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1997 Baltimore Orioles season

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The 1997 Baltimore Orioles season was the 97th season in Baltimore Orioles franchise history, the 44th in Baltimore, and the 6th at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

LeagueAmerican League
BallparkOriole Park at Camden Yards
Record98–64 (.605)
OwnersPeter Angelos
Quick facts Baltimore Orioles, League ...
1997 Baltimore Orioles
American League East champions
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionEast
BallparkOriole Park at Camden Yards
CityBaltimore, Maryland
Record98–64 (.605)
Divisional place1st
OwnersPeter Angelos
General managersPat Gillick
ManagersDavey Johnson
TelevisionWJZ-TV/WNUV/WBDC
Home Team Sports
(Jim Palmer, Mike Flanagan, Michael Reghi)
RadioWBAL (AM)
(Chuck Thompson, Fred Manfra, Jim Hunter)
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The Orioles finished first in the American League East Division with a record of 98 wins and 64 losses. They met the Seattle Mariners in the ALDS, and beat them in four games. However, in the ALCS, they played the Cleveland Indians, where they fell in six games. It was the final season for Davey Johnson as manager, as a disagreement with ownership drove him out. The 1997 season was the Orioles' last winning season and playoff appearance until 2012, 15 years later.

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

More information Team, W ...
AL East
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Baltimore Orioles 9864 .605 — 46‍–‍35 52‍–‍29
New York Yankees 9666 .593 2 47‍–‍33 49‍–‍33
Detroit Tigers 7983 .488 19 42‍–‍39 37‍–‍44
Boston Red Sox 7884 .481 20 39‍–‍42 39‍–‍42
Toronto Blue Jays 7686 .469 22 42‍–‍39 34‍–‍47
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Record vs. opponents

More information Team, ANA ...
1997 American League record
Source: MLB Standings Grid – 1997
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
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Game log

