List of 1978 Seattle Mariners draft picks

1978 Seattle Mariners draft picks
Information
Owner	Danny Kaye
General Manager(s)	Dick Vertlieb
Manager(s)	Darrell Johnson
First pick	Tito Nanni (Rule 4)
Draft positions	6 (Rule 4)
Number of selections	23 (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]

Drafts

Key

Round (Pick)	Indicates the round and pick the player was drafted
Position	Indicates 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)	Name	Position	School	Ref.
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)	Name	Position	School	Ref.
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)	Name	Position	School	Ref.
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)	Name	Position	School	Ref.
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]

See also

• List of Seattle Mariners first-round draft picks

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. "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. "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.

External links

• Seattle Mariners official website