2011 MLB Draft Notes MLB Draft: June 6-8, 2011

TEXAS TECH HAS PRODUCED 114 MLB DRAFT/FREE AGENT SELECTIONS The Texas Tech program began in 1926 and played baseball until 1929 before starting back up in 1954 where it has since played baseball in 58 consecu- tive seasons. Since 1962, there have been 114 Draft or free agent selections. There have been 101 draft picks and 13 free agent selections. There have been 36 draft picks over the last seven seasons, an average of at least five players drafted per season.

BREAKDOWN OF RED RAIDER DRAFT PICKS Texas Tech has had 101 draft picks since 1969. Overall, there has been at least one Red Raider drafted in 33 MLB Drafts, with 22 drafts containing at least two Texas Tech players. The 2010 MLB Draft saw five Red Raiders taken which matches the programs most since having seven draft picks in 2006. Five times in the last seven years there have been at least five Texas Tech players drafted.

Draft Rounds: Players Selected 1st-10th Round: 30 11th-20th Round: 27 21st-30th: 28 31st-40th: 10 41st-50th: 6

CONSISTENCY IN THE DRAFT There has been at least one Tech player drafted/signed free agent contract in 23 consecutive drafts (1988-2010) and in 28 of the last 29 drafts dating back to 1982. The only draft during the past 29 years where a Tech player was not selected/signed free agent was in 1987. In fact, during the past 23 years there have been multiple Red Raiders drafted/signed free agent deals.

TEXAS TECH HEAD - MENTORED 58 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL DRAFT PICKS SINCE 1997 Dan Spencer has had numerous success stories in his college baseball coaching career. Among them is coaching 58 players in his time at Oregon State (1997- 2007) and Texas Tech (2008-Present) that have been selected in the MLB Draft. He coached 45 players at Oregon State and entering this year had coached 13 play- ers at Texas Tech that have been drafted. Overall Spencer has coached three first-round picks, 14 players who have gone in the top five rounds and 26 players who have been drafted in the top 10 rounds. In only three years at Tech, Spencer has worked with nine Tech that have been drafted - including four top-10 round selections. In his career, Spencer has coached seven players (all at Oregon State) that have since made their MLB debuts.

TECH IN ELITE COMPANY AMONG BIG 12 PROGRAMS Since the first Big 12 baseball season in 1997, Texas Tech is one of only three programs in the conference to have at least one player drafted in the top 14 rounds of the draft every season. The Red Raiders join Oklahoma State and Texas A&M as the only programs that have had a top-14 round pick every year since 1997.

HIGHEST DRAFTED RED RAIDER - DONALD HARRIS (1ST ROUND, 5TH OVERALL - 1989) Former Red Raider and Donald Harris is the highest drafted Texas Tech player as Harris was selected fifth overall in the 1989 MLB Draft by Texas. Harris is the only first-rounder in Texas Tech history while 18 Red Raiders have gone in the top five rounds. Seven Tech players have been selected in the top 100 overall picks, including 2010 second-round draft pick Chad Bettis ( Rockies - 2nd round, No. 76 overall).

Texas Tech Top 100 Overall Selections 1989 - Donald Harris, OF (Texas Rangers, 1st Round - No. 5 overall) 1996 - Matt Miller, LHP (, 2nd Round - No. 41 overall) 1994 - Ryan Nye, RHP (, 2nd Round - No. 57 overall) 2010 - Chad Bettis, RHP (, 2nd Round - No. 76 overall) 2008 - Roger Kieschnick, OF (, 3rd Round - No. 82 overall) 2008 - Zach Stewart, RHP (, 3rd Round - No. 84 overall) 1999 - Josh Bard, C (Colorado Rockies, 3rd Round - No. 100 overall)

