Last updated: June 10, 1997
1997 MBL Amateur Draft Summary also available.
| 1 | Pittsburgh Pirates | Kris Benson | rhp | Clemson |
| 2 | Minnesota Twins | Travis Lee | 1b | San Diego State |
| 3 | St. Louis Cardinals | Braden Looper | rhp | Wichita State |
| 4 | Toronto Blue Jays | Billy Koch | rhp | Clemson |
| 5 | Montreal Expos | John Patterson | rhp | West Orange Stark High School (Orange, TX) |
| 6 | Detroit Tigers | Seth Greisenger | rhp | University of Virginia |
| 7 | San Francisco Giants | Matt White | rhp | Waynesboro HS (Pennsylvania) |
| 8 | Milwaukee Brewers | Chad Green | of | University of Kentucky |
| 9 | Florida Marlins | Mark Kotsay | of | Cal State Fullerton |
| 10 | Oakland Athletics | Eric Chavez | 3b | Mt. Carmel HS (San Diego) |
| 11 | Philadelphia Phillies | Adam Eaton | rhp | Snohomish HS (Washington) |
| 12 | Chicago White Sox | Bobby Seay | lhp | Sarasota HS (Florida) |
| 13 | New York Mets | Robert Stratton | of | San Marcos HS (Santa Barbara, CA) |
| 14 | Kansas City Royals | Dermal Brown | of | Marlboro Central HS (New York) |
| 15 | San Diego Padres | Matt Halloran | ss | of Chancellor HS (Fredricksburg, VA) |
| 16 | Toronto Blue Jays [*1] | Joe Lawrence | ss | Barbe HS (Lake Charles, LA) |
| 17 | Chicago Cubs | Todd Noel | rhp | of North Vermillion HS (Maurice, LA) |
| 18 | Texas Rangers | R.A. Dickey | rhp | University of Tennessee |
| 19 | Houston Astros | Mark Johnson | rhp | University of Hawaii |
| 20 | New York Yankees [*2] | Eric Milton | lhp | University of Maryland |
| 21 | Colorado Rockies | Jake Westbrook | rhp | Madison County HS (Danielsville, GA) |
| 22 | Seattle Mariners | Gil Meche | rhp | Acadiana HS (Lafayette, LA) |
| 23 | Los Angeles Dodgers | Damian Rolls | 3b | Schlagel HS (Kansas City) |
| 24 | Texas Rangers [*3] | Sam Marsonek | rhp | Jesuit HS (Tampa) |
| 25 | Cincinnati Reds | John Oliver | of | Lake-Lehman HS (Lehman, PA) |
| 26 | Boston Red Sox | Josh Garrett | rhp | South Spencer HS (Richland, IN) |
| 27 | Atlanta Braves | A.J. Zapp | 1b | of Center Grove HS (Greenwood, IN) |
| 28 | Cleveland Indians | Danny Peoples | 1b | Texas |
| 29 | Tampa Bay Devil Rays | Paul Wilder | of | Cary HS (North Carolina) |
| 30 | Arizona Diamondbacks | Nick Bierbrodt | lhp | Millikan HS (Long Beach, CA) |
*1: pick from Orioles for loss of free-agent Roberto Alomar
*2: pick from Angels for loss of free-agent Randy Velarde
*3: pick from Yankees for loss of free-agent Kenny Rogers
| Round 2 | Detroit Tigers | Matt Miller | lhp | Texas Tech |
| Round 4 | Minnesota Twins | Chad Allen | of | Texas A&M |
| Round 7 | Colorado Rockies | Clint Bryant | 3b | Texas Tech |
| Round 7 | Cincinnati Reds | Wylie Campbell | 2b | Texas |
| Round 11 | Oakland Athletics | Jake O'Dell | rhp | Texas |
| Round 12 | Detroit Tigers | Jacques Landry | 3b | Rice |
| Round 13 | Houston Astros | Joey Hart | c | Round Rock HS (Texas signee) |
| Round 17 | Kansas City Royals | Roman Escamilla | c | Texas |
| Atlanta Braves | Mark Davis | rhp | Rice |
| Shawn Onley | rhp | Rice | |
| Baltimore Orioles | Ryan Minor | 3b/1b | Oklahoma |
| Boston Red Sox | Dion Ruecker | ss | Texas Tech |
| Cincinnati Reds | Kris Lambert | lhp | Baylor |
| Cleveland Indians | Mark Cridland | rf | Texas |
| Mark Taylor | lhp | Rice | |
| Detroit Tigers | David Lindstrom | c | Texas Tech |
| Florida Marlins | James Frush | rhp | Texas Tech |
| Jeff Venghaus | 2b | Rice | |
| Kansas City Royals | Richard Boring | rhp | A&M |
| Ryan Rupe | rhp | A&M | |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | Toby Dollar | rhp | Texas Christian |
| Samuel Mitchell | rhp | A&M | |
| Scott Morrison | ss | Baylor | |
| Milwaukee Brewers | Derrick Lee | lhp | Texas Christian |
| Oakland Athletics | Flint Wallace | rhp | Texas Christian |
| Philadelphia Phillies | Marty Crawford | 2b | Baylor |
| St. Louis Cardinals | Richard Clapp | 2b | Texas Tech |
| San Francisco Giants | Damon Minor | 1b | Oklahoma |
| Tampa Bay Devil Rays | Donny Barker | rhp | Texas |
| Matt Kastelic | lf | Texas Tech | |
| Scott Leon | rhp | Texas | |
| Trey Salinas | c/3b/rf | Texas |
I'll post additional info as I get it. If you know of any missing info that might be of interest to Texas or SWC fans, please drop me a line and I'll add it to the list (with proper attribution, naturally).
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Joanna L. Castillo
Email:
joanna@mail.utexas.edu