1982 Major League Baseball draft

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Date(s) June 1982 Overall selections 832		First round selections 28
First selection Shawon DunstonChicago Cubs

First round selections

The following are the first round picks in the 1982 Major League Baseball Draft.

Other notable players

David Wells†, 2nd round, 30th overall by the Toronto Blue Jays

Allan Anderson, 2nd round, 32nd overall by the Minnesota Twins

Barry Bonds†, 2nd round, 39th overall by the San Francisco Giants, but did not sign

Bo Jackson, 2nd round, 50th overall by the New York Yankees, but did not sign

Barry Larkin†, 2nd round, 51st overall by the Cincinnati Reds, but did not sign

Steve Ontiveros†, 2nd round, 54th overall by the Oakland Athletics

Jimmy Key†, 3rd round, 56th overall by the Toronto Blue Jays

Roger McDowell, 3rd round, 59th overall by the New York Mets

Zane Smith, 3rd round, 63rd overall by the Atlanta Braves

Kenny Williams, 3rd round, 68th overall by the Chicago White Sox

Mike Greenwell†, 3rd round, 72nd overall by the Boston Red Sox

Dan Pasqua, 3rd round, 76th overall by the New York Yankees

Kirk McCaskill, 4th round, 88th overall by the California Angels

Randy Johnson†, 4th round, 89th overall by the Atlanta Braves, but did not sign

Will Clark†, 4th round, 90th overall by the Kansas City Royals, but did not sign

Mike Maddux, 5th round, 119th overall by the Philadelphia Phillies

Steve Buechele, 5th round, 122nd overall by the Texas Rangers

B.J. Surhoff†, 5th round, 128th overall by the New York Yankees, but did not sign

Charlie O'Brien, 5th round, 132nd overall by the Oakland Athletics

Pat Borders, 6th round, 134th overall by the Toronto Blue Jays

Alvin Davis†, 6th round, 138th overall by the Seattle Mariners

Terry Pendleton†, 7th round, 179th overall by the St. Louis Cardinals

Bobby Witt, 7th round, 181st overall by the Cincinnati Reds, but did not sign

Mitch Williams†, 8th round, 187th overall by the San Diego Padres

Rafael Palmeiro†, 8th round, 189th overall by the New York Mets, but did not sign

Mark McLemore, 9th round, 218th overall by the California Angels

Tom Browning†, 9th round, 233rd overall by the Cincinnati Reds

Pete Incaviglia, 10th round, 247th overall by the San Francisco Giants, but did not sign

Vince Coleman†, 10th round, 257th overall by the St. Louis Cardinals

Walt Weiss†, 10th round, 260th overall by the Baltimore Orioles, but did not sign

Rob Dibble†, 11th round, 283rd overall by the St. Louis Cardinals, but did not sign

Billy Ripken, 11th round, 286th overall by the Baltimore Orioles

Jose Canseco†, 15th round, 392nd overall by the Oakland Athletics

Fredi González, 16th round, 414th overall by the New York Yankees

Chuck Crim, 17th round, 443rd overall by the Milwaukee Brewers

Jim Morris, 18th round, 466th overall by the New York Yankees, but did not sign

Bret Saberhagen†, 19th round, 480th overall by the Kansas City Royals

Bob Patterson, 21st round, 524th overall by the San Diego Padres

Jim Deshaies, 21st round, 542nd overall by the New York Yankees

Mike Rizzo, 22nd round, 554th overall by the California Angels

Jim Corsi, 25th round, 642nd overall by the New York Yankees

Mike Henneman†, 27th round, 672nd overall by the Toronto Blue Jays

Lance Johnson, 31st round, 760th overall by the Seattle Mariners, but did not sign

Bruce Ruffin, 31st round, 766th overall by the Philadelphia Phillies, but did not sign

Kenny Rogers, 39th round, 816th overall by the Texas Rangers

Dave Martinez, 40th round, 819th overall by the Texas Rangers, but did not sign

† All-Star
‡ Hall of Famer

NBA/NCAA players drafted

Urban Meyer, 13th round, 323rd overall by the Atlanta Braves

Dell Curry, 37th round, 810th overall by the Texas Rangers, but did not sign

References

1982 Major League Baseball draft Wikipedia

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First round selections

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Other notable players

NBA/NCAA players drafted

References