List of Pittsburgh Pirates first-round draft picks

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The Pittsburgh Pirates are a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They play in the National League Central division. Since the establishment of the Rule 4 Draft the Pirates have selected 58 players in the first round. Officially known as the "First-Year Player Draft",[1] the Rule 4 Draft is MLB's primary mechanism for assigning players from high schools, colleges, and other amateur clubs to its franchises. The draft order is determined based on the previous season's standings, with the team possessing the worst record receiving the first pick.[1] In addition, teams which lost free agents in the previous off-season may be awarded compensatory or supplementary picks.[2]

Of these 58 players, 23 have been pitchers, the most of any position; 17 of these were right-handed, while 6 were left-handed. 14 outfielders and twelve shortstops were selected. The Pirates have also drafted five catchers, three first basemen, and a third baseman, but have never selected a second baseman in the first round.[3] Eight players came from high schools or universities in the state of California, while seven came from Florida.[3]

Three Pirates' first-round picks have won championships with the franchise. Richie Hebner (1966) won a World Series title on the 1971 championship team, and Steve Nicosia (1973) and Dale Berra (1975) won with the 1979 team (though Berra did not appear in the World Series).[4][5][6] No Pirates' first-round pick has ever won the Rookie of the Year Award. None of their picks have been elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, but Barry Bonds (1985) won seven Most Valuable Player awards, more than any other player, including two with Pittsburgh.[7][8] Bonds also won 12 Silver Sluggers, 8 Gold Gloves, and holds both the single-season and career home run records (73 and 762).[7] The Pirates have made five selections in the supplemental round of the draft and have made the first overall selection four times (1986, 1996, 2002, 2011).[3][9]

The Pirates have failed once in signing a draft pick. This occurred in 2012, when the Pirates selected RHP Mark Appel from Stanford University, who sought a significant bonus which, according to new MLB rules, would have cost the Pirates a future draft pick. The Pirates will receive the 9th overall pick in the 2013 draft for their failure to sign Appel.[10]

Pedro Alvarez (2009) nearly went unsigned as he faced a contentious process in which Alvarez and the Pirates reached an initial deal after the signing deadline (with permission from MLB); his agent Scott Boras and the Players Association filed a grievance challenging this post-deadline deal, and ultimately the Pirates renegotiated a deal with him in September that year.[11][12] The Pirates have had seven compensatory picks overall since the first draft in 1965.[3] These additional picks are provided when a team loses a particularly valuable free agent in the previous off-season,[2][13][V] or, more recently, if a team fails to sign a draft pick from the previous year.[14]

Key[]

Year Each year links to an article about that year's Major League Baseball Draft.
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
Pick Indicates the number of the pick
§ Indicates a supplemental pick
'71 Player was a member of the Pirates' 1971 championship team
'79 Player was a member of the Pirates' 1979 championship team

Picks[]

