Chicago White Sox First Round Draft Picks

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The Chicago White Sox first round draft picks include 75 players, with 35 being pitchers and 27 of those being drafted out of high school. The White Sox have selected 12 outfielders, nine catchers, eight shortstops, six third basemen and five first basemen in the first round of the MLB draft. Of the pitchers taken, the White Sox have selected 22 right-handers and 13 left-handers.

The White Sox have drafted 48 college players with their first round selection, with the last being Garrett Crochet in 2020. Chicago has selected first overall twice, with the team picking Danny Goodwin in 1971 and Harold Baines in 1977.

Year	Player	Pos	School	Pick	Signing Bonus
1965	Ken Plesha	C	University of Notre Dame	17	$20,000
1966	Carlos May	OF	A.H. Parker HS (AL)	18
1967	Bill Haynes	3B	Headland HS (GA)	13
1968	Rich McKinney	SS	Ohio University	14
1969	Ted Nicholson	3B	Oak Park HS (MS)	3
1970	Lee Richard	SS	Southern University	6
1971	Danny Goodwin	C	Peoria Central HS (IL)	1	Did Not Sign
1972	Mike Ondina	OF	Cordova HS (CA)	12
1973	Steve Swisher	C	Ohio University	21
1974	Larry Monroe	RHP	Forest View HS (IL)	8
1975	Chris Knapp	RHP	Central Michigan University	11
1976	Steve Trout	LHP	Thornwood HS (IL)	8
1977	Harold Baines	1B	St. Michael's HS (MD)	1	$32,000
1979	Steve Buechele	SS	Servite HS (CA)	9	Did Not Sign
1979	Ricky Seilheimer	C	Brenham HS (TX)	19
1980	Cecil Espy	OF	Point Loma HS (CA)	8
1981	Daryl Boston	LHP	Woodward HS (OH)	7
1982	Ron Karkovice	C	William R. Boone HS (FL)	14	$160,000
1983	Joel Davis	RHP	Sandalwood HS (FL)	13
1983	Russ Morman	OF	Wichita State University	28
1984	Tony Melendez	RHP	American HS (FL)	20
1984	Tom Hartley	OF	Hudson's Bay HS (WA)	26
1985	Kurt Brown	C	Glendora HS (CA)	5	$150,000
1986	Grady Hall	LHP	Northwestern University	20
1987	Jack McDowell	RHP	Stanford University	5	$165,000
1988	Robin Ventura	3B	Oklahoma State University	10
1989	Frank Thomas	1B	Auburn University	7	$175,000
1990	Alex Fernandez	RHP	Miami Dade College	4	$350,000
1991	Scott Ruffcorn	RHP	Baylor University	25	$185,000
1992	Eddie Pearson	1B	Bishop State Community College	24	$354,000
1993	Scott Christman	LHP	Oregon State University	17	$450,000
1994	Mark Johnson	C	Warner Robins HS (GA)	26	$520,000
1994	Chris Clemons	RHP	Texas A&M University	33
1995	Jeff Liefer	3B	Long Beach State University	25	$550,000
1996	Bobby Seay	LHP	Sarasota HS (FL)	12	Did Not Sign
1997	Jason Dellaero	SS	University of South Florida	15	$1,056,000
1997	Kyle Kane	RHP	Saddleback College	33
1997	Brett Caradonna	OF	El Capitan HS (CA)	34
1997	Aaron Myette	RHP	Central Arizona College	43
1997	Jim Parque	LHP	UCLA	46
1997	Rocky Biddle	RHP	Long Beach State University	51
1998	Kip Wells	RHP	Baylor University	16	$1,495,000
1998	Aaron Rowand	OF	Cal State Fullerton	35	$575,000
1999	Jason Stumm	RHP	Centralia HS (WA)	15	$1,750,000
1999	Matt Ginter	RHP	Mississippi State University	22	$1,275,000
1999	Brian West	RHP	West Monroe HS (LA)	35	$1,000,000
1999	Rob Purvis	RHP	Bradley University	45	$730,000
2000	Joe Borchard	OF	Stanford University	12	$5,300,000
2001	Kris Honel	RHP	Providence Catholic HS (IL)	16	$1,500,000
2001	Wyatt Allen	RHP	University of Tennessee	39	$872,500
2002	Royce Ring	LHP	San Diego State University	18	$1,600,000
2003	Brian Anderson	OF	University of Arizona	15	$1,600,000
2004	Josh Fields	3B	Oklahoma State University	18	$1,550,000
2004	Tyler Lumsden	LHP	Clemson University	34	$975,000
2004	Gio Gonzalez	LHP	Monsignor Edward Pace HS (FL)	38	$850,000
2005	Lance Broadway	RHP	TCU	15	$1,570,000
2006	Kyle McCulloch	RHP	University of Texas	29	$1,050,000
2007	Aaron Poreda	LHP	University of San Francisco	25	$1,200,000
2008	Gordon Beckham	SS	University of Georgia	8	$2,600,000
2009	Jared Mitchell	OF	Louisiana State University	23	$1,242,000
2009	Josh Phegley	C	Indiana University	38	$858,600
2010	Chris Sale	LHP	Florida Gulf Coast University	13	$1,656,000
2011	Keenyn Walker	OF	Central Arizona College	47	$795,000
2012	Courtney Hawkins	OF	Mary Carroll HS (TX)	13	$2,475,000
2012	Keon Barnum	1B	King HS (FL)	48	$950,000
2013	Tim Anderson	SS	East Central Community College	17	$2,164,000
2014	Carlos Rodon	LHP	North Carolina State University	3	$6,582,000
2015	Carson Fulmer	RHP	Vanderbilt University	8	$3,470,600
2016	Zack Collins	C	University of Miami	10	$3,380,600
2016	Zack Burdi	RHP	University of Louisville	26	$2,128,500
2017	Jake Burger	3B	Missouri State	11	$3,700,000
2018	Nick Madrigal	SS	Oregon State University	4	$6,411,400
2019	Andrew Vaughn	1B	University of California	3
2020	Garrett Crochet	LHP	University of Tennessee	11
2021	Colson Montgomery	SS	Southridge HS (IN)	22