MLB Amateur Draft

Updated August 28, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Top 50 selections at the 33rd Amateur Draft held June 3-5, 1997. Selections 1-31 are first round picks and 32-50 are supplemental first round picks awarded for the loss of free agents.

Top 50 Picks

No Pos
1 DetroitMatt Anderson, RiceP
2 PhiladelphiaJ.D. Drew, Florida St.OF
3 AnaheimTroy Glaus, UCLA3B-SS
4 San FranciscoJason Grilli, Seton HallP
5 TorontoVernon Wells, HS-Arlington, Tx.OF
6 NY MetsGeoff Goetz, HS-Tampa, Fl.P
7 Kansas CityDan Reichert, PacificP
8 PittsburghJ.J. Davis, HS-Ponoma, Ca.1B
9 MinnesotaMichael Cuddyer, HS-Chesapeake, Va.SS
10 Chicago-NLJon Garland, HS-Granada Hills, Ca.P
11 OaklandChris Enochs, West VirginiaP
12 FloridaAaron Akin, Cowley County (Kan.) CCP
13 MilwaukeeKyle Peterson, StanfordP
14 CincinnatiBrandon Larson, LSUSS
15 Chicago-ALJason Dellaero, South FloridaSS
16 HoustonLance Berkman, Rice1B
17 BostonJohn Curtice, HS-Chesapeake, Va.P
18 ColoradoMark Mangum, HS-Kingwood, Tx.P
19 SeattleRyan Anderson, HS-Westland, Mich.P
20 St. LouisAdam Kennedy, CS-NorthridgeSS
21 a-OaklandEric Dubose, Mississippi St.P
22 BaltimoreJayson Werth, HS-Chatham, Ill.C
23 MontrealDonnie Bridges, HS-Hattiesburg, Miss.P
24 b-NY YankeesTyrell Godwin, HS-Elizabethtown, NCOF
25 Los AngelesGlenn Davis, Vanderbilt1B-OF
26 c-BaltimoreDarnell McDonald, HS-Englewood, Col.OF
27 San DiegoKevin Nicholson, StetsonSS
28 ClevelandTim Drew, HS-Hahira, Ga.P
29 AtlantaTroy Cameron, HS-Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.SS
30 ArizonaJack Cust, HS-Flemington, NJ1B
31 Tampa BayJason Standridge, HS-Trussville, Ala.P
32 OaklandNathan Hayes, HS-Hercules, Cal.OF
33 Chicago-ALKyle Kane, Saddleback (Cal.) CCP
34 Chicago-ALBrett Caradonna, HS-San Diego, Cal.OF
35 BostonMark Fischer, Georgia TechOF
36 BaltimoreNtema Ndungidi, HS-MontrealOF
37 MontrealChris Stowe, HS-Fredricksburg, VaP
38 MontrealScott Hodges, HS-Lexington, Ky.SS
39 TexasJason Romano, HS-Tampa, Fla.3B
40 NY YankeesRyan Bradley, Arizona St.P
41 ClevelandJason Fitzgerald, TulaneOF
42 OaklandDenny Wagner, Virginia TechP
43 Chicago-ALAaron Myette, Central Arizona JCP
44 MontrealBryan Hebson, AuburnP
45 MontrealThomas Pittman, HS-Garyville, La.1B
46 Chicago-ALJim Parque, UCLAP
47 MontrealT.J. Tucker, HS-New Port Richey, Fla.P
48 MontrealShane Arthurs, HS-Oklahoma City, Ok.P
49 San FranciscoDan McKinley, Arizona St.OF
50 MinnesotaMatthew LeCroy, ClemsonC
Acquired picks: a–from Baltimore for signing Mike Bordick; b–from Texas for signing John Wetteland; c–from NY Yankees for signing David Wells.

College Baseball1997 SeasonMinor League Triple A Final Standings
1997 Season
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