn't Sign

2009

Billy Bullock

Avery Barnes*

Tony Davis

Patrick Keating

Buddy Munroe

Stephen Locke

Mike Mooney

Riley Cooper

RHP

OF

LHP

RHP

C

LHP

SS

OF

2nd

11th

12th

20th

22nd

22nd

23rd

25th

70th

331st

372nd

602nd

672nd

681st

686th

754th

Minnesota Twins

Colorado Rockies

Minnesota Twins

Kansas City Royals

Minnesota Twins

Los Angeles Angels

Baltimore Orioles

Texas Rangers

AAA

Low A

AA

AA

Low A

High A

High A

Didn't Sign

2010

Kevin Chapman*

Matt den Dekker*

Hampton Tignor

Justin Poovey

LHP

OF

C

RHP

4th

5th

36th

41st

119th

152nd

1,104

1,254

Kansas City Royals

New York Mets

Los Angeles Angels

Los Angeles Angels

MLB

MLB

Low A

Didn't Sign

Nick Maronde*

Anthony DeSclafani*

Alex Panteliodis

Tommy Toledo*

Josh Adams

Ben McMahan

Matt Campbell*

Bryson Smith

Tyler Thompson

LHP

RHP

RHP

RHP

2B

C

RHP

OF

OF

3rd

6th

9th

11th

13th

23rd

24th

34th

46th

104th

199th

282nd

341st

403rd

701st

751st

1,045th

1,387th

Los Angeles Angels

Toronto Blue Jays

New York Mets

Milwaukee Brewers

Florida Marlins

Milwaukee Brewers

Philadelphia Phillies

Cincinnati Reds

Washington Nationals

MLB

MLB

AA

AA

High A

High A

Low A

AAA

Didn't Sign

2011

2012

Mike Zunino*

Brian Johnson*

Nolan Fontana

Paco Rodriguez*

Austin Maddox*

Preston Tucker*

Hudson Randall

Daniel Pigott

Greg Larson*

C

LHP/1B

SS

LHP

RHP

OF

RHP

OF

RHP

1st

1st

2nd

2nd

3rd

7th

7th

9th

20th

3rd

31st

61st

82nd

118th

219th

244th

292nd

631st

Seattle Mariners

Boston Red Sox

Houston Astros

Los Angeles Dodgers

Boston Red Sox

Houston Astors

Detroit Tigers

Cincinnati Reds

Boston Red Sox

MLB

MLB

MLB

MLB

MLB
MLB

High A

High A

Low A

2013

Jonathon Crawford

Daniel Gibson

Taylor Ratliff

Johnny Magliozzi

Cody Dent

Jeff Driskel

RHP

LHP

OF

RHP

SS

OF

1st

7th

13th

17th

22nd

29th

20th

210th

390th

506th

676th

863rd

Detroit Tigers

Arizona Diamondbacks

Arizona Diamondbacks

New York Mets

Washinton Nationals

Boston Red Sox

High A

AAA

Low A

AA

High A

Didn't Sign

2014

Taylor Gushue

Justin Shafer

Karsten Whitson*

Casey Turgeon

Ryan Harris

Keenan Kish

C

RHP

RHP

2B

RHP

RHP

4th

8th

11th

24th

26th

34th

131st

234th

344th

735th

794th

1,025th

Pittsburgh Pirates

Toronto Blue Jays

Boston Red Sox

St. Louis Cardinals

Boston Red Sox

Cincinnati Reds

AAA

MLB

Low A

AA

Low A

Rookie Ball

2015

Richie Martin*

Harrison Bader

Eric Hanhold*

Danny Young

Taylor Lewis

Josh Tobias

Bobby Poyner

Mike Vinson

Aaron Rhodes

SS

OF

RHP

LHP

RHP

3B

LHP

RHP

RHP

1st

3rd

6th

8th

9th

10th

14th

24th

28th

20th

100th

181st

242nd

270th

294th

411th

730th

855th

Oakland Athletics

St. Louis Cardinals

Milwaukee Brewers

Toronto Blue Jays

Atlanta Braves

Philadelphia Phillies

Boston Red Sox

Detroit Tigers

Los Angeles Angels

MLB

MLB

MLB

AAA

AA

AAA

MLB

Low A

Rookie Ball

2016

A.J. Puk*

Dane Dunning

Logan Shore*

Buddy Reed

Peter Alonso^(H)(N)

