1976 Major League Baseball expansion draft

1976 MLB expansion draft
General information
Teams	Seattle Mariners Toronto Blue Jays
Date(s)	November 5, 1976
Picks
First selections	Ruppert Jones, Seattle Mariners Bob Bailor, Toronto Blue Jays
Overall selections	60

The 1976 MLB Expansion Draft was held November 5, 1976. This expansion draft was conducted by Major League Baseball to stock the major league rosters of the Toronto Blue Jays and the Seattle Mariners, new major league expansion franchises established via the 1977 Major League Baseball expansion that were set to start play in the 1977 season.

Background

Seattle was promised a franchise by Commissioner Bowie Kuhn.^[1] During the summer of 1975, there was speculation that the Minnesota Twins, Chicago White Sox, or San Francisco Giants could move to Seattle. When none of these plans proved successful, the American League added a team in Seattle. With thirteen teams in a league creating a scheduling nightmare, the league awarded a franchise to Toronto over Washington, D.C. in March 1976.

Danny Kaye, part-owner of the Mariners, announced the club's first selection.^[2]

Draft results

Key

	All-Star

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Selected from	Selected by
1	1	Jones, RuppertRuppert Jones	OF	Kansas City Royals	Seattle Mariners
1	2	Bailor, BobBob Bailor	OF	Baltimore Orioles	Toronto Blue Jays
1	3	Wheelock, GaryGary Wheelock	P	California Angels	Seattle Mariners
1	4	Garvin, JerryJerry Garvin	P	Minnesota Twins	Toronto Blue Jays
1	5	Stein, BillBill Stein	3B	Chicago White Sox	Seattle Mariners
1	6	Clancy, JimJim Clancy	P	Texas Rangers	Toronto Blue Jays
1	7	Pole, DickDick Pole	P	Boston Red Sox	Seattle Mariners
1	8	Woods, GaryGary Woods	OF	Oakland Athletics	Toronto Blue Jays
1	9	Meyer, DanDan Meyer	1B	Detroit Tigers	Seattle Mariners
1	10	Carty, RicoRico Carty	DH	Cleveland Indians	Toronto Blue Jays
1	11	Jackson, GrantGrant Jackson	P	New York Yankees	Seattle Mariners
1	12	Edge, ButchButch Edge	P	Milwaukee Brewers	Toronto Blue Jays
2	13	Fitzmorris, AlAl Fitzmorris	P	Kansas City Royals	Toronto Blue Jays
2	14	Collins, DaveDave Collins	OF	California Angels	Seattle Mariners
2	15	Woods, AlvisAlvis Woods	OF	Minnesota Twins	Toronto Blue Jays
2	16	MacCormack, FrankFrank MacCormack	P	Detroit Tigers	Seattle Mariners
2	17	Darr, MikeMike Darr	P	Baltimore Orioles	Toronto Blue Jays
2	18	Thomas, StanStan Thomas	P	Cleveland Indians	Seattle Mariners
2	19	Vuckovich, PetePete Vuckovich	P	Chicago White Sox	Toronto Blue Jays
2	20	Bernhardt, JuanJuan Bernhardt	OF	New York Yankees	Seattle Mariners
2	21	Byrd, JeffJeff Byrd	P	Texas Rangers	Toronto Blue Jays
2	22	Jones, RickRick Jones	P	Boston Red Sox	Seattle Mariners
2	23	Bowling, SteveSteve Bowling	OF	Milwaukee Brewers	Toronto Blue Jays
2	24	Abbott, GlennGlenn Abbott	P	Oakland Athletics	Seattle Mariners
3	25	Stinson, BobBob Stinson	C	Kansas City Royals	Seattle Mariners
3	26	DeBarr, DennisDennis DeBarr	P	Detroit Tigers	Toronto Blue Jays
3	27	López, CarlosCarlos López	OF	California Angels	Seattle Mariners
3	28	Singer, BillBill Singer	P	Minnesota Twins	Toronto Blue Jays
3	29	Pagan, DaveDave Pagan	P	Baltimore Orioles	Seattle Mariners
3	30	Mason, JimJim Mason	SS	New York Yankees	Toronto Blue Jays
3	31	Thomas, RoyRoy Thomas	P	Chicago White Sox	Seattle Mariners
3	32	Ault, DougDoug Ault	1B	Texas Rangers	Toronto Blue Jays
3	33	McMillan, TomTom McMillan	SS	Cleveland Indians	Seattle Mariners
3	34	Whitt, ErnieErnie Whitt	C	Boston Red Sox	Toronto Blue Jays
3	35	Broberg, PetePete Broberg	P	Milwaukee Brewers	Seattle Mariners
3	36	Mike Weathers	IF	Oakland Athletics	Toronto Blue Jays
4	37	Staggs, SteveSteve Staggs	2B	Kansas City Royals	Toronto Blue Jays
4	38	Braun, SteveSteve Braun	OF	Minnesota Twins	Seattle Mariners
4	39	Hargan, SteveSteve Hargan	P	Texas Rangers	Toronto Blue Jays
4	40	Stanton, LeroyLeroy Stanton	OF	California Angels	Seattle Mariners
4	41	Iorg, GarthGarth Iorg	3B	New York Yankees	Toronto Blue Jays
4	42	Galasso, BobBob Galasso	P	Baltimore Orioles	Seattle Mariners
4	43	Lemanczyk, DaveDave Lemanczyk	P	Detroit Tigers	Toronto Blue Jays
4	44	Burke, SteveSteve Burke	P	Boston Red Sox	Seattle Mariners
4	45	Anderson, LarryLarry Anderson	P	Milwaukee Brewers	Toronto Blue Jays
4	46	Lis, JoeJoe Lis	1B	Cleveland Indians	Seattle Mariners
4	47	Jefferson, JesseJesse Jefferson	P	Chicago White Sox	Toronto Blue Jays
4	48	Griffin, AlanAlan Griffin	P	Oakland Athletics	Seattle Mariners
5	49	McKay, DaveDave McKay	IF	Minnesota Twins	Toronto Blue Jays
5	50	Laxton, BillBill Laxton	P	Detroit Tigers	Seattle Mariners
5	51	Bruno, TomTom Bruno	P	Kansas City Royals	Toronto Blue Jays
5	52	Cruz, JulioJulio Cruz	2B	California Angels	Seattle Mariners
5	53	Velez, OttoOtto Velez	OF	New York Yankees	Toronto Blue Jays
5	54	Barr, SteveSteve Barr	P	Texas Rangers	Seattle Mariners
5	55	Willis, MikeMike Willis	P	Baltimore Orioles	Toronto Blue Jays
5	56	Delgado, PuchyPuchy Delgado	OF	Boston Red Sox	Seattle Mariners
5	57	Ewing, SamSam Ewing	OF	Chicago White Sox	Toronto Blue Jays
5	58	Smith, TommyTommy Smith	OF	Cleveland Indians	Seattle Mariners
5	59	Hooten, LeonLeon Hooten	P	Oakland Athletics	Toronto Blue Jays
5	60	Erardi, GregGreg Erardi	P	Milwaukee Brewers	Seattle Mariners

References

1. "Seattle Gets Promise of Big-League Baseball". Toledo Blade. Associated Press. 2 July 1975. p. 25. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
2. Holtzman, Jerome (November 13, 1997). "Expansion Draft No Joke Anymore". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved October 19, 2011.

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