# List of Boston Red Sox first-round draft picks

The Boston Red Sox are a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise based in Boston, Massachusetts. They play in the American League East division. This page lists prospects selected by the team in the first round of the annual Major League Baseball draft.
Officially known as the "First-Year Player Draft", the draft is MLB's primary mechanism for assigning amateur baseball players from high schools, colleges, and other amateur baseball 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 that lost free agents in the previous off-season may be awarded compensatory or supplementary picks.

## History

Since the institution of the MLB draft in 1965, the Red Sox have selected 78 players in the first round, through the 2020 MLB draft. Some of the selections have been compensatory or supplementary picks. 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 primary position of each player drafted by the Red Sox in the first round, at the time they were selected, has been as follows:
| Position | Number |
| Pitcher | 35 |
| Outfielder | 20 |
| Shortstop | 10 |
| Catcher | 4 |
| First baseman | 4 |
| Second baseman | 3 |
| Third baseman | 2 |
Of the pitchers selected, 12 have been left-handed and 23 have been right-handed. Eleven of the players came from high schools or universities in the state of California, while Texas and South Carolina follow with eight and six players, respectively. The Red Sox have also drafted two players in the first round from outside the United States: Chris Reitsma (1996) from Canada, and Reymond Fuentes (2009) from Puerto Rico.
Several of the team's first-round selections have gone on to win notable awards. Nomar Garciaparra (1994 draft) won the Rookie of the Year Award with the Red Sox in 1997. Jim Rice (1971), Roger Clemens (1983), and Mo Vaughn (1989) each won a Most Valuable Player Award with the team. Clemens also won three Cy Young Awards with the Red Sox and another four with other teams for a total of seven, more than any other pitcher in MLB history. Clay Buchholz (2005) threw a no-hitter, the 17th in Red Sox franchise history, in his second major league start, tying him with Wilson Álvarez for the second-fastest no-hitter by an MLB pitcher. Jim Rice is the only first-round pick of the Red Sox in the Baseball Hall of Fame, having been elected to the Hall during 2009 balloting.
Seven of the team's first-round selections have gone on to win a World Series with the Red Sox: Trot Nixon (1993 draft) was a member of the 2004 championship team; Jacoby Ellsbury (2005) was a member of the 2007 team; Ellsbury and Clay Buchholz (2005) were members of the 2013 team; and Matt Barnes (2011), Blake Swihart (2011), Jackie Bradley Jr. (2011), and Andrew Benintendi (2015) were members of the 2018 team.
The Red Sox have never made the first overall selection in the draft. The earliest selection the team has had was the third pick; this occurred in 1967, when the team selected Mike Garman, a pitcher who went on to compile a career record of 22–27 while playing for five different MLB teams between 1969 and 1978. The team has signed all but two of their first-round picks across their draft history: Jimmy Hacker did not sign following the 1970 draft, and Greg McMurtry did not sign following the 1986 draft. To date, the only Red Sox first-round draft pick to make his MLB debut the same year that he was drafted was Craig Hansen, in 2005.
Three of the team's first-round selections went on to play in the National Football League (NFL) rather than in MLB: Noel Jenke (1969 draft; NFL 1971–1974), Greg McMurtry (1986 draft; NFL 1990–1994), and Corey Jenkins (1995 draft; NFL 2003–2004).

## Key

| Year | Each year links to an article about that year's MLB draft. |
| Pos. | Position at which the player was drafted. |
| School | College or high school the player last competed for at the time drafted. Sorts by U.S. state or Canadian province name. |
| Pick | Overall number of the pick in the draft. |
| MLB | Year(s) that the player appeared in MLB, if any. Italics indicate debut (or final game) was not with the Red Sox. |
| * | Player did not sign with the Red Sox |
| § | Indicates a supplemental pick |
| † | Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame |
| '04 | Player was a member of Boston's 2004 World Series championship team |
| '07 | Player was a member of Boston's 2007 World Series championship team |
| '13 | Player was a member of Boston's 2013 World Series championship team |
| '18 | Player was a member of Boston's 2018 World Series championship team |
Note: a year in parentheses, such as ('04), indicates the player was a member of that season's championship team but was not on the World Series roster.

