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1. Baseball Players
2. MLB Draft

Sooners in the MLB Draft

Note: There are some discrepancies among various draft sources that will be researched in the future. (see Notes)

Players Picked | Total Picks by Year | Total Picks by Round

Players Picked ▪ 1998 (10)

Year	Round	Pick	Player	Team	Pos
1998	2	70	Derek Wathan	Miami Marlins	SS
1998	7	207	Clint Smith	Detroit Tigers	P
1998	13	377	Brian Shackelford	Kansas City Royals	OF
1998	13	400	Paul McCurtain	Miami Marlins	P
1998	15	434	Geoff Geary	Philadelphia Phillies	P
1998	15	446	Jose Montenegro	Milwaukee Brewers	SS
1998	21	615	Casey Bookout	Oakland Athletics	1B
1998	23	677	Corey Hart	Kansas City Royals	2B
1998	26	790	Kevin Olsen	Miami Marlins	P
1998	27	820	Willy Hill	Miami Marlins	OF

Notes

• First MLB draft was in 1965.
• All players were drafted in the primary June draft except where noted with the following:
  • JunSec = June Secondary Draft
  • Jan = January Draft
  • JanSec = January Secondary Draft
• The following players are shown in OU's official draft lists on their website and in the most recent media guide I have access to (2022), but are not on the Letterwinners list or in previous media guides and therefore not in my database. I have also reached out to Baseball Reference since they have some of the same information. Research notes are in bold:
  • Michael Burns, OF, 1967, 41st round, 748th pick, Cleveland
  • Eddie Williams, P, 1968, 43rd round, 852nd pick, Baltimore - Played at Southwestern Oklahoma State
  • Dan Massari, 1B, 1976, 4th round, 81st pick, Cleveland - Played at OSU
  • Joe Price, P, 1977, 4th round, 102nd pick, Cincinnati - Played at OSU
  • Billy Irions, P, 1981, 1st round, 6th pick, Philadelphia - Played at Seminole (OK)
  • Kight Higgins, P, 1983, 3rd round, 50th pick, San Francisco - Played at Seminole (OK), then TCU (confirmed with player)