The annual Rookie Draft was held tonight, and yet again most first-rounders were position players, with only one pitcher among them.
Here are the Round 1 picks in full:
1 Boston Americans: RF Buzz Arlett, 30
2 Cincinnati Reds: 1B Erubiel Durazo, 25
3 Philadelphia Phillies: C Frank Fernandez, 22
4 Cleveland Naps: 1B Joe Hauser, 23
5 St. Louis Cardinals: 1B Gail Hopkins, 23
6 Detroit Tigers: C Bill Schroeder, 22
7 New York Giants: 3B Bill Serena, 22
8 New York Highlanders: C Bob Tillman, 23
9 Philadelphia Athletics: SS Billy Cox, 19
10 Pittsburgh Pirates: P Russ Bauers, 20
11 Chicago Cubs: C Don Pavletich, 21
12 Washington Senators: 1B Steve Ontiveros, 19
13 Brooklyn Superbas: 3B Don Wert, 22
14 Chicago White Sox: 2B Lou Klein, 22
15 St. Louis Browns: SS Roy Smalley jr, 19
16 Boston Doves, 2B Dario Lodigiani, 19
FULL DRAFT LOG
As is tradition, I’ll report back later in the season with how the clubs are progressing with signing their Draftees.
Tempus effulgeo to our new FL players.
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