1997 Cleveland Indians season
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The 1997
Offseason
- November 13, 1996: Matt Williams was traded by the San Francisco Giants with a player to be named later to the Cleveland Indians for a player to be named later, Jeff Kent, Julián Tavárez, and José Vizcaíno. The Cleveland Indians sent Joe Roa (December 16, 1996) to the San Francisco Giants to complete the trade.[1]
- December 10, 1996: Eric Plunk was signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Indians.[2]
- December 13, 1996: Kevin Mitchell signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Indians.[3]
- December 16, 1996: Trenidad Hubbard was sent by the San Francisco Giants to the Cleveland Indians to complete an earlier deal made on November 13, 1996.[4]
- December 18, 1996: Chad Curtis was signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Indians.[5]
- December 19, 1996: Les Norman was signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Indians.[6]
- December 28, 1996: Tony Fernandez was signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Indians.[7]
- January 1, 1997: Casey Candaele was signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Indians.[8]
- January 31, 1997: Greg Cadaret was signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Indians.[9]
Regular season
- The season started with several new faces. The Indians acquired home run hitter Matt Williams. On March 25, 1997, the club traded All-Star Kenny Lofton and pitcher Alan Embree to the Atlanta Braves for Marquis Grissom and David Justice.
- June 16 – The first Jacobs Field. The rivalry would be known as the Battle of Ohio. The Reds won the game by a score of 4-1.[10]
Most Starts by Position
Position | Name | # of Starts |
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C | Sandy Alomar Jr. | 119 |
1B | Jim Thome | 145 |
2B | Tony Fernández | 109 |
3B | Matt Williams | 151 |
SS | Omar Vizquel | 152 |
LF | Brian Giles | 82 |
CF | Marquis Grissom | 144 |
RF | Manny Ramírez
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DH | David Justice | 61 |
Season standings
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Cleveland Indians | 86 | 75 | 0.534 | — | 44–37 | 42–38 |
Chicago White Sox | 80 | 81 | 0.497 | 6 | 45–36 | 35–45 |
Milwaukee Brewers | 78 | 83 | 0.484 | 8 | 47–33 | 31–50 |
Minnesota Twins | 68 | 94 | 0.420 | 18½ | 35–46 | 33–48 |
Kansas City Royals | 67 | 94 | 0.416 | 19 | 33–47 | 34–47 |
Record vs. opponents
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Team | ANA | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR | NL |
Anaheim | — | 4–7 | 6–5 | 6–5 | 7–4 | 5–6 | 6–5 | 7–4 | 4–7 | 4–7 | 11–1 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 6–5 | 4–12 |
Baltimore | 7–4 | — | 5–7 | 5–6 | 6–5 | 6–6 | 7–4 | 5–6 | 10–1 | 8–4 | 8–3 | 7–4 | 10–1 | 6–6 | 8–7 |
Boston | 5–6 | 7–5 | — | 3–8 | 6–5 | 5–7 | 3–8 | 8–3 | 8–3 | 4–8 | 7–4 | 7–4 | 3–8 | 6–6 | 6–9 |
Chicago | 5–6 | 6–5 | 8–3 | — | 5–7 | 4–7 | 11–1 | 4–7 | 6–6 | 2–9 | 8–3 | 5–6 | 3–8 | 5–6 | 8–7 |
Cleveland | 4–7 | 5–6 | 5–6 | 7–5 | — | 6–5 | 8–3 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 5–6 | 7–4 | 3–8 | 5–6 | 6–5 | 9–6 |
