1972 Draft Previous Year / Next Year
1 MON Mike Schmidt 2 MLA Steve Carlton 3 TEA Nolan Ryan 4 SDN Gaylord Perry 5 SFN Lee May 6 MNA Jose Cardenal 7 SLN Tim Foli 8 KCA Rick Wise 9 BOA Jim Colborn 10 CHN Rick Monday (claim) 11 PIN Jim Lonborg 12 CIN Buddy Bell 13 ATN Dick Tidrow 14 DEA Dave Roberts 15 NYA Stan Bahnsen 16 CHA Dick Allen (claim) 17 BAA Bob Boone 18 OAA Ken Holtzman (claim) 19 LAN Frank Robinson (claim) 20 NYN Tommy Helms
21 MLA Mike Torrez 22 MON Frank Duffy 23 KCA Doyle Alexander 24 SLN Jerry Reuss 25 BOA Bernie Carbo 26 SDN Willie Mays 27 TEA Jack Brohamer 28 SFN Wayne Twitchell 29 MNA Randy Hundley 30 PIN Leroy Stanton 31 CIN Chris Cannizzaro 32 ATN Vada Pinson 33 NYA Tom Hall 34 DEA Wayne Granger 35 CHA Bill Robinson 36 BAA Bob Oliver 37 OAA Andy Kosco 38 LAN Joel Horlen 39 NYN Tommy Davis
40 MLA Tim McCarver 41 MON Woodie Fryman 42 KCA Pete Richert 43 SLN Dave LaRoche 44 BOA Tommy Hutton 45 TEA Ted Ford 46 SFN Tom Grieve 47 CHN John Bateman 48 MNA Diego Segui 49 PIN Tommy McCraw 50 CIN Steve Barber 51 ATN Johnny Callison 52 DEA Denis Menke 53 NYA Scipio Spinks 54 CHA Leo Cardenas 55 BAA Jack Aker 56 OAA Joe Lis 57 LAN Jack Hiatt 58 NYN Danny Cater
59 MLA Mike Ferraro 60 MON Rich Hand 61 KCA Milt Wilcox 62 SLN Frank Linzy 63 BOA John Kennedy 64 TEA Del Unser 65 CHN Horacio Pina 66 MNA Hal Breeden 67 PIN Tom Murphy 68 CIN Mac Scarce 69 ATN Eddie Fisher 70 NYA Ollie Brown 71 DEA Sam McDowell 72 CHA Eddie Leon 73 BAA Denny Riddleberger 74 OAA Billy Conigliaro 75 LAN Chris Zachary 76 NYN Tom Hilgendorf
77 MLA Steve Hovley 78 MON Frank Howard 79 KCA Steve Mingori 80 SLN Don Mincher 81 CHN Darrel Chaney 82 PIN Bernie Allen 83 CIN Bill Wilson 84 ATN Jim McGlothlin 85 DEA Jerry Moses 86 NYA Jerry Johnson 87 CHA Ken Suarez 88 BAA Jim Fregosi 89 OAA Hector Torres 90 NYN Earl Stephenson
91 MLA Ted Kubiak 92 MON Johnny Jeter 93 KCA Dwain Anderson 94 CHN Larry Howard 95 PIN Ken Reynolds 96 CIN Art Kusnyer 97 ATN Mike Kilkenny 98 NYA Brock Davis 99 DEA Tim Cullen 100 CHA Joe Hague 101 OAA Jim Spencer 102 NYN Ed Spiezio
103 MLA Roy Foster 104 MON Jim Lyttle 105 KCA Hal King 106 CHN Alex Johnson 107 PIN Buddy Bradford 108 CIN Jesus Alou 109 DEA Dave Downs 110 NYA Paul Popovich 111 OAA Bill Voss
112 MLA Phil Gagliano 113 MON Jim Hardin 114 KCA Fred Stanley 115 CHN Hoyt Wilhelm 116 PIN Bill Champion 117 CIN Ed Sprague 118 NYA Hal Lanier 119 DEA Curt Blefary
120 MLA Duane Josephson 121 MON Bob Stinson 122 KCA Donn Clendenon 123 CHN Casey Cox 124 PIN Winston Llenas 125 CIN Rich McKinney 126 DEA Jim Beauchamp 127 NYA Tom Phoebus
128 MLA Joe Niekro 129 MON Chuck Taylor 130 KCA Jeff Torborg 131 CHN Norm Miller 132 CIN Jackie Hernandez 133 NYA Lowell Palmer 134 MLA Joe Hoerner 135 KCA Kurt Bevacqua 136 CIN Pat Corrales 137 NYA Dan McGinn 138 MLA Ron Klimkowski 139 CIN Ron Clark 140 NYA Mel Queen 141 MLA Moe Drabowsky