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1086:(2nd ed.). Durham, N.C.: Baseball America.
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1150:"Background on the 1979 MLB Draft"
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27:Baseball draft of amateur players
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995:†, 17th round, 440th overall
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217:Pacific Palisades, California
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1004:, 18th round, 463rd overall
986:, 17th round, 417th overall
968:, 12th round, 294th overall
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1023:†, 23rd round, 573 overall
977:, 15th round 381st overall
959:†, 7th round 163rd overall
949:, 6th round, 144th overall
940:, 6th round, 138th overall
931:, 6th round, 132nd overall
922:, 5th round, 118th overall
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361:Fullerton, California
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476:San Jose, California
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849:Los Angeles Dodgers
514:Los Angeles Dodgers
384:Cal State Fullerton
312:Vallejo, California
281:St. Louis Cardinals
40:General information
1882:1979 All-Star Game
1582:Historical results
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915:Kansas City Royals
785:Pittsburgh Pirates
756:Compensation Picks
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1747:Kansas City
1206:Al Chambers
1070:Curt Warner
1064:(Toronto),
1054:Kevin House
1039:† All-Star
1030:Curt Warner
885:Steve Renko
805:Steve Stone
667:Chris Baker
499:Buckley, IL
417:Jon Perlman
371:Tim Wallach
299:John Bohnet
158:Al Chambers
64:Al Chambers
1902:Categories
1835:Cincinnati
1809:Pittsburgh
1737:California
1193:Bob Horner
1102:References
1058:Dan Marino
1050:John Elway
1002:John Elway
966:Johnny Ray
938:Bill Doran
911:Dan Marino
879:Pick from
869:Tommy John
863:Pick from
847:Pick from
837:Jim Slaton
831:Pick from
815:Pick from
799:Pick from
783:Pick from
767:Pick from
509:Steve Howe
440:Rick Leach
240:Lima, Ohio
118:= All-Star
1850:San Diego
1814:St. Louis
1752:Minnesota
1711:Milwaukee
1701:Cleveland
1691:Baltimore
1160:August 3,
1131:August 3,
984:Bud Black
957:Von Hayes
821:Pete Rose
688:Bob Geren
600:Dan Lamar
181:Tim Leary
146:Position
1799:New York
1794:Montréal
1716:New York
1182:database
1154:Archived
1076:See also
1046:football
789:Lee Lacy
773:Jim Barr
53:Overview
1840:Houston
1830:Atlanta
1823:NL West
1789:Chicago
1782:NL East
1762:Seattle
1757:Oakland
1742:Chicago
1730:AL West
1721:Toronto
1706:Detroit
1684:AL East
1669:by team
140:Player
45:Date(s)
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143:Team
137:Pick
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1620:1992
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1610:1968
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1600:1960
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1539:2019
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1274:1966
1269:1965
1162:2008
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1088:ISBN
714:RHP
653:RHP
632:LHP
563:RHP
539:LHP
518:LHP
495:RHP
426:RHP
308:LHP
194:UCLA
190:RHP
101:The
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86:1978
738:OF
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