1999 Major League Baseball draft

The 1999 First-Year Player Draft, Major League Baseball's annual amateur draft of high school and college baseball players, was held on June 2 and 3, 1999. A total of 1474 players were drafted over the course of 50 rounds.

First round selections

= All-Star

Pick	Player	Team	Position	School
1	Josh Hamilton	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	OF	Athens Drive HS (Raleigh, North Carolina)
2	Josh Beckett	Florida Marlins	P	Spring HS (Spring, Texas)
3	Eric Munson	Detroit Tigers	C	University of Southern California
4	Corey Myers	Arizona Diamondbacks	SS	Desert Vista HS (Phoenix, Arizona)
5	B.J. Garbe	Minnesota Twins	OF, P	Moses Lake HS (Moses Lake, Washington)
6	Josh Girdley	Montreal Expos	P	Jasper HS (Jasper, Texas)
7	Kyle Snyder	Kansas City Royals	P	University of North Carolina
8	Bobby Bradley	Pittsburgh Pirates	P	Wellington Community HS (Wellington, Florida)
9	Barry Zito	Oakland Athletics	P	University of Southern California
10	Ben Sheets	Milwaukee Brewers	P	Northeast Louisiana University
11	Ryan Christianson	Seattle Mariners	C	Arlington HS (Riverside, California)
12	Brett Myers	Philadelphia Phillies	P	Englewood Senior HS (Jacksonville, Florida)
13	Mike Paradis	Baltimore Orioles	P	Clemson University
14	Ty Howington	Cincinnati Reds	P	Hudson's Bay HS (Vancouver, Washington)
15	Jason Stumm	Chicago White Sox	P	Centralia HS (Centralia, Washington)
16	Jason Jennings	Colorado Rockies	P	Baylor University
17	Rick Asadoorian	Boston Red Sox	OF	Northbridge HS (Whitinsville, Massachusetts)
18	Richard Stahl	Baltimore Orioles	P	Newton County HS (Covington, Georgia)
19	Alex Ríos	Toronto Blue Jays	OF	San Pedro Martin HS (Guaynabo, PR)
20	Vince Faison	San Diego Padres	OF	Toombs County HS (Lyons, Georgia)
21	Larry Bigbie	Baltimore Orioles	OF	Ball State University
22	Matt Ginter	Chicago White Sox	P	Mississippi State University
23	Keith Reed	Baltimore Orioles	OF	Providence College
24	Kurt Ainsworth	San Francisco Giants	P	Louisiana State University
25	Mike MacDougal	Kansas City Royals	P	Wake Forest University
26	Ben Christensen	Chicago Cubs	P	Wichita State University
27	David Walling	New York Yankees	P	University of Arkansas
28	Gerik Baxter	San Diego Padres	P	Edmonds Woodway HS (Edmonds, Washington)
29	Omar Ortíz	San Diego Padres	P	University of Texas-Pan American
30	Chance Caple	St. Louis Cardinals	P	Texas A&M University

Supplemental first round selections

Pick	Player	Team	Position	School
31	Casey Daigle	Arizona Diamondbacks	P	Sulphur HS (Sulphur, Louisiana)
32	Jay Gehrke	Kansas City Royals	P	Pepperdine University
33	Jeff Heaverlo	Seattle Mariners	P	University of Washington
34	Joshua Cenate	Baltimore Orioles	P	Jefferson HS (Charlestown, West Virginia)
35	Brian West	Chicago White Sox	P	West Monroe HS (West Monroe, Louisiana)
36	Nick Stocks	St. Louis Cardinals	P	Florida State University
37	Jason Repko	Los Angeles Dodgers	OF	Hanford HS (Richland, Washington)
38	Colby Lewis	Texas Rangers	P	Bakersfield College
39	Jerome Williams	San Francisco Giants	P	Waipahu HS (Waipahu, Hawaii)
40	Brad Baker	Boston Red Sox	P	Pioneer Valley Regional HS (Leyden, Massachusetts)
41	Casey Burns	San Diego Padres	P	University of Richmond
42	Mike Rosamond	Houston Astros	SS	University of Mississippi
43	Jimmy Gobble	Kansas City Royals	P	John S. Battle HS (Bristol, Virginia)
44	Scott Rice	Baltimore Orioles	P	Royal HS (Simi Valley, California)
45	Rob Purvis	Chicago White Sox	P	Bradley University
46	Chris Duncan	St. Louis Cardinals	1B	Canyon del Oro HS (Oro Valley, Arizona)
47	Mike Mead	Texas Rangers	P	Soddy Daisy HS (Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee)
48	Casey Fossum	Boston Red Sox	P	Texas A&M University
49	Mike Bynum	San Diego Padres	P	University of North Carolina
50	Brian Roberts	Baltimore Orioles	SS	University of North Carolina
51	Nick Trzesniak	San Diego Padres	C	Victor J. Andrew HS (Tinley Park, Illinois)

