1983 Major League Baseball draft

First round selections

Compensation picks

Other notable players

• Bill Swift, 2nd round, 29th overall by the Minnesota Twins, but did not sign
• Chris Sabo†, 2nd round, 30th overall by the Cincinnati Reds
• Dave Magadan, 2nd round, 32nd overall by the New York Mets
• Joe Oliver, 2nd round, 41st overall by the Cincinnati Reds
• Jeff Robinson, 2nd round, 44th overall by the San Francisco Giants
• Glenn Braggs, 2nd round, 54th overall by the Milwaukee Brewers
• Rick Aguilera†, 3rd round, 57th overall by the New York Mets
• Wally Joyner†, 3rd round, 67th overall by the California Angels
• Charlie Hayes, 4th round, 96th overall by the San Francisco Giants
• Ron Gant†, 4th round, 100th overall by the Atlanta Braves
• Lenny Harris, 5th round, 108th overall by the Cincinnati Reds
• Todd Stottlemyre, 5th round, 119th overall by the New York Yankees, but did not sign
• John Burkett†, 6th round, 148th overall by the San Francisco Giants
• Erik Hanson†, 7th round, 172nd overall by the Montreal Expos, but did not sign
• Mike Aldrete, 7th round, 174th overall by the San Francisco Giants
• Tom Pagnozzi†, 8th round, 208th overall by the St. Louis Cardinals
• Jeff Montgomery†, 9th round, 212th overall by the Cincinnati Reds
• Terry Steinbach†, 9th round, 215th overall by the Oakland Athletics
• Glenallen Hill, 9th round, 219th overall by the Toronto Blue Jays
• Jay Buhner†, 9th round, 230th overall by the Atlanta Braves, but did not sign
• Jeff Parrett, 9th round, 236th overall by the Milwaukee Brewers
• Greg Cadaret, 11th round, 267th overall by the Oakland Athletics
• Doug Drabek†, 11th round, 279th overall by the Chicago White Sox
• Kevin Seitzer†, 11th round, 283rd overall by the Kansas City Royals
• John Smiley†, 12th round, 300th overall by the Pittsburgh Pirates
• John Farrell, 16th round, 403rd overall by the Cleveland Indians, but did not sign
• Mike Fetters, 22nd round, 560th overall by the Los Angeles Dodgers, but did not sign
• Jeff King, 23rd round, 573rd overall by the Chicago Cubs, but did not sign
• Matt Williams†, 27th round, 664th overall by the New York Mets, but did not sign
• Mark Lemke, 27th round, 677th overall by the Atlanta Braves
• Mike Jackson, 29th round, 721st overall by the Philadelphia Phillies, but did not sign
• Todd Zeile, 30th round, 739th overall by the Kansas City Royals, but did not sign
• Les Lancaster, 39th round, 811th overall by the Texas Rangers, but did not sign
• Glenn Davis, 42nd round, 817th overall by the Texas Rangers, but did not sign

Football players drafted

• Turner Gill, 18th round, 457th overall by the New York Yankees, but did not sign
• D. J. Dozier, 18th round, 459th overall by the Detroit Tigers, but did not sign