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1997 Florida Marlins season

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1997 Florida Marlins
World Series Champions
National League Champions
National League Wild Card Winners
LeagueNational League
DivisionEast
BallparkPro Player Stadium
CityMiami Gardens, Florida
Record92–70 (.568)
Divisional place2nd
OwnersWayne Huizenga
General managersDave Dombrowski
ManagersJim Leyland
TelevisionSunshine Network/Sports Channel Florida
WBFS-TV
(Tommy Hutton, Joe Angel, Dave O'Brien, Jay Randolph)
RadioWQAM
(Joe Angel, Dave O'Brien, Jon Sciambi)
WCMQ-FM (Spanish)
(Felo Ramírez, Manolo Alvarez)
← 1996
1998 →

The 1997 Florida Marlins 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.

Offseason

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  • November 22, 1996: Bobby Bonilla was signed as a free agent with the Florida Marlins.[1]
  • March 26, 1997: Cliff Floyd was traded by the Montreal Expos to the Florida Marlins for Dustin Hermanson and Joe Orsulak.[2]

Regular season

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Season standings

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NL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 101 61 .623 — 50‍–‍31 51‍–‍30
Florida Marlins 92 70 .568 9 52‍–‍29 40‍–‍41
New York Mets 88 74 .543 13 50‍–‍31 38‍–‍43
Montreal Expos 78 84 .481 23 45‍–‍36 33‍–‍48
Philadelphia Phillies 68 94 .420 33 38‍–‍43 30‍–‍51

Record vs. opponents

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1997 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LA MTL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL AL
Atlanta — 9–2 9–2 5–6 4–8 7–4 6–5 10–2 5–7 10–2 5–6 8–3 7–4 8–3 8–7
Chicago 2–9 — 7–5 2–9 2–9 3–9 5–6 4–7 6–5 6–5 7–5 6–5 5–6 4–8 9–6
Cincinnati 2–9 5–7 — 5–6 5–6 5–7 6–5 6–5 2–9 8–3 8–4 5–6 4–7 6–6 9–6
Colorado 6–5 9–2 6–5 — 7–4 5–6 5–7 7–4 6–5 4–7 4–7 4–8 4–8 7–4 9–7
Florida 8–4 9–2 6–5 4–7 — 7–4 7–4 7–5 4–8 6–6 7–4 5–6 5–6 5–6 12–3
Houston 4–7 9–3 7–5 6–5 4–7 — 7–4 8–3 7–4 4–7 6–6 6–5 3–8 9–3 4–11
Los Angeles 5–6 6–5 5–6 7–5 4–7 4–7 — 7–4 6–5 10–1 9–2 5–7 6–6 5–6 9–7
Montreal 2–10 7–4 5–6 4–7 5–7 3–8 4–7 — 5–7 6–6 5–6 8–3 6–5 6–5 12–3
New York 7–5 5–6 9–2 5–6 8–4 4–7 5–6 7–5 — 7–5 7–4 5–6 3–8 9–2 7–8
Philadelphia 2–10 5–6 3–8 7–4 6–6 7–4 1–10 6–6 5–7 — 5–6 7–4 3–8 6–5 5–10
Pittsburgh 6–5 5–7 4–8 7–4 4–7 6–6 2–9 6–5 4–7 6–5 — 5–6 8–3 9–3 7–8
San Diego 3–8 5–6 6–5 8–4 6–5 5–6 7–5 3–8 6–5 4–7 6–5 — 4–8 5–6 8–8
San Francisco 4–7 6–5 7–4 8–4 6–5 8–3 6–6 5–6 8–3 8–3 3–8 8–4 — 3–8 10–6
St. Louis 3–8 8–4 6–6 4–7 6–5 3–9 6–5 5–6 2–9 5–6 3–9 6–5 8–3 — 8–7


Transactions

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  • July 21, 1997: Darren Daulton was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Florida Marlins for Billy McMillon.[3]
  • July 27, 1997: Craig Counsell was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Florida Marlins for Mark Hutton.[4]
  • July 29, 1997: Matt Treanor was traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Florida Marlins for Matt Whisenant.[5]

Roster

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1997 Florida Marlins
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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= Indicates team leader

Batting

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Starters by position

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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

Pos Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
C Charles Johnson 124 416 43 104 .250 19 63 0
1B Jeff Conine 151 405 46 98 .242 17 61 2
2B Luis Castillo 75 263 27 63 .240 0 8 16
3B Bobby Bonilla 153 562 77 167 .297 17 96 6
SS Édgar Rentería 154 617 90 171 .277 4 52 32
LF Moisés Alou 150 538 88 157 .292 23 115 9
CF Devon White 74 265 37 65 .245 6 34 13
RF Gary Sheffield 135 444 86 111 .250 21 71 11

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Other batters

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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

Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
Jim Eisenreich 120 293 36 82 .280 2 34 0
Kurt Abbott 94 252 35 69 .274 6 30 3
John Cangelosi 103 192 28 47 .245 1 12 5
Craig Counsell 51 164 20 49 .299 1 16 1
Greg Zaun 58 143 21 43 .301 2 20 1
Cliff Floyd 61 137 23 32 .234 6 19 6
Darren Daulton 52 126 22 33 .262 3 21 2
Alex Arias 74 93 13 23 .247 1 11 0
Mark Kotsay 14 52 5 10 .192 0 4 3
Todd Dunwoody 19 50 7 13 .260 2 7 2
John Wehner 44 36 8 10 .278 0 2 1
Ralph Milliard 8 30 2 6 .200 0 2 1
Billy McMillon 13 18 0 2 .111 0 1 0
Russ Morman 4 7 3 2 .286 1 2 1
Josh Booty 4 5 2 3 .600 0 1 0
Bob Natal 4 4 2 2 .500 1 3 0

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Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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

Player G GS IP W L ERA SO
Kevin Brown 33 33 237.1 16 8 2.69 205
Alex Fernandez 32 32 220.2 17 12 3.59 183
Al Leiter 27 27 151.1 11 9 4.34 132
Tony Saunders 22 21 111.1 4 6 4.61 102
Pat Rapp 19 19 108.2 4 6 4.47 64
Liván Hernández 17 17 96.1 9 3 3.18 72

Other pitchers

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

Player G GS IP W L ERA SO
Rick Helling 31 8 76.0 2 6 4.38 53
Kirt Ojala 7 5 28.2 1 2 3.14 19

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Robb Nen 73 9 3 35 3.89 81
Jay Powell 74 7 2 2 3.28 65
Dennis Cook 59 1 2 0 3.90 63
Félix Heredia 56 5 3 0 4.29 54
Rob Stanifer 36 1 2 1 4.60 28
Mark Hutton 32 3 1 0 3.78 29
Antonio Alfonseca 17 1 3 0 4.91 19
Ed Vosberg 17 1 1 1 3.75 8
Kurt Miller 7 0 1 0 9.82 7
Matt Whisenant 4 0 0 0 16.88 4
Donn Pall 2 0 0 0 3.86 0
John Cangelosi 1 0 0 0 0.00 0

Postseason

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NLDS

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Main article: 1997 National League Division Series

Florida wins the series, 3-0

Game Home Score Visitor Score Date Series
1 Florida 2 San Francisco 1 September 30 1-0 (FLA)
2 Florida 7 San Francisco 6 October 1 2-0 (FLA)
3 San Francisco 2 Florida 6 October 3 3-0 (FLA)

NLCS

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Main article: 1997 National League Championship Series
Game Date Visitor Score Home Score Record

(FLA-ATL)

Attendance
1 October 7 Florida 5 Atlanta 3 1-0 49,244
2 October 8 Florida 1 Atlanta 7 1-1 48,933
3 October 10 Atlanta 2 Florida 5 2-1 53,857
4 October 11 Atlanta 4 Florida 0 2-2 54,890
5 October 12 Atlanta 1 Florida 2 3-2 46,496
6 October 14 Florida 7 Atlanta 4 4-2 50,466
Florida wins series 4–2 and advance to the World Series

World Series

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Main article: 1997 World Series

Game 1

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October 18, 1997, at Pro Player Stadium in Miami

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cleveland 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 4 11 0
Florida 0 0 1 4 2 0 0 0 x 7 7 1
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

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October 19, 1997, at Pro Player Stadium in Miami

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cleveland 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 6 14 0
Florida 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 0
WP: Chad Ogea (1-0)   LP: Kevin Brown (0-1)
Home runs:
CLE: Sandy Alomar Jr. (1)
FLA: None

Game 3

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October 21, 1997, at Jacobs Field in Cleveland, Ohio

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Florida 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 7 14 16 3
Cleveland 2 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 4 11 10 3
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

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October 22, 1997, at Jacobs Field in Cleveland, Ohio

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Florida 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 6 2
Cleveland 3 0 3 0 0 1 1 2 X 10 15 0
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

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October 23, 1997, at Jacobs Field in Cleveland, Ohio

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Florida 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 8 15 2
Cleveland 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 9 0
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

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October 25, 1997, at Pro Player Stadium in Miami

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cleveland 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 7 0
Florida 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 8 0
WP: Chad Ogea (2-0)   LP: Kevin Brown (0-2)   Sv: José Mesa (1)

Game 7

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October 26, 1997, at Pro Player Stadium in Miami

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
Cleveland 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 2
Florida 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 8 0
WP: Jay Powell (1-0)   LP: Charles Nagy (0-1)
Home runs:
CLE: None
FLA: Bobby Bonilla (1)

Awards and honors

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1997 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

  • Moisés Alou, reserve
  • Kevin Brown, reserve
  • Charles Johnson, reserve

Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
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

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  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. ^ a b "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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