1997 Los Angeles Dodgers season

1997 Los Angeles Dodgers
Major league affiliations
National League (since 1890) Western Division (since 1969)
Location
Dodger Stadium (since 1962) Los Angeles (since 1958)
1997 information
Owner(s)	Peter O'Malley
General manager(s)	Fred Claire
Manager(s)	Bill Russell
Local television	Fox Sports West 2; KTLA (5)
Local radio	KABC Vin Scully, Ross Porter, Rick Monday KWKW Jaime Jarrín, René Cárdenas
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The 1997 Los Angeles Dodgers season, under manager Bill Russell, was a season in American baseball. It was competitive all season long before finally fading down the stretch; the Dodgers finished in second place behind their longtime rivals, San Francisco Giants, in the Western Division of the National League.

Offseason

• December 9, 1996: Acquired Jeff Berblinger from the Detroit Tigers for Deivi Cruz and Juan Hernaiz

Regular season

Tommy Lasorda's number 2 was retired by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1997.

Season standings

NL West	W	L	GB	Pct.
San Francisco Giants	90	72	--	.556
Los Angeles Dodgers	88	74	2.0	.543
Colorado Rockies	83	79	7.0	.512
San Diego Padres	76	86	14.0	.449

Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters
Name	Position
Brett Butler	Center fielder
Wilton Guerrero	Second baseman
Raúl Mondesí	Right fielder
Mike Piazza	Catcher
Eric Karros	First baseman
Todd Zeile	Third baseman
Todd Hollandsworth	Left fielder
Greg Gagne	Shortstop
Ramón Martínez	Starting pitcher

Notable Transactions

• June 3, 1997: 1997 Major League Baseball Draft notable picks:

Round 2: Chase Utley (did not sign)

Round 2-Supplemental Pick: Steve Colyer

Round 40: John Nelson (did not sign)

Round 45: Shane Youman (did not sign)

• August 9, 1997: Acquired Hal Garrett from the Pittsburgh Pirates for Eddie Williams
• August 12, 1997: Acquired Otis Nixon from the Toronto Blue Jays for Bobby Cripps
• August 18, 1997: Acquired Eric Young from the Colorado Rockies for Pedro Astacio
• August 27, 1997: Acquired Darren Lewis from the Chicago White Sox for Chad Fonville
• September 3, 1997: Chip Hale was released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Roster

1997 Los Angeles Dodgers
Roster
Pitchers 56 Pedro Astacio 49 Tom Candiotti 37 Darren Dreifort 55 Rick Gorecki 44 Mark Guthrie 52 Darren Hall 50 Mike Harkey 60 Mike Judd 48 Ramón Martínez 16 Hideo Nomo 13 Antonio Osuna 61 Chan Ho Park 36 Scott Radinsky 57 Dennys Reyes 59 Ismael Valdez 38 Todd Worrell		Catchers 31 Mike Piazza 15 Tom Prince Infielders 54 Henry Blanco 25 Juan Castro 41 Tripp Cromer  3 Chad Fonville  7 Greg Gagne 30 Wilton Guerrero  5 Chip Hale 23 Eric Karros 66 Paul Konerko 46 Nelson Liriano 51 Adam Riggs 26 Eric Young 27 Todd Zeile		Outfielders 29 Eric Anthony 21 Billy Ashley 22 Brett Butler 45 Roger Cedeño 12 Karim Garcia 28 Todd Hollandsworth 56 Garey Ingram 35 Wayne Kirby 20 Darren Lewis 43 Raúl Mondesí 10 Otis Nixon Other batters 33 Eddie Murray 26 Eddie Williams		Manager 18 Bill Russell Coaches  8 Joey Amalfitano (third base) 58 Mark Cresse (bullpen) 11 Manny Mota 14 Mike Scioscia (bench)  9 Reggie Smith (hitting/1st base) 17 Dave Wallace (pitching)

Starting Pitchers stats

Name	G	GS	IP	W/L	ERA	BB	SO	CG
Hideo Nomo	33	33	207.3	14-12	4.25	92	233	1
Ismael Valdez	30	30	196.7	10-11	2.65	47	140	0
Chan Ho Park	32	29	192.0	14-8	3.38	70	166	2
Pedro Astacio	26	24	153.7	7-9	4.10	47	115	2
Ramón Martínez	22	22	133.7	10-5	3.64	68	120	1

