1997 Los Angeles Dodgers season

The 1997 Los Angeles Dodgers season, under manager Bill Russell, was a season in American baseball. It was competitive all season long before finally fading down the stretch; the Dodgers finished in second place behind their longtime rivals, San Francisco Giants, in the Western Division of the National League. The edition of the Dodgers had, for the second time in team history (and for the first time since 1977), four players crack the 30 home run barrier: Mike Piazza led the team with 40, Eric Karros and Todd Zeile hit 31 each, and Raul Mondesi hit 30.

1997 Los Angeles Dodgers
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record88–74 (.543)
Divisional place2nd
Other information
Owner(s)Peter O'Malley
General manager(s)Fred Claire
Manager(s)Bill Russell
Local televisionFox Sports West 2; KTLA (5)
Local radioKABC
Vin Scully, Ross Porter, Rick Monday
KWKW
Jaime Jarrín, René Cárdenas
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Offseason

Regular season
Tommy Lasorda's number 2 was retired by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1997.

Season standings
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
San Francisco Giants 9072 0.556 — 48–33 42–39
Los Angeles Dodgers 8874 0.543 2 47–34 41–40
Colorado Rockies 8379 0.512 7 47–34 36–45
San Diego Padres 7686 0.469 14 39–42 37–44

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

Opening Day lineup
Opening Day Starters
NamePosition
Brett ButlerCenter fielder
Wilton GuerreroSecond baseman
Raúl MondesíRight fielder
Mike PiazzaCatcher
Eric KarrosFirst baseman
Todd ZeileThird baseman
Todd HollandsworthLeft fielder
Greg GagneShortstop
Ramón MartínezStarting pitcher

Notable Transactions

Roster

1997 Los Angeles Dodgers

Roster
Pitchers
  • 59 Ismael Valdez
 Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders

Other batters

 Manager

Coaches

Starting Pitchers stats
NameGGSIPW/LERABBSOCG
Hideo Nomo 3333207.314-124.25922331
Ismael Valdez 3030196.710-112.65471400
Chan Ho Park3229192.014-83.38701662
Pedro Astacio2624153.77-94.10471152
Ramón Martínez 2222133.710-53.64681201

Relief Pitchers stats
NameGGSIPW/LERABBSOSV
Todd Worrell65059.72-65.28236135
Scott Radinsky75062.35-12.8921443
Darren Hall63054.73-22.3026392
Mark Guthrie62069.31-45.3230421
Darren Dreifort48063.05-22.8634634
Tom Candiotti4118135.010-73.6040900
Antonio Osuna48061.73-42.1919680
Dennys Reyes14547.02-33.8318360
Mike Harkey10014.71-04.30560
Rick Gorecki416.01-015.00660
Mike Judd102.70-00.00040

Batting Stats
NamePosGABAvg.RHHRRBISB
Mike PiazzaC152556.362104201401245
Tom PrinceC47100.22017223140
Eric Karros1B162628.266861673110415
Wilton Guerrero2B/SS111357.291391044326
Greg Gagne SS144514.251491299572
Todd Zeile3B260575.2688915431908
Eric Young2B37154.273284221613
Nelson Liriano2B/SS/3B/1B7688.22710201110
Tripp Cromer2B/SS2886.2918254200
Juan CastroSS/2B/3B4075.147311040
Adam Riggs2B920.20034011
Chad Fonville2B914.14312010
Chip Hale3B1412.08301000
Paul Konerko1B/3B67.14301000
Eddie Murray1B97.28602030
Eddie Williams1B87.14301010
Henry Blanco1B35.40012110
Raúl MondesíRF159616.31095191308732
Roger CedeñoCF/LF/RF80194.27331533179
Todd HollandsworthLF/CF/RF106296.24739734315
Brett ButlerCF/LF105343.283529701815
Otis NixonCF42175.274304811812
Billy AshleyLF71131.24412326190
Darren LewisLF/CF/RF2677.2997231103
Eric AnthonyLF/RF4774.243818252
Wayne KirbyCF/LF/RF4665.169611040
Karim GarcíaLF/RF1539.12855180
Garey IngramLF/CF129.44424011

1997 Awards

Farm system
Level Team League Manager
AAA Albuquerque Dukes Pacific Coast League Glenn Hoffman
AA San Antonio Missions Texas League Ron Roenicke
High A San Bernardino Stampede California League Del Crandall
Dino Ebel
High A Vero Beach Dodgers Florida State League John Shoemaker
A Savannah Sand Gnats South Atlantic League John Shelby
A-Short Season Yakima Bears Northwest League Joe Vavra
Rookie Great Falls Dodgers Pioneer League Mickey Hatcher
Rookie DSL Dodgers
DSL Dodgers 2		 Dominican Summer League
Rookie Adelaide Giants Australian Baseball League

Teams in BOLD won League Championships

Major League Baseball Draft
Main article: 1997 Major League Baseball draft

The Dodgers selected 71 players in this draft. Of those, seven of them would eventually play Major League baseball. They received an extra supplemental pick in the second round as a result of losing free agent Delino DeShields.

The first round pick was first baseman Glenn Davis from Vanderbilt University. In eight seasons in the minors, he never advanced past AA. He hit .242 in 802 minor league games with 108 homers and 431 RBI. With their second round pick, the Dodgers picked shortstop Chase Utley from Polytechnic High School in Long Beach, California. However, Utley refused to sign and went to college instead. He was eventually a first round pick of the Philadelphia Phillies in 2000 and became a multi-time All-Star.

None of the players signed by the Dodgers in this draft class had a significant major league career.

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References
  1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/n/nixonot01.shtml
  2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/halech01.shtml
  3. 1997 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft
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