2001 Major League Baseball Draft

=First Round Selections=

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1
bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Joe Mauer
Minnesota Twins
C
St. Paul, MN (Cretin-Derham Hall HS)
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2
bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Mark Prior
Chicago Cubs
RHP
University of Southern California
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3
Dewon Brazelton
Tampa Bay Devil Rays
RHP
Middle Tennessee State University
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4
Gavin Floyd
Philadelphia Phillies
RHP
Baltimore, MD (Mount Saint Joseph College)
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5
bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Mark Teixeira
Texas Rangers
3B
Georgia Tech
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6
Joshua Karp
Montreal Expos
RHP
University of California
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7
Chris Smith
Baltimore Orioles
LHP
Cumberland University
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8
John Van Benschoten
Pittsburgh Pirates
RHP
Kent State University
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9
Johnathan Griffin
Kansas City Royals
RHP
Marshall, TX
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10
Chris Burke
Houston Astros
SS
University of Tennessee
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11
Kenneth Baugh
Detroit Tigers
RHP
Rice University
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12
Michael Jones
Milwaukee Brewers
RHP
Phoenix, AZ
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13
Casey Kotchman
Anaheim Angels
1B
Seminole, FL
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14
Jacob Gautreau
San Diego Padres
1B-3B
Tulane University
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15
Gabe Gross
Toronto Blue Jays
LF
Auburn University
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16
Kris Honel
Chicago White Sox
RHP
Bourbonnais, IL
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17
Daniel Denham
Cleveland Indians
RHP
Antioch, CA
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18
Aaron Heilman
New York Mets
RHP
University of Notre Dame
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19
Mike Fontenot
Baltimore Orioles
2B
Louisiana State University
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20
Jeremy Sowers
Cincinnati Reds
LHP
Louisville, KY
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21
Brad Hennessey
San Francisco Giants
RHP
Youngstown State University
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22
Jason Bulger
Arizona Diamondbacks
RHP
Valdosta State University
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23
John-Ford Griffin
New York Yankees
RF
Florida State University
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24
Joseph McBride
Atlanta Braves
LHP
Sylvania, GA
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25
Bobby Crosby
Oakland Athletics
SS
Long Beach State
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26
Jeremy Bonderman
Oakland Athletics
RHP
Pasco, WA
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27
William Horne
Cleveland Indians
RHP
Marianna, FL
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28
Justin Pope
St. Louis Cardinals
RHP
University of Central Florida
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29
Joshua Burrus
Atlanta Braves
SS
Marietta, GA
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30
Noah Lowry
San Francisco Giants
LHP
Pepperdine University

Background

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 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. [cite web |url=http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/history/draft/index.jsp?feature=decade2000s|title=Background on the 2001 MLB Draft|accessdate=2008-07-16 ]

ee also

*Major League Baseball
*Major League Baseball Draft
*2000 Major League Baseball Draft
*2002 Major League Baseball Draft
*2003 Major League Baseball Draft
*2004 Major League Baseball Draft
*2005 Major League Baseball Draft
*2006 Major League Baseball Draft
*2007 Major League Baseball Draft
*2008 Major League Baseball Draft
*List of MLB first overall draft choices
*Rule 5 Draft

External links

* [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/draft/2001/Round-1-1.shtml Complete draft list from "The Baseball Cube" database]

References

Past And Future Drafts