List of Athletics first-round draft picks

The Athletics (the A's) are a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise based in West Sacramento, California.

The draft order is determined based on the previous season's standings, with the team possessing the worst record receiving the first pick.

[1] In addition, teams which lost free agents in the previous off-season may be awarded compensatory or supplementary picks.

[3] Additionally, 23 players came from high schools or universities in the A's home state of California, followed by 10 from Texas and Florida.

[8][9] Four A's first-round picks have gone on to win the Rookie of the Year Award: McGwire in 1987, Weiss in 1988, Ben Grieve (1994) in 1998, and Huston Street (2004) in 2005.

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Reggie Jackson (1966) won three World Series titles with the A's and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1993.
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John Wasdin (1993) is one of six players taken by the A's from the state of Florida.
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Eric Chavez (1996) won six Rawlings Gold Glove Awards while with Oakland. [ 21 ]
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Barry Zito (1999) won a Cy Young Award while with the Athletics in 2002.
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Huston Street (2004) is one of four Athletics' first-round draft picks to win the Rookie of the Year Award.
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Travis Buck (2005) is the third player the Athletics have drafted in the first round from Arizona State University, the first since they did so back-to-back in the first two years of the draft.