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1997 Rookies By Tom Tippett, To help you begin thinking about the upcoming rookie drafts in your Diamond Mind leagues (or other fantasy leagues, for that matter), here is a list of all players who made their major-league debut in 1997. Because many leagues do not allow you to draft a player before he appears in the major leagues, chances are these players will be available in your league's draft. Some of these guys will help you right away, while others are highly-touted comers who were called up in September for the first time. Last year, I scooped up Nomar Garciaparra with my first draft pick (even though he didn't play much in 1996), and this year's list contains several players who are expected to do the same next year. This is a great place to find the guys who can begin to turn your team around or who can help sustain that dynasty that you've put together. 1997 Rookie BattersLast name First name Tm Avg SPC G AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB --------------- ---------- --- ----- ----- --- --- --- -- -- -- -- --- -- Abbott Jeff CHA .263 .368 19 38 10 1 0 1 0 6 0 Aven Bruce CLE .211 .263 13 19 4 1 0 0 1 5 0 Bellhorn Mark OAK .228 .357 68 224 51 9 1 6 32 70 7 Berblinger Jeff SLN .000 .000 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Bieser Steve NYN .246 .290 47 69 17 3 0 0 7 20 2 Blanco Henry LAN .400 1.000 3 5 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 Boone Aaron CIN .245 .265 16 49 12 1 0 0 2 5 1 Brown Adrian PIT .190 .252 48 147 28 6 0 1 13 18 8 Brown Emil PIT .179 .284 66 95 17 2 1 2 10 32 5 Bush Homer NYA .364 .364 10 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 Butler Rich TOR .286 .357 7 14 4 1 0 0 2 3 0 Cabrera Orlando MON .222 .222 16 18 4 0 0 0 1 3 1 Casey Sean CLE .200 .200 6 10 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 Catalanotto Frank DET .308 .385 13 26 8 2 0 0 3 7 0 Clyburn Danny BAL .000 .000 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Coleman Michael BOS .167 .208 8 24 4 1 0 0 0 11 1 Collier Lou PIT .135 .135 18 37 5 0 0 0 1 11 1 Cruz Deivi DET .241 .314 147 436 105 26 0 2 14 55 3 Cruz Ivan NYA .250 .300 11 20 5 1 0 0 2 4 0 Cruz Jr. Jose SEA .268 .541 49 183 49 12 1 12 13 45 1 Cruz Jr. Jose TOR .231 .462 55 212 49 7 0 14 28 72 6 Dellucci Dave BAL .222 .370 17 27 6 1 0 1 4 7 0 Diaz Eddy MIL .220 .300 16 50 11 2 1 0 1 5 0 Dunwoody Todd FLO .260 .500 19 50 13 2 2 2 7 21 2 Encarnacion Juan DET .212 .394 11 33 7 1 1 1 3 12 3 Evans Tom TOR .289 .421 12 38 11 2 0 1 2 10 0 Figga Mike NYA .000 .000 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 Franklin Micah SLN .324 .500 17 34 11 0 0 2 3 10 0 Frias Hanley TEX .192 .231 14 26 5 1 0 0 1 4 0 Fullmer Brad MON .300 .575 19 40 12 2 0 3 2 7 0 Gilbert Shawn NYN .136 .273 29 22 3 0 0 1 1 8 1 Green Scarboroug SLN .097 .097 20 31 3 0 0 0 2 5 0 Grieve Ben OAK .312 .473 