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1 CHN Jerry Koosman 2 TOA Alfredo Griffin 3 DEA John Lowenstein 4 ATN Pete Rose 5 SEA Mike Hargrove 6 MNA Rod Carew (claim) 7 MON Manny Trillo 8 CHA Bill Lee 9 LAN Jerry Reuss (claim) 10 OAA Aurelio Lopez 11 NYN Toby Harrah (claim) 12 SLN Dick Tidrow 13 PIN Bill Madlock (claim) 14 NYA Tommy John (claim) 15 SFN Billy North (claim) 16 CIN Mark Clear 17 KCA Ed Farmer 18 MLA Enrique Romo 19 BAA Dan Ford 20 SDN Jeffrey Leonard 21 BOA Alan Ashby
22 TOA Len Barker 23 CHN Bobby Bonds 24 SEA Craig Reynolds 25 OAA Tim Foli 26 LAN Tom Griffin 27 TEA Ron Jackson 28 CHA Bob Watson 29 MON Ed Whitson 30 MNA Luis Tiant 31 DEA Greg Gross 32 NYN Sparky Lyle 33 NYA Mike Heath 34 KCA Jim Slaton 35 CIN Lee Lacy 36 BAA Frank Taveras 37 SDN Rodney Scott 38 BOA Eric Soderholm
39 TOA Derrel Thomas 40 CHN Cliff Johnson 41 SEA Lonnie Smith 42 OAA Steve Dillard 43 LAN Bill Fahey 44 TEA Jim Dwyer 45 ATN Nino Espinosa 46 MON Pete Redfern 47 CHA Jim Barr 48 MNA John Henry Johnson 49 NYN Roger Metzger 50 SLN Gary Thomasson 51 PIN Don Hood 52 NYA Pete Falcone 53 SFN Barry Foote 54 CIN Tom Poquette 55 KCA Andy Hassler 56 MLA Milt May 57 BAA Will McEnaney 58 SDN Paul Mitchell 59 BOA Juan Beniquez
60 TOA Kurt Bevacqua 61 CHN Pepe Frias 62 SEA Richie Hebner 63 LAN Mario Mendoza 64 TEA Dickie Thon 65 MON Dickie Noles 66 MNA Jim Kaat 67 SLN Elliot Maddox 68 PIN Keith Moreland 69 SFN Bert Campaneris 70 NYA Paul Hartzell 71 KCA Al Hrabosky 72 CIN Charlie Spikes 73 MLA Pedro Borbon 74 BAA Victor Cruz 75 SDN Rob Dressler
76 TOA Paul Dade 77 CHN Sal Bando 78 SEA John D'Acquisto 79 LAN Randy Niemann 80 TEA Dave Roberts 81 MON Jerry White 82 MNA Bud Harrelson 83 SLN Dave Roberts 84 PIN Miguel Dilone 85 NYA Frank LaCorte 86 SFN Dave Chalk 87 CIN Bobby Valentine 88 KCA Ken Brett 89 MLA Dave Hamilton 90 BAA Mike Bacsik 91 SDN Willie Montanez
92 CHN Del Unser 93 SEA Kevin Saucier 94 LAN Ed Figueroa 95 TEA Ed Glynn 96 MON Benny Ayala 97 MNA Larry Hisle 98 SLN Junior Moore 99 PIN Bert Roberge 100 SFN Rawly Eastwick 101 NYA Larry Harlow 102 KCA Jay Johnstone 103 CIN Joe Simpson 104 MLA Steve Busby 105 BAA Ray Burris 106 SDN Tim Blackwell
107 CHN Duffy Dyer 108 SEA Jerry Morales 109 LAN Chris Knapp 110 TEA Jose Cardenal 111 MON Tony Solaita 112 MNA Darold Knowles 113 SLN Von Joshua 114 PIN Reggie Cleveland 115 SFN Ken Henderson 116 KCA Eduardo Rodriguez 117 CIN Lee May 118 MLA Tim McCarver 119 BAA Vic Correll 120 SDN Balor Moore
121 CHN Hector Cruz 122 SEA Ross Grimsley 123 LAN Bruce Bochy 124 TEA Mike Jorgensen 125 MON Merv Rettenmund 126 MNA John Montague 127 SLN Dave Freisleben 128 PIN Ken Macha 129 SFN Ken Holtzman 130 KCA Rico Carty 131 MLA Andy Messersmith 132 BAA Rusty Staub
133 CHN Bernie Carbo 134 LAN Dale Murray 135 MON John Tamargo 136 MNA Mick Kelleher 137 SLN Fred Stanley 138 PIN Danny Goodwin 139 SFN Ted Cox 140 KCA Dave Rosello 141 MLA Lerrin LaGrow 142 BAA Larry Wolfe
143 CHN Craig Skok 144 LAN Rick Auerbach 145 MON Bo McLaughlin 146 PIN Dell Alston 147 MLA Paul Blair 148 CHN Jerry Terrell 149 LAN Ramon Aviles 150 PIN Adrian Devine 151 MLA Roger Freed 152 CHN Eric Wilkins 153 LAN Bobby Clark 154 CHN Mike Anderson 155 LAN David Clyde 156 CHN John Hale 157 LAN Jesus Alou 158 CHN Larvell Blanks