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1997 San Francisco Giants season

The 1997 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 115th season in Major League Baseball, their 40th season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 38th at 3Com Park at Candlestick Point. The Giants finished in first place in the National League West with a record of 90 wins and 72 losses. They lost the NLDS in three games to the Florida Marlins.

1997 San Francisco Giants
National League West champions
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
Ballpark3Com Park at Candlestick Point
CitySan Francisco
Record90–72 (.556)
Divisional place1st
OwnersPeter Magowan
General managersBrian Sabean
ManagersDusty Baker
TelevisionKTVU
SportsChannel Pacific
(Mike Krukow, Duane Kuiper, Lon Simmons, Ted Robinson, Jon Miller )
RadioKNBR
(Mike Krukow, Duane Kuiper, Lon Simmons, Ted Robinson, Jon Miller )
SP Radio
(Julio Gonzalez, Rene De La Rosa, Amaury Pi-Gonzalez)
← 1996
1998 →

Offseason

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  • November 13, 1996: Matt Williams was traded by the San Francisco Giants with a player to be named later to the Cleveland Indians for a player to be named later, Jeff Kent, Julián Tavárez, and José Vizcaíno. The Cleveland Indians sent Joe Roa (December 16, 1996) to the San Francisco Giants to complete the trade.[1]
  • November 26, 1996: J. T. Snow was traded by the Anaheim Angels to the San Francisco Giants for Allen Watson and Fausto Macey (minors).[2]
  • December 16, 1996: Trenidad Hubbard was sent by the San Francisco Giants to the Cleveland Indians to complete an earlier deal made on November 13, 1996.[3]
  • January 6, 1997: Damon Berryhill was signed as a free agent with the San Francisco Giants.[4]

Regular season

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Opening Day starters

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Season standings

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NL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
San Francisco Giants 9072 .556 — 48‍–‍33 42‍–‍39
Los Angeles Dodgers 8874 .543 2 47‍–‍34 41‍–‍40
Colorado Rockies 8379 .512 7 47‍–‍34 36‍–‍45
San Diego Padres 7686 .469 14 39‍–‍42 37‍–‍44

Record vs. opponents

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1997 National League record
Source: MLB Standings Grid – 1997
Team ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL AL
Atlanta—9–29–25–64–87–46–510–25–710–25–68–37–48–38–7
Chicago2–9—7–52–92–93–95–64–76–56–57–56–55–64–89–6
Cincinnati2–95–7—5–65–65–76–56–52–98–38–45–64–76–69–6
Colorado 6–59–26–5—7–45–65–77–46–54–74–74–84–87–49–7
Florida8–49–26–54–7—7–47–47–54–86–67–45–65–65–612–3
Houston4–79–37–56–54–7—7–48–37–44–76–66–53–89–34–11
Los Angeles 5–66–55–67–54–74–7—7–46–510–19–25–76–65–69–7
Montreal2–107–45–64–75–73–84–7—5–76–65–68–36–56–512–3
New York7–55–69–25–68–44–75–67–5—7–57–45–63–89–27–8
Philadelphia2–105–63–87–46–67–41–106–65–7—5–67–43–86–55–10
Pittsburgh6–55–74–87–44–76–62–96–54–76–5—5–68–39–37–8
San Diego3–85–66–58–46–55–67–53–86–54–76–5—4–85–68–8
San Francisco4–76–57–48–46–58–36–65–68–38–33–88–4—3–810–6
St. Louis3–88–46–64–76–53–96–55–62–95–63–96–58–3—8–7

Roster

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1997 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

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Coaches

Notable transactions

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  • August 8, 1997: William Van Landingham was released by the San Francisco Giants.[5]
  • August 19, 1997: William Van Landingham was signed as a free agent with the San Francisco Giants.[5]

The White Flag Trade was a trade made in 1997. On July 31, 1997, the Chicago White Sox traded three major players to the San Francisco Giants for six minor leaguers. At the time, the trade was maligned by the vast majority of White Sox fans as Jerry Reinsdorf giving up on the team, as they were only 3.5 games behind the Cleveland Indians for the American League Central Division lead. In 2000, however, the White Sox won the Central Division title, receiving large contributions from two of the players received in this trade.

Player stats

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Batting

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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
CRick Wilkins6619037.195623
1BJ.T. Snow157531149.28128104
2BJeff Kent155580145.25029121
SSJosé Vizcaíno151568151.266550
3BBill Mueller128390114.292744
LFBarry Bonds159532155.29140101
CFDarryl Hamilton125460124.270543
RFGlenallen Hill128398104.2611164

Other batters

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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
Stan Javier142440126.286850
Mark Lewis11834191.2671042
Brian Johnson5617950.2791127
Damon Berryhill7316743.257323
Marvin Benard8411426.228113
Rich Aurilia4610228.275519
Marcus Jensen307411.14913
Dante Powell273912.30813
Jacob Cruz16254.16003
Wilson Delgado871.14300
Doug Mirabelli671.14300

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Shawn Estes32201.01953.18181
Kirk Rueter32190.21363.45115
Mark Gardner30180.11294.29136
William Van Landingham1889.0474.9652
Wilson Álvarez1166.1434.4869
Osvaldo Fernández1156.1344.9531
Keith Foulke1144.2158.2633
Danny Darwin1044.0134.9130
Pat Rapp833.0126.0028
Doug Creek313.1126.7514

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Joe Roa2865.2255.2134
Terry Mulholland1529.2015.1625
Relief pitchers
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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Rod Beck7374373.4753
Julián Tavárez896403.8738
Doug Henry754534.7169
Rich Rodriguez714313.1732
Jim Poole633107.1126
Roberto Hernández285242.4835
John Johnstone130003.3815
Cory Bailey70108.385
Dan Carlson60007.6314
René Arocha600011.327
Rich DeLucia300010.802

National League Divisional Playoffs

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Florida Marlins vs. San Francisco Giants

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Florida wins the series, 3–0

Game Home Score Visitor Score Date Series
1Florida2San Francisco1September 301-0 (FLA)
2Florida7San Francisco6October 12-0 (FLA)
3San Francisco2Florida6October 33-0 (FLA)

Award winners

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Farm system

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References

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  1. ↑ "Matt Williams Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
  2. ↑ J. T. Snow Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. ↑ "Trent Hubbard Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Damon Berryhill Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
  5. 1 2 "William VanLandingham Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Keith Foulke Stats - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
  7. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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