The Chicago White Sox select Harold Baines with the number-one pick in the June draft

June 7, 1977August 2, 2021 This Day In Baseball

On June 7 1977 –The Chicago White Sox select Harold Baines with the number-one pick in the June draft. Chicago’s owner Bill Veeck had first seen Baines play Little League ball and had followed his career. Pitcher Bill Gullickson is taken with the second pick by the Montreal Expos, and the Milwaukee Brewers take University of Minnesota infielder Paul Molitor with the third pick.

class="post-template-default single single-post postid-127886 single-format-standard wp-custom-logo wp-embed-responsive logged-out theme-kadence woocommerce-no-js footer-on-bottom hide-focus-outline link-style-standard content-title-style-normal content-width-normal content-style-unboxed content-vertical-padding-show non-transparent-header mobile-non-transparent-header kadence-elementor-colors elementor-default elementor-kit-193430"

Podcast