1997 MLB Season in Review - The Baseball Cube

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A high-level summary of the 1997 Major League Baseball Season. The page includes standings, team totals and leaderboards. There is a lot more information on the season in various sub-sections such as the player register, team pages and boxscore-related pages.

Season Information

Season

1997

World Series Champions

Florida Marlins

Runner Up

Cleveland Indians

Most Valuable Players

AL: Ken Griffey NL: Larry Walker

Cy Young Winners

AL: Roger Clemens NL: Pedro Martinez

Rookies of the Year

AL: Nomar Garciaparra NL: Scott Rolen

Managers of the Year

AL: Davey Johnson NL: Dusty Baker

#1 Draft Pick

Matt Anderson (Detroit Tigers)

All-Star Game

Cleveland,Ohio

Teams

Players

1121

Attendance

63,168,689

Payroll

$1,061,631,360

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1997 Major League Baseball Standings

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American League Central
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	4	9	Cleveland Indians	T - S - R - L	161	86	75	.534	--	868	815	53	Lost World Series (Marlins)	3,404,750	4	$ 54,130,232	4	John Hart	Mike Hargrove	Jacobs Field
2	6	13	Chicago White Sox	T - S - R - L	161	80	81	.497	6.0	779	833	-54	dnq	1,864,782	16	$ 54,377,500	3	Ron Schueler	Terry Bevington	Comiskey Park II
3	8	16	Milwaukee Brewers	T - S - R - L	161	78	83	.484	8.0	681	742	-61	dnq	1,444,027	25	$ 21,320,332	13	Sal Bando	Phil Garner	County Stadium
4	12	24	Minnesota Twins	T - S - R - L	162	68	94	.420	18.5	772	861	-89	dnq	1,411,064	26	$ 25,747,500	11	Terry Ryan	Tom Kelly	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
5	13	27	Kansas City Royals	T - S - R - L	161	67	94	.416	19.0	747	820	-73	dnq	1,517,638	22	$ 31,225,000	9	Herk Robinson	Tony Muser, Bob Boone	Kauffman Stadium
American League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	2	Baltimore Orioles	T - S - R - L	162	98	64	.605	--	812	681	131	Lost ALCS (Indians)	3,711,132	2	$ 54,871,399	2	Pat Gillick	Davey Johnson	Oriole Park at Camden Yards
2	2	3	New York Yankees	T - S - R - L	162	96	66	.593	2.0	891	688	203	Lost in 1st Round (Indians)	2,580,325	10	$ 59,148,877	1	Bob Watson	Joe Torre	Yankee Stadium I
3	7	14	Detroit Tigers	T - S - R - L	162	79	83	.488	19.0	784	790	-6	dnq	1,365,157	27	$ 16,304,500	14	Randy Smith	Buddy Bell	Tiger Stadium
4	9	18	Boston Red Sox	T - S - R - L	162	78	84	.481	20.0	851	857	-6	dnq	2,226,136	12	$ 43,232,000	7	Dan Duquette	Jimy Williams	Fenway Park
5	11	22	Toronto Blue Jays	T - S - R - L	162	76	86	.469	22.0	654	694	-40	dnq	2,589,297	9	$ 45,894,833	6	Gord Ash	Cito Gaston, Mel Queen	SkyDome
American League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	3	6	Seattle Mariners	T - S - R - L	162	90	72	.556	--	925	833	92	Lost in 1st Round (Orioles)	3,192,237	6	$ 39,667,628	8	Woody Woodward	Lou Piniella	The Kingdome
2	5	10	Anaheim Angels	T - S - R - L	162	84	78	.519	6.0	829	794	35	dnq	1,767,330	18	$ 29,452,672	10	Bill Bavasi	Terry Collins	Edison International Field
3	10	19	Texas Rangers	T - S - R - L	162	77	85	.475	13.0	807	823	-16	dnq	2,945,228	7	$ 50,112,268	5	Douglas Melvin	Johnny Oates	The Ballpark in Arlington
