2001 Major League Baseball Draft

2001 Major League Baseball draft
2001 Major League Baseball draft
General information
Date(s)	June 5–6, 2001
Location	New York, New York
Overview
First selection	Joe Mauer; Minnesota Twins
Hall of Famers	1 C Joe Mauer;
	← 2000 2002 →

First round selections

= All-Star

= Hall of Fame

Pick	Player	Team	Position	School
1	Joe Mauer	Minnesota Twins	C	Cretin-Derham Hall High School (MN)
2	Mark Prior	Chicago Cubs	RHP	USC
3	Dewon Brazelton	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	RHP	Middle Tennessee
4	Gavin Floyd	Philadelphia Phillies	RHP	Mount Saint Joseph School (MD)
5	Mark Teixeira	Texas Rangers	3B	Georgia Tech
6	Josh Karp	Montreal Expos	RHP	California
7	Chris Smith	Baltimore Orioles	LHP	Cumberland
8	John Van Benschoten	Pittsburgh Pirates	RHP	Kent State
9	Colt Griffin	Kansas City Royals	RHP	Marshall High School (TX)
10	Chris Burke	Houston Astros	SS	Tennessee
11	Kenny Baugh	Detroit Tigers	RHP	Rice
12	Mike Jones	Milwaukee Brewers	RHP	Thunderbird High School (AZ)
13	Casey Kotchman	Anaheim Angels	1B	Seminole High School (FL)
14	Jake Gautreau	San Diego Padres	1B-3B	Tulane
15	Gabe Gross	Toronto Blue Jays	LF	Auburn
16	Kris Honel	Chicago White Sox	RHP	Providence Catholic High School
17	Dan Denham	Cleveland Indians	RHP	Deer Valley High School (CA)
18	Aaron Heilman	New York Mets	RHP	Notre Dame
19	Mike Fontenot	Baltimore Orioles	2B	LSU
20	Jeremy Sowers	Cincinnati Reds	LHP	Ballard High School (KY)
21	Brad Hennessey	San Francisco Giants	RHP	Youngstown State
22	Jason Bulger	Arizona Diamondbacks	RHP	Valdosta State
23	John-Ford Griffin	New York Yankees	RF	Florida State
24	Macay McBride	Atlanta Braves	LHP	Screven County High School (GA)
25	Bobby Crosby	Oakland Athletics	SS	Long Beach State
26	Jeremy Bonderman	Oakland Athletics	RHP	Pasco High School (WA)
27	William Horne	Cleveland Indians	RHP	Marianna High School
28	Justin Pope	St. Louis Cardinals	RHP	UCF
29	Josh Burrus	Atlanta Braves	SS	Joseph Wheeler High School
30	Noah Lowry	San Francisco Giants	LHP	Pepperdine

Supplemental First Round selections

Pick	Player	Team	Position	School
31	Bryan Bass	Baltimore Orioles	SS	Seminole High School
32	Michael Woods	Detroit Tigers	2B	Southern University
33	Jeff Mathis	Anaheim Angels	C	Marianna High School
34	Bronson Sardinha	New York Yankees	SS	Kamehameha High School
35	J. D. Martin	Cleveland Indians	RHP	University of San Francisco
36	Michael Garciaparra	Seattle Mariners	SS	Don Bosco Technical Institute
37	John Rheinecker	Oakland Athletics	LHP	Southwest Missouri State University
38	David Wright	New York Mets	3B	Hickory High School
39	Wyatt Allen	Chicago White Sox	RHP	University of Tennessee
40	Richard Lewis	Atlanta Braves	2B	Georgia Tech
41	Todd Linden	San Francisco Giants	OF	Louisiana State University
42	Jon Skaggs	New York Yankees	RHP	Rice University
43	Mike Conroy	Cleveland Indians	OF	Boston College High School
44	Jayson Nix	Colorado Rockies	SS	Midland High School

Compensation Picks

Background

On June 1, 2001, Rolando Viera, a Cuban baseball pitcher who had recently left Cuba, attempted to enjoin Major League Baseball from including him in the 2001 draft so that he could instead sign as a free agent. Viera, represented by attorney Alan Gura and agent Joe Kehoskie, claimed that the MLB draft was discriminatory because it had different signing rules for Cubans than for other foreign players. On June 4, federal judge James D. Whittemore ruled that whatever financial loss Viera suffered from being subject to the draft did not satisfy the federal injunction requirement of irreparable harm. Viera was picked by the Boston Red Sox that same week in the seventh round of the draft.

