1997 MLB Amateur Draft Summary
The following list includes the first round of the 1997 MLB Amateur Draft and all the information I've been able to gather on Texas, Texas recruits, Big 12 schools, other area schools, and former-SWC schools.
2000 MBL Amateur Draft Summary also available.
Last updated: June 4, 1998
Notes: [s] indicates the team and player have come to terms (signed), [c] indicates the player has elected to stay in college.
Round 1
| 1 | Detroit Tigers | Matt Anderson [s] | rhp | Rice University |
| 2 | Philadelphia Phillies | J. D. Drew | of | Florida State University (did not sign; drafted again in '98) |
| 3 | Anaheim Angels | Troy Glaus [s] | 3b/ss | UCLA |
| 4 | San Francisco Giants | Jason Grilli [s] | rhp | Seton Hall University |
| 5 | Toronto Blue Jays | Vernon Wells [s] | of | Bowie HS - Arlington, TX (Texas signee) |
| 6 | New York Mets | Geoff Goetz [s] | lhp | Jesuit HS - Tampa, FL |
| 7 | Kansas City Royals | Dan Reichert [s] | rhp | University of the Pacific |
| 8 | Pittsburgh Pirates | J. J. Davis [s] | 1b | Baldwin Park HS - Pomona, CA |
| 9 | Minnesota Twins | Michael Cuddyer [s] | ss | Great Bridge HS - Chesapeake, VA |
| 10 | Chicago Cubs | Jon Garland [s] | rhp | Kennedy HS - Granada Hills, CA |
| 11 | Oakland Athletics | Chris Enochs [s] | rhp | West Virginia University |
| 12 | Florida Marlins | Aaron Akin [s] | lhp | Cowley County CC |
| 13 | Milwaukee Brewers | Kyle Peterson [s] | rhp | Stanford University |
| 14 | Cincinnati Reds | Brandon Larson [s] | ss | Louisiana State University |
| 15 | Chicago White Sox | Jason Dellaero [s] | ss | University of South Florida |
| 16 | Houston Astros | Lance Berkman [s] | 1b | Rice University |
| 17 | Boston Red Sox | John Curtice [s] | lhp | Great Bridge HS - Chesapeake, VA |
| 18 | Colorado Rockies | Mark Mangum [s] | rhp | Kingwood HS - Kingwood, TX |
| 19 | Seattle Mariners | Ryan Anderson [s] | lhp | Divine Child HS - Westland, MI |
| 20 | St. Louis Cardinals | Adam Kennedy [s] | ss | Cal State University Northridge |
| 21 | Oakland Athletics [*1] | Eric DuBose [s] | lhp | Mississippi State University |
| 22 | Baltimore Orioles | Jayson Werth [s] | c | Glenwood HS - Chatham, IL |
| 23 | Montreal Expos | Donnie Bridges [s] | rhp | Oak Grove HS - Hattiesburg, MS |
| 24 | New York Yankees [*2] | Tyrell Godwin [c] | of | East Bladen HS - Elizabethtown, NC (attending U. of North Carolina) |
| 25 | Los Angeles Dodgers | Glenn Davis [s] | 1b/of | Vanderbilt University |
| 26 | Baltimore Orioles [*3] | Darnell McDonald [s] | of | Cherry Creek HS - Englewood, CO (Texas signee) |
| 27 | San Diego Padres | Kevin Nicholson [s] | ss | Stetson University |
| 28 | Cleveland Indians | Tim Drew [s] | rhp | Lowndes County HS - Hahira, GA |
| 29 | Atlanta Braves | Troy Cameron [s] | ss | St. Thomas Aquinas HS - Fort Lauderdale, FL |
| 30 | Arizona Diamondbacks | Jack Cust [s] | 1b | Immaculata HS - Flemington, NJ |
| 31 | Tampa Bay Devil Rays | Jason Standridge [s] | lhp | Hewitt HS - Trussville, AL |
*1: created pick as compensation for losing Mike Bordick to Baltimore Orioles
*2: pick as compensation for losing John Wetteland to Texas Rangers
*3: pick as compensation for losing David Wells to New York Yankees
Selected Players from Additional Rounds
| R-2 | San Francisco Giants | Scott Linebrink [s] | rhp/cf | Southwest Texas State |
| R-3 | San Francisco Giants | Jeff Andra [s] | lhp | Oklahoma |
| Houston Astros | Scott Barrett [c] | lhp | Katy Mayde Creek HS - Houston, TX (Texas signee), transferred to San Jacinto College | |
| Montreal Expos | Josh Reding [s] | ss | Rancho Santiago JC (Texas signee) | |
| Colorado Rockies | Todd Sears [s] | 1b | Nebraska | |
| R-4 | Chicago Cubs | Nathan Teut [s] | lhp | Iowa State |
| Kansas City Royals | Goeffrey Tomlinson [s] | of | Houston | |
| R-5 | Kansas City Royals | Jason Gooding [s] | lhp | Texas Tech |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | Kip Harkrider [s] | ss | Texas | |
| Detroit Tigers | Heath Schesser [s] | ss | Kansas State | |
| R-6 | Cleveland Indians | Brian Benefield [s] | ss | Texas A&M |
| San Francisco Giants | Kevin Joseph [s] | rhp | Rice | |
| Boston Red Sox | Kristopher Wilken [c] | c/3b/p | Eldorado HS - Albuquerque, NM (Houston signee) | |
| R-7 | Kansas City Royals | Joe Dillon [s] | 3b | Texas Tech |
