1997 New York Yankees season

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1997  New York Yankees
American League Wild Card winners
League American League
Division East
Ballpark Yankee Stadium
CityNew York City
Record96–66 (.593)
Divisional place2nd
Owners George Steinbrenner
General managers Bob Watson
Managers Joe Torre
Television WPIX
(Bobby Murcer, Rick Cerone)
MSG
(Ken Singleton, Jim Kaat, Al Trautwig, Suzyn Waldman)
Radio WABC (AM)
(John Sterling, Michael Kay)
  1996
1998  

The 1997 New York Yankees season was the 95th season for the Yankees. New York was managed by Joe Torre and played at Yankee Stadium. The team finished with a record of 96–66 finishing 2 games behind the Baltimore Orioles in the American League East. They entered the postseason as the American League Wild Card, but lost the Division Series in 5 games to the Cleveland Indians. The 1997 Yankees failed to repeat as World Series Champions and win their second consecutive title.

Contents

Offseason

Notable transaction chart

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

Season summary

June

On June 16: The first interleague game between the New York Mets and New York Yankees took place at Yankee Stadium. The Mets won the game by a score of 6–0. [9]

August

On August 31: The New York Yankees retired Don Mattingly's number.

Mattingly's retired number in Monument Park at Yankee Stadium Mattinglymonument.jpg
Mattingly's retired number in Monument Park at Yankee Stadium

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

Detailed record

TeamHomeAwayTotalWin %
AL East
Baltimore Orioles 1-53-34-8.333
Boston Red Sox 4-24-28-4.667
Detroit Tigers 4-26-010-2.833
Toronto Blue Jays 3-34-27-5.583
Total12-1217-729-19.604
AL Central
Chicago White Sox 4-15-19-2.818
Cleveland Indians 3-23-36-5.545
Kansas City Royals 4-24-18-3.727
Milwaukee Brewers 5-02-47-4.636
Minnesota Twins 3-25-18-3.727
Total19-719-1038-17.691
AL West
Anaheim Angels 2–25–27–4.636
Oakland Athletics 4-22-36-5.545
Seattle Mariners 2-42-34-7.364
Texas Rangers 4-13-37-4.636
Total12–912–1124–20.545
NL East
Atlanta Braves 1-20-01-2.333
Florida Marlins 0-01-21-2.333
Montreal Expos 1-20-01-2.333
New York Mets 2-10-02-1.667
Philadelphia Phillies 0-00-30-3.000
Total4-51-55-10.333
MonthGamesWonLostWin %
April271413.519
May271512.556
June25178.680
July261511.577
August291811.621
September281711.607
Overall:1629666.593
GamesWonLostWin %
Home804733.588
Away824933.598

