lions in the MLB draft
BILLY TRABER 1st Round • 2000 • NYM
CHRIS DONNELS 1st Round • 1987 • NYM
MICHAEL SCHULTZ 2nd Round • 2000 • ARI
TERRELL LOWERY 2nd Round • 1991 • TEX
SCOTT WALTER 3rd Round • 2000 • KC
INSIDE THE LIONS The Lions have had more than 113 players drafted by Major League Baseball teams in program history, including nearly 30 players in the last 10 years. Billy Traber and Chris Donnels are the lone Lions to be selected in the first round, ironically both selected by the Mets. Traber went 16th overall in 2000, while Donnels was taken with the 24th pick in 1987.
JOE CARUSO 3rd Round • 1991 • BOS
Rd. 8 11 12
2011 Player Jason Wheeler Alex Gillingham Matt Koch
TIM LAYANA 3rd Round • 1986 • NYY
MLB Club Minnesota Colorado Minnesota
2010 Rd. 34 Rd. 4 5 34 FA
Player Xavier Esquivel 2009 Player Angelo Songco Ryan Wheeler Kyle Spraker Lee Roberts
MLB Club San Diego MLB Club Los Angeles (N) Arizona Tampa Bay Kansas City
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RUSS NOAH 3rd Round • 1973 • MIN
Rd. 28
2008 Player Mike Kenney
MLB Club Los Angeles (A)
Rd. 4 5 24
2007 Player Eric Farris Brad Meyers DeAndre Miller
MLB Club Milwaukee Washington Los Angeles (A)
Rd. 19 42
2006 Player Chris Pettit Kyle Mura
Rd. 5 6 9 25 FA
Including Traber and Donnels, LMU has had 20 players taken in the first five rounds of a MLB draft. LMU's best draft came in 2000, as a Lion was taken in each of the first three rounds. Traber went in the first, followed by Michael Schultz in the second, and Scott Walter in the third.
2005 Player Stephen Kahn Jeff Stevens James Cooper Joe Frazee Kyle Huddy
MLB Club Seattle Cincinnati New York (A) Philadelphia Cincinnati
2004 Rd. 30 37 FA FA
MLB Club Los Angeles (A) St. Louis
MLB DRAFT HISTORY
Player Kevin Jenson Billy Lockin Brady Koch Will Quaglieri
MLB Club San Francisco Arizona Houston New York (N)
LIONS IN MLB
41
Rd. 5 6 9 24
2003 Player Josh Muecke Josh Whitesell Vince Cordova Ryan Yurek
MLB Club Houston Montreal New York (N) Houston
Rd. 5 FA
2001 Player C.J. Wilson James Clelland
MLB Club Texas Montreal
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