1996 major league baseball draft
first round selections
Table:
Pick

Player

Team

Position

School

1

Kris Benson

Pittsburgh Pirates

P

Clemson University

2

Travis Lee

Minnesota Twins

1B

San Diego State University

3

Braden Looper

St. Louis Cardinals

P

Wichita State University

4

Billy Koch

Toronto Blue Jays

P

Clemson University

5

John Patterson

Montreal Expos

P

West Orange Stark HS (West Orange, TX)

6

Seth Greisinger

Detroit Tigers

P

University of Virginia

7

Matt White

San Francisco Giants

P

Waynesboro Area HS (Waynesboro, PA)

8

Chad Green

Milwaukee Brewers

OF

University of Kentucky

9

Mark Kotsay

Florida Marlins

OF

Cal State Fullerton University

10

Eric Chavez

Oakland Athletics

3B

Mount Carmel HS (San Diego, CA)

11

Adam Eaton

Philadelphia Phillies

P

Snohomish HS (Snohomish, WA)

12

Bobby Seay

Chicago White Sox

P

Sarasota HS (Sarasota, FL)

13

Rob Stratton

New York Mets

OF

San Marcos HS (Santa Barbara, CA)

14

Dermal Brown

Kansas City Royals

OF

Marlboro Central HS (Marlboro, NY)

15

Matt Halloran

San Diego Padres

SS

Chancellor HS (Fredericksburg, VA)

16

Joe Lawrence

Toronto Blue Jays

SS

Barbe HS (Lake Charles, LA)

17

Todd Noel

Chicago Cubs

P

North Vermillion HS (Maurice, LA)

18

R.A. Dickey

Texas Rangers

P

University of Tennessee

19

Mark Johnson

Houston Astros

P

University of Hawaii

20

Eric Milton

New York Yankees

P

University of Maryland

21

Jake Westbrook

Colorado Rockies

P

Madison County HS (Danielsville, GA)

22

Gil Meche

Seattle Mariners

P

Acadiana HS (Lafayette, LA)

23

Damian Rolls

Los Angeles Dodgers

3B

Schlagle HS (Kansas City, KS)

24

Sam Marsonek

Texas Rangers

P

Jesuit HS (Tampa, FL)

25

John Oliver

Cincinnati Reds

OF

Lake-Lehman HS (Lehman, PA)

26

Josh Garrett

Boston Red Sox

P

South Spencer HS (Richland, IN)

27

A.J. Zapp

Atlanta Braves

1B

Center Grove HS (Greenwood, IN)

28

Danny Peoples

Cleveland Indians

1B

University of Texas

29

Paul Wilder

Tampa Bay Devil Rays

OF

Cary HS (Cary, NC)

30

Nick Bierbrodt

Arizona Diamondbacks

P

Millikan HS (Long Beach, CA)

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