1997 Toronto Blue Jays season

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1997  Toronto Blue Jays
League American League
Division East
Ballpark SkyDome
City Toronto
Record76–86 (.469)
Divisional place5th
Owners Interbrew,
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
General managers Gord Ash
Managers Cito Gaston, Melvin Douglas Queen
Television CBC Television
(Brian Williams, John Cerutti)
The Sports Network
(Dan Shulman, Buck Martinez)
Radio CJCL (AM)
(Jerry Howarth, Tom Cheek)
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The 1997 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's 21st season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing fifth in the American League East with a record of 76 wins and 86 losses. With a massive redesign of their logos and uniforms, the Blue Jays attempted to re-establish themselves in the American League East by signing Roger Clemens via free agency and bringing All-Stars Carlos García and Orlando Merced through trade. Although Clemens rejuvenated himself with the Blue Jays (en route to one of the best-ever single seasons by a starting pitcher, winning the Cy Young Award and the pitchers' triple crown), both Garcia and Merced ended up being flops as dismal overall hitting and an inconsistent bullpen doomed the Blue Jays once again to a last-place finish. 1997 also marked the end of the road for manager Cito Gaston, being fired near the end of the season (Gaston would eventually return to the team in 2008). Longtime fan-favourite Joe Carter also played in his final season for the Blue Jays, as he was released at the end of the season.

Contents

Transactions

Transactions by the Toronto Blue Jays during the off-season before the 1997 season. [1]

October 1996

October 2 Dane Johnson selected off of waivers by the Oakland Athletics.
October 3 Brian Bohanon granted free agency (signed with New York Mets to a one-year, $205,000 contract on December 18, 1996).
October 15 Mike Huff granted free agency.
Félix José granted free agency.
Scott Pose granted free agency (signed with New York Yankees to a one-year contract on November 27, 1996).

November 1996

November 14Acquired Carlos García, Orlando Merced and Dan Plesac from the Pittsburgh Pirates for José Silva, Brandon Cromer, José Pett and players to be named later (Craig Wilson, Abraham Núñez and Mike Halperin on December 11, 1996).
Re-signed Juan Guzmán to a two-year, $9.5 million contract.
November 18 Juan Samuel granted free agency (signed with Toronto Blue Jays to a one-year, $375,000 contract on December 18, 1996).
November 20Acquired Jason Stevenson from the Chicago Cubs for Miguel Cairo.
November 27 Jeff Ware selected off of waivers by the Milwaukee Brewers.

December 1996

December 9 Travis Baptist drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 1996 MLB Rule 5 draft.
Mike Johnson drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1996 MLB Rule 5 draft.
Tom Davey selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the 1996 Minor League Draft.
Signed free agent Benito Santiago from the Philadelphia Phillies to a two-year, $6.5 million contract.
December 11Acquired Anton French from the Detroit Tigers for Roberto Durán.
December 11Signed Pat Hentgen to a contract extension through the 2001 season (three-year, $20 million contract).
December 13Signed free agent Roger Clemens from the Boston Red Sox to a four-year, $40 million contract.
December 18Re-signed free agent Juan Samuel to a one-year, $375,000 contract.
December 20Acquired Robert Person from the New York Mets for John Olerud and cash.

February 1997

February 17Signed free agent Jeff Manto from the Cleveland Indians to a one-year, $240,000 contract.

March 1997

March 20 Tom Davey returned from the Baltimore Orioles.

