| 1965 Major League Baseball draft | |
| Date: | June 8–9, 1965 |
| Location: | New York City |
| First: | Rick Monday Kansas City Athletics |
| First Round: | 20 |
| Next: | 1966 |
The 1965 Major League Baseball draft is the first year in which a draft took place for Major League Baseball. It was held on June 8–9 in New York City.[1]
In Major League Baseball's first Free Agent Amateur Draft, the Kansas City Athletics selected Arizona State sophomore Rick Monday as the number one pick.[2] Kansas City also chose ten future major leaguers, including Sal Bando (6th round) and Gene Tenace (20th round), building the base for the Oakland Athletics' championship teams of the early 1970s.
A total of 813 players were selected. Some of the more significant picks were catcher Johnny Bench by the Cincinnati Reds in the second round, pitcher Nolan Ryan by the New York Mets in the twelfth round, and infielder Graig Nettles by the Minnesota Twins in the fourth round. The first player to reach the majors was pitcher Joe Coleman, the Washington Senators' first pick and third pick overall. Future Hall of Famer Tom Seaver was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 10th round but did not sign and returned to the University of Southern California campus.[3]
| Pick | Indicates the number of the pick | |
| Player | Indicates the player selected | |
| Team | Indicates the team making the pick | |
| Position | Indicates the secondary/collegiate position at which the player was drafted, rather than the professional position the player may have gone on to play | |
| Player did not sign with their team | ||
| ^ | Player made a Major League Baseball All-Star Game appearance | |
| † | Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum |
The list of later selections is limited to those who have made at least one major league appearance.
| Round | Pick | Player | Team | Position | School (Location) | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 21 | Kansas City Athletics | First baseman | Mt. San Antonio College (Walnut, California) | [5] | ||
| 2 | 24 | Houston Astros | Outfielder | University of Oregon (Eugene, Oregon) | |||
| 2 | 26 | Chicago Cubs | Catcher | University of Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska) | |||
| 2 | 28 | Los Angeles Dodgers | Right-handed pitcher | Los Altos High School (Hacienda Heights, California) | |||
| 2 | 29 | Minnesota Twins | Outfielder | Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, Mississippi) | |||
| 2 | 31 | Los Angeles Angels | Right-handed pitcher | Pasadena High School (Pasadena, California) | |||
| 2 | 36 | ^† | Cincinnati Reds | Catcher | Binger High School (Binger, Oklahoma) | ||
| 2 | 38 | ^ | Philadelphia Phillies | Outfielder | Portsmouth High School (Portsmouth, Ohio) | ||
| 2 | 39 | New York Yankees | Shortstop | Capron High School (Capron, Oklahoma) | |||
| 3 | 41 | Kansas City Athletics | Outfielder | Miami Senior High School (Miami, Florida) | [6] | ||
| 3 | 42 | New York Mets | Shortstop | Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) | |||
| 3 | 43 | Washington Senators | Outfielder | Dougherty Comprehensive High School (Albany, Georgia) | |||
| 3 | 45 | Boston Red Sox | Third baseman | Birmingham High School (Van Nuys, California) | |||
| 3 | 51 | Los Angeles Angels | Right-handed pitcher | Anaheim High School (Anaheim, California) | |||
| 3 | 53 |
| Detroit Tigers | Right-handed pitcher | University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, California) | ||
| 3 | 55 | Baltimore Orioles | First baseman | Wingate High School (Brooklyn, New York) | |||
