1997 Baltimore Orioles season

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1997  Baltimore Orioles
American League East champions
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Oriole Park at Camden Yards
City Baltimore, Maryland
Record98–64 (.605)
Divisional place1st
Owners Peter Angelos
General managers Pat Gillick
Managers Davey Johnson
Television WJZ-TV/WNUV/WBDC
Home Team Sports
(Jim Palmer, Mike Flanagan, Michael Reghi)
Radio WBAL (AM)
(Chuck Thompson, Fred Manfra, Jim Hunter)
  1996 Seasons 1998  

The 1997 Baltimore Orioles season was the 97th season in Baltimore Orioles franchise history, the 44th in Baltimore, and the 6th at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

Contents

The Orioles finished first in the American League East Division with a record of 98 wins and 64 losses. They met the Seattle Mariners in the ALDS, and beat them in four games. However, in the ALCS, they would play the Cleveland Indians, where they would fall in six games. It was the final season for Davey Johnson as manager, as a disagreement with ownership drove him out. It would be their last winning season until 15 years later.

Offseason

Roster

1997 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Regular season

Season standings

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 9864.60546355229
New York Yankees 9666.593247334933
Detroit Tigers 7983.4881942393744
Boston Red Sox 7884.4812039423942
Toronto Blue Jays 7686.4692242393447

Record vs. opponents

TeamANABALBOSCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTORNL
Anaheim 4–76–56–57–45–66–57–44–74–711–16–68–46–54–12
Baltimore 7–45–75–66–56–67–45–610–18–48–37–410–16–68–7
Boston 5–67–53–86–55–73–88–38–34–87–47–43–86–66–9
Chicago 5–66–58–35–74–711–14–76–62–98–35–63–85–68–7
Cleveland 4–75–65–67–56–58–38–48–45–67–43–85–66–59–6
Detroit 6–56–67–57–45–66–54–74–72–107–44–77–46–68–7
Kansas City 5–64–78–31–113–85–66–67–53–83–85–66–55–66–9
Milwaukee 4–76–53–87–44–87–46–65–74–75–65–67–47–48–7
Minnesota 7–41–103–86–64–87–45–77–53–87–45–63–83–87–8
New York 7–44–88–49–26–510–28–37–48–36–54–77–47–55–10
Oakland 1–113–84–73–84–74–78–36–54–75–65–75–76–57–9
Seattle 6–64–74–76–58–37–46–56–56–57–47–58–48–37–9
Texas 4–81–108–38–36–54–75–64–78–34–77–54–84–710–6
Toronto 5–66–66–66–55–66–66–54–78–35–75–63–87–44–11

