1997 Missouri Valley Conference

Standings

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division	Rank	rpi	College	nickname	info	c-g	c-w	c-l	c-t	ov-g	ov-w	ov-l	ov-t	rf	ra	diff	head coach	ballpark
none	1		Wichita State	Shockers	TR	28	21	7	0	69	51	18	0	469	124	345	Gene Stephenson	Eck Stadium
none	2		Northern Iowa	Panthers	T	26	18	8	0	55	32	23	0	80	188	-108	Dave Schrage	Riverfront Stadium
none	3		Southwest Missouri State	Bears	TR*	26	16	10	0	60	35	25	0	270	98	172	Keith Guttin	Unknown
none	4		Illinois State	Redbirds	T	31	18	13	0	55	29	26	0	136	87	49	Jeff Stewart	Duffy Bass Field
none	5		Southern Illinois	Salukis	T	28	13	15	0	55	23	32	0	379	400	-21	Dan Callahan	Abe Martin Field
none	6		Evansville	Purple Aces	T	32	13	19	0	59	29	30	0	40	76	-36	Jim Brownlee	Bosse Field
none	7		Creighton	Bluejays		25	10	15	0	54	27	27	0	260	184	76	Jack Dahm	Creighton Sports Complex
none	8		Bradley	Braves		28	10	18	0	54	26	28	0	326	329	-3	Dewey Kalmer	Pete Vonachen Stadium at Meinen Field
none	9		Indiana State	Sycamores		32	9	23	0	55	24	30	1	335	161	174	Bob Warn	Sycamore Field
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School Information

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college name

full college name

stats

nickname

school location

region

Bradley University

Creighton University

University of Evansville

Illinois State University

Indiana State University

University of Northern Iowa

Southern Illinois University

stats

Salukis

Carbondale,Illinois

Southwest Missouri State

Missouri State University

Wichita State University

stats

Shockers

Wichita,Kansas

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Batting Totals

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school	nickname	players	g	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	sb	cs	bb	so	hbp	sh	sf	iw	dp	tb	pa	xbh	1b	avg	obp	slg	ops	secA	iso	babip	bb%	so%	so_bb	ab_hr
Bradley	Braves	6	676	1775	326	501	114	6	65	297	49	22	186	253	32	26	15	0	0	822	2034	185	316	.282	.358	.463	.821	.301	.181	.296	9.14	12.44	1.36	27.31
Creighton	Bluejays	6	345	1230	260	304	85	13	49	213	51	20	135	280	0	0	0	0	0	562	1365	147	157	.247	.322	.457	.779	.345	.210	.283	9.89	20.51	2.07	25.10
Evansville	Purple Aces	1	57	200	40	60	21	2	8	54	1	5	25	50	0	0	0	0	0	109	225	31	29	.300	.378	.545	.923	.350	.245	.366	11.11	22.22	2.00	25.00
Illinois State	Redbirds	4	162	601	136	204	40	7	18	129	19	7	62	83	0	0	0	0	0	312	663	65	139	.339	.401	.519	.920	.303	.180	.372	9.35	12.52	1.34	33.39
Indiana State	Sycamores	6	494	1683	335	520	88	14	51	283	81	26	194	321	0	0	0	0	0	789	1877	153	367	.309	.380	.469	.849	.308	.160	.358	10.34	17.10	1.65	33.00
Northern Iowa	Panthers	2	105	409	80	137	28	2	16	87	14	4	38	50	0	0	0	0	0	217	447	46	91	.335	.391	.531	.922	.313	.196	.353	8.50	11.19	1.32	25.56
Southern Illinois	Salukis	16	606	1873	379	559	111	16	75	353	39	36	238	417	48	0	0	0	0	927	2159	202	357	.298	.391	.495	.886	.325	.196	.350	11.02	19.31	1.75	24.97
Southwest Missouri State	Bears	7	391	1379	270	440	66	9	59	265	49	17	137	260	0	2	0	0	0	701	1518	134	306	.319	.381	.508	.889	.312	.189	.359	9.03	17.13	1.90	23.37
Wichita State	Shockers	10	542	1749	469	600	123	12	64	431	80	16	278	267	0	0	0	0	0	939	2027	199	401	.343	.433	.537	.970	.389	.194	.378	13.71	13.17	0.96	27.33
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Pitching Totals

