The 1998 Major League Baseball draft, was the choosing of high school and college baseball players, held on June 2 and 3, 1998. A total of 1445 players were drafted over the course of 50 rounds.

First round selections

Supplemental first round selections

Compensation picks

Other notable players

• Gerald Laird, 2nd round, 45th overall by the Oakland Athletics

• Adam Dunn, 2nd round, 50th overall by the Cincinnati Reds

• Matt Belisle, 2nd round, 52nd overall by the Atlanta Braves

• Brandon Inge, 2nd round, 57th overall by the Detroit Tigers

• Jody Gerut, 2nd round, 71st overall by the Colorado Rockies

• Barry Zito, 3rd round, 83rd overall by the Texas Rangers, but did not sign

• Mike Maroth, 3rd round, 85th overall by the Boston Red Sox

• Josh Fogg, 3rd round, 89th overall by the Chicago White Sox

• Ryan Langerhans, 3rd round, 101st overall by the Atlanta Braves

• Jason Michaels, 4th round, 104th overall by the Philadelphia Phillies

• Eddy Furniss, 4th round, 118th overall by the Pittsburgh Pirates

• Javier López, 4th round, 133rd overall by the Arizona Diamondbacks

• Scott Proctor, 5th round, 156th overall by the Los Angeles Dodgers

• Ryan Vogelsong, 5th round, 158th overall by the San Francisco Giants

• Aubrey Huff, 5th round, 162nd overall by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays

• Bill Hall, 6th round, 176th overall by the Milwaukee Brewers

• Matt Holliday, 7th round, 210th overall by the Colorado Rockies

• John Buck, 7th round, 212th overall by the Houston Astros

• David Ross, 7th round, 216th overall by the Los Angeles Dodgers

• Eric Byrnes, 8th round, 225th overall by the Oakland Athletics

• Will Ohman, 8th round, 226th overall by the Chicago Cubs

• Andrew Good, 8th round, 251st by the Arizona Diamondbacks

• Joe Kennedy, 8th round, 252nd overall by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays

• Ryan Madson, 9th round, 254th overall by the Philadelphia Phillies

• Jack Wilson, 9th round, 258th overall by the St. Louis Cardinals

• Mark Teixeira, 9th round, 265th overall by the Boston Red Sox, but did not sign

• Morgan Ensberg, 9th round, 272nd overall by the Houston Astros

• Juan Pierre, 13th round, 390th overall by the Colorado Rockies

• Jay Gibbons, 14th round, 411th overall by the Toronto Blue Jays

• Eric Hinske, 17th round, 496th overall by the Chicago Cubs

• J. J. Putz, 17th round, 499th overall by the Minnesota Twins, but did not sign

• B. J. Ryan, 17th round, 500th overall by the Cincinnati Reds

• Brian Lawrence, 17th round, 502nd overall by the San Diego Padres

• Ty Wigginton, 17th round, 514th overall by the New York Mets

• Mike MacDougal, 17th round, 519th overall by the Baltimore Orioles, but did not sign

• Joe Beimel, 18th round, 538th overall by the Pittsburgh Pirates

• Adam LaRoche, 18th round, 550th overall by the Florida Marlins, but did not sign

• Cliff Lee, 20th round, 609th overall by the Baltimore Orioles, but did not sign

• Nick Punto, 21st round, 614th overall by the Philadelphia Phillies

• Bobby Crosby, 34th round, 1021st overall by the Anaheim Angels, but did not sign

• Mark Buehrle, 38th round, 1139th overall by the Chicago White Sox

• Todd Coffey, 41st round, 1220th overall by the Cincinnati Reds

• Nyjer Morgan, 42nd round, 1260th overall by the Colorado Rockies, but did not sign

• Mike Jacobs, 48th round, 1413th overall by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, but did not sign

NFL players drafted

• Chad Hutchinson, 2nd round, 48th overall by the St. Louis Cardinals

• Drew Henson, 3rd round, 97th overall by the New York Yankees

• Earnest Graham, 43rd round, 1273rd overall by the Philadelphia Phillies, 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