24 93 29 6 0 3 13 25 0 Guevara Giomar SEA .000 .000 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 Guillen Jose PIT .267 .412 143 498 133 20 5 14 17 88 1 Gulan Mike SLN .000 .000 5 9 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 Halter Shane KCA .276 .382 74 123 34 5 1 2 10 28 4 Hansen Jed KCA .309 .426 34 94 29 6 1 1 13 29 3 Helton Todd COL .280 .484 35 93 26 2 1 5 8 11 0 Hidalgo Richard HOU .306 .484 19 62 19 5 0 2 4 18 1 Hunter Torii MIN .000 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hurst Jimmy DET .176 .412 13 17 3 1 0 1 2 6 0 Johnson Russ HOU .300 .417 21 60 18 1 0 2 6 14 1 Konerko Paul LAN .143 .143 6 7 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 Kotsay Mark FLO .192 .250 14 52 10 1 1 0 4 7 3 Latham Chris MIN .182 .227 15 22 4 1 0 0 0 8 0 Lee Derrek SDN .259 .370 22 54 14 3 0 1 9 24 0 Long Ryan KCA .222 .222 6 9 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 Lowery Terrell CHN .286 .286 9 14 4 0 0 0 3 3 1 Marrero Eli SLN .244 .422 17 45 11 2 0 2 2 13 4 Martinez Felix KCA .226 .323 16 31 7 1 1 0 6 8 0 McDonald Jason OAK .263 .394 78 236 62 11 4 4 36 49 13 McGuire Ryan MON .256 .397 84 199 51 15 2 3 19 34 1 Mendoza Carlos NYN .250 .250 15 12 3 0 0 0 4 2 0 Miller Damian MIN .273 .379 25 66 18 1 0 2 2 12 0 Morgan Kevin NYN .000 .000 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nunez Abraham PIT .225 .375 19 40 9 2 2 0 3 10 1 Ordaz Luis SLN .273 .318 12 22 6 1 0 0 1 2 3 Ordonez Magglio CHA .319 .580 21 69 22 6 0 4 2 8 1 Orie Kevin CHN .275 .431 114 364 100 23 5 8 39 57 2 Ortiz David MIN .327 .449 15 49 16 3 0 1 2 19 0 Polcovich Kevin PIT .273 .396 84 245 67 16 1 4 21 45 2 Powell Dante SFN .308 .410 27 39 12 1 0 1 4 11 1 Ramos Ken HOU .000 .000 14 12 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 Reese Pokey CIN .219 .287 128 397 87 15 0 4 31 82 25 Riggs Adam LAN .200 .250 9 20 4 1 0 0 4 3 1 Rohrmeier Dan SEA .333 .333 7 9 3 0 0 0 2 4 0 Romero Mandy SDN .208 .333 21 48 10 0 0 2 2 18 1 Rosario Melvin BAL .000 .000 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Rose Jr. Pete CIN .143 .143 11 14 2 0 0 0 2 9 0 Sagmoen Marc TEX .140 .256 21 43 6 2 0 1 2 13 0 Sexson Richie CLE .273 .273 5 11 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 Sheldon Scott OAK .250 .375 13 24 6 0 0 1 1 6 0 Simon Randall ATL .429 .500 13 14 6 1 0 0 1 2 0 Stewart Andy KCA .250 .375 5 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 Sutton Larry KCA .290 .406 27 69 20 2 0 2 5 12 0 Tatis Fernando TEX .256 .404 60 223 57 9 0 8 14 42 3 Tejada Miguel OAK .202 .333 26 99 20 3 2 2 2 22 2 Trammell Bubba DET .228 .366 44 123 28 5 0 4 15 35 3 Valdez Mario CHA .243 .330 54 115 28 7 0 1 17 39 1 Valentin Javier MIN .286 .286 4 7 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 Varitek Jason BOS 1.000 1.000 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Velandia Jorge SDN .103 .172 14 29 3 2 0 0 1 7 0 Vidro