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The 1974 June amateur draft’s complete first round: 24 selections in pick order, with Bill Almon 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 | Bill Almon | SS | Brown University (Providence, RI) | Signed | $90,000 |
| 2 | TEX | Tommy Boggs | RHP | Lanier HS (Austin, TX) | Signed | $87,500 |
| 3 | PHI | Lonnie Smith | OF | Centennial HS (Compton, CA) | Signed | $55,000 |
| 4 | CLE | Tom Brennan | RHP | Lewis University (Romeoville, IL) | Signed | $45,000 |
| 5 | ATL | Dale Murphy | C | Woodrow Wilson HS (Portland, OR) | Signed | $43,740 |
| 6 | MIL | Butch Edge | RHP | El Camino Fundamental HS (Sacramento, CA) | Signed | $47,500 |
| 7 | CHC | Scot Thompson | OF | Knoch HS (Saxonburg, PA) | Signed | $40,000 |
| 8 | CHW | Larry Monroe | RHP | Forest View HS (Arlington Heights, IL) | Signed | $58,000 |
| 9 | MON | Ron Sorey | 3B | Stebbins HS (Dayton, OH) | Signed | |
| 10 | CAL | Mike Miley | SS | Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA) | Signed | $75,000 |
| 11 | PIT | Rod Scurry | LHP | Procter R. Hug HS (Reno, NV) | Signed | $35,000 |
| 12 | NYY | Dennis Sherrill | SS | South Miami HS (Miami, FL) | Signed | $55,000 |
| 13 | STL | Garry Templeton | SS | Santa Ana Valley HS (Santa Ana, CA) | Signed | $37,500 |
| 14 | MIN | Ted Shipley | SS | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN) | Signed | $35,000 |
| 15 | HOU | Kevin Drake | OF | Cabrillo HS (Lompoc, CA) | Signed | $71,125 |
| 16 | DET | Lance Parrish | INF | Walnut HS (Walnut, CA) | Signed | $60,000 |
| 17 | NYM | Cliff Speck | RHP | Beaverton HS (Beaverton, OR) | Signed | $30,000 |
| 18 | KC | Willie Wilson | OF | Summit HS (Summit, NJ) | Signed | $90,000 |
| 19 | SF | Terry Lee | 2B | San Luis Obispo HS (San Luis Obispo, CA) | Signed | $25,000 |
| 20 | BOS | Eddie Ford | SS | University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC) | Signed | $50,000 |
| 21 | LAD | Rick Sutcliffe | RHP | Van Horn HS (Independence, MO) | Signed | $50,000 |
| 22 | OAK | Jerry Johnson | C | A. N. McCallum HS (Austin, TX) | Did not sign | |
| 23 | CIN | Steve Reed | RHP | Fort Wayne HS (Fort Wayne, IN) | Signed | $25,000 |
| 24 | BAL | Rich Dauer | SS | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA) | Signed | $20,000 |
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.