## Picks

| Year | Name | Pos. | School (Location) | Pick | MLB |
| 1965 | Billy Conigliaro | OF | Swampscott High School (Swampscott, Massachusetts) | 5 | 1969–1973 |
| 1966 | Ken Brett | LHP | El Segundo High School (El Segundo, California) | 4 | 1967–1981 |
| 1967 | Mike Garman | RHP | Caldwell High School (Caldwell, Idaho) | 3 | 1969–1978 |
| 1968 | Tom Maggard | OF | John Glenn High School (Norwalk, California) | 20 | — |
| 1969 | Noel Jenke | OF | University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, Minnesota) | 13 | — |
| 1970 | Jimmy Hacker* | 3B | Temple High School (Temple, Texas) | 16 | — |
| 1971 | Jim Rice$^†$ | OF | Hanna High School (Anderson, South Carolina) | 15 | 1974–1989 |
| 1972 | Joel Bishop | SS | McClatchy High School (Sacramento, California) | 16 | — |
| 1973 | Ted Cox | SS | Midwest City High School (Midwest City, Oklahoma) | 17 | 1977–1981 |
| 1974 | Eddie Ford | SS | University of South Carolina (Columbia, South Carolina) | 20 | — |
| 1975 | Otis Foster | 1B | High Point University (High Point, North Carolina) | 15 | — |
| 1976 | Bruce Hurst | LHP | Dixie High School (St. George, Utah) | 22 | 1980–1994 |
| 1977 | Andrew Madden | RHP | New Hartford High School (New Hartford, New York) | 13 | — |
| 1978 | no first-round pick | no first-round pick | no first-round pick | no first-round pick | no first-round pick |
| 1979 | no first-round pick | no first-round pick | no first-round pick | no first-round pick | no first-round pick |
| 1980 | no first-round pick | no first-round pick | no first-round pick | no first-round pick | no first-round pick |
| 1981 | Steve Lyons | SS | Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon) | 19 | 1985–1993 |
| 1981 | Kevin Burrell | C | Poway High School (Poway, California) | 25 | — |
| 1982 | Sam Horn | 1B | Morse High School (San Diego, California) | 16 | 1987–1995 |
| 1982 | Rob Parkins | RHP | Cerritos High School (Cerritos, California) | 18 | — |
| 1982 | Jeff Ledbetter | 1B | Florida State University (Tallahassee, Florida) | 26 | — |
| 1983 | Roger Clemens | RHP | University of Texas at Austin (Austin, Texas) | 19 | 1984–2007 |
| 1984 | John Marzano | C | Temple University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) | 14 | 1987–1998 |
| 1985 | Dan Gabriele | RHP | Western High School (Walled Lake, Michigan) | 21 | — |
| 1986 | Greg McMurtry* | OF | Brockton High School (Brockton, Massachusetts) | 14 | — |
| 1987 | Reggie Harris | RHP | Waynesboro High School (Waynesboro, Virginia) | 26 | 1990–1999 |
| 1987 | Bob Zupcic | OF | Oral Roberts University (Tulsa, Oklahoma) | 32$^§$ | 1991–1994 |
| 1988 | Tom Fischer | LHP | University of Wisconsin–Madison (Madison, Wisconsin) | 12 | — |
| 1989 | Greg Blosser | OF | Sarasota High School (Sarasota, Florida) | 16 | 1993–1994 |
| 1989 | Mo Vaughn | 1B | Seton Hall University (South Orange, New Jersey) | 23 | 1991–2003 |
| 1989 | Kevin Morton | LHP | Seton Hall University (South Orange, New Jersey) | 29 | 1991 |
| 1990 | no first-round pick | no first-round pick | no first-round pick | no first-round pick | no first-round pick |
| 1991 | Aaron Sele | RHP | Washington State University (Pullman, Washington) | 23 | 1993–2007 |
| 1991 | J.J. Johnson | OF | Pine Plains High School (Pine Plains, New York) | 37$^§$ | — |
| 1991 | Scott Hatteberg | C | Washington State University (Pullman, Washington) | 43$^§$ | 1995–2008 |
| 1992 | no first-round pick | no first-round pick | no first-round pick | no first-round pick | no first-round pick |
| 1993 | Trot Nixon '04 | OF | New Hanover High School (Wilmington, North Carolina) | 7 | 1996–2008 |
| 1994 | Nomar Garciaparra ('04) | SS | Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, Georgia) | 12 | 1996–2009 |
| 1995 | Andy Yount | RHP | Kingwood High School (Kingwood, Texas) | 15 | — |
| 1995 | Corey Jenkins | OF | Dreher High School (Columbia, South Carolina) | 26 | — |
| 1996 | Josh Garrett | RHP | South Spencer High School (Rockport, Indiana) | 26 | — |
| 1996 | Chris Reitsma | RHP | Calgary Christian High School (Calgary, Alberta) | 34$^§$ | 2001–2007 |
| 1997 | John Curtice | LHP | Great Bridge High School (Chesapeake, Virginia) | 17 | — |
| 1997 | Mark Fischer | OF | Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, Georgia) | 35$^§$ | — |
| 1998 | Adam Everett | SS | University of South Carolina (Columbia, South Carolina) | 12 | 2001–2011 |
| 1999 | Rick Asadoorian | OF | Northbridge High School (Whitinsville, Massachusetts) | 17 | — |