RED RAIDERS DRAFTED/SIGNED BY 28 MLB ORGANIZATIONS In the history of Texas Tech baseball, there has been at least one Red Raider drafted or signed by 28 of 30 Major League Baseball organizations. Only the Minneso- ta Twins and the newly-founded (1998) have not selected or signed a Texas Tech player. Overall, 59 players have gone to teams with 55 players drafted/signed by clubs. The (27) is the division that has drafted/signed the most Red Raiders while the hometown Texas Rangers (8) and (8) are the organization that have taken the most Tech players. Although neither organization has drafted a Red Raider since 2007 (SS Kyle Martin, 29th round - Kansas City) and the Rangers have drafted only one Tech player (OF Michael Mask, 32nd round - 2004) during the last 18 years. The Cincinnati Reds, and Padres have all drafted/signed seven Texas Tech players. The only organization that has drafted a Tech player that doesn’t currently exists is the Houston Colt .45’s, as they signed the first-ever Red Raider when Chuck Harrison signed with the soon-to-be Houston Astros in 1962. The Colt .45’s were established in 1962 and then became the Astros three years later.

Kansas City______8 Colorado______5 Seattle______4 Toronto______3 Texas______8 Philadelphia______5 Tampa Bay______4 Baltimore______2 Cincinnati______7 Chicago Cubs______4 Atlanta______3 Boston______2 Houston______7 Detroit______4 Milwaukee______3 Los Angeles Angels____ 2 San Diego______7 New York Mets______4 New York Yankees______3 Washington______2 Cleveland______6 Oakland______4 Pittsburgh______3 Florida______1 Chicago White Sox_____ 5 San Francisco______4 St. Louis______3 Los Angeles Dodgers___ 1 TEXAS TECH PLAYERS DRAFTED/SIGNED BY POSITION A total of 42 percent of the Red Raiders drafted have been pitchers with 34 right-handed pitchers drafted/signed and 13 left-handers going to an MLB organiza- tion. Tech has seen 13 of its drafted/signed while 32 infielders and 22 have also been taken in the draft. Dating back to the first three players taken in the 2006 draft, 14 of Tech’s last 21 draft picks have been pitchers (5 LHP).

Red Raiders Drafted/Signed by Position Pitchers - 47 RHP - 34 LHP - 13 Catchers - 13 Infielders - 32 Outfielders - 22

MOST TEXAS TECH PLAYERS DRAFTED/SIGNED ● 9 - 1998 ● 8 - 1996 ● 7 - 2006, 2004, 1995 ● 6 - 1999, 1994 ● 5 - 2010, 2008, 2007 ● 4 - 2005, 1993, 1989 ● 3 - 2009, 2001, 2000, 1997 ● 2 - 2003, 2002, 1992, 1991, 1990, 1988 ● 1 - 1986, 1985, 1984, 1983, 1982, 1980, 1979, 1977, 1973, 1972, 1971, 1969, 1962

TOP DRAFTED RED RAIDER BY POSITION ● - Matt Miller (1996, 2nd Round, No. 41 overall - Detroit Tigers) ● RHP - Ryan Nye (1994, 2nd Round, No. 57 overall - Philadelphia Phillies) ● LHP - Matt Miller (1996, 2nd Round, No. 41 overall - Detroit Tigers) ● C - Josh Bard (1999, 3rd Round, No. 100 overall - Colorado Rockies) ● INF - Christian Colonel (2003, 5th Round, No. 137 overall - Colorado Rockies) ● OF - Donald Harris (1989, 1st Round, No. 5 overall - Texas Rangers)

CONSECUTIVE YEARS WITH A DRAFT PICK IN THE TOP 26 ROUNDS ● 20 - 1991-2010 (26 top-10 round picks during this time frame).

CONSECUTIVE YEARS WITH A DRAFT PICK/FREE AGENT SIGNING ● 23 - 1988-2007 (all 23 years with at least two draft picks or free agent selections).

TEXAS TECH WITH 21 FORMER PLAYERS IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL Texas Tech has 21 former players that have made their Major League debuts, starting with first baseman Chuck Harrison in 1965 with the Houston Astros to right- handed pitcher Josh Tomlin who made his big league debut with the on July 27, 2010. Fourteen of Tech’s big leaguers have made their debuts since 2000, including four Red Raiders who played for Tech during the past decade (Jeff Karstens - 2003, - 2004, Dustin Richardson - 2006, Josh Tomlin - 2006).

