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Baseball draft of amateur players From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1990 Major League Baseball draft was held in June 1990.[1] The draft placed amateur baseball players onto major league teams. 1,487 players were distributed to 26 teams. The draft consisted of first round selections, supplemental first round selections, compensation picks, and many more rounds, in fact, it went a record 101 rounds with 40 first round selections. With a league-worst record of 65 wins and 97 losses[2] in the 1989 MLB Season, the Atlanta Braves selected shortstop, Chipper Jones out of the Bolles School with the first pick of the draft. Nine NBA and NFL players were drafted in 1990. Seven of the first 10 picks were selected directly out of high school.
| 1990 Major League Baseball draft | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Date(s) | June 1990 |
| Overview | |
| 1,487 total selections | |
| First selection | Chipper Jones Atlanta Braves |
| First round selections | 40 |
| Hall of Famers | 2
|
The following are the first-round picks in the 1990 Major League Baseball draft.[3]
| = All-Star | = Baseball Hall of Famer |
| Pick | Player | Team | Position | Hometown/School |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | Mike Zimmerman | Pittsburgh Pirates[Compensation 8] | RHP | South Alabama |
| 28 | Gabe White | Montreal Expos[Compensation 9] | RHP | Sebring High School (FL) |
| 29 | Midre Cummings | Minnesota Twins[Compensation 10] | OF | Miami Edison Senior High School (FL) |
| 30 | Paul Ellis | St. Louis Cardinals[Compensation 11] | C | UCLA |
| 31 | Brian Williams | Houston Astros[Compensation 12] | RHP | South Carolina |
| 32 | Scott Sanders | San Diego Padres[Compensation 13] | RHP | Nicholls State |
| 33 | Marcus Jensen | San Francisco Giants[Compensation 14] | C | Skyline High School (CA) |
| 34 | Dave Zancanaro | Oakland Athletics[Compensation 15] | LHP | UCLA |
| 35 | Stan Spencer | Montreal Expos[Compensation 16] | RHP | Stanford |
| 36 | Kirk Dressendorfer | Oakland Athletics[Compensation 17] | RHP | Texas |
| 37 | Ben Van Ryn | Montreal Expos[Compensation 18] | LHP | East Noble High School (IN) |
| 38 | Tony Manahan | Seattle Mariners | SS | Arizona State |
| 39 | Samuel Hence | Cleveland Indians | OF | Stone High School (MS) |
| 40 | Stan Robertson | Montreal Expos | OF | Plainview High School (TX) |
The draft went a record 101 rounds, surpassing 1989's total of 88, and included a record 1,487 selections. The Astros had the most selections with a 100. Seattle followed second with 75. The 1990 draft included two Class A clubs, the Erie Sailors of the New York–Penn League and the Miami Miracle of the Florida State League. Rule 4 draft regulations permitted minor league clubs to participate. Erie made one selection, 24-year-old Brigham Young outfielder Gary Daniels. Miami made 16 selections, signing 15 of them, including All-American outfielder Paul Carey of Stanford in the fourth round. Atlanta made Chipper Jones, a high school shortstop from the Bolles School in Jacksonville, Florida, the draft's top pick. Detroit followed by picking outfielder Tony Clark out of Christian High School in El Cajon, California. The top three picks and seven of the top 10 choices were out of high school.
In the weeks leading up to the draft, the Atlanta Braves, awarded the top selection after finishing with the league's worst record from the year before, had narrowed down their options and were still largely undecided on whom they would take. One name most frequently mentioned was Todd Van Poppel, a right-handed prep pitcher who could scrape triple-digits with his fastball. Van Poppel, however, adamantly stated that he would not sign with the club if they drafted him, and fell to 14th overall due to his massive signing bonus demands. The Braves instead chose a shortstop from Jacksonville's Bolles School named Chipper Jones, who would go on to be not just one of the greatest draft picks of all time, but one of the consensus greatest third basemen and switch-hitters in baseball history. Van Poppel, on the other hand, found very little success in the majors, and professional hitters exploited the lack of movement on his fastball and erratic command. Jones' endearing, easygoing Southern persona and remarkable consistency over his nearly 20-year career (all as a Brave) earned him a first ballot Hall of Fame selection.[4]
† All-Star
‡ Hall of Fame
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