1999 Major League Baseball draft
General information
Date(s)	June 2–3, 1999
Overview
First selection	Josh Hamilton Tampa Bay Devil Rays
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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^{[Compensation 1]}	OF	Northbridge HS (Whitinsville, Massachusetts)
18	Richard Stahl	Baltimore Orioles^{[Compensation 2]}	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^{[Compensation 3]}	OF	Toombs County HS (Lyons, Georgia)
21	Larry Bigbie	Baltimore Orioles^{[Compensation 4]}	OF	Ball State University
22	Matt Ginter	Chicago White Sox^{[Compensation 5]}	P	Mississippi State University
23	Keith Reed	Baltimore Orioles^{[Compensation 6]}	OF	Providence College
24	Kurt Ainsworth	San Francisco Giants	P	Louisiana State University
25	Mike MacDougal	Kansas City Royals^{[Compensation 7]}	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^{[Compensation 8]}	P	University of Texas-Pan American
30	Chance Caple	St. Louis Cardinals^{[Compensation 9]}	P	Texas A&M University

Supplemental first round selections

Pick	Player	Team	Position	School
31	Casey Daigle	Arizona Diamondbacks^{[Compensation 10]}	P	Sulphur HS (Sulphur, Louisiana)
32	Jay Gehrke	Kansas City Royals^{[Compensation 11]}	P	Pepperdine University
33	Jeff Heaverlo	Seattle Mariners^{[Compensation 12]}	P	University of Washington
34	Joshua Cenate	Baltimore Orioles^{[Compensation 13]}	P	Jefferson HS (Charlestown, West Virginia)
35	Brian West	Chicago White Sox^{[Compensation 14]}	P	West Monroe HS (West Monroe, Louisiana)
36	Nick Stocks	St. Louis Cardinals^{[Compensation 15]}	P	Florida State University
37	Jason Repko	Los Angeles Dodgers^{[Compensation 16]}	OF	Hanford HS (Richland, Washington)
38	Colby Lewis	Texas Rangers^{[Compensation 17]}	P	Bakersfield College
39	Jerome Williams	San Francisco Giants^{[Compensation 18]}	P	Waipahu HS (Waipahu, Hawaii)
40	Brad Baker	Boston Red Sox^{[Compensation 19]}	P	Pioneer Valley Regional HS (Leyden, Massachusetts)
41	Casey Burns	San Diego Padres^{[Compensation 20]}	P	University of Richmond
42	Mike Rosamond	Houston Astros^{[Compensation 21]}	SS	University of Mississippi
43	Jimmy Gobble	Kansas City Royals^{[Compensation 22]}	P	John S. Battle HS (Bristol, Virginia)
44	Scott Rice	Baltimore Orioles^{[Compensation 23]}	P	Royal HS (Simi Valley, California)
45	Rob Purvis	Chicago White Sox^{[Compensation 24]}	P	Bradley University
46	Chris Duncan	St. Louis Cardinals^{[Compensation 25]}	1B	Canyon del Oro HS (Oro Valley, Arizona)
47	Mike Mead	Texas Rangers^{[Compensation 26]}	P	Soddy Daisy HS (Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee)
48	Casey Fossum	Boston Red Sox^{[Compensation 27]}	P	Texas A&M University
49	Mike Bynum	San Diego Padres^{[Compensation 28]}	P	University of North Carolina
50	Brian Roberts	Baltimore Orioles^{[Compensation 29]}	SS	University of North Carolina
51	Nick Trzesniak	San Diego Padres^{[Compensation 30]}	C	Victor J. Andrew HS (Tinley Park, Illinois)

Compensation Picks

^ Pick from Anaheim Angels as compensation for signing of free agent Mo Vaughn
^ Pick from St. Louis Cardinals as compensation for signing of free agent Eric Davis
^ Pick from Los Angeles Dodgers as compensation for signing of free agent Kevin Brown
^ Pick from Texas Rangers as compensation for signing of free agent Rafael Palmeiro
^ Pick from New York Mets as compensation for signing of free agent Robin Ventura
^ Pick from Cleveland Indians as compensation for signing of free agent Roberto Alomar
^ Pick from Boston Red Sox as compensation for signing of free agent Jose Offerman
^ Pick from Houston Astros as compensation for signing of free agent Ken Caminiti
^ Pick from Atlanta Braves as compensation for signing of free agent Brian Jordan
^ Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Devon White
^ Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Jose Offerman
^ Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Mike Timlin
^ Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Roberto Alomar
^ Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Albert Belle
^ Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Brian Jordan
^ Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Scott Radinsky
^ Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Todd Stottlemyre
^ Supplemental pick for loss of free agent José Mesa
^ Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Mo Vaughn
^ Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Kevin Brown
^ Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Randy Johnson
^ Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Dean Palmer
^ Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Eric Davis
^ Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Robin Ventura
^ Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Delino DeShields
^ Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Will Clark
^ Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Greg Swindell
^ Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Ken Caminiti
^ Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Rafael Palmeiro
^ Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Steve Finley

Other notable players

Carl Crawford, 2nd round, 52nd overall by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays (All-Star)
Brandon Phillips, 2nd round, 57th overall by the Montreal Expos (All-Star)
Ryan Doumit, 2nd round, 59th overall by the Pittsburgh Pirates
Ryan Ludwick, 2nd round, 60th overall by the Oakland Athletics (All-Star)
John Lackey, 2nd round, 68th overall by the Anaheim Angels (All-Star)
Jack Taschner, 2nd round, 75th overall by the San Francisco Giants
Justin Morneau, 3rd round, 89th overall by the Minnesota Twins (All-Star)
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 (All-Star)
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 (All-Star)
J. J. Putz, 6th round, 185th overall by the Seattle Mariners (All-Star)
Érik Bédard, 6th round, 187th overall by the Baltimore Orioles
Shane Victorino, 6th round, 194th overall by the Los Angeles Dodgers (All-Star)
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 (All-Star)
Mark Ellis, 9th round, 271st overall by the Kansas City Royals
Marlon Byrd, 10th round, 306th overall by the Philadelphia Phillies (All-Star)
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 (All-Star)
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 (All-Star)
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

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