1997 Florida Marlins season

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1997   Florida Marlins
World Series Champions
National League Champions
National League Wild Card Winners
League National League
Division East
Ballpark Pro Player Stadium
City Miami Gardens, Florida
Record92–70 (.568)
Divisional place2nd
Owners Wayne Huizenga
General managers Dave Dombrowski
Managers Jim Leyland
Television Sunshine Network/Sports Channel Florida
WBFS-TV
(Tommy Hutton, Joe Angel, Dave O'Brien, Jay Randolph)
Radio WQAM
(Joe Angel, Dave O'Brien, Jon Sciambi)
WCMQ-FM (Spanish)
(Felo Ramírez, Manolo Alvarez)
←  1996
1998  →

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.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

NL East 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 101610.623—50–3151–30
Florida Marlins 92700.568952–2940–41
New York Mets 88740.5431350–3138–43
Montreal Expos 78840.4812345–3633–48
Philadelphia Phillies 68940.4203338–4330–51

Record vs. opponents

1997 National League record

Sources:
TeamATLCHCCINCOLFLAHOULAMTLNYMPHIPITSDSFSTLAL
Atlanta —9–29–25–64–87–46–510–25–710–25–68–37–48–37–5
Chicago 2–9—7–52–92–93–95–64–76–56–57–56–55–64–89–6
Cincinnati 2–95–7—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
Florida 8–49–26–54–7—7–47–47–54–86–67–45–65–65–612–3
Houston 4–79–37–56–54–7—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
Montreal 2–107–45–64–75–73–84–7—5–76–65–68–36–56–512–3
New York 7–55–69–25–68–44–75–67–5—7–57–45–63–89–27–8
Philadelphia 2-105–63–87–46–67–41–106–65–7—5–67–43–86–55–10
Pittsburgh 6–55–74–87–44–76–62–96–54–76–5—5–68–39–37–8
San Diego 3–85–66–58–46–55–67–53–86–54–76–5—4–85–68–8
San Francisco 4–76–57–48–46–58–36–65–68–38–33–88–4—3–810–6
St. Louis 3–88–46–64–76–53-96–55–62–95–63–96–58–3—8–7

Transactions

Roster

1997 Florida Marlins
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

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

PosPlayerGABRHAvg.HRRBISB
C Charles Johnson 12441643104.25019630
1B Jeff Conine 1514054698.24217612
2B Luis Castillo 752632763.2400816
3B Bobby Bonilla 15356277167.29717966
SS Édgar Rentería 15461790171.27745232
LF Moisés Alou 15053888157.292231159
CF Devon White 742653765.24563413
RF Gary Sheffield 13544486111.250217111

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Other batters

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

PlayerGABRHAvg.HRRBISB
Jim Eisenreich 1202933682.2802340
Kurt Abbott 942523569.2746303
John Cangelosi 1031922847.2451125
Craig Counsell 511642049.2991161
Greg Zaun 581432143.3012201
Cliff Floyd 611372332.2346196
Darren Daulton 521262233.2623212
Alex Arias 74931323.2471110
Mark Kotsay 1452510.192043
Todd Dunwoody 1950713.260272
John Wehner 4436810.278021
Ralph Milliard 83026.200021
Billy McMillon 131802.111010
Russ Morman 4732.286121
Josh Booty 4523.600010
Bob Natal 4422.500130

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Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGGSIPWLERASO
Kevin Brown 3333237.11682.69205
Alex Fernandez 3232220.217123.59183
Al Leiter 2727151.11194.34132
Tony Saunders 2221111.1464.61102
Pat Rapp 1919108.2464.4764
Liván Hernández 171796.1933.1872

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGGSIPWLERASO
Rick Helling 31876.0264.3853
Kirt Ojala 7528.2123.1419

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Robb Nen 7393353.8981
Jay Powell 747223.2865
Dennis Cook 591203.9063
Félix Heredia 565304.2954
Rob Stanifer 361214.6028
Mark Hutton 323103.7829
Antonio Alfonseca 171304.9119
Ed Vosberg 171113.758
Kurt Miller 70109.827
Matt Whisenant 400016.884
Donn Pall 20003.860
John Cangelosi 10000.000

Postseason

NLDS

Florida wins the series, 3-0

GameHomeScoreVisitorScoreDateSeries
1Florida2San Francisco1September 301-0 (FLA)
2Florida7San Francisco6October 12-0 (FLA)
3San Francisco2Florida6October 33-0 (FLA)

NLCS

GameDateVisitorScoreHomeScoreRecord

(FLA-ATL)

Attendance
1 October 7 Florida5Atlanta31-049,244
2 October 8 Florida1Atlanta71-148,933
3 October 10 Atlanta2Florida52-153,857
4 October 11 Atlanta4Florida02-254,890
5 October 12 Atlanta1Florida23-246,496
6 October 14 Florida7Atlanta44-250,466
Florida wins series 4–2 and advance to the World Series

World Series

Game 1

October 18, 1997, at Pro Player Stadium in Miami

Team123456789 R H E
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

Team123456789 R H E
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

Team123456789 R H E
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

Team123456789 R H E
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

Team123456789 R H E
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

Team123456789 R H E
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

Team1234567891011 R H E
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

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
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

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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. 1 2 "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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