1998 Major League Baseball Draft

The 1998 First-Year Player Draft, Major League Baseball's annual amateur draft of high school and college baseball players, was held on June 2 and 3, 1998. A total of 1445 players were drafted over the course of 50 rounds.

First round selections

Supplemental first round selections

Compensation Picks

Other notable players

* Gerald Laird, 2nd round, 45th overall by the Oakland Athletics
*Adam Dunn, 2nd round, 50th overall by the Cincinnati Reds
* Matt Belisle, 2nd round, 52nd overall by the Atlanta Braves
* Brandon Inge, 2nd round, 57th overall by the Detroit Tigers
* Jody Gerut, 2nd round, 71st overall by the Colorado Rockies
*Barry Zito, 3rd round, 83rd overall by the Texas Rangers, but did not sign
*Mike Maroth, 3rd round, 85th overall by the Boston Red Sox
* Josh Fogg, 3rd round, 89th overall by the Chicago White Sox
*Jason Michaels, 4th round, 104th overall by the Philadelphia Phillies
*Eddy Furniss, 4th round, 118th overall by the Pittsburgh Pirates
* Javier López, 4th round, 133rd overall by the Arizona Diamondbacks
* Scott Proctor, 5th round, 156th overall by the Los Angeles Dodgers
* Ryan Vogelsong, 5th round, 158th overall by the San Francisco Giants
* Aubrey Huff, 5th round, 162nd overall by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays
* Bill Hall, 6th round, 176th overall by the Milwaukee Brewers
*Matt Holliday, 7th round, 210th overall by the Colorado Rockies
* John Buck, 7th round, 212th overall by the Houston Astros
* David Ross, 7th round, 216th overall by the Los Angeles Dodgers
* Eric Byrnes, 8th round, 225th overall by the Oakland Athletics
* Will Ohman, 8th round, 226th overall by the Chicago Cubs
*Andrew Good, 8th round, 251st by the Arizona Diamondbacks
* Joe Kennedy, 8th round, 252nd overall by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays
*Ryan Madson, 9th round, 254th overall by the Philadelphia Phillies
* Jack Wilson, 9th round, 258th overall by the St. Louis Cardinals
* Mark Teixeira, 9th round, 265th overall by the Boston Red Sox, but did not sign
* Morgan Ensberg, 9th round, 272nd overall by the Houston Astros
*Juan Pierre, 13th round, 390th overall by the Colorado Rockies
* Jay Gibbons, 14th round, 411th overall by the Toronto Blue Jays
*Eric Hinske, 17th round, 496th overall by the Chicago Cubs
*J. J. Putz, 17th round, 499th overall by the Minnesota Twins, but did not sign
*B. J. Ryan, 17th round, 500th overall by the Cincinnati Reds
* Brian Lawrence, 17th round, 502nd overall by the San Diego Padres
* Ty Wigginton, 17th round, 514th overall by the New York Mets
* Mike MacDougal, 17th round, 519th overall by the Baltimore Orioles, but did not sign
* Joe Beimel, 18th round, 538th overall by the Pittsburgh Pirates
*Adam LaRoche, 18th round, 550th overall by the Florida Marlins, but did not sign
* Cliff Lee, 20th round, 609th overall by the Baltimore Orioles, but did not sign
*Nick Punto, 21st round, 614th overall by the Philadelphia Phillies
* Bobby Crosby, 34th round, 1021st overall by the Anaheim Angels, but did not sign
* Mark Buehrle, 38th round, 1139th overall by the Chicago White Sox
* Todd Coffey, 41st round, 1220th overall by the Cincinnati Reds
* Nyjer Morgan, 42nd round, 1260th overall by the Colorado Rockies, but did not sign
*Mike Jacobs, 48th round, 1413th overall by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, but did not sign

NFL players drafted

* Chad Hutchinson, 2nd round, 48th overall by the St. Louis Cardinals
* Drew Henson, 3rd round, 97th overall by the New York Yankees
*Earnest Graham, 43rd round, 1273rd overall by the Philadelphia Phillies, but did not sign

See also

*Major League Baseball
* Major League Baseball Draft
* List of MLB first overall draft choices
* Rule 5 Draft

External links

Complete draft list from The Baseball Cube databaseMLB.com's section on the draft

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Major League Baseball Draft, 1998