1997 Cincinnati Reds season

1997 Cincinnati Reds
1997 Cincinnati Reds
League	National League
Division	Central
Ballpark	Cinergy Field
City	Cincinnati
Record	76–86 (.469)
Divisional place	3rd
Owners	Marge Schott
General managers	Jim Bowden
Managers	Ray Knight, Jack McKeon
Television	WSTR/WKRC-TV ; SportsChannel Cincinnati ; (Marty Brennaman, George Grande, Chris Welsh)
Radio	WLW ; (Marty Brennaman, Joe Nuxhall)

Last updated December 04, 2023

The 1997 Cincinnati Reds season consisted of the Cincinnati Reds' MLB season in the National League Central. The Reds were managed by Ray Knight and then Jack McKeon.

Offseason

December 13, 1996: Pete Rose Jr. was signed as a free agent with the Cincinnati Reds.^[1]
December 21, 1996: Stan Belinda was signed as a free agent with the Cincinnati Reds.^[2]
December 23, 1996: Rikkert Faneyte was sent to the Cincinnati Reds by the Texas Rangers as part of a conditional deal.^[3]
January 27, 1997: Terry Pendleton was signed as a free agent with the Cincinnati Reds.^[4]
February 8, 1997: Joe Oliver was signed as a free agent with the Cincinnati Reds.^[5]
March 27, 1997: Scott Service was selected off waivers by the Oakland Athletics from the Cincinnati Reds.^[6]

Regular season

Season standings

v t e NL Central	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Houston Astros	84	78	0.519	—	46–35	38–43
Pittsburgh Pirates	79	83	0.488	5	43–38	36–45
Cincinnati Reds	76	86	0.469	8	40–41	36–45
St. Louis Cardinals	73	89	0.451	11	41–40	32–49
Chicago Cubs	68	94	0.420	16	42–39	26–55

Record vs. opponents

1997 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LA	MTL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	AL
Atlanta	—	9–2	9–2	5–6	4–8	7–4	6–5	10–2	5–7	10–2	5–6	8–3	7–4	8–3	7–5
Chicago	2–9	—	7–5	2–9	2–9	3–9	5–6	4–7	6–5	6–5	7–5	6–5	5–6	4–8	9–6
Cincinnati	2–9	5–7	—	5–6	5–6	5–7	6–5	6–5	2–9	8–3	8–4	5–6	4–7	6–6	9–6
Colorado	6–5	9–2	6–5	—	7–4	5–6	5–7	7–4	6–5	4–7	4–7	4–8	4–8	7–4	9–7
Florida	8–4	9–2	6–5	4–7	—	7–4	7–4	7–5	4–8	6–6	7–4	5–6	5–6	5–6	12–3
Houston	4–7	9–3	7–5	6–5	4–7	—	7–4	8–3	7–4	4–7	6–6	6–5	3–8	9–3	4–11
Los Angeles	5–6	6–5	5–6	7–5	4–7	4–7	—	7–4	6–5	10–1	9–2	5–7	6–6	5–6	9–7
Montreal	2–10	7–4	5–6	4–7	5–7	3–8	4–7	—	5–7	6–6	5–6	8–3	6–5	6–5	12–3
New York	7–5	5–6	9–2	5–6	8–4	4–7	5–6	7–5	—	7–5	7–4	5–6	3–8	9–2	7–8
Philadelphia	2-10	5–6	3–8	7–4	6–6	7–4	1–10	6–6	5–7	—	5–6	7–4	3–8	6–5	5–10
Pittsburgh	6–5	5–7	4–8	7–4	4–7	6–6	2–9	6–5	4–7	6–5	—	5–6	8–3	9–3	7–8
San Diego	3–8	5–6	6–5	8–4	6–5	5–6	7–5	3–8	6–5	4–7	6–5	—	4–8	5–6	8–8
San Francisco	4–7	6–5	7–4	8–4	6–5	8–3	6–6	5–6	8–3	8–3	3–8	8–4	—	3–8	10–6
St. Louis	3–8	8–4	6–6	4–7	6–5	3-9	6–5	5–6	2–9	5–6	3–9	6–5	8–3	—	8–7

