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1997 American League  Previous Year / Next Year Expanded Standings East Division Team W L WL% GB Bltmore BAL 98 64 .605 -- NewYorkY NYY 96 66 .593 2.0 Detroit DET 79 83 .488 19.0 BostonRS BOS 78 84 .481 20.0 Toronto TOR 76 86 .469 22.0 Central Division Team W L WL% GB Clvlnd CLE 86 75 .534 -- ChicagoW CHW 80 81 .497 6.0 Milwkee MIL 78 83 .484 8.0 Minnesta MIN 68 94 .420 18.5 KansasCy KCR 67 94 .416 19.0 West Division Team W L WL% GB Seattle SEA 90 72 .556 -- Anaheim ANA 84 78 .519 6.0 Texas TEX 77 85 .475 13.0 Oakland OAK 65 97 .401 25.0 Race Charts from BaseballRace.com: AL | East | Central | West | Wildcard Postseason World Series (4-3):   Florida Marlins over Cleveland Indians AL Championship Series (4-2):   Cleveland Indians over Baltimore Orioles AL Division Series (3-2):   Cleveland Indians over New York Yankees AL Division Series (3-1):   Baltimore Orioles over Seattle Mariners BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this league (what's this?)

1997 AL | NL League Yearly Summary - Expanded Standings: AL | NL - Expanded Leaderboards: AL | ML | NL -
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League Splits - Bat: ML-NL-AL - Pitch: ML-NL-AL

League Batting    Glossary

 Tm    R/G    R    G    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS  OPS+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 SEA  5.71   925  162  5614  1574  312  21  264  626  1110  .280  .353  .485   89   40 119  5.74  5.68
 NYY  5.50   891  162  5710  1636  325  23  161  676   954  .287  .362  .436   99   58 108  4.99  6.00
 CLE  5.39   868  161  5556  1589  301  22  220  617   955  .286  .357  .467  118   59 112  5.25  5.54
 BOS  5.25   851  162  5781  1684  373  32  185  514  1044  .291  .349  .463   68   48 110  5.28  5.22
 ANA  5.12   829  162  5628  1531  279  25  161  617   953  .272  .344  .416  126   72  97  5.41  4.81
 BAL  5.01   812  162  5584  1498  264  22  196  586   952  .268  .338  .429   63   26 103  4.80  5.22
 TEX  4.98   807  162  5651  1547  311  27  187  500  1116  .274  .333  .438   72   37  96  5.06  4.90
 CHW  4.84   779  161  5491  1498  260  28  158  569   901  .273  .341  .417  106   52 101  4.80  4.88
 DET  4.84   784  162  5481  1415  268  32  176  578  1164  .258  .329  .415  161   72  95  5.10  4.58
 MIN  4.77   772  162  5634  1522  305  40  132  495  1121  .270  .329  .409  151   52  93  4.86  4.67
 OAK  4.72   764  162  5589  1451  274  23  197  642  1181  .260  .336  .423   71   36 102  4.81  4.62
 KCR  4.64   747  161  5599  1478  256  35  158  561  1061  .264  .331  .407  130   66  92  4.84  4.44
 MIL  4.23   681  161  5444  1415  294  27  135  494   967  .260  .321  .398  103   55  88  4.43  4.04
 TOR  4.04   654  162  5473  1333  275  41  147  487  1138  .244  .305  .389  134   50  83  4.02  4.05
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 Tot  4.93 11164 2264 78235 21171 4097 398 2477 7962 14617  .271  .340  .428 1491  723