Game log

1997 Game Log
April (167)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 2 Royals 7 4 Key (1–0) Walker (0–1) Myers (1)46,58810
2April 3 Royals 6 4 Rhodes (1–0) Montgomery (0–1) Myers (2)43,03120
3April 4@Rangers 5 4 Erickson (1–0) Patterson (0–1) Benítez (1)26,05830
4April 5@Rangers 9 7 Rhodes (2–0) Oliver (0–1) Myers (3)39,0734–0
5April 6@Rangers 9 3 Pavlik (1–0) Mussina (0–1)36,1564–1
6April 7@Royals 6 5 Walker (1–1) Benítez (0–1)40,0524–2
7April 9@Royals 4 2 (11) Mills (1–0)Bevil (0–1) Myers (4)12,0365–2
8April 11 Rangers 9 3 Mussina (1–1) Burkett (0–1)40,5756–2
9April 13 Rangers 9 0 Key (2–0) Pavlik (1–1)44,1547–2
10April 14 Twins 4 2 Erickson (2–0) Tewksbury (0–2) Myers (5)36,2888–2
11April 15 Twins 3 1 Kamieniecki (1–0) Aldred (0–2) Myers (6)40,1969–2
12April 16@White Sox 9 3 Drabek (1–1) Boskie (0–1)14,0619–3
13April 17@White Sox 1 0 Mussina (2–1) Darwin (0–1) Myers (7)14,67410–3
14April 20@Red Sox 11 1 Key (3–0) Gordon (1–2)32,29011–3
15April 21@Red Sox 4 2 Sele (3–0) Erickson (2–1) Slocumb (3)33,60811–4
16April 22 White Sox 3 2 Mussina (3–1) Darwin (0–2) Myers (8)38,39212–4
17April 23 White Sox 11 9 (11) Castillo (2–2) Benítez (0–2) Hernandez (3)42,90212–5
18April 24 Red Sox 2 1 (11) Trlicek (3–4) Mathews (0–1) Henry (4)40,00012–6
19April 25 Red Sox 2 0 Erickson (3–1) Gordon (1–3) Myers (9)45,22713–6
20April 26 Red Sox 14 5 Key (4–0) Sele (3–1) Johnson (1)47,72714–6
21April 27 Red Sox 13 7 Henry (1–0) Rhodes (2–1)47,30714–7
22April 29 Twins 6 4 Boskie (1–1) Swindell (1–1) Myers (10)11,36815–7
23April 30 Twins 12 3 Kamieniecki (2–0) Tewksbury (1–4) Benítez (2)12,68616–7
May (208)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
24May 1 Twins 3–2 Erickson (4–1) Aldred (1–3) Myers (11)11,67817–7
25May 2 Athletics 7–1 Key (5–0) Karsay (0–3)46,18118–7
26May 3 Athletics 4–3 Small (4–0) Myers (0–1) Taylor (6)45,78018–8
27May 4 Athletics 11–0Coppinger (1–0) Prieto (2–2) Johnson (2)47,00119–8
28May 5 Angels 7–2 Dickson (5–1) Kamieniecki (2–1) James (3)41,29619–9
29May 6 Angels 8–4 Erickson (5–1) Finley (0–2) Myers (12)37,15020–9
30May 7 Angels 3–0 Key (6–0) Watson (0–2) Myers (13)43,85821–9
31May 8 Mariners 13–3 Mussina (4–1) Johnson (4–1)45,02622–9
32May 9 Mariners 8–2 Moyer (2–0)Coppinger (1–1)47,25722–10
33May 10 Mariners 3 – 2 (11) Charlton (2–1) Myers (0–2)47,34022–11
34May 11 Mariners 9–5 Erickson (6–1) Martínez (1–3)47,45123–11
35May 12 Athletics 5–1 Key (7–0) Karsay (0–4) Benítez (3)11,35224–11
36May 13 Athletics 7–3 Mussina (5–1) Mohler (0–5)14,85425–11
37May 14 Angels 6–5 Springer (1–1) Boskie (1–2) Holtz (1)15,78025–12
38May 15 Angels 3–2 Dickson (6–1) Kamieniecki (2–2) James (5)15,96625–13
39May 16 Mariners 6–3 Erickson (7–1) Martínez (1–4)39,45526–13
40May 17 Mariners 4–3 Key (8–0) Sanders (0–5) Benítez (4)57,30427–13
41May 18 Mariners 8–7 Orosco (1–0) Charlton (2–3) Benítez (5)57,43228–13
42May 20 Tigers 4–3 Kamieniecki (3–2) Olivares (2–3) Myers (14)48,00329–13
43May 21 Tigers 2–0 Erickson (8–1) Thompson (4–3) Myers (15)47,87730–13
44May 23 Indians 6–1 Ogea (5–3) Key (8–1)41,15430–14
45May 24 Indians 8–3 Mussina (6–1) Kline (3–1)41,04031–14
46May 25 Indians 7–6 Nagy (6–2) Rhodes (2–2) Morman (2)42,94431–15
47May 26 Yankees 8–6 Boskie (2–2) Pettittie (6–3) Myers (16)40,29632–15
48May 27 Yankees 10–6 Kamieniecki (2–2) Rogers (6–3) Benítez (6)29,39233–15
49May 28 Yankees 8–1 Key (9–1) Moehler (3–4) Boskie (1)10,69234–15
50May 30 Indians 3–0 Mussina (7–1) Nagy (6–3)47,75835–15
51May 31 Indians 8–5 Boskie (3–2) Mesa (0–3) Myers (17)47,73936–15
June (1512)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