Roster

1997 New York Yankees
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Game log

Legend
Yankees WinYankees LossGame postponed
1997 Game Log (96–66) Home: 47–33 Away: 49–33
April (14–13) Home: 7–6 Away: 7–7
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocationAttendanceRecord
1 April 1@ Mariners 2–4 Fassero (1–0) Cone (0–1) Charlton (1) Kingdome 57,5860–1
2 April 2@ Mariners 16–2 Pettitte (1–0) Sanders (0–1) Kingdome 30,9511–1
3 April 4@ Athletics 2–4 Acre (1–0) Weathers (0–1) Taylor (2) Oakland Alameda Coliseum 17,3301–2
4 April 5@ Athletics 10–5 Gooden (1–0) Mohler (0–1) Rivera (1) Oakland Alameda Coliseum 25,4382–2
5 April 6@ Athletics 0–3 Acre (2–0) Nelson (0–1) Taylor (3) Oakland Alameda Coliseum 22,1242–3
6 April 7@ Angels 5–3 Pettitte (2–0) Langston (0–1) Rivera (2) Anaheim Stadium 16,5143–3
7 April 8@ Angels 9–10 (12) James (1–0) Nelson (0–2) Anaheim Stadium 17,2023–4
8 April 9@ Angels 12–5 Wells (1–0) Watson (0–1) Anaheim Stadium 19,2424–4
9 April 11 Athletics 1–3 Small (2–0) Nelson (0–3) Yankee Stadium 56,7104–5
10 April 13 Athletics 3–2 Pettitte (3–0) Telgheder (0–1) Rivera (3) Yankee Stadium 5–5
11 April 13 Athletics 4–7 Prieto (1–0) Mendoza (0–1) Taylor (5) Yankee Stadium 32,0985–6
12 April 14 Angels 1–5 Dickson (2–0) Rogers (0–1) Yankee Stadium 15,0825–7
13 April 15 Angels 5–6 Hasegawa (1–1) Rivera (0–1) James (1) Yankee Stadium 16,9445–8
14 April 16@ Brewers 4–7 Mercedes (1–0) Cone (0–2) Jones (4) Milwaukee County Stadium 7,2635–9
15 April 17@ Brewers 4–5 Wickman (2–0) Lloyd (0–1) Milwaukee County Stadium 8,0185–10
16 April 18@ White Sox 10–4 Mendoza (1–1) Navarro (1–1) Comiskey Park II 18,6036–10
17 April 19@ White Sox 3–2 Rogers (1–1) Castillo (1–2) Rivera (4) Comiskey Park II 24,9767–10
18 April 20@ White Sox 7–8 Levine (1–1) Boehringer (0–1) Comiskey Park II 23,6017–11
19 April 21@ White Sox 4–3 Cone (1–2) Drabek (1–2) Rivera (5) Comiskey Park II 16,6948–11
20 April 22 Brewers 10–2 Pettitte (4–0) D'Amico (0–1) Yankee Stadium 18,0189–11
21 April 23 Brewers 10–5 Rogers (2–1) McDonald (2–2) Lloyd (1) Yankee Stadium 22,70410–11
22 April 25 White Sox 3–9 Álvarez (1–3) Wells (1–1) Yankee Stadium 24,64810–12
23 April 26 White Sox 10–2 Cone (2–2) Baldwin (0–3) Rivera (6) Yankee Stadium 28,81711–12
24 April 27 White Sox 7–1 Pettitte (5–0) Drabek (1–3) Yankee Stadium 36,13312–12
25 April 28 Mariners 6–5 Nelson (1–3) Ayala (2–1) Rivera (7) Yankee Stadium 20,05413–12
26 April 29 Mariners 5–7 McCarthy (1–0) Mecir (0–1) Yankee Stadium 21,95513–13
27 April 30 Mariners 3–2 Wells (2–1) Martínez (1–2) Rivera (8) Yankee Stadium 25,70814–13
May (15–12) Home: 6–8 Away: 9–4
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocationAttendanceRecord
28 May 2@ Royals 9–1 Cone (3–2) Pittsley (0–2) Rivera (9) Kauffman Stadium 24,25815–13
29 May 3@ Royals 1–2 Belcher (3–3) Pettitte (5–1) Kauffman Stadium 25,58515–14
30 May 4@ Royals 13–5 Boehringer (1–1) Rusch (2–2) Kauffman Stadium 30,03416–14
31 May 5 Twins 8–9 Swindell (2–1) Mecir (0–2) Yankee Stadium 16,59916–15
