Local Players Drafted

Clark Parker, a Cal State Northridge senior second baseman who had only 47 at-bats, was drafted in the 40th round by the Detroit Tigers. Parker, a transfer who started at UC Santa Barbara for three years, batted .298 this season, mostly as a pinch-hitter and designated hitter. Not drafted was Northridge outfielder Jose Miranda, who batted .407 with 25 home runs and 90 runs batted in. Although Miranda displayed great power, his lack of speed and average arm apparently kept him from being drafted. Area players selected this week in baseball’s amateur draft.

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NAME SCHOOL POS. ROUND Jon Garland Kennedy HS RHP 1st Adam Kennedy CS Northridge SS 1st Jim Parque Valley HS, UCLA LHP 1A Valley HS, UCLA Randy Wolf El Camino HS, Pepperdine LHP 2nd Jeff Weaver Simi Valley HS, RHP 2nd Fresno State Sean Douglass Antelope Valley HS RHP 2nd Chris Parker Westlake HS C 6th Mike Schultz Cleveland HS RHP 8th Jon Schaeffer Harvard-Westlake,Stanford C 9th Fernando Rios Glendale HS OF 13th Ryan Hankins Simi Valley HS, UNLV 3B 13th Chris Thogerson Newbury Park HS RHP 17th Nathan Rice CS Northridge LHP 19th Joe Borchard Camarillo HS OF 20th Bill Scott Alemany HS OF 23th Jesse Daggett Crescenta Valley HS C 25th Canyons Andy Dominique Alemany HS, Nevada 3B 26th Richard Bell Cal Lutheran LHP 28th Andy Kroneberger Camarillo HS 2B 32nd Clark Parker Cal State Northridge 2B 40th Justin Ames Moorpark HS LHP 42nd Kevin Harmon Palmdale HS C 42nd Jason Westemeir Alemany HS RHP 51st

NAME TEAM Jon Garland Chicago Cubs Adam Kennedy St. Louis Jim Parque Chicago White Sox Randy Wolf Philadelphia Jeff Weaver Chicago White Sox Sean Douglass Baltimore Chris Parker Detroit Mike Schultz Cleveland Jon Schaeffer Minnesota Fernando Rios Cincinnati Ryan Hankins Chicago White Sox Chris Thogerson Baltimore Nathan Rice San Francisco Joe Borchard Baltimore Bill Scott Atlanta Jesse Daggett Pittsburgh Andy Dominique Philadelphia Richard Bell Dodgers Andy Kroneberger St. Louis Clark Parker Detroit Justin Ames Milwaukee Kevin Harmon Montreal Jason Westemeir Atlanta

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