1984 Major League Baseball draft

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Date(s) June 1984 Overall selections 839		First round selections 28
First selection Shawn AbnerNew York Mets

First round selections

The following are the first round picks in the 1984 Major League Baseball draft.

Jeff Blauser†, 1st round (secondary phase), 4th overall by the Atlanta Braves

Greg Maddux‡, 2nd round, 31st overall by the Chicago Cubs

John Farrell, 2nd round, 32nd overall by the Cleveland Indians

Tom Glavine‡, 2nd round, 47th overall by the Atlanta Braves

Al Leiter†, 2nd round, 50th overall by the New York Yankees

Ken Caminiti†, 3rd round, 71st overall by the Houston Astros

Greg Myers, 3rd round, 74th overall by the Toronto Blue Jays

Dwight Smith, 3rd round (secondary phase), 62nd overall by the Chicago Cubs

Mike Henneman†, 4th round, 104th overall by the Detroit Tigers

Jamie Moyer†, 6th round, 135th overall by the Chicago Cubs

Lance Johnson†, 6th round, 139th overall by the St. Louis Cardinals

Todd Burns, 7th round, 168th overall by the Oakland Athletics

Jody Reed, 8th round, 198th overall by the Boston Red Sox

John Vander Wal, 8th round, 201st overall by the Houston Astros, but did not sign

Rich Rodriguez, 9th round, 211th overall by the New York Mets

John Wetteland†, 12th round, 289th overall by the New York Mets, but did not sign

Jeff Brantley†, 13th round, 327th overall by the Montreal Expos, but did not sign

John Jaha†, 14th round, 358th overall by the Milwaukee Brewers

Chuck Finley†, 15th round, 372nd overall by the California Angels, but did not sign

Darren Holmes, 16th round, 415th overall by the Los Angeles Dodgers

Dante Bichette†, 17th round, 424th overall by the California Angels

Gene Larkin, 20th round, 504th overall by the Minnesota Twins

Jack McDowell†, 20th round, 510th overall by the Boston Red Sox, but did not sign

Jeff Fassero, 22nd round, 554th overall by the St. Louis Cardinals

Jeff Nelson†, 22nd round, 569th overall by the Los Angeles Dodgers

Mike Devereaux, 26th round, 644th overall by the Cleveland Indians, but did not sign

Don Wakamatsu, 51st round, 839th overall by the New York Yankees, but did not sign

† All-Star
‡ Hall of Famer

Damon Allen, 7th round, 182nd overall by the Detroit Tigers, but did not sign

Mike Prior, 18th round, 469th overall by the Baltimore Orioles, but did not sign

Rodney Peete, 30th round, 722nd overall by the Toronto Blue Jays, but did not sign

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