DALLAS BRADEN THROWS 19TH IN MLB HISTORY IN 2010 Perhaps Texas Tech’s most well-known baseball alum, Dallas Braden, tossed the 19th perfect game in Major League Baseball history on May 9, 2010, against the . It marked only the eighth perfect game all-time thrown by a pitcher who played collegiate baseball and he became the first-ever Big 12 pitcher to enter the MLB record books with a perfect game.

Collegiate Pitchers Tossing a Perfect Game in Major League Baseball History 1908 - (Wisconsin) 1922 - (Austin College) 1964 - (Xavier) 1965 - (Cincinnati) 1988 - (Tennessee Wesleyan College) 2004 - (Southern ) 2009 - (Jefferson College) 2010 - Dallas Braden (Texas Tech)

1999 2006 1999 2003 2004 JOSH BARD DUSTIN RICHARDSON CHRIS SAMPSON JEFF KARSTENS DALLAS BRADEN COLORADO ROCKIES - 3RD ROUND -5TH ROUND HOUSTON ASTROS - 8TH ROUND - 19TH ROUND - 24TH ROUND Texas Tech Red Raiders in Major League Baseball

MLB Debut Player Pos. Drafted/Signed by Year Round Overall Teams Played For September 15, 1965 Chuck Harrison 1B Houston Colt .45s 1962 Free Agent N/A HOU, KC

September 6, 1976 Doug Ault 1B/LF Texas Rangers 1972 Free Agent N/A TEX, TOR

July 29, 1991 Mike Humphreys OF/3B 1988 15th 370 NYY

September 4, 1991 Donald Harris OF Texas Rangers 1989 1st 5 TEX

July 20, 1995 Mark Brandenburg RHP Texas Rangers 1992 26th 734 TEX

June 7, 1997 Ryan Nye RHP Philadelphia Phillies 1994 2nd 57 PHI

June 21, 1998 Travis Smith RHP 1995 19th 516 MIL, STL, FLA, ATL

May 12, 2000 Brandon Kolb RHP San Diego Padres 1995 4th 89 SD, MIL

September 20, 2000 Keith Ginter 2B Houston Astros 1998 10th 302 MIL, OAK, HOU

May 8, 2001 Matt Miller LHP Detroit Tigers 1996 2nd 41 DET

June 18, 2001 Stubby Clapp 2B St. Louis Cardinals 1996 36th 1,058 STL

April 26, 2002 Travis Driskill RHP Cleveland Indians 1993 4th 111 BAL, COL, HOU

August 23, 2002 Josh Bard C Colorado Rockies 1999 3rd 100 SD, CLE, WAS, SEA, BOS

September 12, 2002 Trey Lunsford C San Francisco Giants 2000 33rd 991 SF

August 21, 2004 Steve Watkins RHP San Diego Padres 1998 16th 472 SD

May 18, 2005 Joe Dillon 1B Kansas City Royals 1997 7th 211 MIL, FLA, TB

June 2, 2006 Chris Sampson RHP Houston Astros 1999 8th 263 HOU

August 22, 2006 Jeff Karstens RHP New York Yankees 2003 19th 574 PIT, NYY

April 24, 2007 Dallas Braden LHP Oakland Athletics 2004 24th 727 OAK

September 28, 2009 Dustin Richardson LHP Boston Red Sox 2006 5th 163 BOS

July 27, 2010 Josh Tomlin RHP Cleveland Indians 2006 19th 581 CLE

1999 2006 1999 2003 2004 JOSH BARD DUSTIN RICHARDSON CHRIS SAMPSON JEFF KARSTENS DALLAS BRADEN COLORADO ROCKIES - 3RD ROUND BOSTON RED SOX -5TH ROUND HOUSTON ASTROS - 8TH ROUND NEW YORK YANKEES - 19TH ROUND OAKLAND ATHLETICS - 24TH ROUND Dan Spencer Era MLB Draft/Free Agent Picks (2008-Present)

