1976 Major League Baseball expansion draft

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1976 Major League Baseball expansion draft
General information
SportBaseball
Date(s)November 5, 1976
Overview
60 total selections
First selection Ruppert Jones (Seattle Mariners)
←  1968
1992  →

The 1976 MLB Expansion Draft was held November 5, 1976. This expansion draft was conducted by Major League Baseball to stock the major league rosters of the Toronto Blue Jays and the Seattle Mariners, new major league expansion franchises established via the 1977 Major League Baseball expansion that were set to start play in the 1977 season.

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1977 MLB Expansion Teams

Seattle was promised a franchise by Commissioner Bowie Kuhn. [1] During the summer of 1975, there was speculation that the Minnesota Twins, Chicago White Sox, or San Francisco Giants could move to Seattle. When none of these plans proved successful, the American League added a team in Seattle. With thirteen teams in a league creating a scheduling nightmare, the league awarded a franchise to Toronto over Washington, D.C. in March 1976.

Players were selected only from American League teams, in keeping with the practices of the A.L.'s expansion of 1961, the National League's expansion of 1962, and the expansion of both leagues in 1969. Beginning with the next expansion in 1993, the new teams would select players from teams in both the American and National Leagues.

Danny Kaye, part-owner of the Mariners, announced the club's first selection. [2]

Draft results

Key
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 All-Star
RoundPickPlayerPositionSelected fromSelected byNotes
11 Ruppert Jones ‡ OF Kansas City Royals Seattle Mariners
12 Bob Bailor OF Baltimore Orioles Toronto Blue Jays
13 Gary Wheelock P California Angels Seattle Mariners
14 Jerry Garvin P Minnesota Twins Toronto Blue Jays
15 Bill Stein 3B Chicago White Sox Seattle Mariners
16 Jim Clancy ‡ P Texas Rangers Toronto Blue Jays
17 Dick Pole P Boston Red Sox Seattle Mariners
18 Gary Woods OF Oakland Athletics Toronto Blue Jays
19 Dan Meyer 1B Detroit Tigers Seattle Mariners
110 Rico Carty ‡ DH Cleveland Indians Toronto Blue Jays Shortly after the draft, traded by Toronto to the Cleveland Indians for Rick Cerone and John Lowenstein. Toronto later reacquired Carty, who played for them in 1978 and 1979.
111 Grant Jackson ‡ P New York Yankees Seattle Mariners Shortly after the draft, traded by Seattle to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Craig Reynolds and Jimmy Sexton.
112 Butch Edge P Milwaukee Brewers Toronto Blue Jays Did not make big league squad until 1979.
213 Al Fitzmorris P Kansas City Royals Toronto Blue Jays Immediately traded on the day of the draft by Toronto to the Cleveland Indians in exchange for Alan Ashby and Doug Howard.
214 Dave Collins OF California Angels Seattle Mariners
215 Alvis Woods OF Minnesota Twins Toronto Blue Jays
216 Frank MacCormack P Detroit Tigers Seattle Mariners
217 Mike Darr P Baltimore Orioles Toronto Blue Jays
218 Stan Thomas P Cleveland Indians Seattle Mariners
219 Pete Vuckovich P Chicago White Sox Toronto Blue Jays
220 Juan Bernhardt OF New York Yankees Seattle Mariners
221 Jeff Byrd P Texas Rangers Toronto Blue Jays
222 Rick Jones P Boston Red Sox Seattle Mariners
223 Steve Bowling OF Milwaukee Brewers Toronto Blue Jays
224 Glenn Abbott P Oakland Athletics Seattle Mariners
325 Bob Stinson C Kansas City Royals Seattle Mariners
326 Dennis DeBarr P Detroit Tigers Toronto Blue Jays
327 Carlos López OF California Angels Seattle Mariners
328 Bill Singer P Minnesota Twins Toronto Blue Jays
329 Dave Pagan P Baltimore Orioles Seattle Mariners
330 Jim Mason SS New York Yankees Toronto Blue Jays
331 Roy Thomas P Chicago White Sox Seattle Mariners Traded by Seattle before the start of the season to the Houston Astros for infielder Larry Milbourne. Seattle later reacquired Thomas, who played for them between 1983 and 1987.
332 Doug Ault 1B Texas Rangers Toronto Blue Jays
333 Tom McMillan SS Cleveland Indians Seattle Mariners
334 Ernie Whitt ‡ C Boston Red Sox Toronto Blue Jays
335 Pete Broberg P Milwaukee Brewers Seattle Mariners Traded in April (without appearing in a game for Seattle) to the Chicago Cubs for a player to be named later. The Chicago Cubs later sent Jim Todd (October 25, 1977) to the Mariners to complete the trade.
336Mike Weathers IF Oakland Athletics Toronto Blue Jays Just prior to spring training, traded by Toronto to the Oakland Athletics (from whence he was drafted) for Ron Fairly.
437 Steve Staggs 2B Kansas City Royals Toronto Blue Jays
438 Steve Braun OF Minnesota Twins Seattle Mariners
439 Steve Hargan ‡ P Texas Rangers Toronto Blue Jays
440 Leroy Stanton OF California Angels Seattle Mariners
441 Garth Iorg 3B New York Yankees Toronto Blue Jays Did not make big league squad until 1978.
442 Bob Galasso P Baltimore Orioles Seattle Mariners
443 Dave Lemanczyk ‡ P Detroit Tigers Toronto Blue Jays
444 Steve Burke P Boston Red Sox Seattle Mariners
445 Larry Anderson P Milwaukee Brewers Toronto Blue Jays Shortly after the draft, sent by Toronto to the Chicago White Sox to complete an earlier deal made to obtain Phil Roof.
446 Joe Lis 1B Cleveland Indians Seattle Mariners
447 Jesse Jefferson P Chicago White Sox Toronto Blue Jays
448Alan Griffin P Oakland Athletics Seattle Mariners Did not make Seattle's major league squad. Played in minors through 1978.
549 Dave McKay IF Minnesota Twins Toronto Blue Jays
550 Bill Laxton P Detroit Tigers Seattle Mariners
551 Tom Bruno P Kansas City Royals Toronto Blue Jays
552 Julio Cruz 2B California Angels Seattle Mariners
553 Otto Velez OF New York Yankees Toronto Blue Jays
554 Steve Barr P Texas Rangers Seattle Mariners Did not make Seattle's major league squad. Played in minors through 1978.
555 Mike Willis P Baltimore Orioles Toronto Blue Jays
556 Puchy Delgado OF Boston Red Sox Seattle Mariners
557 Sam Ewing OF Chicago White Sox Toronto Blue Jays
558 Tommy Smith OF Cleveland Indians Seattle Mariners
559 Leon Hooten P Oakland Athletics Toronto Blue Jays Released by Toronto prior to the start of the 1977 season.
560 Greg Erardi P Milwaukee Brewers Seattle Mariners

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References

  1. ↑ "Seattle Gets Promise of Big-League Baseball". Toledo Blade. Associated Press. July 2, 1975. p. 25. Retrieved January 5, 2015.
  2. ↑ Holtzman, Jerome (November 13, 1997). "Expansion Draft No Joke Anymore". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved October 19, 2011.
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