1997 New York Yankees | ||
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American League Wild Card Winners | ||
League | American League | |
Division | East | |
Ballpark | Yankee Stadium | |
City | New York City | |
Record | 96–66 (.593) | |
Divisional place | 2nd | |
Owners | George Steinbrenner | |
General managers | Bob Watson | |
Managers | Joe Torre | |
Television | WPIX (Bobby Murcer, Rick Cerone) MSG (Ken Singleton, Jim Kaat, Al Trautwig, Suzyn Waldman) | |
Radio | WABC (AM) (John Sterling, Michael Kay) | |
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The 1997 New York Yankees 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.
Offseason[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Baltimore Orioles | 98 | 64 | .605 | — | 46–35 | 52–29 |
New York Yankees | 96 | 66 | .593 | 2 | 47–33 | 49–33 |
Detroit Tigers | 79 | 83 | .488 | 19 | 42–39 | 37–44 |
Boston Red Sox | 78 | 84 | .481 | 20 | 39–42 | 39–42 |
Toronto Blue Jays | 76 | 86 | .469 | 22 | 42–39 | 34–47 |
Season summary[edit]
June[edit]
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[edit]
On August 31: The New York Yankees retired Don Mattingly's number.
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Record vs. opponents[edit]
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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[edit]
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Game log[edit]
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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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Postseason Game log[edit]
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Player stats[edit]
Batting[edit]
Starters by position[edit]
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[edit]
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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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[edit]
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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Andy Pettitte | 35 | 240.1 | 18 | 7 | 2.88 | 166 |
David Wells | 32 | 218.0 | 16 | 10 | 4.21 | 156 |
David Cone | 29 | 195.0 | 12 | 6 | 2.82 | 222 |
Dwight Gooden | 20 | 106.1 | 9 | 5 | 4.91 | 66 |
Other pitchers[edit]
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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Kenny Rogers | 31 | 145.0 | 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 | 14.0 | 3 | 0 | 1.93 | 8 |
Relief pitchers[edit]
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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Mariano Rivera | 66 | 6 | 4 | 43 | 1.88 | 68 |
Jeff Nelson | 77 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2.86 | 81 |
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[edit]
Game 1[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/YankeesRetired23.svg/110px-YankeesRetired23.svg.png)
- Tino Martinez, Silver Slugger Award
Farm system[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Pat Listach Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ "Clay Bellinger Stats".
- ^ Jim Leyritz Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ Mike Stanton Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ a b Mark Whiten Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ "Luis Sojo Stats".
- ^ "David Weathers Stats".
- ^ Mariano Duncan Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ "Box Score of Game played on Monday, June 16, 1997 at Yankee Stadium".
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
External links[edit]
- 1997 New York Yankees at Baseball Reference
- 1997 New York Yankees at Baseball Almanac