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The 1981 June amateur draft’s complete first round: 26 selections in pick order, with Mike Moore 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 | Mike Moore | RHP | Oral Roberts University (Tulsa, OK) | Signed | $100,000 |
| 2 | CHC | Joe Carter | OF | Wichita State University (Wichita, KS) | Signed | $125,000 |
| 3 | CAL | Dick Schofield | SS | Griffin HS (Springfield, IL) | Signed | $70,000 |
| 4 | NYM | Terry Blocker | OF | Tennessee State University (Nashville, TN) | Signed | $127,500 |
| 5 | TOR | Matt Williams | RHP | Rice University (Houston, TX) | Signed | $83,000 |
| 6 | SD | Kevin McReynolds | OF | University of Arkansas (Fayetteville, AR) | Signed | $115,000 |
| 7 | CHW | Daryl Boston | LHP | Woodward HS (Cincinnati, OH) | Signed | $68,000 |
| 8 | STL | Bob Meacham | SS | San Diego State University (San Diego, CA) | Signed | $92,500 |
| 9 | TEX | Ron Darling | RHP | Yale University (New Haven, CT) | Signed | $115,000 |
| 10 | SF | Mark Grant | RHP | Joliet Catholic Academy (Joliet, IL) | Signed | $85,000 |
| 11 | MIN | Mike Sodders | 3B | Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ) | Signed | $42,500 |
| 12 | ATL | Jay Roberts | OF | Centralia HS (Centralia, WA) | Signed | $65,000 |
| 13 | CLE | George Alpert | OF | Livingston HS (Livingston, NJ) | Signed | $80,000 |
| 14 | PIT | Jim Winn | RHP | John Brown University (Siloam Springs, AR) | Signed | $65,000 |
| 15 | OAK | Tim Pyznarski | 3B | Eastern Illinois University (Charleston, IL) | Signed | $67,500 |
| 16 | CHC via CIN | Vance Lovelace | LHP | Hillsborough HS (Tampa, FL) | Signed | $85,000 |
| 17 | DET | Ricky Barlow | RHP | Woodville HS (Woodville, TX) | Signed | $67,500 |
| 18 | MON | Darren Dilks | LHP | Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, OK) | Signed | $85,000 |
| 19 | BOS | Steve Lyons | SS | Oregon State University (Corvallis, OR) | Signed | $55,000 |
| 20 | PHI | Johnny Abrego | RHP | Mission San Jose HS (Fremont, CA) | Signed | $70,000 |
| 21 | TOR via MIL | John Cerutti | LHP | Amherst College (Amherst, MA) | Signed | $40,000 |
| 22 | LAD | Dave Anderson | SS | University of Memphis (Memphis, TN) | Signed | $50,000 |
| 23 | KC | Dave Leeper | OF | University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA) | Signed | $70,000 |
| 24 | TEX via HOU | Al Lachowicz | RHP | University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA) | Signed | $52,500 |
| 25 | BOS via BAL | Kevin Burrell | C | Poway HS (Poway, CA) | Signed | $60,000 |
| 26 | SD via NYY | Frank Castro | C | University of Miami (Coral Gables, FL) | Signed | $50,000 |
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.