1997 Los Angeles Dodgers season
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| Owner(s) | Peter O'Malley |
| General manager(s) | Fred Claire |
| Manager(s) | Bill Russell |
| Local television | Fox Sports West 2; KTLA (5) |
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KABC Jaime Jarrín, René Cárdenas |
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KABC
Vin Scully, Ross Porter, Rick Monday
The 1997 Los Angeles Dodgers season, under manager Bill Russell, was a season in American baseball. It was competitive all season long before finally fading down the stretch; the Dodgers finished in second place behind their longtime rivals, San Francisco Giants, in the Western Division of the National League.
Teams in BOLD won League Championships
The Dodgers selected 71 players in this draft. Of those, seven of them would eventually play Major League baseball. They received an extra supplemental pick in the second round as a result of losing free agent Delino DeShields.
The first round pick was first baseman Glenn Davis from Vanderbilt University. In eight seasons in the minors, he never advanced past AA. He hit .242 in 802 minor league games with 108 homers and 431 RBI. With their second round pick, the Dodgers picked shortstop Chase Utley from Polytechnic High School in Long Beach, California. However, Utley refused to sign and went to college instead. He was eventually a first round pick of the Philadelphia Phillies in 2000 and became a multi-time All-Star.
None of the players signed by the Dodgers in this draft class had a significant major league career.
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