1997 Major League Baseball Draft

1997 MLB Draft

General information

Date(s)

June 2–3, 1997

Location

Picks

First selection

Matt Anderson
Detroit Tigers

First round selections

Overall selections

MLB Draft

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The 1997 First-Year Player Draft, Major League Baseball's annual amateur draft of high school and college baseball players, was held on June 2 and 3, 1997. A total of 1607 players were drafted over the course of 92 rounds.

First round selections

= All-Star

Pick	Player	Team	Position	School
1	Matt Anderson	Detroit Tigers	P	Rice University
2	J.D. Drew	Philadelphia Phillies	OF	Florida State University
3	Troy Glaus	Anaheim Angels	3B, P	UCLA
4	Jason Grilli	San Francisco Giants	P	Seton Hall University
5	Vernon Wells	Toronto Blue Jays	OF	Bowie HS (Arlington, Texas)
6	Geoff Goetz	New York Mets	P	Jesuit HS (Tampa, Florida)
7	Dan Reichert	Kansas City Royals	P	University of the Pacific
8	J.J. Davis	Pittsburgh Pirates	OF	Baldwin Park HS (Pomona, California)
9	Michael Cuddyer	Minnesota Twins	SS, P	Great Bridge HS (Chesapeake, Virginia)
10	Jon Garland	Chicago Cubs	P	Kennedy HS (Granada Hills, California)
11	Chris Enochs	Oakland Athletics	P	West Virginia University
12	Aaron Akin	Florida Marlins	P	Cowley County Community College
13	Kyle Peterson	Milwaukee Brewers	P	Stanford University
14	Brandon Larson	Cincinnati Reds	SS	Louisiana State University
15	Jason Dellaero	Chicago White Sox	SS, P	University of South Florida
16	Lance Berkman	Houston Astros	1B	Rice University
17	John Curtice	Boston Red Sox	P	Great Bridge HS (Chesapeake, Virginia)
18	Mark Mangum	Colorado Rockies	P	Kingwood HS (Kingwood, Texas)
19	Ryan Anderson	Seattle Mariners	P	Divine Child HS (Westland, Michigan)
20	Kevin Delgado	Cincinnati Reds	2B	Serrano High School, California
21	Eric DuBose	Oakland Athletics^{[Compensation 1]}	P	Mississippi State University
22	Jayson Werth	Baltimore Orioles	C, OF	Glenwood HS (Chatham, Illinois)
23	Donnie Bridges	Montreal Expos	P	Oak Grove HS (Hattiesburg, Mississippi)
24	Tyrell Godwin	New York Yankees^{[Compensation 2]}	OF	East Bladen HS (Elizabethtown, North Carolina)
25	Glenn Davis	Los Angeles Dodgers	1B	Vanderbilt University
26	Darnell McDonald	Baltimore Orioles^{[Compensation 3]}	OF	Cherry Creek HS (Englewood, Colorado)
27	Kevin Nicholson	San Diego Padres	SS	Stetson University
28	Tim Drew	Cleveland Indians	P, OF	Lowndes County HS (Valdosta, Georgia)
29	Troy Cameron	Atlanta Braves	SS	St. Thomas Aquinas HS (Fort Lauderdale, Florida)
30	Jack Cust	Arizona Diamondbacks	1B	Immaculata HS (Somerville, New Jersey)
31	Jason Standridge	Tampa Bay Devil Rays	P	Hewitt-Trussville HS (Trussville, AL)

Supplemental first round selections

Pick	Player	Team	Position	School
32	Nathan Haynes	Oakland Athletics^{[Compensation 4]}	OF	Pinole Valley HS (Hercules, California)
33	Kyle Kane	Chicago White Sox^{[Compensation 5]}	RHP	Saddleback College
34	Brett Caradonna	Chicago White Sox^{[Compensation 6]}	OF	El Capitan HS (San Diego, California)
35	Mark Fischer	Boston Red Sox^{[Compensation 7]}	OF	Georgia Tech
36	Ntema Ndungidi	Baltimore Orioles^{[Compensation 8]}	OF	Collège Édouard-Montpetit (Montreal, Quebec)
37	Chris Stowe	Montreal Expos^{[Compensation 9]}	P	Chancellor HS (Fredericksburg, Virginia)
38	Scott Hodges	Montreal Expos^{[Compensation 10]}	3B, OF	Henry Clay HS (Lexington. Kentucky)
39	Jason Romano	Texas Rangers^{[Compensation 11]}	3B	Hillsborough HS (Tampa, Florida)
40	Ryan Bradley	New York Yankees^{[Compensation 12]}	P	Arizona State University
41	Jason Fitzgerald	Cleveland Indians^{[Compensation 13]}	3B, OF	Tulane University
42	Denny Wagner	Oakland Athletics^{[Compensation 14]}	P	Virginia Tech
43	Aaron Myette	Chicago White Sox^{[Compensation 15]}	P	Central Arizona College
44	Bryan Hebson	Montreal Expos^{[Compensation 16]}	P	Auburn University
45	Thomas Pittman	Montreal Expos^{[Compensation 17]}	1B	East St. John HS (Garyville, Louisiana)
46	Jim Parque	Chicago White Sox^{[Compensation 18]}	P	UCLA
47	T.J. Tucker	Montreal Expos^{[Compensation 19]}	P	River Ridge HS (New Port Richey, Florida)
48	Shane Arthurs	Montreal Expos^{[Compensation 20]}	P	Westmoore HS (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)
49	Dan McKinley	San Francisco Giants^{[Compensation 21]}	OF	Arizona State University
50	Matthew LeCroy	Minnesota Twins^{[Compensation 22]}	C	Clemson University
51	Rocky Biddle	Chicago White Sox^{[Compensation 23]}	P	Long Beach State University
52	Tootie Myers	Montreal Expos^{[Compensation 24]}	OF	Petal HS (Petal, Mississippi)