52June 3 Yankees 7–5 Myers (1–2) Mecir (0–3)47,57737–15
53June 4 Yankees 9–7 Orosco (2–0) Nelson (2–5) Myers (18)47,74838–15
54June 6@ White Sox 7–3 Drabek (5–4) Erickson (8–2) R. Hernandez (12)21,30438–16
55June 7@ White Sox 1 – 0 (11) R. Hernández (4–1) Myers (1–3)31,54838–17
56June 8@ White Sox 2–1 Key (10–1) Darwin (2–3) Myers (19)24,08939–17
57June 9@ White Sox 10–2 Mussina (8–1) Baldwin (3–8)23,46440–17
58June 10@ Red Sox 7–2 Erickson (9–2) Eshelman (0–1)41–17
59June 10@ Red Sox 4–2 Rhodes (3–2) Wakefield (2–5) Myers (20)30,99542–17
60June 11@ Red Sox 10–1 Gordon (4–6) Johnson (0–1)26,47942–18
61June 12@ Red Sox 9–5 Sele (7–5) Kamieniecki (4–3)24,97042–19
62June 13@ Braves 4 3 Key (11–1) Maddux (7–3) Myers (21)48,33443–19
63June 14@ Braves 6 4 (12) Rhodes (4–2) Borowski (2–2) Myers (22)26,96444–19
64June 15@ Braves 5 3 (10) Mathews (1–1) Wohlers (2–2) Myers (23)48,08845–19
65June 16 Expos 6 4 Hermanson (3–4) Boskie (3–3) Urbina (12)47,55745–20
66June 17 Expos 5 4 Kamieniecki (5–3) Bullinger (4–6) Myers (24)47,79346–20
67June 18 Expos 1 0 C. Perez (8–4) Key (11–2)47,44846–21
68June 20@ Blue Jays 3 0 Hentgen (8–3) Mussina (8–2)30,26646–22
69June 21@ Blue Jays 5 1 Erickson (10–2) Plesac (0–3)40,13947–22
70June 22@ Blue Jays 5 2 Kamieniecki (6–3) Person (2–5) Myers (25)35,10648–22
71June 23@ Brewers 5 0 D'Amico (5–3) Key (11–3)16,30448–23
72June 24@ Brewers 6 2 Boskie (4–3) Karl (2–9) Rhodes (1)14,00749–23
73June 25@ Brewers 9 1 Mussina (9–2) Eldred (7–8)21,04250–23
74June 26 Blue Jays 3 0 Clemens (12–2) Erickson (10–3) Timlin (7)47,61750–24
75June 27 Blue Jays 2 1 Person (3–5) Kamieniecki (6–4) Spoljaric (2)47,90050–25
76June 28 Blue Jays 5 2 W. Williams (3–7) Key (11–4) Timlin (8)47,68750–26
77June 29 Blue Jays 3 2 Escobar (1–0) Benítez (0–3) Timlin (9)47,76350–27
78June 30 Phillies 8 1 Mussina (10–2) Maduro (3–7)47,83751–27
July (16-11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
79July 1 Phillies 4 1 Erickson (11–3) Beech (0–4) Myers (26)47,61052–27
80July 2 Phillies 10 6 Rhodes (5–2) Spradlin (1–4)47,78553–27
81July 3@ Tigers 10 1 Key (12–4) Lira (5–5)13,20954–27
82July 4@ Tigers 4 3 Rhodes (6–2) Keagle (0–1) Myers (27)30,10055–27
83July 4@ Tigers 11 8 Bautista (2–2) Mills (1–1) T. Jones (12)30,10055–28
84July 5@ Tigers 6 5 Miceli (2–1) Orosco (2–1) T. Jones (13)37,07455–29
85July 6@ Tigers 14 9 Blair (6–4) Erickson (11–4)18,19755–30
86July 11 Brewers 3 1 McDonald (8–6) Key (12–5) D. Jones (21)47,91955–31
87July 12 Brewers 3 2 Eldred (9–8) Erickson (11–5) D. Jones (22)47,60655–32
88July 13 Brewers 6 4 D'Amico (7–4) Mussina (10–3) D. Jones (23)47,44855–33
89July 14 Blue Jays 9 5 Mathews (2–1) Person (3–6)47,04256–33
90July 15 Blue Jays 8 4 Boskie (5–3) Guzmán (3–6)47,06257–33
91July 16 Red Sox 4 1 Avery (3–2) Key (12–6) Slocumb (12)47,71257–34
92July 17 Red Sox 12 9 Mahay (1–0) Orosco (2–2) Slocumb (13)47,91257–35
93July 18 White Sox 3 0 Baldwin (7–9) Mussina (10–4) R. Hernández (24)47,75957–36
94July 19 White Sox 8 3 Rhodes (7–2) Simas (3–1) Benítez (7)47,85758–36
95July 20 White Sox 10 2 Navarro (8–8) Boskie (5–4)47,80058–37
96July 21@ Rangers 5 1 Key (13–6) Oliver (6–10)35,84259–37
97July 22@ Rangers 9 3 Erickson (12–5) Burkett (7–9)43,42160–37
98July 23@ Rangers 3 2 Myers (2–3) Patterson (6–4)40,83461–37
99July 25@ Twins 5 2 Radke (14–5) Kamieniecki (6–5)21,52461–38
August (18-10)
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September (13-16)
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Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

