# List of Los Angeles Angels first-round draft picks

The Los Angeles Angels are a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise based in Anaheim, California. They play in the American League (AL) West division. Since the institution of Major League Baseball's Rule 4 Draft in 1965, the Angels have selected 62 players in the first round. Officially known as the "First-Year Player Draft", the Rule 4 Draft is Major League Baseball's primary mechanism for assigning amateur players from high schools, colleges, and other amateur clubs to its teams. The draft order is determined based on the previous season's standings, with the team possessing the worst record receiving the first pick. In addition, teams which lost free agents in the previous off-season may be awarded compensatory or supplementary picks.
Of the 66 players drafted by the Angels, 29 have been pitchers, the most of any position; 18 of these were right-handed, while 11 were left-handed. Fourteen outfielders, eight shortstops, four third basemen, and four first basemen were also taken. No second basemen have been selected. Thirteen of the players came from high schools or universities in the state of California, while Florida follows with six players. Four players have been selected from both Illinois and Georgia. All players selected have been from the United States. The franchise has made five selections in the same draft three times, in 1986, 2009, and 2010.
Two Angels first-round picks, outfielder Darin Erstad (1995) and third basemen Troy Glaus (1997), played with the 2002 World Series championship team. Outfielder Mike Trout, who was chosen in 2009 and has spent his entire MLB career to date with the Angels, was named AL Rookie of the Year in 2012, and finished no worse than second in voting for AL Most Valuable Player in each of his first five full seasons with the Angels, winning that award in 2014 and 2016. Pitcher Jim Abbott (1988), born without a right hand, won the 1987 Golden Spikes Award while playing at the University of Michigan, and the 1992 Tony Conigliaro Award and the 1995 Hutch Award while with the Angels. Danny Goodwin (1975), who was picked first overall in 1971 by the Chicago White Sox but opted for four years of college, is the only player to be selected first in the draft on two separate occasions.
The team has made 13 selections in the supplemental round of the draft and 21 compensatory picks since the institution of the First-Year Player Draft in 1965. These additional picks are provided when a team loses a particularly valuable free agent in the prior off-season, or, more recently, if a team fails to sign a draft pick from the previous year. The Angels have failed to sign one of their first-round picks, Alan Bannister (1969), but received no compensation. The franchise has made the first overall selection twice, in 1975 and 1995.

## Key

| 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 overall number of the pick |
| * | Player did not sign with the Angels |
| § | Indicates a supplemental pick |
| '02 | Player was a member of Angels' 2002 championship team |

