Best Draft Picks in Orioles History

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http://www.baltimorebaseball.com/2017/06/15/five-best-draft-picks-orioles-history/

Decent article I ran across, who were some of the better picks you guys remember? This list starts with Murray of course.

Eddie Murray, 1973, 3rd round, 63rd pick, Locke (Calif.) High School

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Year	Name	Position	School (location)	Pick	Ref
1965	Scott McDonald	Right-handed pitcher	Marquette High School (Yakima, Washington)	15	[10]
1966	Ted Parks	Shortstop	University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, California)	16	[11]
1967	Bobby Grich '70	Shortstop	Wilson Classical High School (Long Beach, California)	19	[12]
1968	Junior Kennedy	Shortstop	Arvin High School (Arvin, California)	10	[13]
1969	Don Hood	Left-handed pitcher	Southside High School (Florence, South Carolina)	17	[14]
1970	James West	Catcher	Vashon High School (St. Louis, Missouri)	24	[15]
1971	Randy Stein	Right-handed pitcher	Ganesha High School (Pomona, California)	23	[16]
1972	Ken Thomas	Catcher	Clear Fork High School (Bellville, Ohio)	24	[17]
1973	Mike Parrott	Right-handed pitcher	Adolfo Camarillo High School (Camarillo, California)	15	[18]
1974	Rich Dauer'83	Shortstop	University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California)	24	[19]
1975	Dave Ford	Right-handed pitcher	Lincoln-West High School (Cleveland, Ohio)	23	[20]
1976	Dallas Williams	Outfielder	Abraham Lincoln High School (Brooklyn, New York)	20	[21]
1977	Drungo Hazewood	Catcher	Sacramento High School (Sacramento, California)	19	[22]
1978	Robert Boyce	Third baseman	Deer Park High School (Cincinnati, Ohio)	22	[23]
1979	no first-round pick[a]				[3]
1980	Jeff Williams	Outfielder	Princeton High School (Cincinnati, Ohio)	26	[24]
1981	no first-round pick