League Pitching    Glossary

 Tm   R/G    RA    G   ERA    IP    H    H/G    BB  BB/G  HR    SO   CG  cgSHO tmSHO  SV ERA+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 NYY  4.25   688  162  3.84  1467  1463   9.0   532  3.3  144  1165   11     3    10  51 117  4.16  4.33
 BAL  4.20   681  162  3.91  1461  1404   8.7   563  3.5  164  1139    8     4    10  59 112  4.33  4.07
 TOR  4.28   694  162  3.92  1442  1453   9.0   497  3.1  167  1150   19     7    16  34 115  4.01  4.56
 MIL  4.61   742  161  4.22  1427  1419   8.8   542  3.4  177  1012    6     3     8  44 110  4.39  4.83
 ANA  4.90   794  162  4.52  1454  1506   9.3   605  3.7  202  1050    9     3     5  39 103  5.11  4.69
 DET  4.88   790  162  4.56  1445  1476   9.1   552  3.4  178   982   13     5     8  42 100  4.69  5.06
 TEX  5.08   823  162  4.68  1429  1598   9.9   541  3.3  169   925    8     1     9  33 102  5.23  4.93
 KCR  5.09   820  161  4.71  1443  1530   9.5   531  3.3  186   961   11     2     5  29  99  5.43  4.77
 CLE  5.06   815  161  4.73  1425  1528   9.5   575  3.6  181  1036    4     1     3  39  99  5.02  5.10
 CHW  5.17   833  161  4.74  1422  1505   9.3   575  3.6  175   961    6     1     7  52  93  4.85  5.50
 SEA  5.14   833  162  4.79  1447  1500   9.3   598  3.7  192  1207    9     3     8  38  93  5.21  5.07
 BOS  5.29   857  162  4.87  1451  1567   9.7   610  3.8  149   987    7     3     4  40  96  5.20  5.38
 MIN  5.31   861  162  5.02  1434  1596   9.9   495  3.1  187   908   10     3     4  30  92  5.41  5.22
 OAK  5.84   946  162  5.49  1445  1734  10.7   642  4.0  197   953    2     0     1  38  81  6.14  5.54
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 TOT  4.93 11177 2264  4.57 20193 21279   9.4  7858  3.5 2468 14436  123          98 568

League Miscellaneous Stats    Glossary

 Tm    E   DP  Fldg% DefEff Attendance  Att/G    pW-pL  hmW-L rdW-L BPF PPF AgeB AgeP HOF  AS aAS Est. Payroll Managers 
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------+------------------------
 BAL   97  148  .984   .698  3,711,132  45,816   94-68  46-35 52-29  97  96 31.7 30.7   1   5  31  $58,516,400 Johnson
 NYY  105  156  .983   .684  2,580,325  32,254  100-62  47-33 49-33 100  98 30.6 29.6   1   5  37  $62,241,545 Torre
 SEA  123  143  .980   .677  3,192,237  39,410   89-73  45-36 45-36  98  98 29.3 30.4   0   5  24  $41,540,661 Piniella
 CLE  108  159  .983   .679  3,404,750  42,034   85-76  44-37 42-38 103 102 30.2 29.7   0   3  45  $56,802,460 Hargrove
 ANA  126  140  .980   .688  1,767,330  21,553   84-78  46-36 38-42 102 102 29.7 28.3   1   1  29  $31,135,472 Collins
 CHW  125  131  .978   .687  1,864,782  23,022   76-85  45-36 35-45  96  96 29.3 29.4   0   2  25  $57,740,000 Bevington
 DET   91  146  .985   .697  1,365,157  16,854   80-82  42-39 37-44  99 100 26.4 27.5   0   1  18  $17,272,000 Bell
 BOS  136  179  .978   .673  2,226,136  27,483   80-82  39-42 39-42 102 102 27.9 27.8   0   1  17  $43,558,750 Williams
 MIL  125  171  .980   .693  1,444,027  18,050   74-87  47-33 31-50 101 102 28.0 28.3   0   1  25  $23,655,338 Garner
 TEX  122  155  .981   .674  2,945,228  36,361   80-82  39-42 38-43 105 105 28.2 29.7   0   1  13  $53,448,838 Oates
 TOR   97  150  .983   .686  2,589,297  31,967   77-85  42-39 34-47  99  99 29.6 28.8   0   2  37  $47,079,833 Gaston and Queen
 MIN  100  170  .983   .680  1,411,064  17,421   73-89  35-46 33-48 101 101 29.2 28.1   1   1  32  $34,072,500 Kelly
 KCR   88  168  .985   .691  1,517,638  18,970   74-87  33-47 34-47 101 102 28.8 27.6   0   1  31  $34,655,000 Boone and Muser
 OAK  121  170  .980   .659  1,264,218  15,608   65-97  35-46 30-51  96  97 28.0 27.8   0   1  22  $24,018,500 Howe
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------+------------------------

League Awards
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Batting stats are BA/OBP/SLG.
Pitching stats are W-L ERA.