32 May 6 Twins 7–2 Wells (3–1) Aldred (1–4) Yankee Stadium 13,93917–15
33 May 7 Rangers 5–2 Cone (4–2) Burkett (1–2) Rivera (10) Yankee Stadium 18,77818–15
34 May 8 Rangers 5–4 Pettitte (6–1) Oliver (1–3) Rivera (11) Yankee Stadium 17,48319–15
35 May 9 Royals 5–7 Veres (2–0) Boehringer (1–2) Yankee Stadium 20,09819–16
36 May 10 Royals 5–2 Mendoza (2–1) Appier (4–2) Rivera (12) Yankee Stadium 25,00720–16
37 May 11 Royals 3–2 Wells (4–2) Rosado (3–1) Rivera (13) Yankee Stadium 25,70521–16
38 May 13@ Twins 11–2 Cone (5–2) Robertson (3–2) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 15,08222–16
39 May 14@ Twins 6–5 Boehringer (2–2) Guardado (0–1) Rivera (14) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 17,66023–16
40 May 15@ Rangers 8–2 Rogers (3–1) Alberro (0–1) The Ballpark in Arlington 35,48824–16
41 May 16@ Rangers 0–6 Santana (2–0) Wells (4–2) Patterson (1) The Ballpark in Arlington 42,42024–17
42 May 17@ Rangers 11–5 Mendoza (3–1) Burkett (2–3) The Ballpark in Arlington 46,62525–17
43 May 18@ Rangers 2–4 Oliver (2–4) Cone (5–3) Wetteland (10) The Ballpark in Arlington 46,85025–18
44 May 20 Blue Jays 0–2 Hentgen (5–1) Pettitte (6–2) Yankee Stadium 20,22025–19
45 May 21 Blue Jays 1–4 Clemens (8–0) Rogers (3–2) Yankee Stadium 19,86325–20
46 May 22 Red Sox 2–8 Gordon (3–5) Wells (4–3) Yankee Stadium 28,25525–21
47 May 23 Red Sox 3–9 Sele (5–3) Nelson (1–4) Yankee Stadium 29,00325–22
48 May 24 Red Sox 4–2 Rivera (1–1) Wasdin (0–2) Yankee Stadium 44,09426–22
49 May 26 Orioles 6–8 Boskie (2–2) Pettitte (6–3) Myers (16) Yankee Stadium 40,29626–23
50 May 27 Orioles 6–10 Kamieniecki (4–2) Rogers (3–3) Benítez (6) Yankee Stadium 29,39226–24
51 May 28@ Blue Jays 6–4 Wells (5–3) Guzman (3–5) Rivera (15) SkyDome 32,33827–24
52 May 29@ Blue Jays 4–0 Cone (6–3) Williams (1–5) Nelson (1) SkyDome 43,15528–24
53 May 30@ Red Sox 4–10 Hammond (3–3) Mendoza (3–2) Fenway Park 32,34128–25
54 May 31@ Red Sox 7–2 Pettitte (7–3) Wakefield (1–4) Fenway Park 32,73629–25
June (17–8) Home: 10–2 Away: 7–6
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocationAttendanceRecord
55 June 1@ Red Sox 11–6 Nelson (2–4) Lacy (0–1) Fenway Park 31,79830–25
56 June 2@ Red Sox 5–2 Wells (6–3) Sele (6–4) Rivera (16) Fenway Park 31,32931–25
57 June 3@ Orioles 5–7 Myers (1–2) Mecir (0–3) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 47,57731–26
58 June 4@ Orioles 7–9 Orosco (2–0) Nelson (2–5) Myers (18) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 47,74831–27
59 June 6 Brewers 6–3 Rogers (4–3) Mercedes (2–2) Rivera (17) Yankee Stadium 24,57832–27
60 June 7 Brewers 2–0 Wells (7–3) Karl (2–7) Rivera (18) Yankee Stadium 28,07433–27
61 June 8 Brewers 3–1 Cone (7–3) D'Amico (2–3) Rivera (19) Yankee Stadium 41,26834–27
62 June 10 White Sox 12–1 Pettitte (8–3) Navarro (4–5) Yankee Stadium 28,07935–27
63 June 11 White Sox 7–5 Stanton (1–0) McElroy (0–1) Rivera (20) Yankee Stadium 22,19036–27
64 June 13@ Marlins 1–2 Cook (1–0) Mecir (0–4) Pro Player Stadium 42,45536–28