Head coach Dan Spencer came to the Texas Tech program in 2008, and since Spencer and the Texas Tech coaches have helped produce 13 players who have been drafted by Major League Baseball organizations. Overall, the Red Raiders pro- gram has had nine pitchers (7 RHP, 2 LHP), two outfielders, one and one infielder drafted during the last three years. Spencer has coached five players who have been top-10 round draft picks, including 2010 second-round selection (76th overall) Chad Bettis and fourth-round pick Bobby Doran (123rd overall). In addition, Spencer coached 45 players at Oregon State (1997-2007) that were drafted, including 21 top-10 round picks, 10 top-five round selections and three first-round picks. In Spencer’s final season with the Beavers in 2007, Oregon State had two first-round picks and a total of six top-10 selections. Seven of Spencer’s players at Oregon State have made their big league debuts. Year Player Position Round/Free Agent Organization 2010 Chad Bettis RHP 2nd Colorado Rockies Bobby Doran RHP 4th Houston Astros Jay Johnson LHP 26th Jeremy Mayo C 31st Brett Bruening RHP 42nd

2009 Nathan Karns RHP 12th Washington Nationals A.J. Ramos RHP 21st Florida Marlins Chris Richburg 1B 23rd Cincinnati Reds

2008 Roger Kieschnick OF 3rd San Francisco Giants Zach Stewart RHP 3rd Cincinnati Reds James Leverton LHP 8th Doug Thennis OF 27th Chicago White Sox Owen Brolsma RHP 48th

Dan Spencer’s former Oregon State players who have made MLB debuts - Brian Barden made MLB debut with Arizona Diamondbacks on April 3, 2007 - Mark McLemore made MLB debut with Houston Astros on May 24, 2007 - made MLB debut with Boston Red Sox on June 30, 2007 - made MLB debut with on August 3, 2008 - made MLB debut with Arizona Diamondbacks on April 21, 2010 - made MLB debut with Chicago Cubs on August 12, 2010 - made MLB debut with Arizona Diamondbacks on April 2, 2011 Texas Tech Red Raiders Major League Baseball Draft/Free Agent Selections

Year Player Pos. Round/FA Organization Year Player Pos. Round/FA Organization 2010 Chad Bettis RHP 2nd Colorado Rockies 1997 Jason Gooding LHP 5th Kansas City Royals Bobby Doran RHP 4th Houston Astros Joe Dillon 1B 7th Kansas City Royals Jay Johnson LHP 26th Toronto Blue Jays Jimmy Frush RHP 19th Philadelphia Phillies Jeremy Mayo C 31st Washington Nationals Brett Bruening RHP 42nd Chicago White Sox 1996 Matt Miller LHP 2nd Detroit Tigers Clint Bryant 3B 7th Colorado Rockies 2009 Nathan Karns RHP 12th Washington Nationals Dion Ruecker SS 12th Boston Red Sox A.J. Ramos RHP 21st Florida Marlins David Lindstrom C 21st Detroit Tigers Chris Richburg 1B 23rd Cincinnati Reds Matt Kastelic OF 24th Tampa Bay Devil Rays Stubby Clapp 2B 36th St. Louis Cardinals 2008 Roger Kieschnick OF 3rd San Francisco Giants Jimmy Frush RHP 43rd Zach Stewart RHP 3rd Cincinnati Reds Ryan Brewer RHP FA Kansas City Royals James Leverton LHP 8th Chicago Cubs Doug Thennis OF 27th Chicago White Sox 1995 Brandon Kolb RHP 4th San Diego Padres Owen Brolsma RHP 48th Pittsburgh Pirates Jason Totman 2B 7th San Diego Padres Logan Miller C 17th Toronto Blue Jays Travis Smith RHP 19th Milwaukee Brewers 2007 Matt Smith C 14th Oakland Athletics Clint Bryant 3B 21st Detroit Tigers Miles Morgan RHP 17th Cleveland Indians Brandon Welch OF 42nd Oakland Athletics Kyle Martin SS 29th Kansas City Royals Marcus McCain INF FA Tampa Bay Devil Rays Colt Hynes LHP 31st San Diego Padres Aaron Odom LHP 40th 1994 Ryan Nye RHP 2nd Philadelphia Phillies Eric Newman RHP 5th San Diego Padres 2006 Tyler Reves C 4th Chicago White Sox Saul Bustos INF 30th Chicago Cubs Dustin Richardson LHP 5th Boston Red Sox Clay Hill OF FA Chicago White Sox Josh Tomlin RHP 19th Cleveland Indians Robin Harriss C FA Cleveland Indians Joey Callendar 2B 21st Tampa Bay Devil Rays Shane Butler RHP FA Chicago Cubs Aaron Odom LHP 25th Oakland Athletics Brian Capps OF 30th Philadelphia Phillies 1993 Travis Driskill RHP 4th Cleveland Indians Jon Plefka RHP 47th Mike Kinney OF 20th Trey Forkerway SS FA Chicago Cubs 2005 Cameron Blair SS 6th Pittsburgh Pirates Darren Glenn INF FA San Francisco Giants Billy Carnline RHP 12th Toronto Blue Jays Brent Thomas OF 32nd Cleveland Indians 1992 Mark Bradenburg RHP 26th Texas Rangers Cody Fuller OF 48th Los Angeles Angels Wes Shook OF 28th Texas Rangers