Award-Winners Complete Voting Results Most Valuable Player Ken Griffey SEA .304/.382/.646 Cy Young Award Roger Clemens TOR 21-7  2.05 292 SO Rookie of the Year Nomar Garciaparra BOS .306/.342/.534 Manager of the Year Davey Johnson Triple Crown Winner Roger Clemens TOR 21-7  2.05 292 SO Rolaids Relief Randy Myers BAL 2-3 (45 sv) 1.51 56 SO ALCS MVP Marquis Grissom CLE .261/.292/.391

Gold Glove Winners Pitcher Mike Mussina Catcher Ivan Rodriguez First Base Rafael Palmeiro Second Base Chuck Knoblauch Third Base Matt Williams Shortstop Omar Vizquel Outfield Jim Edmonds, Ken Griffey, and Bernie Williams Silver Slugger Winners Catcher Ivan Rodriguez First Base Tino Martinez Second Base Chuck Knoblauch Third Base Matt Williams Shortstop Nomar Garciaparra Outfield Juan Gonzalez, Ken Griffey, and David Justice

League Leaderboards    Expanded Leaderboard (MLB Leaders) - Glossary
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Batting Average Thomas-CHW .347 Martinez-SEA .330 Justice-CLE .329 Williams-NYY .328 Ramirez-CLE .328	On-base % Thomas-CHW .456 Martinez-SEA .456 Thome-CLE .423 Vaughn-BOS .420 Justice-CLE .418	Slugging % Griffey-SEA .646 Thomas-CHW .611 Justice-CLE .596 Gonzalez-TEX .589 Thome-CLE .579	OPS Thomas-CHW 1.067 Griffey-SEA 1.028 Justice-CLE 1.013 Martinez-SEA 1.009 Thome-CLE 1.001
Games Hunter-DET 162 Ripken-BAL 162 Belle-CHW 161 Clark-DET 159 Jeter-NYY 159	At Bats Garciaparra-BOS 684 Hunter-DET 658 Jeter-NYY 654 Belle-CHW 634 Durham-CHW 634	Plate Appearances (approx.) Jeter-NYY 748 Hunter-DET 738 Garciaparra-BOS 734 Knoblauch-MIN 716 Durham-CHW 711	Runs Griffey-SEA 125 Garciaparra-BOS 122 Knoblauch-MIN 117 Jeter-NYY 116 Greer-TEX 112 Hunter-DET 112
Hits Garciaparra-BOS 209 Greer-TEX 193 Jeter-NYY 190 Anderson-ANA 189 Rodriguez-TEX 187	Total Bases Griffey-SEA 393 Garciaparra-BOS 365 Martinez-NYY 343 Thomas-CHW 324 Greer-TEX 319	Doubles Valentin-BOS 47 Cirillo-MIL 46 Belle-CHW 45 Garciaparra-BOS 44 Delgado-TOR 42 Greer-TEX 42 O'Neill-NYY 42	Triples Garciaparra-BOS 11 Knoblauch-MIN 10 Burnitz-MIL 8 Damon-KCR 8 Alicea-ANA 7 Anderson-BAL 7 Hunter-DET 7 Jeter-NYY 7 Stewart-TOR 7
Home Runs Griffey-SEA 56 Martinez-NYY 44 Gonzalez-TEX 42 Buhner-SEA 40 Thome-CLE 40	RBI Griffey-SEA 147 Martinez-NYY 141 Gonzalez-TEX 131 Salmon-ANA 129 Thomas-CHW 125	Bases on Balls Thome-CLE 120 Buhner-SEA 119 Martinez-SEA 119 Thomas-CHW 109 Phillips-TOT 102	Strikeouts Buhner-SEA 175 Nieves-DET 157 Vaughn-BOS 154 Thome-CLE 146 Clark-DET 144
Stolen Bases Hunter-DET 74 Knoblauch-MIN 62 Goodwin-TOT 50 Nixon-TOR 47 Vizquel-CLE 43	Singles Anderson-ANA 142 Jeter-NYY 142 Hunter-DET 137 Knoblauch-MIN 133 Durham-CHW 129 Rodriguez-TEX 129	Adjusted OPS+ Thomas-CHW 181 Griffey-SEA 165 Martinez-SEA 165 Justice-CLE 158 Thome-CLE 156	Runs Created Thomas-CHW 153 Griffey-SEA 152 Martinez-SEA 140 Greer-TEX 132 Thome-CLE 131
