1996 Major League Baseball Draft
First round selections
Columns: 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)