Relief Pitchers stats

Name	G	GS	IP	W/L	ERA	BB	SO	SV
Todd Worrell	65	0	59.7	2-6	5.28	23	61	35
Scott Radinsky	75	0	62.3	5-1	2.89	21	44	3
Darren Hall	63	0	54.7	3-2	2.30	26	39	2
Mark Guthrie	62	0	69.3	1-4	5.32	30	42	1
Darren Dreifort	48	0	63.0	5-2	2.86	34	63	4
Tom Candiotti	41	18	135.0	10-7	3.60	40	90	0
Antonio Osuna	48	0	61.7	3-4	2.19	19	68	0
Dennys Reyes	14	5	47.0	2-3	3.83	18	36	0
Mike Harkey	10	0	14.7	1-0	4.30	5	6	0
Rick Gorecki	4	1	6.0	1-0	15.00	6	6	0
Mike Judd	1	0	2.7	0-0	0.00	0	4	0

Batting Stats

Name	Pos	G	AB	Avg.	R	H	HR	RBI	SB
Mike Piazza	C	152	556	.362	104	201	40	124	5
Tom Prince	C	47	100	.220	17	22	3	514	0
Eric Karros	1B	162	628	.266	86	167	31	104	15
Wilton Guerrero	2B/SS	111	357	.291	39	104	4	32	6
Greg Gagne	SS	144	514	.251	49	129	9	57	2
Todd Zeile	3B	260	575	.268	89	154	31	90	8
Eric Young	2B	37	154	.273	28	42	2	16	13
Nelson Liriano	2B/SS/3B/1B	76	88	.227	10	20	1	11	0
Tripp Cromer	2B/SS	28	86	.291	8	25	4	20	0
Juan Castro	SS/2B/3B	40	75	.147	3	11	0	4	0
Adam Riggs	2B	9	20	.200	3	4	0	1	1
Chad Fonville	2B	9	14	.143	1	2	0	1	0
Chip Hale	3B	14	12	.083	0	1	0	0	0
Paul Konerko	1B/3B	6	7	.143	0	1	0	0	0
Eddie Murray	1B	9	7	.286	0	2	0	3	0
Eddie Williams	1B	8	7	.143	0	1	0	1	0
Henry Blanco	1B	3	5	.400	1	2	1	1	0
Raúl Mondesí	RF	159	616	.310	95	191	30	87	32
Roger Cedeño	CF/LF/RF	80	194	.273	31	53	3	17	9
Todd Hollandsworth	LF/CF/RF	106	296	.247	39	73	4	31	5
Brett Butler	CF/LF	105	343	.283	52	97	0	18	15
Otis Nixon	CF	42	175	.274	30	48	1	18	12
Billy Ashley	LF	71	131	.244	12	32	6	19	0
Darren Lewis	LF/CF/RF	26	77	.299	7	23	1	10	3
Eric Anthony	LF/RF	47	74	.243	8	18	2	5	2
Wayne Kirby	CF/LF/RF	46	65	.169	6	11	0	4	0
Karim Garcia	LF/RF	15	39	.128	5	5	1	8	0
Garey Ingram	LF/CF	12	9	.444	2	4	0	1	1

1997 Awards

• 1997 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
  • Mike Piazza starter
• Gold Glove Award
  • Raúl Mondesí
• Silver Slugger Award
  • Mike Piazza
• TSN National League All-Star
  • Mike Piazza
• NL Player of the Month
  • Mike Piazza (July 1997)
  • Mike Piazza (August 1997)
• NL Player of the Week
  • Mike Piazza (Aug. 25-31)

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Albuquerque Dukes	Pacific Coast League	Glenn Hoffman
AA	San Antonio Missions	Texas League	Ron Roenicke
High A	San Bernardino Stampede	California League	Del Crandall Dino Ebel
High A	Vero Beach Dodgers	Florida State League	John Shoemaker
A	Savannah Sand Gnats	South Atlantic League	John Shelby
Short-Season A	Yakima Bears	Northwest League	Joe Vavra
Rookie	Great Falls Dodgers	Pioneer League	Mickey Hatcher
Rookie	DSL Dodgers DSL Dodgers 2	Dominican Summer League
Rookie	Adelaide Giants	Australian Baseball League

Teams in BOLD won League Championships

External links

• 1997 Los Angeles Dodgers uniform
• Los Angeles Dodgers official web site
• Baseball-Reference season page
• Baseball Almanac season page