1997 Cincinnati Reds season

The 1997 Cincinnati Reds season consisted of the Cincinnati Reds' MLB season in the National League Central. The Reds were managed by Ray Knight and then Jack McKeon.

1997 Cincinnati Reds
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record76–86 (.469)
Divisional place3rd
Other information
Owner(s)Marge Schott
General manager(s)Jim Bowden
Manager(s)Ray Knight, Jack McKeon
Local televisionWSTR/WKRC-TV
SportsChannel Cincinnati
(Marty Brennaman, George Grande, Chris Welsh)
Local radioWLW
(Marty Brennaman, Joe Nuxhall)
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Offseason

  • December 13, 1996: Pete Rose, Jr. was signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.[1]
  • December 21, 1996: Stan Belinda was signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.[2]
  • December 23, 1996: Rikkert Faneyte was sent to the Cincinnati Reds by the Texas Rangers as part of a conditional deal.[3]
  • January 27, 1997: Terry Pendleton was signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.[4]
  • February 8, 1997: Joe Oliver was signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.[5]
  • March 27, 1997: Scott Service was selected off waivers by the Oakland Athletics from the Cincinnati Reds.[6]

Regular season

Season standings

NL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Houston Astros 8478 0.519 46–35 38–43
Pittsburgh Pirates 7983 0.488 5 43–38 36–45
Cincinnati Reds 7686 0.469 8 40–41 36–45
St. Louis Cardinals 7389 0.451 11 41–40 32–49
Chicago Cubs 6894 0.420 16 42–39 26–55

Record vs. opponents

1997 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LA MTL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL AL
Atlanta9–29–25–64–87–46–510–25–710–25–68–37–48–37–5
Chicago2–97–52–92–93–95–64–76–56–57–56–55–64–89–6
Cincinnati2–95–75–65–65–76–56–52–98–38–45–64–76–69–6
Colorado 6–59–26–57–45–65–77–46–54–74–74–84–87–49–7
Florida8–49–26–54–77–47–47–54–86–67–45–65–65–612–3
Houston4–79–37–56–54–77–48–37–44–76–66–53–89–34–11
Los Angeles 5–66–55–67–54–74–77–46–510–19–25–76–65–69–7
Montreal2–107–45–64–75–73–84–75–76–65–68–36–56–512–3
New York7–55–69–25–68–44–75–67–57–57–45–63–89–27–8
Philadelphia2-105–63–87–46–67–41–106–65–75–67–43–86–55–10
Pittsburgh6–55–74–87–44–76–62–96–54–76–55–68–39–37–8
San Diego3–85–66–58–46–55–67–53–86–54–76–54–85–68–8
San Francisco4–76–57–48–46–58–36–65–68–38–33–88–43–810–6
St. Louis3–88–46–64–76–53-96–55–62–95–63–96–58–38–7

Notable transactions

  • April 4, 1997: Scott Service was selected off waivers by the Cincinnati Reds from the Oakland Athletics.[6]
  • June 3, 1997: DeWayne Wise was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 5th round of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 1997.[7]
  • July 15, 1997: Chris Stynes was traded by the Kansas City Royals with Jon Nunnally to the Cincinnati Reds for Hector Carrasco and Scott Service.[8]
  • July 24, 1997: Terry Pendleton was released by the Cincinnati Reds.[4]
  • 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.[9]

Roster

1997 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log

1997 Game Log

Player stats

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
1BHal Morris9633392.276133
2BBret Boone13944399.223746
SSPokey Reese12839787.219426
LFChris Stynes4919869.348628
CFDeion Sanders115465127.273523
RFReggie Sanders8631279.2531956

[10]

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
Eduardo Pérez10629775.2531652
Curtis Goodwin8526567.253112
Eddie Taubensee10825468.2681034
Lenny Harris12023865.273328
Barry Larkin7322471.317420
Jon Nunnally6520164.3181335
Terry Pendleton5011328.248117
Rubén Sierra259022.24427
Pat Watkins17296.20700
Pete Rose, Jr.11142.14300

[10]

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
Dave Burba3016011104.73131
Kent Mercker28144.28113.9275
John Smiley201179105.2394
Brett Tomko221261173.4395

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

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
Stan Belinda841513.71114
Jeff Shaw7842422.3874
Scott Sullivan595313.2496

Awards and records

  • Bret Boone, National League Record, Best Fielding Average in One Season by a National League Second Baseman (.997)[11]

1997 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

  • Barry Larkin, Shortstop, Starter

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Indianapolis Indians American Association Dave Miley
AA Chattanooga Lookouts Southern League Mark Berry
A Burlington Bees Midwest League Phillip Wellman
A Charleston Alley Cats South Atlantic League Barry Lyons
Rookie Billings Mustangs Pioneer League Donnie Scott

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Billings[12]

Notes

  1. Pete Rose Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  2. Stan Belinda Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. "Rikkert Faneyte Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
  4. Terry Pendleton Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. "Joe Oliver Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
  6. Scott Service Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  7. "DeWayne Wise Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
  8. Chris Stynes Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  9. John Smiley Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  10. 1997 Cincinnati Reds Statistics and Roster – Baseball-Reference.com
  11. Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.92, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  12. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References

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