More information #, Date ...
1997 game log
April (16–7)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 2Royals7 – 4Key (1–0)Walker (0–1)Myers (1)46,5881–0
2April 3Royals6 – 4Rhodes (1–0)Montgomery (0–1)Myers (2)43,0312–0
3April 4@ Rangers5 – 4Erickson (1–0)Patterson (0–1)Benítez (1)26,0583–0
4April 5@ Rangers9 – 7Rhodes (2–0)Oliver (0–1)Myers (3)39,0734–0
5April 6@ Rangers9 – 3Pavlik (1–0)Mussina (0–1)36,1564–1
6April 7@ Royals6 – 5Walker (1–1)Benítez (0–1)40,0524–2
7April 9@ Royals4 – 2 (11)Mills (1–0)Bevil (0–1)Myers (4)12,0365–2
8April 11Rangers9 – 3Mussina (1–1)Burkett (0–1)40,5756–2
9April 13Rangers9 – 0Key (2–0)Pavlik (1–1)44,1547–2
10April 14Twins4 – 2Erickson (2–0)Tewksbury (0–2)Myers (5)36,2888–2
11April 15Twins3 – 1Kamieniecki (1–0)Aldred (0–2)Myers (6)40,1969–2
12April 16@ White Sox9 – 3Drabek (1–1)Boskie (0–1)14,0619–3
13April 17@ White Sox1 – 0Mussina (2–1)Darwin (0–1)Myers (7)14,67410–3
14April 20@ Red Sox11 – 1Key (3–0)Gordon (1–2)32,29011–3
15April 21@ Red Sox4 – 2Sele (3–0)Erickson (2–1)Slocumb (3)33,60811–4
16April 22White Sox3 – 2Mussina (3–1)Darwin (0–2)Myers (8)38,39212–4
17April 23White Sox11 – 9 (11)Castillo (2–2)Benítez (0–2)Hernandez (3)42,90212–5
18April 24Red Sox2 – 1 (11)Trlicek (3–4)Mathews (0–1)Henry (4)40,00012–6
19April 25Red Sox2 – 0Erickson (3–1)Gordon (1–3)Myers (9)45,22713–6
20April 26Red Sox14 – 5Key (4–0)Sele (3–1)Johnson (1)47,72714–6
21April 27Red Sox13 – 7Henry (1–0)Rhodes (2–1)47,30714–7
22April 29@ Twins6 – 4Boskie (1–1)Swindell (1–1)Myers (10)11,36815–7
23April 30@ Twins12 – 3Kamieniecki (2–0)Tewksbury (1–4)Benítez (2)12,68616–7
May (20–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
24May 1@ Twins3–2Erickson (4–1)Aldred (1–3)Myers (11)11,67817–7
25May 2Athletics7–1Key (5–0)Karsay (0–3)46,18118–7
26May 3Athletics4–3Small (4–0)Myers (0–1)Taylor (6)45,78018–8
27May 4Athletics11–0Coppinger (1–0)Prieto (2–2)Johnson (2)47,00119–8
28May 5Angels7–2Dickson (5–1)Kamieniecki (2–1)James (3)41,29619–9
29May 6Angels8–4Erickson (5–1)Finley (0–2)Myers (12)37,15020–9
30May 7Angels3–0Key (6–0)Watson (0–2)Myers (13)43,85821–9
31May 8Mariners13–3Mussina (4–1)Johnson (4–1)45,02622–9
32May 9Mariners8–2Moyer (2–0)Coppinger (1–1)47,25722–10
33May 10Mariners3 – 2 (11)Charlton (2–1)Myers (0–2)47,34022–11
34May 11Mariners9–5Erickson (6–1)Martínez (1–3)47,45123–11
35May 12@ Athletics5–1Key (7–0)Karsay (0–4)Benítez (3)11,35224–11
36May 13@ Athletics7–3Mussina (5–1)Mohler (0–5)14,85425–11
37May 14@ Angels6–5Springer (1–1)Boskie (1–2)Holtz (1)15,78025–12
38May 15@ Angels3–2Dickson (6–1)Kamieniecki (2–2)James (5)15,96625–13
39May 16@ Mariners6–3Erickson (7–1)Martínez (1–4)39,45526–13
40May 17@ Mariners4–3Key (8–0)Sanders (0–5)Benítez (4)57,30427–13
41May 18@ Mariners8–7Orosco (1–0)Charlton (2–3)Benítez (5)57,43228–13
42May 20Tigers4–3Kamieniecki (3–2)Olivares (2–3)Myers (14)48,00329–13
43May 21Tigers2–0Erickson (8–1)Thompson (4–3)Myers (15)47,87730–13
44May 23@ Indians6–1Ogea (5–3)Key (8–1)41,15430–14
45May 24@ Indians8–3Mussina (6–1)Kline (3–1)41,04031–14
46May 25@ Indians7–6Nagy (6–2)Rhodes (2–2)Morman (2)42,94431–15
47May 26@ Yankees8–6Boskie (2–2)Pettittie (6–3)Myers (16)40,29632–15
48May 27@ Yankees10–6Kamieniecki (2–2)Rogers (6–3)Benítez (6)29,39233–15
49May 28@ Yankees8–1Key (9–1)Moehler (3–4)Boskie (1)10,69234–15
50May 30Indians3–0Mussina (7–1)Nagy (6–3)47,75835–15
51May 31Indians8–5Boskie (3–2)Mesa (0–3)Myers (17)47,73936–15
June (15–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
52June 3Yankees7–5Myers (1–2)Mecir (0–3)47,57737–15
53June 4Yankees9–7Orosco (2–0)Nelson (2–5)Myers (18)47,74838–15
54June 6@ White Sox7–3Drabek (5–4)Erickson (8–2)R. Hernandez (12)21,30438–16
55June 7@ White Sox1 – 0 (11)R. Hernández (4–1)Myers (1–3)31,54838–17
56June 8@ White Sox2–1Key (10–1)Darwin (2–3)Myers (19)24,08939–17
57June 9@ White Sox10–2Mussina (8–1)Baldwin (3–8)23,46440–17
58June 10@ Red Sox7–2Erickson (9–2)Eshelman (0–1)41–17
59June 10@ Red Sox4–2Rhodes (3–2)Wakefield (2–5)Myers (20)30,99542–17
60June 11@ Red Sox10–1Gordon (4–6)Johnson (0–1)26,47942–18
61June 12@ Red Sox9–5Sele (7–5)Kamieniecki (4–3)24,97042–19
62June 13@ Braves4 – 3Key (11–1)Maddux (7–3)Myers (21)48,33443–19
63June 14@ Braves6 – 4 (12)Rhodes (4–2)Borowski (2–2)Myers (22)26,96444–19
64June 15@ Braves5 – 3 (10)Mathews (1–1)Wohlers (2–2)Myers (23)48,08845–19
65June 16Expos6 – 4Hermanson (3–4)Boskie (3–3)Urbina (12)47,55745–20
66June 17Expos5 – 4Kamieniecki (5–3)Bullinger (4–6)Myers (24)47,79346–20
67June 18Expos1 – 0C. Perez (8–4)Key (11–2)47,44846–21
68June 20@ Blue Jays3 – 0Hentgen (8–3)Mussina (8–2)30,26646–22
69June 21@ Blue Jays5 – 1Erickson (10–2)Plesac (0–3)40,13947–22
70June 22@ Blue Jays5 – 2Kamieniecki (6–3)Person (2–5)Myers (25)35,10648–22
71June 23@ Brewers5 – 0D'Amico (5–3)Key (11–3)16,30448–23
72June 24@ Brewers6 – 2Boskie (4–3)Karl (2–9)Rhodes (1)14,00749–23
73June 25@ Brewers9 – 1Mussina (9–2)Eldred (7–8)21,04250–23
74June 26Blue Jays3 – 0Clemens (12–2)Erickson (10–3)Timlin (7)47,61750–24
75June 27Blue Jays2 – 1Person (3–5)Kamieniecki (6–4)Spoljaric (2)47,90050–25
76June 28Blue Jays5 – 2W. Williams (3–7)Key (11–4)Timlin (8)47,68750–26
77June 29Blue Jays3 – 2Escobar (1–0)Benítez (0–3)Timlin (9)47,76350–27
78June 30Phillies8 – 1Mussina (10–2)Maduro (3–7)47,83751–27
July (16-11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
79July 1Phillies4 – 1Erickson (11–3)Beech (0–4)Myers (26)47,61052–27
80July 2Phillies10 – 6Rhodes (5–2)Spradlin (1–4)47,78553–27
81July 3@ Tigers10 – 1Key (12–4)Lira (5–5)13,20954–27
82July 4@ Tigers4 – 3Rhodes (6–2)Keagle (0–1)Myers (27)30,10055–27
83July 4@ Tigers11 – 8Bautista (2–2)Mills (1–1)T. Jones (12)30,10055–28
84July 5@ Tigers6 – 5Miceli (2–1)Orosco (2–1)T. Jones (13)37,07455–29
85July 6@ Tigers14 – 9Blair (6–4)Erickson (11–4)18,19755–30
86July 11Brewers3 – 1McDonald (8–6)Key (12–5)D. Jones (21)47,91955–31
87July 12Brewers3 – 2Eldred (9–8)Erickson (11–5)D. Jones (22)47,60655–32
88July 13Brewers6 – 4D'Amico (7–4)Mussina (10–3)D. Jones (23)47,44855–33
89July 14Blue Jays9 – 5Mathews (2–1)Person (3–6)47,04256–33
90July 15Blue Jays8 – 4Boskie (5–3)Guzmán (3–6)47,06257–33
91July 16Red Sox4 – 1Avery (3–2)Key (12–6)Slocumb (12)47,71257–34
92July 17Red Sox12 – 9Mahay (1–0)Orosco (2–2)Slocumb (13)47,91257–35
93July 18White Sox3 – 0Baldwin (7–9)Mussina (10–4)R. Hernández (24)47,75957–36
94July 19White Sox8 – 3Rhodes (7–2)Simas (3–1)Benítez (7)47,85758–36
95July 20White Sox10 – 2Navarro (8–8)Boskie (5–4)47,80058–37
96July 21@ Rangers5 – 1Key (13–6)Oliver (6–10)35,84259–37
97July 22@ Rangers9 – 3Erickson (12–5)Burkett (7–9)43,42160–37
98July 23@ Rangers3 – 2Myers (2–3)Patterson (6–4)40,83461–37
99July 25@ Twins5 – 2Radke (14–5)Kamieniecki (6–5)21,52461–38
100July 26@ Twins2 – 1 (12)Orosco (3–2)Aguilera (4–3)Myers (28)24,80662–38
101July 27@ Twins9 – 0Erickson (13–5)Robertson (7–8)19,70263–38
102July 28Rangers7 – 2Mussina (11–4)Witt (10–6)Benítez (8)47,62764–38
103July 29Rangers5 – 4Krivda (1–0)Alberro (0–2)Myers (29)47,74065–38
104July 30Rangers3 – 1Kamieniecki (7–5)Burkett (7–10)Myers (30)47,85466–38
105July 31@ Athletics4 – 0 (11)Benítez (1–3)Johnson (1–3)9,51767–38
August (18-10)
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September (13-16)
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Player stats

