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The 1965 June amateur draft’s complete first round: 20 selections in pick order, with Rick Monday first overall to the Kansas City Athletics. Every row carries the club’s era-correct code, the player’s position and school, his signing status, and the bonus the source reported.
| Pick | Team | Player | Pos | From | Signed | Bonus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KCA | Rick Monday | OF | Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ) | Signed | $100,000 |
| 2 | NYM | Les Rohr | LHP | Billings West HS (Billings, MT) | Signed | $50,000 |
| 3 | WSH | Joe Coleman | RHP | Natick HS (Natick, MA) | Signed | $65,000 |
| 4 | HOU | Alex Barrett | SS | Atwater HS (Atwater, CA) | Signed | $40,000 |
| 5 | BOS | Billy Conigliaro | OF | Swampscott HS (Swampscott, MA) | Signed | $62,500 |
| 6 | CHC | Rick James | RHP | Coffee HS (Florence, AL) | Signed | $40,000 |
| 7 | CLE | Ray Fosse | C | Marion HS (Marion, IL) | Signed | $28,000 |
| 8 | LAD | John Wyatt | SS | Bakersfield HS (Bakersfield, CA) | Signed | $40,000 |
| 9 | MIN | Eddie Leon | SS | University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ) | Did not sign | |
| 10 | PIT | Wayne Dickerson | OF | Ensley HS (Birmingham, AL) | Signed | $25,000 |
| 11 | CAL | Jim Spencer | 1B | Andover HS (Linthicum, MD) | Signed | $32,500 |
| 12 | MIL | Dick Grant | 1B | Watertown HS (Watertown, MA) | Signed | $23,000 |
| 13 | DET | Gene Lamont | C | Hiawatha HS (Kirkland, IL) | Signed | $33,000 |
| 14 | SF | Al Gallagher | 3B | Santa Clara University (Santa Clara, CA) | Signed | $40,000 |
| 15 | BAL | Scott McDonald | RHP | Marquette HS (Yakima, WA) | Signed | $30,000 |
| 16 | CIN | Bernie Carbo | 3B | Livonia HS (Livonia, MI) | Signed | $30,000 |
| 17 | CHW | Ken Plesha | C | University of Notre Dame (South Bend, IN) | Signed | $20,000 |
| 18 | PHI | Mike Adamson | RHP | Point Loma HS (San Diego, CA) | Did not sign | |
| 19 | NYY | Bill Burbach | RHP | Wahlert Catholic HS (Dubuque, IA) | Signed | $35,000 |
| 20 | STL | Joe DiFabio | RHP | Delta State University (Cleveland, MS) | Signed | $16,000 |
A pick links to a full player career page when this site carries one; picks without a career page here are plain text. Club codes are era-correct: this draft’s clubs display under the code of the identity they carried that June, and picks awarded as free-agent compensation carry a “via” note naming the originating club. Bonuses are the amounts reported at the time, never inflation-adjusted, and a blank bonus means the source reported none.