Regular season

Opening-day starters

Interleague play

Expos vs. Jays

June 30, SkyDome, Toronto, Ontario

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W: Pedro Martínez (10–3)  L: Pat Hentgen (8–5)  
Home Runs: Vladimir Guerrero (4), Carlos Delgado (15) Attendance: 37,430 Time: 2:03

Batting

Montreal ExposABRHRBIToronto Blue JaysABRHRBI
Grudzielanek, ss3110Nixon cf4010
Lansing 2b4000Merced dh4000
Santangelo 3b4000Carter lf4000
Segui 1b3021Delgado 1b2111
Rodriguez lf4000Sprague 3b3000
Orsulak lf0000Green rf3000
Guerrero rf4121Santiago c3000
McGuire dh3000Gonzalez ss3010
White cf3000Garcia 2b3000
Widger c3010NONE0000
Totals31262Totals29131

Pitching

Montreal ExposIPHRERBBSO
Martinez W (10–3)9.0311110
Totals9.0311110
Toronto Blue JaysIPHRERBBSO
Hentgen L (8–5)9.062213
Totals9.062213

Canada Day game

The Blue Jays and Expos played to a sold-out Skydome crowd on Canada Day. Legendary Roger Clemens would get the start as the Blue Jays donned red uniforms for the second time. Montreal pitcher Jeff Juden would have a no-hitter through the first six innings until Shawn Green would hit a dramatic home run to break Juden's bid for a no-hitter.

Season standings

AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 9864.605—46‍–‍3552‍–‍29
New York Yankees 9666.593247‍–‍3349‍–‍33
Detroit Tigers 7983.4881942‍–‍3937‍–‍44
Boston Red Sox 7884.4812039‍–‍4239‍–‍42
Toronto Blue Jays 7686.4692242‍–‍3934‍–‍47

Record vs. opponents

1997 American League record
Source: MLB Standings Grid – 1997
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

Transactions

Transactions for the Toronto Blue Jays during the 1997 regular season. [4]

May 1997

May 11Signed free agent Rubén Sierra from the Cincinnati Reds to a contract.

June 1997

June 5Acquired Ryan Thompson from the Cleveland Indians for Jeff Manto.
June 16Released Rubén Sierra.

July 1997

July 25Selected Omar Daal of off waivers from the Montreal Expos.
July 29Acquired Mariano Duncan from the New York Yankees for Angel Ramirez.
July 31Acquired José Cruz Jr. from the Seattle Mariners for Mike Timlin and Paul Spoljaric.

August 1997

August 8 Tilson Brito selected off of waivers by the Oakland Athletics.
August 12Acquired Bobby Cripps from the Los Angeles Dodgers for Otis Nixon.