65 June 15@ Marlins 8–5 Stanton (2–0) Cook (1–1) Rivera (21) Pro Player Stadium 42,84537–28
66 June 15@ Marlins 5–6 Nen (5–2) Rivera (1–2) Pro Player Stadium 42,15337–29
67 June 16 Mets 0–6 Mlicki (3–5) Pettitte (8–4) Yankee Stadium 56,18837–30
68 June 17 Mets 6–3 Wells (8–3) Reynoso (5–1) Rivera (22) Yankee Stadium 56,25338–30
69 June 18 Mets 3–2Stanton (3–0) McMichael (3–6) Yankee Stadium 56,27839–30
70 June 20@ Indians 7–1 Gooden (2–0) Nagy (8–4) Jacobs Field 43,01940–30
71 June 21@ Indians 4–13 Hershiser (7–3) Pettitte (8–5) Jacobs Field 43,00640–31
72 June 22@ Indians 2–5 Anderson (2–1) Wells (8–4) Jackson (8) Jacobs Field 42,91240–32
73 June 23@ Tigers 5–2 Cone (8–3) Lira (4–4) Rivera (23) Tiger Stadium 14,55641–32
74 June 24@ Tigers 12–9 Lloyd (1–1) Myers (0–4) Rivera (24) Tiger Stadium 15,87242–32
75 June 25@ Tigers 3–1Stanton (4–0) Thompson (7–6) Rivera (25) Tiger Stadium 15,34843–32
76 June 27 Indians 3–2 Gooden (3–0) Hershiser (7–4) Rivera (26) Yankee Stadium 35,83744–32
77 June 28 Indians 8–12 Plunk (2–2) Rogers (4–4) Yankee Stadium 41,08544–33
78 June 29 Indians 11–10 Rivera (2–2) Mesa (0–4) Yankee Stadium 39,75645–33
79 June 30 Braves 1–0Stanton (5–0) Bielecki (3–4) Yankee Stadium 39,88746–33
July (15–11) Home: 9–7 Away: 6–4
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocationAttendanceRecord
80 July 1 Braves 1–3 Neagle (12–1) Mendoza (3–3) Wohlers (18) Yankee Stadium 39,59646–34
81 July 2 Braves 0–2 Maddux (11–3) Gooden (3–1) Yankee Stadium 36,60646–35
82 July 3@ Blue Jays 3–1 Wells (9–4) Williams (3–8) Rivera (27) SkyDome 31,22747–35
83 July 4@ Blue Jays 0–1 Escobar (2–0) Cone (8–4) SkyDome 34,13447–36
84 July 5@ Blue Jays 8–0 Pettitte (9–4) Hentgen (8–6) SkyDome 44,20648–36
85 July 6@ Blue Jays 0–2 Clemens (13–3) Mendoza (3–4) SkyDome 41,13748–37
86 July 10 Tigers 10–3 Irabu (1–0) Olivares (5–6) Yankee Stadium 51,90149–37
87 July 11 Tigers 3–0 Pettitte (10–5) Moehler (6–7) Rivera (28) Yankee Stadium 27,13550–37
88 July 12 Tigers 6–2 Cone (9–4) Lira (5–6) Rivera (29) Yankee Stadium 39,68151–37
89 July 13 Tigers 1–3 Blair (7–4) Gooden (3–2) Jones (14) Yankee Stadium 36,67951–38
90 July 14 Indians 2–3 Jackson (2–1) Rivera (2–3) Yankee Stadium 27,81251–39
91 July 15 Indians 12–6 Irabu (2–0) Nagy (9–6) Mendoza (1) Yankee Stadium 34,50352–39
92 July 16@ White Sox 11–5 Pettitte (11–5) Álvarez (8–7) Comiskey Park II 26,14453–39
93 July 17@ White Sox 4–2 Cone (10–4) Darwin (4–7) Rivera (30) Comiskey Park II 31,92354–39
94 July 18@ Brewers 4–6 D'Amico (8–4) Gooden (3–3) Fetters (1) Milwaukee County Stadium 24,07154–40
95 July 19@ Brewers 8–0 Wells (10–4) Mercedes (3–5) Milwaukee County Stadium 38,15655–40
96 July 20@ Brewers 2–6 Karl (4–10) Irabu (2–1) Milwaukee County Stadium 29,33355–41
97 July 21@ Brewers 7–3 Pettitte (12–5) Florie (1–2)Stanton (1) Milwaukee County Stadium 20,07456–41
98 July 22 Angels 9–2 Cone (11–4) Springer (5–4) Yankee Stadium 25,81657–41
99 July 23 Angels 5–4 Nelson (3–5) Hasegawa (2–5) Yankee Stadium 26,75058–41
July 24 Angels Postponed (rain); rescheduled for August 20
