1959 REENTRY DRAFT
	DRAFT COMPLETED
	GMs must assign contracts from 1-5 years.  Veterans(*) must have minimum 3-year contract.																Rd	Adj.	Late Rounds
	4-year contracts: add additional 10% to salary.  5-year contracts: add additional 20% to salary.																5th	-10%	NYG	Bobby Adams, 2B	612	61
	You may pass a round and make selections in later rounds.																		STL	Bill Virdon, CF	1080	61
	Unsigned players will become free agents and may be signed after April 15 to minor league contracts.																		LOU	Joe Presko, SP	3240	61
																			CLE	Frank House, C	500	59
		Fundage		1st Round	+30%		2nd Round	+20%		3rd Round	+10%		4th Round	0%			6th	-20%	NYG	Hal Smith, C	500	60
	SAN FRANCISCO	9,495		Jim Busby, CF	2938	61	PASS			Ted Kluszewski, 1B	2750	61	Bob Porterfield, SP	6700	61				BRO	Earl Averill, C	500	59
	LOS ANGELES	2,918		Hank Aguirre, SP	1430	61	Cass Michaels, 2B	1061	61	Ted Abernathy, CL	1892	61	Eddie Yost, 3B	840	61				CLE	Don Zimmer, 2B	500	59
	NEW YORK	5,021		Joe Ginsberg, C	2246	61	Jackie Collum, MR	2640	61	Bob Trowbridge, MR	600	62	Ruben Gomez, SP	800	61				STL	Ray Moore, MR	600	61
	DETROIT	30,847		Don Gross, MR	750	63	PASS			PASS			Charlie Lau, C	500	59		7th	-30%	CLE	Frank Bolling, 2B	500	59
	BROOKLYN	5,797		Tom Acker, CL	900	63	Luis Aparicio, SS	1320	61	Russ Meyer, SP			PASS				8th	-40%	STL	Al Worthington, SP	500	61
	ST LOUIS	1,414		Dick Groat, SS	1482	61	Roger Craig, SP	1300	62	Art Houtteman, SP	1012	61	Erv Palica, SP	1320	62				CLE	Whitey Herzog, RF	600	59
	LOUISVILLE	135		PASS			George Kell, 3B	4680	61	PASS			Bobby Shantz, SP	4000	61		9th	-50%	STL	Al Smith, LF	500	61
							Al Rosen, 3B	3978	61										CLE	Andy Carey, 3B	500	59
	CLEVELAND	51		Harvey Haddix, SP	962	61				Dick Williams, 3B	550	59	Hal Jeffcoat, RF	500	61		11th	-70%	NYG	Whitey Lockman, 1B	504	61
	WASHINGTON	(690)																	BRO	Minnie Minoso, LF	1614	61
	BROOKLYN	5,797		Charlie Neal, 2B	650	61	Lou Sleater, MR	0		Bob Cain, SP	0		PASS				13th	-90%	STL	Joe Garagiola, C	500	61
1959 Minor League Contracts
		SF		Jackie Jensen, CF			Don Liddle, SP
		LA		Toby Atwell, C
		NYG		Don Newcombe, SP
		DET		Saul Rogovin, SP			Milt Bolling, SS
		CHI		Alex Grammas, SS			Hal 'Cura' Smith, C			Cliff Fannin, MR
		STL		Vic Wertz, 1B			Jerry Priddy, 2B			Jack Dittmer, 2B
		LOU		Paul Minner, SP			Andy Hansen, MR
		CLE		Larry Jansen, SP			Hank Bauer, RF
		WAS		Joe Astroth, C			Ray Jablonski, 3B
		BRO		Mike Garcia, SP			Ralph Branca, SP			Bob Turley, SP
				FREE AGENTS
				12 players
	CATCHERS			SECOND BASE			CENTER FIELD			STARTING PITCHERS			RELIEF PITCHERS
	Red Wilson, C			Bobby Avila, 2B			Johnny Groth, CF			Bud Podbielan, SP			Carl Scheib, MR
	Del Rice, C												Bud Byerly, MR
	Clint Courtney, C			LEFT FIELD			RIGHT FIELD						Dave Hillman, MR
				Dale Mitchell, LF			Sam Mele, RF
							Bob Usher, RF
	1959 ROOKIE DRAFT
	First round picks: automatic 3-year contract @ $1 million.  Bonuses for first three overall picks.
	Second round picks: automatic 3-year contract at $500k.  All others: minor league contracts.
	Teams may not pass a round.
				1st Round	$1M+		2nd Round	500k		3rd Round	Minor		4th Round	Minor
	SAN FRANCISCO			Harmon Killebrew, 1B	1300	61	George Altman, RF	500	61	Russ Snyder, CF	0		Carl Sawatski, C	0
	LOS ANGELES			Vada Pinson, CF	1200	61	Jerry Walker, MR	500	61	Jim Owens, MR	0		Ken Aspromonte, 2B	0
	NEW YORK			Bob Allison, RF	1100	61	Andre Rodgers, SS	500	61	Gene Oliver, C	0		Jay Hook, SP	0
							Larry Sherry, MR	500	61	Barry Latman, MR	0
							Ernie Broglio, SP	500	61
	DETROIT			Maury Wills, SS	1000	61	Ron Fairly, 1B	500	61	Marty Keough, CF	0		Bernie Daniels, SP	0
				Jim O'Toole, SP	1000	61				Joe Koppe, SS	0
	CHICAGO			Jackie Brandt, CF	1000	61	Don Demeter, CF	500	61	Orlando Pena, MR	0		Bobby Locke, MR	0
				Bob Shaw, SP	1000	61
	ST LOUIS			Bill Monbouquette, SP	1000	61	Lee Maye, LF	500	61	John Buzhardt, SP	0		Jim Coates, MR	0
	LOUISVILLE			(to CLE)			Jim Perry, SP	500	61	Cam Carreon, C	0		Pete Burnside, MR	0
	CLEVELAND			John Tsitouris, SP	1000	61	(to NYG)			(to NYG)			Eli Grba, SP	0
	WASHINGTON			Felipe Alou, RF	1000	61	Marshall Bridges, MR	500	61	Willie Tasby, CF	0
	BROOKLYN			(to DET)			(to NYG)			(to DET)