Jose MON .249 .367 67 169 42 12 1 2 11 20 1 Watkins Pat CIN .207 .276 17 29 6 2 0 0 0 5 1 Williamson Antone MIL .204 .259 24 54 11 3 0 0 4 8 0 Wilson Enrique CLE .333 .333 5 15 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 1997 Rookie PitchersLast name First name Tm ERA OAVG G GS W L S INN H BB K HR --------------- ---------- --- ----- ----- -- -- -- -- -- ----- --- -- --- -- Alfonseca Antonio FLO 4.91 .324 17 0 1 3 0 25.7 36 10 19 3 Almanzar Carlos TOR 2.70 .091 4 0 0 1 0 3.3 1 1 4 1 Aybar Manuel SLN 4.24 .263 12 12 2 4 0 68.0 66 29 41 8 Barrios Manuel HOU 12.00 .400 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 6 3 3 0 Beltran Rigo SLN 3.48 .237 35 4 1 2 1 54.3 47 17 50 3 Bennett Shayne MON 3.18 .247 16 0 0 1 0 22.7 21 9 8 2 Bovee Mike ANA 5.40 .231 3 0 0 0 0 3.3 3 1 5 1 Bowers Shane MIN 8.05 .329 5 5 0 3 0 19.0 27 8 7 2 Brock Chris ATL 5.58 .288 7 6 0 0 0 30.7 34 19 16 2 Cabrera Jose HOU 1.17 .125 12 0 0 0 0 15.3 6 6 18 1 Carpenter Chris TOR 5.09 .325 14 13 3 7 0 81.3 108 37 55 7 Castillo Carlos CHA 4.48 .265 37 2 2 1 1 66.3 68 33 43 9 Cather Mike ATL 2.39 .174 35 0 2 4 0 37.7 23 19 29 1 Chavez Anthony ANA .93 .206 7 0 0 0 0 9.7 7 5 10 1 Checo Robinson BOS 3.38 .235 5 2 1 1 0 13.3 12 3 14 0 Clemons Chris CHA 8.53 .345 5 2 0 2 0 12.7 19 11 8 4 Cloude Ken SEA 5.12 .218 10 9 4 2 0 51.0 41 26 46 8 Colon Bartolo CLE 5.65 .286 19 17 4 7 0 94.0 107 45 66 12 Crawford Joe NYN 3.30 .216 19 2 4 3 0 46.3 36 13 25 7 Crowell Jim CIN 9.95 .414 2 1 0 1 0 6.3 12 5 3 2 Cruz Nelson CHA 6.49 .274 19 0 0 2 0 26.3 29 9 23 6 Cunnane Will SDN 5.81 .305 54 8 6 3 0 91.3 114 49 79 11 DeHart Rick MON 5.52 .292 23 0 2 1 0 29.3 33 14 29 7 DeJean Mike COL 3.99 .280 55 0 5 0 2 67.7 74 24 38 4 DeLaMaza Roland KCA 4.50 .125 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 1 1 1 Duran Roberto DET 7.59 .189 13 0 0 0 0 10.7 7 15 11 0 Erdos Todd SDN 5.27 .293 11 0 2 0 0 13.7 17 4 13 1 Escobar Kelvim TOR 2.90 .237 27 0 3 2 14 31.0 28 19 36 1 Eyre Scott CHA 5.04 .267 11 11 4 4 0 60.7 62 31 36 11 Falteisek Steve MON 3.38 .286 5 0 0 0 0 8.0 8 3 2 0 Fordham Tom CHA 6.23 .266 7 1 0 1 0 17.3 17 10 10 2 Foulke Keith CHA 3.45 .255 16 0 3 0 3 28.7 28 5 21 4 Foulke Keith SFN 8.26 .324 11 8 1 5 0 44.7 60 18 33 9 Fox Chad ATL 3.29 .231 30 0 0 1 0 27.3 24 16 28 4 Gaillard Eddie DET 5.31 .211 16 0 1 0 1 20.3 16 10 12 2 Gomes Wayne PHI 5.27 .274 37 0 5 1 0 42.7 45 24 24 4 Gonzalez Jeremi CHN 4.25 .236 23 23 11 9 0 144.0 126 69 93 16 Gorecki Rick LAN 15.00 .346 4 1 1 0 0 6.0 9 6 6 3 Hasegawa Shigetoshi ANA 3.93 .269 50 7 3 7 0 116.7 118 46 83 14 Haught Gary OAK 7.15 .279 6 0 0 0 0 11.3 12 6 11 3 Henriquez Oscar HOU 4.50 .167 4 0 0 1 0 4.0 2 3 3 0 Hernandez Fernando DET 40.50 .556 2 0 0 0 0 1.3 5 3 2 0 Irabu Hideki NYA 7.09 .311 13 9 5 4 0 53.3 69 20 56 15 Johnson Jason PIT 6.00 .400 3 0 0 0 0 6.0 10 1 3 2 Johnson Mike BAL 7.94 .317 14 5 0 1 2 39.7 52 16 29 12 Johnson Mike MON 5.94 .277 