100 July 25 Mariners 1–8 Moyer (11–3) Wells (10–5) Yankee Stadium 46,28258–42
101 July 26 Mariners 7–9 Ayala (7–4) Irabu (2–2) Charlton (14) Yankee Stadium 54,66458–43
102 July 27 Mariners 2–3 Fassero (9–6) Pettitte (12–6) Wells (2) Yankee Stadium 49,55058–44
103 July 28 Athletics 4–3 Rivera (3–3) Small (7–5) Yankee Stadium 25,57059–44
104 July 29 Athletics 7–4 Gooden (4–3) Reyes (3–2) Rivera (31) Yankee Stadium 33,34160–44
105 July 30 Athletics 7–0 Wells (11–5) Karsay (3–11) Yankee Stadium 35,48061–44
August (18–11) Home: 7–5 Away: 11–6
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocationAttendanceRecord
106 August 1 Twins 8–3 Pettitte (13–6) Robertson (7–9) Yankee Stadium 28,04262–44
107 August 2 Twins 4–5 Swindell (7–2) Cone (11–5) Aguilera (20) Yankee Stadium 33,26162–45
108 August 3 Twins 6–5 Gooden (5–3) Hawkins (3–7) Rivera (32) Yankee Stadium 36,89663–45
109 August 4@ Royals 5–4 Wells (12–5) Rusch (3–8) Rivera (33) Kauffman Stadium 29,61364–45
110 August 5@ Royals 4–1 Rogers (5–4) Appier (6–10) Kauffman Stadium 21,07365–45
111 August 6@ Rangers 2–6 Oliver (8–10) Pettitte (13–7) The Ballpark in Arlington 34,06765–46
112 August 7@ Rangers 4–2 Cone (12–5) Witt (10–8) Rivera (34) The Ballpark in Arlington 39,91866–46
113 August 8@ Twins 1–9 Hawkins (4–7) Gooden (5–4) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 24,20166–47
114 August 9@ Twins 4–1 Wells (13–5) Radke (16–6) Rivera (35) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 42,15167–47
115 August 10@ Twins 9–6 Mendoza (4–4) Miller (0–3) Rivera (36) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 28,58068–47
116 August 11@ Twins 11–0 Pettitte (14–7) Robertson (7–11) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 22,30169–47
117 August 12 Royals 4–6 Perez (2–0) Cone (12–6) Montgomery (8) Yankee Stadium 31,45269–48
118 August 13 Royals 9–3 Irabu (3–2) Belcher (11–11) Yankee Stadium 31,41870–48
119 August 14 Royals 10–5 Wells (14–5) Olson (1–1) Rivera (37) Yankee Stadium 28,99171–48
120 August 15 Rangers 5–2 Gooden (6–4) Clark (1–4) Rivera (38) Yankee Stadium 36,23172–48
121 August 16 Rangers 5–8 Wetteland (7–2) Mendoza (4–5) Yankee Stadium 41,63472–49
122 August 17 Rangers 8–0 Mendoza (5–5) Witt (11–9) Yankee Stadium 42,00273–49
123 August 19@ Angels 4–12 Dickson (12–5) Wells (14–6) Anaheim Stadium 22,59673–50
124 [ permanent dead link ]August 20@ Angels 7–3 Gooden (7–4) Hill (6–10) Mendoza (2) Anaheim Stadium N/A74–50
125 [ permanent dead link ]August 20@ Angels 8–5 Irabu (4–2) Langston (2–4) Rivera (39) Anaheim Stadium 32,34375–50
126 August 21@ Angels 4–3 (12) Stanton (6–0) Harris (2–3) Nelson (2) Anaheim Stadium 27,10276–50
127 August 22@ Mariners 5–9 Fassero (13–7) Rogers (5–5) Kingdome 57,35176–51
128 August 23@ Mariners 10–8 Rivera (4–3) Slocumb (0–7)Stanton (2) Kingdome 57,28277–51
129 August 24@ Mariners 3–5 Ayala (9–4) Wells (14–7) Timlin (10) Kingdome 54,39177–52
130 August 26@ Athletics 18–2 Pettitte (15–7) Oquist (2–4) Oakland Alameda Coliseum 14,30178–52