Roster

1997 Toronto Blue Jays
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Game log

1997 Game Log
April: 11–12 (Home: 5–7; Away: 6–5)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 1 White Sox 6–5 (10) Castillo (1–0) Plesac (0–1) Hernández (1)40,2990–1
2April 2 White Sox 6–1 Clemens (1–0) Álvarez (0–1)31,3101–1
3April 4 Brewers 6–2 Guzmán (1–0) Karl (0–1) Crabtree (1)26,3312–1
4April 5 Brewers 5–2 McAndrew (1–0) Williams (0–1) Jones (1)31,2262–2
5April 6 Brewers 4–2 McDonald (1–1) Hentgen (0–1) Jones (2)29,1062–3
--April 8@ White Sox Postponed (cold weather)Rescheduled for August 19
6April 9@ White Sox 5–0 Clemens (2–0) Álvarez (0–2)7463–3
7April 10@ White Sox 4–0 Guzmán (2–0) Baldwin (0–1)14,1804–3
--April 11@ Brewers Postponed (snow)Rescheduled for July 28
--April 12@ Brewers Postponed (snow)Rescheduled for July 29
8April 13@ Brewers 3–2 Wickman (1–0) Crabtree (0–1)19,1434–4
9April 14 Royals 3–2 Rusch (2–0) Quantrill (0–1) Pichardo (2)25,6424–5
10April 15 Royals 7–5 Rosado (1–0) Guzmán (2–1) Pichardo (3)25,5824–6
11April 16 Athletics 4–3 Crabtree (1–1) Taylor (0–1)26,1395–6
12April 17 Athletics 5–4 Quantrill (1–1) Groom (0–1) Timlin (1)25,6256–6
13April 18@ Rangers 6–5 Hentgen (1–1) Pavlik (1–2) Timlin (2)30,4527–6
14April 19@ Rangers 6–0 Clemens (3–0) Hill (1–2)44,2068–6
15April 20@ Rangers 10–5 Witt (3–0) Guzmán (2–2)34,3338–7
16April 21@ Angels 5–4 (13) DeLucia (1–0) Spoljaric (0–1)13,4138–8
17April 22@ Angels 7–6 Quantrill (2–1) James (1–2) Plesac (1)13,3539–8
18April 23@ Angels 5–4 (10) DeLucia (2–0) Spoljaric (0–2)13,1179–9
19April 25 Mariners 13–8 Ayala (2–0) Plesac (0–2)31,2159–10
20April 26 Mariners 4–3 Quantrill (3–1) Lowe (0–1)31,42010–10
21April 27 Mariners 2–1 Johnson (3–0) Person (0–1) Charlton (7)32,16010–11
22April 29@ Royals 6–5 (10) Pichardo (1–0) Quantrill (3–2)12,53310–12
23April 30@ Royals 1–0 Clemens (4–0) Appier (3–1) Spoljaric (1)13,00411–12
May: 15–13 (Home: 8–7; Away: 7–6)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
24May 1@ Royals 8–0 Rosado (2–0) Williams (0–2)12,04611–13
25May 2 Twins 3–2 (10) Radke (2–1) Crabtree (1–2) Aguilera (5)30,22611–14
26May 3 Twins 6–5 Quantrill (4–2) Ritchie (2–3)29,15012–14
27May 4 Twins 1–0 Hentgen (2–1) Tewksbury (1–5)29,11413–14
28May 5 Tigers 3–1 Clemens (5–0) Olivares (1–2)27,16914–14
29May 6 Tigers 2–1 (10) Crabtree (2–2) Jones (1–2)26,29415–14
30May 7@ Indians 7–1 McDowell (3–2) Person (0–2)42,46315–15
31May 8@ Indians 4–3 Guzmán (3–2) Ogea (2–3) Quantrill (1)42,56716–15
32May 9@ Twins 4–1 Hentgen (3–1) Rodriguez (1–3) Timlin (3)13,27717–15
33May 10@ Twins 6–4 Clemens (6–0) Swindell (2–2) Crabtree (2)20,93218–15
34May 11@ Twins 3–2 Williams (1–2) Aldred (1–5) Timlin (4)32,55219–15
35May 12@ Twins 12–2 Radke (3–2) Carpenter (0–1)10,83019–16
36May 13@ Tigers 4–0 Lira (2–2) Guzmán (3–3)9,99219–17
37May 14@ Tigers 7–2 Hentgen (4–1) Moehler (2–3)11,78820–17
38May 16 Indians 5–2 Clemens (7–0) Hershiser (3–2) Timlin (5)35,19521–17