Adjusted Batting Runs Thomas-CHW 70 Martinez-SEA 61 Griffey-SEA 58 Thome-CLE 47 Justice-CLE 45	Batting Wins Thomas-CHW 6.4 Martinez-SEA 5.6 Griffey-SEA 5.3 Thome-CLE 4.3 Justice-CLE 4.2	Extra-Base Hits Griffey-SEA 93 Garciaparra-BOS 85 Martinez-NYY 77 Belle-CHW 76 Delgado-TOR 75	Times on Base Martinez-SEA 309 Thomas-CHW 296 Greer-TEX 279 Knoblauch-MIN 279 Jeter-NYY 274 Salmon-ANA 274
Offensive Win% Thomas-CHW .802 Martinez-SEA .754 Thome-CLE .751 Justice-CLE .747 Vaughn-BOS .739	Hit By Pitch Anderson-BAL 19 Knoblauch-MIN 17 Easley-DET 16 Meares-MIN 16 Cirillo-MIL 14	Sac. Hits Vizquel-CLE 16 Cruz-DET 14 Bordick-BAL 12 Gonzalez-TOR 11 Goodwin-TOT 11 Guillen-CHW 11 Reboulet-BAL 11	Sac. Flies Martinez-NYY 13 Griffey-SEA 12 King-KCR 12 Molitor-MIN 12 Fryman-DET 11 Salmon-ANA 11
Intentional Walks Griffey-SEA 23 Vaughn-BOS 17 Davis-KCR 16 Martinez-NYY 14 Surhoff-BAL 14	Grounded into Double Plays Belle-CHW 26 Bordick-BAL 23 Buhner-SEA 23 Martinez-SEA 21 Valentin-BOS 21	Caught Stealing Hunter-DET 18 Durham-CHW 16 Goodwin-TOT 16 Burnitz-MIL 13 Easley-DET 13 Grissom-CLE 13	Power/Speed Number Rodriguez-SEA 25.7 Garciaparra-BOS 25.4 Easley-DET 24.6 Griffey-SEA 23.7 Burnitz-MIL 23.0
At Bats per Strikeout Guillen-CHW 20.4 DiSarcina-ANA 18.9 Cora-SEA 11.7 Vizquel-CLE 9.7 Anderson-ANA 8.9	At Bats per Home Run Griffey-SEA 10.9 Thome-CLE 12.4 Gonzalez-TEX 12.7 McGwire-OAK **10.8 Buhner-SEA 13.5 Martinez-NYY 13.5	Outs Hunter-DET 525 Durham-CHW 502 Garciaparra-BOS 502 Jeter-NYY 500 Belle-CHW 498	ERA Clemens-TOR 2.05 Johnson-SEA 2.28 Cone-NYY 2.82 Pettitte-NYY 2.88 Thompson-DET 3.02
Wins Clemens-TOR 21 Johnson-SEA 20 Radke-MIN 20 Pettitte-NYY 18 Moyer-SEA 17	Won-Loss % Johnson-SEA .833 Moyer-SEA .773 Clemens-TOR .750 Pettitte-NYY .720 Hershiser-CLE .700	BB + H per IP (WHIP) Clemens-TOR 1.030 Johnson-SEA 1.052 Mussina-BAL 1.117 Thompson-DET 1.137 Radke-MIN 1.193	Hits Allowed/9IP Johnson-SEA 6.21 Clemens-TOR 6.95 Cone-NYY 7.15 Thompson-DET 7.58 Gordon-BOS 7.64
Bases on Balls/9IP Burkett-TEX 1.43 Tewksbury-MIN 1.65 Radke-MIN 1.80 Wells-NYY 1.86 Moyer-SEA 2.05	Strikeouts/9IP Johnson-SEA 12.30 Cone-NYY 10.25 Clemens-TOR 9.95 Mussina-BAL 8.73 Finley-ANA 8.51	Games Myers-DET 88 Groom-OAK 78 Nelson-NYY 77 Quantrill-TOR 77 Slocumb-TOT 76	Saves Myers-BAL 45 Rivera-NYY 43 Jones-MIL 36 Jones-DET 31 Wetteland-TEX 31
