List of 1978 Seattle Mariners draft picks

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1978 Seattle Mariners draft picks
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Information
Owner Danny Kaye
General Manager(s) Dick Vertlieb
Manager(s) Darrell Johnson
First pick Tito Nanni (Rule 4)
Draft positions6 (Rule 4)
Number of selections23 (Rule 4) 34 (total)
Links
Results The Baseball Cube
Official Site The Official Site of the Seattle Mariners Archived 2009-01-22 at the Wayback Machine
Years 1977 • 1978 • 1979

The following is a list of 1978 Seattle Mariners draft picks. The list includes the June regular draft (Rule 4 draft), the June secondary draft, and the January regular draft, and January secondary draft. In all of the drafts, the Mariners made 34 selections, including 12 pitchers, 6 catchers, 5 outfielders, 3 utility players, 3 shortstops, 2 first basemen, 1 infielder, 1 third baseman, and 1 second baseman. [1] Six players drafted by the Mariners in 1978 went on to play in Major League Baseball. [1]

Contents

Drafts

Key

Round (Pick)Indicates the round and pick the player was drafted
PositionIndicates the secondary/collegiate position at which the player was drafted,
rather than the professional position the player may have gone on to play
*Indicates the player made an appearance in Major League Baseball

June regular draft

Round (Pick)NamePositionSchoolRef.
1 (6) Tito Nanni First baseman / Outfielder Chestnut Hill Academy [2]
2 (32) Dave Valle Catcher Holy Cross High School [3]
2 (34)Rich Naumann Left-handed pitcher Bay High School [4]
3 (38)Rob Simond Left-handed pitcher Southern Illinois University [5]
4 (84)Ron McGee Right-handed pitcher Lincoln High School [6]
5 (110)Werner Lajszky Catcher Mater Christi High School [7]
6 (136)Doug Smith Right-handed pitcher University of Oklahoma [8]
7 (162)Jack Hobbs Pitcher Lynchburg College [9]
8 (188)Lazoro Santin Pitcher Rochester Adams High School [10]
9 (214)Richard Graser Left-handed pitcher Fort Vancouver High School [11]
10 (240) Bob Stoddard Right-handed pitcher Fresno State University [12]
11 (266) Vance McHenry Shortstop University of Nevada, Las Vegas [13]
12 (292)Terry Mixon Shortstop Georgia Southern University [14]
13 (318)Bill Kampen Pitcher — [15]
14 (344)Rob Pietroburgo Left-handed pitcher University of Missouri [16]
15 (370) Harry Mauch Outfielder Southern Oregon University [17]
16 (396)David Nowland Shortstop University of Tulsa [18]
17 (422)Michael Guerra Utility player University of Nevada, Las Vegas [19]
18 (448)Jerry Vasquez Outfielder Arizona State University [1]
19 (473)Calvin Horhn Outfielder Des Moines Area Community College [20]
20 (497)Rod Hudson Catcher Portland State University [21]
21 (520) Dave Edler Infielder Washington State University [22]
22 (542)Chris Flammang Utility player Sierra High School [23]

June secondary draft

Round (Pick)NamePositionSchoolRef.
1 (8)Gera D. Miller Utility player Des Moines Area Community College [24]
2 (31)Scott Benedict Catcher Palm Beach Community College [1]

January regular draft

Round (Pick)NamePositionSchoolRef.
1 (5) Jim Maler First baseman Miami Dade College [25]
2 (31)Anthony Jordan Right-handed pitcher Monterey Peninsula College [26]
3 (57) Dann Bilardello Catcher Cabrillo College [27]
4 (83)Kirk Komstadius Third baseman Yakima Valley Community College [1]
5 (107)Keven Miller First baseman Cerritos College [1]
6 (129)Teddy Adkins Right-handed pitcher Palm Beach Community College [28]

January secondary draft

Round (Pick)NamePositionSchoolRef.
1 (9)Richard Alexander Outfielder — [28]
2 (35)Juan Corey Catcher Miami Dade College [29]
3 (57)Carlos Matamoras Second baseman Miami Dade College [30]

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References

General references
  1. "1978 Seattle Mariners Draft Picks". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
  2. "1978 Seattle Mariners Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
  3. "1978 Seattle Mariners Picks in the MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
  4. "1978 Seattle Mariners Picks in the MLB January Draft-Regular Phase". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
  5. "1978 Seattle Mariners Picks in the MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
Inline citations
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "1978 Seattle Mariners Draft Picks". The Baseball Cube. Archived from the original on February 23, 2010. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Tito Nanni Batting Statistics". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Dave Valle Batting Statistics". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Rich Naumann Batting Statistics". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
  5. ↑ "Rob Simond Batting Statistics". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
  6. ↑ "Ron McGee Batting Statistics". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
  7. ↑ "Werner Lajszky Batting Statistics". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
  8. ↑ "Doug Smith Batting Statistics". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
  9. ↑ "Jack Hobbs Batting Statistics". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
  10. ↑ "Lazoro Santin Batting Statistics". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
  11. ↑ "Richard Graser Batting Statistics". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
  12. ↑ "Bob Stoddard Pitching Statistics". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
  13. ↑ "Vance McHenry Batting Statistics". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
  14. ↑ "Terry Mixon Batting Statistics". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
  15. ↑ "Bill Kampen Batting Statistics". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
  16. ↑ "Rob Pietroburgo Pitching Statistics". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
  17. ↑ "Harry Mauch Batting Statistics". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
  18. ↑ "David Nowland Batting Statistics". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
  19. ↑ "Michael Guerra Batting Statistics". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
  20. ↑ "Calvin Horhn Batting Statistics". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
  21. ↑ "Rod Hudson Batting Statistics". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
  22. ↑ "Dave Edler Batting Statistics". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
  23. ↑ "Chris Flammang Batting Statistics". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
  24. ↑ "Gera D. Miller Batting Statistics". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
  25. ↑ "Jim Maler Batting Statistics". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
  26. ↑ "Anthony Jordan Batting Statistics". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
  27. ↑ "Dann Bilardello Batting Statistics". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
  28. 1 2 "Teddy Adkins Batting Statistics". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
  29. ↑ "Juan Corey Batting Statistics". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
  30. ↑ "Carlos Matamoras Batting Statistics". The Baseball Cube. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
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