1997 Florida Marlins season

The Florida Marlins' 1997 season was the fifth season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in the National League. It would begin with the team attempting to improve on their season from 1996. Their manager was Jim Leyland. They played home games at Pro Player Stadium. They finished with a record of 92-70, posting the first winning season in franchise history and winning the NL Wild Card. They got through the National League playoffs and won the World Series over the Cleveland Indians.

1997 Florida Marlins
1997 World Series Champions
1997 National League Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record92–70 (.568)
Divisional place2nd
Other information
Owner(s)Wayne Huizenga
General manager(s)Dave Dombrowski
Manager(s)Jim Leyland
Local televisionSunshine Network/Sports Channel Florida
WBFS-TV
(Tommy Hutton, Joe Angel, Dave O'Brien, Jay Randolph)
Local radioWQAM
(Joe Angel, Dave O'Brien, Jon Sciambi)
WCMQ-FM (Spanish)
(Felo Ramírez, Manolo Alvarez)
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Offseason
  • November 22, 1996: Bobby Bonilla was Signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins.[1]
  • March 26, 1997: Cliff Floyd was traded by the Montreal Expos to the Florida Marlins for Dustin Hermanson and Joe Orsulak.[2] Angel Vazquez Castro president of Florida Marlins.

Regular season

Season standings
NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 10161 0.623 — 50–31 51–30
Florida Marlins 9270 0.568 9 52–29 40–41
New York Mets 8874 0.543 13 50–31 38–43
Montreal Expos 7884 0.481 23 45–36 33–48
Philadelphia Phillies 6894 0.420 33 38–43 30–51

Record vs. opponents
1997 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LA MTL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL AL
Atlanta—9–29–25–64–87–46–510–25–710–25–68–37–48–37–5
Chicago2–9—7–52–92–93–95–64–76–56–57–56–55–64–89–6
Cincinnati2–95–7—5–65–65–76–56–52–98–38–45–64–76–69–6
Colorado 6–59–26–5—7–45–65–77–46–54–74–74–84–87–49–7
Florida8–49–26–54–7—7–47–47–54–86–67–45–65–65–612–3
Houston4–79–37–56–54–7—7–48–37–44–76–66–53–89–34–11
Los Angeles 5–66–55–67–54–74–7—7–46–510–19–25–76–65–69–7
Montreal2–107–45–64–75–73–84–7—5–76–65–68–36–56–512–3
New York7–55–69–25–68–44–75–67–5—7–57–45–63–89–27–8
Philadelphia2-105–63–87–46–67–41–106–65–7—5–67–43–86–55–10
Pittsburgh6–55–74–87–44–76–62–96–54–76–5—5–68–39–37–8
San Diego3–85–66–58–46–55–67–53–86–54–76–5—4–85–68–8
San Francisco4–76–57–48–46–58–36–65–68–38–33–88–4—3–810–6
St. Louis3–88–46–64–76–53-96–55–62–95–63–96–58–3—8–7

Transactions
  • July 21, 1997: Darren Daulton was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Florida Marlins for Billy McMillon.[3]
  • July 27, 1997: Craig Counsell was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Florida Marlins for Mark Hutton.[4]
  • July 29, 1997: Matt Treanor was traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Florida Marlins for Matt Whisenant.[5]

Roster
1997 Florida Marlins
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

  •  1 Luis Castillo
 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats
= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Pos Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
CCharles Johnson12441643104.25019630
1BJeff Conine1514054698.24217612
2BLuis Castillo752632763.2400816
3BBobby Bonilla15356277167.29717966
SSÉdgar Rentería15461790171.27745232
LFMoisés Alou15053888157.292231159
CFDevon White742653765.24563413
RFGary Sheffield13544486111.250217111

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Other batters

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
Jim Eisenreich1202933682.2802340
Kurt Abbott942523569.2746303
John Cangelosi1031922847.2451125
Craig Counsell511642049.2991161
Greg Zaun581432143.3012201
Cliff Floyd611372332.2346196
Darren Daulton521262233.2623212
Alex Arias74931323.2471110
Mark Kotsay1452510.192043
Todd Dunwoody1950713.260272
John Wehner4436810.278021
Ralph Milliard83026.200021
Billy McMillon131802.111010
Russ Morman4732.286121
Josh Booty4523.600010
Bob Natal4422.500130

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Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G GS IP W L ERA SO
Kevin Brown3333237.11682.69205
Alex Fernandez3232220.217123.59183
Al Leiter2727151.11194.34132
Tony Saunders2221111.1464.61102
Pat Rapp1919108.2464.4764
Liván Hernández171796.1933.1872

