- Danny Goodwin
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Danny Goodwin First baseman, Outfielder, Designated hitter Born: September 2, 1953
St. Louis, MissouriBatted: Left Threw: Right MLB debut September 3, 1975 for the California Angels Last MLB appearance July 7, 1982 for the Oakland Athletics Career statistics Batting average .236 Home runs 13 Runs batted in 81 Teams Career highlights and awards - First overall draft pick, 1971 Major League Baseball Draft
- First overall draft pick, 1975 Major League Baseball Draft
Danny Kay Goodwin (born September 2, 1953 in St. Louis, Missouri) was a Major League Baseball player from 1975 to 1982 for the California Angels, Minnesota Twins, and Oakland Athletics. Goodwin, who played a majority of his games as a designated hitter, is the only player to be the first overall pick in the Major League draft in two separate years. He was initially drafted first overall in 1971 by the Chicago White Sox, but chose to attend Southern University and A & M where Lou Brock had previously attended, as would future Brewer 2B Rickie Weeks. Four years later, he was selected by the California Angels. He appeared in 252 games for three teams over the next seven years. He appeared in 61 games at first base and 2 in the outfield, all for the Minnesota Twins, with all his other appearances as a designated hitter.
He played for the Nankai Hawks in Japanese Professional League in 1986.
In 2011, Goodwin became the first player from a Historically Black University to be inducted into the National College Baseball Hall of Fame. Goodwin enjoys that honor along side the late legendary baseball Coach and President of Grambling College - "Dr. Ralph Waldo Emerson Jones."
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Major League Baseball number one overall draft picks 1965: Rick Monday | 1966: Steve Chilcott | 1967: Ron Blomberg | 1968: Tim Foli | 1969: Jeff Burroughs | 1970: Mike Ivie | 1971: Danny Goodwin | 1972: Dave Roberts | 1973: David Clyde | 1974: Bill Almon | 1975: Danny Goodwin | 1976: Floyd Bannister | 1977: Harold Baines | 1978: Bob Horner | 1979: Al Chambers | 1980: Darryl Strawberry | 1981: Mike Moore | 1982: Shawon Dunston | 1983: Tim Belcher | 1984: Shawn Abner | 1985: B. J. Surhoff | 1986: Jeff King | 1987: Ken Griffey, Jr. | 1988: Andy Benes | 1989: Ben McDonald | 1990: Chipper Jones | 1991: Brien Taylor | 1992: Phil Nevin | 1993: Alex Rodriguez | 1994: Paul Wilson | 1995: Darin Erstad | 1996: Kris Benson | 1997: Matt Anderson | 1998: Pat Burrell | 1999: Josh Hamilton | 2000: Adrian Gonzalez | 2001: Joe Mauer | 2002: Bryan Bullington | 2003: Delmon Young | 2004: Matt Bush | 2005: Justin Upton | 2006: Luke Hochevar | 2007: David Price | 2008: Tim Beckham | 2009: Stephen Strasburg | 2010: Bryce Harper | 2011: Gerrit Cole
Chicago White Sox first-round draft picks 1965: Plesha | 1966: May | 1967: Haynes | 1968: McKinney | 1969: Nicholson | 1970: Richard | 1971: Goodwin | 1972: Ondina | 1973: Swisher | 1974: Monroe | 1975: Knapp | 1976: Trout | 1977: Baines | 1978: none | 1979: Buechele, Seilheimer | 1980: Espy | 1981: Boston | 1982: Karkovice | 1983: Davis, Morman | 1984: Menéndez, Hartley | 1985: Brown | 1986: Hall | 1987: McDowell | 1988: Ventura | 1989: Thomas | 1990: Fernandez | 1991: Ruffcorn | 1992: Pearson | 1993: Christman | 1994: Johnson, Clemons | 1995: Liefer | 1996: Seay | 1997: Dellaero, Kane, Caradonna, Myette, Parque, Biddle | 1998: Wells, Rowand | 1999: Stumm, Ginter, West, Purvis | 2000: Borchard | 2001: Honel, Allen | 2002: Ring | 2003: Anderson | 2004: Fields, Lumsden, Gonzalez | 2005: Broadway | 2006: McCulloch | 2007: Poreda | 2008: Beckham | 2009: Mitchell | 2010: Sale | 2011: WalkerLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim first-round draft picks 1965: Spencer | 1966: Jim DeNeff | 1967: Nunn | 1968: Allen | 1969: Bannister | 1970: Dade | 1971: Tanana | 1972: Chalk | 1973: Taylor | 1974: Miley | 1975: Goodwin | 1976: Landreaux | 1977: Dotson | 1978: Brunansky | 1979: No first round pick | 1980: Rasmussen | 1981: Schofield | 1982: Kipper | 1983: Doran | 1984: Pappas | 1985: Fraser, Cook | 1986: Hernández, Stevens, Carr, Fetters, Green | 1987: Orton, Holdridge | 1988: J. Abbott | 1989: K. Abbott | 1990: No first round pick | 1991: Pérez, Fábregas | 1992: Janicki, Schmidt | 1993: Anderson | 1994: Christensen | 1995: Erstad | 1996: No first round pick | 1997: Glaus | 1998: Etherton | 1999: No first round pick | 2000: Torres, Bootcheck | 2001: Kotchman, Mathis | 2002: Saunders | 2003: Wood | 2004: Weaver | 2005: Bell | 2006: Conger | 2007: Bachanov | 2008: No first round pick | 2009: Grichuck, Trout, Skaggs, Richards, Kehrer | 2010: Cowart, Bredosian, Clarke, Lindsey, Bolden | 2011: CronCategories:- 1953 births
- Living people
- Major League Baseball designated hitters
- African American baseball players
- California Angels players
- Minnesota Twins players
- Oakland Athletics players
- Nankai Hawks players
- American expatriate baseball players in Japan
- Baseball players from Missouri
- People from St. Louis, Missouri
- El Paso Diablos players
- Salinas Angels players
- Salt Lake City Gulls players
- Ogden A's players
- Tacoma Tigers players
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