A man in a black baseball jersey, white pants, and black baseball cap wearing a black baseball glove on his right hand preparing to pitch from a baseball mound.
Paul Maholm (2003) was one of 19 pitchers taken by Pittsburgh in the first round.
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Neil Walker (2004) is the only player the Pirates have drafted in the first round from their home state of Pennsylvania.
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Andrew McCutchen (2005) was one of seven players from Florida taken by the Pirates in the first round.
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Pedro Alvarez (2009) faced a contentious signing process, only finally reaching a contract agreement well after the original signing deadline.
Year Name Position School (Location) Pick Ref
1965 Doug Dickerson Outfielder Ensley High School
(Birmingham, Alabama) 		10 [15]
1966 Richie Hebner '71 Shortstop Norwood High School
(Norwood, Massachusetts) 		15 [16]
1967 Joe Grigas Outfielder
(Brockton, Massachusetts) 		16 [17]
1968 Dick Sharon Outfielder Sequoia High School
(Redwood City, California) 		9 [18]
1969 John Morlan Right-handed pitcher Merritt Island High School
(Merritt Island, Florida) 		10 [19]
1970 John Bedard Right-handed pitcher
(Springfield, Massachusetts) 		13 [20]
1971 Craig Reynolds Shortstop
(Houston, Texas) 		22 [21]
1972 Dwayne Peltier Shortstop Servite High School
(Anaheim, California) 		23 [22]
1973 Steve Nicosia '79 Catcher North Miami Beach High School
(Opa-locka, Florida) 		24 [23]
1974 Rod Scurry Left-handed pitcher Procter Hug High School
(Reno, Nevada) 		11 [24]
1975 Dale Berra '79 Shortstop Montclair High School
(Montclair, New Jersey) 		20 [25]
1976 Jim Parke Right-handed pitcher Henry Ford II High School
(Sterling Heights, Michigan) 		21 [26]
1977 Anthony Nicely Outfielder Meadowdale High School
(Dayton, Ohio) 		18 [27]
1978 Brad Garnett First baseman DeSoto High School
(DeSoto, Texas) 		18 [28]
1978 Gerry Aubin Outfielder Dougherty High School
(Albany, Georgia) 		21[a] [28]
1979 no first-round pick[b] [3]
1980 Rich Renteria Shortstop South Gate High School
(South Gate, California) 		20[c] [29]
1981 Jim Winn Right-handed pitcher John Brown University
(Siloam Springs, Arkansas) 		14 [30]
1982 Sam Khalifa Shortstop Sahuaro High School
(Tucson, Arizona) 		7 [31]
1983 Ron DeLucchi Outfielder Campolindo High School
(Moraga, California) 		12 [32]
1984 Kevin Andersh Left-handed pitcher University of New Mexico
(Albuquerque, New Mexico) 		15 [33]
1985 Barry Bonds Outfielder Arizona State University
(Tempe, Arizona) 		6 [34]
1986 Jeff King Shortstop University of Arkansas
(Fayetteville, Arkansas) 		1 [35]
1987 Mark Merchant Outfielder Oviedo High School
(Oviedo, Florida) 		2 [36]
1988 Austin Manahan Shortstop Horizon High School
(Scottsdale, Arizona) 		13 [37]
1989 Willie Greene Shortstop Jones County High School
(Gray, Georgia) 		18 [38]
1990 Kurt Miller Right-handed pitcher West High School
(Bakersfield, California) 		5 [39]
1990 Mike Zimmerman Right-handed pitcher University of South Alabama
(Mobile, Alabama) 		27§[d] [39]
1991 Jon Farrell Catcher Florida Junior College
(Jacksonville, Florida) 		24 [40]
1992 Jason Kendall Catcher Torrance High School
(Torrance, California) 		23 [41]
1992 Shon Walker Outfielder
(Cynthiana, Kentucky) 		33§[e] [41]
1993 Charles Peterson Outfielder
(Laurens, South Carolina) 		22 [42]
1993 Jermaine Allensworth Outfielder Purdue University
(West Lafayette, Indiana) 		34§[f] [42]
1993 Andy Rice First baseman Parker High School
(Birmingham, Alabama) 		42§[g] [42]
1994 Mark Farris Shortstop Angleton High School
(Angleton, Texas) 		10 [43]
1995 Chad Hermansen Shortstop Green Valley High School
(Henderson, Nevada) 		10 [44]
1996 Kris Benson Right-handed pitcher Clemson University
(Clemson, South Carolina) 		1 [45]
1997 J. J. Davis First baseman Baldwin Park High School
(Baldwin Park, California) 		8 [46]
1998 Clint Johnson Left-handed pitcher Vanderbilt University
(Nashville, Tennessee) 		15 [47]
1999 Bobby Bradley Right-handed pitcher
(Wellington, Florida) 		8 [48]
2000 Sean Burnett Left-handed pitcher
(Wellington, Florida) 		19 [49]
2001 John Van Benschoten Right-handed pitcher Kent State University
(Kent, Ohio) 		8 [50]
2002 Bryan Bullington Right-handed pitcher Ball State University
(Muncie, Indiana) 		1 [51]
2003 Paul Maholm Left-handed pitcher Mississippi State University
(Mississippi State, Mississippi) 		8 [52]
2004 Neil Walker Catcher Pine Richland High School
(Gibsonia, Pennsylvania) 		11 [53]
2005 Andrew McCutchen Outfielder Fort Meade High School
(Fort Meade, Florida) 		11 [54]
2006 Brad Lincoln Right-handed pitcher University of Houston
(Houston, Texas) 		4 [55]
2007 Daniel Moskos Left-handed pitcher Clemson University
(Clemson, South Carolina) 		4 [56]
2008 Pedro Alvarez Third baseman Vanderbilt University
(Nashville, Tennessee) 		2 [57]
2009 Tony Sánchez Catcher Boston College
(Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts) 		4 [58]
2009 Victor Black Right-handed pitcher Dallas Baptist University
(Dallas, Texas) 		49§[h] [58]
2010 Jameson Taillon Right-handed pitcher The Woodlands High School
(The Woodlands, Texas) 		2 [59]
2011 Gerrit Cole Right-handed pitcher University of California, Los Angeles
(Los Angeles, California) 		1 [60]
2012 Mark Appel* Right-handed pitcher Stanford University
(Stanford, California) 		8 [61]
2012 Barrett Barnes Outfielder Texas Tech University
(Lubbock, Texas) 		45§[i] [61]
2013 Austin Meadows Outfielder Grayson High School
(Loganville, Georgia) 		9§[j] [62]
2013 Reese McGuire Catcher Kentwood High School
(Covington, Washington) 		14 [62]
2014 Cole Tucker Shortstop Mountain Pointe High School
(Phoenix, Arizona) 		24 [63]
2014 Connor Joe Outfielder University of San Diego
(San Diego, California) 		39 [63]
2015 Kevin Newman Shortstop University of Arizona
(Tucson, Arizona) 		19 [64]
2015 Ke'Bryan Hayes Third baseman Concordia Lutheran High School
(Tomball, Texas) 		45§[k] [64]
2016 Will Craig Third baseman Wake Forest University
(Winston-Salem, North Carolina) 		22 [65]
2016 Nick Lodolo Pitcher Damien High School
(La Verne, California) 		41 [65]
2017 Shane Baz Pitcher Concordia Lutheran High School
(Tomball, Texas) 		12 [66]
2018 Travis Swaggerty Outfielder University of South Alabama
(Mobile, Alabama) 		10 [67]
2019 Quinn Priester Pitcher Cary-Grove High School
(Cary, Illinois) 		18 [68]
2020 Nick Gonzales Shortstop New Mexico State University
(Las Cruces, New Mexico) 		7 [69]
2021 Henry Davis Catcher University of Louisville
(Louisville, Kentucky) 		1 [70]