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G GS IP W L ERA SO
Rick Helling31876264.3853
Kirt Ojala7528.2123.1419

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Jay Powell747223.2865
Robb Nen7393353.8981
Dennis Cook591203.9063
Félix Heredia565304.2954
Rob Stanifer361214.6028
Mark Hutton323103.7829
Antonio Alfonseca171304.9119
Ed Vosberg171113.758
Kurt Miller70109.827
Matt Whisenant400016.884
Donn Pall20003.860
John Cangelosi10000.000

Postseason

NLDS
Main article: 1997 National League Division Series

Florida wins the series, 3-0

Game Home Score Visitor Score Date Series
1Florida2San Francisco1September 301-0 (FLA)
2Florida7San Francisco6October 12-0 (FLA)
3San Francisco2Florida6October 33-0 (FLA)

NLCS
Main article: 1997 National League Championship Series
Game Date Visitor Score Home Score Record

(FLA-ATL)

 Attendance
1 October 7 Florida 5 Atlanta 3 1-0 49,244
2 October 8 Florida 1 Atlanta 7 1-1 48,933
3 October 10 Atlanta 2 Florida 5 2-1 53,857
4 October 11 Atlanta 4 Florida 0 2-2 54,890
5 October 12 Atlanta 1 Florida 2 3-2 46,496
6 October 14 Florida 7 Atlanta 4 4-2 50,466
Florida wins series 4–2 and advance to the World Series

World Series
Main article: 1997 World Series

Game 1

October 18, 1997, at Pro Player Stadium in Miami

Team123456789RHE
Cleveland1000110104110
Florida00142000x771
WP: Liván Hernández (1-0)   LP: Orel Hershiser (0-1)   Sv: Robb Nen (1)
Home runs:
CLE: Manny Ramírez (1), Jim Thome (1)
FLA: Moisés Alou (1), Charles Johnson (1)

Game 2

October 19, 1997, at Pro Player Stadium in Miami

Team123456789RHE
Cleveland1000320006140
Florida100000000180
WP: Chad Ogea (1-0)   LP: Kevin Brown (0-1)
Home runs:
CLE: Sandy Alomar, Jr. (1)
FLA: None

Game 3

October 21, 1997, at Jacobs Field in Cleveland, Ohio

Team123456789RHE
Florida10110220714163
Cleveland20032000411103
WP: Dennis Cook (1-0)   LP: Eric Plunk (0-1)   Sv: Robb Nen (2)
Home runs:
FLA: Gary Sheffield (1), Darren Daulton (1), Jim Eisenreich (1)
CLE: Jim Thome (2)

Game 4

October 22, 1997, at Jacobs Field in Cleveland, Ohio

Team123456789RHE
Florida000102000362
Cleveland30300112X10150
WP: Jaret Wright (1-0)   LP: Tony Saunders (0-1)
Home runs:
FLA: Moisés Alou (2)
CLE: Manny Ramírez (2), Matt Williams (1)

Game 5

October 23, 1997, at Jacobs Field in Cleveland, Ohio

Team123456789RHE
Florida0200040118152
Cleveland013000003790
WP: Liván Hernández (2-0)   LP: Orel Hershiser (0-2)   Sv: Robb Nen (3)
Home runs:
FLA: Moisés Alou (3)
CLE: Sandy Alomar, Jr. (2)

Game 6

October 25, 1997, at Pro Player Stadium in Miami

Team123456789RHE
Cleveland020101000470
Florida000010000180
WP: Chad Ogea (2-0)   LP: Kevin Brown (0-2)   Sv: José Mesa (1)

Game 7

October 26, 1997, at Pro Player Stadium in Miami

Team1234567891011RHE
Cleveland00200000000262
Florida00000010101380
WP: Jay Powell (1-0)   LP: Charles Nagy (0-1)
Home runs:
CLE: None
FLA: Bobby Bonilla (1)

Awards and honors

1997 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

  • Moisés Alou, reserve
  • Kevin Brown, reserve
  • Charles Johnson, reserve

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Charlotte Knights International League Carlos Tosca
AA Portland Sea Dogs Eastern League Fredi González
A Brevard County Manatees Florida State League Lorenzo Bundy
A Kane County Cougars Midwest League Lynn Jones
A-Short Season Utica Blue Sox New York–Penn League Juan Bustabad
Rookie GCL Marlins Gulf Coast League Jon Deeble

[7]

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References
  1. Bobby Bonilla Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  2. Cliff Floyd Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. Darren Daulton Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. Craig Counsell Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. "Matt Treanor Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  6. "1997 Florida Marlins Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  7. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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