page_title: List of Chicago Cubs first-round draft picks
section_title: Picks
hierarchical_section_title: List of Chicago Cubs first-round draft picks / Picks
caption_attribution_description: Shawon Dunston at Wrigley Field batting cages in 1988 16:37, 11 November 2007 . . Sacoo . . 702×1,012 (216 KB)
context_page_description: The Chicago Cubs are a Major League Baseball franchise based in Chicago, Illinois. They play in the National League Central division. Since the institution of MLB's Rule 4 Draft, the Cubs have selected 68 players in the first round. Officially known as the "First-Year Player Draft", the Rule 4 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 which lost free agents in the previous off-season may be awarded compensatory or supplementary picks.
  Of the 68 players picked in the first round by the Cubs, 32 have been pitchers, the most of any position; 24 of these were right-handed, while 6 were left-handed. Sixteen players picked in the initial round were outfielders, while ten shortstops, two catchers, and one player each at first base, second base, and third base were also taken. The Cubs drafted 26 players out of high school, and 32 out of college.
context_section_description: Notes
  This is the city in Contra Costa County, and not to be confused with the Los Angeles neighborhood of the same name.
caption: Shawon Dunston (1982) is the only player the Cubs have taken with the first overall pick.
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