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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)
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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 90 72 .556 — 48‍–‍33 42‍–‍39
Los Angeles Dodgers 88 74 .543 2 47‍–‍34 41‍–‍40
Colorado Rockies 83 79 .512 7 47‍–‍34 36‍–‍45
San Diego Padres 76 86 .469 14 39‍–‍42 37‍–‍44

Record vs. opponents

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1997 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LA MTL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL AL
Atlanta — 9–2 9–2 5–6 4–8 7–4 6–5 10–2 5–7 10–2 5–6 8–3 7–4 8–3 8–7
Chicago 2–9 — 7–5 2–9 2–9 3–9 5–6 4–7 6–5 6–5 7–5 6–5 5–6 4–8 9–6
Cincinnati 2–9 5–7 — 5–6 5–6 5–7 6–5 6–5 2–9 8–3 8–4 5–6 4–7 6–6 9–6
Colorado 6–5 9–2 6–5 — 7–4 5–6 5–7 7–4 6–5 4–7 4–7 4–8 4–8 7–4 9–7
Florida 8–4 9–2 6–5 4–7 — 7–4 7–4 7–5 4–8 6–6 7–4 5–6 5–6 5–6 12–3
Houston 4–7 9–3 7–5 6–5 4–7 — 7–4 8–3 7–4 4–7 6–6 6–5 3–8 9–3 4–11
Los Angeles 5–6 6–5 5–6 7–5 4–7 4–7 — 7–4 6–5 10–1 9–2 5–7 6–6 5–6 9–7
Montreal 2–10 7–4 5–6 4–7 5–7 3–8 4–7 — 5–7 6–6 5–6 8–3 6–5 6–5 12–3
New York 7–5 5–6 9–2 5–6 8–4 4–7 5–6 7–5 — 7–5 7–4 5–6 3–8 9–2 7–8
Philadelphia 2–10 5–6 3–8 7–4 6–6 7–4 1–10 6–6 5–7 — 5–6 7–4 3–8 6–5 5–10
Pittsburgh 6–5 5–7 4–8 7–4 4–7 6–6 2–9 6–5 4–7 6–5 — 5–6 8–3 9–3 7–8
San Diego 3–8 5–6 6–5 8–4 6–5 5–6 7–5 3–8 6–5 4–7 6–5 — 4–8 5–6 8–8
San Francisco 4–7 6–5 7–4 8–4 6–5 8–3 6–6 5–6 8–3 8–3 3–8 8–4 — 3–8 10–6
St. Louis 3–8 8–4 6–6 4–7 6–5 3–9 6–5 5–6 2–9 5–6 3–9 6–5 8–3 — 8–7


Roster

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1997 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

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
C Rick Wilkins 66 190 37 .195 6 23
1B J.T. Snow 157 531 149 .281 28 104
2B Jeff Kent 155 580 145 .250 29 121
SS José Vizcaíno 151 568 151 .266 5 50
3B Bill Mueller 128 390 114 .292 7 44
LF Barry Bonds 159 532 155 .291 40 101
CF Darryl Hamilton 125 460 124 .270 5 43
RF Glenallen Hill 128 398 104 .261 11 64

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 Javier 142 440 126 .286 8 50
Mark Lewis 118 341 91 .267 10 42
Brian Johnson 56 179 50 .279 11 27
Damon Berryhill 73 167 43 .257 3 23
Marvin Benard 84 114 26 .228 1 13
Rich Aurilia 46 102 28 .275 5 19
Marcus Jensen 30 74 11 .149 1 3
Dante Powell 27 39 12 .308 1 3
Jacob Cruz 16 25 4 .160 0 3
Wilson Delgado 8 7 1 .143 0 0
Doug Mirabelli 6 7 1 .143 0 0

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 Estes 32 201.0 19 5 3.18 181
Kirk Rueter 32 190.2 13 6 3.45 115
Mark Gardner 30 180.1 12 9 4.29 136
William Van Landingham 18 89.0 4 7 4.96 52
Wilson Álvarez 11 66.1 4 3 4.48 69
Osvaldo Fernández 11 56.1 3 4 4.95 31
Keith Foulke 11 44.2 1 5 8.26 33
Danny Darwin 10 44.0 1 3 4.91 30
Pat Rapp 8 33.0 1 2 6.00 28
Doug Creek 3 13.1 1 2 6.75 14

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 Roa 28 65.2 2 5 5.21 34
Terry Mulholland 15 29.2 0 1 5.16 25
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 Beck 73 7 4 37 3.47 53
Julián Tavárez 89 6 4 0 3.87 38
Doug Henry 75 4 5 3 4.71 69
Rich Rodriguez 71 4 3 1 3.17 32
Jim Poole 63 3 1 0 7.11 26
Roberto Hernández 28 5 2 4 2.48 35
John Johnstone 13 0 0 0 3.38 15
Cory Bailey 7 0 1 0 8.38 5
Dan Carlson 6 0 0 0 7.63 14
René Arocha 6 0 0 0 11.32 7
Rich DeLucia 3 0 0 0 10.80 2

National League Divisional Playoffs

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Main article: 1997 National League Division Series

Florida Marlins vs. San Francisco Giants

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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)

Award winners

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All-Star Game

Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Phoenix Firebirds Pacific Coast League Ron Wotus
AA Shreveport Captains Texas League Carlos Lezcano
A Bakersfield Blaze California League Glenn Tufts and Keith Bodie
A San Jose Giants California League Frank Cacciatore
A-Short Season Salem-Keizer Volcanoes Northwest League Shane Turner

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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. ^ a b "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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