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The 1997 June amateur draft’s complete first round: 31 selections in pick order, with Matt Anderson first overall to the Detroit Tigers. Every row carries the club’s era-correct code, the player’s position and school, his signing status, and the bonus the source reported.
| Pick | Team | Player | Pos | From | Signed | Bonus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DET | Matt Anderson | RHP | Rice University (Houston, TX) | Signed | $2,505,000 |
| 2 | PHI | J.D. Drew | OF | Florida State University (Tallahassee, FL) | Did not sign | |
| 3 | ANA | Troy Glaus | 3B | University of California, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA) | Signed | $2,000,000 |
| 4 | SF | Jason Grilli | RHP | Seton Hall University (South Orange, NJ) | Signed | $1,875,000 |
| 5 | TOR | Vernon Wells | OF | James Bowie HS (Arlington, TX) | Signed | $1,600,000 |
| 6 | NYM | Geoff Goetz | LHP | Jesuit HS (Tampa, FL) | Signed | $1,700,000 |
| 7 | KC | Dan Reichert | RHP | University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA) | Signed | $1,450,000 |
| 8 | PIT | J.J. Davis | 1B | Baldwin Park HS (Baldwin Park, CA) | Signed | $1,675,000 |
| 9 | MIN | Michael Cuddyer | SS | Great Bridge HS (Chesapeake, VA) | Signed | $1,850,000 |
| 10 | CHC | Jon Garland | RHP | John F. Kennedy HS (Granada Hills, CA) | Signed | $1,325,000 |
| 11 | OAK | Chris Enochs | RHP | West Virginia University (Morgantown, WV) | Signed | $1,204,000 |
| 12 | FLA | Aaron Akin | RHP | Cowley Community College (Arkansas City, KS) | Signed | $1,050,000 |
| 13 | MIL | Kyle Peterson | RHP | Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA) | Signed | $1,400,000 |
| 14 | CIN | Brandon Larson | SS | Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge, LA) | Signed | $1,220,000 |
| 15 | CHW | Jason Dellaero | SS | University of South Florida (Tampa, FL) | Signed | $1,056,000 |
| 16 | HOU | Lance Berkman | 1B | Rice University (Houston, TX) | Signed | $1,000,000 |
| 17 | BOS | John Curtice | LHP | Great Bridge HS (Chesapeake, VA) | Signed | $975,000 |
| 18 | COL | Mark Mangum | RHP | Kingwood HS (Kingwood, TX) | Signed | $875,000 |
| 19 | SEA | Ryan Anderson | LHP | Divine Child HS (Dearborn, MI) | Signed | $2,175,000 |
| 20 | STL | Adam Kennedy | SS | California State University, Northridge (Los Angeles, CA) | Signed | $650,000 |
| 21 | OAK via BAL | Eric DuBose | LHP | Mississippi State University (Mississippi State, MS) | Signed | $860,000 |
| 22 | BAL | Jayson Werth | C | Glenwood HS (Chatham, IL) | Signed | $885,000 |
| 23 | MON | Donnie Bridges | RHP | Oak Grove HS (Hattiesburg, MS) | Signed | |
| 24 | NYY via TEX | Tyrell Godwin | OF | East Bladen HS (Elizabethtown, NC) | Did not sign | |
| 25 | LAD | Glenn Davis | 1B | Vanderbilt University (Nashville, TN) | Signed | $825,000 |
| 26 | BAL via NYY | Darnell McDonald | OF | Cherry Creek HS (Greenwood Village, CO) | Signed | $1,900,000 |
| 27 | SD | Kevin Nicholson | SS | Stetson University (DeLand, FL) | Signed | $830,000 |
| 28 | CLE | Tim Drew | RHP | Lowndes HS (Valdosta, GA) | Signed | $1,600,000 |
| 29 | ATL | Troy Cameron | SS | St. Thomas Aquinas HS (Fort Lauderdale, FL) | Signed | $825,000 |
| 30 | AZ | Jack Cust | 1B | Immaculata HS (Somerville, NJ) | Signed | $825,000 |
| 31 | TB | Jason Standridge | RHP | Hewitt-Trussville HS (Trussville, AL) | Signed | $700,000 |
A pick links to a full player career page when this site carries one; picks without a career page here are plain text. Club codes are era-correct: this draft’s clubs display under the code of the identity they carried that June, and picks awarded as free-agent compensation carry a “via” note naming the originating club. Bonuses are the amounts reported at the time, never inflation-adjusted, and a blank bonus means the source reported none.