1997 ALL STAR GAMES
FIRST ALL-STAR GAME JULY 2, All-Stars vs. Danville, Danville Stadium, Danville, IL
SECOND ALL-STAR GAME JULY 3, All-Stars vs. Quincy, QU Stadium, Quincy, IL
PARTICIPANTS OF All-STAR TEAMS
| Last | First | Team | Pos. | College |
| Brown | Jeremy | Twin City | LHP | Evansville |
| Brummett | Sean | Decatur | LHP,OF | Indiana State |
| Carlon | Joe | Twin City | IF | Pennsylvania |
| Corleto | David | Twin City | C | Pennsylvania |
| Delatori | Keola | Twin City | RHP | Illinois State |
| Dunbar | Jeff | Decatur | OF | McKendree |
| Emerick | Caine | Springfield | RHP | Lincoln Land CC |
| Feyerabend | Ryan | Decatur | 1B | Indiana State |
| Friese | Brock | Decatur | OF | Olney Central CC |
| Graham | Nate | Decatur | IF | Union |
| Greager | Jason | Springfield | LHP | Regis |
| Huegel | Benji | Decatur | LHP | St. Mary's |
| Jackson | T.J. | Decatur | OF,1B | Illinois |
| Koehlhoeffer | Aaron | Twin City | 1B | Illinois Wesleyan |
| Koen | Nathan | Springfield | C | Central Arkansas |
| Molina | Anthony | Springfield | C | Evansville |
| Murphy | Jason | Decatur | OF | Indiana State |
| Pembroke | Aaron | Twin City | OF | Evansville |
| Pilger | Mike | Springfield | IF | South Florida |
| Reeb | Andrew | Twin City | OF | St. Francis |
| Rinne | James | Twin City | OF | Illinois Wesleyan |
| Sands | Jason | Twin City | IF | Illinois State |
| Smith | Joe | Decatur | C | Eastern Kentucky |
| Spannagel | Jason | Decatur | IF,OF | Kaskaskia CC |
| Stone | Justin | Springfield | OF | Eastern Illinois |
| Turnquist | Tyler | Twin City | 3B | Illinois State |
| Wilderspin | Kirk | Twin City | RHP,OF | Ripon |
| Winn | Matt | Springfield | LHP | Iowa |
Nearly 5,000 fans attended the leagues two All-Star games on July 2 and July 3, with 4,200 in attendance in Quincy on the 3rd. In the first game in Danville on the 2nd, the All-Stars bested the host Danville Dans 9-2, pounding out 14 hits off of 6 Dans pitchers. Getting two hits apiece were Decatur's T.J. Jackson and Jason Murphy, Springfield's Justin Stone and Twin City's James Rinne. Jackson also drove in 2 runs. Four All-Star pitchers limited the Dans to only 3 hits, 2 by Justin Beasley who also had both Dans RBIs. Twin City's Kirk Wilderspin was credited with the win for the All-Stars by pitching 3 hitless and scoreless innings.
The following night, the tables were turned as the host Quincy Gems bested the All-Stars 5-2. Eight Gems pitchers held the All-Stars to only 4 hits, 2 by Twin City's Aaron Pembroke. Jamie Blaesing was credited with the win for the Gems, starting and pitching 2 hitless and scoreless innings. The Gems managed only 5 hits against All-Star pitchers with Ryan Cole hitting safely two times.