1979 Major League Baseball Draft
First round selections
Columns: Pick | Player | Team | Position | Hometown/School
1 | Al Chambers | Seattle Mariners | OF | Harrisburg, PA | 2 | Tim Leary | New York Mets | RHP | UCLA | 3 | Jay Schroeder | Toronto Blue Jays | C | Pacific Palisades, CA | 4 | Brad Komminsk | Atlanta Braves | OF | Lima, OH | 5 | Juan Bustabad * | Oakland Athletics | SS | Hialeah, FL | 6 | Andy Van Slyke | St. Louis Cardinals | OF | New Hartford, NY | 7 | John Bohnet | Cleveland Indians | LHP | Vallejo, CA | 8 | John Mizerock | Houston Astros | C | Punxsutawney, PA | 9 | Steve Buechele * | Chicago White Sox | SS | Fullerton, CA | 10 | Tim Wallach | Montreal Expos | 1B | Cal State Fullerton | 11 | Kevin Brandt | Minnesota Twins | OF | Nekoosa, WI | 12 | Jon Perlman | Chicago Cubs | RHP | Baylor University | 13 | Rick Leach | Detroit Tigers | OF | University of Michigan | 14 | Joe Lansford | San Diego Padres | 1B | San Jose, CA | 15 | Scott Garrelts | San Francisco Giants | RHP | Buckley, IL | 16 | Steve Howe | Los Angeles Dodgers | LHP | University of Michigan | 17 | Jerry Don Gleaton | Texas Rangers | LHP | University of Texas at Austin | 18 | Rick Luecken * | San Francisco Giants | RHP | Houston, TX | 19 | Rick Seilheimer | Chicago White Sox | C | Brenham, TX | 20 | Dan Lamar | Cincinnati Reds | C | Houston, TX | 21 | Atlee Hammaker | Kansas City Royals | LHP | East Tennessee State University | 22 | Mike Sullivan | Cincinnati Reds | RHP | Clemson University | 23 | Chris Baker | Detroit Tigers | OF | Dearborn Heights, MI | 24 | Bob Geren | San Diego Padres | C | San Diego, CA | 25 | Steve Perry | Los Angeles Dodgers | RHP | University of Michigan | 26 | Mike Stenhouse * | Oakland Athletics | OF | Harvard University