1997 Milwaukee Brewers season

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1997  Milwaukee Brewers
League American League
Division Central
Ballpark Milwaukee County Stadium
City Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Owners Bud Selig
General managers Sal Bando
Managers Phil Garner
Television WVTV
Wisconsin Sports Net
(Matt Vasgersian, Bill Schroeder)
Radio WTMJ (AM)
(Bob Uecker, Jim Powell)
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The 1997 Milwaukee Brewers season involved the Brewers finishing third in the American League Central, eight games behind the Cleveland Indians, with a record of 78 wins and 83 losses. 1997 was the Brewers' final season in the American League, before moving to the National League for the following season.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

(1997)
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Jackie Robinson
Retired by
Major League Baseball

Season standings

AL Central 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cleveland Indians 86750.534—44–3742–38
Chicago White Sox 80810.497645–3635–45
Milwaukee Brewers 78830.484847–3331–50
Minnesota Twins 68940.42018½35–4633–48
Kansas City Royals 67940.4161933–4734–47

Record vs. opponents

1997 American League record

Sources:
TeamANABALBOSCWSCLEDETKCMILMINNYYOAKSEATEXTORNL 
Anaheim —4–76–56–57–45–66–57–44–74–711–16–68–46–54–12
Baltimore 7–4—5–75–66–56–67–45–610–18–48–37–410–16–68–7
Boston 5–67–5—3–86–55–73–88–38–34–87–47–43–86–66–9
Chicago 5–66–58–3—5–74–711–14–76–62–98–35–63–85–68–7
Cleveland 4–75–65–67–5—6–58–38–48–45–67–43–85–66–59–6
Detroit 6–56–67–57–45–6—6–54–74–72–107–44–77–46–68–7
Kansas City 5–64–78–31–113–85–6—6–67–53–83–85–66–55–66–9
Milwaukee 4–76–53–87–44–87–46–6—5–74–75–65–67–47–48–7
Minnesota 7–41–103–86–64–87–45–77–5—3–87–45–63–83–87–8
New York 7–44–88–49–26–510–28–37–48–3—6–54–77–47–55–10
Oakland 1–113–84–73–84–74–78–36–54–75–6—5–75–76–57–9
Seattle 6–64–74–76–58–37–46–56–56–57–47–5—8–48–37–9
Texas 4–81–108–38–36–54–75–64–78–34–77–54–8—4–710–6
Toronto 5–66–66–66–55–66–66–54–78–35–75–63–87–4—4–11

Notable transactions

Roster

1997 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Mike Matheny 12332078.244432
1B Dave Nilsson 156554154.2782081
2B Fernando Viña 7932489.275428
3B Jeff Cirillo 154580167.2881082
SS José Valentín 136494125.2531758
LF Gerald Williams 155566143.2531041
CF Jeromy Burnitz 153494139.2812785
RF Matt Mieske 8425363.249521
DH Julio Franco 4214134.241419

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Mark Loretta 132418120.287547
Jesse Levis 9920057.285119
John Jaha 4616240.2471126
Marc Newfield 5015736.229118
Jack Voigt 7215137.245822
Jeff Huson 8414329.203011
Todd Dunn 4411827.22939
Darrin Jackson 268122.272215
Brian Banks 286814.20618
Antone Williamson 245411.20406
Eddy Díaz 165011.22007
Chuck Carr 26466.13000
Kelly Stinnett 30369.25003
Tim Unroe 32164.25025

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Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Cal Eldred 34202.013154.99122
Scott Karl 32193.110134.47119
José Mercedes 29159.07103.7980
Jeff D'Amico 23135.2974.7194
Ben McDonald 21133.0874.06110
Steve Woodard 736.2335.1532
Jamie McAndrew 519.1118.388
Pete Harnisch 414.0115.1410

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Joel Adamson 3076.1533.5456
Bryce Florie 3275.0444.3253

Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Doug Jones 7566362.0282
Bob Wickman 747612.7378
Mike Fetters 511563.4562
Ron Villone 501003.4240
Al Reyes 191215.4628
Mark Davis 190005.5114
Ángel Miranda 100003.868
Mike Misuraca 500011.3210
Sean Maloney 30005.145
Greg Hansell 30009.645
Paul Wagner 21009.000

Farm system

The Brewers' farm system consisted of seven minor league affiliates in 1997. [6]

LevelTeamLeagueManager
Triple-A Tucson Toros Pacific Coast League Tim Ireland and Bob Mariano
Double-A El Paso Diablos Texas League Dave Machemer
Class A-Advanced Stockton Ports California League Greg Mahlberg
Class A Beloit Snappers Midwest League Luis Salazar
Rookie Helena Brewers Pioneer League Alex Morales
Rookie Ogden Raptors Pioneer League Bernie Moncallo
Rookie DSL Brewers Dominican Summer League
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Notes

  1. ↑ Jeff Ware page at Baseball Reference
  2. ↑ Jack Voigt page at Baseball Reference
  3. ↑ Julio Franco page at Baseball Reference
  4. ↑ Mark Davis page at Baseball Reference
  5. ↑ 1997 Milwaukee Brewers Statistics and Roster - Baseball-Reference.com
  6. ↑ "1997 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 30, 2020.

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