Detroit | 6–5 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 7–4 | 5–6 | — | 6–5 | 4–7 | 4–7 | 2–10 | 7–4 | 4–7 | 7–4 | 6–6 | 8–7 |
Kansas City | 5–6 | 4–7 | 8–3 | 1–11 | 3–8 | 5–6 | — | 6–6 | 7–5 | 3–8 | 3–8 | 5–6 | 6–5 | 5–6 | 6–9 |
Milwaukee | 4–7 | 6–5 | 3–8 | 7–4 | 4–8 | 7–4 | 6–6 | — | 5–7 | 4–7 | 5–6 | 5–6 | 7–4 | 7–4 | 8–7 |
Minnesota | 7–4 | 1–10 | 3–8 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 7–4 | 5–7 | 7–5 | — | 3–8 | 7–4 | 5–6 | 3–8 | 3–8 | 7–8 |
New York | 7–4 | 4–8 | 8–4 | 9–2 | 6–5 | 10–2 | 8–3 | 7–4 | 8–3 | — | 6–5 | 4–7 | 7–4 | 7–5 | 5–10 |
Oakland | 1–11 | 3–8 | 4–7 | 3–8 | 4–7 | 4–7 | 8–3 | 6–5 | 4–7 | 5–6 | — | 5–7 | 5–7 | 6–5 | 7–9 |
Seattle | 6–6 | 4–7 | 4–7 | 6–5 | 8–3 | 7–4 | 6–5 | 6–5 | 6–5 | 7–4 | 7–5 | — | 8–4 | 8–3 | 7–9 |
Texas | 4–8 | 1–10 | 8–3 | 8–3 | 6–5 | 4–7 | 5–6 | 4–7 | 8–3 | 4–7 | 7–5 | 4–8 | — | 4–7 | 10–6 |
Toronto | 5–6 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 6–5 | 5–6 | 6–6 | 6–5 | 4–7 | 8–3 | 5–7 | 5–6 | 3–8 | 7–4 | — | 4–11 |
Notable transactions
- April 21, 1997: Ryan Thompson signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Indians.[11]
- May 20, 1997: Torey Lovullo was signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Indians.[12]
- June 3, 1997: Kevin Mitchell was released by the Cleveland Indians.[3]
- June 5, 1997: Ryan Thompson was traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Toronto Blue Jays for Jeff Manto.[11]
- June 9, 1997: Dave Weathers was traded by the New York Yankees to the Cleveland Indians for Chad Curtis.[13]
- July 3, 1997: Greg Cadaret was released by the Cleveland Indians.[9]
- July 25, 1997: Pat Listach was signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Indians.[14]
- July 31, 1997: John Smiley was traded by the Cincinnati Reds with Jeff Branson to the Cleveland Indians for Jim Crowell, Danny Graves, Damian Jackson, and Scott Winchester.[15]
- July 31, 1997: Jeff Juden was traded by the Montreal Expos to the Cleveland Indians for Steve Kline.[16]
- August 13, 1997: Julio Franco was released by the Cleveland Indians.[17]
Roster
Game log
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April: 12–13 (Home: 5–6; Away: 7–7)
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May: 15–11 (Home: 9–3; Away: 6–8)
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June: 13–11 (Home: 7–7; Away: 6–4)
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July: 14–13 (Home: 7–10; Away: 7–3)
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August: 16–14 (Home: 9–6; Away: 7–8)
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September: 16–13 (Home: 7–5; Away: 9–8)
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Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement Bold = Indians team member |
All-Star game
The 1997 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 68th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL). There were no members of the Indians in the starting lineup although three Indians (Sandy Alomar Jr., Jim Thome, and David Justice) were named to the team. The game was held on July 8, 1997, and the first pitch was thrown by former Indian Larry Doby. The American League were victorious 3 – 1, with the go ahead HR coming courtesy Alomar Jr.
