1998 Major League Baseball draft
The 1998 Major League Baseball draft, was the choosing of high school and college baseball players, held on June 2 and 3, 1998. A total of 1445 players were drafted over the course of 50 rounds.
First round selections
Supplemental first round selections
Compensation picks
Other notable players
- Gerald Laird, 2nd round, 45th overall by the Oakland Athletics
- Adam Dunn, 2nd round, 50th overall by the Cincinnati Reds
- Matt Belisle, 2nd round, 52nd overall by the Atlanta Braves
- Brandon Inge, 2nd round, 57th overall by the Detroit Tigers
- Jody Gerut, 2nd round, 71st overall by the Colorado Rockies
- Barry Zito, 3rd round, 83rd overall by the Texas Rangers, but did not sign
- Mike Maroth, 3rd round, 85th overall by the Boston Red Sox
- Josh Fogg, 3rd round, 89th overall by the Chicago White Sox
- Ryan Langerhans, 3rd round, 101st overall by the Atlanta Braves
- Jason Michaels, 4th round, 104th overall by the Philadelphia Phillies
- Eddy Furniss, 4th round, 118th overall by the Pittsburgh Pirates
- Javier López, 4th round, 133rd overall by the Arizona Diamondbacks
- Scott Proctor, 5th round, 156th overall by the Los Angeles Dodgers
- Ryan Vogelsong, 5th round, 158th overall by the San Francisco Giants
- Aubrey Huff, 5th round, 162nd overall by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays
- Bill Hall, 6th round, 176th overall by the Milwaukee Brewers
- Matt Holliday, 7th round, 210th overall by the Colorado Rockies
- John Buck, 7th round, 212th overall by the Houston Astros
- David Ross, 7th round, 216th overall by the Los Angeles Dodgers
- Eric Byrnes, 8th round, 225th overall by the Oakland Athletics
- Will Ohman, 8th round, 226th overall by the Chicago Cubs
- Andrew Good, 8th round, 251st by the Arizona Diamondbacks
- Joe Kennedy, 8th round, 252nd overall by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays
- Ryan Madson, 9th round, 254th overall by the Philadelphia Phillies
- Jack Wilson, 9th round, 258th overall by the St. Louis Cardinals
- Mark Teixeira, 9th round, 265th overall by the Boston Red Sox, but did not sign
- Morgan Ensberg, 9th round, 272nd overall by the Houston Astros
- Juan Pierre, 13th round, 390th overall by the Colorado Rockies
- Jay Gibbons, 14th round, 411th overall by the Toronto Blue Jays
- Eric Hinske, 17th round, 496th overall by the Chicago Cubs
- J. J. Putz, 17th round, 499th overall by the Minnesota Twins, but did not sign
- B. J. Ryan, 17th round, 500th overall by the Cincinnati Reds
- Brian Lawrence, 17th round, 502nd overall by the San Diego Padres
- Ty Wigginton, 17th round, 514th overall by the New York Mets
- Mike MacDougal, 17th round, 519th overall by the Baltimore Orioles, but did not sign
- Joe Beimel, 18th round, 538th overall by the Pittsburgh Pirates
- Adam LaRoche, 18th round, 550th overall by the Florida Marlins, but did not sign
- Cliff Lee, 20th round, 609th overall by the Baltimore Orioles, but did not sign
- Nick Punto, 21st round, 614th overall by the Philadelphia Phillies
- Bobby Crosby, 34th round, 1021st overall by the Anaheim Angels, but did not sign
- Mark Buehrle, 38th round, 1139th overall by the Chicago White Sox
- Todd Coffey, 41st round, 1220th overall by the Cincinnati Reds
- Nyjer Morgan, 42nd round, 1260th overall by the Colorado Rockies, but did not sign
- Mike Jacobs, 48th round, 1413th overall by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, but did not sign
NFL players drafted
- Chad Hutchinson, 2nd round, 48th overall by the St. Louis Cardinals
- Drew Henson, 3rd round, 97th overall by the New York Yankees
- Earnest Graham, 43rd round, 1273rd overall by the Philadelphia Phillies, but did not sign