39May 17 Indians 8–1 Lopez (1–2) Williams (1–3)36,22021–18
40May 18 Indians 8–6 Ogea (4–3) Carpenter (0–2) Jackson (4)31,13721–19
41May 20@ Yankees 2–0 Hentgen (5–1) Pettitte (6–2)20,22022–19
42May 21@ Yankees 4–1 Clemens (8–0) Rogers (3–2)19,86323–19
43May 23 Angels 12–2 Springer (3–1) Guzmán (3–4)30,20923–20
44May 24 Angels 3–1 Watson (2–3) Williams (1–4) Percival (2)28,35123–21
45May 25 Angels 4–3 (11) Timlin (1–0) DeLucia (4–2)28,18024–21
46May 26 Rangers 8–1 Clemens (9–0) Santana (2–2)28,11325–21
47May 27 Rangers 15–5 Burkett (4–3) Person (0–3)28,12625–22
48May 28 Yankees 6–4 Wells (5–3) Guzmán (3–5) Rivera (15)32,33825–23
49May 29 Yankees 4–0 Cone (6–3) Williams (1–5) Nelson (1)43,15525–24
50May 30@ Athletics 12–7 Prieto (4–3) Hentgen (5–2)11,00425–25
51May 31@ Athletics 13–3 Clemens (10–0) Telgheder (1–3)15,02726–25
June: 11–15 (Home: 5–11; Away: 6–4)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
52June 1@ Athletics 8–2 Oquist (1–1) Person (0–4)21,12726–26
53June 2@ Mariners 3–0 Johnson (8–1) Andújar (0–1)40,31226–27
54June 3@ Mariners 6–3 Moyer (5–2) Williams (1–6)28,78626–28
55June 5 Athletics 4–3 Reyes (1–0) Hentgen (5–3) Taylor (10)30,18926–29
56June 6 Athletics 4–1 Clemens (11–0) Oquist (1–2) Quantrill (2)32,20827–29
57June 7 Athletics 3–1 Person (1–4) Karsay (1–7) Quantrill (3)28,49028–29
58June 8 Athletics 7–5 Wengert (3–3) Andújar (0–2) Taylor (11)29,40428–30
59June 10 Mariners 8–3 Hentgen (6–3) Sanders (2–6)33,12429–30
60June 11 Mariners 5–1 Fassero (6–2) Clemens (11–1)41,09929–31
61June 13@ Phillies 4–3 Gomes (1–0) Spoljaric (0–3) Bottalico (14)26,79929–32
62June 14@ Phillies 3–2 Person (2–4) Nye (0–2) Quantrill (4)22,58230–32
63June 15@ Phillies 11–1 Hentgen (7–3) Leiter (4–7)30,51631–32
64June 16 Braves 3–0 Neagle (10–1) Clemens (11–2)34,40931–33
65June 17 Braves 8–7 Maddux (8–3) Andújar (0–3) Wohlers (14)31,35631–34
66June 18 Braves 5–3 Williams (2–6) Smoltz (6–6) Timlin (6)31,71732–34
67June 20 Orioles 3–0 Hentgen (8–3) Mussina (8–2)30,26633–34
68June 21 Orioles 5–1 Erickson (10–2) Plesac (0–3)40,13933–35
69June 22 Orioles 5–2 Kamieniecki (6–3) Person (2–5) Myers (25)35,10633–36
70June 23 Red Sox 7–6 Sele (9–5) Williams (2–7) Slocumb (8)30,38033–37
71June 24 Red Sox 9–6 Wasdin (2–3) Andújar (0–4) Slocumb (9)27,26333–38
72June 25 Red Sox 13–12 Wakefield (3–7) Hentgen (8–4) Slocumb (10)27,60533–39
73June 26@ Orioles 3–0 Clemens (12–2) Erickson (10–3) Timlin (7)47,61734–39
74June 27@ Orioles 2–1 Person (3–5) Kamieniecki (6–4) Spoljaric (2)47,90035–39
75June 28@ Orioles 5–2 Williams (3–7) Key (11–4) Timlin (8)47,68736–39
76June 29@ Orioles 3–2 Escobar (1–0) Benítez (0–3) Timlin (9)47,76337–39
77June 30 Expos 2–1 Martínez (10–3) Hentgen (8–5)37,43037–40
July: 13–15 (Home: 8–4; Away: 5–11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
78July 1 Expos 2–1 Juden (10–2) Clemens (12–3) Urbina (15)50,43637–41
79July 2 Expos 7–6 (13) Timlin (2–0) Telford (2–2)34,17638–41
80July 3 Yankees 3–1 Wells (9–4) Williams (3–8) Rivera (27)31,22738–42