Shaun Anderson*

Scott Moss

Kirby Snead

LHP

RHP

RHP

OF

1B

RHP

LHP

LHP

1st

1st

2nd

2nd

2nd

3rd

4th

10th

6th

29th

47th

48th

64th

88th

108th

312th

Oakland Athletics

Washington Nationals

Oakland Athletics

San Diego Padres

New York Mets

Boston Red Sox

Cincinnati Reds

Toronto Blue Jays

MLB

MLB

AA

AA

MLB

MLB

AAA

AAA

Alex Faedo*

Dalton Guthrie

Mike Rivera

Mark Kolozsvary

David Lee

Frank Rubio

RHP

SS

C

C

RHP

RHP

1st

6th

6th

7th

27th

29th

8th

173rd

192nd

197th

808th

876th

Detroit Tigers

Philadelphia Phillies

Cleveland Indians

Cincinnati Reds

Pittsburgh Pirates

San Francisco Giants

AA

High A

High A

High A

Rookie Ball

AA

2017

Jonathan India*

Brady Singer*

Jackson Kowar

JJ Schwarz*

Deacon Liput*

Michael Byrne

Nick Horvath

3B

RHP

RHP

C

SS

RHP

OF/LHP

1st

1st

1st

8th

10th

14th

25th

5th

18th

33rd

233rd

314th

409th

745th

Cincinnati Reds

Kansas City Royals

Kansas City Royals

Oakland Athletics

Los Angeles Dodgers

Cincinnati Reds

Baltimore Orioles

MLB

MLB

AA

High A

High A

High A

Low A

2018

2019

Brady McConnell

Tyler Dyson

Wil Dalton

Nelson Maldonado

Feleipe Franks

SS

RHP

OF

OF

RHP

2nd

5th

8th

21st

31st

44th

153rd

257th

642nd

947th

Kansas City Royals

Washington Nationals

Boston Red Sox

Chicago Cubs

Boston Red Sox

Rookie Ball

Low A Short

Low A Short

Low A

Stayed at UF

*Drafted before but didn't sign

**Never played in an MLB regular season game

Italicized = World Series Champion

^All Star

% = Gold Glove Winner

# = World Series MVP

Underline = Silver Slugger

(H) = Home Run Derby Champion

(N) = National League Rookie of the Year

Entered MLB Before Modern Draft

Debut Year

Name

Position

Debut Team

1921

Lance Richbourg

OF

Philadelphia Phillies

1926

Ned Porter

P

New York Giants

1927

Henry Boney

P

New Yor Giants

John Burnett

IF

Cleveland Indians

1928

James Chaplin

P

New York Giants

1935

William Ferrazzi

OF

Philadelphia Athletics

1940

Witt Guise

P

Cincinnati Reds

1945

William Ramsey

OF

Boston Braves

1947

Al Rosen^#

3B/1B

Cleveland Indians

1955

Haywood Sullivan

C

Boston Red Sox

1958

Nicholas Testa

C

San Francisco Giants

1963

Dale Willis

P

Kansas City Athletics

1965

Dennis Aust

P

St. Louis Cardinals

1966

William Graham

P

Detroit Tigers

1980

Doug Corbett^

P

Minnesota Twins

Italicized = World Series Champion

^All Star

# = AL MVP

Underline = Silver Slugger

Undrafted But Signed with an MLB Team

Year

Name

Position

Team

Highest Level

1986

Tim Touma

2B

Montreal Expos

High A

1989

Johnny Wiggs

LHP

Seattle Mariners

AAA

1990

Billy Minnis

2B

California Angels

Low A

Mike Moberg

OF

Montreal Expos

Low A

1991

Cord Corbitt

LHP

San Diego Padres

Low A

1992

Brent Killen

1B

Detroit Tigers

High A

Brian Purvis

OF

Houston Astros

High A

1993

Shane McGinnis

3B

Chicago Cubs

Low A

David Valdes

2B

Los Angeles Dodgers

Low A

1996

Eric Castaldo

C

Atlanta Braves

Rookie Ball

1998

Michael Gray

RHP

Pittsburgh Pirates

Low A

2001

Jason Dill

OF

Texas Rangers

High A

2003

Fritz Reichardt

OF

New York Mets

N/A

2005

Mike Pete

LHP

Los Angeles Angels

Low A

2006

Darren O'Day^

RHP

Los Angeles Angels

MLB

2007

David Hurst

RHP

Los Angeles Angels

AA

2008

Jon Townsend

3B

Los Angeles Angels

AA

2010

Jeff Barfield

RHP

Detroit Tigers

High A

Jonathan Pigott

OF

Atlanta Braves

Rookie Ball

^All Star

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