Home » Events » Draft » Teams History » Pittsburgh Pirates » 1997

» 1997 Pittsburgh Pirates | Draft Picks

Major League Baseball

Record: 79-83   .488.... 2nd in National League Central
Stadium: Three Rivers Stadium
Playoffs: Did not Qualify
Attendance: 1,657,022
Payroll: $9,071,666
Top Draft Pick: J.J. Davis (#8)   MLB
Manager - Gene Lamont

Affiliates - AAA Calgary Cannons AA Carolina Mudcats A+ Lynchburg Hillcats A Augusta GreenJackets A- Erie Sea Wolves Rk Gulf Coast Pirates

Team Leaders

HR: Young [18]
RBI: Young [74]
2B: Kendall [36]
SB: Womack [60]
W: Cordova, Lieber, Loaiza [11]
SV: Loiselle [29]
SO: Lieber [160]

Oldest Player: []
Youngest Player: []

Major League Debuts

Batters: Adrian Brown (May 16) Emil Brown (Apr 3) Lou Collier (Jun 28) Jose Guillen (Apr 1) Abraham Nunez (Aug 27) Kevin Polcovich (May 17)
Pitchers: Jason Johnson (Aug 27) Ricardo Rincon (Apr 3) Jeff Wallace (Aug 21)

2009 Data Products are now available. Includes the TBC Stats Register, Minor League Stats, College Data and the Draft Register. Custom datasets available as well.

TBC Twitter Page - For Site Updates

The Football Cube

Centerfield Wall Ad Zone

Pricing Baseball Cards - Baseball Card Grading at Wholesale prices. Grade for as low as $2.00 a card.

Other Advertisers: MLB Trade Rumors Baseball Equipment Baseball Bargains Pro Fantasy Baseball Baseball Slant Forums Fantasy Ethos

Draft Picks Listing

Rnd	Ovl	Phase	Player Name	Pos	Age	Ht	Wt	B	T	HL	MLB	Drafted From	Bonus
1	8	June-Reg	J.J. Davis	1B-P	18	6-4	250	R	R	MLB	2002-2005	Baldwin Park (Baldwin Park,CA)	$1,675,000
2	60	June-Reg	Jose Nicolas	OF	18	6-3	210	R	R	A+		Westminster Christian (Miami,FL)
3	92	June-Reg	John Grabow	P	18	6-2	190	L	L	MLB	2003-2009	San Gabriel (San Gabriel,CA)
4	122	June-Reg	Maurice Washington	OF	18	6-1	203	R	R	A-		Chaparral (Las Vegas,NV)
5	152	June-Reg	Chris Combs	P-OF	22	6-8	232	L	R	A+		North Carolina State University
6	182	June-Reg	Andy Bausher	P	20	6-2	200	R	L	AAA		Kutztown University
7	212	June-Reg	Kory DeHaan	OF	20	6-2	187	L	R	MLB	2000-2002	Morningside College
8	242	June-Reg	Paul Stabile	P	21	5-10	196	L	L	A+		Brookdale Community College
9	272	June-Reg	Michael Parkerson	P	18	6-2	185	R	L	Rookie		Columbus (Columbus,GA)
10	302	June-Reg	Rico Washington	SS	19	5-9	194	L	R	MLB	2008-2008	Jones County (Gray,GA)
11	332	June-Reg	Sam McConnell	P	21	6-1	213	L	L	MLB	2004-2004	Ball State University
12	362**	June-Reg	Jeff Leuenberger	p	18	5-11	180	R	R	A+		Canyon (Anaheim,CA)
13	392	June-Reg	Kris Lambert	p	21	6-0	182	L	L	A+		Baylor University
14	422**	June-Reg	Ryan Carter	p	17	6-7	245	L	L	AA		Beyer (Modesto,CA)
15	452	June-Reg	Jason Moore	SS						-		Westminster Christian (Miami,FL)
16	482	June-Reg	Jason Hardebeck	p	21	6-1	175	L	L	Rookie		Carl Sandburg College
17	512	June-Reg	Chris Luttig	p	21	6-0	210	L	L	A		University of Evansville
18	542**	June-Reg	Shawn Schumacher	C-3B	20	6-1	200	L	R	AA		Panola College
19	572	June-Reg	Andrew Jones	OF	18	6-3	205	R	R	Rookie		Mountain Pointe (Phoenix,AZ)
20	602	June-Reg	Kevin Haverbusch	SS-p	21	6-3	199	R	R	AAA		University of Maryland
21	632	June-Reg	Keith Maxwell	OF-C	22	5-11	210	R	R	A+		Florida A&M University
22	662	June-Reg	Alex Tolbert	1B	22	6-4	245	L	R	A-		Western Carolina University
23	692	June-Reg	Mike Smalley	p	18	6-1	200	R	L	A+		Bishop Moore (Orlando,FL)
24	722**	June-Reg	Jeff Carlsen	p	18	6-6	230	R	R	A-		North Kitsap (Poulsbo,WA)
25	752	June-Reg	Jesse Daggett	C	18	6-4	220	R	R	A-		College of the Canyons
26	782	June-Reg	Michael Wiggs	SS	21	6-2	185	R	R	-		Mount Olive College
27	812	June-Reg	Brad Guy	p	21	6-2	198	R	R	AAA		Cal State Los Angeles
28	842	June-Reg	Matt Wood	p						-		Cary (Cary,NC)
29	872**	June-Reg	Ryan Earey	3B	18	6-4	225	R	R	A		Laney (Wilmington,NC)
30	902	June-Reg	Mike Gonzalez	p	19	6-2	213	R	L	MLB	2003-2009	San Jacinto College
31	932	June-Reg	Jeff Laroche	p	19	6-3	180	L	L	A		Blinn College
32	962	June-Reg	Marcus Harris	p						-		Cabrillo (Lompoc,CA)
33	992**	June-Reg	Bill White	p	18	6-3	210	L	L	MLB	2007-2008	Benjamin Russell (Alexander City,AL)
34	1022	June-Reg	C.J. Steele	SS						-		Spiro (Spiro,OK)
35	1052**	June-Reg	Jamal Strong	Of-SS	18	5-10	180	R	R	MLB	2003-2005	Citrus College	$0
36	1082**	June-Reg	Jeff Phelps	SS	18	6-0	195	R	R	AA		Kofa (Yuma,AZ)
37	1112	June-Reg	Chris Clark	Of						A-		Stanford University
38	1142	June-Reg	Mike Scarborough	Of		6-1	188	R	R	-		University of Texas
39	1172	June-Reg	Josh Newton	p						-		Springhill (Springhill,LA)
40	1202	June-Reg	Peter Austin	of	22					A-		Millsaps College
41	1232**	June-Reg	Kevin Brown	3B	18	6-4	230	R	R	A+		North Fort Myers (Fort Myers,FL)
42	1259	June-Reg	Derrick Lankford	3B	22	6-2	228	L	R	AA		Carson-Newman College
43	1283	June-Reg	Brett Kaplan	of	22	6-5	230	R	R	Rookie		University of North Carolina