With the first pick in the 1976 Draft, the Houston Astros selected left-handed pitcher Floyd Bannister out of Arizona State University.

The Detroit Tigers had the second pick in the draft and they took another left-handed pitcher, Pat Underwood, from Kokomo High School in Indiana.

Bannister and Underwood were two of six left-handed pitchers chosen in the first round, which had 24 picks overall. Exactly half of those picks were pitchers. [Read more…]