1997 Baltimore Orioles season

The 1997 Baltimore Orioles season saw the Orioles finishing 1st in the American League East with a record of 98 wins and 64 losses. They met the Seattle Mariners in the ALDS, and beat them in 4 games. However, in the ALCS, they would play the Cleveland Indians, where they would fall in 6 games. It would be their last winning season until 15 years later.

1997 Baltimore Orioles
American League East champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record98–64 (.605)
Divisional place1st
Other information
Owner(s)Peter Angelos
General manager(s)Pat Gillick
Manager(s)Davey Johnson
Local televisionWJZ-TV/WNUV/WBDC
Home Team Sports
(Jim Palmer, Mike Flanagan, Michael Reghi)
Local radioWBAL (AM)
(Chuck Thompson, Fred Manfra, Jim Hunter)
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Offseason
  • December 10, 1996: Jimmy Key was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.[1]
  • December 13, 1996: Mike Bordick was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.[2]
  • December 18, 1996: Jerome Walton was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.[3]
  • December 19, 1996: Eric Davis was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.[4]
  • March 22, 1997: Scott McClain was traded by the Baltimore Orioles with Manny Alexander to the New York Mets for Hector Ramirez.[5]

Roster
1997 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Regular season

Season standings
AL East W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 9864 0.605 — 46–35 52–29
New York Yankees 9666 0.593 2 47–33 49–33
Detroit Tigers 7983 0.488 19 42–39 37–44
Boston Red Sox 7884 0.481 20 39–42 39–42
Toronto Blue Jays 7686 0.469 22 42–39 34–47

Record vs. opponents
1997 American League Records

Sources:
Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR NL 
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

Game log
1997 Game Log ({{{win}}}–{{{loss}}})
April (16–7)
May (20–8)
June (15–12)
July
August
September

Player stats

Starters by position

Note: Pos = position; G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Pos Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI
CChris Hoiles993204583.2591249
1BRafael Palmeiro15861495156.25438110
2BRoberto Alomar11241264137.3331460
3BCal Ripken, Jr.16261579166.2701784
SSMike Bordick15350955120.236746
LFB.J. Surhoff14752880150.2841888
CFBrady Anderson15159097170.2881873
RFJeffrey Hammonds11839771105.2642155

Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Tony Tarasco10016634.205726
Jeff Reboulet9922854.237427
Lenny Webster9825966.255737
Pete Incaviglia4813834.246512
Harold Baines4413439.291415
Aaron Ledesma438831.352211
Eric Davis4215848.304825
Jerome Walton266820.29439
David Dellucci17276.22213
Tim Laker7140.00001
Charlie Greene520.00001
Melvin Rosario430.00000
Danny Clyburn230.00000

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Jimmy Key34212.316103.43141
Scott Erickson33221.71673.69131
Mike Mussina33224.71583.20218
Scott Kamieniecki30179.31064.01109
Rick Krivda1050.0426.3029

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Shawn Boskie2877.0666.4350
Mike Johnson1439.7017.9429
Nerio Rodríguez622.0214.9111
Rocky Coppinger520.0116.3022
Esteban Yan39.70115.834

Relief pitchers
Player G IP W L SV ERA SO
Randy Myers6159.723451.5156
Armando Benítez7173.34592.45106
Jesse Orosco7150.36302.3246
Terry Mathews5763.34414.4139
Arthur Rhodes5395.310313.02102
Alan Mills3938.72304.8932
Brian Williams1324.00003.0014

ALDS
Main article: 1997 American League Division Series

Game 1

October 1, Kingdome

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Baltimore 001 044 000 9130
Seattle 000 100 101 371
W: Mike Mussina (1-0)   L: Randy Johnson (0-1)  SV: None
HR: BAL – Gerónimo Berroa (1)   Chris Hoiles (1)   SEA – Edgar Martínez (1)   Jay Buhner (1)   Alex Rodriguez (1)

Game 2

October 2, Kingdome

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Baltimore 010 020 240 9140
Seattle 200 000 100 390
W: Scott Erickson (1-0)   L: Jamie Moyer (0-1)  SV: None
HR: BAL – Harold Baines (1)   Brady Anderson (1)   SEA – None

Game 3

October 4, Oriole Park at Camden Yards

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Seattle 001 010 002 4110
Baltimore 000 000 002 250
W: Jeff Fassero (1-0)   L: Jimmy Key (0-1)  SV: None
HR: BAL – None   SEA – Jay Buhner (2)   Paul Sorrento (1)

Game 4

October 5, Oriole Park at Camden Yards

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Seattle 010 000 000 120
Baltimore 200 010 00X 370
W: Mike Mussina (2-0)   L: Randy Johnson (0-2)  SV: Randy Myers (1)
HR: BAL – Jeff Reboulet (1)   Gerónimo Berroa (2)   SEA – Edgar Martínez (2)

ALCS
Main article: 1997 American League Championship Series

Game 1

October 8, Camden Yards

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cleveland 000 000 000 041
Baltimore 102 000 00X 361
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, Camden Yards

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cleveland 200 000 030 563
Baltimore 020 002 000 481
WP: Paul Assenmacher (1-0)  LP: Armando Benítez (0-1)  SV: José Mesa (1)
HRs: CLE – Manny Ramírez (1) Marquis Grissom (1)   BAL – Cal Ripken (1)

Game 3

October 11, Jacobs Field

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E
Baltimore 000 000 001 000 181
Cleveland 000 000 100 001 260
WP: Eric Plunk (1-0)  LP: Randy Myers (0-1)  
HRs: None

Game 4

October 12, Jacobs Field

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Baltimore 014 000 101 7122
Cleveland 020 140 001 8130
WP: José Mesa (1-0)  LP: Alan Mills (0-1)  
HRs: CLE – Sandy Alomar, Jr. (1) Manny Ramírez (2)   BAL – Brady Anderson (2) Harold Baines (1) Rafael Palmeiro (1)

Game 5

October 13, Jacobs Field

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Baltimore 002 000 002 4100
Cleveland 000 000 002 281
WP: Scott Kamieniecki (1-0)  LP: Chad Ogea (0-2)  
HRs: BAL – Eric Davis (1)

Game 6

October 15, Camden Yards

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
Cleveland 000 000 000 01 130
Baltimore 000 000 000 00 0100
WP: Brian Anderson (1-0)  LP: Armando Benítez (0-2)  S: José Mesa (1)
HRs: CLE: – Tony Fernández (1)

Awards and honors

1997 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system
Level Team League Manager
AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Marv Foley
AA Bowie Baysox Eastern League Joe Ferguson
A Frederick Keys Carolina League Dave Hilton
A Delmarva Shorebirds South Atlantic League Tommy Shields and Tom Trebelhorn
Rookie Bluefield Orioles Appalachian League Bobby Dickerson
Rookie GCL Orioles Gulf Coast League Butch Davis

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Rochester, Delmarva, Bluefield[7]

References
  1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/keyji01.shtml
  2. Mike Bordick Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/waltoje01.shtml
  4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/daviser01.shtml
  5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mcclasc01.shtml
  6. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/aw_hut.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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