131 August 27@ Athletics 7–8 Matthews (8–5) Nelson (3–6) Oakland Alameda Coliseum 18,07978–53
132 August 29 Expos 3–4 Telford (4–4) Rivera (4–4) Urbina (23) Yankee Stadium 33,89378–54
133 August 30 Expos 2–7 Martínez (16–6) Wells (14–8) Yankee Stadium 40,36278–55
134 August 31 Expos 3–2 Pettitte (16–7) Johnson (1–3) Rivera (40) Yankee Stadium 55,70779–55
September (17–11) Home: 8–5 Away: 9–6
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocationAttendanceRecord
135 September 1@ Phillies 1–5 Schilling (14–10) Irabu (4–3) Veterans Stadium 50,86979–56
136 September 2@ Phillies 0–5 Grace (2–0) Rogers (5–6) Veterans Stadium 37,25879–57
137 September 3@ Phillies 4–5 Spradlin (3–6)Stanton (6–1) Veterans Stadium 38,35279–58
138 September 4 Orioles 2–5 Krivda (3–0) Wells (14–9) Myers (41) Yankee Stadium 39,77079–59
139 September 5 Orioles 9–13 Key (15–8) Irabu (4–4) Yankee Stadium 46,56879–60
140 September 6 Orioles 1–4 Erickson (16–5) Mendoza (5–6) Yankee Stadium 52,53579–61
141 September 7 Orioles 10–3 Rogers (6–6) Mussina (13–7) Yankee Stadium 47,94580–61
142 September 9@ Red Sox 8–6 Banks (1–0) Lowe (2–5) Rivera (41) Fenway Park 32,35581–61
143 September 10@ Red Sox 2–5 Sele (13–12) Wells (14–10) Gordon (5) Fenway Park 31,01181–62
144 September 11@ Orioles 14–2 Pettitte (17–7) Key (15–9) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 47,06682–62
145 September 12@ Orioles 13–5 Mendoza (6–6) Erickson (16–6) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 47,51183–62
146 September 13@ Orioles 1–6 Mussina (14–7) Rogers (6–7) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 47,69683–63
147 September 14@ Orioles 8–2 Gooden (8–4) Kamieniecki (9–6) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 47,26484–63
148 September 15 Red Sox 7–6 Rivera (5–4) Corsi (3–2) Yankee Stadium 25,87385–63
149 September 16 Red Sox 2–0 Pettitte (18–7) Wasdin (4–6) Rivera (42) Yankee Stadium 86–63
150 September 16 Red Sox 4–3 Banks (2–0) Checo (0–1) Rivera (43) Yankee Stadium 29,14587–63
151 September 17 Tigers 6–2 Mendoza (7–6) Moehler (11–11) Yankee Stadium 19,33188–63
152 September 18 Tigers 7–9 Jones (4–3) Borowski (2–3) Miceli (3) Yankee Stadium 18,60088–64
153 September 19 Blue Jays 0–3 Daal (2–2) Gooden (8–5) Escobar (13) Yankee Stadium 31,19588–65
154 September 20 Blue Jays 4–3 Banks (3–0) Janzen (1–1) Yankee Stadium 38,33289–65
155 September 21 Blue Jays 5–4 Boehringer (3–2) Almanzar (0–1) Yankee Stadium 40,03890–65
156 September 22 Blue Jays 8–1 Wells (15–10) Hentgen (15–10) Yankee Stadium 23,38091–65
157 September 23@ Indians 9–10 Mesa (4–4) Nelson (3–7) Jacobs Field 43,03991–66
158 September 24@ Indians 8–4 Gooden (9–5) Anderson (4–2) Jacobs Field 42,97692–66
159 September 25@ Indians 5–4 Mendoza (8–6) Shuey (4–2) Stanton (3) Jacobs Field 43,00493–66
160 September 26@ Tigers 8–2 Rivera (6–4) Jones (5–4) Tiger Stadium 29,20694–66
161 September 27@ Tigers 6–1 Wells (16–10) Moehler (11–12) Tiger Stadium 33,71295–66
162 September 28@ Tigers 7–2 Irabu (5–4) Keagle (3–5) Tiger Stadium 38,17196–66