## Selections

| Year | Name | Position | School (Location) | Pick |
| 1965 | Jim Spencer | First baseman | Andover High School (Glen Burnie, Maryland) | 11 |
| 1966 | Jim DeNeff | Shortstop | Indiana University Bloomington (Bloomington, Indiana) | 8 |
| 1967 | Mike Nunn | Catcher | Ben L. Smith High School (Greensboro, North Carolina) | 9 |
| 1968 | Lloyd Allen | Right-handed pitcher | Selma High School (Selma, California) | 12 |
| 1969 | Alan Bannister* | Shortstop | John F. Kennedy High School (La Palma, California) | 5 |
| 1970 | Paul Dade | Third baseman | Nathan Hale High School (Seattle, Washington) | 10 |
| 1971 | Frank Tanana | Left-handed pitcher | Catholic Central High School (Grand Rapids, Michigan) | 13 |
| 1972 | Dave Chalk | Third baseman | University of Texas at Austin (Austin, Texas) | 10 |
| 1973 | Billy Taylor | Outfielder | Windsor Forest High School (Savannah, Georgia) | 7 |
| 1974 | Mike Miley | Shortstop | Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) | 10 |
| 1975 | Danny Goodwin | Catcher | Southern University (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) | 1 |
| 1976 | Ken Landreaux | Outfielder | Arizona State University (Tempe, Arizona) | 6 |
| 1977 | Richard Dotson | Right-handed pitcher | Anderson High School (Cincinnati, Ohio) | 7 |
| 1978 | Tom Brunansky | Outfielder | West Covina High School (Covina, California) | 14 |
| 1979 | no first-round pick | no first-round pick | no first-round pick | no first-round pick |
| 1980 | Dennis Rasmussen | Left-handed pitcher | Creighton University (Omaha, Nebraska) | 17$^§$ |
| 1981 | Dick Schofield | Shortstop | Sacred Heart-Griffin High School (Springfield, Illinois) | 3 |
| 1982 | Bob Kipper | Left-handed pitcher | Aurora Central Catholic High School (Aurora, Illinois) | 8 |
| 1983 | Mark Doran | Outfielder | University of Wisconsin–Madison (Madison, Wisconsin) | 23 |
| 1984 | Erik Pappas | Catcher | Mount Carmel High School (Chicago, Illinois) | 6 |
| 1985 | Willie Fraser | Right-handed pitcher | Concordia College (Bronxville, New York) | 15 |
| 1985 | Mike Cook | Right-handed pitcher | University of South Carolina (Columbia, South Carolina) | 19 |
| 1986 | Roberto Hernández | Right-handed pitcher | University of South Carolina Aiken (Aiken, South Carolina) | 16 |
| 1986 | Lee Stevens | Outfielder | Lawrence High School (Lawrence, Kansas) | 22 |
| 1986 | Terry Carr | Outfielder | James M. Bennett High School (Salisbury, Maryland) | 25 |
| 1986 | Mike Fetters | Right-handed pitcher | Pepperdine University (Malibu, California) | 27$^§$ |
| 1986 | Daryl Green | Right-handed pitcher | Nacogdoches High School (Nacogdoches, Texas) | 28$^§$ |
| 1987 | John Orton | Catcher | California Polytechnic State University (San Luis Obispo, California) | 25 |
| 1987 | David Holdridge | Right-handed pitcher | Ocean View High School (Huntington Beach, California) | 31$^§$ |
| 1988 | Jim Abbott | Left-handed pitcher | University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) | 8 |
| 1989 | Kyle Abbott | Left-handed pitcher | California State University, Long Beach (Long Beach, California) | 9 |
| 1990 | no first-round pick | no first-round pick | no first-round pick | no first-round pick |
| 1991 | Eduardo Pérez | First baseman | Florida State University (Tallahassee, Florida) | 17 |
| 1991 | Jorge Fábregas | Third baseman | University of Miami (Coral Gables, Florida) | 34$^§$ |
| 1992 | Pete Janicki | Right-handed pitcher | University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, California) | 8 |
| 1992 | Jeff Schmidt | Right-handed pitcher | University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) | 29$^§$ |
| 1993 | Brian Anderson | Left-handed pitcher | Wright State University (Fairborn, Ohio) | 3 |
| 1994 | McKay Christensen | Outfielder | Clovis West High School (Fresno, California) | 6 |
| 1995 | Darin Erstad$^{'02}$ | Outfielder | University of Nebraska–Lincoln (Lincoln, Nebraska) | 1 |
| 1996 | no first-round pick | no first-round pick | no first-round pick | no first-round pick |
| 1997 | Troy Glaus$^{'02}$ | Third baseman | University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, California) | 3 |
| 1998 | Seth Etherton | Right-handed pitcher | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) | 18 |
| 1999 | no first-round pick | no first-round pick | no first-round pick | no first-round pick |
| 2000 | Joe Torres | Left-handed pitcher | Gateway High School (Kissimmee, Florida) | 10 |
| 2000 | Chris Bootcheck | Right-handed pitcher | Auburn University (Auburn, Alabama) | 20 |
| 2001 | Casey Kotchman | First baseman | Seminole High School (Seminole, Florida) | 13 |
| 2001 | Jeff Mathis | Third baseman | Marianna High School (Marianna, Florida) | 33$^§$ |
| 2002 | Joe Saunders | Left-handed pitcher | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Blacksburg, Virginia) | 12 |
| 2003 | Brandon Wood | Shortstop | Horizon High School (Scottsdale, Arizona) | 23 |
| 2004 | Jered Weaver | Right-handed pitcher | California State University, Long Beach (Long Beach, California) | 12 |
| 2005 | Trevor Bell | Right-handed pitcher | Crescenta Valley High School (La Crescenta-Montrose, California) | 37$^§$ |
| 2006 | Hank Conger | Catcher | Huntington Beach High School (Huntington Beach, California) | 25 |
| 2007 | Jonathan Bachanov | Right-handed pitcher | University High School (Orlando, Florida) | 58$^§$ |
| 2008 | no first-round pick | no first-round pick | no first-round pick | no first-round pick |
| 2009 | Randal Grichuk | Outfielder | Lamar Consolidated High School (Rosenberg, Texas) | 24 |
| 2009 | Mike Trout | Outfielder | Millville Senior High School (Millville, New Jersey) | 25 |
| 2009 | Tyler Skaggs | Left-handed pitcher | Santa Monica High School (Santa Monica, California) | 40$^§$ |
| 2009 | Garrett Richards | Right-handed pitcher | University of Oklahoma (Norman, Oklahoma) | 42$^§$ |
| 2009 | Tyler Kehrer | Left-handed pitcher | Eastern Illinois University (Charleston, Illinois) | 48$^§$ |
| 2010 | Kaleb Cowart | Right-handed pitcher | Cook County High School (Adel, Georgia) | 18 |
| 2010 | Cam Bedrosian | Right-handed pitcher | East Coweta High School (Sharpsburg, Georgia) | 29 |
| 2010 | Chevy Clarke | Outfielder | Marietta High School (Marietta, Georgia) | 30 |
| 2010 | Taylor Lindsey | Shortstop | Desert Mountain High School (Scottsdale, Arizona) | 37$^§$ |
| 2010 | Ryan Bolden | Outfielder | Madison Central High School (Madison, Mississippi) | 40$^§$ |
| 2011 | C. J. Cron | First baseman | University of Utah (Salt Lake City, Utah) | 17 |
| 2012 | no first-round pick | no first-round pick | no first-round pick | no first-round pick |
| 2013 | no first-round pick | no first-round pick | no first-round pick | no first-round pick |
| 2014 | Sean Newcomb | Left-handed pitcher | University of Hartford (West Hartford, Connecticut) | 15 |
| 2015 | Taylor Ward | Catcher | California State University, Fresno (Fresno, California) | 26 |
| 2016 | Matt Thaiss | Catcher | University of Virginia (Charlottesville, Virginia) | 16 |
| 2017 | Jo Adell | Outfielder | Ballard High School (Louisville, Kentucky) | 10 |
| 2018 | Jordyn Adams | Outfielder | Green Hope High School (Cary, North Carolina) | 17 |
| 2019 | Will Wilson | Shortstop | NC State University (Raleigh, North Carolina) | 15 |
| 2020 | Reid Detmers | Left-handed pitcher | University of Louisville (Louisville, Kentucky) | 10 |
| 2021 | Sam Bachman | Right-handed pitcher | Miami University of Ohio (Oxford, Ohio) | 9 |
| 2022 | Zach Neto | Shortstop | Campbell University (Buies Creek, North Carolina) | 13 |
| 2023 | Nolan Schanuel | First Baseman | Florida Atlantic University (Boca Raton, Florida) | 11 |
| 2024 | Christian Moore | Second Baseman | University of Tennessee (Knoxville, Tennessee) | 8 |