The Minnesota Twins selected St. Paul, MN native Joe Mauer with the number one pick in the 2001 draft. The 18-year-old Mauer, a catcher from Cretin-Derham Hall High School in St. Paul, became the seventh Minnesotan to be selected in the first round and the first to be chosen number one overall. The back-stop was a member of the USA Junior National Team and won a gold medal at the world tournament in Taiwan in 1999. He was also a High School football standout as a quarterback and signed a letter of intent to play football at Florida State University before being drafted.

Right-handed pitcher Mark Prior of the University of Southern California was selected by the Chicago Cubs with the second overall pick in the draft. Prior, who was previously selected in the supplemental first round of the 1998 draft by the Yankees, was the first college player chosen in the 2001 draft. Prior won numerous National Player of the Year awards after going 15–1 with a 1.69 ERA and 202 strikeouts to lead the Trojans to a College World Series berth in his junior year.

Other notable players

Kelly Shoppach, 2nd round, 48th overall by the Boston Red Sox
J. J. Hardy, 2nd round, 56th overall by the Milwaukee Brewers
Brandon League, 2nd round, 59th overall by the Toronto Blue Jays
Dan Haren, 2nd round, 72nd overall by the St. Louis Cardinals
Ryan Theriot, 3rd round, 78th overall by the Chicago Cubs
Scott Hairston, 3rd round, 98th overall by the Arizona Diamondbacks
Ricky Nolasco, 4th round, 108th overall by the Chicago Cubs
Jeff Keppinger, 4th round, 114th overall by the Pittsburgh Pirates
Josh Barfield, 4th round, 120th overall by the San Diego Padres
Kyle Davies, 4th round, 135th overall by the Atlanta Braves
Brendan Harris, 5th round, 138th overall by the Chicago Cubs
Ryan Howard, 5th round, 140th overall by the Philadelphia Phillies
C.J. Wilson, 5th round, 141st overall by the Texas Rangers
Jim Johnson, 5th round, 143rd overall by the Baltimore Orioles
Ryan Raburn, 5th round, 147th overall by the Detroit Tigers
Skip Schumaker, 5th round, 164th overall by the St. Louis Cardinals
Edwin Jackson, 6th round, 190th overall by the Los Angeles Dodgers
Chad Tracy, 7th round, 218th overall by the Arizona Diamondbacks
Dan Johnson, 7th round, 221st overall by the Oakland Athletics
Kevin Youkilis, 8th round, 243rd overall by the Boston Red Sox
Luke Scott, 9th round, 277th overall by the Cleveland Indians
Michael Wood, 10th round, 311th overall by the Oakland Athletics
Geovany Soto, 11th round, 318th overall by the Chicago Cubs
Dan Uggla, 11th round, 338th overall by the Arizona Diamondbacks
Jason Bartlett, 13th round, 390th overall by the San Diego Padres
Chris Young, 16th round, 493rd overall by the Chicago White Sox
Jonny Gomes, 18th round, 529th overall by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Zach Duke, 20th round, 604th overall by the Pittsburgh Pirates
Jake Mauer, 23rd round, 677th overall by the Minnesota Twins
Matt Albers, 23rd round, 686th overall by the Houston Astros
Charlie Haeger, 25th round, 763rd overall by the Chicago White Sox
Manny Parra, 26th round, 778th overall by the Milwaukee Brewers
Nick Blackburn, 29th round, 857th overall by the Minnesota Twins
Joey Gathright, 32nd round, 949th overall by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Chad Gaudin, 34th round, 1009th overall by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Rajai Davis, 38th round, 1134th overall by the Pittsburgh Pirates

NFL players drafted

Quan Cosby, 6th round, 179th overall by the Anaheim Angels
Cedric Benson, 12th round, 370th overall by the Los Angeles Dodgers
Matt Ware, 21st round, 639th overall by the Seattle Mariners
Brandon Jones, 28th round, 845th overall by the New York Yankees, but did not sign
Brooks Bollinger, 50th round, 1480th overall by the Los Angeles Dodgers, but did not sign

External links

Complete draft list from The Baseball Cube database

References

Preceded by Adrián González	1st Overall Picks Joe Mauer	Succeeded by Bryan Bullington

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