Notable transactions

April 4, 1997: Scott Service was selected off waivers by the Cincinnati Reds from the Oakland Athletics.^[6]
June 3, 1997: DeWayne Wise was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 5th round of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 1997.^[7]
July 15, 1997: Chris Stynes was traded by the Kansas City Royals with Jon Nunnally to the Cincinnati Reds for Hector Carrasco and Scott Service.^[8]
July 24, 1997: Terry Pendleton was released by the Cincinnati Reds.^[4]
July 31, 1997: John Smiley was traded by the Cincinnati Reds with Jeff Branson to the Cleveland Indians for Jim Crowell, Danny Graves, Damian Jackson, and Scott Winchester.^[9]

Roster

1997 Cincinnati Reds

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

25 Ray Knight
31 Jack McKeon

Coaches

30 Ken Griffey, Sr. (hitting)
35 Don Gullett (pitching)
47 Tom Hume (bullpen)
19 Denis Menke (bench)
0 Ron Oester (first base)
2 Joel Youngblood (third base)

Game log

1997 Game Log

April

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Record
1	April 1	Colorado Rockies	11 – 4	54,820	1-0
2	April 2	Colorado Rockies	5 – 3	20,210	2-0
3	April 3	Colorado Rockies	7 – 1	22,660	2-1
4	April 4	Florida Marlins	9 – 7	25,039	3-1
5	April 5	Florida Marlins	4 – 3	38,598	3-2
6	April 6	Florida Marlins	3 – 2	36,146	3-3
7	April 7	Colorado Rockies	13 – 2	48,014	3-4
8	April 9	Colorado Rockies	13 – 4	50,095	3-5
9	April 11	Florida Marlins	10 – 0	21,240	3-6
10	April 12	Florida Marlins	2 – 1	21,466	4-6
11	April 13	Florida Marlins	6 – 4	17,687	5-6
12	April 14	Atlanta Braves	15 – 5	31,427	5-7
13	April 15	Atlanta Braves	3 – 0	31,962	5-8
14	April 16	Atlanta Braves	7 – 1	38,411	5-9
15	April 17	Pittsburgh Pirates	3 – 2	6,039	5-10
16	April 18	Pittsburgh Pirates	6 – 1	9,082	6-10
17	April 19	Pittsburgh Pirates	6 – 5	11,457	6-11
18	April 20	Pittsburgh Pirates	5 – 3	14,542	6-12
19	April 22	New York Mets	7 – 2	14,585	6-13
20	April 23	New York Mets	10 – 2	26,492	6-14
21	April 25	Philadelphia Phillies	10 – 7	22,843	6-15
22	April 26	Philadelphia Phillies	10 – 2	27,357	7-15
23	April 28	New York Mets	15 – 2	15,572	7-16
24	April 29	New York Mets	3 – 1	17,699	7-17
25	April 30	Atlanta Braves	12 – 3	18,278	7-18

May

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Record
26	1 May	Atlanta Braves	4 – 2	19,991	7-19
27	2 May	San Francisco Giants	6 – 2	11,959	8-19
28	3 May	San Francisco Giants	3 – 1	18,149	9-19
29	4 May	San Francisco Giants	2 – 1	26,287	9-20
30	5 May	Los Angeles Dodgers	3 – 1	26,955	9-21
31	6 May	Los Angeles Dodgers	3 – 2	38,241	10-21
32	7 May	Los Angeles Dodgers	4 – 2	28,303	10-22
33	9 May	San Diego Padres	7 – 2	22,695	11-22
34	10 May	San Diego Padres	9 – 6	24,739	11-23
35	11 May	San Diego Padres	5 – 4	31,539	11-24
36	13 May	San Francisco Giants	4 – 1	17,828	11-25
37	14 May	San Francisco Giants	4 – 2	16,404	11-26
38	15 May	Los Angeles Dodgers	2 – 1	16,986	11-27
39	16 May	Los Angeles Dodgers	4 – 2	24,556	12-27
40	17 May	San Diego Padres	6 – 2	21,469	12-28
41	18 May	San Diego Padres	5 – 0	23,265	13-28
42	19 May	San Diego Padres	13 – 6	17,898	13-29
43	20 May	Houston Astros	7 – 4	14,954	14-29
44	21 May	Houston Astros	4 – 3	15,088	14-30
45	23 May	Chicago Cubs	3 – 1	23,189	14-31
46	24 May	Chicago Cubs	4 – 1	26,887	15-31
47	25 May	Chicago Cubs	7 – 5	26,844	16-31
48	26 May	Philadelphia Phillies	8 – 5	0	17-31
49	26 May	Philadelphia Phillies	8 – 4	16,798	18-31
50	27 May	Philadelphia Phillies	2 – 1	17,297	18-32
51	28 May	Philadelphia Phillies	2 – 0	15,451	19-32
52	29 May	Chicago Cubs	2 – 1	23,005	19-33
53	30 May	Chicago Cubs	5 – 1	21,267	20-33
54	31 May	Chicago Cubs	7 – 4	36,440	20-34