| 3 | 58 | Philadelphia Phillies | Right-handed pitcher | Shelby High School (Shelby, North Carolina) | |||
| 4 | 61 | ^ | Chicago Cubs | Left-handed pitcher | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Urbana, Illinois) | [7] | |
| 4 | 64 | Milwaukee Braves | Left-handed pitcher | Brownsville High School (Brownsville, Texas) | |||
| 4 | 66 | New York Mets | Second baseman | Sam Houston State University (Huntsville, Texas) | |||
| 4 | 68 | New York Yankees | Right-handed pitcher | University of Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska) | |||
| 4 | 71 | Detroit Tigers | Right-handed pitcher | University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan) | |||
| 4 | 73 | St. Louis Cardinals | Right-handed pitcher | Collinsville High School (Collinsville, Illinois) | |||
| 4 | 74 | ^ | Minnesota Twins | Third baseman | San Diego State University (San Diego, California) | ||
| 4 | 76 | Houston Astros | Right-handed pitcher | Stagg High School (Stockton, California) | |||
| 4 | 79 | Kansas City Athletics | Outfielder | Seaford High School (Seaford, New York) | |||
| 4 | 80 | Chicago White Sox | Right-handed pitcher | Baylor University (Waco, Texas) | |||
| 5 | 85 | Philadelphia Phillies | Shortstop | Ohio University (Athens, Ohio) | [8] | ||
| 5 | 87 | Los Angeles Angels | Third baseman | Edison High School (Fresno, California) | |||
| 5 | 92 | San Francisco Giants | Right-handed pitcher | Santa Clara University (Santa Clara, California) | |||
| 5 | 95 | ^ | Boston Red Sox | Shortstop | Williamson High School (Mobile, Alabama) | ||
| 6 | 104 | Milwaukee Braves | Shortstop | Sarasota High School (Sarasota, Florida) | [9] | ||
| 6 | 105 | Philadelphia Phillies | Right-handed pitcher | Manhattan College (New York City) | |||
| 6 | 107 | ^ | Los Angeles Angels | Outfielder | Carson-Newman College (Jefferson City, Tennessee) | ||
| 6 | 117 | ^ | Cincinnati Reds | Shortstop | Florida A&M University (Tallahassee, Florida) | ||
| 6 | 118 | Baltimore Orioles | Right-handed pitcher | Wake Forest University (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) | |||
| 6 | 119 | ^ | Kansas City Athletics | Third baseman | Arizona State University (Tempe, Arizona) | ||
| 7 | 121 | Chicago Cubs | Shortstop | Fremont High School (Sunnyvale, California) | [10] | ||
| 7 | 127 | ^ | Los Angeles Angels | Right-handed pitcher | Eastern Illinois University (Charleston, Illinois) | ||
| 7 | 128 | New York Yankees | Left-handed pitcher | North Thurston High School (Olympia, Washington) | |||
| 7 | 135 | Boston Red Sox | Third baseman | Pensacola High School (Pensacola, Florida) | |||
| 7 | 139 | Kansas City Athletics | Outfielder | Cerritos College (Norwalk, California) | |||
| 8 | 154 | Minnesota Twins | Right-handed pitcher | Indiana University (Bloomington, Indiana) | [11] [12] | ||
| 8 | 157 | Cincinnati Reds | Outfielder | West High School (Columbus, Ohio) | |||
| 9 | 161 | Chicago Cubs | Right-handed pitcher | Petaluma High School (Petaluma, California) | [13] | ||
| 9 | 163 | Washington Senators | Right-handed pitcher | Garinger High School (Charlotte, North Carolina) | |||
| 9 | 169 | Cleveland Indians | First baseman | Key West High School (Key West, Florida) | |||
| 10 | 185 | Philadelphia Phillies | Second baseman | Salesianum School (Wilmington, Delaware) | [14] | ||
| 10 | 189 | Cleveland Indians | Right-handed pitcher | Coal City High School (Coal City, Illinois) | |||
| 10 | 190 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | Right-handed pitcher | USC (Los Angeles, California) | ||