| Atlanta Braves | Bry Ewan [s] | c/1b/of | Belton HS - Belton, TX (Texas signee) | |
| Anaheim Angels | Matt Garrick [s] | c | Texas A&M | |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | Brian Gordon [s] | of | Round Rock HS - Round Rock, TX | |
| St. Louis Cardinals | Joseph Secoda [s] | 2b | Rancho Santiago JC (Texas signee) | |
| R-8 | Houston Astros | Ryan Dunn [s] | of | TCU |
| Kansas City Royals | Eric Yanz [s] | rhp | Kansas State | |
| R-9 | Colorado Rockies | David Johnson [s] | rhp | Kansas State |
| Cincinnati Reds | Scott Williamson [s] | rhp | Oklahoma State | |
| R-10 | Oakland Athletics | Javier Flores [s] | c | Oklahoma |
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays | Carl Hutchens [c] | rhp | Anderson HS - Austin, TX | |
| Chicago White Sox | Jamie Smith [s] | rhp | Texas A&M | |
| R-11 | Montreal Expos | Matt Blank [s] | lhp | Texas A&M |
| San Diego Padres | Dave Maurer [s] | lhp | Oklahoma State | |
| R-12 | Colorado Rockies | Ryan Seifert [s] | rhp | Iowa State |
| R-13 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Kris Lambert [s] | lhp | Baylor |
| R-15 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Jason Moore [c] | ss/2b | Westminster Christian HS - Miami, FL (Texas signee) |
| R-17 | Oakland Athletics | Elvin Nina [s] | rhp | Oklahoma State |
| Cleveland Indians | Brian Shackelford [c] | lhp/of | Oklahoma | |
| R-18 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Shawn Schumacher [c] | c/3b | Panola JC - Carthage, TX (Texas signee) |
| R-19 | Philadelphia Phillies | Jimmy Frush [s] | rhp | Texas Tech |
| R-20 | Philadelphia Phillies | Jeff Terrell [s] | if | Missouri |
| R-21 | Milwaukee Brewers | Mark Cridland [c] | of | Texas |
| Philadelphia Phillies | Rusty McNamara [s] | of | Oklahoma State | |
| R-22 | Anaheim Angels | Steve Fish [s] | rhp | Nebraska |
| Toronto Blue Jays | John Sneed [s] | rhp | Texas A&M | |
| R-24 | Philadelphia Phillies | Patrick Driscoll [s] | lhp | Nebraska |
| R-29 | Houston Astros | Joseph Cathey [s] | ss | Rice |
| Minnesota Twins | Aaron Jaworowski [s] | 1b | Missouri | |
| Chicago Cubs | Ryan Rupe [c] | rhp | Texas A&M | |
| R-30 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Mike Scarborough [c] | of | Texas, transferred to TCU |
| R-31 | San Diego Padres | Jon Oisseth [s] | lhp | Kansas State |
| R-36 | Atlanta Braves | Tim Lyons [s] | p | Kansas |
| R-45 | Chicago White Sox | Jason Aspito [c] | ss/3b | Driscoll Catholic HS - Itasca, IL (Texas signee) |
Additional players - round unknown
| St. Louis Cardinals | Neal Arnold [s] | rhp | Nebraska |
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays | Dustin Carr [s] | of | Houston |
| San Diego Padres | Joe DeMarco [s] | ss | Kansas |
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays | Bryan Edwards [c] | rbp | Bowie HS - Austin, TX |
| Chicago Cubs | Todd Fereday [s] | 3b | Kansas State |
| New York Yankees | Beau Hale [c] | rhp | Little Cypress-Mauriceville HS - Mauriceville, TX (Texas signee) |
| San Diego Padres | John Hunter [s] | of | Texas A&M |
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays | Coy Lowden [c] | lhp | Hays HS - Buda, TX (Texas signee) |
| Philadelphia Phillies | Mark Manbeck [s] | rhp | Houston |
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays | Jim Munroe [c] | rhp | Servite HS - Orange, CA (Texas signee) |
| Cincinnati Reds | Scott Sandusky [c] | c | Texas A&M |
| Florida Marlins | Matthew Schnabel [s] | of/1b | Southwest Texas State |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | Jason Scobie [c] | rhp | Westwood HS - Austin, TX (attending McLennan Community College) |
| Atlanta Braves | Collin Wissen [s] | of | Southwest Texas State |
I'll post additional info as I get it. If you know of any missing info that might be of interest to Texas, Big 12, or SWC fans, please drop me a line and I'll add it to the list (with proper attribution, naturally). Thanks.
Thanks to Mike Gustafson in Oklahoma for some of the later-round info that's so hard to come by; to Parker Binion for the info on Kris Wilken; and to Marvin Burney for the Tyrell Godwin school info.
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Joanna L. Castillo
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