June

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Record
55	June 1	Chicago Cubs	7 – 1	28849	20-35
56	June 3	Philadelphia Phillies	3 – 2	14340	21-35
57	June 4	Houston Astros	2 – 5	18849	21-36
58	June 5	Houston Astros	6 – 5	22437	22-36
59	June 6	New York Mets	5 – 2	21339	23-36
60	June 7	New York Mets	10 – 5	23830	24-36
61	June 9	New York Mets	4 – 2	23079	24-37
62	June 10	Pittsburgh Pirates	8 – 5	18556	25-37
63	June 11	Pittsburgh Pirates	2 – 1	20854	26-37
64	June 13	Chicago White Sox	3 – 1	31682	26-38
65	June 14	Chicago White Sox	5 – 1	36685	27-38
66	June 15	Chicago White Sox	14 – 6	31663	27-39
67	June 16	Cleveland Indians	4 – 1	42961	28-39
68	June 17	Cleveland Indians	5 – 1	42901	28-40
69	June 18	Cleveland Indians	5 – 2	42865	29-40
70	June 20	St. Louis Cardinals	4 – 2	42091	30-40
71	June 21	St. Louis Cardinals	6 – 2	44931	30-41
72	June 22	St. Louis Cardinals	5 – 2	43194	30-42
73	June 23	Montréal Expos	5 – 0	12367	30-43
74	June 24	Montréal Expos	7 – 6	13141	31-43
75	June 25	Montréal Expos	2 – 1	12407	32-43
76	June 26	St. Louis Cardinals	5 – 3	20116	32-44
77	June 27	St. Louis Cardinals	5 = 3	28317	33-44
78	June 28	St. Louis Cardinals	12 – 6	24390	33-45
79	June 29	St. Louis Cardinals	6 – 5	24216	33-46
80	June 30	Milwaukee Brewers	4 – 3	19866	34-46

July

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Record
81	July 1	Milwaukee Brewers	9:1	21264	35-46
82	July 2	Milwaukee Brewers	7:4	27866	36-46
83	July 3	Houston Astros	4:3	14708	37-46
84	July 4	Houston Astros	4:2	34080	38-46
85	July 5	Houston Astros	1:2	24022	38-47
86	July 6	Houston Astros	5:6	25564	38-48
87	July 11	Montréal Expos	2:5	25915	38-49
88	July 12	Montréal Expos	4:3	25744	39-49
89	July 13	Montréal Expos	0:2	22293	39-50
90	July 14	St. Louis Cardinals	4:2	19405	40-50
91	July 15	St. Louis Cardinals	4:7	21232	40-51
92	July 16	Pittsburgh Pirates	7:3	30698	41-51
93	July 17	Pittsburgh Pirates	9:5	19710	42-51
94	July 18	New York Mets	3:4	22901	42-52
95	July 19	New York Mets	3:5	26675	42-53
96	July 20	New York Mets	1:10	36259	42-54
97	July 21	New York Mets	3:5	22172	42-55
98	July 22	Florida Marlins	7:6	19547	43-55
99	July 23	Florida Marlins	1:8	20371	43-56
100	July 25	Atlanta Braves	3:7	34931	43-57
101	July 26	Atlanta Braves	7:6	33115	44-57
102	July 27	Atlanta Braves	2:3	30167	44-58
103	July 28	Florida Marlins	4:0	18393	45-58
104	July 29	Florida Marlins	1:7	20745	45-59
105	July 30	Florida Marlins	0:6	21373	45-60

