1970 Major League Baseball draft

First round selections

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The following are the first round picks in the 1970 Major League Baseball draft.^[1]

Pick	Player	Team	Position	Hometown/School
1	Mike Ivie	San Diego Padres	C	Decatur, Georgia
2	Steve Dunning	Cleveland Indians	RHP	Stanford University
3	Barry Foote	Montreal Expos	C	Smithfield, North Carolina
4	Darrell Porter	Milwaukee Brewers	C	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
5	Mike Martin	Philadelphia Phillies	LHP	Columbia, South Carolina
6	Bucky Dent	Chicago White Sox	3B	Miami-Hialeah/Miami-Dade Community College
7	* Randy Scarbery	Houston Astros	RHP	Fresno, California
8	Rex Goodson	Kansas City Royals	RHP	Longview, Texas
9	Jim Haller	Los Angeles Dodgers	RHP	Omaha, Nebraska
10	Paul Dade	Los Angeles Angels	3B-OF	Seattle
11	Dominick Sarlo	St. Louis Cardinals	RHP	Park Ridge, Illinois
12	Dave Cheadle	New York Yankees	LHP	Asheville, North Carolina
13	John Bedard	Pittsburgh Pirates	RHP	Springfield, Massachusetts
14	Charles Maxwell	Washington Senators	3B-SS	Kingston, Ohio
15	Gary Polczynski	Cincinnati Reds	SS	West Allis, Wisconsin
16	* Jimmy Hacker	Boston Red Sox	SS	Temple, Texas
17	John D'Acquisto	San Francisco Giants	RHP	San Diego, California
18	Dan Ford	Oakland Athletics	OF	Los Angeles
19	Gene Simmon	Chicago Cubs	OF	University of Maryland
20	Terry Mappin	Detroit Tigers	C	Louisville, Kentucky
21	Ron Broaddus	Atlanta Braves	RHP	Freeport, Texas
22	Bob Gorinski	Minnesota Twins	SS	Calumet, Pennsylvania
23	* George Ambrow	New York Mets	SS	Long Beach, California
24	James West	Baltimore Orioles	C	St. Louis, Missouri

* Did not sign

Background

The regular and secondary phases of the January draft proved more fruitful to major league clubs than the June draft. Those selected in the regular phase in January included Chris Chambliss (Cleveland, 1st round), Greg Minton (Kansas City, 3rd round) and Joel Youngblood (Cincinnati, 2nd round). In the secondary phase, Doug DeCinces was selected by Baltimore in the 3rd round, Rick Burleson by Boston in the 1st round, Bill Madlock by Washington in the 5th round and Chris Speier by San Francisco in the 1st round.

Catching prospects were a popular selection in June. Of the first four picks in the regular phase, three were catchers. San Diego took Mike Ivie as the draft's number one selection, Montreal tabbed Barry Foote with the 3rd pick and Milwaukee chose Darrell Porter with the draft's 4th selection. The Chicago White Sox may have had the most productive June draft selecting pitchers Terry Forster (2nd round) and Rich Gossage (9th round) in the regular phase and infielder Bucky Dent (1st round) in the secondary phase.^[2]

Notes

1. "MLB First Round Draft Picks - 1970". Archived from the original on 21 June 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-28.
2. "Background on the 1970 MLB Draft". Retrieved 2008-10-28.

External links

• Complete draft list from The Baseball Cube database

References