- 1999 Major League Baseball Draft
The 1999 First-Year Player Draft,
Major League Baseball 's annual amateur draft of high school and college baseball players, was held on June 2 and 3, 1999. A total of 1474 players were drafted over the course of 50 rounds.First round selections
Other notable players
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Carl Crawford , 2nd round, 52nd overall
*John Lackey , 2nd round, 68th overall
*Justin Morneau , 3rd round, 89th overall
*Hank Blalock , 3rd round, 105th overall
*J.J. Putz , 6th round, 185th overall
*Érik Bédard , 6th round, 187th overall
*Shane Victorino , 6th round, 194th overall
*Aaron Harang , 6th round, 195th overall
*Coco Crisp , 7th round, 222nd overall
*Albert Pujols , 13th round, 402nd overall
*Jake Peavy , 15th round, 472nd overall
*Reed Johnson , 17th round, 523rd overall
*Lyle Overbay , 18th round, 538th overall
*Mike Jacobs, 38th round, 1156th overallFuture major leaguers
Noah Lowry (19th round, 585th overall),Rich Harden (38th round, 1145th overall), andPat Neshek (45th round, 1337th overall) were also selected during this draft, but did not sign with the teams that selected them. Lowry was subsequently drafted for the last time in 2001, Harden in 2000, and Neshek in 2002.ee also
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Major League Baseball
*Major League Baseball Draft
*List of MLB first overall draft choices
*Rule 5 Draft External links
* [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/draft/1999/June-Reg/1.shtml Complete draft list from The Baseball Cube database]
* [http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/history/draft/draft.jsp?year=1999&type=junreg MLB.com's section on the draft]Past and future drafts
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