August

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Record
106	August 1	San Francisco Giants	7:8	25636	45-61
107	August 2	San Francisco Giants	5:1	23266	46-61
108	August 3	San Francisco Giants	3:8	21272	46-62
109	August 4	San Francisco Giants	1:9	17930	46-63
110	August 5	San Diego Padres	7:3	17797	47-63
111	August 6	San Diego Padres	3:6	18218	47-64
112	August 7	San Diego Padres	7:0	17458	48-64
113	August 8	Los Angeles Dodgers	5:10	26837	48-65
114	August 9	Los Angeles Dodgers	3:2	30809	49-65
115	August 10	Los Angeles Dodgers	8:1	24742	50-65
116	August 11	San Francisco Giants	7:4	19086	51-65
117	August 12	San Francisco Giants	3:7	15890	51-66
118	August 13	San Diego Padres	2:0	15218	52-66
119	August 14	San Diego Padres	4:5	16774	52-67
120	August 15	Los Angeles Dodgers	5:3	46711	53-67
121	August 16	Los Angeles Dodgers	3:5	53464	53-68
122	August 17	Los Angeles Dodgers	5:0	51245	54-68
123	August 19	Colorado Rockies	6:5	31722	55-68
124	August 20	Colorado Rockies	3:5	21968	55-69
125	August 22	Atlanta Braves	2:6	48937	55-70
126	August 23	Atlanta Braves	3:10	48499	55-71
127	August 24	Atlanta Braves	6:4	45577	56-71
128	August 25	Colorado Rockies	7:6	48143	57-71
129	August 25	Colorado Rockies	6:4	48081	58-71
130	August 26	Colorado Rockies	5:9	48063	58-72
131	August 27	Colorado Rockies	5:7	48032	58-73
132	August 29	Minnesota Twins	5:3	12155	59-73
133	August 30	Minnesota Twins	1:4	17831	59-74
134	August 31	Minnesota Twins	6:8	13092	59-75

September

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Attendance	Record
135	September 1	Kansas City Royals	7 – 4	31,920	59-76
136	September 2	Kansas City Royals	4:0	15,288	60-76
137	September 3	Kansas City Royals	6:3	16,285	61-76
138	September 4	Pittsburgh Pirates	5:2	15,136	62-76
139	September 5	Pittsburgh Pirates	8:6	21,492	63-76
140	September 6	Pittsburgh Pirates	4:13	20,383	63-77
141	September 7	Pittsburgh Pirates	6:3	19,682	64-77
142	September 8	Chicago Cubs	1:8	15,337	64-78
143	September 9	Chicago Cubs	5:2	15,349	65-78
144	September 10	Chicago Cubs	1:3	16,200	65-79
145	September 12	Philadelphia Phillies	4:2	0	66-79
146	September 12	Philadelphia Phillies	1:9	17,546	66-80
147	September 13	Philadelphia Phillies	3:0	15,524	67-80
148	September 14	Philadelphia Phillies	6:4	20,518	68-80
149	September 15	Chicago Cubs	4 – 1	20,352	69-80
150	September 16	Chicago Cubs	5 – 0	22,190	69-81
151	September 17	Montréal Expos	4 – 1	15,757	69-82
152	September 18	Montréal Expos	6 – 3	15,099	70-82
153	September 19	Houston Astros	5 – 4	21,791	71-82
154	September 20	Houston Astros	4 – 1	20,197	71-83
155	September 21	Houston Astros	8 – 3	22,652	71-84
156	September 22	Houston Astros	6 – 3	17,411	71-85
157	September 23	St. Louis Cardinals	8 – 6	22,045	72-85
158	September 24	St. Louis Cardinals	5 – 4	23,308	73-85
159	September 25	St. Louis Cardinals	4 – 3	30,938	74-85
160	September 26	Montreal Expos	7 – 1	17,430	75-85
161	September 27	Montreal Expos	8 – 5	14,708	75-86
162	September 28	Montreal Expos	11 – 3	15,477	76-86

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Joe Oliver	111	349	90	.258	14	43
1B	Hal Morris	96	333	92	.276	1	33
2B	Bret Boone	139	443	99	.223	7	46
SS	Pokey Reese	128	397	87	.219	4	26
3B	Willie Greene	151	495	125	.253	26	91
LF	Chris Stynes	49	198	69	.348	6	28
CF	Deion Sanders	115	465	127	.273	5	23
RF	Reggie Sanders	86	312	79	.253	19	56

^[10]

Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Eduardo Pérez	106	297	75	.253	16	52
Curtis Goodwin	85	265	67	.253	1	12
Eddie Taubensee	108	254	68	.268	10	34
Lenny Harris	120	238	65	.273	3	28
Barry Larkin	73	224	71	.317	4	20
Jon Nunnally	65	201	64	.318	13	35
Mike Kelly	73	140	41	.293	6	19
Terry Pendleton	50	113	28	.248	1	17
Jeff Branson	65	98	15	.153	1	5
Brook Fordyce	47	96	20	.208	1	8
Rubén Sierra	25	90	22	.244	2	7
Eric Owens	27	57	15	.263	0	3
Aaron Boone	16	49	12	.245	0	5
Pat Watkins	17	29	6	.207	0	0
Damian Jackson	12	27	6	.222	1	2
Pete Rose Jr.	11	14	2	.143	0	0
Ozzie Timmons	6	9	3	.333	0	0

