The top two draftees this year were pitchers. Eli Talkington, a dominant starter who won the Phoenix Amoss MVP award and pitcher of the year was taken first.
A high school lefty - Isaac Arnold - went second overall and
the first hitter taken was Normandy Tooke, a 3B who went to Texas after failing to be drafted in 1944 from high school.
Round 1, Pick 1 - Chicago Cubs: SP Eli Talkington, age 21
Round 1, Pick 2 - San Francisco Giants: SP Isaac Arnold, age 18
Round 1, Pick 3 - Montreal Expos: 3B Normandy Tooke, age 21
Round 1, Pick 4 - New York Yankees: 3B Blake John, age 18
Round 1, Pick 5 - Minnesota Twins: SP Dedric Melvin, age 21
Round 1, Pick 6 - Arizona Diamondbacks: C Severiano Mijangos, age 21
Round 1, Pick 7 - Boston Red Sox: SP Jeb Vidal, age 21
Round 1, Pick 8 - Kansas City Royals: SP Isaac Finley, age 18
Round 1, Pick 9 - New York Mets: 1B Edison Krolikowski, age 21
Round 1, Pick 10 - Los Angeles Angels: SP Marlon Schooley, age 21
Round 1, Pick 11 - Toronto Blue Jays: 1B Everett Wolf, age 21
Round 1, Pick 12 - St. Louis Cardinals: 2B Nolan Richards, age 18
Round 1, Pick 13 - Houston Astros: 1B Roger Bronger, age 21
Round 1, Pick 14 - Oakland Athletics: SS Jay Theisen, age 21
Round 1, Pick 15 - Philadelphia Phillies: SP Eddie Parker, age 18
Round 1, Pick 16 - Cincinnati Reds: SP Nick Fells, age 18
Round 1, Pick 17 - Milwaukee Brewers: SP Hunter McCracken, age 21
Round 1, Pick 18 - Chicago White Sox: 2B K.J. Coté, age 18
Round 1, Pick 19 - Cleveland Indians: SP Jermaine Allen, age 18
Round 1, Pick 20 - Atlanta Braves: SP Tarrik Robinson, age 21
Round 1, Pick 21 - Pittsburgh Pirates: SP Giorvis Angeles, age 22
Round 1, Pick 22 - Los Angeles Dodgers: SP Sil Harry, age 21
Round 1, Pick 23 - Baltimore Orioles: SP Irving Williams, age 21
Round 1, Pick 24 - Seattle Mariners: SP Theodore Fettinger, age 21
Round 1, Pick 25 - Florida Marlins: SS Jeremy Baringer, age 21