SIDELINES : Baseball Draft Goes 101 Rounds
The major league amateur draft went a record 101 rounds and totaled 1,487 players.
The Houston Astros led all teams with 100 selections, surpassing their own record of 88, set last year. Seattle was second with 75 selections, followed by the New York Yankees (74), Montreal (71) and Atlanta (67).
The draft was held June 4 to 6, but until today, only first-round selections were made public by major league baseball, and no other information was made available.
There were 587 players selected from four-year colleges, 577 from high schools, 317 from junior colleges and six listed as chosen from other categories.
Right-handed pitchers made up the largest single group of draftees (464), followed by outfielders (315) and infielders, excluding first basemen (289).
Those attending schools in California made up the largest group (349), followed by 142 from Florida and 116 from Texas.
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