1965 Major League Baseball draft
The 1965 Major League Baseball Draft is the first year in which a draft took place for Major League Baseball. It was held on June 8–9 in New York City.
In Major League Baseball's first Free Agent Amateur Draft, the Kansas City Athletics selected Arizona State sophomore Rick Monday as the number one pick. Kansas City also chose ten future major leaguers, including Sal Bando and Gene Tenace, building the base for the Oakland Athletics' championship teams of the early 1970s.
A total of 813 players were selected. Some of the more significant picks were catcher Johnny Bench by the Cincinnati Reds in the second round, pitcher Nolan Ryan by the New York Mets in the tenth round, and infielder Graig Nettles by the Minnesota Twins in the fourth round. The first player to reach the majors was pitcher Joe Coleman, the Washington Senators' first pick and third pick overall. Future Hall of Famer Tom Seaver was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 10th round but did not sign and returned to the University of Southern California campus.
Key
First Round Selections
Post-First Round Selections
The list of later selections is limited to those who have made at least one major league appearance.| Round | Pick | Player | Team | Position | School | Ref |
| 2 | 21 | Kansas City Athletics | First baseman | Mt. San Antonio College | ||
| 2 | 24 | Houston Astros | Outfielder | University of Oregon | ||
| 2 | 26 | Chicago Cubs | Catcher | University of Nebraska | ||
| 2 | 28 | Los Angeles Dodgers | Right-handed pitcher | Los Altos High School | ||
| 2 | 29 | * | Minnesota Twins | Outfielder | Mississippi State University | |
| 2 | 31 | * | Los Angeles Angels | Right-handed pitcher | Pasadena High School | |
| 2 | 36 | ^† | Cincinnati Reds | Catcher | Binger High School | |
| 2 | 38 | ^ | Philadelphia Phillies | Outfielder | Portsmouth High School | |
| 2 | 39 | * | New York Yankees | Shortstop | Capron High School | |
| 3 | 41 | * | Kansas City Athletics | Outfielder | Miami Senior High School | |
| 3 | 42 | New York Mets | Shortstop | Louisiana State University | ||
| 3 | 43 | Washington Senators | Outfielder | Dougherty Comprehensive High School | ||
| 3 | 45 | Boston Red Sox | Third baseman | Birmingham High School | ||
| 3 | 51 | * | Los Angeles Angels | Right-handed pitcher | Anaheim High School | |
| 3 | 53 | *^ | Detroit Tigers | Right-handed pitcher | University of California, Berkeley | |
| 3 | 55 | Baltimore Orioles | First baseman | Wingate High School | ||
| 3 | 58 | Philadelphia Phillies | Right-handed pitcher | Shelby High School | ||
| 4 | 61 | ^ | Chicago Cubs | Left-handed pitcher | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | |
| 4 | 64 | Milwaukee Braves | Left-handed pitcher | Brownsville High School | ||
| 4 | 66 | New York Mets | Second baseman | Sam Houston State University | ||
| 4 | 68 | New York Yankees | Right-handed pitcher | University of Nebraska | ||
| 4 | 71 | * | Detroit Tigers | Right-handed pitcher | University of Michigan | |
| 4 | 73 | St. Louis Cardinals | Right-handed pitcher | Collinsville High School | ||
| 4 | 74 | ^ | Minnesota Twins | Third baseman | San Diego State University | |
| 4 | 76 | * | Houston Astros | Right-handed pitcher | Stagg High School | |
| 4 | 79 | Kansas City Athletics | Outfielder | Seaford High School | ||
| 4 | 80 | Chicago White Sox | Right-handed pitcher | Baylor University | ||
| 5 | 85 | Philadelphia Phillies | Shortstop | Ohio University | ||
| 5 | 87 | Los Angeles Angels | Third baseman | Edison High School | ||
| 5 | 92 | San Francisco Giants | Right-handed pitcher | Santa Clara University | ||
| 5 | 95 | ^ | Boston Red Sox | Shortstop | Williamson High School | |
| 6 | 104 | Milwaukee Braves | Shortstop | Sarasota High School | ||
| 6 | 105 | * | Philadelphia Phillies | Right-handed pitcher | Manhattan College | |
| 6 | 107 | ^ | Los Angeles Angels | Outfielder | Carson-Newman College | |
| 6 | 117 | ^ | Cincinnati Reds | Shortstop | Florida A&M University | |
| 6 | 118 | Baltimore Orioles | Right-handed pitcher | Wake Forest University | ||
