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1997 Major League Baseball draft

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Baseball draft of amateur players

1997 Major League Baseball draft
General information
Date	June 2–3, 1997
Overview
First selection	Matt Anderson Detroit Tigers
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The1997 Major League Baseball draft, was an annual choosing of high school and college baseball players, held on June 2 and 3, 1997. A total of 1607 players were drafted over the course of 92 rounds.

First round selections

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

Supplemental first round selections

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Pick	Player	Team	Position	School
32	Nathan Haynes	Oakland Athletics^{[Compensation 4]}	OF	Pinole Valley High School (CA)
33	Kyle Kane	Chicago White Sox^{[Compensation 5]}	RHP	Saddleback College
34	Brett Caradonna	Chicago White Sox^{[Compensation 6]}	OF	El Capitan High School (CA)
35	Mark Fischer	Boston Red Sox^{[Compensation 7]}	OF	Georgia Tech
36	Ntema Ndungidi	Baltimore Orioles^{[Compensation 8]}	OF	Collège Édouard-Montpetit
37	Chris Stowe	Montreal Expos^{[Compensation 9]}	P	Chancellor High School (VA)
38	Scott Hodges	Montreal Expos^{[Compensation 10]}	3B,OF	Henry Clay High School (KY)
39	Jason Romano	Texas Rangers^{[Compensation 11]}	3B	Hillsborough High School (FL)
40	Ryan Bradley	New York Yankees^{[Compensation 12]}	P	Arizona State
41	Jason Fitzgerald	Cleveland Indians^{[Compensation 13]}	3B,OF	Tulane
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
45	Thomas Pittman	Montreal Expos^{[Compensation 17]}	1B	East St. John High School (LA)
46	Jim Parque	Chicago White Sox^{[Compensation 18]}	P	UCLA
47	T.J. Tucker	Montreal Expos^{[Compensation 19]}	P	River Ridge High School (FL)
48	Shane Arthurs	Montreal Expos^{[Compensation 20]}	P	Westmoore High School (OK)
49	Dan McKinley	San Francisco Giants^{[Compensation 21]}	OF	Arizona State
50	Matthew LeCroy	Minnesota Twins^{[Compensation 22]}	C	Clemson
51	Rocky Biddle	Chicago White Sox^{[Compensation 23]}	P	Long Beach State
52	Tootie Myers	Montreal Expos^{[Compensation 24]}	OF	Petal High School (MS)

Compensation picks

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^Pick fromBaltimore Orioles as compensation for signing of free agentMike Bordick
^Pick fromTexas Rangers as compensation for signing of free agentJohn Wetteland
^Pick fromNew York Yankees as compensation for signing of free agentDavid Wells
^Supplemental pick for loss of free agentMike Bordick
^Supplemental pick for loss of free agentAlex Fernandez
^Supplemental pick for loss of free agentKevin Tapani
^Supplemental pick for loss of free agentRoger Clemens
^Supplemental pick for loss of free agentDavid Wells
^Supplemental pick for loss of free agentMel Rojas
^Supplemental pick for loss of free agentMoisés Alou
^Supplemental pick for loss of free agentMike Stanton
^Supplemental pick for loss of free agentJohn Wetteland
^Supplemental pick for loss of free agentAlbert Belle
^Supplemental pick for loss of free agentTorey Lovullo
^Supplemental pick for loss of free agentDon Slaught
^Supplemental pick for loss of free agentMark Leiter
^Supplemental pick for loss of free agentJeff Fassero
^Supplemental pick for loss of free agentDanny Tartabull
^Supplemental pick for loss of free agentLenny Webster
^Supplemental pick for loss of free agentAndy Stankiewicz
^Supplemental pick for failure to sign 1996 No.1 choiceMatt White
^Supplemental pick for failure to sign 1996 No.1 choiceTravis Lee
^Supplemental pick for failure to sign 1996 No.1 choiceBobby Seay
^Supplemental pick for failure to sign 1996 No.1 choiceJohn Patterson