| 1999 | Brad Baker | RHP | Pioneer Valley Regional High School (Leyden, Massachusetts) | 40$^§$ | — |
| 1999 | Casey Fossum | LHP | Texas A&M University (College Station, Texas) | 48$^§$ | 2001–2009 |
| 2000 | Phil Dumatrait | LHP | Bakersfield College (Bakersfield, California) | 16 | 2007–2011 |
| 2001 | no first-round pick | no first-round pick | no first-round pick | no first-round pick | no first-round pick |
| 2002 | no first-round pick | no first-round pick | no first-round pick | no first-round pick | no first-round pick |
| 2003 | David Murphy ('07) | OF | Baylor University (Waco, Texas) | 17 | 2006–2015 |
| 2003 | Matt Murton | OF | Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, Georgia) | 32$^§$ | 2005–2009 |
| 2004 | no first-round pick | no first-round pick | no first-round pick | no first-round pick | no first-round pick |
| 2005 | Jacoby Ellsbury '07, '13 | OF | Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon) | 23 | 2007–2017 |
| 2005 | Craig Hansen | RHP | St. John's University (Jamaica, New York) | 26 | 2005–2009 |
| 2005 | Clay Buchholz '13 | RHP | Angelina College (Lufkin, Texas) | 42$^§$ | 2007–2019 |
| 2005 | Jed Lowrie | 2B | Stanford University (Stanford, California) | 45$^§$ | 2008–2022 |
| 2005 | Michael Bowden | RHP | Waubonsie Valley High School (Naperville, Illinois) | 47$^§$ | 2008–2013 |
| 2006 | Jason Place | OF | Wren High School (Piedmont, South Carolina) | 27 | — |
| 2006 | Daniel Bard ('13) | RHP | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill, North Carolina) | 28 | 2009–2013, 2020–2023 |
| 2006 | Kris Johnson | RHP | Wichita State University (Wichita, Kansas) | 40$^§$ | 2013–2014 |
| 2006 | Caleb Clay | RHP | Cullman High School (Cullman, Alabama) | 44$^§$ | — |
| 2007 | Nick Hagadone | LHP | University of Washington (Seattle, Washington) | 55$^§$ | 2011–2015 |
| 2007 | Ryan Dent | SS | Wilson Classical High School (Long Beach, California) | 62$^§$ | — |
| 2008 | Casey Kelly | SS | Sarasota High School (Sarasota, Florida) | 30 | 2012–2018 |
| 2008 | Bryan Price | RHP | Rice University (Houston, Texas) | 45$^§$ | 2014 |
| 2009 | Rey Fuentes | OF | Fernando Callejo High School (Manatí, Puerto Rico) | 28 | 2013–2017 |
| 2010 | Kolbrin Vitek | 2B | Ball State University (Muncie, Indiana) | 20 | — |
| 2010 | Bryce Brentz | OF | Middle Tennessee State University (Murfreesboro, Tennessee) | 36$^§$ | 2014, 2016 |
| 2010 | Anthony Ranaudo | RHP | Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) | 39$^§$ | 2014–2016 |
| 2011 | Matt Barnes '18 | RHP | University of Connecticut (Storrs, Connecticut) | 19 | 2014–present |
| 2011 | Blake Swihart '18 | C | V. Sue Cleveland High School (Rio Rancho, New Mexico) | 26 | 2015–2019 |
| 2011 | Henry Owens | LHP | Edison High School (Huntington Beach, California) | 36$^§$ | 2015–2016 |
| 2011 | Jackie Bradley Jr. ('13) '18 | OF | University of South Carolina (Columbia, South Carolina) | 40$^§$ | 2013–2023 |
| 2012 | Deven Marrero | SS | Arizona State University (Tempe, Arizona) | 24 | 2015–2022 |
| 2012 | Brian Johnson ('18) | LHP | University of Florida (Gainesville, Florida) | 31 | 2015–2019 |
| 2012 | Pat Light | RHP | Monmouth University (West Long Branch, New Jersey) | 37$^§$ | 2016 |
| 2013 | Trey Ball | LHP | New Castle Chrysler High School (New Castle, Indiana) | 7 | — |
| 2014 | Michael Chavis | SS | Sprayberry High School (Marietta, Georgia) | 26 | 2019–present |
| 2014 | Michael Kopech | RHP | Mount Pleasant High School (Mount Pleasant, Texas) | 33$^§$ | 2018, 2021–present |
| 2015 | Andrew Benintendi '18 | OF | University of Arkansas (Fayetteville, Arkansas) | 7 | 2016–present |
| 2016 | Jay Groome | LHP | Barnegat High School (Barnegat Township, New Jersey) | 12 | — |
| 2017 | Tanner Houck | RHP | University of Missouri (Columbia, Missouri) | 24 | 2020–present |
| 2018 | Triston Casas | 3B | American Heritage School (Plantation, Florida) | 26 | 2022–present |
| 2019 | no first-round pick | no first-round pick | no first-round pick | no first-round pick | no first-round pick |
| 2020 | Nick Yorke | 2B | Archbishop Mitty High School (San Jose, California) | 17 | 2024–present |
| 2021 | Marcelo Mayer | SS | Eastlake High School (Chula Vista, California) | 4 | — |
| 2022 | Mikey Romero | SS | Orange Lutheran High School (Orange, California) | 24 | — |
| 2023 | Kyle Teel | C | University of Virginia (Charlottesville, Virginia) | 14 | — |
| 2024 | Braden Montgomery | OF | Texas A&M (College Station, Texas) | 12 | — |