Sooners in the MLB Draft
Note: There are some discrepancies among various draft sources that will be researched in the future. (see Notes)
Players Picked | Total Picks by Year | Total Picks by Round
Players Picked
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Year | Round | Pick | Player | Team | Pos |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2022 | 1 | 7 | Cade Horton | Chicago Cubs | P |
2020 | 1 | 22 | Cade Cavalli | Washington Nationals | P |
2018 | 1 | 9 | Kyler Murray | Oakland Athletics | OF |
2013 | 1 | 3 | Jonathan Gray | Colorado Rockies | P |
2009 | 1 | 42 | Garrett Richards | Los Angeles Angels | P |
2007 | 1 | 43 | Jackson Williams | San Francisco Giants | C |
2004 | 1 | 16 | David Purcey | Toronto Blue Jays | P |
1995 | 1 | 13 | Mark Redman | Minnesota Twins | P |
1987 | 1 | 18 | Jack Armstrong | Cincinnati Reds | P |
1985 | 1 | 3 | Bobby Witt | Texas Rangers | P |
1983 | 1 | 10 | Ray Hayward | San Diego Padres | P |
1983 (JunSec) | 1 | 14 | Craig Reid | San Diego Padres | SS |
1983 (JunSec) | 1 | 22 | Paul Williams | Houston Astros | OF |
1982 | 1 | 13 | John Russell | Philadelphia Phillies | C |
1976 (JanSec) | 1 | 8 | Bob Shirley | San Diego Padres | P |
1975 (JunSec) | 1 | 15 | Bill Severns | Milwaukee Brewers | OF |
1971 (JunSec) | 1 | 2 | Mike Swenton | St. Louis Cardinals | OF |
1971 (JanSec) | 1 | 8 | Mike Swenton | San Francisco Giants | OF |
1970 (JunSec) | 1 | 4 | Mike Swenton | Cleveland Guardians | OF |
1968 | 1 | 15 | Ralph Rickey | Chicago Cubs | OF |
Notes
- First MLB draft was in 1965.
- All players were drafted in the primary June draft except where noted with the following:
- JunSec = June Secondary Draft
- Jan = January Draft
- JanSec = January Secondary Draft
- The following players are shown in OU's official draft lists on their website and in the most recent media guide I have access to (2022), but are not on the Letterwinners list or in previous media guides and therefore not in my database. I have also reached out to Baseball Reference since they have some of the same information. Research notes are in bold:
- Michael Burns, OF, 1967, 41st round, 748th pick, Cleveland
- Eddie Williams, P, 1968, 43rd round, 852nd pick, Baltimore - Played at Southwestern Oklahoma State
- Dan Massari, 1B, 1976, 4th round, 81st pick, Cleveland - Played at OSU
- Joe Price, P, 1977, 4th round, 102nd pick, Cincinnati - Played at OSU
- Billy Irions, P, 1981, 1st round, 6th pick, Philadelphia - Played at Seminole (OK)
- Kight Higgins, P, 1983, 3rd round, 50th pick, San Francisco - Played at Seminole (OK), then TCU (confirmed with player)