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 1Josh Hamilton Tampa Bay Devil Rays OF Athens Drive High School (NC) 2Josh 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) 9Barry Zito Oakland Athletics P USC 10Ben 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 OF Northbridge High School (MA) 18 Richard Stahl Baltimore Orioles P Newton High School (GA) 19Alex Ríos Toronto Blue Jays OF San Pedro Martin High School (PR)) 20 Vince Faison San Diego Padres OF Toombs County High School (GA) 21 Larry Bigbie Baltimore Orioles OF Ball State 22 Matt Ginter Chicago White Sox P Mississippi State 23 Keith Reed Baltimore Orioles OF Providence 24 Kurt Ainsworth San Francisco Giants P LSU 25Mike MacDougal Kansas City Royals 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 P Texas-Pan American 30 Chance Caple St. Louis Cardinals P Texas A&M
Supplemental first round selections
Pick Player Team Position School 31 Casey Daigle Arizona Diamondbacks P Sulphur High School (LA) 32 Jay Gehrke Kansas City Royals P Pepperdine 33 Jeff Heaverlo Seattle Mariners P Washington 34 Joshua Cenate Baltimore Orioles P Jefferson High School (WV) 35 Brian West Chicago White Sox P West Monroe High School (LA) 36 Nick Stocks St. Louis Cardinals P Florida State 37 Jason Repko Los Angeles Dodgers OF Hanford High School (WA) 38 Colby Lewis Texas Rangers P Bakersfield College 39 Jerome Williams San Francisco Giants P Waipahu High School (HI) 40 Brad Baker Boston Red Sox P Pioneer Valley Regional School (MA) 41 Casey Burns San Diego Padres P Richmond 42 Mike Rosamond Houston Astros SS Ole Miss 43 Jimmy Gobble Kansas City Royals P John S. Battle High School (VA) 44 Scott Rice Baltimore Orioles P Royal High School (CA) 45 Rob Purvis Chicago White Sox P Bradley 46 Chris Duncan St. Louis Cardinals 1B Canyon del Oro High School (AZ) 47 Mike Mead Texas Rangers P Soddy Daisy High School (TN) 48 Casey Fossum Boston Red Sox P Texas A&M 49 Mike Bynum San Diego Padres P North Carolina 50Brian Roberts Baltimore Orioles SS South Carolina 51 Nick Trzesniak San Diego Padres C Victor J. Andrew High School (IL)
Compensation picks
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