2005 Major League Baseball draft

The 2005 Major League Baseball draft, was held on June 7 and 8. It was conducted via conference call with representatives from each of the league's 30 teams. It is widely considered to be one of the best drafts in recent memory.^[1]

Source: Major League Baseball 2005 Official Draft Site

* Did not sign with team

Key

• John Lannan, 11th round, 324th overall by the Washington Nationals
• Josh Tomlin, 11th round, 338th overall by the San Diego Padres, but did not sign
• Craig Stammen, 12th round, 354th overall by the Washington Nationals
• Matt Joyce, 12th round, 360th overall by the Detroit Tigers
• Josh Thole, 13th round, 389th overall by the New York Mets
• Logan Ondrusek, 13th round, 392nd overall by the Cincinnati Reds
• Casper Wells, 14th round, 420th overall by the Detroit Tigers
• Pedro Alvarez, 14th round, 438th overall by the Boston Red Sox, but did not sign
• Chris Carter, 15th round, 455th overall by the Chicago White Sox
• Andrew Bailey, 16th round, 475th overall by the Milwaukee Brewers, but did not sign
• David Hernandez, 16th round, 483rd overall by the Baltimore Orioles
• Justin Smoak, 16th round, 491st overall by the Oakland Athletics, but did not sign
• Yonder Alonso, 16th round, 495th overall by the Minnesota Twins, but did not sign
• James Russell, 17th round, 503rd overall by the Seattle Mariners, but did not sign
• Tommy Hunter, 18th round, 538th overall by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, but did not sign
• Desmond Jennings, 18th round, 544th overall by the Cleveland Indians, but did not sign
• Ike Davis, 19th round, 568th overall by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, but did not sign
• Burke Badenhop, 19th round, 570th overall by the Detroit Tigers
• Wade Miley, 20th round, 598th overall by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, but did not sign
• Vance Worley, 20th round, 607th overall by the Philadelphia Phillies, but did not sign
• Andrew Cashner, 20th round, 617th overall by the Atlanta Braves, but did not sign
• Logan Morrison, 22nd round, 666th overall by the Florida Marlins
• Tommy Hanson, 22nd round, 677th overall by the Atlanta Braves
• Jaime García, 22nd round, 680th overall by the St. Louis Cardinals
• Jake Arrieta, 26th round, 775th overall by the Milwaukee Brewers, but did not sign
• Tony Mansolino, 26th round, 781st overall by the Pittsburgh Pirates
• Kirby Yates, 26th round, 798th overall by the Boston Red Sox, but did not sign
• Sergio Romo, 28th round, 852nd overall by the San Francisco Giants
• Justin Turner, 29th round, 889th overall by the New York Yankees, but did not sign
• Ryan Buchter, 33rd round, 984th overall by the Washington Nationals
• Tyler Flowers, 33rd round, 1007th overall by the Atlanta Braves
• Alex Avila, 34th round, 1020th overall by the Detroit Tigers, but did not sign
• Brian Schlitter, 34th round, 1033rd overall by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, but did not sign
• Chris Davis, 35th round, 1063rd overall by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, but did not sign
• Brett Wallace, 42nd round, 1253rd overall by the Toronto Blue Jays, but did not sign
• John Axford, 42nd round, 1259th overall by the Cincinnati Reds, but did not sign
• Tim Lincecum, 42nd round, 1261st overall by the Cleveland Indians, but did not sign
• Buster Posey, 50th round, 1496th overall by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, but did not sign

The Diamondbacks used the top overall pick on high school shortstop Justin Upton and thus made him and older brother, B.J., the highest selected pair of brothers in the history of the draft. The Devil Rays selected B.J. with the second overall pick of the 2002 draft. With the fourth overall pick, the Nationals chose one of Upton's AAU teammates, third baseman Ryan Zimmerman of the University of Virginia. Zimmerman and B.J. Upton played in the same AAU infield as New York Mets third baseman David Wright in their youth.

College third basemen accounted for three of the top five selections. A total of 13 pitchers went in the first round, 10 of whom came from the college ranks.

Rice pitcher Wade Townsend was the eighth overall pick in the first round for the second straight year. After failing to reach terms with the Orioles last year, Townsend re-entered the draft pool and was selected by Tampa Bay.

Stanford outfielder John Mayberry, the son of the longtime Major League first baseman of the same name, was drafted by the Rangers with the 19th overall pick.^[3]

Three 2005 first-round draft choices saw action before the conclusion of the Major League season. Atlanta's Joey Devine became the first Brave since Bob Horner in 1978 to appear in the Majors the same year he was drafted. Devine joined Ariel Prieto (OAK-1995), Chad Cordero (MON-2003) and Ryan Wagner (CIN-2003) as the only draftees of the last 15 years to reach the Majors before September 1 the same year. Zimmerman and Boston's Craig Hansen joined their Major League clubs in September 2005.

Ryan Braun was the first 2005 draftee to be selected to an All-Star Game. He was voted in as a starter in 2008. Jacoby Ellsbury and Clay Buchholz were the first 2005 draftees to win a World Series championship, although Buchholz, drafted in the supplemental first round, was never on the 2007 Red Sox postseason roster. Matt Garza was named MVP of the 2008 ALCS.

• MLB.com - Official MLB 2005 Draft Central page
• MLB.com - 2005 First Round Picks
• MLB.com - 2005 complete Draft Tracker (all rounds)
• MLB.com - Draft History
• Complete draft list from The Baseball Cube database