Top 5 - Tom Glavine's Draft History

Today is Tom Glavine's 41st birthday. In his honor I took a look back to a bit of his history. He was taken in the second round of the 1984 baseball draft with the 47th overall pick by the Atlanta Braves. Here are the top 5 notable picks that were taken above him.

1. Shawn Abner - an outfielder taken first overall by the Mets. Not sure if Glavine was even on their draft day radar but if they had a do-over you'd think Glavine would have to have a good shot at being taken first.

2. Billy Swift - another New England pitcher (from Maine) - taken with the second overall pick by Seattle. I think Swift remains the highest drafted player ever from New England.

3. Mark McGwire - taken 10th by the A's

4. John Marzano - taken 14th by the Red Sox over the local (Billerica, MA) Glavine. John freakin' Marzano. Good thing the Red Sox took Marzano and his 11 career home runs over local boy turned Hall of Fame pitcher.

5. Greg Maddux - taken in the second round (31st pick overall) by the Cubs. These guys were destined to be linked together. I easily could have ranked this pick first but I cheated and did the rankings by draft order.

From everything I've heard - Tom Glavine is both a very nice and likable guy and a good parent. Happy birthday.