The 1996 First-Year Player Draft, Major League Baseball's annual amateur draft of high school and college baseball players, was held on June 4 and 5, 1996. A total of 1739 players were drafted over the course of 100 rounds.
First round selections
Pick |
Player |
Team |
Position |
School |
1 |
Kris Benson |
Pittsburgh Pirates |
P |
Clemson University |
2 |
Travis Lee |
Minnesota Twins |
1B |
San Diego State University |
3 |
Braden Looper |
St. Louis Cardinals |
P |
Wichita State University |
4 |
Billy Koch |
Toronto Blue Jays |
P |
Clemson University |
5 |
John Patterson |
Montreal Expos |
P |
West Orange Stark HS (West Orange, TX) |
6 |
Seth Greisinger |
Detroit Tigers |
P |
University of Virginia |
7 |
Matt White |
San Francisco Giants |
P |
Waynesboro Area HS (Waynesboro, PA) |
8 |
Chad Green |
Milwaukee Brewers |
OF |
University of Kentucky |
9 |
Mark Kotsay |
Florida Marlins |
OF |
Cal State Fullerton University |
10 |
Eric Chavez |
Oakland Athletics |
3B |
Mount Carmel HS (San Diego, CA) |
11 |
Adam Eaton |
Philadelphia Phillies |
P |
Snohomish HS (Snohomish, WA) |
12 |
Bobby Seay |
Chicago White Sox |
P |
Sarasota HS (Sarasota, FL) |
13 |
Rob Stratton |
New York Mets |
OF |
San Marcos HS (Santa Barbara, CA) |
14 |
Dermal Brown |
Kansas City Royals |
OF |
Marlboro Central HS (Marlboro, NY) |
15 |
Matt Halloran |
San Diego Padres |
SS |
Chancellor HS (Fredericksburg, VA) |
16 |
Joe Lawrence |
Toronto Blue Jays |
SS |
Barbe HS (Lake Charles, LA) |
17 |
Todd Noel |
Chicago Cubs |
P |
North Vermillion HS (Maurice, LA) |
18 |
R.A. Dickey |
Texas Rangers |
P |
University of Tennessee |
19 |
Mark Johnson |
Houston Astros |
P |
University of Hawaii |
20 |
Eric Milton |
New York Yankees |
P |
University of Maryland |
21 |
Jake Westbrook |
Colorado Rockies |
P |
Madison County HS (Danielsville, GA) |
22 |
Gil Meche |
Seattle Mariners |
P |
Acadiana HS (Lafayette, LA) |
23 |
Damian Rolls |
Los Angeles Dodgers |
3B |
Schlagle HS (Kansas City, KS) |
24 |
Sam Marsonek |
Texas Rangers |
P |
Jesuit HS (Tampa, FL) |
25 |
John Oliver |
Cincinnati Reds |
OF |
Lake-Lehman HS (Lehman, PA) |
26 |
Josh Garrett |
Boston Red Sox |
P |
South Spencer HS (Richland, IN) |
27 |
A.J. Zapp |
Atlanta Braves |
1B |
Center Grove HS (Greenwood, IN) |
28 |
Danny Peoples |
Cleveland Indians |
1B |
University of Texas |
Supplemental first round selections
Other notable players
- Jacque Jones, 2nd round, 37th overall
- Milton Bradley, 2nd round, 40th overall
- Jimmy Rollins, 2nd round, 46th overall
- Nick Johnson, 3rd round, 89th overall
- Joe Crede, 5th round, 137th overall
- Brad Penny, 5th round, 155th overall
- Casey Blake, 7th round, 189th overall
- Mark DeRosa, 7th round, 212th overall
- Justin Duchscherer, 8th round, 241st overall
- Doug Davis, 10th round, 293rd overall
- Shea Hillenbrand, 10th round, 301st overall
- John McDonald, 12th round, 363rd overall
- Chad Bradford, 13th round, 377th overall
- Kevin Gregg, 15th round, 435th overall
- Roy Oswalt, 23rd round, 684th overall
- Ted Lilly, 23rd round, 688th overall
- Kyle Lohse, 29th round, 862nd overall
- Travis Hafner, 31st round, 923rd overall
- Marcus Giles, 53rd round, 1511th overall
Future major leaguers Mike González (17th round, 486th overall), Mark Hendrickson (19th round, 563rd overall), Aaron Harang (22nd round, 661st overall), Orlando Hudson (33rd round, 969th overall), Chris Capuano (45th round, 1315th overall), Juan Pierre (48th round, 1405th overall), Jason Jennings (54th round, 1530th overall), and Barry Zito (59th round, 1586th overall) were also selected during this draft, but did not sign with the teams that selected them. González, Hendrickson, and Hudson were subsequently drafted for the last time in 1997, Pierre in 1998, and Harang, Capuano, Jennings, and Zito in 1999.
See also
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