| 10 | 191 | Detroit Tigers | Right-handed pitcher | Central Michigan University (Mount Pleasant, Michigan) | |||
| 10 | 196 | Houston Astros | Outfielder | Bishop Amat Memorial High School (La Puente, California) | |||
| 10 | 199 | George Lauzerique | Kansas City Athletics | Right-handed pitcher | George Washington High School (New York, New York) | ||
| 10 | 200 | Ron Lolich | Chicago White Sox | Third baseman | Central Catholic High School (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) | ||
| 11 | 201 | Chicago Cubs | Left-handed pitcher | Nogales (La Puente, California) | [15] | ||
| 11 | 206 | New York Mets | Right-handed pitcher | University of Iowa (Iowa City, Iowa) | |||
| 11 | 212 | San Francisco Giants | Shortstop | Arcadia High School (Arcadia, California) | |||
| 11 | 216 | Houston Astros | Right-handed pitcher | Phoenix College (Phoenix, Arizona) | |||
| 12 | 226 | ^† | New York Mets | Pitcher | Alvin High School (Alvin, Texas) | [16] | |
| 13 | 241 | Chicago Cubs | Third baseman | John Muir High School | [17] | ||
| 17 | 323 | Dick Tidrow | Washington Senators | Right-handed pitcher | Mt. Eden High School | [18] | |
| 18 | 342 | Bob Moose | Pittsburgh Pirates | Right-handed pitcher | Franklin Area High School (Franklin,PA) | [19] | |
| 18 | 356 | Houston Astros | Right-handed pitcher | Ohio University | |||
| 20 | 382 | Gene Garber | Pittsburgh Pirates | Pitcher | Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania | [20] | |
| 20 | 400 | Gene Tenace^ | Kansas City Athletics | shortstop | Lucasville, Ohio | ||
| 21 | 404 | Ken Tatum | Milwaukee Braves | Pitcher | Mississippi State University | [21] | |
| 21 | 407 | Doug Griffin | California Angels | Second baseman | El Monte High School (El Monte, CA) | ||
| 21 | 413 | Dan McGinn | St. Louis Cardinals | Pitcher | University of Notre Dame | ||
| 21 | 417 | Baltimore Orioles | Catcher | Newport News (Newport News,VA) | |||
| 22 | 421 | Freddie Patek^ | Pittsburgh Pirates | Shortstop | Seguin, Texas | [22] | |
| 22 | 430 | Ron Bryant | San Francisco Giants | Pitcher | Davis, California | ||
| 23 | 447 | Steve Arlin | Detroit Tigers | Pitcher | Ohio State University | [23] | |
| 23 | 453 | Lowell Palmer | Baltimore Orioles | Pitcher | Norte del Rio (Sacramento, CA) | ||
| 24 | 461 | Steve Renko | New York Mets | First baseman/Pitcher | University of Kansas | [24] | |
| 26 | 493 | Tom Dettore | Pittsburgh Pirates | Pitcher | Canon McMillan (Canonsburg,PA) | [25] | |
| 26 | 505 | Paul Reuschel | Cincinnati Reds | pitcher | Camp Point Central (Camp Point,IL) | ||
| 30 | 561 | Lou Marone | Pittsburgh Pirates | Pitcher | San Diego Mesa College | [26] | |
| 31 | 577 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Pitcher | Burbank (Sacramento, CA) | [27] | ||
| 34 | 624 | Tom Shopay | New York Yankees | Outfielder | Dean College | [28] | |
| 35 | 636 | New York Mets | Pitcher | San Diego State University | [29] | ||
| 36 | 654 | Jerry DaVanon | Houston Astros | Outfielder | San Diego Mesa College | [30] | |
| 37 | 662 | Detroit Tigers | Pitcher | Herndon (Herndon,VA) | [31] | ||
| 38 | 671 | Duffy Dyer | Milwaukee Braves | C-OF | Arizona State University | [32] | |
| 39 | 683 | Danny Frisella | Milwaukee Braves | Pitcher | Washington State University | [33] | |
| 55 | 777 | St. Louis Cardinals | Shortstop | Watsonville High School (Watsonville, California) | [34] | ||
| 56 | 781 | Houston Astros | Left-handed pitcher | University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, California) | [35] | ||
| 68 | 817 | Houston Astros | Catcher | Westfield High School (Docena, Alabama) | [36] |