81July 4 Yankees 1–0 Escobar (2–0) Cone (8–4)34,13439–42
82July 5 Yankees 8–0 Pettitte (9–5) Hentgen (8–6)44,20639–43
83July 6 Yankees 2–0 Clemens (13–3) Mendoza (3–4)41,13740–43
84July 10@ Red Sox 8–7 (11) Eshelman (3–3) Timlin (2–1)30,91340–44
85July 11@ Red Sox 8–4 Hentgen (9–6) Wasdin (3–4)32,54341–44
86July 12@ Red Sox 3–1 Clemens (14–3) Sele (10–7) Spoljaric (3)33,10642–44
87July 13@ Red Sox 3–2 Williams (4–8) Wakefield (3–10) Escobar (1)32,41843–44
88July 14@ Orioles 9–5 Mathews (2–1) Person (3–6)47,04243–45
89July 15@ Orioles 8–4 Boskie (5–3) Guzmán (3–6)47,06243–46
90July 16@ Rangers 6–0 Oliver (6–9) Hentgen (9–7)45,31343–47
91July 17@ Rangers 9–1 Clemens (15–3) Burkett (7–8)46,23944–47
92July 18@ Angels 2–1 Williams (5–8) Watson (8–6) Escobar (2)26,08745–47
93July 19@ Angels 5–4 Percival (4–4) Timlin (2–2)28,28845–48
94July 20@ Angels 9–5 Finley (8–6) Andújar (0–5)19,67145–49
95July 22 Brewers 5–2 Hentgen (10–7) Eldred (9–10) Escobar (3)33,18146–49
96July 23 Brewers 8–0 Clemens (16–3) McAndrew (1–1)31,58047–49
97July 24 Brewers 5–4 Williams (6–8) Mercedes (3–6) Escobar (4)30,11448–49
98July 25 Royals 2–1 Person (4–6) Rusch (3–6) Escobar (5)31,30849–49
99July 26 Royals 6–5 Timlin (3–2) Carrasco (0–1)34,13350–49
100July 27 Royals 3–2 Olson (1–0) Quantrill (4–3)32,34150–50
101July 28@ Brewers 1–0 Woodard (1–0) Clemens (16–4) Fetters (3)50–51
102July 28@ Brewers 9–3 Adamson (3–1) Flener (0–1)18,03450–52
103July 29@ Brewers 2–0 Mercedes (4–6) Williams (6–9) Fetters (4)22,54950–53
104July 29@ Brewers 4–2 Karl (6–10) Carpenter (0–3) Fetters (5)12,23750–54
105July 31@ Tigers 4–2 Thompson (9–8) Person (4–7) Jones (19)16,29450–55
August: 15–15 (Home: 8–6; Away: 7–9)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
106August 1@ Tigers 7–5 Hentgen (11–7) Miceli (2–2) Escobar (6)23,68251–55
107August 2@ Tigers 8–7 Brocail (3–4) Quantrill (4–4) Jones (20)22,25451–56
108August 3@ Tigers 5–2 Blair (11–4) Williams (6–10) Jones (21)27,84851–57
109August 4@ Twins 9–3 Radke (16–5) Carpenter (0–4)19,01851–58
110August 5@ Twins 8–3 Person (5–7) Miller (0–2)17,92052–58
111August 6 Indians 6–3 Hentgen (12–7) Lopez (3–5) Escobar (7)36,46353–58
112August 7 Indians 4–0 Clemens (17–4) Smiley (1–1)35,19454–58
113August 8 Tigers 6–3 Williams (7–10) Blair (11–5) Escobar (8)30,22855–58
114August 9 Tigers 3–2 Sanders (4–9) Carpenter (0–5) Jones (23)37,16655–59
115August 10 Tigers 4–2 Thompson (11–8) Person (5–8)32,35455–60
116August 11 Tigers 8–2 Hentgen (13–7) Jarvis (0–2)30,10556–60
117August 12 Twins 9–1 Clemens (18–4) Bowers (0–2)33,10857–60
118August 13 Twins 3–2 Quantrill (5–4) Trombley (1–2)31,29258–60
119August 15@ Indians 5–4 (10) Assenmacher (4–0) Crabtree (2–3)43,01158–61
120August 16@ Indians 8–4 Shuey (3–1) Quantrill (5–5)42,90858–62
121August 17@ Indians 10–5 Clemens (19–4) Wright (3–2)42,86159–62
122August 18@ Indians 5–3 Hershiser (11–5) Williams (7–11) Mesa (6)42,47159–63
123August 19@ White Sox 6–5 Carpenter (1–5) Cruz (0–1) Escobar (9)60–63
