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Here's an interesting topic that dawned on me-- Players that were drafted the year you were born.
Upon looking up the 1984 mlb draft i was quite suprised at the names that cropped up..
#1 pick went to Shawn Abrem by the New York Mets.. not exactly the best choice.
Braves #1 draft pick in 1984: Drew Denson. hmm.. never really heard of him before. However a few of us have probably heard of the braves second round draft pick.. This southpaw pitcher that goes by the name Tom Glavine. 
Other big names drafted in 1984:
Greg Maddux
Al Leiter
Ken Caminiti
Mark McGwire
Terry Mulholland
John Wetteland
John Vander Wal
Here are some diamonds in the rough that were way down in the draft list
Jamie Moyer, 135th overall pick
Rich Rodriguez
Darren Holmes
Chuck Finley, 372nd overall pick
Dante Bichette
Jeff Fassero
Jeff Nelson
And the very last player drafted in 1984 was a catcher by the name of Don Wakamatasu.. drafted by the New York Yankees.
All-in-all, it looks like '84 was a huge crop year for good pitching. Maddux, Glavine, Moyer, Leiter all were aces at one point or another.
If you get curious as to who were the big names drafted in your birth year, here is a pretty good site to find out:www.thebaseballcube.com/draft/1984_1_1.shtml
Happy hunting!
-BC10
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interesting topic....i like
well i was born in 83 but only by 8 days....so i am almost with you on the 84 year BC but not quite
anyway some of the Braves i found:
we actually did not have a 1st or 2nr round pick according to this site
4th round - Ronnie Gant (did you know he was drafted as a SS!?!)
9th - Jay Buhner (had no idea we drafted him)
27th (pick 677) - Mark Lemke
2 world series starters ain't to bad
some others:
1st overall - Tim Belcher
1st round (19) - Roger Clemens
1st (26) - Dan Plesac
2nd (30) - Chris Sabo
2nd (32) - Dave Magadan
3rd (67) - Wally joyner
5th (108) - Lenny Harris
27th (664) - Matt Williams
30th (739) - Todd Zeile
overall there weren't alot of big names aside from clemens of course
but there were some steals in the late rounds with matt williams and todd zeile
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Wow.. Kind of suprised pedifile steroid pusher was past up 18 times before being drafted
another wow-- I thought you were older than that, saintsfan. lol. You have a very mature air about you and a thorough knowledge of the game.. knowledge like that of a 60 year old :-P
Gotta love a guy that is young but knows his stuff though
-BC10
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1978
#1 overall was Bob Horner by ATL
#12 Kirk Gibson
other notables
- Cal Ripken Jr. (2nd round) Orioles" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore_Orioles">Baltimore Orioles
- Rob Deer (4th round) Giants" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants">San Francisco Giants
- Dave Stieb (5th round) Blue Jays" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_Blue_Jays">Toronto Blue Jays
- Tim Wallach (8th round) Angels" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Angels">California Angels
- Steve Sax (9th round) Dodgers" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers
- Mark Langston (15th round) Cubs" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Cubs">Chicago Cubs
- Kent Hrbek (17th round) Twins" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota_Twins">Minnesota Twins
- Ryne Sandberg (20th round) Phillies" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Phillies">Philadelphia Phillies
- Howard Johnson (21st round) Yankees" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Yankees">New York Yankees
- Rick Leach (24th round) Philadelphia Phillies
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Thanks VolPride98. I was born in 1978 too.
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1982 had some interesting players.
Round 1Dwight Gooden
Round 2 David Wells, Barry Bonds, Bo Jackson, Barry Larkin
Round 3 Roger McDowell
Round 4 Randy Johnson, Will Clark
Round 39 Kenny Rogers
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Ok well here you go... 1978...
1. Floyd Bannister
3. Ken Smith (ATL)
19. Mike Scioscia
this was about all I have even heard of before.
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Here you go... 1986...
1. Jeff King - Pirates
4. Kevin Brown - Rangers
5. Kent Mercker - Braves
6. Gary Sheffield - Brewers
55. Todd Zeile - Cards
105. Bo Jackson - Royals
116. Joe Giradi - Cubs
268. Steve Finley - Braves
450. Tim Salmon - Braves
452. Chuck Knoblauch - Phillies
682. John Olerud - Mets
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bravochick, i would add:
jay bell
sean berry (for you Astros fans - sort of one of the killer Bs...)
lance johnson
jack mcdowell (black jack was one of my favorites!)
so you can add mcdowell to the list of aces from 1984. maddux, glavine, mcdowell, moyer, leiter sounds like a pretty decent rotation to me. oh, plus finley
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Pretty cool site. You can even check out your high school. (Beaumont West Brook) Jason Tyner, Chip Ambres and Jay Bruce. Who?
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Pretty cool site. You can even check out your high school. (Beaumont West Brook) Jason Tyner, Chip Ambres and Jay Bruce. Who?
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Pretty cool site. You can even check out your high school. (Beaumont West Brook) Jason Tyner, Chip Ambres and Jay Bruce. Who?
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Oh yeah I think I might be the oldest here. 1973 Robin yount, Dave winfield, Lee Mazzilla and Eddie Murry. I am surprise I know how to use the internet.
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lol ed-- you're not old, you're just now in the prime
some pretty impressive years thus far. I'd love to get someone from the 50's and 60's to post their year..
-BC10
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Chipper Jones
'nough said!
GO Braves!
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