1997 Major League Baseball draft
Baseball draft of amateur players
The 1997 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
Supplemental first round selections
Compensation Picks
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 signAaron 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 signJeremy 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 signChone Figgins , 4th round, 132nd overall by the Colorado Rockies Xavier Nady , 4th round, 134th overall by the St. Louis Cardinals , but did not signDerrick 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 signScott 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 signMichael 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 signJason Michaels , 15th round, 464th overall by the St. Louis Cardinals , but did not signShawn 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 signAlex Cintrón , 36th round, 1103rd overall by the Arizona Diamondbacks Brandon Lyon , 37th round, 1110th overall by the New York Mets , but did not signScot Shields , 38th round, 1137th overall by the Anaheim Angels Bill Duplissea , 39th round, 1185th overall by the Baltimore Orioles , but did not signOrlando Hudson , 43rd round, 1280th overall by the Toronto Blue Jays David DeJesus , 43rd round, 1281st overall by the New York Mets , but did not signBrad Hawpe , 46th round, 1344th overall by the Toronto Blue Jays , but did not signChad Qualls , 52nd round, 1444th overall by the Toronto Blue Jays , but did not signAaron Heilman , 55th round, 1488th overall by the New York Yankees , but did not signHeath Bell , 69th round, 1583rd overall by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays , but did not signWillie 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 signJoe Hall , 29th round, 865th overall by the Detroit Tigers , but did not signMarques Tuiasosopo , 34th round, 1023rd overall by the Minnesota Twins , but did not signFreddie Mitchell , 47th round, 1379th overall by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays , but did not sign
NHL players drafted
See also
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