1997 Florida Marlins season
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The Florida Marlins' 1997 season started off with the team trying to improve on their record from 1996. Their manager was Jim Leyland. They played home games at Pro Player Stadium. They finished with a record of 92-70, winning the NL Wild Card. The team then pulled off arguably the greatest upset in baseball history by getting through the National League playoffs and winning the World Series over the Cleveland Indians.

Offseason

• November 22, 1996: Bobby Bonilla was Signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins. ¹
• March 26, 1997: Cliff Floyd was traded by the Montreal Expos to the Florida Marlins for Dustin Hermanson and Joe Orsulak. ²

Regular season

Season standings

Transactions

• July 21, 1997: Darren Daulton was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Florida Marlins for Billy McMillon. ³
• July 27, 1997: Craig Counsell was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Florida Marlins for Mark Hutton. ⁴
• July 29, 1997: Matt Treanor was traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Florida Marlins for Matt Whisenant. ⁵

Game log

Template:1997 Florida Marlins season game log

Roster

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

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Other batters

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Starting pitchers

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

NLDS

Main article: 1997 National League Division Series

Florida wins the series, 3-0

Game Home Score Visitor Score Date Series 1 Florida 2 San Francisco 1 September 30 1-0 (FLA) 2 Florida 7 San Francisco 6 October 1 2-0 (FLA) 3 San Francisco 2 Florida 6 October 3 3-0 (FLA) NLCS Main article: 1997 National League Championship Series Game Date Visitor Score Home Score Record (FLA-ATL) Attendance 1 October 7 Florida 5 Atlanta 3 1-0 49,244 2 October 8 Florida 1 Atlanta 7 1-1 48,933 3 October 10 Atlanta 2 Florida 5 2-1 53,857 4 October 11 Atlanta 4 Florida 0 2-2 54,890 5 October 12 Atlanta 1 Florida 2 3-2 46,496 6 October 14 Florida 7 Atlanta 4 4-2 50,466 Florida wins series 4–2 and advance to the World Series World Series Main article: 1997 World Series The Marlins won the World Series in just their fifth season in baseball. Game 1 October 18, 1997 at Pro Player Stadium in Miami, Florida Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Cleveland 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 4 11 0 Florida 0 0 1 4 2 0 0 0 x 7 7 1 W: Liván Hernández (1-0)   L: Orel Hershiser (0-1)  S: Robb Nen (1) HR: CLE – Manny Ramírez (1), Jim Thome (1)  FLA – Moisés Alou (1), Charles Johnson (1) Game 2 October 19, 1997 at Pro Player Stadium in Miami, Florida Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Cleveland 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 6 14 0 Florida 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 W: Chad Ogea (1-0)   L: Kevin Brown (0-1)   HR: CLE – Sandy Alomar Jr. (1) Game 3 October 21, 1997 at Jacobs Field in Cleveland, Ohio Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Florida 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 7 14 16 3 Cleveland 2 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 4 11 10 3 W: Dennis Cook (1-0)   L: Eric Plunk (0-1)  S: Robb Nen (2) HR: FLA – Gary Sheffield (1), Darren Daulton (1), Jim Eisenreich (1)  CLE – Jim Thome (2) Game 4 October 22, 1997 at Jacobs Field in Cleveland, Ohio Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Florida 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 6 2 Cleveland 3 0 3 0 2 1 1 2 X 10 15 0 W: Jaret Wright (1-0)   L: Tony Saunders (0-1)   HR: FLA – Moisés Alou (2)  CLE – Manny Ramírez (2), Matt Williams (1) Game 5 October 23, 1997 at Jacobs Field in Cleveland, Ohio Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Florida 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 8 15 2 Cleveland 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 9 0 W: Liván Hernández (2-0)   L: Orel Hershiser (0-2)  S: Robb Nen (3) HR: FLA – Moisés Alou (3)  CLE – Sandy Alomar Jr. (2) Game 6 October 25, 1997 at Pro Player Stadium in Miami, Florida Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E Cleveland 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 7 0 Florida 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 W: Chad Ogea (2-0)   L: Kevin Brown (0-2)  S: Jose Mesa (1) Game 7 October 26, 1997 at Pro Player Stadium in Miami, Florida Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E Cleveland 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 2 Florida 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 8 0 W: Jay Powell (1-0)   L: Charles Nagy (0-1)   HR – FLA: Bobby Bonilla (1) Awards and honors Darren Daulton, National League Comeback Player of the Year Liván Hernández, NLCS MVP Liván Hernández, World Series MVP 1997 Major League Baseball All-Star Game Moises Alou, Outfield, Reserve Kevin Brown, Pitcher, Reserve Charles Johnson, Catcher, Reserve References ^ Bobby Bonilla Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ^ Cliff Floyd Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ^ Darren Daulton Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ^ Craig Counsell Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/t/treanma01.shtml ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/FLA/1997.shtml ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/FLA/1997.shtml External links 1997 Marlins 1997 Florida Marlins team page at www.baseball-almanac.com Preceded by Los Angeles Dodgers 1996 NL Wild Card 1997 Succeeded by Chicago Cubs 1998 Preceded by Atlanta Braves 1996 National League champion 1997 Succeeded by San Diego Padres 1998 Preceded by New York Yankees 1996 World Series champion 1997 Succeeded by New York Yankees 1998 v • d • e Florida Marlins Based in Miami Gardens, Florida (South Florida) The Franchise Seasons • History • Records • Players • Managers and Owners • Broadcasters • Opening Day starters Ballparks Dolphin Stadium • Roger Dean Stadium (spring training) • New Marlins Stadium (future) Culture Steve Bartman • The Inning • Billy the Marlin • Fire sales Rivalries Citrus Series • Atlanta Braves • New York Mets • Philadelphia Phillies Important Figures Carl Barger • Wayne Huizenga • Jeff Conine • Mike Lowell • Luis Castillo • Josh Beckett • Dontrelle Willis • Miguel Cabrera • Jack McKeon • Jim Leyland • Iván Rodríguez • Hanley Ramírez • Dan Uggla • Jeremy Hermida • Liván Hernández • Gary Sheffield • Edgar Rentería Retired Numbers 5 • 42 Key Personnel Owner: Jeffrey Loria • President of Baseball Operations: Larry Beinfest • General Manager: Michael Hill • Manager: Fredi González World Series Championships (2) 1997 • 2003 League Pennants (2) National League: 1997 • 2003 Division Titles Eastern: none • Wild Card: 1997 • 2003 Seasons (17) 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 Minor League Affiliates AAA: New Orleans Zephyrs • AA: Jacksonville Suns • A: Jupiter Hammerheads • Greensboro Grasshoppers • Jamestown Jammers • Rookie: Gulf Coast Marlins • DSL Marlins v • d • e Florida Marlins 1997 World Series Champions 7 Kurt Abbott | 8 Jim Eisenreich | 9 Gregg Zaun | 10 Gary Sheffield | 15 Cliff Floyd | 16 Edgar Rentería | 18 Moisés Alou | 19 Jeff Conine | 20 Darren Daulton | 22 Devon White | 23 Charles Johnson | 24 Bobby Bonilla | 25 Al Leiter | 26 Alex Arias | 27 Kevin Brown | 28 John Cangelosi | 30 Craig Counsell | 31 Robb Nen | 39 Jay Powell | 41 Tony Saunders | 42 Dennis Cook | 49 Félix Heredia | 52 Ed Vosberg | 57 Antonio Alfonseca | 61 Liván Hernández Manager 11 Jim Leyland v • d • e 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 1997 All-Star Game • 1997 World Series • 1997 MLB Expansion Draft