{{Short description|Major League Baseball draft}} {{distinguish|1968 Major League Baseball expansion draft}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}} {{Infobox sports draft | name = 1968 Major League Baseball draft | image = | alt = | caption = | logo = | logosize = | date = | time = | location = | network = | league = | teams = | first = Tim Foli<br>New York Mets | most = | fewest = | first_round = 20 | overall = | prev = 1967 | next = 1969 }} The '''1968 Major League Baseball draft''' took place prior to the 1968 MLB season. The draft saw the New York Mets take shortstop Tim Foli first overall.
==First round selections== {| |- |style="background-color:#FFCC00; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:2em;"| |= All-Star || |style="background-color:#CCFFCC; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:2em;"| |= Baseball Hall of Famer |}
The following are the first round picks in the 1968 Major League Baseball draft.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/draft/history?year=1968 |title=MLB First Round Draft Picks – 1968 |access-date=2008-07-27 }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" |- <th width="5%">Pick</th> <th width="20%">Player</th> <th width="30%">Team</th> <th width="7%">Position</th> <th width="38%">Hometown/School</th> |- | 1 | Tim Foli | New York Mets | SS | Canoga Park, California |- | 2 | ''*'' Pete Broberg | Oakland Athletics | RHP | Palm Beach, Florida |- | 3 | Marty Cott | Houston Astros | C | Buffalo, New York |- | 4 | bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Thurman Munson | New York Yankees | C | Kent State University |- | 5 | Bobby Valentine | Los Angeles Dodgers | OF | Stamford, Connecticut |- | 6 | Robert Weaver | Cleveland Indians | SS | Jacksonville, Florida |- | 7 | Curtis Moore | Atlanta Braves | OF | Denison, Texas |- | 8 | Don Castle | Washington Senators | LHP | Coldwater, Mississippi |- | 9 | Dick Sharon | Pittsburgh Pirates | OF | Redwood City, California |- | 10 | Junior Kennedy | Baltimore Orioles | SS | Arvin, California |- | 11 | bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Greg Luzinski | Philadelphia Phillies | 1B | Prospect Heights, Illinois |- | 12 | Lloyd Allen | California Angels | RHP | Selma, California |- | 13 | Tim Grant | Cincinnati Reds | RHP | Boykins, Virginia |- | 14 | Rich McKinney | Chicago White Sox | SS | Ohio University |- | 15 | Ralph Rickey | Chicago Cubs | OF | University of Oklahoma |- | 16 | Alex Rowell | Minnesota Twins | OF | Luther College |- | 17 | bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Gary Matthews | San Francisco Giants | OF | Pacoima, California |- | 18 | Robert Robinson | Detroit Tigers | OF | Chester, Virginia |- | 19 | James Hairston | St. Louis Cardinals | OF | Dayton, Ohio |- | 20 | Tom Maggard | Boston Red Sox | OF-C | Norwalk, California |- |} ''*'' Did not sign
==Other notable selections== {| |- |style="background-color:#FFCC00; border:1px solid #aaaaaa; width:2em;"| |= All-Star || |}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/draft/baseball-draft.php?yr=1968|title = 1968 Baseball Draft by Baseball Almanac}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" border="1" |- ! Pick ! Player ! Team ! Position |- | 25 | bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Bill Buckner | Los Angeles Dodgers | First Baseman |- | 33 | Milt Wilcox | Cincinnati Reds | Pitcher |- | 85 | bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Burt Hooton* | New York Mets | Pitcher |- | 128 | bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Cecil Cooper | Boston Red Sox | First Baseman |- | 161 | Joe Ferguson | Los Angeles Dodgers | Outfielder |- | 174 | Ross Grimsley* | Detroit Tigers | Pitcher |- | 180 | Tom Kelly | Seattle Pilots | Outfielder |- | 185 | bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Doyle Alexander | Los Angeles Dodgers | Pitcher |- | 237 | Milt May | Pittsburgh Pirates | Shortstop |- | 238 | bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Al Bumbry | Baltimore Orioles | Outfielder |- | 248 | bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Ben Oglivie | Boston Red Sox | Infield-Outfielder |- | 256 | Duane Kuiper* | New York Yankees | Shortstop |- | 301 | John Milner | New York Mets | Outfielder |- | 309 | Bruce Kison | Pittsburgh Pirates | Pitcher |- | 354 | bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Steve Stone* | Cleveland Indians | Pitcher |- | 363 | Oscar Gamble | Chicago Cubs | Outfielder |- | 399 | bgcolor="#FFCC00"|Ken Forsch | Houston Astros | Pitcher |- | 402 | John Lowenstein | Cleveland Indians | Shortstop |- |448 |Ted Gilje |Los Angeles Dodgers |Pitcher |- | 507 | Bill Lee | Boston Red Sox | Pitcher |- | 528 | Craig Swan* | St. Louis Cardinals | Pitcher |- | 574 | Paul Splittorff | Kansas City Royals | Pitcher |- | 594 | Bob Forsch | St. Louis Cardinals | Third Baseman-Pitcher |} ''*'' Did not sign
== Notes == {{Reflist|2}}
== External links == *[http://www.thebaseballcube.com/draft/1968/Round-1-1.shtml Complete draft list from ''The Baseball Cube'' database]
== References ==
{{s-start}} {{succession box | title=1st Overall Picks | before=Ron Blomberg | after=Jeff Burroughs| years='''Tim Foli'''}} {{s-end}}
{{Major league baseball draft index}} {{1968 MLB season by team}}
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