Innings Clemens-TOR 264.0 Hentgen-TOR 264.0 Pettitte-NYY 240.3 Radke-MIN 239.7 Appier-KCR 235.7	Strikeouts Clemens-TOR 292 Johnson-SEA 291 Cone-NYY 222 Mussina-BAL 218 Appier-KCR 196	Games Started Fassero-SEA 35 Hentgen-TOR 35 Pettitte-NYY 35 Radke-MIN 35 Appier-KCR 34 Clemens-TOR 34 Eldred-MIL 34 Key-BAL 34 Nagy-CLE 34 Watson-ANA 34	Comp. Games Clemens-TOR 9 Hentgen-TOR 9 Johnson-SEA 5 Tewksbury-MIN 5 Wells-NYY 5
Shutouts Clemens-TOR 3 Hentgen-TOR 3 Erickson-BAL 2 Johnson-SEA 2 Olivares-TOT 2 Tewksbury-MIN 2 Wakefield-BOS 2 Wells-NYY 2	Home Runs Allow. Watson-ANA 37 Witt-TEX 33 Dickson-ANA 32 Springer-ANA 32 Belcher-KCR 31 Eldred-MIL 31 Hentgen-TOR 31 Williams-TOR 31	Bases On Balls Allow. Hill-TOT 95 Eldred-MIL 89 Wakefield-BOS 87 Cone-NYY 86 Fassero-SEA 84	Hits Allowed Navarro-CHW 267 Hentgen-TOR 253 Nagy-CLE 253 Witt-TEX 245 Belcher-KCR 242
SO to Walk Burkett-TEX 4.63 Clemens-TOR 4.29 Mussina-BAL 4.04 Johnson-SEA 3.78 Radke-MIN 3.63	Losses Baldwin-CHW 15 Eldred-MIL 15 Wakefield-BOS 15 Navarro-CHW 14 Sanders-TOT 14 Williams-TOR 14	Earned Runs Allow. Navarro-CHW 135 Belcher-KCR 119 Baldwin-CHW 117 Eldred-MIL 112 Springer-ANA 112 Witt-TEX 112	Wild Pitches Appier-KCR 14 Baldwin-CHW 14 Cone-NYY 14 Navarro-CHW 14 Fassero-SEA 13
Hit Batsmen Wakefield-BOS 16 Sele-BOS 15 Olivares-TOT 13 Clemens-TOR 12 Hershiser-CLE 11 Oliver-TEX 11	Batters Faced Hentgen-TOR 1085 Clemens-TOR 1044 Fassero-SEA 1010 Nagy-CLE 991 Radke-MIN 989	Games Finished Jones-MIL 73 Slocumb-TOT 61 Wetteland-TEX 58 Aguilera-MIN 57 Myers-BAL 57	Adjusted ERA+ Clemens-TOR 221 Johnson-SEA 196 Cone-NYY 159 Pettitte-NYY 155 Thompson-DET 151
Salary Belle-CHW $10,000,000 Fielder-NYY $9,237,500 Clemens-TOR $8,400,000 Griffey-SEA $7,885,532 Gonzalez-TEX $7,500,000	Oldest Player Martinez-SEA 1955-05-14 (42) Darwin-CHW 1955-10-25 (41) Murray-ANA 1956-02-24 (41) Molitor-MIN 1956-08-22 (40) Orosco-BAL 1957-04-21 (40)	Youngest Player Grieve-OAK 1976-05-04 (21) Escobar-TOR 1976-04-11 (21) Encarnacion-DET 1976-03-08 (21) Rose-BOS 1976-02-13 (21) Wright-CLE 1975-12-29 (21)

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Box Score and Play-by-Play
Starters P. Randy Johnson (SEA) C. Ivan Rodriguez (TEX) 1B. Tino Martinez (NYY) 2B. Roberto Alomar (BAL) 3B. Cal Ripken (BAL) SS. Alex Rodriguez (SEA) LF. Brady Anderson (BAL) CF. Ken Griffey (SEA) RF. Paul O'Neill (NYY) DH. Edgar Martinez (SEA)		Sandy Alomar* (CLE) Albert Belle (CHW) Jeff Cirillo* (MIL) Roger Clemens* (TOR) David Cone* (NYY) Joey Cora* (SEA) Jason Dickson (ANA) Nomar Garciaparra* (BOS) Pat Hentgen* (TOR)		David Justice (CLE) Chuck Knoblauch* (MIN) Mark McGwire* (OAK) Mike Mussina (BAL) Randy Myers* (BAL) Mariano Rivera* (NYY) Jose Rosado* (KCR) Frank Thomas (CHW) Jim Thome* (CLE)		Justin Thompson* (DET) Bernie Williams* (NYY)

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