1997 Florida Marlins season

1997 Florida Marlins
1997 World Series Champions
1997 National League Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record 92–70 (.568)
Divisional place 2nd
Other information
Owner(s) Wayne Huizenga
General manager(s) Dave Dombrowski
Manager(s) Jim Leyland
Local television Sunshine Network/Sports Channel Florida
WBFS-TV
(Tommy Hutton, Joe Angel, Dave O'Brien Jay Randolph)
Local radio WQAM
(Joe Angel, Dave O'Brien, Jon Sciambi)
WCMQ-FM (Spanish)
(Felo Ramírez, Manolo Alvarez)
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The 1997 Florida Marlins season started off with the team trying to improve on their record from 1996. Their manager was Jim Leyland. They played home games at Pro Player Stadium. They finished with a record of 92-70, winning the NL Wild Card. They got through the National League playoffs and won the World Series over the Cleveland Indians.

Offseason

Regular season

Season standings

NL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Atlanta Braves 101 61 0.623 50–31 51–30
Florida Marlins 92 70 0.568 9 52–29 40–41
New York Mets 88 74 0.543 13 50–31 38–43
Montreal Expos 78 84 0.481 23 45–36 33–48
Philadelphia Phillies 68 94 0.420 33 38–43 30–51

Record vs. opponents

1997 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MON 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 7–5
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

Roster

1997 Florida Marlins
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

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 Johnson, CharlesCharles Johnson 124 416 43 104 .250 19 63 0
1B Jeff Conine 151 40546 98 .242 17 61 2
2B Luis Castillo 75 263 27 63 .240 0 8 16
3B Bobby Bonilla 153 56277 167 .297 17 96 6
SS Édgar Rentería 154 61790 171 .277 4 52 32
LF Moisés Alou 150 53888 157 .292 23 115 9
CF Devon White 74 26537 65 .245 6 34 13
RF Gary Sheffield 135 44486 111 .250 21 71 11

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Other batters

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

Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB
Jim Eisenreich 120 29336 82 .280 2 34 0
John Cangelosi 103 19228 47 .245 1 12 5
Craig Counsell 51 16420 49 .299 1 16 1
Cliff Floyd 61 13723 32 .234 6 19 6
Darren Daulton 52 12622 33 .262 3 21 2
Booty, JoshJosh Booty 4 52 3 .600 0 1 0
Bob Natal 4 42 2 .500 1 3 0

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Pitching

Starting pitchers

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
Brown, KevinKevin Brown 33 33 237.1 16 8 2.69 205
Fernandez, AlexAlex Fernandez 32 32 220.2 17 12 3.59 183
Leiter, AlAl Leiter 27 27 151.1 11 9 4.34 132
Saunders, TonyTony Saunders 22 21 111.1 4 6 4.61 102
Rapp, PatPat Rapp 19 19 108.2 4 6 4.47 64

Other pitchers

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
Hernandez, LivanLivan Hernandez 17 17 96.1 9 3 3.18 72

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Nen, RobbRobb Nen 73 9 3 35 3.89 81

Postseason

NLDS

Florida wins the series, 3-0

Game Home Score Visitor Score Date Series
1Florida2San Francisco1September 301-0 (FLA)
2Florida7San Francisco6October 12-0 (FLA)
3San Francisco2Florida6October 33-0 (FLA)

NLCS

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 42 and advance to the World Series

World Series

Main article: 1997 World Series

Game 1

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

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

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

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 2 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

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

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

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

1997 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

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

  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. http://www.baseball-reference.com/t/treanma01.shtml
  6. 1 2 http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/FLA/1997.shtml
  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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