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Since Major League baseball began its First-Year Player Draft in 1965, 19 selections have advanced directly to the major leagues without first playing in the minors

Draft		Pos	Team
1967	Mike Adamson, USC	P	Baltimore
1969	Steve Dunning, Stanford	P	Cleveland
1971	Pete Broberg, Dartmouth	P	Washington
	Rob Ellis, Michigan St.	OF	Milwaukee
	Burt Hooton, Texas	P	Chicago-NL
1972	Dave Roberts, Oregon	3B	San Diego
1973	Dick Ruthven, Fresno St.	P	Philadelphia
	David Clyde, Westchester HS (Tex.)	P	Texas
	Dave Winfield, Minnesota	OF	San Diego
	Eddie Bane, Arizona St.	P	Minnesota
1978	Tim Conroy, Gateway HS (Pa.)	P	Oakland
	Bob Horner, Arizona St.	3B	Atlanta
	Brian Milner, Southwest HS (Tex.)	C	Toronto
	Mike Morgan, Valley HS (Nev.)	P	Oakland
1985	Pete Incaviglia, Oklahoma St.	OF	Montreal
1988	Jim Abbott, Michigan	P	California
1989	John Olerud, Washington St.	1B	Toronto
1995	Ariel Prieto, Fajardo U (Cuba)	P	Oakland
2000	Xavier Nady, California	3B	San Diego

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