2004 Josh Haney INF 11th Kansas City Royals 1991 Rodney Steph RHP 12th Cincinnati Reds Cameron Blair INF 18th St. Louis Cardinals Tony Tijerina C 13th New York Mets Josh Brady INF 19th Milwaukee Brewers Jose Delgado INF 24th St. Louis Cardinals 1990 Matt Martin INF FA Cincinnati Reds Dallas Braden LHP 24th Oakland Athletics Kent Blasingame OF FA Philadelphia Phillies Steven Thomas RHP 28th Colorado Rockies Michael Mask OF 32nd Texas Rangers 1989 Donald Harris OF 1st Texas Rangers Greg Kobza 1B 11th Chicago White Sox 2003 Christian Colonel INF 5th Colorado Rockies James Mauldin RHP 11th New York Yankees Jeff Karstens RHP 19th New York Yankees Brian Roper C 33rd Texas Rangers

2002 Jon Slack OF 5th New York Mets 1988 Mike Beiras RHP 14th Seattle Mariners Gera Alvarez INF 16th Baltimore Orioles Mike Humphreys OF 15th San Diego Padres

2001 Kerry Hodges OF 9th Houston Astros 1986 Phil Maldonado C 32nd Blake McGinley LHP 21st New York Mets Jason Rainey OF 31st Seattle Mariners 1985 Todd Howey OF 9th Philadelphia Phillies 1984 John Grimes C 7th San Francisco Giants 2000 Miles Durham OF 5th Detroit Tigers Marco Cunningham OF 27th Kansas City Royals 1983 Eric Shirley RHP 12th Atlanta Braves Trey Lunsford C 33rd San Francisco Giants 1982 Bobby Kohler OF 19th Texas Rangers 1999 Josh Bard C 3rd Colorado Rockies Chris Sampson RHP 8th Houston Astros 1980 Brooks Wallace SS 21st Texas Rangers Shane Wright RHP 9th Pittsburgh Pirates Brandon Roberson RHP 19th Seattle Mariners 1979 Brooks Wallace SS 10th New York Mets Jason Huth INF 26th Cincinnati Reds Brad Ralston RHP 27th Milwaukee Brewers 1977 1B 22nd San Diego Padres

1998 Monty Ward RHP 4th Kansas City Royals 1973 Ruben Garcia LHP 16th Kansas City Royals Keith Ginter 2B 10th Houston Astros Kevin Jordan 3B 11th Houston Astros 1972 Doug Ault 1B FA Texas Rangers Steve Watkins RHP 16th San Diego Padres Duane Price OF 20th Cincinnati Reds 1971 Pat McKean LHP 4th Atlanta Braves RHP 24th Cincinnati Reds Brandon Buckley C 29th Houston Astros 1969 Jerry Haggard 2B 27th Cleveland Indians Junior Rodriguez SS FA New York Yankees Jesse Cornejo LHP FA Tampa Bay Devil Rays 1962 Chuck Harrison 1B FA Houston Colt .45’s