124August 19@ White Sox 5–3 Bere (1–0) Andújar (0–6) Karchner (7)19,64360–64
125August 20@ White Sox 12–6 Baldwin (9–13) Person (5–9)20,00360–65
126August 21@ White Sox 6–3 Drabek (10–8) Hentgen (13–8) Karchner (8)20,12060–66
127August 22@ Royals 5–3 Clemens (20–4) Rosado (8–10) Escobar (10)29,60461–66
128August 23@ Royals 6–5 Janzen (1–0) Walker (3–3) Quantrill (5)19,24962–66
129August 24@ Royals 11–8 (13) Crabtree (3–3) Casian (0–2)14,43463–66
130August 26 White Sox 8–5 Baldwin (10–13) Williams (7–12) Karchner (10)31,19863–67
131August 27 White Sox 13–2 Hentgen (14–8) Drabek (10–9)30,21964–67
132August 28 White Sox 3–2 (11) Quantrill (6–5) McElroy (0–3)36,18165–67
133August 29 Marlins 8–0 Leiter (9–9) Person (5–10)29,22365–68
134August 30 Marlins 4–1 Fernandez (17–9) Carpenter (1–6) Nen (32)35,22965–69
135August 31 Marlins 8–3 Hernández (9–0) Williams (7–13)31,12565–70
September: 11–16 (Home: 9–3; Away: 2–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
136September 1@ Mets 3–0 Isringhausen (2–0) Hentgen (14–9) Franco (34)19,19665–71
137September 2@ Mets 8–5 Acevedo (2–1) Clemens (20–5) Wendell (5)17,63565–72
138September 3@ Mets 4–2 Mlicki (7–10) Quantrill (6–6) Franco (35)14,51365–73
139September 4 Rangers 6–2 Helling (2–1) Carpenter (1–7)26,17865–74
140September 5 Rangers 5–1 Williams (8–13) Pavlik (2–4)27,12166–74
141September 6 Rangers 2–1 Hentgen (15–9) Burkett (7–12) Escobar (11)31,23267–74
142September 7 Rangers 4–0 Clemens (21–5) Oliver (11–11)30,21268–74
143September 8 Angels 12–10 Plesac (1–3) James (4–5) Escobar (12)25,77569–74
144September 9 Angels 2–0 Carpenter (2–7) Hill (7–12)25,67470–74
145September 10@ Athletics 3–2 Mathews (5–2) Plesac (1–4)4,76470–75
146September 11@ Athletics 8–7 Mathews (6–2) Escobar (2–1)6,13570–76
147September 12@ Mariners 7–3 Ayala (10–4) Clemens (21–6)37,04470–77
148September 13@ Mariners 6–3 Escobar (3–1) Ayala (10–5)51,63171–77
149September 14@ Mariners 3–2 Timlin (6–4) Risley (0–1) Slocumb (24)45,47771–78
150September 15@ Mariners 7–3 Cloude (3–2) Williams (8–14) Slocumb (25)41,68471–79
151September 17@ Red Sox 4–3 Mahay (3–0) Quantrill (6–7) Gordon (9)23,64871–80
152September 18@ Red Sox 3–2 Corsi (4–2) Escobar (3–2)27,99071–81
153September 19@ Yankees 3–0 Daal (1–0) Gooden (8–5) Escobar (13)31,19572–81
154September 20@ Yankees 4–3 (11) Banks (3–0) Janzen (1–1)38,33272–82
155September 21@ Yankees 5–4 (10) Boehringer (3–2) Almanzar (0–1)40,03872–83
156September 22@ Yankees 8–1 Wells (15–10) Hentgen (15–10)23,38072–84
157September 23 Orioles 3–2 Rodríguez (2–1) Clemens (21–7) Myers (44)29,27672–85
158September 24 Orioles 9–3 Kamieniecki (10–6) Daal (1–1)27,44372–86
159September 25 Orioles 4–3 Carpenter (3–7) Mussina (15–8) Escobar (14)28,32473–86
160September 26 Red Sox 3–0 Williams (9–14) Henry (7–3)34,15574–86
161September 27 Red Sox 12–5 Janzen (2–1) Corsi (5–3)37,40175–86
162September 28 Red Sox 3–2 Plesac (2–4) Gordon (6–10)40,25176–86

