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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 ▪ 2025 (8)
| Year | Round | Pick | Player | Team | Pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 15 | Kyson Witherspoon | Boston Red Sox | P |
| 2025 | 2 | 62 | Malachi Witherspoon | Detroit Tigers | P |
| 2025 | 3 | 82 | Easton Carmichael | Pittsburgh Pirates | C |
| 2025 | 4 | 120 | Cade Crossland | St. Louis Cardinals | P |
| 2025 | 8 | 250 | James Hitt | San Diego Padres | P |
| 2025 | 11 | 345 | Dylan Tate | Los Angeles Dodgers | P |
| 2025 | 15 | 437 | Dylan Crooks | Colorado Rockies | P |
| 2025 | 19 | 563 | Brandon Cain | Pittsburgh Pirates | P |
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)