Postseason Game log

Legend
Yankees WinYankees LossGame postponed
1997 Postseason Game Log (2–3)
ALDS vs Indians (2–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocationAttendanceRecord
1 September 30 Indians 8–6 Mendoza (1–0) Plunk (0–1) Rivera (1) Yankee Stadium 57,3981–0
2 October 2 Indians 5–7 Wright (1–0) Pettitte (0–1) Yankee Stadium 57,3601–1
3 October 4@ Indians 6–1 Wells (1–0) Nagy (0–1) Jacobs Field 45,2742–1
4 October 5@ Indians 2–3 Jackson (1–0) Mendoza (1–1) Jacobs Field 45,2312–2
5 October 6@ Indians 3–4 Wright (2–0) Pettitte (0–2) Mesa (1) Jacobs Field 45,2032–3

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 Joe Girardi 112398105.264150
1B Tino Martinez 158594176.29644141
2B Luis Sojo 7721566.307225
SS Derek Jeter 159654190.2911070
3B Charlie Hayes 10035391.2581153
LF Tim Raines 7427187.321438
CF Bernie Williams 129509167.32821100
RF Paul O'Neill 149553179.32421117
DH Cecil Fielder 9836194.2601361

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Wade Boggs 103353103.292428
Chad Curtis 9332093.2911250
Mark Whiten 6921557.265524
Jorge Posada 6018847.250625
Mariano Duncan 5017242.244113
Rey Sánchez 3813843.312115
Pat Kelly 6712029.242210
Mike Stanley 288725.287312
Scott Pose 548719.21805
Andy Fox 22317.22601
Darryl Strawberry 11293.10302
Iván Cruz 11205.25003
Pete Incaviglia 5164.25000
Homer Bush 10114.36403
Mike Figga 240.00000

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Andy Pettitte 35240.11872.88166
David Wells 32218.016104.21156
David Cone 29195.01262.82222
Dwight Gooden 20106.1954.9166

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Kenny Rogers 31145.0675.6578
Ramiro Mendoza 39133.2864.2482
Hideki Irabu 1353.1547.0956
Willie Banks 514.0301.938
Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Mariano Rivera 6664431.8868
Jeff Nelson 773722.8681
Mike Stanton 646132.5770
Graeme Lloyd 461113.3126
Brian Boehringer 343202.6353
Jim Mecir 250405.8825
David Weathers 1001010.004
Danny Rios 200019.291
Joe Borowski 10109.002
Wade Boggs 10000.001

ALDS

Game 1

September 30, Yankee Stadium

Team123456789RHE
Cleveland5001000006110
New York01011500X8110
W: Ramiro Mendoza (1–0)   L: Eric Plunk (0–1)  SV: Mariano Rivera (1)
HR: CLESandy Alomar Jr. (1)  NYYTino Martinez (1)   Tim Raines (1)   Derek Jeter (1)   Paul O'Neill (1)

Game 2

October 2, Yankee Stadium

Team123456789RHE
Cleveland0005200007111
New York300000011572
W: Jaret Wright (1–0)   L: Andy Pettitte (0–1)  SV: None
HR: CLEMatt Williams (1)  NYYDerek Jeter (2)

Game 3

October 4, Jacobs Field

Team123456789RHE
New York101400000641
Cleveland010000000151
W: David Wells (1–0)   L: Charles Nagy (0–1)  SV: None
HR: CLE – None   NYYPaul O'Neill (2)

Game 4

October 5, Jacobs Field

Team123456789RHE
New York200000000291
Cleveland010000011390
W: Mike Jackson (1–0)   L: Ramiro Mendoza (1–1)  SV: None
HR: CLEDavid Justice (1)   Sandy Alomar Jr. (2)   NYY – None

Game 5

October 6, Jacobs Field

Team123456789RHE
New York0000210003120
Cleveland00310000X472
W: Jaret Wright (2–0)   L: Andy Pettitte (0–2)  SV: José Mesa (1)
HR: CLE – None   NYY – None

Awards and records

Don Mattingly's number 23 was retired by the New York Yankees in 1997. YankeesRetired23.svg
Don Mattingly's number 23 was retired by the New York Yankees in 1997.

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Columbus Clippers International League Stump Merrill
AA Norwich Navigators Eastern League Trey Hillman
A Tampa Yankees Florida State League Lee Mazzilli
A Greensboro Bats South Atlantic League Tom Nieto
A-Short Season Oneonta Yankees New York–Penn League Joe Arnold
Rookie GCL Yankees Gulf Coast League Ken Dominguez

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References

  1. Pat Listach Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  2. "Clay Bellinger Stats".
  3. Jim Leyritz Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  4. Mike Stanton Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. 1 2 Mark Whiten Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  6. "Luis Sojo Stats".
  7. "David Weathers Stats".
  8. Mariano Duncan Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  9. "Box Score of Game played on Monday, June 16, 1997 at Yankee Stadium".
  10. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007