1999 Major League Baseball draft

1999 Major League Baseball draft
General information
Date(s)	June 2–3, 1999
Overview
First selection	Josh Hamilton Tampa Bay Devil Rays

The 1999 Major League Baseball draft, was the annual choosing of high school and college baseball players, held on June 2 and 3, 1999. A total of 1,474 players were drafted over the course of 50 rounds.

First round selections

= All-Star

Pick	Player	Team	Position	School
1	Josh Hamilton	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	OF	Athens Drive High School (NC)
2	Josh Beckett	Florida Marlins	P	Spring High School (TX)
3	Eric Munson	Detroit Tigers	C	USC
4	Corey Myers	Arizona Diamondbacks	SS	Desert Vista High School (AZ)
5	B.J. Garbe	Minnesota Twins	OF, P	Moses Lake High School (WA)
6	Josh Girdley	Montreal Expos	P	Jasper High School (TX)
7	Kyle Snyder	Kansas City Royals	P	North Carolina
8	Bobby Bradley	Pittsburgh Pirates	P	Wellington High School (FL)
9	Barry Zito	Oakland Athletics	P	USC
10	Ben Sheets	Milwaukee Brewers	P	UL-Monroe
11	Ryan Christianson	Seattle Mariners	C	Arlington High School (CA)
12	Brett Myers	Philadelphia Phillies	P	Englewood Senior High School (FL)
13	Mike Paradis	Baltimore Orioles	P	Clemson
14	Ty Howington	Cincinnati Reds	P	Hudson's Bay High School (WA)
15	Jason Stumm	Chicago White Sox	P	Centralia High School (WA)
16	Jason Jennings	Colorado Rockies	P	Baylor
17	Rick Asadoorian	Boston Red Sox[Compensation 1]	OF	Northbridge High School (MA)
18	Richard Stahl	Baltimore Orioles[Compensation 2]	P	Newton High School (GA)
19	Alex Ríos	Toronto Blue Jays	OF	San Pedro Martin High School (PR))
20	Vince Faison	San Diego Padres[Compensation 3]	OF	Toombs County High School (GA)
21	Larry Bigbie	Baltimore Orioles[Compensation 4]	OF	Ball State
22	Matt Ginter	Chicago White Sox[Compensation 5]	P	Mississippi State
23	Keith Reed	Baltimore Orioles[Compensation 6]	OF	Providence
24	Kurt Ainsworth	San Francisco Giants	P	LSU
25	Mike MacDougal	Kansas City Royals[Compensation 7]	P	Wake Forest
26	Ben Christensen	Chicago Cubs	P	Wichita State
27	David Walling	New York Yankees	P	Arkansas
28	Gerik Baxter	San Diego Padres	P	Edmonds Woodway High School (WA)
29	Omar Ortíz	San Diego Padres[Compensation 8]	P	Texas-Pan American
30	Chance Caple	St. Louis Cardinals[Compensation 9]	P	Texas A&M

Supplemental first round selections

Pick	Player	Team	Position	School
31	Casey Daigle	Arizona Diamondbacks[Compensation 10]	P	Sulphur High School (LA)
32	Jay Gehrke	Kansas City Royals[Compensation 11]	P	Pepperdine
33	Jeff Heaverlo	Seattle Mariners[Compensation 12]	P	Washington
34	Joshua Cenate	Baltimore Orioles[Compensation 13]	P	Jefferson High School (WV)
35	Brian West	Chicago White Sox[Compensation 14]	P	West Monroe High School (LA)
36	Nick Stocks	St. Louis Cardinals[Compensation 15]	P	Florida State
37	Jason Repko	Los Angeles Dodgers[Compensation 16]	OF	Hanford High School (WA)
38	Colby Lewis	Texas Rangers[Compensation 17]	P	Bakersfield College
39	Jerome Williams	San Francisco Giants[Compensation 18]	P	Waipahu High School (HI)
40	Brad Baker	Boston Red Sox[Compensation 19]	P	Pioneer Valley Regional School (MA)
41	Casey Burns	San Diego Padres[Compensation 20]	P	Richmond
42	Mike Rosamond	Houston Astros[Compensation 21]	SS	Ole Miss
43	Jimmy Gobble	Kansas City Royals[Compensation 22]	P	John S. Battle High School (VA)
44	Scott Rice	Baltimore Orioles[Compensation 23]	P	Royal High School (CA)
45	Rob Purvis	Chicago White Sox[Compensation 24]	P	Bradley
46	Chris Duncan	St. Louis Cardinals[Compensation 25]	1B	Canyon del Oro High School (AZ)
47	Mike Mead	Texas Rangers[Compensation 26]	P	Soddy Daisy High School (TN)
48	Casey Fossum	Boston Red Sox[Compensation 27]	P	Texas A&M
49	Mike Bynum	San Diego Padres[Compensation 28]	P	North Carolina
50	Brian Roberts	Baltimore Orioles[Compensation 29]	SS	South Carolina
51	Nick Trzesniak	San Diego Padres[Compensation 30]	C	Victor J. Andrew High School (IL)

