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.

• 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 sign
• Aaron 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 sign
• Jeremy 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 sign
• Chone Figgins, 4th round, 132nd overall by the Colorado Rockies
• Xavier Nady, 4th round, 134th overall by the St. Louis Cardinals, but did not sign
• Derrick 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 sign
• Scott 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 sign
• Michael 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 sign
• Jason Michaels, 15th round, 464th overall by the St. Louis Cardinals, but did not sign
• Shawn 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 sign
• Alex Cintrón, 36th round, 1103rd overall by the Arizona Diamondbacks
• Brandon Lyon, 37th round, 1110th overall by the New York Mets, but did not sign
• Scot Shields, 38th round, 1137th overall by the Anaheim Angels
• Bill Duplissea, 39th round, 1185th overall by the Baltimore Orioles, but did not sign
• Orlando Hudson, 43rd round, 1280th overall by the Toronto Blue Jays
• David DeJesus, 43rd round, 1281st overall by the New York Mets, but did not sign
• Brad Hawpe, 46th round, 1344th overall by the Toronto Blue Jays, but did not sign
• Chad Qualls, 52nd round, 1444th overall by the Toronto Blue Jays, but did not sign
• Aaron Heilman, 55th round, 1488th overall by the New York Yankees, but did not sign
• Heath Bell, 69th round, 1583rd overall by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, but did not sign
• Willie Harris, 90th round, 1605th overall by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, but did not sign

• Major League Baseball
• Major League Baseball Draft
• List of MLB first overall draft choices
• Rule 5 Draft

• Complete draft list from The Baseball Cube database
• MLB.com's section on the draft