# 1989 Major League Baseball draft

The 1989 Major League Baseball draft took place in June 1989. The draft saw the Baltimore Orioles select Ben McDonald first overall.

## First-round selections

The following are the first round picks in the 1989 Major League Baseball draft on June 5.
| = All-Star | = Baseball Hall of Famer |
| Pick | Player | Team | Position | School |
| 1 | Ben McDonald | Baltimore Orioles | RHP | LSU |
| 2 | Tyler Houston | Atlanta Braves | C | Valley High School (NV) |
| 3 | Roger Salkeld | Seattle Mariners | RHP | Saugus High School (CA) |
| 4 | Jeff Jackson | Philadelphia Phillies | OF | Simeon High School (IL) |
| 5 | Donald Harris | Texas Rangers | OF | Texas Tech |
| 6 | Paul Coleman | St. Louis Cardinals | OF | Frankston High School (TX) |
| 7 | Frank Thomas | Chicago White Sox | 1B | Auburn |
| 8 | Earl Cunningham | Chicago Cubs | OF | Lancaster High School (SC) |
| 9 | Kyle Abbott | California Angels | LHP | Long Beach State |
| 10 | Charles Johnson | Montreal Expos | C | Westwood High School (FL) |
| 11 | Calvin Murray | Cleveland Indians | 3B | W.T. White High School (TX) |
| 12 | Jeff Juden | Houston Astros | RHP | Salem High School (MA) |
| 13 | Brent Mayne | Kansas City Royals | C | Cal State Fullerton |
| 14 | Steve Hosey | San Francisco Giants | OF | Fresno State |
| 15 | Kiki Jones | Los Angeles Dodgers | RHP | Hillsborough High School (FL) |
| 16 | Greg Blosser | Boston Red Sox | OF | Sarasota High School (FL) |
| 17 | Cal Eldred | Milwaukee Brewers | RHP | Iowa |
| 18 | Willie Greene | Pittsburgh Pirates | SS | Jones County High School (GA) |
| 19 | Eddie Zosky | Toronto Blue Jays | SS | Fresno State |
| 20 | Scott Bryant | Cincinnati Reds | OF | Texas |
| 21 | Greg Gohr | Detroit Tigers | RHP | Santa Clara |
| 22 | Tom Goodwin | Los Angeles Dodgers | OF | Fresno State |
| 23 | Mo Vaughn | Boston Red Sox | 1B | Seton Hall |
| 24 | Alan Zinter | New York Mets | C | Arizona |
| 25 | Chuck Knoblauch | Minnesota Twins | 2B | Texas A&M |
| 26 | Scott Burrell | Seattle Mariners | RHP | Hamden High School (CT) |

## Supplemental first round selections

| Pick | Player | Team | Position | School |
| 27 | Todd Jones | Houston Astros | RHP | Jacksonville State |
| 28 | Jamie McAndrew | Los Angeles Dodgers | RHP | Florida |
| 29 | Kevin Morton | Boston Red Sox | LHP | Seton Hall |
| 30 | Gordon Powell | Milwaukee Brewers | 3B | Hughes HS (Cincinnati) |

## Other notable players

* Brian Hunter, 2nd round, 35th overall by the Houston Astros
* Tim Salmon, 3rd round, 69th overall by the California Angels
* Jerry Dipoto, 3rd round, 71st overall by the Cleveland Indians
* Shane Reynolds†, 3rd round, 72nd overall by the Houston Astros
* John Olerud†, 3rd round, 79th overall by the Toronto Blue Jays
* Phil Nevin†, 3rd round, 82nd overall by the Los Angeles Dodgers, but did not sign
* Eric Wedge, 3rd round, 83rd overall by the Boston Red Sox
* Brook Fordyce, 3rd round, 84th overall by the New York Mets
* Denny Neagle†, 3rd round, 85th overall by the Minnesota Twins
* Jeff Bagwell‡, 4th round, 110th overall by the Boston Red Sox
* Scott Erickson†, 4th round, 112th overall by the Minnesota Twins
* Ryan Klesko†, 4th round, 116th overall by the Atlanta Braves
* Alan Embree, 5th round, 125th overall by the Cleveland Indians
* J. T. Snow, 5th round, 129th overall by the New York Yankees
* Paul Quantrill†, 6th round, 163rd overall by the Boston Red Sox
* Russ Springer, 7th round, 181st overall by the New York Yankees
* Butch Huskey, 7th round, 190th overall by the New York Mets
* Curt Leskanic, 8th round, 203rd overall by the Cleveland Indians
* Mike Lansing, 9th round, 219th overall by the Baltimore Orioles, but did not sign
* Sterling Hitchcock, 9th round, 233rd overall by the New York Yankees
* Jeffrey Hammonds†, 9th round, 237th overall by the Toronto Blue Jays, but did not sign
* Chad Mottola, 10th round, 245th overall by the Baltimore Orioles, but did not sign
* Scot McCloughan, 10th round, 266th overall by the New York Mets
* Marty Cordova, 10th round, 269th overall by the Minnesota Twins
* Kelly Stinnett, 11th round, 281st overall by the Cleveland Indians
* Trevor Hoffman‡, 11th round, 290th overall by the Cincinnati Reds
* Jim Thome‡, 13th round, 333rd overall by the Cleveland Indians
* Mike Trombley, 14th round, 373rd overall by the Minnesota Twins
* Pat Rapp, 15th round, 388th overall by the San Francisco Giants
* Gregg Zaun, 17th round, 427th overall by the Baltimore Orioles
* Brian Giles†, 17th round, 437th overall by the Cleveland Indians
* Mark Grudzielanek†, 17th round, 450th overall by the New York Mets, but did not sign
* Tim Worrell, 20th round, 520th overall by the San Diego Padres
* Jeff Kent†, 20th round, 523rd overall by the Toronto Blue Jays
* Robert Person, 25th round, 645th overall by the Cleveland Indians
* Joe Randa, 30th round, 773rd overall by the California Angels, but did not sign
* Joe Borowski, 32nd round, 823rd overall by the Chicago White Sox
* Dana Brown, 35th round, 898th overall by the Philadelphia Phillies
* Hilly Hathaway, 35th round, 903rd overall by the California Angels
* Jorge Posada†, 43rd round, 1,116th overall by the New York Yankees, but did not sign
* Jason Giambi†, 43rd round, 1,118th overall by the Milwaukee Brewers, but did not sign
* Eric Young†, 43rd round, 1,123rd overall by the Los Angeles Dodgers
* Chad Curtis, 45th round, 1,157th overall by the California Angels
* Bobby Magallanes, 50th round, 1,260th overall by the Seattle Mariners
* Denny Hocking, 52nd round, 1,314th overall by the Minnesota Twins
† All-Star
‡ Hall of Famer

### NBA/NFL players drafted

* Scott Burrell, 1st round, 26th overall by the Seattle Mariners, but did not sign
* Jeff Brohm, 7th round, 176th overall by the Montreal Expos, but did not sign
* Rodney Peete, 13th round, 348th overall by the Oakland Athletics, but did not sign
* Marcus Robertson, 19th round, 489th overall by the Cleveland Indians, but did not sign