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

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

PosPlayerGABHHRRBIAvg.
C Benito Santiago 97341831342.243
1B Carlos Delgado 1535191363091.262
2B Carlos García 10335077323.220
3B Ed Sprague Jr. 1385041151448.228
SS Alex Gonzalez 1264261021235.239
LF José Cruz Jr. 55212491434.231
CF Otis Nixon 103401105126.262
RF Orlando Merced 9836898940.266
DH Joe Carter 15761214321102.234

[5]

Other batters

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

PlayerGABHHRRBIAvg.
Shawn Green 1354291231653.287
Charlie O'Brien 6922549427.218
Jacob Brumfield 5817436220.207
Shannon Stewart 4416848022.286
Mariano Duncan 3916738012.228
Tilson Brito 491262808.222
Tomás Pérez 401232409.195
Juan Samuel 459527315.284
Robert Pérez 37781526.192
Rubén Sierra 14481015.208
Tom Evans 12381112.289
Felipe Crespo 1228815.286
Rich Butler 714402.286
Julio Mosquera 38200.250
Sandy Martínez 32000.000

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Starting pitchers

= Indicates league leader

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Pat Hentgen 35264.015103.68160
Roger Clemens 34264.02172.05292
Woody Williams 31194.29144.35124
Robert Person 23128.15105.6199
Chris Carpenter 1481.1375.0955
Juan Guzmán 1360.0364.9552

Other pitchers

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

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Luis Andújar 1750.0066.4828
Omar Daal 927.0114.0028
Huck Flener 817.1019.879
Erik Hanson 315.0007.8018
Relief pitchers

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

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Kelvim Escobar 2732142.9036
Paul Quantrill 776751.9456
Dan Plesac 732413.5861
Mike Timlin 383292.8736
Paul Spoljaric 370333.1943
Tim Crabtree 373327.0826
Marty Janzen 122103.6017
Carlos Almanzar 40102.704
Bill Risley 30108.312
Kenny Robinson 30002.704

Award winners

All-Star Game

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Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs International League Garth Iorg
AA Knoxville Smokies Southern League Omar Malavé
A Dunedin Blue Jays Florida State League Dennis Holmberg
A Hagerstown Suns South Atlantic League J. J. Cannon
A-Short Season St. Catharines Stompers New York–Penn League Rocket Wheeler
Rookie Medicine Hat Blue Jays Pioneer League Marty Pevey

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References

  1. ↑ "1997 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 17, 2023.
  2. ↑ "1997 Toronto Blue Jays Roster by Baseball Almanac".
  3. ↑ "1997 Toronto Blue Jays Schedule by Baseball Almanac".
  4. ↑ "1997 Toronto Blue Jays Trades and Transactions". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved July 19, 2023.
  5. 1 2 1997 Toronto Blue Jays Statistics and Roster Baseball-Reference.com
  6. ↑ Blue Jays All-Stars | bluejays.com: History
  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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