1997 New York Yankees season
The New York Yankees' 1997 season was the 95th season for the Yankees. New York was managed by Joe Torre and played at Yankee Stadium. The team finished with a record of 96–66 finishing 2 games behind the Baltimore Orioles in the American League East. They entered the postseason as the American League Wild Card, but lost the Division Series in 5 games to the Cleveland Indians. The 1997 Yankees failed to repeat as World Series Champions and win their second consecutive title.
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1997 AL Wild Card, Defending World Series Champions | |
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Record | 96–66 (.593) |
Divisional place | 2nd |
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Owner(s) | George Steinbrenner |
General manager(s) | Bob Watson |
Manager(s) | Joe Torre |
Local television | WPIX (Bobby Murcer, Rick Cerone) MSG (Ken Singleton, Jim Kaat, Al Trautwig, Suzyn Waldman) |
Local radio | WABC (AM) (John Sterling, Michael Kay) |
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Offseason
- October 2, 1996: Pat Listach was sent by the New York Yankees to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete an earlier deal made on August 23, 1996. The New York Yankees sent Bob Wickman and Gerald Williams to the Milwaukee Brewers for a player to be named later, Pat Listach, and Graeme Lloyd. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Ricky Bones (August 29, 1996) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade. Pat Listach returned to original teams on October 2, 1996.[1]
- November 4, 1996: Clay Bellinger was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.[2]
- December 5, 1996: Jim Leyritz was traded by the New York Yankees to the Anaheim Angels for players to be named later. The Anaheim Angels sent Jeremy Blevins (minors) (December 9, 1996) and Ryan Kane (minors) (December 9, 1996) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.[3]
- December 11, 1996: Mike Stanton was Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.[4]
- January 9, 1997: Mark Whiten was Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.[5]
- January 9, 1997: Luis Sojo was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.[6]
Notable transaction chart
- June 9, 1997: Dave Weathers was traded by the New York Yankees to the Cleveland Indians for Chad Curtis.[7]
- July 29, 1997: Mariano Duncan was traded by the New York Yankees with cash to the Toronto Blue Jays for Angel Ramirez (minors).[8]
- August 15, 1997: Mark Whiten was Released by the New York Yankees.[5]
Season standings
AL East | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Baltimore Orioles | 98 | 64 | 0.605 | — | 46–35 | 52–29 |
New York Yankees | 96 | 66 | 0.593 | 2 | 47–33 | 49–33 |
Detroit Tigers | 79 | 83 | 0.488 | 19 | 42–39 | 37–44 |
Boston Red Sox | 78 | 84 | 0.481 | 20 | 39–42 | 39–42 |
Toronto Blue Jays | 76 | 86 | 0.469 | 22 | 42–39 | 34–47 |
Season summary
June
On June 16 – The first interleague game between the New York Mets and New York Yankees took place at Yankee Stadium. The Mets won the game by a score of 6–0.[9]
August
On August 31: The New York Yankees retired Don Mattingly's number.
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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 |
Detailed record
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April (14–13) Home: 7–6 Away: 7–7
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May (15–12) Home: 6–8 Away: 9–4
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June (17–8) Home: 10–2 Away: 7–6
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July (15–11) Home: 9–7 Away: 6–4
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August (18–11) Home: 7–5 Away: 11–6
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September (17–11) Home: 8–5 Away: 9–6
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Player stats
Batting
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 | Joe Girardi | 112 | 398 | 105 | .264 | 1 | 50 |
1B | Tino Martinez | 158 | 594 | 176 | .296 | 44 | 141 |
2B | Luis Sojo | 77 | 215 | 66 | .307 | 2 | 25 |
SS | Derek Jeter | 159 | 654 | 190 | .291 | 10 | 70 |
3B | Charlie Hayes | 100 | 353 | 91 | .258 | 11 | 53 |
LF | Tim Raines | 74 | 271 | 87 | .321 | 4 | 38 |
CF | Bernie Williams | 129 | 509 | 167 | .328 | 21 | 100 |
RF | Paul O'Neill | 149 | 553 | 179 | .324 | 21 | 117 |
DH | Cecil Fielder | 98 | 361 | 94 | .260 | 13 | 61 |
Other batters
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Wade Boggs | 103 | 353 | 103 | .292 | 4 | 28 |
Chad Curtis | 93 | 320 | 93 | .291 | 12 | 50 |
Mark Whiten | 69 | 215 | 57 | .265 | 5 | 24 |
Jorge Posada | 60 | 188 | 47 | .250 | 6 | 25 |
Mariano Duncan | 50 | 172 | 42 | .244 | 1 | 13 |
Rey Sánchez | 38 | 138 | 43 | .312 | 1 | 15 |
Pat Kelly | 67 | 120 | 29 | .242 | 2 | 10 |
Mike Stanley | 28 | 87 | 25 | .287 | 3 | 12 |
Scott Pose | 54 | 87 | 19 | .218 | 0 | 5 |
Andy Fox | 22 | 31 | 7 | .226 | 0 | 1 |
Darryl Strawberry | 11 | 29 | 3 | .103 | 0 | 2 |
Iván Cruz | 11 | 20 | 5 | .250 | 0 | 3 |
Pete Incaviglia | 5 | 16 | 4 | .250 | 0 | 0 |
Homer Bush | 10 | 11 | 4 | .364 | 0 | 3 |
Mike Figga | 2 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Starting pitchers
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Andy Pettitte | 35 | 240.1 | 18 | 7 | 2.88 | 166 |
David Wells | 32 | 218 | 16 | 10 | 4.21 | 156 |
David Cone | 29 | 195 | 12 | 6 | 2.82 | 222 |
Dwight Gooden | 20 | 106.1 | 9 | 5 | 4.91 | 66 |
Other pitchers
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Kenny Rogers | 31 | 145 | 6 | 7 | 5.65 | 78 |
Ramiro Mendoza | 39 | 133.2 | 8 | 6 | 4.24 | 82 |
Hideki Irabu | 13 | 53.1 | 5 | 4 | 7.09 | 56 |
Willie Banks | 5 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1.93 | 8 |
Relief pitchers
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Jeff Nelson | 77 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2.86 | 81 |
Mariano Rivera | 66 | 6 | 4 | 43 | 1.88 | 68 |
Mike Stanton | 64 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2.57 | 70 |
Graeme Lloyd | 46 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.31 | 26 |
Brian Boehringer | 34 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2.63 | 53 |
Jim Mecir | 25 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5.88 | 25 |
David Weathers | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10.00 | 4 |
Danny Rios | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.29 | 1 |
Joe Borowski | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 |
Wade Boggs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 |
ALDS
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, Jacobs Field
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, Jacobs Field
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, Jacobs Field
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 |
Awards and records
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Don Mattingly's number 23 was retired by the New York Yankees in 1997. |
- Tino Martinez, Silver Slugger Award
Farm system
References
- Pat Listach Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
- https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bellicl01.shtml
- Jim Leyritz Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
- Mike Stanton Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
- Mark Whiten Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
- https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sojolu01.shtml
- https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/weathda01.shtml
- Mariano Duncan Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
- http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199706160NYA
- Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
External links
- 1997 New York Yankees
- 1997 New York Yankees at Baseball Almanac