4	14	28	Oakland Athletics	T - S - R - L	162	65	97	.401	25.0	764	946	-182	dnq	1,264,218	28	$ 21,911,000	12	Sandy Alderson	Art Howe	Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
National League Central
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	6	11	Houston Astros	T - S - R - L	162	84	78	.519	--	777	660	117	Lost in 1st Round (Braves)	2,046,781	15	$ 32,935,000	12	Gerry Hunsicker	Larry Dierker	Astrodome
2	8	15	Pittsburgh Pirates	T - S - R - L	162	79	83	.488	5.0	725	760	-35	dnq	1,657,022	21	$ 9,071,666	14	Cam Bonifay	Gene Lamont	Three Rivers Stadium
3	11	20	Cincinnati Reds	T - S - R - L	162	76	86	.469	8.0	651	764	-113	dnq	1,785,788	17	$ 43,267,000	5	Jim Bowden	Ray Knight, Jack McKeon	Cinergy Field
4	12	23	St. Louis Cardinals	T - S - R - L	162	73	89	.451	11.0	689	708	-19	dnq	2,634,014	8	$ 44,179,167	3	Walt Jocketty	Tony La Russa	Busch Stadium II
5	14	25	Chicago Cubs	T - S - R - L	162	68	94	.420	16.0	687	759	-72	dnq	2,190,308	13	$ 39,829,333	7	Ed Lynch	Jim Riggleman	Wrigley Field
National League East
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	1	1	Atlanta Braves	T - S - R - L	162	101	61	.623	--	791	581	210	Lost NLCS (Marlins)	3,464,488	3	$ 50,488,500	1	John Schuerholz	Bobby Cox	Turner Field
2	2	4	Florida Marlins	T - S - R - L	162	92	70	.568	9.0	740	669	71	Won World Series (Indians)	2,364,387	11	$ 47,753,000	2	Dave Dombrowski	Jim Leyland	Joe Robbie Stadium
3	4	7	New York Mets	T - S - R - L	162	88	74	.543	13.0	777	709	68	dnq	1,766,174	19	$ 38,474,567	8	Joe McIlvaine	Bobby Valentine	Shea Stadium
4	9	17	Montreal Expos	T - S - R - L	162	78	84	.481	23.0	691	740	-49	dnq	1,497,609	23	$ 18,335,500	13	Jim Beattie	Felipe Alou	Olympic Stadium
5	13	26	Philadelphia Phillies	T - S - R - L	162	68	94	.420	33.0	668	840	-172	dnq	1,490,638	24	$ 35,463,500	9	Lee Thomas	Terry Francona	Veterans Stadium
National League West
Rank	lgRank	mlbRank	Team Name	Links	G	W	L	WPct	GBL	RF	RA	Diff	Playoffs	Attendance	Att Rank	Payroll	Pay Rank	General Manager	Manager Name	Ballpark
1	3	5	San Francisco Giants	T - S - R - L	162	90	72	.556	--	784	793	-9	Lost in 1st Round (Marlins)	1,690,869	20	$ 33,469,213	11	Brian Sabean	Dusty Baker	3Com Park
2	5	8	Los Angeles Dodgers	T - S - R - L	162	88	74	.543	2.0	742	645	97	dnq	3,319,504	5	$ 43,400,000	4	Fred Claire	Bill Russell	Dodger Stadium
3	7	12	Colorado Rockies	T - S - R - L	162	83	79	.512	7.0	923	908	15	dnq	3,888,453	1	$ 42,870,501	6	Bob Gebhard	Don Baylor	Coors Field
4	10	21	San Diego Padres	T - S - R - L	162	76	86	.469	14.0	795	891	-96	dnq	2,089,333	14	$ 34,698,672	10	Kevin Towers	Bruce Bochy	Qualcomm Stadium
28 record(s)

Glossary:
Rank If team context, indicates Divisional Rank LgRank Rank within a League. For MLB, refers to AL or NL MLBRank Rank in all of Major League Baseball for the season Team Name Contextual to the grid but usually self-evident. Draft = Drafted team. G Games Played (or Pitched) W Wins (Pitcher or Team) L Losses (Pitcher or Team) WPct Winning Percentage (W/(W+L)) GBL Games behind leader. ((Team A Wins-Team B Wins) + (Team A Losses-Team B Losses))/2 RF Runs For RA Runs Against Diff Run Differential. RF-RA Playoffs Playoff participation description. Attendance Number of people paying for tickets for games Att Rank Attendance rank within the league Ballpark Team or School's ballpark for the season

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