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. [edit] First round selections | 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, TX) | | 6 | Geoff Goetz | New York Mets | P | Jesuit HS (Tampa, FL) | | 7 | Dan Reichert | Kansas City Royals | P | University of the Pacific | | 8 | J.J. Davis | Pittsburgh Pirates | OF | Baldwin Park HS (Pomona, CA) | | 9 | Michael Cuddyer | Minnesota Twins | SS, P | Great Bridge HS (Chesapeake, VA) | | 10 | Jon Garland | Chicago Cubs | P | Kennedy HS (Granada Hills, CA) | | 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, VA) | | 18 | Mark Mangum | Colorado Rockies | P | Kingwood HS (Kingwood, TX) | | 19 | Ryan Anderson | Seattle Mariners | P | Divine Child HS (Westland, MI) | | 20 | Adam Kennedy | St. Louis Cardinals | SS | Cal State Northridge University | | 21 | Eric DuBose | Oakland Athletics | P | Mississippi State University | | 22 | Jayson Werth | Baltimore Orioles | C, OF | Glenwood HS (Chatham, IL) | | 23 | Donnie Bridges | Montreal Expos | P | Oak Grove HS (Hattiesburg, MS) | | 24 | Tyrell Godwin | New York Yankees | OF | East Bladen HS (Elizabethtown, NC) | | 25 | Glenn Davis | Los Angeles Dodgers | 1B | Vanderbilt University | | 26 | Darnell McDonald | Baltimore Orioles | OF | Cherry Creek HS (Englewood, CO) | | 27 | Kevin Nicholson | San Diego Padres | SS | Stetson University | | 28 | Tim Drew | Cleveland Indians | P, OF | Lowndes County HS (Valdosta, GA) | [edit] Supplemental first round selections | Pick | Player | Team | Position | School | | 29 | Troy Cameron | Atlanta Braves | SS | St. Thomas Aquinas HS (Fort Lauderdale, FL) | | 30 | Jack Cust | Arizona Diamondbacks | 1B | Immaculata HS (Somerville, NJ) | | 31 | Jason Standridge | Tampa Bay Devil Rays | P | Hewitt-Trussville HS (Trussville, AL) | | 32 | Nathan Haynes | Oakland Athletics | OF | Pinole Valley HS (Hercules, CA) | | 33 | Kyle Kane | Chicago White Sox | RHP | Saddleback College | | 34 | Brett Caradonna | Chicago White Sox | OF | El Capitan HS (San Diego, CA) | | 35 | Mark Fischer | Boston Red Sox | OF | Georgia Tech | | 36 | Ntema Ndungidi | Baltimore Orioles | OF | Collège Édouard-Montpetit (Montreal, QC) | | 37 | Chris Stowe | Montreal Expos | P | Chancellor HS (Fredericksburg, VA) | | 38 | Scott Hodges | Montreal Expos | 3B, OF | Henry Clay HS (Lexington, KY) | | 39 | Jason Romano | Texas Rangers | 3B | Hillsborough HS (Tampa, FL) | | 40 | Ryan Bradley | New York Yankees | P | Arizona State University | | 41 | Jason Fitzgerald | Cleveland Indians | 3B, OF | Tulane University | | 42 | Denny Wagner | Oakland Athletics | P | Virginia Tech | | 43 | Aaron Myette | Chicago White Sox | P | Central Arizona College | | 44 | Bryan Hebson | Montreal Expos | P | Auburn University | | 45 | Thomas Pittman | Montreal Expos | 1B | East St. John HS (Garyville, LA) | | 46 | Jim Parque | Chicago White Sox | P | UCLA | | 47 | T.J. Tucker | Montreal Expos | P | River Ridge HS (New Port Richey, FL) | | 48 | Shane Arthurs | Montreal Expos | P | Westmoore HS (Oklahoma City, OK) | | 49 | Dan McKinley | San Francisco Giants | OF | Arizona State University | | 50 | Matthew LeCroy | Minnesota Twins | C | Clemson University | | 51 | Rocky Biddle | Chicago White Sox | P | Long Beach State University | | 52 | Tootie Myers | Montreal Expos | OF | Petal HS (Petal, MS) | [edit] Other notable players - Randy Wolf, 2nd round, 54th overall
- Scott Linebrink, 2nd round, 56th overall
- Aaron Cook, 2nd round, 70th overall
- Rick Ankiel, 2nd round, 72nd overall
- Jeremy Affeldt, 3rd round, 91st overall
- Scott Downs, 3rd round, 94th overall
- Chone Figgins, 4th round, 132nd overall
- Derrick Turnbow, 5th round, 146th overall
- Michael Young, 5th round, 149th overall
- Tim Hudson, 6th round, 185th overall
- Scott Williamson, 9th round, 278th overall
- Johnny Estrada, 17th round, 506th overall
- David Eckstein, 19th round, 581st overall
- J.C. Romero, 21st round, 633rd overall
- Mike González, 30th round, 902nd overall
- Scot Shields, 38th round, 1137th overall
- Orlando Hudson, 43rd round, 1280th overall
Future major leaguers Jeff Weaver (2nd round, 62nd overall), Chase Utley (2nd round, 76th overall), Eric Byrnes (4th round, 130th overall), Xavier Nady (4th round, 134th overall), Cliff Lee (8th round, 246th overall), Garrett Atkins (10th round, 300th overall), Brandon Lyon (37th round, 1110th overall), David DeJesus (43rd round, 1281st overall), Brad Hawpe (46th round, 1344th overall), and Aaron Heilman (55th round, 1488th overall) were also selected during this draft, but did not sign with the teams that selected them. Weaver and Byrnes were subsequently drafted for the last time in 1998, Lyon in 1999, Utley, Nady, Lee, Atkins, DeJesus and Hawpe in 2000, and Heilman in 2001. [edit] See also [edit] External links [edit] Past and future drafts |