Compensation Picks

↑ Pick from Baltimore Orioles as compensation for signing of free agent Mike Bordick
↑ Pick from Texas Rangers as compensation for signing of free agent John Wetteland
↑ Pick from New York Yankees as compensation for signing of free agent David Wells
↑ Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Mike Bordick
↑ Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Alex Fernandez
↑ Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Kevin Tapani
↑ Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Roger Clemens
↑ Supplemental pick for loss of free agent David Wells
↑ Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Mel Rojas
↑ Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Moises Alou
↑ Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Mike Stanton
↑ Supplemental pick for loss of free agent John Wetteland
↑ Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Albert Belle
↑ Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Torey Lovullo
↑ Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Don Slaught
↑ Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Mark Leiter
↑ Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Jeff Fassero
↑ Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Danny Tartabull
↑ Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Lenny Webster
↑ Supplemental pick for loss of free agent Moises Alou
↑ Supplemental pick for failure to sign 1996 No.1 choice Matt White
↑ Supplemental pick for failure to sign 1996 No.1 choice Travis Lee
↑ Supplemental pick for failure to sign 1996 No.1 choice Bobby Seay
↑ Supplemental pick for failure to sign 1996 No.1 choice John Patterson

Other notable players

Randy Wolf, 2nd round, 54th overall by the Philadelphia Phillies
Scott Linebrink, 2nd round, 56th overall by the San Francisco Giants
Tyler Walker, 2nd round, 58th overall by the New York Mets
Jeff Weaver, 2nd round, 62nd overall by the Chicago White Sox, but did not sign
Aaron Cook, 2nd round, 70th overall by the Colorado Rockies
Rick Ankiel, 2nd round, 72nd overall by the St. Louis Cardinals
Chase Utley, 2nd round, 76th overall by the Los Angeles Dodgers, but did not sign
Jeremy Affeldt, 3rd round, 91st overall by the Kansas City Royals
John Grabow, 3rd round, 92nd overall by the Pittsburgh Pirates
Scott Downs, 3rd round, 94th overall by the Chicago Cubs
Eric Byrnes, 4th round, 130th overall by the Houston Astros, but did not sign
Chone Figgins, 4th round, 132nd overall by the Colorado Rockies
Xavier Nady, 4th round, 134th overall by the St. Louis Cardinals, but did not sign
Derrick Turnbow, 5th round, 146th overall by the Philadelphia Phillies
Michael Young, 5th round, 149th overall by the Toronto Blue Jays
DeWayne Wise, 5th round, 158th overall by the Cincinnati Reds
Randy Choate, 5th round, 169th overall by the New York Yankees
Horacio Ramírez, 5th round, 172nd overall by the Atlanta Braves
Tim Hudson, 6th round, 185th overall by the Oakland Athletics
Mike Lamb, 7th round, 227th overall by the Texas Rangers
Cliff Lee, 8th round, 246th overall by the Florida Marlins, but did not sign
Scott Williamson, 9th round, 278th overall by the Cincinnati Reds
Toby Hall, 9th round, 294th overall by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Garrett Atkins, 10th round, 300th overall by the New York Mets, but did not sign
Michael Wuertz, 11th round, 334th overall by the Chicago Cubs
Jerry Hairston, Jr., 11th round, 345th overall by the Baltimore Orioles
Joel Piñeiro, 12th round, 373rd overall by the Seattle Mariners
Ross Gload, 13th round, 396th overall by the Florida Marlins
Jeremy Guthrie, 15th round, 450th overall by the New York Mets, but did not sign
Jason Michaels, 15th round, 464th overall by the St. Louis Cardinals, but did not sign
Shawn Camp, 16th round, 500th overall by the San Diego Padres
Johnny Estrada, 17th round, 506th overall by the Philadelphia Phillies
David Eckstein, 19th round, 581st overall by the Boston Red Sox
Mark Hendrickson, 20th round, 599th overall by the Toronto Blue Jays
Tim Redding, 20th round, 610th overall by the Houston Astros
J. C. Romero, 21st round, 633rd overall by the Minnesota Twins
D. J. Carrasco, 26th round, 795th overall by the Baltimore Orioles
Mike González, 30th round, 902nd overall by the Pittsburgh Pirates
Nick Punto, 33rd round, 993rd overall by the Minnesota Twins, but did not sign
Alex Cintrón, 36th round, 1103rd overall by the Arizona Diamondbacks
Brandon Lyon, 37th round, 1110th overall by the New York Mets, but did not sign
Scot Shields, 38th round, 1137th overall by the Anaheim Angels
Orlando Hudson, 43rd round, 1280th overall by the Toronto Blue Jays
David DeJesus, 43rd round, 1281st overall by the New York Mets, but did not sign
Brad Hawpe, 46th round, 1344th overall by the Toronto Blue Jays, but did not sign
Chad Qualls, 52nd round, 1444th overall by the Toronto Blue Jays, but did not sign
Aaron Heilman, 55th round, 1488th overall by the New York Yankees, but did not sign
Heath Bell, 69th round, 1583rd overall by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, but did not sign
Willie Harris, 90th round, 1605th overall by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, but did not sign

NFL players drafted

Javon Walker, 12th round, 366th overall by the Florida Marlins
Antwaan Randle El, 14th round, 424th overall by the Chicago Cubs, but did not sign
Marques Tuiasosopo, 34th round, 1023rd overall by the Minnesota Twins, but did not sign
Freddie Mitchell, 47th round, 1379th overall by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, but did not sign

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