1967 Major League Baseball draft
The Major League Baseball draft recruits amateur baseball players into the American Major League Baseball league. The players selected in 1967 included many talented prospects who later had careers in the professional league. Some selections included Bobby Grich and Don Baylor, Vida Blue, Dusty Baker and Ralph Garr, Ken Singleton and Jon Matlack, and Ted Simmons and Jerry Reuss. In the January draft, Boston selected catcher Carlton Fisk and the New York Mets drafted Ken Singleton. The Cincinnati Reds selected Chris Chambliss in the 31st round only to have him enroll in junior college. The Mets chose Dan Pastorini in the 32nd round, but Pastorini chose football and played several seasons in the NFL. Atlanta also chose Archie Manning in the 43rd round.First round selections
The following are the first round picks in the 1967 Major League Baseball draft.Other notable selections
Round | Pick | Player | Team | Position |
2 | 27 | Vida Blue | Kansas City Athletics | Pitcher |
2 | 29 | Dave Kingman* | California Angels | Pitcher |
2 | 30 | Jerry Reuss | St. Louis Cardinals | Pitcher |
2 | 39 | Don Baylor | Baltimore Orioles | Outfielder |
3 | 52 | Ralph Garr | Atlanta Braves | Second Baseman |
3 | 56 | Richie Zisk | Pittsburgh Pirates | Outfielder |
4 | 68 | Fred Kendall | Cincinnati Reds | Catcher |
4 | 78 | Steve Busby* | San Francisco Giants | Pitcher |
4 | 80 | Steve Yeager | Los Angeles Dodgers | Catcher |
5 | 96 | Dave Goltz | Minnesota Twins | Pitcher |
8 | 157 | Dave Lopes* | San Francisco Giants | Outfielder |
10 | 189 | Lenny Randle* | St. Louis Cardinals | Shortstop |
11 | 216 | Al Hrabosky* | Minnesota Twins | Pitcher |
15 | 296 | Rick Dempsey | Minnesota Twins | Catcher |
20 | 396 | Gary Lavelle | San Francisco Giants | Pitcher |
20 | 397 | Doug Rau* | Baltimore Orioles | Pitcher |
26 | 503 | Dusty Baker | Atlanta Braves | Outfielder |
31 | 587 | Chris Chambliss* | Cincinnati Reds | First Baseman |
32 | 599 | Dan Pastorini* | New York Mets | Shortstop |
43 | 779 | Archie Manning* | Atlanta Braves | Shortstop |
60 | 924 | Steve Rogers* | New York Yankees | Pitcher |
* Did not sign