The 1997 roster for the Athletics included Don Wengert at pitcher, Brent Mayne at catcher, Mark McGwire at first baseman, Scott Spiezio at second baseman and Scott Brosius at third baseman.

	NAME	POS	HEIGHT	WEIGHT	DOB	AGE	BIRTHPLACE
1	Mark Acre M. Acre	P	6'8"	235	9/16/1968	28	Concord, CA
2	Willie Adams W. Adams	P	6'7"	215	10/8/1972	24	Gallup, NM
3	Tony Batista T. Batista	SS	6'0"	225	12/9/1973	23	Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
4	Mark Bellhorn M. Bellhorn	3B	6'1"	205	8/23/1974	22	Boston, MA
5	Geronimo Berroa G. Berroa	OF	6'0"	195	3/18/1965	32	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
6	Rafael Bournigal R. Bournigal	SS	5'11"	165	5/12/1966	31	Azua, Dominican Republic
7	Billy Brewer B. Brewer	P	6'1"	175	4/15/1968	29	Fort Worth, TX
8	Tilson Brito T. Brito	3B	6'0"	175	5/28/1972	25	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
9	Scott Brosius S. Brosius	3B	6'1"	200	8/15/1966	30	Hillsboro, OR
10	Jose Canseco J. Canseco	DH	6'4"	240	7/2/1964	32	Havana, Cuba
11	Jason Giambi J. Giambi	OF	6'3"	240	1/8/1971	26	West Covina, CA
12	Ben Grieve B. Grieve	OF	6'4"	225	5/4/1976	21	Arlington, TX
13	Buddy Groom B. Groom	P	6'2"	205	7/10/1965	31	Dallas, TX
14	Gary Haught G. Haught	P	6'1"	190	9/29/1970	26	Tacoma, WA
15	Jimmy Haynes J. Haynes	P	6'4"	220	9/5/1972	24	LaGrange, GA
16	Dane Johnson D. Johnson	P	6'5"	205	2/10/1963	34	Coral Gables, FL
17	John Johnstone J. Johnstone	P	6'3"	210	11/25/1968	28	Liverpool, NY
18	Steve Karsay S. Karsay	P	6'3"	215	3/24/1972	25	Flushing, NY
19	Tim Kubinski T. Kubinski	P	6'4"	205	1/20/1972	25	Pullman, WA
20	Pat Lennon P. Lennon	OF	6'2"	200	4/27/1968	29	Whiteville, NC
21	Brian Lesher B. Lesher	OF	6'5"	210	3/5/1971	26	Antwerp, Belgium
22	Richie Lewis R. Lewis	P	5'6"	175	1/25/1966	31	Muncie, IN
23	Andrew Lorraine A. Lorraine	P	6'3"	200	8/11/1972	24	Los Angeles, CA
24	Eric Ludwick E. Ludwick	P	6'5"	210	12/14/1971	25	Whiteman AFB, MO
25	Dave Magadan D. Magadan	3B	6'4"	215	9/30/1962	34	Tampa, FL