The 1965 Major League Baseball draft was the inaugural, amateur draft. It was held on June 8–9 in New York City.
The Kansas City Athletics selected Arizona State sophomore Rick Monday as the number one pick. Kansas City also chose ten future major leaguers, including Sal Bando (6th round) and Gene Tenace (20th round), building the base for the Oakland Athletics' championship teams of the early 1970s.
A total of 813 players were selected. Some of the more significant picks were catcher Johnny Bench by the Cincinnati Reds in the second round, pitcher Nolan Ryan by the New York Mets in the twelfth round, and infielder Graig Nettles by the Minnesota Twins in the fourth round. The first player to reach the majors was pitcher Joe Coleman, the Washington Senators' first pick and third pick overall. Future Hall of Famer Tom Seaver was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 10th round but did not sign and returned to the University of Southern California campus.
Key Pick Indicates the number of the pick Player Indicates the player selected Team Indicates the team making the pick 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* Player did not sign with their team^ Player made a Major League Baseball All-Star Game appearance† Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
First round selections Pick Player Team Position School (Location) Ref 1^ Kansas City Athletics Outfielder Arizona State University(Tempe, Arizona) 2 New York Mets Left-handed pitcher Billings West High School(Billings, Montana) 3^ Washington Senators Right-handed pitcher Natick High School(Natick, Massachusetts) 4 Alex Barrett Houston Astros Shortstop Atwater High School(Atwater, California) 5 Boston Red Sox Outfielder Swampscott High School(Swampscott, Massachusetts) 6 Chicago Cubs Right-handed pitcher Coffee High School(Florence, Alabama) 7^ Cleveland Indians Catcher Marion High School(Marion, Illinois) 8 John Wyatt Los Angeles Dodgers Shortstop Bakersfield High School(Bakersfield, California) 9 * Minnesota Twins Shortstop University of Arizona(Tucson, Arizona) 10 Doug Dickerson Pittsburgh Pirates Outfielder Ensley High School(Birmingham, Alabama) 11^ Los Angeles Angels First baseman Andover High School(Glen Burnie, Maryland) 12 Dick Grant Milwaukee Braves First baseman Watertown High School(Watertown, Massachusetts) 13 Detroit Tigers Catcher Hiawatha High School(Kirkland, Illinois) 14 San Francisco Giants Third baseman Santa Clara University(Santa Clara, California) 15 Scott McDonald Baltimore Orioles Right-handed pitcher Marquette High School(Yakima, Washington) 16 Cincinnati Reds Outfielder Franklin High School(Livonia, Michigan) 17 Ken Plesha Chicago White Sox Catcher Notre Dame University(Notre Dame, Indiana) 18 * Philadelphia Phillies Right-handed pitcher Point Loma High School(San Diego, California) 19 New York Yankees Right-handed pitcher Wahlert High School(Dickeyville, Wisconsin) 20 Joe DiFabio St. Louis Cardinals Right-handed pitcher Delta State University(Cleveland, Mississippi)
Post-first round selections The list of later selections is limited to those who have made at least one major league appearance. Round Pick Player Team Position School (Location) Ref 2 21 Kansas City Athletics First baseman Mt. San Antonio College(Walnut, California) 2 24 Houston Astros Outfielder University of Oregon(Eugene, Oregon) 2 26 Chicago Cubs Catcher University of Nebraska(Lincoln, Nebraska) 2 28 Los Angeles Dodgers Right-handed pitcher Los Altos High School(Hacienda Heights, California) 2 29* Minnesota Twins Outfielder Mississippi State University(Mississippi State, Mississippi) 2 31* Los Angeles Angels Right-handed pitcherPasadena High School(Pasadena, California) 2 36^† Cincinnati Reds Catcher Binger High School(Binger, Oklahoma) 2 38^ Philadelphia Phillies Outfielder Portsmouth High School(Portsmouth, Ohio) 2 39* New York Yankees Shortstop Capron High School(Capron, Oklahoma) 3 41* Kansas City Athletics Outfielder Miami Senior High School(Miami, Florida) 3 42 New York Mets Shortstop Louisiana State University(Baton Rouge, Louisiana) 3 43 Washington Senators Outfielder Dougherty Comprehensive High School(Albany, Georgia) 3 45 Boston Red Sox Third baseman Birmingham High School(Van Nuys, California) 3 51* Los Angeles Angels Right-handed pitcher Anaheim High School(Anaheim, California) 3 53*^ Detroit Tigers Right-handed pitcher University of California, Berkeley(Berkeley, California) 3 55 Baltimore Orioles First baseman Wingate High School(Brooklyn, New York) 3 58 Philadelphia Phillies Right-handed pitcher Shelby High School(Shelby, North Carolina) 4 61^ Chicago Cubs Left-handed pitcher University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign(Urbana, Illinois) 4 64 Milwaukee Braves Left-handed pitcher Brownsville High School(Brownsville, Texas) 4 66 New York Mets Second baseman Sam Houston State University(Huntsville, Texas) 4 68 New York Yankees Right-handed pitcher University of Nebraska(Lincoln, Nebraska) 4 71* Detroit Tigers Right-handed pitcher University of Michigan(Ann Arbor, Michigan) 4 73 St. Louis Cardinals Right-handed pitcher Collinsville High