| 6 | 119 | ^ | Kansas City Athletics | Third baseman | Arizona State University | |
| 7 | 121 | Chicago Cubs | Shortstop | Fremont High School | ||
| 7 | 127 | ^ | Los Angeles Angels | Right-handed pitcher | Eastern Illinois University | |
| 7 | 128 | * | New York Yankees | Left-handed pitcher | North Thurston High School | |
| 7 | 135 | Boston Red Sox | Third baseman | Pensacola High School | ||
| 7 | 139 | * | Kansas City Athletics | Outfielder | Cerritos College | |
| 8 | 154 | Minnesota Twins | Right-handed pitcher | Indiana University | ||
| 8 | 157 | * | Cincinnati Reds | Outfielder | West High School | |
| 9 | 161 | Chicago Cubs | Right-handed pitcher | Petaluma High School | ||
| 9 | 163 | * | Washington Senators | Right-handed pitcher | Garinger High School | |
| 9 | 169 | Cleveland Indians | First baseman | Key West High School | ||
| 10 | 185 | * | Philadelphia Phillies | Second baseman | Salesianum School | |
| 10 | 189 | * | Cleveland Indians | Right-handed pitcher | Coal City High School | |
| 10 | 190 | *^† | Los Angeles Dodgers | Right-handed pitcher | USC | |
| 10 | 191 | Detroit Tigers | Right-handed pitcher | Central Michigan University | ||
| 10 | 196 | Houston Astros | Outfielder | Bishop Amat Memorial High School | ||
| 10 | 199 | George Lauzerique | Kansas City Athletics | Right-handed pitcher | George Washington High School | |
| 10 | 200 | Ron Lolich | Chicago White Sox | Third baseman | Central Catholic High School | |
| 11 | 201 | * | Chicago Cubs | Left-handed pitcher | Nogales | |
| 11 | 206 | New York Mets | Right-handed pitcher | University of Iowa | ||
| 11 | 212 | San Francisco Giants | Shortstop | Arcadia High School | ||
| 11 | 216 | * | Houston Astros | Right-handed pitcher | Phoenix College | |
| 12 | 226 | ^† | New York Mets | Pitcher | Alvin High School | |
| 13 | 241 | * | Chicago Cubs | Third baseman | John Muir High School | |
| 17 | 323 | Dick Tidrow | Washington Senators | right handed pitcher | Mt. Eden High School | |
| 18 | 342 | Bob Moose | Pittsburgh Pirates | right handed pitcher | Franklin Area High School | |
| 18 | 356 | * | Houston Astros | right handed pitcher | Ohio University | |
| 20 | 382 | Gene Garber | Pittsburgh Pirates | pitcher | Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania | |
| 20 | 400 | Gene Tenace^ | Kansas City Athletics | shortstop | Lucasville, Ohio | |
| 21 | 404 | Ken Tatum* | Milwaukee Braves | pitcher | Mississippi State University | |
| 21 | 407 | Doug Griffin | California Angels | 2B | El Monte High School | |
| 21 | 413 | Dan McGinn* | St. Louis Cardinals | pitcher | University of Notre Dame | |
| 21 | 417 | Baltimore Orioles | catcher | Newport News | ||
| 22 | 421 | Freddie Patek^ | Pittsburgh Pirates | shortstop | Seguin, Texas | |
| 22 | 430 | Ron Bryant | San Francisco Giants | pitcher | Davis, California | |
| 23 | 447 | Steve Arlin* | Detroit Tigers | pitcher | Ohio State University | |
| 23 | 453 | Lowell Palmer* | Baltimore Orioles | pitcher | Norte del Rio | |
| 24 | 461 | Steve Renko | New York Mets | 1b/pitcher | University of Kansas | |
| 26 | 493 | Tom Dettore | Pittsburgh Pirates | pitcher | Canon McMillan | |
| 26 | 505 | Paul Reuschel* | Cincinnati Reds | pitcher | Camp Point Central | |
| 30 | 561 | Lou Marone | Pittsburgh Pirates | pitcher | San Diego Mesa College | |
| 31 | 577 | Pittsburgh Pirates | pitcher | Burbank | ||
| 34 | 624 | Tom Shopay | New York Yankees | OF | Dean College | |
| 35 | 636 | New York Mets | pitcher | San Diego State University | ||
| 36 | 654 | Jerry DaVanon* | Houston Astros | OF | San Diego Mesa College | |
| 37 | 662 | Detroit Tigers | pitcher | Herndon | ||
| 38 | 671 | Duffy Dyer* | Milwaukee Braves | C-OF | Arizona State University | |
| 39 | 683 | Danny Frisella* | Milwaukee Braves | pitcher | Washington State University | |
| 55 | 777 | St. Louis Cardinals | Shortstop | Watsonville High School | ||
| 56 | 781 | * | Houston Astros | Left-handed pitcher | University of California, Berkeley | |
| 68 | 817 | Houston Astros | Catcher | Westfield High School |