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The 1972 June amateur draft’s complete first round: 24 selections in pick order, with Dave Roberts first overall to the San Diego Padres. 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 | SD | Dave Roberts | 3B | University of Oregon (Eugene, OR) | Signed | $70,000 |
| 2 | CLE | Rick Manning | SS | LaSalle HS (Niagara Falls, NY) | Signed | $57,500 |
| 3 | PHI | Larry Christenson | RHP | Marysville HS (Marysville, WA) | Signed | $50,000 |
| 4 | TEX | Roy Howell | 3B | Lompoc HS (Lompoc, CA) | Signed | $40,000 |
| 5 | MON | Bobby Goodman | C | Bishop Byrnes HS (Memphis, TN) | Signed | $60,000 |
| 6 | MIL | Dan Thomas | 1B | Southern Illinois University Carbondale (Carbondale, IL) | Signed | $50,000 |
| 7 | CIN | Larry Payne | RHP | Huntsville HS (Huntsville, TX) | Signed | $50,000 |
| 8 | MIN | Dick Ruthven | RHP | California State University, Fresno (Fresno, CA) | Did not sign | |
| 9 | HOU | Steve Englishbey | OF | South Houston HS (South Houston, TX) | Signed | $25,000 |
| 10 | CAL | Dave Chalk | 3B | University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX) | Signed | $31,000 |
| 11 | ATL | Preston Hanna | RHP | Escambia HS (Pensacola, FL) | Signed | $40,000 |
| 12 | CHW | Mike Ondina | OF | Cordova HS (Rancho Cordova, CA) | Signed | $52,000 |
| 13 | NYM | Richard Bengston | C | Richwoods HS (Peoria, IL) | Signed | $22,000 |
| 14 | NYY | Scott McGregor | LHP | El Segundo HS (El Segundo, CA) | Signed | $72,000 |
| 15 | CHC | Brian Vernoy | LHP | La Quinta HS (Westminster, CA) | Signed | $26,000 |
| 16 | BOS | Joel Bishop | SS | McClatchy HS (Sacramento, CA) | Signed | $45,000 |
| 17 | LAD | John Harbin | SS | Newberry College (Newberry, SC) | Signed | $30,000 |
| 18 | KC | Jamie Quirk | SS | St. Paul HS (Santa Fe Springs, CA) | Signed | $78,000 |
| 19 | SF | Rob Dressler | RHP | Madison HS (Portland, OR) | Signed | $30,000 |
| 20 | DET | Jerry Manuel | SS | Cordova HS (Rancho Cordova, CA) | Signed | $48,000 |
| 21 | STL | Dan Larson | RHP | Alhambra HS (Alhambra, CA) | Signed | $53,500 |
| 22 | OAK | Chet Lemon | SS | Fremont HS (Los Angeles, CA) | Signed | $20,000 |
| 23 | PIT | Dwayne Peltier | SS | Servite HS (Anaheim, CA) | Signed | $50,500 |
| 24 | BAL | Randy Thomas | C | Clear Fork HS (Bellville, OH) | Signed | $15,000 |
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.