Batting

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

More information Pos, Player ...
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
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Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

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

Starting pitchers

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

More information Player, G ...
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mike Mussina33224.21583.20218
Scott Erickson33221.21673.69131
Jimmy Key34212.116103.43141
Scott Kamieniecki30179.11064.01109
Rick Krivda1050.0426.3029
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Other pitchers

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

More information Player, G ...
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Shawn Boskie2877.0666.4350
Mike Johnson1439.2017.9429
Nerio Rodríguez622.0214.9111
Rocky Coppinger520.0116.3022
Esteban Yan39.20115.834
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Relief pitchers

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

More information Player, G ...
Player G IP W L SV ERA SO
Randy Myers6159.223451.5156
Arthur Rhodes5395.110313.02102
Armando Benítez7173.14592.45106
Terry Mathews5763.14414.4139
Jesse Orosco7150.16302.3246
Alan Mills3938.22304.8932
Brian Williams1324.00003.0014
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ALDS

Main article: 1997 American League Division Series

Game 1

October 1, Kingdome

More information Team, R ...
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)
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Game 2

October 2, Kingdome

More information Team, R ...
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
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Game 3

October 4, Oriole Park at Camden Yards

More information Team, R ...
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)
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Game 4

October 5, Oriole Park at Camden Yards

More information Team, R ...
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)
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ALCS

Main article: 1997 American League Championship Series

Game 1

October 8, Camden Yards

More information Team, R ...
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)
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Game 2

October 9, Camden Yards

More information Team, R ...
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)
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Game 3

October 11, Jacobs Field

More information Team, R ...
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
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Game 4

October 12, Jacobs Field

More information Team, R ...
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)
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Game 5

October 13, Jacobs Field

More information Team, R ...
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)
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Game 6

October 15, Camden Yards

More information Team, R ...
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)
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Awards and honors

1997 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

  • Roberto Alomar, starter
  • Cal Ripken Jr., starter

Farm system

More information Level, Team ...
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
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LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Rochester, Delmarva, Bluefield[8]

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