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1997 Baltimore Orioles

1997 American League East champs

File:BaltimoreOrioles 100.png

Division

East Division

Ballpark

Oriole Park at Camden Yards

City

Owners

Television

WJZ-TV/WNUV/WBDC
Home Team Sports
(Mel Proctor, Michael Reghi)

Radio

WBAL (AM)
(Chuck Thompson, Fred Manfra, Jim Hunter)

← 1996

Seasons

1998 →

The 1997 Baltimore Orioles season saw the Orioles finishing 1st in the American League East with a record of 98 wins and 64 losses. They met the Seattle Mariners in the ALDS, and beat them in 4 games. However, in the ALCS, they would play the Cleveland Indians, where they would fall in 6 games. The Orioles have not a winning season since.

Offseason

December 10, 1996: Jimmy Key was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.
December 13, 1996: Mike Bordick was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.
December 18, 1996: Jerome Walton was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.
December 19, 1996: Eric Davis was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.
March 22, 1997: Scott McClain was traded by the Baltimore Orioles with Manny Alexander to the New York Mets for Hector Ramirez.

Roster

1997 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers 49 Armando Benítez 32 Shawn Boskie 27 Rocky Coppinger 19 Scott Erickson 39,59 Mike Johnson 30 Scott Kamieniecki 21 Jimmy Key 38 Rick Krivda 51 Terry Mathews 75 Alan Mills 35 Mike Mussina 28 Randy Myers 47 Jesse Orosco 53 Arthur Rhodes 39 Nerio Rodríguez 55 Brian Williams 56 Esteban Yan		Catchers 34 Charlie Greene 23 Chris Hoiles 37 Tim Laker 50 Mel Rosario 42 Lenny Webster Infielders 12 Roberto Alomar 14 Mike Bordick 6 Aaron Ledesma 25 Rafael Palmeiro 36 Jeff Reboulet 8 Cal Ripken, Jr.		Outfielders 9 Brady Anderson 10,3 Harold Baines 10,29 Geronimo Berroa 37 Danny Clyburn 24 Eric Davis 26 David Dellucci 11 Jeffrey Hammonds 26,29 Pete Incaviglia 17 B. J. Surhoff 3,43 Tony Tarasco 1 Jerome Walton		Manager 15 Davey Johnson Coaches 48 Rick Down 55 Andy Etchebarren 44 Elrod Hendricks 31 Ray Miller 2 Sam Perlozzo 18 John Stearns

1997 Baltimore Orioles

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

15 Davey Johnson

Coaches

Regular season

Season standings

v
t
e
AL East
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
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

Game log

Template:1997 Baltimore Orioles season game log

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Chris Hoiles	99	320	45	83	.259	12	49
1B	Rafael Palmeiro	158	614	95	156	.254	38	110
2B	Roberto Alomar	112	412	64	137	.333	14	60
3B	Cal Ripken, Jr.	162	615	79	166	.270	17	84
SS	Mike Bordick	153	509	55	120	.236	7	46
LF	B.J. Surhoff	147	528	80	150	.284	18	88
CF	Brady Anderson	151	590	97	170	.288	18	73
RF	Jeffrey Hammonds	118	397	71	105	.264	21	55

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Tony Tarasco	100	166	34	.205	7	26
Jeff Reboulet	99	228	54	.237	4	27
Lenny Webster	98	259	66	.255	7	37
Aaron Ledesma	43	88	31	.352	2	11
Eric Davis	42	158	48	.304	8	25
David Delucci	17	27	6	.222	1	3

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Jimmy Key	34	212.3	16	10	3.43	141
Scott Erickson	33	221.7	16	7	3.69	131
Mike Mussina	33	224.7	15	8	3.20	218
Scott Kamieniecki	30	179.3	10	6	4.01	109
Rick Krivda	10	50.0	4	2	6.30	29

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Shawn Boskie	28	77.0	6	6	6.43	50
Mike Johnson	14	39.7	0	1	7.94	29
Nerio Rodriguez	6	22.0	2	1	4.91	11
Rocky Coppinger	5	20.0	1	1	6.30	22
Esteban Yan	3	9.7	0	1	15.83	4

Relief pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Randy Myers	61	59.7	2	3	45	1.51	56
Armando Benitez	71	73.3	4	5	9	2.45	106
Jesse Orosco	71	50.3	6	3	0	2.32	46
Terry Mathews	57	63.3	4	4	1	4.41	39
Arthur Rhodes	53	95.3	10	3	1	3.02	102
Alan Mills	39	38.7	2	3	0	4.89	32
Brian Williams	13	24.0	0	0	0	3.00	14