^[10]

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Mike Morgan	31	162.0	9	12	4.78	103
Dave Burba	30	160.0	11	10	4.73	131
Kent Mercker	28	144.2	8	11	3.92	75
Brett Tomko	22	126.0	11	7	3.43	95
John Smiley	20	117.0	9	10	5.23	94
Pete Schourek	18	84.2	5	8	5.42	59
Giovanni Carrara	2	10.1	0	1	7.84	5

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Mike Remlinger	69	124.0	8	8	4.14	145
Gabe White	12	41.0	2	2	4.39	25
Ricky Bones	9	17.2	0	1	10.19	8
Jim Crowell	2	6.1	0	1	9.95	3

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
Jeff Shaw	78	4	2	42	2.38	74
Stan Belinda	84	1	5	1	3.71	114
Scott Sullivan	59	5	3	1	3.24	96
Héctor Carrasco	38	1	2	0	3.68	46
Félix Rodríguez	26	0	0	0	4.30	34
Jeff Brantley	13	1	1	1	3.86	16
Danny Graves	10	0	0	0	6.14	7
Kevin Jarvis	9	0	1	1	10.13	12
Pedro Martínez	8	1	1	0	9.45	4
Scott Winchester	5	0	0	0	6.00	3
Richie Lewis	4	0	0	0	6.35	4
Scott Service	4	0	0	0	11.81	3
Jeff Tabaka	3	0	0	0	4.50	1
Joey Eischen	1	0	0	0	6.75	2

Awards and records

Bret Boone, National League Record, Best Fielding Average in One Season by a National League Second Baseman (.997)^[11]

1997 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Barry Larkin, shortstop, starter

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Indianapolis Indians	American Association	Dave Miley
AA	Chattanooga Lookouts	Southern League	Mark Berry
A	Burlington Bees	Midwest League	Phillip Wellman
A	Charleston Alley Cats	South Atlantic League	Barry Lyons
Rookie	Billings Mustangs	Pioneer League	Donnie Scott

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Billings^[12]

Notes

↑ Pete Rose Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
↑ Stan Belinda Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
↑ "Rikkert Faneyte Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
1 2 Terry Pendleton Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
↑ "Joe Oliver Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
1 2 Scott Service Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
↑ "DeWayne Wise Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
↑ Chris Stynes Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
↑ John Smiley Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
1 2 1997 Cincinnati Reds Statistics and Roster – Baseball-Reference.com
↑ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.92, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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The 1996 Atlanta Braves season was the 126th season in the history of the franchise and 31st season in the city of Atlanta. They secured a regular season record of 96–66 and reached the World Series, where they lost to the underdog New York Yankees in six games, failing to defend its championship in 1995. Heavily favored and seen as one of the greatest Braves teams in history and despite taking a 2–0 lead, the Braves unexpectedly lost the next 4 games. This World Series appearance was their fourth appearance in the last 5 years as a franchise, excluding the strike shortened season. Atlanta won its seventh division title and its fifth in six years. In the previous round, Atlanta completed a miraculous comeback. After trailing in the NLCS to St. Louis three games to one, Atlanta outscored St. Louis 32–1 in games five through seven to complete the comeback. The collapse was remembered as one of the largest in North American sports history.

The 1997 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Indians making their second World Series appearance in three years. The Indians finished in 1st place in the American League Central Division and hosted the 1997 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.

The 1990 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 108th season in Major League Baseball, their 33rd season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 31st at Candlestick Park. The team finished in third place in the National League West with an 85–77 record, 6 games behind the Cincinnati Reds.

The 1995 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 113th season in Major League Baseball, their 38th season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 36th at Candlestick Park, renamed 3Com Park at Candlestick Point that year. The team finished in fourth place in the National League West with a 67–77 record, 11 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The 1996 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 114th season in Major League Baseball, their 39th season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 37th at 3Com Park at Candlestick Point. The team finished in fourth place in the National League West with a 68–94 record, 23 games behind the San Diego Padres.

References

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