^[3] 1982 Joe Kucharski Right-handed pitcher University of South Carolina
(Columbia, South Carolina) 24 ^[25] 1983 Wayne Wilson Right-handed pitcher Redondo Beach High School
(Redondo Beach, California) 25 ^[26] 1984 John Hoover Right-handed pitcher Fresno State University
(Fresno, California) 25 ^[27] 1985 no first-round pick^{[c] [3]} 1986 no first-round pick^{[d] [3]} 1987 Chris Myers Left-handed pitcher Plant High School
(Tampa, Florida) 7 ^[28] 1987 Brad DuVall* Right-handed pitcher Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
(Blacksburg, Virginia) 15^{[e] [28]} 1987 Pete Harnisch Right-handed pitcher Fordham University
(New York, New York) 27§^{[f] [28]} 1988 Gregg Olson Right-handed pitcher Auburn University
(Auburn, Alabama) 4 ^[29] 1988 Ricky Gutiérrez Shortstop American High School
(Miami, Florida) 28§^{[g] [29]} 1989 Ben McDonald Right-handed pitcher Louisiana State University
(Baton Rouge, Louisiana) 1 ^[30] 1990 Mike Mussina Right-handed pitcher Stanford University
(Stanford, California) 20 ^[31] 1991 Mark Smith Outfielder University of Southern California
(Los Angeles, California) 9 ^[32] 1992 Jeffrey Hammonds Outfielder Stanford University
(Stanford, California) 4 ^[33] 1993 Jay Powell Right-handed pitcher Mississippi State University
(Mississippi State, Mississippi) 19 ^[34] 1994 no first-round pick^{[h] [3]} 1995 Alvie Shepherd Right-handed pitcher University of Nebraska
(Lincoln, Nebraska) 21 ^[35] 1996 no first-round pick ^[3] 1997 Jayson Werth Catcher Glenwood High School
(Chatham, Illinois) 22 ^[36] 1997 Darnell McDonald Outfielder Cherry Creek High School
(Englewood, Colorado) 26^{[j] [36]} 1997 Ntema Ndungidi Outfielder Edouard Montpetit High School
(Montreal, Quebec, Canada) 36§^{[k] [36]} 1998 Rick Elder Outfielder Sprayberry High School
(Marietta, Georgia) 26 ^[37] 1998 Mamon Tucker Outfielder Stephen F. Austin High School
(Austin, Texas) 39§^{[l] [37]} 1999 Mike Paradis Right-handed pitcher Clemson University
(Clemson, South Carolina) 13 ^[38] 1999 Richard Stahl Left-handed pitcher Newton County High School
(Covington, Georgia) 18^{[m] [38]} 1999 Larry Bigbie Outfielder Ball State University
(Muncie, Indiana) 21^{[n] [38]} 1999 Keith Reed Outfielder Providence College
(Providence, Rhode Island) 23^{[o] [38]} 1999 Joshua Cenate Left-handed pitcher Jefferson High School
(Charles Town, West Virginia) 34§^{[p] [38]} 1999 Scott Rice Left-handed pitcher Royal High School
(Simi Valley, California) 44§^{[q] [38]} 1999 Brian Roberts Shortstop University of South Carolina
(Columbia, South Carolina) 50§^{[r] [38]} 2000 Beau Hale Right-handed pitcher University of Texas
(Austin, Texas) 14 ^[39] 2000 Tripper Johnson Right-handed pitcher Newport High School
(Bellevue, Washington) 32§ ^[39] 2001 Chris Smith Left-handed pitcher Cumberland University
(Lebanon, Tennessee) 7 ^[40] 2001 Mike Fontenot Second baseman Louisiana State University
(Baton Rouge, Louisiana) 19^{[t] [40]} 2001 Bryan Bass Shortstop Seminole High School
(Seminole, Florida) 31§ ^[40] 2002 Adam Loewen Left-handed pitcher Fraser Valley Christian High School
(Surrey, British Columbia, Canada) 4 ^[41] 2003 Nick Markakis Outfielder Young Harris College
(Young Harris, Georgia) 7 ^[42] 2004 Wade Townsend* Right-handed pitcher Rice University
(Houston, Texas) 8 ^[43] 2005 Brandon Snyder Catcher Westfield High School
(Centreville, Virginia) 13 ^[44] 2005 Garrett Olson Left-handed pitcher California Polytechnic State University
(San Luis Obispo, California) 48§^{[v] [44]} 2006 Billy Rowell Third baseman Bishop Eustace Preparatory School
(Gloucester, New Jersey) 9 ^[45] 2006 Pedro Beato Right-handed pitcher St. Petersburg College
(St. Petersburg, Florida) 32§^{[w] [45]} 2007 Matt Wieters Catcher Georgia Institute of Technology
(Atlanta, Georgia) 5 ^[46] 2008 Brian Matusz Left-handed pitcher University of San Diego
(San Diego, California) 4 ^[47] 2009 Matthew Hobgood Right-handed pitcher Norco High School
(Norco, California) 5 ^[48] 2010 Manny Machado Shortstop Brito High School
(Miami, Florida) 3 ^[49] 2011 Dylan Bundy Right-handed pitcher Owasso High School
(Owasso, Oklahoma) 4 ^[50] 2012 Kevin Gausman Right-handed pitcher Louisiana State University
(Baton Rouge, Louisiana) 4 ^[51] 2013 Hunter Harvey Right-handed pitcher Bandys High School
(Catawba, NC) 22 ^[52] 2013 Josh Hart Center fielder Parkview High School
(Lilburn, Georgia) 37§ ^[52] 2014 no first-round pick ^[53] 2015 DJ Stewart Outfielder Florida State University
(Tallahassee, Florida) 25 ^[54] 2015 Ryan Mountcastle Shortstop Paul J. Hagerty High School
(Oviedo, Florida) 36§ ^[54] 2016 Cody Sedlock Pitcher University of Illinois
(Champaign, Illinois) 27§ ^[55]  

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Baltimore_Orioles_first-round_draft_picks

[Frobby]

Here's a thread I did of the Orioles' best draft picks of the 21st Century.   

There also are some great players we drafted but couldn't sign, like drafting Dave Winfield out of high school in the 40th round in 1969 and Michael Young in the 25th round in 1994.    There were a few others like that who I'm forgetting right now.