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
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Sandy Alomar Jr. | 125 | 451 | 146 | .324 | 21 | 83 |
1B | Jim Thome | 147 | 496 | 142 | .286 | 40 | 102 |
2B | Tony Fernández | 120 | 409 | 117 | .286 | 11 | 44 |
SS | Omar Vizquel | 153 | 565 | 158 | .280 | 5 | 49 |
3B | Matt Williams | 151 | 596 | 157 | .263 | 32 | 105 |
LF | Brian Giles | 130 | 377 | 101 | .268 | 17 | 61 |
CF | Marquis Grissom | 144 | 558 | 146 | .262 | 12 | 66 |
RF | Manny Ramirez | 150 | 561 | 184 | .328 | 26 | 88 |
DH | David Justice | 139 | 495 | 163 | .329 | 33 | 101 |
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Julio Franco | 78 | 289 | 82 | .284 | 3 | 25 |
Kevin Seitzer | 64 | 198 | 53 | .268 | 2 | 24 |
Pat Borders | 55 | 159 | 47 | .296 | 4 | 15 |
Bip Roberts | 23 | 85 | 23 | .271 | 3 | 8 |
Jeff Branson | 29 | 72 | 19 | .264 | 2 | 7 |
Kevin Mitchell | 20 | 59 | 9 | .153 | 4 | 11 |
Jeff Manto | 16 | 30 | 8 | .267 | 2 | 7 |
Chad Curtis | 22 | 29 | 6 | .207 | 3 | 5 |
Casey Candaele | 14 | 26 | 8 | .308 | 0 | 4 |
Bruce Aven | 13 | 19 | 4 | .211 | 0 | 2 |
Enrique Wilson | 5 | 15 | 5 | .333 | 0 | 1 |
Trent Hubbard |
7 | 12 | 3 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
Richie Sexson | 5 | 11 | 3 | .273 | 0 | 0 |
Sean Casey | 6 | 10 | 2 | .200 | 0 | 1 |
Damian Jackson | 8 | 9 | 1 | .111 | 0 | 0 |
Einar Díaz | 5 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 1 |
Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Charles Nagy | 34 | 227.0 | 15 | 11 | 4.28 | 149 |
Orel Hershiser | 32 | 195.1 | 14 | 6 | 4.47 | 107 |
Chad Ogea | 21 | 126.1 | 8 | 9 | 4.99 | 80 |
Bartolo Colón | 19 | 94.0 | 4 | 7 | 5.65 | 66 |
Jaret Wright | 16 | 90.1 | 8 | 3 | 4.38 | 63 |
Brian Anderson | 8 | 48.0 | 4 | 2 | 4.69 | 22 |
John Smiley | 6 | 37.1 | 2 | 4 | 5.54 | 26 |
Terry Clark | 4 | 26.1 | 0 | 3 | 6.15 | 13 |
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Albie Lopez | 37 | 76.2 | 3 | 7 | 6.93 | 63 |
Jason Jacome | 21 | 42.2 | 2 | 0 | 5.27 | 24 |
Jack McDowell | 8 | 40.2 | 3 | 3 | 5.09 | 38 |
Jeff Juden | 8 | 31.1 | 0 | 1 | 5.46 | 29 |
David Weathers | 9 | 16.2 | 1 | 2 | 7.56 | 14 |
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 |
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José Mesa | 66 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 2.40 | 69 |
Paul Assenmacher | 75 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2.94 | 53 |
Mike Jackson | 71 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 3.24 | 74 |
Eric Plunk | 55 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4.66 | 66 |
Paul Shuey | 40 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6.20 | 46 |
Alvin Morman | 34 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5.89 | 13 |
Steve Kline | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5.81 | 17 |
Danny Graves | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.76 | 4 |
American League Division Series
Cleveland Indians vs. New York Yankees
Game 1
September 30, Yankee Stadium
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Cleveland | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 0 |
New York | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | X | 8 | 11 | 0 |
W: Ramiro Mendoza (1-0) L: Eric Plunk (0-1) SV: Mariano Rivera (1) | ||||||||||||
HR: CLE – Sandy Alomar Jr. (1) NYY – Tino Martinez (1) Tim Raines (1) Derek Jeter (1) Paul O'Neill (1) |
Game 2
October 2, Yankee Stadium
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Cleveland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 1 |
New York | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
W: Jaret Wright (1-0) L: Andy Pettitte (0-1) SV: None | ||||||||||||
HR: CLE – Matt Williams (1) NYY – Derek Jeter (2) |
Game 3
October 4,
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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New York | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
Cleveland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
W: David Wells (1-0) L: Charles Nagy (0-1) SV: None | ||||||||||||
HR: CLE – None NYY – Paul O'Neill (2) |
Game 4
October 5,
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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New York | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1 |
Cleveland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
W: Mike Jackson (1-0) L: Ramiro Mendoza (1-1) SV: None | ||||||||||||
HR: CLE – David Justice (1) Sandy Alomar Jr. (2) NYY – None |
Game 5
October 6,
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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New York | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 0 |
Cleveland | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 7 | 2 |
W: Jaret Wright (2-0) L: Andy Pettitte (0-2) SV: José Mesa (1) | ||||||||||||
HR: CLE – None NYY – None |
American League Championship Series
Game 1
October 8,
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Cleveland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
Baltimore | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 | 6 | 1 |
WP: Scott Erickson (1-0) LP: Chad Ogea (0-1) SV: Randy Myers (1) | ||||||||||||
HRs: BAL – Brady Anderson (1) Roberto Alomar (1) |
Game 2
October 9,
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Cleveland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
Baltimore | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
WP: Paul Assenmacher (1-0) LP: Armando Benítez (0-1) SV: José Mesa (1) | ||||||||||||
HRs: CLE – Cal Ripken (1)
