1993 Shoeless Joe Supplemental Player Draft
This was the first annual supplemental draft. Unlike later drafts, the first had no restrictions on cost or eligible organizations. All rookies and minor leaguers were available to draft for free.
ROUND ONE PLAYER, POSITION, ORG
1. Miami Kenny Lofton, OF, CLE 2. Miami (from St. Louis) Pat Listach, SS, MIL 3. Miami (from Florida) Julio Valera, RHP, CAL 4. Seattle Reggie Sanders, OF, CIN 5. Chicago Dave Fleming, RHP, SEA 6. Harrisburg Eric Karros, 1B, LA 7. Wisconsin Andy Stankiewicz, SS, Yanks 8. Kansas City Wil Cordero, SS, MON ROUND ONE 9. Miami Rusty Meacham, RHP, KC 10. St. Louis Donovan Osborne, LHP, STL 11. Florida Roberto Hernandez, RHP, WSOX 12. Seattle Chipper Jones, SS, ATL 13. Chicago Ben Rivera, RHP, PHI 14. Wisconsin (from Harrisburg) Cal Eldred, RHP, MIL 15. Wisconsin Moises Alou, OF, MON 16. Kansas City Willie Greene, 3B, CIN ROUND THREE 17. Miami Chad Curtis, OF, CAL 18. St. Louis Mike Perez, RHP, STL 19. Florida Hipolito Pichardo, RHP, KC 20. Seattle Carlos Delgado, C, TOR 21. Chicago Pedro Astacio, RHP, LA 22. Harrisburg Arthur Rhodes, LHP, BAL 23. Wisconsin Kent Bottenfield, RHP, MON 24. Kansas City Javier Lopez, C, ATL ROUND FOUR 25. Miami John Doherty, RHP, DET 26. St. Louis Tim Wakefield, RHP, PIT 27. Florida Sam Militello, RHP, Yanks 28. Seattle Dave Nilsson, C, MIL 29. Seattle (from Chicago) + Rene Arocha, RHP, STL 30. Harrisburg Eddie Taubensee, C, HOU 31. Harrisburg (from Wisconsin) Jim Austin, RHP, MIL 32. Kansas City Tim Salmon, OF, CAL ROUND FIVE 33. Miami Bob Zupcic, OF, BOS 34. St. Louis Scott Cooper, 3B, BOS 35. Florida David Nied, RHP, ATL 36. Seattle Pedro Martinez, RHP, LA 37. Chicago Scott Livingstone, 3B, DET 38. Harrisburg Mike Piazza, C, LA 39. Harrisburg (from Wisconsin) Carlos Garcia, 2B, PIT 40. Kansas City Jim Thome, 3B, CLE ROUND SIX 41. Miami Brian Williams, RHP, HOU 42. St. Louis Gary DiSarcina, SS, CAL 43. Florida Brian Jordan, OF, STL 44. Seattle Frank Seminara, RHP, SD 45. Chicago Steve Foster, RHP, CIN 46. Harrisburg Gerald Williams, OF, Yanks 47. Wisconsin John Valentin, SS, BOS 48. Kansas City Jeff Conine, OF, FLA ROUND SEVEN 49. Miami Denny Neagle, LHP, PIT 50. St. Louis Brad Pennington, LHP, BAL 51. Florida Brook Fordyce, C, Mets 52. Seattle John Kiely, RHP, DET 53. Chicago Steve Shifflett, RHP, KC 54. Harrisburg Royce Clayton, SS, SF 55. Kansas City Jeff Kent, IF, Mets ROUND EIGHT 56. St. Louis Butch Henry, LHP, HOU 57. Florida Dave Silvestri, SS, Yanks 58. Seattle Kevin Rogers, LHP, SF 59. Kansas City Melvin Nieves, OF, ATL ROUND NINE 60. Seattle Matt Whiteside, RHP, TEX 61. Kansas City Tyler Green, RHP, PHI ROUND TEN 62. Seattle Terry Jorgenson, 3B, MIN 63. Kansas City Kevin Young, 3B, PIT
"In hindsight," explains Johnson, "the player to pick there was Mike Piazza, but Timbers documents from the time show that they weren't overly impressed by his MLEs. Plus, they'd already drafted their two catchers of the future in Dave Nilsson and Carlos Delgado. Who knew?"