The 1997 Australian Baseball League All-Stars Weekend, was the first series of All-Star exhibition games held by the Australian Baseball League. The games were contested over two nights at Carrara Oval on the Gold Coast, The then home of the Gold Coast Cougars franchise. The games were played between the Australian All-Stars, USA All-Stars and the 1997 Japanese Industrial League Champions the Mitsubishi Juko Kobe. The Australian and USA All-Star teams were selected from players who were at the time playing in the Australian Baseball League.<ref name="FAI Cup Pitches new finals format and all star competition as baseball bats up for the summer of 1997/1998."/> Game Game 1: Australian All-Stars vs Mitsubishi Juko Kobe Box score Game 2: Australian All-Stars vs USA All-Stars Box score