ALDS

Main article: 1997 American League Division Series

Game 1

October 1, Kingdome

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Baltimore	0	0	1	0	4	4	0	0	0	9	13	0
Seattle	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	7	1
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)

Game 2

October 2, Kingdome

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Baltimore	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	4	0	9	14	0
Seattle	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	9	0
W: Scott Erickson (1-0) L: Jamie Moyer (0-1) SV: None
HR: BAL – Harold Baines (1) Brady Anderson (1) SEA – None

Game 3

October 4, Oriole Park at Camden Yards

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Seattle	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	4	11	0
Baltimore	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	0
W: Jeff Fassero (1-0) L: Jimmy Key (0-1) SV: None
HR: BAL – None SEA – Jay Buhner (2) Paul Sorrento (1)

Game 4

October 5, Oriole Park at Camden Yards

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Seattle	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0
Baltimore	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	3	7	0
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)

ALCS

Main article: 1997 American League Championship Series

Game 1

October 8, Camden Yards

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cleveland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
Baltimore	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	X	3	6	1
WP: Scott Erickson (1-0) LP: Chad Ogea (0-1) SV: Randy Myers (1)
HRs: BAL – Brady Anderson (1) Roberto Alomar (1)

Game 2

October 9, Camden Yards

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cleveland	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	5	6	3
Baltimore	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	8	1
WP: Paul Assenmacher (1-0) LP: Armando Benitez (0-1) SV: Jose Mesa (1)
HRs: CLE – Manny Ramírez (1) Marquis Grissom (1) BAL – Cal Ripken (1)

Game 3

October 11, Jacobs Field

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	R	H	E
Baltimore	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	8	1
Cleveland	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	0
WP: Eric Plunk (1-0) LP: Randy Myers (0-1)
HRs: None

Game 4

October 12, Jacobs Field

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Baltimore	0	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	7	12	2
Cleveland	0	2	0	1	4	0	0	0	1	8	13	0
WP: Jose 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)

Game 5

October 13, Jacobs Field

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Baltimore	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	10	0
Cleveland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	8	1
WP: Scott Kamieniecki (1-0) LP: Chad Ogea (0-2)
HRs: BAL – Eric Davis (1)

Game 6

October 15, Camden Yards

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
Cleveland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0
Baltimore	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
WP: Brian Anderson (1-0) LP: Armando Benitez (0-2) S: Jose Mesa (1)
HRs: CLE: – Tony Fernández (1)

Awards and honors

Eric Davis, Outfield, Roberto Clemente Award
Eric Davis, Hutch Award

1997 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

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

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Rochester, Delmarva, Bluefield

References

http://www.baseball-reference.com/k/keyji01.shtml
Mike Bordick Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/waltoje01.shtml
http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/daviser01.shtml
http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mcclasc01.shtml
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/aw_hut.shtml
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007

1997 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Detroit New York Toronto
AL Central	Chicago Cleveland Kansas City Milwaukee Minnesota
AL West	Anaheim Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Atlanta Florida Montréal New York Philadelphia
NL Central	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Pittsburgh St. Louis
NL West	Colorado Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

Baltimore Orioles

Established in 1901
Formerly the Milwaukee Brewers and the St. Louis Browns
Based in Baltimore, Maryland

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: Majestic Park; West End Park; Coffee Pot Park; Wright Field; Tech Field; Perris Hill Park; Yuma Municipal Stadium; City Island Ball Park; Scottsdale Stadium; Miami Stadium; Ed Smith Stadium; Al Lang Stadium; Fort Lauderdale Stadium

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

Washington Nationals

Key personnel

Owner: David Rubenstein
Executive Vice President/General Manager: Mike Elias
Manager: Brandon Hyde

World Series
championships (3)

American League
pennants (7)

AL East
division titles (10)

AL Wild Card
(4)

Minor league
affiliates

Broadcasting

TV: Mid-Atlantic Sports Network
Radio: Orioles Radio Network
Announcers: Kevin Brown; Geoff Arnold; Scott Garceau; Melanie Newman; Jim Palmer; Ben McDonald

Seasons (121)
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Category
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Preceded byNew York Yankees
1996

AL East Championship Season
1997

Succeeded byNew York Yankees
1998

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