PosPlayerGABRHAvg.HRRBI
C Chris Hoiles 993204583.2591249
1B Rafael Palmeiro 15861495156.25438110
2B Roberto Alomar 11241264137.3331460
3B Cal Ripken Jr. 16261579166.2701784
SS Mike Bordick 15350955120.236746
LF B. J. Surhoff 14752880150.2841888
CF Brady Anderson 15159097170.2881873
RF Jeffrey Hammonds 11839771105.2642155

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Lenny Webster 9825966.255737
Jeff Reboulet 9922854.237427
Tony Tarasco 10016634.205726
Eric Davis 4215848.304825
Pete Incaviglia 4813834.246512
Harold Baines 4413439.291415
Aaron Ledesma 438831.352211
Jerome Walton 266820.29439
David Dellucci 17276.22213
Tim Laker 7140.00001
Melvin Rosario 430.00000
Danny Clyburn 230.00000
Charlie Greene 520.00001

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Mike Mussina 33224.21583.20218
Scott Erickson 33221.21673.69131
Jimmy Key 34212.116103.43141
Scott Kamieniecki 30179.11064.01109
Rick Krivda 1050.0426.3029

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Shawn Boskie 2877.0666.4350
Mike Johnson 1439.2017.9429
Nerio Rodríguez 622.0214.9111
Rocky Coppinger 520.0116.3022
Esteban Yan 39.20115.834

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLSVERASO
Randy Myers 6159.223451.5156
Arthur Rhodes 5395.110313.02102
Armando Benítez 7173.14592.45106
Terry Mathews 5763.14414.4139
Jesse Orosco 7150.16302.3246
Alan Mills 3938.22304.8932
Brian Williams 1324.00003.0014

ALDS

Game 1

October 1, Kingdome

Team123456789RHE
Baltimore0010440009130
Seattle000100101371
W: Mike Mussina (1-0)   L: Randy Johnson (0-1)  SV: None
HR: BAL Gerónimo Berroa (1)   Chris Hoiles (1)   SEA Edgar Martínez (1)   Jay Buhner (1)   Alex Rodriguez (1)

Game 2

October 2, Kingdome

Team123456789RHE
Baltimore0100202409140
Seattle200000100390
W: Scott Erickson (1-0)   L: Jamie Moyer (0-1)  SV: None
HR: BAL Harold Baines (1)   Brady Anderson (1)   SEA None

Game 3

October 4, Oriole Park at Camden Yards

Team123456789RHE
Seattle0010100024110
Baltimore000000002250
W: Jeff Fassero (1-0)   L: Jimmy Key (0-1)  SV: None
HR: BAL None   SEA Jay Buhner (2)   Paul Sorrento (1)

Game 4

October 5, Oriole Park at Camden Yards

Team123456789RHE
Seattle010000000120
Baltimore20001000X370
W: Mike Mussina (2-0)   L: Randy Johnson (0-2)  SV: Randy Myers (1)
HR: BAL Jeff Reboulet (1)   Gerónimo Berroa (2)   SEA Edgar Martínez (2)

ALCS

Game 1

October 8, Camden Yards

Team123456789RHE
Cleveland000000000041
Baltimore10200000X361
WP: Scott Erickson (1-0)  LP: Chad Ogea (0-1)  SV: Randy Myers (1)
HRs: BAL Brady Anderson (1) Roberto Alomar (1)

Game 2

October 9, Camden Yards

Team123456789RHE
Cleveland200000030563
Baltimore020002000481
WP: Paul Assenmacher (1-0)  LP: Armando Benítez (0-1)  SV: José Mesa (1)
HRs: CLE Manny Ramírez (1) Marquis Grissom (1)  BAL Cal Ripken (1)

Game 3

October 11, Jacobs Field

Team123456789101112RHE
Baltimore000000001000181
Cleveland000000100001260
WP: Eric Plunk (1-0)  LP: Randy Myers (0-1)  
HRs: None

Game 4

October 12, Jacobs Field

Team123456789RHE
Baltimore0140001017122
Cleveland0201400018130
WP: José Mesa (1-0)  LP: Alan Mills (0-1)  
HRs: CLE Sandy Alomar Jr. (1) Manny Ramírez (2)  BAL Brady Anderson (2) Harold Baines (1) Rafael Palmeiro (1)

Game 5

October 13, Jacobs Field

Team123456789RHE
Baltimore0020000024100
Cleveland000000002281
WP: Scott Kamieniecki (1-0)  LP: Chad Ogea (0-2)  
HRs: BAL Eric Davis (1)

Game 6

October 15, Camden Yards

Team1234567891011RHE
Cleveland00000000001130
Baltimore000000000000100
WP: Brian Anderson (1-0)  LP: Armando Benítez (0-2)  S: José Mesa (1)
HRs: CLE: Tony Fernández (1)

Awards and honors

1997 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Marv Foley
AA Bowie Baysox Eastern League Joe Ferguson
A Frederick Keys Carolina League Dave Hilton
A Delmarva Shorebirds South Atlantic League Tommy Shields and Tom Trebelhorn
Rookie Bluefield Orioles Appalachian League Bobby Dickerson
Rookie GCL Orioles Gulf Coast League Butch Davis

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Rochester, Delmarva, Bluefield [8]

References

  1. "Jimmy Key Stats".
  2. Mike Bordick Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  3. "Jerome Walton Stats".
  4. "Eric Davis Stats".
  5. "Scott McClain Stats".
  6. "Hutch Award | Baseball Almanac".
  7. 100 Things Orioles Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die, Dan Connolly, Triumph Books, Chicago, 2015, ISBN 978-1-62937-041-5, p.133
  8. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007