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Game 3
October 11,
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | R | H | E |
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Baltimore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
Cleveland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
WP: Eric Plunk (1-0) LP: Randy Myers (0-1) | |||||||||||||||
HRs: None |
Game 4
October 12,
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Baltimore | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 2 |
Cleveland | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 0 |
WP: José Mesa (1-0) LP: Alan Mills (0-1) | ||||||||||||
HRs: CLE – (1) |
Game 5
October 13,
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Baltimore | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 0 |
Cleveland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 |
WP: Scott Kamieniecki (1-0) LP: Chad Ogea (0-2) | ||||||||||||
HRs: BAL – Eric Davis (1) |
Game 6
October 15,
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | R | H | E | |
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Cleveland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
Baltimore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |
WP: Brian Anderson (1-0) LP: Armando Benítez (0-2) S: José Mesa (1) | |||||||||||||||
HRs: CLE: – Tony Fernández (1) |
World Series
Game 1
October 18, 1997, at
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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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 |
W: Liván Hernández (1-0) L: Orel Hershiser (0-1) S: Robb Nen (1) | ||||||||||||
HR: CLE – (1) |
Game 2
October 19, 1997, at
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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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 |
W: Chad Ogea (1-0) L: Kevin Brown (0-1) | ||||||||||||
HR: CLE – Sandy Alomar Jr. (1) |
Game 3
October 21, 1997, at
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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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 |
W: Dennis Cook (1-0) L: Eric Plunk (0-1) S: Robb Nen (2) | ||||||||||||
HR: FLA – Gary Sheffield (1), Darren Daulton (1), Jim Eisenreich (1) CLE – Jim Thome (2) |
Game 4
October 22, 1997, at
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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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 |
W: Jaret Wright (1-0) L: Tony Saunders (0-1) | ||||||||||||
HR: FLA – Manny Ramírez (2), Matt Williams (1)
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Game 5
October 23, 1997, at
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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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 |
W: Liván Hernández (2-0) L: Orel Hershiser (0-2) S: Robb Nen (3) | ||||||||||||
HR: FLA – Moisés Alou (3) CLE – Sandy Alomar Jr. (2) |
Game 6
October 25, 1997, at
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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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 |
W: Chad Ogea (2-0) L: Kevin Brown (0-2) S: José Mesa (1) |
Game 7
October 26, 1997, at
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | R | H | E |
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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 |
W: Jay Powell (1-0) L: Charles Nagy (0-1)
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HR – FLA: Bobby Bonilla (1) |
Award winners
- Marquis Grissom, Outfield, ALCS MVP
- Sandy Alomar Jr., catcher, reserve
- Jim Thome, first baseman, reserve
- David Justice, Outfield, elected to start, but was unable to play due to an injury.
Minor league affiliates
Classification level | Team | League | Season article |
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AAA | Buffalo Bisons | International League | 1997 Buffalo Bisons season |
AA | Akron Aeros
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Eastern League
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1997 Akron Aeros season |
Advanced A
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Kinston Indians | Carolina League | |
A
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Columbus RedStixx | South Atlantic League | |
Short Season A
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Watertown Indians
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New York–Penn League | |
Rookie
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Burlington Indians | Appalachian League |
References
- ^ Matt Williams Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ "Eric Plunk Stats".
- ^ a b Kevin Mitchell Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ "Trent Hubbard Stats".
- ^ "Chad Curtis Stats".
- ^ Les Norman Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ "Tony Fernandez Stats".
- ^ "Casey Candaele Stats".
- ^ a b "Greg Cadaret Stats".
- ^ "Box Score of Game played on Monday, June 16, 1997 at Jacobs Field".
- ^ a b Ryan Thompson Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ "Torey Lovullo Stats".
- ^ "David Weathers Stats".
- ^ Pat Listach Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ John Smiley Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ Jeff Juden Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ Julio Franco Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
- 1997 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Reference
- 1997 Cleveland Indians at Baseball Almanac
- 1997 WS at Baseball Reference