1961 Major League Baseball expansion draft

1961 MLB expansion draft
General information
Teams	Houston Colt .45s New York Mets
Date(s)	October 10, 1961
Picks
First selections	Eddie Bressoud, Houston Colt .45s Hobie Landrith, New York Mets
Overall selections	45 (plus two selections in 1963)

The 1961 MLB Expansion Draft was held by Major League Baseball on October 10, 1961, to fill the rosters of the New York Mets and the Houston Colt .45s. The Mets and the Colt .45s (later renamed the Astros) were the new franchises which would enter the league in the 1962 season. The pool of players out of which they could select was limited to the existing National League ballclubs.^[1]

Due to the poor performance of the Mets and Colt .45s after two seasons, another draft was held for the teams. The other existing National League clubs made four players from their 40-man roster available at $30,000 apiece. Only eight players could be selected between the two clubs.^[2]

1961 Draft

Regular Phase, $75,000 per player
Pick	Player	Position	Selected by	Previous team
1	Eddie Bressoud	IF	Houston Colt .45s	San Francisco Giants
2	Hobie Landrith	C	New York Mets	San Francisco Giants
3	Bob Aspromonte	IF	Houston Colt .45s	Los Angeles Dodgers
4	Elio Chacón	IF	New York Mets	Cincinnati Reds
5	Bob Lillis	IF	Houston Colt .45s	St. Louis Cardinals
6	Roger Craig	P	New York Mets	Los Angeles Dodgers
7	Dick Drott	P	Houston Colt .45s	Chicago Cubs
8	Gus Bell	OF	New York Mets	Cincinnati Reds
9	Al Heist	OF	Houston Colt .45s	Chicago Cubs
10	Joe Christopher	OF	New York Mets	Pittsburgh Pirates
11	Román Mejías	OF	Houston Colt .45s	Pittsburgh Pirates
12	Félix Mantilla	IF	New York Mets	Milwaukee Braves
13	George Williams	IF	Houston Colt .45s	Philadelphia Phillies
14	Gil Hodges	1B	New York Mets	Los Angeles Dodgers
15	Jesse Hickman	P	Houston Colt .45s	Philadelphia Phillies
16	Craig Anderson	P	New York Mets	St. Louis Cardinals
17	Merritt Ranew	C	Houston Colt .45s	Milwaukee Braves
18	Ray Daviault	P	New York Mets	San Francisco Giants
19	Don Taussig	OF	Houston Colt .45s	St. Louis Cardinals
20	John DeMerit	OF	New York Mets	Milwaukee Braves
21	Bobby Shantz	P	Houston Colt .45s	Pittsburgh Pirates
22	Al Jackson	P	New York Mets	Pittsburgh Pirates
23	Norm Larker	1B	Houston Colt .45s	Los Angeles Dodgers
24	Sammy Drake	IF	New York Mets	Chicago Cubs
25	Sam Jones	P	Houston Colt .45s	San Francisco Giants
26	Chris Cannizzaro	C	New York Mets	St. Louis Cardinals
27	Paul Roof	P	Houston Colt .45s	Milwaukee Braves
28	Choo-Choo Coleman	C	New York Mets	Philadelphia Phillies
29	Ken Johnson	P	Houston Colt .45s	Cincinnati Reds
30	Ed Bouchee	1B	New York Mets	Chicago Cubs
31	Dick Gernert	1B	Houston Colt .45s	Cincinnati Reds
32	Bob Smith	OF	New York Mets	Philadelphia Phillies

Regular Phase, $50,000 per player
Pick	Player	Position	Selected by	Previous team
33	Ed Olivares	IF	Houston Colt .45s	St. Louis Cardinals
34	Sherman Jones	P	New York Mets	Cincinnati Reds
35	Jim Umbricht	P	Houston Colt .45s	Pittsburgh Pirates
36	Jim Hickman	OF	New York Mets	St. Louis Cardinals
37	Jim Golden	P	Houston Colt .45s	Los Angeles Dodgers

Premium Phase, $125,000 per player
Pick	Player	Position	Selected by	Previous team
38	Joe Amalfitano	IF	Houston Colt .45s	San Francisco Giants
39	Jay Hook	P	New York Mets	Cincinnati Reds
40	Turk Farrell	P	Houston Colt .45s	Los Angeles Dodgers
41	Bob Miller	P	New York Mets	St. Louis Cardinals
42	Hal Smith	C	Houston Colt .45s	Pittsburgh Pirates
43	Don Zimmer	IF	New York Mets	Chicago Cubs
44	Al Spangler	OF	Houston Colt .45s	Milwaukee Braves
45	Lee Walls	IF/OF	New York Mets	Philadelphia Phillies

1963 Draft

Player	Position	Selected by	Previous team
Claude Raymond	P	Houston Colt. 45s	Milwaukee Braves
Jack Fisher	P	New York Mets	San Francisco Giants

References

↑ "Mets, Colts Pay $3,650,000 For 45 Players: New York Lands Hodges, Bouchee, Bell and Craig". Meriden-Wallingford, Connecticut: Meriden Record. Associated Press (AP). October 11, 1961. p. 4. Retrieved November 28, 2015.
↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9soqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=gc0FAAAAIBAJ&pg=891,2117500&dq=jack-fisher+claude-raymond&hl=en[]

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Expansion drafts	1960 1961 1968 1976 1992 1997

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