2003 Major League Baseball draft


The 2003 First-Year Player Draft, Major League Baseball's annual amateur draft, was held on June 3 and 4. It was conducted via conference call with representatives from each of the league's 30 teams.
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First round selections

PickPlayerTeamPositionSchool
1Delmon Young
Tampa Bay Devil RaysOFAdolfo Camarillo High School
2Rickie WeeksMilwaukee Brewers2BSouthern University
3Kyle SleethDetroit TigersRHPWake Forest University
4Tim StaufferSan Diego PadresRHPUniversity of Richmond
5Chris LubanskiKansas City RoyalsCFKennedy-Kenrick High School
6Ryan HarveyChicago CubsCFDunedin High School
7Nick MarkakisBaltimore OriolesOFYoung Harris College
8Paul MaholmPittsburgh PiratesLHPMississippi State
9John DanksTexas RangersLHPRound Rock High School
10Ian StewartColorado Rockies3BLa Quinta High School
11Michael AubreyCleveland Indians1BTulane University
12Lastings MilledgeNew York MetsOFLakewood Ranch High School
13Aaron HillToronto Blue JaysSSLouisiana State University
14Ryan WagnerCincinnati RedsRHPUniversity of Houston
15Brian AndersonChicago White SoxCFUniversity of Arizona
16Jeff AllisonFlorida MarlinsRHPPeabody Veterans Memorial High School
17David MurphyBoston Red SoxCFBaylor University
18Brad SnyderCleveland IndiansRFBall State University
19Conor JacksonArizona Diamondbacks3BUC Berkeley
20Chad CorderoMontreal ExposRHPCal State Fullerton
21Matt MosesMinnesota Twins3BMills E. Godwin High School
22David AardsmaSan Francisco GiantsRHPRice University
23Brandon WoodAnaheim AngelsSSHorizon High School
24Chad BillingsleyLos Angeles DodgersRHPDefiance High School
25Brad SullivanOakland AthleticsRHPUniversity of Houston
26Brian SnyderOakland Athletics3BStetson University
27Eric DuncanNew York Yankees3BSeton Hall Preparatory School
28Daric BartonSt. Louis CardinalsCMarina High School
29Carlos QuentinArizona DiamondbacksOFStanford University
30Mitch MaierKansas City RoyalsCUniversity of Toledo

Supplemental first round selections

Compensation Picks

Other notable players

The Tampa Bay Devil Rays selected Camarillo High School outfielder Delmon Young with the first overall pick.
Young batted.541 with seven home runs, 28 RBI in 22 games as a senior this spring for Camarillo. He was named Baseball America's High School Player of the Year in 2002 and was one of only three juniors selected as first team 2002 All-Americans. He became the first junior to be named California State Player of the Year since Eric Chavez in 1995.
At the World Junior Championships in Sherbrooke, Quebec, he helped lead Team USA to a bronze medal while batting.513 with a tournament-record eight home runs and 19 RBI in 38 at-bats.
Young is the younger brother of retired MLB player Dmitri Young, who was an expansion draft pick of the Rays, but never played in the organization. They became the first set of brothers to be taken within the first five selections of the draft. Dmitri was the 4th player selected by the Cardinals in the 1991 draft.
Pitchers Ryan Wagner, Chad Cordero, David Aardsma and infielder Rickie Weeks all reached the Major League level in less than a year.
Chad Cordero was the first 2003 draftee to be selected to an All-Star Game, selected in 2005. Abe Alvarez, drafted in the 2nd round, was the first 2003 draftee to win a World Series championship, although he was not on the 2004 Boston Red Sox postseason roster. Anthony Reyes, drafted in the 15th round, was the first to be on a winning World Series roster.
The Atlanta Braves selected Rick Sporcic SS Highlands HS Round 50 Draft #1480 with the final pick of the 2003 MLB Draft.
2x Cy Young Award winner Tim Lincecum was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the forty-eighth round