Other notable players

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Randy Wolf, 2nd round, 54th overall by thePhiladelphia Phillies
Scott Linebrink, 2nd round, 56th overall by theSan Francisco Giants
Tyler Walker, 2nd round, 58th overall by theNew York Mets
Jeff Weaver, 2nd round, 62nd overall by theChicago White Sox, but did not sign
Aaron Cook, 2nd round, 70th overall by theColorado Rockies
Rick Ankiel, 2nd round, 72nd overall by theSt. Louis Cardinals
Chase Utley, 2nd round, 76th overall by theLos Angeles Dodgers, but did not sign
Jeremy Affeldt, 3rd round, 91st overall by theKansas City Royals
John Grabow, 3rd round, 92nd overall by thePittsburgh Pirates
Scott Downs, 3rd round, 94th overall by theChicago Cubs
Eric Byrnes, 4th round, 130th overall by theHouston Astros, but did not sign
Chone Figgins, 4th round, 132nd overall by theColorado Rockies
Xavier Nady, 4th round, 134th overall by theSt. Louis Cardinals, but did not sign
Derrick Turnbow, 5th round, 146th overall by thePhiladelphia Phillies
Michael Young, 5th round, 149th overall by theToronto Blue Jays
DeWayne Wise, 5th round, 158th overall by theCincinnati Reds
Randy Choate, 5th round, 169th overall by theNew York Yankees
Horacio Ramírez, 5th round, 172nd overall by theAtlanta Braves
Tim Hudson, 6th round, 185th overall by theOakland Athletics
Mike Lamb, 7th round, 227th overall by theTexas Rangers
Cliff Lee, 8th round, 246th overall by theFlorida Marlins, but did not sign
Scott Williamson, 9th round, 278th overall by theCincinnati Reds
Toby Hall, 9th round, 294th overall by theTampa Bay Devil Rays
Garrett Atkins, 10th round, 300th overall by theNew York Mets, but did not sign
Michael Wuertz, 11th round, 334th overall by theChicago Cubs
Jerry Hairston Jr., 11th round, 345th overall by theBaltimore Orioles
Joel Piñeiro, 12th round, 373rd overall by theSeattle Mariners
Ross Gload, 13th round, 396th overall by theFlorida Marlins
Jeremy Guthrie, 15th round, 450th overall by theNew York Mets, but did not sign
Jason Michaels, 15th round, 464th overall by theSt. Louis Cardinals, but did not sign
Shawn Camp, 16th round, 500th overall by theSan Diego Padres
Johnny Estrada, 17th round, 506th overall by thePhiladelphia Phillies
David Eckstein, 19th round, 581st overall by theBoston Red Sox
Mark Hendrickson, 20th round, 599th overall by theToronto Blue Jays
Tim Redding, 20th round, 610th overall by theHouston Astros
J. C. Romero, 21st round, 633rd overall by theMinnesota Twins
D. J. Carrasco, 26th round, 795th overall by theBaltimore Orioles
Mike González, 30th round, 902nd overall by thePittsburgh Pirates
Nick Punto, 33rd round, 993rd overall by theMinnesota Twins, but did not sign
Alex Cintrón, 36th round, 1103rd overall by theArizona Diamondbacks
Brandon Lyon, 37th round, 1110th overall by theNew York Mets, but did not sign
Scot Shields, 38th round, 1137th overall by theAnaheim Angels
Bill Duplissea, 39th round, 1185th overall by theBaltimore Orioles, but did not sign
Orlando Hudson, 43rd round, 1280th overall by theToronto Blue Jays
David DeJesus, 43rd round, 1281st overall by theNew York Mets, but did not sign
Brad Hawpe, 46th round, 1344th overall by theToronto Blue Jays, but did not sign
Chad Qualls, 52nd round, 1444th overall by theToronto Blue Jays, but did not sign
Aaron Heilman, 55th round, 1488th overall by theNew York Yankees, but did not sign
Heath Bell, 69th round, 1583rd overall by theTampa Bay Devil Rays, but did not sign
Willie Harris, 90th round, 1605th overall by theTampa Bay Devil Rays, but did not sign

NFL players drafted

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Javon Walker, 12th round, 366th overall by theFlorida Marlins
Antwaan Randle El, 14th round, 424th overall by theChicago Cubs, but did not sign
Joe Hall, 29th round, 865th overall by theDetroit Tigers, but did not sign
Marques Tuiasosopo, 34th round, 1023rd overall by theMinnesota Twins, but did not sign
Freddie Mitchell, 47th round, 1379th overall by theTampa Bay Devil Rays, but did not sign

NHL players drafted

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Paul Manning 20th round, 619th overall by theNew York Yankees

External links

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Preceded by

Kris Benson

1st Overall Picks
Matt Anderson

Succeeded by

Pat Burrell

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1997 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Detroit New York Toronto
AL Central	Chicago Cleveland Kansas City Milwaukee Minnesota
AL West	Anaheim Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Atlanta Florida Montréal New York Philadelphia
NL Central	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Pittsburgh St. Louis
NL West	Colorado Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

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