2001 Major League Baseball Draft

= All-Star

Pick	Player	Team	Position	School
1	Joe Mauer	Minnesota Twins	C	St. Paul, MN (Cretin-Derham Hall HS)
2	Mark Prior	Chicago Cubs	RHP	University of Southern California
3	Dewon Brazelton	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	RHP	Middle Tennessee State University
4	Gavin Floyd	Philadelphia Phillies	RHP	Baltimore, MD (Mount Saint Joseph College)
5	Mark Teixeira	Texas Rangers	3B	Georgia Tech
6	Joshua Karp	Montreal Expos	RHP	University of California
7	Chris Smith	Baltimore Orioles	LHP	Cumberland University
8	John Van Benschoten	Pittsburgh Pirates	RHP	Kent State University
9	Johnathan Griffin	Kansas City Royals	RHP	Marshall, TX
10	Chris Burke	Houston Astros	SS	University of Tennessee
11	Kenneth Baugh	Detroit Tigers	RHP	Rice University
12	Mike Jones	Milwaukee Brewers	RHP	Phoenix, AZ
13	Casey Kotchman	Anaheim Angels	1B	Seminole, FL
14	Jacob Gautreau	San Diego Padres	1B-3B	Tulane University
15	Gabe Gross	Toronto Blue Jays	LF	Auburn University
16	Kris Honel	Chicago White Sox	RHP	Bourbonnais, IL (Providence Catholic HS)
17	Daniel Denham	Cleveland Indians	RHP	Antioch, CA
18	Aaron Heilman	New York Mets	RHP	University of Notre Dame
19	Mike Fontenot	Baltimore Orioles	2B	Louisiana State University
20	Jeremy Sowers	Cincinnati Reds	LHP	Louisville, KY
21	Brad Hennessey	San Francisco Giants	RHP	Youngstown State University
22	Jason Bulger	Arizona Diamondbacks	RHP	Valdosta State University
23	John-Ford Griffin	New York Yankees	RF	Florida State University
24	Joseph McBride	Atlanta Braves	LHP	Sylvania, GA
25	Bobby Crosby	Oakland Athletics	SS	Long Beach State
26	Jeremy Bonderman	Oakland Athletics	RHP	Pasco, WA
27	William Horne	Cleveland Indians	RHP	Marianna, FL
28	Justin Pope	St. Louis Cardinals	RHP	University of Central Florida
29	Joshua Burrus	Atlanta Braves	SS	Marietta, GA
30	Noah Lowry	San Francisco Giants	LHP	Pepperdine University

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Pick	Player	Team	Position	School
31	Bryan Bass	Baltimore Orioles	SS	Seminole High School (Pinellas County, Florida)
32	Michael Woods	Detroit TIgers	2B	Southern University
33	Jeff Mathis	Anaheim Angels	C	Marianna High School
34	Bronson Sardinha	New York Yankees	SS	Kamehameha HS (HI)
35	J.D. Martin	Cleveland Indians	RHP	University of San Francisco
36	Michael Garciaparra	Seattle Mariners	SS	Don Bosco (CA)
37	John Rheinecker	Oakland Athletics	LHP	Southwest Missouri State
38	David Wright	New York Mets	3B	Hickory High School
39	Wyatt Allen	Chicago White Sox	RHP	University of Tennessee
40	Richard Lewis	Atlanta Braves	2B	Georgia Tech
41	Todd Linden	San Francisco Giants	OF	Louisiana State University
42	Jon Skaggs	New York Yankees	RHP	Rice University
43	Mike Conroy	Cleveland Indians	OF	Boston College High School
44	Jayson Nix	Colorado Rockies	SS	Midland High School (TX)

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The Minnesota Twins selected St. Paul, MN native Joe Mauer with the number one pick in the 2001 draft. The 18-year-old Mauer, a catcher from Cretin High School in St. Paul, became the seventh Minnesotan to be selected in the first round and the first to be chosen number one overall. The back-stop was a member of the USA Junior National Team and won a gold medal at the world tournament in Taiwan in 1999. He was also a High School football standout as a quarterback and signed a letter of intent to play football at Florida State University before being drafted.

Right-handed pitcher Mark Prior of the University of Southern California was selected by the Chicago Cubs with the second overall pick in the draft. Prior, who was previously selected in the supplemental first round of the 1998 draft by the Yankees, was the first college player chosen in the 2001 draft. Prior won numerous National Player of the Year awards after going 15-1 with a 1.69 ERA and 202 strikeouts to lead the Trojans to a College World Series berth in his junior year.

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Preceded byAdrian Gonzalez

1st Overall PicksJoe Mauer

Succeeded byBryan Bullington