Compensation picks

1. Pick from Anaheim Angels as compensation for signing of free agent Mo Vaughn
2. Pick from St. Louis Cardinals as compensation for signing of free agent Eric Davis
3. Pick from Los Angeles Dodgers as compensation for signing of free agent Kevin Brown
4. Pick from Texas Rangers as compensation for signing of free agent Rafael Palmeiro
5. Pick from New York Mets as compensation for signing of free agent Robin Ventura
6. Pick from Cleveland Indians as compensation for signing of free agent Roberto Alomar
7. Pick from Boston Red Sox as compensation for signing of free agent Jose Offerman
8. Pick from Houston Astros as compensation for signing of free agent Ken Caminiti
9. Pick from Atlanta Braves as compensation for signing of free agent Brian Jordan
10. Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Devon White
11. Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Jose Offerman
12. Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Mike Timlin
13. Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Roberto Alomar
14. Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Albert Belle
15. Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Brian Jordan
16. Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Scott Radinsky
17. Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Todd Stottlemyre
18. Supplemental pick for loss of free agent José Mesa
19. Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Mo Vaughn
20. Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Kevin Brown
21. Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Randy Johnson
22. Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Dean Palmer
23. Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Eric Davis
24. Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Robin Ventura
25. Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Delino DeShields
26. Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Will Clark
27. Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Greg Swindell
28. Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Ken Caminiti
29. Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Rafael Palmeiro
30. Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Steve Finley

Other notable players

• Carl Crawford, 2nd round, 52nd overall by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays (All-Star)
• Brandon Phillips, 2nd round, 57th overall by the Montreal Expos (All-Star)
• Ryan Doumit, 2nd round, 59th overall by the Pittsburgh Pirates
• Ryan Ludwick, 2nd round, 60th overall by the Oakland Athletics (All-Star)
• John Lackey, 2nd round, 68th overall by the Anaheim Angels (All-Star)
• Jack Taschner, 2nd round, 75th overall by the San Francisco Giants
• Justin Morneau, 3rd round, 89th overall by the Minnesota Twins (All-Star)
• Willie Bloomquist, 3rd round, 95th overall by the Seattle Mariners
• Jon Rauch, 3rd round, 99th overall by the Chicago White Sox
• Josh Bard, 3rd round, 100th overall by the Colorado Rockies
• Hank Blalock, 3rd round, 105th overall by the Texas Rangers (All-Star)
• Cody Ross, 4th round, 117th overall by the Detroit Tigers
• Kevin Mench, 4th round, 118th overall by the Texas Rangers
• Ángel Pagán, 4th round, 136th overall by the New York Mets
• Alec Zumwalt, 4th round, 144th overall by the Atlanta Braves
• Nate Robertson, 5th round, 146th overall by the Florida Marlins
• Joe Saunders, 5th round, 156th overall by the Philadelphia Phillies, but did not sign (All-Star)
• J. J. Putz, 6th round, 185th overall by the Seattle Mariners (All-Star)
• Érik Bédard, 6th round, 187th overall by the Baltimore Orioles
• Shane Victorino, 6th round, 194th overall by the Los Angeles Dodgers (All-Star)
• Aaron Harang, 6th round, 195th overall by the Texas Rangers
• Coco Crisp, 7th round, 222nd overall by the St. Louis Cardinals
• Chris Capuano, 8th round, 238th overall by the Arizona Diamondbacks (All-Star)
• Mark Ellis, 9th round, 271st overall by the Kansas City Royals
• Marlon Byrd, 10th round, 306th overall by the Philadelphia Phillies (All-Star)
• Matt Guerrier, 10th round, 309th overall by the Chicago White Sox
• Greg Dobbs, 10th round, 323rd overall by the Houston Astros, but did not sign
• Lew Ford, 12th round, 379th overall by the Boston Red Sox
• Albert Pujols, 13th round, 402nd overall by the St. Louis Cardinals (All-Star)
• Brandon Lyon, 14th round, 433rd overall by the Toronto Blue Jays
• Garrett Jones, 14th round, 444th overall by the Atlanta Braves
• Jake Peavy, 15th round, 472nd overall by the San Diego Padres (All-Star)
• Matt Diaz, 17th round, 505th overall by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays
• Reed Johnson, 17th round, 523rd overall by the Toronto Blue Jays
• Ryan Raburn, 18th round, 535th overall by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, but did not sign
• Lyle Overbay, 18th round, 538th overall by the Arizona Diamondbacks
• Scott Hairston, 18th round, 549th overall by the Chicago White Sox, but did not sign
• Noah Lowry, 19th round, 585th overall by the Texas Rangers, but did not sign
• Willie Harris, 24th round, 727th overall by the Baltimore Orioles
• Jason Frasor, 33rd round, 1145th overall by the Detroit Tigers
• Rich Harden, 38th round, 987th overall by the Seattle Mariners, but did not sign
• Mike Jacobs, 38th round, 1156th overall by the New York Mets
• Kameron Loe, 39th round, 1176th overall by the Philadelphia Phillies, but did not sign
• Adam LaRoche, 42nd round, 1254th overall by the Florida Marlins, but did not sign
• Chris Snyder, 43rd round, 1290th overall by the Seattle Mariners, but did not sign
• Pat Neshek, 45th round, 1337th overall by the Minnesota Twins, but did not sign

NFL players drafted

• Michael Bishop, 44th round, 1328th overall by the Cleveland Indians, but did not sign

See also

• Major League Baseball
• Major League Baseball Draft
• List of MLB first overall draft choices
• Rule 5 Draft

External links

• Complete draft list from The Baseball Cube database
• MLB.com's section on the draft

Preceded by Pat Burrell

1st Overall Picks Josh Hamilton

Succeeded by Adrián González