See also[]

Footnotes[]

  • V Through the 2012 draft, free agents were evaluated by the Elias Sports Bureau and rated "Type A", "Type B", or not compensation-eligible. If a team offered arbitration to a player but that player refused and subsequently signed with another team, the original team was able to receive additional draft picks. If a "Type A" free agent left in this way, his previous team received a supplemental pick and a compensatory pick from the team with which he signed. If a "Type B" free agent left in this way, his previous team received only a supplemental pick.[14] Since the 2013 draft, free agents are no longer classified by type; instead, compensatory picks are only awarded if the team offered its free agent a contract worth at least the average of the 125 current richest MLB contracts.[71] However, if the free agent's last team acquired the player in a trade during the last year of his contract, it is ineligible to receive compensatory picks for that player.[72]
  • a The Pirates gained a compensatory first-round pick in 1978 from the Los Angeles Dodgers as compensation for losing free agent Terry Forster.[28]
  • b The Pirates lost their first-round pick in 1979 to the Los Angeles Dodgers as compensation for signing free agent Lee Lacy.[73]
  • c The Pirates gained a compensatory first-round pick in 1980 from the Los Angeles Angels as compensation for losing free agent Bruce Kison.[29]
  • d The Pirates gained a supplemental first-round pick in 1990 for losing free agent Jim Gott.[39]
  • e The Pirates gained a supplemental first-round pick in 1992 for losing free agent Bobby Bonilla.[41]
  • f The Pirates gained a supplemental first-round pick in 1993 for losing free agent Doug Drabek.[42]
  • g The Pirates gained a supplemental first-round pick in 1993 for losing free agent Barry Bonds.[42]
  • h The Pirates gained a supplemental first-round pick in 2009 for failing to sign Tanner Scheppers.[58]
  • i The Pirates gained a supplemental first-round pick in 2012 for losing free agent Ryan Doumit.[61]
  • j The Pirates gained a supplemental first-round pick in 2013 for failing to sign Mark Appel.[62]
  • k The Pirates gained a compensatory first-round pick in 2015 for losing free agent Russell Martin.[64]

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