1997 San Francisco Giants season

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1997  San Francisco Giants
National League West champions
League National League
Division West
Ballpark 3Com Park at Candlestick Point
City San Francisco
Record90–72 (.556)
Divisional place1st
Owners Peter Magowan
General managers Brian Sabean
Managers Dusty Baker
Television KTVU
SportsChannel Pacific
(Mike Krukow, Duane Kuiper, Lon Simmons, Ted Robinson, Jon Miller )
Radio KNBR
(Mike Krukow, Duane Kuiper, Lon Simmons, Ted Robinson, Jon Miller )
SP Radio
(Julio Gonzalez, Rene De La Rosa, Amaury Pi-Gonzalez)
  1996 Seasons 1998  

The 1997 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 115th season in Major League Baseball, their 40th season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 38th at 3Com Park at Candlestick Point. The Giants finished in first place in the National League West with a record of 90 wins and 72 losses. They lost the NLDS in three games to the Florida Marlins.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Season standings

NL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
San Francisco Giants 9072.55648334239
Los Angeles Dodgers 8874.543247344140
Colorado Rockies 8379.512747343645
San Diego Padres 7686.4691439423744

Record vs. opponents

TeamATLCHCCINCOLFLAHOULADMTLNYMPHIPITSDSFSTLAL
Atlanta 9–29–25–64–87–46–510–25–710–25–68–37–48–38–7
Chicago 2–97–52–92–93–95–64–76–56–57–56–55–64–89–6
Cincinnati 2–95–75–65–65–76–56–52–98–38–45–64–76–69–6
Colorado 6–59–26–57–45–65–77–46–54–74–74–84–87–49–7
Florida 8–49–26–54–77–47–47–54–86–67–45–65–65–612–3
Houston 4–79–37–56–54–77–48–37–44–76–66–53–89–34–11
Los Angeles 5–66–55–67–54–74–77–46–510–19–25–76–65–69–7
Montreal 2–107–45–64–75–73–84–75–76–65–68–36–56–512–3
New York 7–55–69–25–68–44–75–67–57–57–45–63–89–27–8
Philadelphia 2–105–63–87–46–67–41–106–65–75–67–43–86–55–10
Pittsburgh 6–55–74–87–44–76–62–96–54–76–55–68–39–37–8
San Diego 3–85–66–58–46–55–67–53–86–54–76–54–85–68–8
San Francisco 4–76–57–48–46–58–36–65–68–38–33–88–43–810–6
St. Louis 3–88–46–64–76–53–96–55–62–95–63–96–58–38–7

Roster

1997 San Francisco Giants
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

Notable transactions

The White Flag Trade was a trade made in 1997. On July 31, 1997, the Chicago White Sox traded three major players to the San Francisco Giants for six minor leaguers. At the time, the trade was maligned by the vast majority of White Sox fans as Jerry Reinsdorf giving up on the team, as they were only 3.5 games behind the Cleveland Indians for the American League Central Division lead. In 2000, however, the White Sox won the Central Division title, receiving large contributions from two of the players received in this trade.

Player stats

Batting

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Rick Wilkins 6619037.195623
1B J.T. Snow 157531149.28128104
2B Jeff Kent 155580145.25029121
SS José Vizcaíno 151568151.266550
3B Bill Mueller 128390114.292744
LF Barry Bonds 159532155.29140101
CF Darryl Hamilton 125460124.270543
RF Glenallen Hill 128398104.2611164

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Stan Javier 142440126.286850
Mark Lewis 11834191.2671042
Brian Johnson 5617950.2791127
Damon Berryhill 7316743.257323
Marvin Benard 8411426.228113
Rich Aurilia 4610228.275519
Marcus Jensen 307411.14913
Dante Powell 273912.30813
Jacob Cruz 16254.16003
Wilson Delgado 871.14300
Doug Mirabelli 671.14300

Starting pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Shawn Estes 32201.01953.18181
Kirk Rueter 32190.21363.45115
Mark Gardner 30180.11294.29136
William Van Landingham 1889.0474.9652
Wilson Álvarez 1166.1434.4869
Osvaldo Fernández 1156.1344.9531
Keith Foulke 1144.2158.2633
Danny Darwin 1044.0134.9130
Pat Rapp 833.0126.0028
Doug Creek 313.1126.7514

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Joe Roa 2865.2255.2134
Terry Mulholland 1529.2015.1625
Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Rod Beck 7374373.4753
Julián Tavárez 896403.8738
Doug Henry 754534.7169
Rich Rodriguez 714313.1732
Jim Poole 633107.1126
Roberto Hernández 285242.4835
John Johnstone 130003.3815
Cory Bailey 70108.385
Dan Carlson 60007.6314
René Arocha 600011.327
Rich DeLucia 300010.802

National League Divisional Playoffs

Florida Marlins vs. San Francisco Giants

Florida wins the series, 3-0

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

Award winners

All-Star Game

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Phoenix Firebirds Pacific Coast League Ron Wotus
AA Shreveport Captains Texas League Carlos Lezcano
A Bakersfield Blaze California League Glenn Tufts and Keith Bodie
A San Jose Giants California League Frank Cacciatore
A-Short Season Salem-Keizer Volcanoes Northwest League Shane Turner

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