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The 1979 June amateur draft’s complete first round: 26 selections in pick order, with Al Chambers first overall to the Seattle Mariners. 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 | SEA | Al Chambers | OF | John Harris HS (Harrisburg, PA) | Signed | $60,000 |
| 2 | NYM | Tim Leary | RHP | University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA) | Signed | $100,000 |
| 3 | TOR | Jay Schroeder | C | Palisades Charter HS (Pacific Palisades, CA) | Signed | $135,000 |
| 4 | ATL | Brad Komminsk | OF | Shawnee HS (Lima, OH) | Signed | $70,000 |
| 5 | OAK | Juan Bustabad | SS | Hialeah-Miami Lakes HS (Hialeah, FL) | Did not sign | |
| 6 | STL | Andy Van Slyke | OF | New Hartford HS (New Hartford, NY) | Signed | $42,500 |
| 7 | CLE | John Bohnet | LHP | Hogan HS (Vallejo, CA) | Signed | $77,500 |
| 8 | HOU | John Mizerock | C | Punxsutawney HS (Punxsutawney, PA) | Signed | $65,000 |
| 9 | CHW | Steve Buechele | SS | Servite HS (Anaheim, CA) | Did not sign | |
| 10 | MON | Tim Wallach | 1B | California State University, Fullerton (Fullerton, CA) | Signed | $77,500 |
| 11 | MIN | Kevin Brandt | OF | Nekoosa HS (Nekoosa, WI) | Signed | $25,000 |
| 12 | CHC | Jon Perlman | RHP | Baylor University (Waco, TX) | Signed | $50,000 |
| 13 | DET | Rick Leach | OF | University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI) | Signed | $125,000 |
| 14 | SD | Joe Lansford | 1B | Wilcox HS (Santa Clara, CA) | Signed | $100,000 |
| 15 | SF via CAL | Scott Garrelts | RHP | Buckley Loda HS (Buckley, IL) | Signed | $50,000 |
| 16 | LAD via PIT | Steve Howe | LHP | University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI) | Signed | $75,000 |
| 17 | TEX | Jerry Don Gleaton | LHP | University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX) | Signed | $53,000 |
| 18 | SF | Rick Luecken | RHP | Spring Woods HS (Houston, TX) | Did not sign | |
| 19 | CHW via BAL | Ricky Seilheimer | C | Brenham HS (Brenham, TX) | Signed | $50,000 |
| 20 | CIN via PHI | Danny Lamar | C | Bellaire HS (Bellaire, TX) | Signed | $40,000 |
| 21 | KC | Atlee Hammaker | LHP | East Tennessee State University (Johnson City, TN) | Signed | $65,000 |
| 22 | CIN | Mike Sullivan | RHP | Clemson University (Clemson, SC) | Signed | $40,000 |
| 23 | DET via MIL | Chris Baker | OF | Franklin HS (Livonia, MI) | Signed | $54,000 |
| 24 | SD via LAD | Bob Geren | C | Clairemont HS (San Diego, CA) | Signed | $52,000 |
| 25 | LAD via NYY | Steve Perry | RHP | University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI) | Signed | $67,500 |
| 26 | OAK via BOS | Mike Stenhouse | OF | Harvard University (Cambridge, MA) | Did not sign |
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.