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1980 Major League Baseball draft

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Date(s)
  
June 1980

Overall selections
  
832

First round selections
  
26

First selection
  
Darryl Strawberry New York Mets

First round selections

The following are the first round picks in the 1980 Major League Baseball draft.

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Other notable players

  • Tim Teufel, 2nd round, 38th overall by the Minnesota Twins
  • Dan Plesac, 2nd round, 41st overall by the St. Louis Cardinals, but did not sign
  • Dave Miley, 2nd round, 47th overall by the Cincinnati Reds
  • Tim Burke†, 2nd round, 49th overall by the Pittsburgh Pirates
  • Joe Hesketh, 2nd round, 50th overall by the Montreal Expos
  • Danny Tartabull†, 3rd round, 71st overall by the Cincinnati Reds
  • Doug Drabek†, 4th round, 87th overall by the Cleveland Indians, but did not sign
  • Ricky Horton, 4th round, 92nd overall by the St. Louis Cardinals
  • Joe Orsulak, 6th round, 152nd overall by the Pittsburgh Pirates
  • Randy Ready, 6th round, 154th overall by the Milwaukee Brewers
  • Don Slaught, 7th round, 171st overall by the Kansas City Royals
  • Lloyd McClendon, 8th round, 182nd overall by the New York Mets
  • Eric Davis†, 8th round, 200th overall by the Cincinnati Reds
  • John Farrell, 9th round, 211th overall by the Oakland Athletics, but did not sign
  • Craig Lefferts, 9th round, 218th overall by the Chicago Cubs
  • Dave Magadan, 12th round, 309th overall by the Boston Red Sox, but did not sign
  • Ed Vande Berg, 13th round, 317th overall by the Seattle Mariners
  • Terry Steinbach†, 16th round, 399th overall by the Cleveland Indians, but did not sign
  • Jim Eisenreich, 16th round, 401st overall by the Minnesota Twins
  • Oil Can Boyd, 16th round, 413th overall by the Boston Red Sox
  • Danny Jackson†, 24th round, 598th overall by the Oakland Athletics, but did not sign
  • Darren Daulton†, 25th round, 628th overall by the Philadelphia Phillies
  • Chris Sabo†, 30th round, 726th overall by the Montreal Expos, but did not sign
  • Walt Terrell, 33rd round, 763rd overall by the Texas Rangers
  • Rick Aguilera, 37th round, 803rd overall by the St. Louis Cardinals, but did not sign
  • † All-Star
    ‡ Hall of Famer

    Football players drafted

  • Turner Gill, 2nd round, 36th overall by the Chicago White Sox, but did not sign
  • Kevin House, 19th round, 475th overall by the Chicago White Sox, but did not sign
  • References

    1980 Major League Baseball draft Wikipedia