Other notable players

• Carl Crawford, 2nd round, 52nd overall by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays
• Brandon Phillips, 2nd round, 57th overall by the Montreal Expos
• Ryan Doumit, 2nd round, 59th overall by the Pittsburgh Pirates
• Ryan Ludwick, 2nd round, 60th overall by the Oakland Athletics
• John Lackey, 2nd round, 68th overall by the Anaheim Angels
• Justin Morneau, 3rd round, 89th overall by the Minnesota Twins
• Willie Bloomquist, 3rd round, 95th overall by the Seattle Mariners
• Jon Rauch, 3rd round, 99th overall by the Chicago White Sox
• Josh Bard, 3rd round, 100th overall by the Colorado Rockies
• Hank Blalock, 3rd round, 105th overall by the Texas Rangers
• Cody Ross, 4th round, 117th overall by the Detroit Tigers
• Kevin Mench, 4th round, 118th overall by the Texas Rangers
• Ángel Pagán, 4th round, 136th overall by the New York Mets
• Nate Robertson, 5th round, 146th overall by the Florida Marlins
• Joe Saunders, 5th round, 156th overall by the Philadelphia Phillies, but did not sign
• J. J. Putz, 6th round, 185th overall by the Seattle Mariners
• Érik Bédard, 6th round, 187th overall by the Baltimore Orioles
• Shane Victorino, 6th round, 194th overall by the Los Angeles Dodgers
• Aaron Harang, 6th round, 195th overall by the Texas Rangers
• Coco Crisp, 7th round, 222nd overall by the St. Louis Cardinals
• Chris Capuano, 8th round, 238th overall by the Arizona Diamondbacks
• Mark Ellis, 9th round, 271st overall by the Kansas City Royals
• Marlon Byrd, 10th round, 306th overall by the Philadelphia Phillies
• Matt Guerrier, 10th round, 309th overall by the Chicago White Sox
• Greg Dobbs, 10th round, 323rd overall by the Houston Astros, but did not sign
• Lew Ford, 12th round, 379th overall by the Boston Red Sox
• Albert Pujols, 13th round, 402nd overall by the St. Louis Cardinals
• Brandon Lyon, 14th round, 433rd overall by the Toronto Blue Jays
• Garrett Jones, 14th round, 444th overall by the Atlanta Braves
• Jake Peavy, 15th round, 472nd overall by the San Diego Padres
• Matt Diaz, 17th round, 505th overall by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays
• Reed Johnson, 17th round, 523rd overall by the Toronto Blue Jays
• Ryan Raburn, 18th round, 535th overall by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, but did not sign
• Lyle Overbay, 18th round, 538th overall by the Arizona Diamondbacks
• Scott Hairston, 18th round, 549th overall by the Chicago White Sox, but did not sign
• Noah Lowry, 19th round, 585th overall by the Texas Rangers, but did not sign
• Willie Harris, 24th round, 727th overall by the Baltimore Orioles
• Kevin Tillman, 31st round, 941st overall by the Anaheim Angels
• Jason Frasor, 33rd round, 1145th overall by the Detroit Tigers
• Rich Harden, 38th round, 987th overall by the Seattle Mariners, but did not sign
• Mike Jacobs, 38th round, 1156th overall by the New York Mets
• Kameron Loe, 39th round, 1176th overall by the Philadelphia Phillies, but did not sign
• Adam LaRoche, 42nd round, 1254th overall by the Florida Marlins, but did not sign
• Chris Snyder, 43rd round, 1290th overall by the Seattle Mariners, but did not sign
• Pat Neshek, 45th round, 1337th overall by the Minnesota Twins, but did not sign

NFL players drafted

• Michael Bishop, 44th round, 1328th overall by the Cleveland Indians, but did not sign

See also

• Major League Baseball
• Major League Baseball Draft
• List of MLB first overall draft choices
• Rule 5 Draft

External links

• Complete draft list from The Baseball Cube database
• MLB.com's section on the draft

Preceded by Pat Burrell

1st Overall Picks Josh Hamilton

Succeeded by Adrian Gonzalez