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Baseball draft of amateur players by Major League Baseball
1985 Major League Baseball draft Date(s) June 1985 832 total selectionsFirst selection
B. J. Surhoff
Milwaukee Brewers First round selections 28 Hall of Famers
The 1985 Major League Baseball draft took place in June 1985. The draft saw the
Milwaukee Brewers select
B. J. Surhoff first overall.
First round draft picks
The
San Francisco Giants selected
Will Clark second overall. The 6x
All-Star won the
1991
Gold Glove Award at
first base , two
Silver Slugger Awards at
first base , and had his
No 22 Retired by the Giants.
The
Cincinnati Reds selected
Barry Larkin fourth overall. Larkin is a 12x
All-Star , 9x
Silver Slugger at
shortstop , 3x
Gold Glove winner at
shortstop , and the
1995
National League
Most Valuable Player Award . The
National Baseball Hall of Fame inducted Larkin as a member in
2012 .
The
Pittsburgh Pirates selected
Barry Bonds sixth overall. Bonds is a 7x
National League
MVP , and the
Single-season home run leader and
all-time home run leader .
The
Chicago Cubs selected
Rafael Palmeiro 22nd overall. Palmeiro is a 4x
All-Star , 3x
Gold Glove winner at
first base , 2x
Silver Slugger (one at
first base and one at
DH ), and a member of the
500 home run club .
The following are the first round picks in the 1985 Major League Baseball draft.
[1]
= All-Star
= Baseball Hall of Famer
Supplemental First Round Selections
[2]
Background
Six of the first eight draft picks from the June regular phase had at least one full year of major league experience prior to the start of the
1987 season . Included in that list were B.J. Surhoff (Milwaukee), the draft's number one pick, Will Clark (San Francisco), Bobby Witt (Texas), Barry Larkin (Cincinnati), Pete Incaviglia (Montreal) and Barry Bonds (Pittsburgh).
Incaviglia was selected eighth overall by the Expos, but was unable to reach a contract and was traded to Texas. He made his major league debut on Opening Day 1986 as the Rangers' left fielder, becoming just the 15th drafted player to go directly to the majors.
[3]
As of 2017
[update] , this year's draft class has accumulated the highest
Baseball-Reference
Wins Above Replacement total of any class in the draft's history.
[4]
Other notable players
The
Montreal Expos selected
Randy Johnson in the second round. Johnson is a 5x
Cy Young Award winner and finished his career
second in all-time strikeouts . The
National Baseball Hall of Fame inducted Johnson as a member in
2015 .
The
Detroit Tigers selected
John Smoltz in the 22nd round. Smoltz is a 8x
All-Star , the
1996
Cy Young Award winner , and member of the
3,000 strikeout club . The
National Baseball Hall of Fame inducted Smoltz as a member in
2015 .
Bruce Ruffin , 2nd round, 34th overall by the
Philadelphia Phillies
Mike Schooler , 2nd round, 35th overall by the
Seattle Mariners
Randy Johnson ‡, 2nd round, 36th overall by the
Montreal Expos
Scott Servais , 2nd round, 48th overall by the
New York Mets , but did not sign
Wally Whitehurst , 3rd round, 65th overall by the
Oakland Athletics
Paul Abbott , 3rd round, 67th overall by the
Minnesota Twins
Tino Martinez †, 3rd round, 75th overall by the
Boston Red Sox , but did not sign
Bobby Thigpen †, 4th round, 85th overall by the
Chicago White Sox
David Justice †, 4th round, 94th overall by the
Atlanta Braves
Mike Macfarlane , 4th round, 97th overall by the
Kansas City Royals
Chad Kreuter , 5th round, 109th overall by the
Texas Rangers
Mike Devereaux , 5th round, 116th overall by the
Los Angeles Dodgers
Jeff Brantley †, 6th round, 134th overall by the
San Francisco Giants
Deion Sanders , 6th round, 149th overall by the
Kansas City Royals , but did not sign
Todd Pratt , 6th round, 153rd overall by the
Boston Red Sox
Doug Henry , 8th round, 185th overall by the
Milwaukee Brewers
Mark Gardner , 8th round, 192nd overall by the
Montreal Expos
Al Martin , 8th round, 198th overall by the
Atlanta Braves
Kevin Tapani , 9th round, 234th overall by the
Chicago Cubs , but did not sign
Jason Grimsley , 10th round, 252nd overall by the
Philadelphia Phillies
Brady Anderson †, 10th round, 257th overall by the
Boston Red Sox
Greg Harris , 10th round, 258th overall by the
San Diego Padres
Don Wakamatsu , 11th round, 266th overall by the
Cincinnati Reds
Jeff Manto , 14th round, 355th overall by the
California Angels
Mike Stanley †, 16th round, 395th overall by the
Texas Rangers
Dennis Cook , 18th round, 446th overall by the
San Francisco Giants
Randy Velarde , 19th round, 475th overall by the
Chicago White Sox
Brian Jordan †, 20th round, 505th overall by the
Cleveland Indians , but did not sign
Bo Jackson †, 20th round, 511th overall by the
California Angels , but did not sign
John Smoltz ‡, 22nd round, 574th overall by the
Detroit Tigers
Mark Grace †, 24th round, 622nd overall by the
Chicago Cubs
Ed Sprague Jr. †, 26th round, 673rd overall by the
Boston Red Sox , but did not sign
Jim Abbott , 36th round, 826th overall by the
Toronto Blue Jays , but did not sign
† All-Star
‡ Hall of Famer
NFL/NBA players drafted
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