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school	nickname	players	w	l	era	g	gs	cg	sho	gf	gr	sv	ip	h	r	er	hr	bb	so	wp	bk	hb	whip	h9	hr9	bb9	so9	ra9	so_bb
Bradley	Braves	8	26	28	5.33	54	54	10	3	0	67	5	441.0	504	329	261	38	208	347	38	0	22	1.61	10.29	0.78	4.24	7.08	6.71	1.67
Creighton	Bluejays	2	18	15	5.15	29	29	3	0	0	45	12	253.1	287	184	145	0	120	203	0	0	0	1.61	10.20	0.00	4.26	7.21	6.54	1.69
Evansville	Purple Aces	1	5	4	9.32	7	7	1	0	0	11	1	64.2	102	76	67	0	40	75	0	0	0	2.20	14.20	0.00	5.57	10.44	10.58	1.88
Illinois State	Redbirds	3	9	6	4.92	16	16	5	2	0	12	0	133.2	152	87	73	0	66	153	0	0	0	1.63	10.23	0.00	4.44	10.30	5.86	2.32
Indiana State	Sycamores	3	14	16	4.28	36	36	10	1	0	10	2	260.2	285	161	124	0	85	237	0	0	0	1.42	9.84	0.00	2.93	8.18	5.56	2.79
Northern Iowa	Panthers	4	25	17	4.96	40	40	16	1	0	15	0	299.2	309	188	165	0	130	309	0	0	0	1.46	9.28	0.00	3.90	9.28	5.65	2.38
Southern Illinois	Salukis	13	23	32	5.85	50	50	4	0	0	103	0	461.2	580	400	300	69	180	292	0	0	0	1.65	11.31	1.35	3.51	5.69	7.80	1.62
Southwest Missouri State	Bears	2	12	5	5.02	16	16	6	0	0	19	5	141.2	154	98	79	0	87	104	0	0	0	1.70	9.78	0.00	5.53	6.61	6.23	1.20
Wichita State	Shockers	6	24	9	3.45	35	35	3	1	0	36	12	258.1	237	124	99	0	84	218	0	0	0	1.24	8.26	0.00	2.93	7.59	4.32	2.60
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Major Leaguers

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year

school

player

pos

born

place

hilvl

mlb years

stat years

draft info

1997

Creighton

Kevin Frederick

6-1

215

1976-11-04

Evanston,IL

MLB

2002-2004

1996-2008

1998- 34-1009-MIN

1997

Illinois State

Eric Eckenstahler

6-7

220

1976-12-17

Waukegan,IL

MLB

2002-2003

1996-2005

1999- 32- 957-DET

1997

Missouri State

Matt Cepicky

6-2

215

1977-11-10

St. Louis,MO

MLB

2002-2006

1997-2007

1999-  4- 120-MON

1997

Missouri State

Jason Hart

LF-1B

6-4

235

1977-09-05

Walnut Creek,CA

MLB

2002-2002

1996-2006

1998-  5- 135-OAK

1997

Northern Iowa

Scott Sobkowiak

6-5

230

1977-10-26

Woodstock,IL

MLB

2001-2001

1997-2007

1998-  7- 221-ATL

1997

Southern Illinois

Jason Frasor

5-9

180

1977-08-09

Chicago,IL

MLB

2004-2015

1996-2015

1999- 33- 987-DET

1997

Southern Illinois

Jerry Hairston

3B-LF

5-10

195

1976-05-29

Naperville,IL

MLB

1998-2013

1996-2013

1997- 11- 345-BAL

1997

Wichita State

Kevin Hooper

5-10

160

1976-12-07

Lawrence,KS

MLB

2005-2006

1996-2008

1999-  8- 236-MIA

1997

Wichita State

Nate Robertson

6-2

225

1977-09-03

Wichita,KS

MLB

2002-2010

1997-2014

1999-  5- 146-MIA

1997

Wichita State

Zach Sorensen

2B-SS

6-0

190

1977-01-03

Salt Lake City,UT

MLB

2003-2005

1996-2007

1998-  2-  63-CLE

10 Record(s)

Players who competed in this conference for the selected season who went on to play in the Major Leagues

Draft Picks

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Draft Section

phase	year	round	ovl	player	drafting team	school	hilvl	mlb years	stat years
June-Reg	1997	8	243	Ben Thomas	Minnesota Twins	Wichita State	Rk		1995-1997
June-Reg	1997	8	254	Jason Karnuth	St. Louis Cardinals	Illinois State	MLB	2001-2005	1997-2007
June-Reg	1997	11	345	Jerry Hairston	Baltimore Orioles	Southern Illinois	MLB	1998-2013	1996-2013
June-Reg	1997	15	448	Michael Byas	San Francisco Giants	Southwest Missouri State	AAA		1995-2003
June-Reg	1997	15	466	Lance Burkhart	Montreal Expos	Southwest Missouri State	AAA		1996-2009
June-Reg	1997	17	512	Chris Luttig	Pittsburgh Pirates	Evansville	A		1997-1998
June-Reg	1997	17	513	Kevin Frederick	Minnesota Twins	Creighton	MLB	2002-2004	1996-2008
June-Reg	1997	23	697	Kevin Priebe	Milwaukee Brewers	Bradley	AA		1994-1999
June-Reg	1997	25	770	Brian Jergenson	San Diego Padres	Northern Iowa	Rk		1994-1997
June-Reg	1997	26	799	Aaron Jones	New York Yankees	Southern Illinois	A+		1996-2000
June-Reg	1997	27	833	John Adams	Arizona Diamondbacks	Wichita State	A+		1995-2001
June-Reg	1997	28	835	Jacob Schaffer	Detroit Tigers	Bradley	A+		1995-1999
June-Reg	1997	29	871	Dave Ullery	Kansas City Royals	Indiana State	AAA		1995-2004
June-Reg	1997	35	1045	Matthew Beck	Detroit Tigers	Bradley	A-		1995-2000
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Players who competed in this conference for the selected season who were selected in that season's MLB amateur draft or who were recorded as signing as undrafted free agent