School(Collinsville, Illinois) 4 74^ Minnesota Twins Third baseman San Diego State University(San Diego, California) 4 76* Houston Astros Right-handed pitcher Stagg High School(Stockton, California) 4 79 Kansas City Athletics Outfielder Seaford High School(Seaford, New York) 4 80 Chicago White Sox Right-handed pitcher Baylor University(Waco, Texas) 5 85 Philadelphia Phillies Shortstop Ohio University(Athens, Ohio) 5 87 Los Angeles Angels Third baseman Edison High School(Fresno, California) 5 92 San Francisco Giants Right-handed pitcher Santa Clara University(Santa Clara, California) 5 95^ Boston Red Sox Shortstop Williamson High School(Mobile, Alabama) 6 104 Milwaukee Braves Shortstop Sarasota High School(Sarasota, Florida) 6 105* Philadelphia Phillies Right-handed pitcher Manhattan College(New York City) 6 107^ Los Angeles Angels Outfielder Carson-Newman College(Jefferson City, Tennessee) 6 117^ Cincinnati Reds Shortstop Florida A&M University(Tallahassee, Florida) 6 118 Baltimore Orioles Right-handed pitcher Wake Forest University(Winston-Salem, North Carolina) 6 119^ Kansas City Athletics Third baseman Arizona State University(Tempe, Arizona) 7 121 Chicago Cubs Shortstop Fremont High School(Sunnyvale, California) 7 127^ Los Angeles Angels Right-handed pitcher Eastern Illinois University(Charleston, Illinois) 7 128* New York Yankees Left-handed pitcher North Thurston High School(Olympia, Washington) 7 135 Boston Red Sox Third baseman Pensacola High School(Pensacola, Florida) 7 139* Kansas City Athletics Outfielder Cerritos College(Norwalk, California) 8 154 Minnesota Twins Right-handed pitcher Indiana University(Bloomington, Indiana) 8 157* Cincinnati Reds Outfielder West High School(Columbus, Ohio) 9 161 Chicago Cubs Right-handed pitcher Petaluma High School(Petaluma, California) 9 163* Washington Senators Right-handed pitcher Garinger High School(Charlotte, North Carolina) 9 169 Cleveland Indians First baseman Key West High School(Key West, Florida) 10 185* Philadelphia Phillies Second baseman Salesianum School(Wilmington, Delaware) 10 189* Cleveland Indians Right-handed pitcher Coal City High School (Coal City, Illinois) 10 190*^† Los Angeles Dodgers Right-handed pitcher USC(Los Angeles, California) 10 191 Detroit Tigers Right-handed pitcher Central Michigan University(Mount Pleasant, Michigan) 10 196 Houston Astros Outfielder Bishop Amat Memorial High School(La Puente, California) 10 199 George Lauzerique Kansas City Athletics Right-handed pitcher George Washington High School (New York, New York) 10 200 Ron Lolich Chicago White Sox Third baseman Central Catholic High School (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) 11 201* Chicago Cubs Left-handed pitcher Nogales(La Puente, California) 11 206 New York Mets Right-handed pitcher University of Iowa(Iowa City, Iowa) 11 212 San Francisco Giants Shortstop Arcadia High School(Arcadia, California) 11 216* Houston Astros Right-handed pitcher Phoenix College(Phoenix, Arizona) 12 226^† New York Mets Pitcher Alvin High School(Alvin, Texas) 13 241* Chicago Cubs Third baseman John Muir High School 17 323 Dick Tidrow Washington Senators Right-handed pitcher Mt. Eden High School 18 342 Bob Moose Pittsburgh Pirates Right-handed pitcher Franklin Area High School (Franklin, PA) 18 356* Houston Astros Right-handed pitcher Ohio University 20 382 Gene Garber Pittsburgh Pirates Pitcher Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania 20 400Gene Tenace^ Kansas City Athletics shortstop Lucasville, Ohio 21 404Ken Tatum* Milwaukee Braves Pitcher Mississippi State University 21 407 Doug Griffin California Angels Second baseman El Monte High School (El Monte, CA) 21 413Dan McGinn* St. Louis Cardinals Pitcher University of Notre Dame 21 417 Baltimore Orioles Catcher Newport News (Newport News, VA) 22 421Freddie Patek^ Pittsburgh Pirates Shortstop Seguin, Texas 22 430 Ron Bryant San Francisco Giants Pitcher Davis, California 23 447Steve Arlin* Detroit Tigers Pitcher Ohio State University 23 453Lowell Palmer* Baltimore Orioles Pitcher Norte del Rio (Sacramento, CA) 24 461 Steve Renko New York Mets First baseman/Pitcher University of Kansas 26 493 Tom Dettore Pittsburgh Pirates Pitcher Canon McMillan (Canonsburg, PA) 26 505Paul Reuschel* Cincinnati Reds pitcher Camp Point Central (Camp Point, IL) 30 561 Lou Marone Pittsburgh Pirates Pitcher San Diego Mesa College 31 577 Pittsburgh Pirates Pitcher Burbank (Sacramento, CA) 34 624 Tom Shopay New York Yankees Outfielder Dean College 35 636 New York Mets Pitcher San Diego State University 36 654Jerry DaVanon* Houston Astros Outfielder San Diego Mesa College 37 662 Detroit Tigers Pitcher Herndon (Herndon, VA) 38 671Duffy Dyer* Milwaukee Braves C-OF Arizona State University 39 683Danny Frisella* Milwaukee Braves Pitcher Washington State University 55 777 St. Louis Cardinals Shortstop Watsonville High School(Watsonville, California) 56 781 * Houston Astros Left-handed pitcher University of California, Berkeley(Berkeley, California) 68 817 Houston Astros Catcher Westfield High School(Docena, Alabama)
References
External links Complete draft list from The Baseball Cube database