11 11 2 5 0 50.0 54 21 28 8 Jones Bobby COL 8.38 .380 4 4 1 1 0 19.3 30 12 5 2 Judd Mike LAN 0.00 .364 1 0 0 0 0 2.7 4 0 4 0 Kashiwada Takashi NYN 4.31 .289 35 0 3 1 0 31.3 35 18 19 4 King Curtis SLN 2.76 .325 30 0 4 2 0 29.3 38 11 13 0 Kline Steve CLE 5.81 .365 20 1 3 1 0 26.3 42 13 17 6 Kline Steve MON 6.15 .307 26 0 1 3 0 26.3 31 10 20 4 Kubinski Tim OAK 5.68 .255 11 0 0 0 0 12.7 12 6 10 2 LeRoy John ATL 0.00 .143 1 0 1 0 0 2.0 1 3 3 0 Lidle Cory NYN 3.53 .274 54 2 7 2 2 81.7 86 20 54 7 Ligtenberg Kerry ATL 3.00 .211 15 0 1 0 1 15.0 12 4 19 4 Long Joey SDN 8.18 .340 10 0 0 0 0 11.0 17 8 8 1 Lowe Derek BOS 3.38 .268 8 0 0 2 0 16.0 15 3 13 0 Lowe Derek SEA 6.96 .282 12 9 2 4 0 53.0 59 20 39 11 Lowe Sean SLN 9.35 .365 6 4 0 2 0 17.3 27 10 8 2 Maloney Sean MIL 5.14 .304 3 0 0 0 0 7.0 7 2 5 1 Martin Tom HOU 2.09 .254 55 0 5 3 2 56.0 52 23 36 2 McDill Allen KCA 13.50 .214 3 0 0 0 0 4.0 3 8 2 1 McGraw Tom SLN 0.00 .333 2 0 0 0 0 1.7 2 1 0 0 Millwood Kevin ATL 4.03 .282 12 8 5 3 0 51.3 55 21 42 1 Misuraca Mike MIL 11.32 .333 5 0 0 0 0 10.3 15 7 10 5 Moody Eric TEX 4.26 .329 10 1 0 1 0 19.0 26 2 12 4 Morris Matt SLN 3.19 .258 33 33 12 9 0 217.0 208 69 149 12 Murray Heath SDN 6.75 .376 17 3 1 2 0 33.3 50 21 16 3 Nye Ryan PHI 8.25 .392 4 2 0 2 0 12.0 20 9 7 2 Ojala Kirt FLO 3.14 .252 7 5 1 2 0 28.7 28 18 19 4 Perisho Matt ANA 6.00 .324 11 8 0 2 0 45.0 59 28 35 6 Pisciotta Marc CHN 3.18 .200 24 0 3 1 0 28.3 20 16 21 1 Raggio Brady SLN 6.89 .336 15 4 1 2 0 31.3 44 16 21 1 Ramos Edgar PHI 5.14 .288 4 2 0 2 0 14.0 15 6 4 3 Reyes Dennis LAN 3.83 .280 14 5 2 3 0 47.0 51 18 36 4 Rigby Brad OAK 4.87 .302 14 14 1 7 0 77.7 92 22 34 14 Rincon Ricardo PIT 3.45 .230 62 0 4 8 4 60.0 51 24 71 5 Rios Danny NYA 19.29 .563 2 0 0 0 0 2.3 9 2 1 3 Ritchie Todd MIN 4.58 .290 42 0 2 3 0 74.7 87 28 44 11 Rose Brian BOS 12.00 .357 1 1 0 0 0 3.0 5 2 3 0 Rusch Glendon KCA 5.50 .301 30 27 6 9 0 170.3 206 52 116 28 Santana Julio TEX 6.75 .323 30 14 4 6 0 104.0 141 49 64 16 Santiago Jose KCA 1.93 .333 4 0 0 0 0 4.7 7 2 1 0 Saunders Tony FLO 4.61 .244 22 21 4 6 0 111.3 99 64 102 12 Stanifer Rob FLO 4.60 .261 36 0 1 2 1 45.0 43 16 28 9 Stull Everett MON 16.20 .438 3 0 0 1 0 3.3 7 4 2 1 Tatis Ramon CHN 5.34 .308 56 0 1 1 0 55.7 66 29 33 13 Thomson John COL 4.71 .296 27 27 7 9 0 166.3 193 51 106 15 Thurman Mike MON 5.40 .186 5 2 1 0 0 11.7 8 4 8 3 Tomko Brett CIN 3.43 .234 22 19 11 7 0 126.0 106 47 95 14 Walker Jamie KCA 5.44 .271 50 0 3 3 0 43.0 46 20 24 6 Wallace Jeff PIT .75 .200 11 0 0 0 0 12.0 8 8 14 0 Whisenant Matt FLO 16.88 .333 4 0 0 0 0 2.7 4 6 4 0 Whisenant Matt KCA 2.84 .211 24 0 1 0 0 19.0 15 12 16 0 Winchester Scott CIN 6.00 .360 5 0 0 0 0 6.0 9 2 3 1 Winston Darrin PHI 5.25 .178 7 1 2 0 0 12.0 8 3 8 4 Woodard Steve MIL 5.15 .269 7 7 3 3 0 36.7 39 6 32 5 Wright Jaret CLE 4.38 .238 16 16 8 3 0 90.3 81 35 63 9 Copyright © 1997. 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