1997 New York Yankees season

1997 New York Yankees 1997 AL Wild Card
Major league affiliations
American League (since 1901) Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Yankee Stadium (since 1976) New York City, New York (since 1903)
1997 information
Owner(s)	George Steinbrenner
Manager(s)	Joe Torre
Local television	WPIX (Bobby Murcer, Rick Cerone, Suzyn Waldman) MSG (Jim Kaat, Al Trautwig)
Local radio	WABC (AM) (Michael Kay, John Sterling)
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The New York Yankees' 1997 season was the 95th season for the Yankees. New York was managed by Joe Torre and played at Yankee Stadium. The team finished with a record of 96-66 finishing 2 games behind of the Baltimore Orioles in the American League East. They entered the postseason as the American League Wild Card, but lost the Division Series in 5 games to the Cleveland Indians.

Offseason

• October 2, 1996: Pat Listach was sent by the New York Yankees to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete an earlier deal made on August 23, 1996. The New York Yankees sent Bob Wickman and Gerald Williams to the Milwaukee Brewers for a player to be named later, Pat Listach, and Graeme Lloyd. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Ricky Bones (August 29, 1996) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade. Pat Listach returned to original teams on October 2, 1996.
• November 4, 1996: Clay Bellinger was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.
• December 5, 1996: Jim Leyritz was traded by the New York Yankees to the Anaheim Angels for players to be named later. The Anaheim Angels sent Jeremy Blevins (minors) (December 9, 1996) and Ryan Kane (minors) (December 9, 1996) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.
• December 11, 1996: Mike Stanton was Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.
• January 9, 1997: Mark Whiten was Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.
• January 9, 1997: Luis Sojo was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.

Regular season

• June 16 - The first interleague game between the New York Mets and New York Yankees took place at Yankee Stadium. The Mets won the game by a score of 6-0.
• August 31: The New York Yankees retired Don Mattingly's number.

Mattingly's retired number in Monument Park at Yankee Stadium

Season standings

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB
Baltimore Orioles	98	64	.605	--
New York Yankees	96	66	.586	2.0
Detroit Tigers	79	83	.488	19.0
Boston Red Sox	78	84	.481	20.0
Toronto Blue Jays	76	86	.469	22.0

Transactions

• June 9, 1997: Dave Weathers was traded by the New York Yankees to the Cleveland Indians for Chad Curtis.
• July 29, 1997: Mariano Duncan was traded by the New York Yankees with cash to the Toronto Blue Jays for Angel Ramirez (minors).
• August 15, 1997: Mark Whiten was Released by the New York Yankees.

Roster

1997 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers 62 Willie Banks 41 Brian Boehringer 52 Joe Borowski 36 David Cone 11 Dwight Gooden 35 Hideki Irabu 27 Graeme Lloyd 54 Jim Mecir 55 Ramiro Mendoza 43 Jeff Nelson 46 Andy Pettitte 63 Danny Rios 42 Mariano Rivera 17 Kenny Rogers 29 Mike Stanton 52 David Weathers 33 David Wells		Catchers 63 Mike Figga 25 Joe Girardi 22,20 Jorge Posada Infielders 12 Wade Boggs 38 Homer Bush 47 Iván Cruz 18 Mariano Duncan 45 Cecil Fielder 18,26 Andy Fox 33 Charlie Hayes  2 Derek Jeter 14 Pat Kelly 24 Tino Martinez 26 Rey Sánchez 19 Luis Sojo 20 Mike Stanley		Outfielders 28 Chad Curtis 21 Paul O'Neill 38 Scott Pose 31 Tim Raines 39 Darryl Strawberry 22 Mark Whiten 51 Bernie Williams Other batters 52 Pete Incaviglia		Manager  6 Joe Torre Coaches 53 José Cardenal (First Base) 50 Chris Chambliss (Hitting) 40 Tony Cloninger (Bullpen) 30 Willie Randolph (Third Base) 34 Mel Stottlemyre (Pitching) 48 Don Zimmer (Bench)

Player stats

Batting

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
Derek Jeter	159	654	190	.291	10	70

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

ALDS

Main article: 1997 American League Division Series

Game 1

September 30, Yankee Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cleveland	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	11	0
New York	0	1	0	1	1	5	0	0	X	8	11	0
W: Ramiro Mendoza (1-0)   L: Eric Plunk (0-1)  SV: Mariano Rivera (1)
HR: CLE – Sandy Alomar, Jr. (1)   NYY – Tino Martinez (1)   Tim Raines (1)   Derek Jeter (1)   Paul O'Neill (1)

Game 2

October 2, Yankee Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cleveland	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	7	11	1
New York	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	7	2
W: Jaret Wright (1-0)   L: Andy Pettitte (0-1)  SV: None
HR: CLE – Matt Williams (1)  NYY – Derek Jeter (2)

Game 3

October 4, Jacobs Field

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	1
Cleveland	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1
W: David Wells (1-0)   L: Charles Nagy (0-1)  SV: None
HR: CLE – None   NYY – Paul O'Neill (2)

Game 4

October 5, Jacobs Field

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	1
Cleveland	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	9	0
W: Mike Jackson (1-0)   L: Ramiro Mendoza (1-1)  SV: None
HR: CLE – David Justice (1)   Sandy Alomar, Jr. (2)   NYY – None

Game 5

October 6, Jacobs Field

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	3	12	0
Cleveland	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	2
W: Jaret Wright (2-0)   L: Andy Pettitte (0-2)  SV: José Mesa (1)
HR: CLE – None   NYY – None

Awards and records

Don Mattingly's number 23 was retired by the New York Yankees in 1997.

• Tino Martinez, Silver Slugger award

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Columbus Clippers	International League	Stump Merrill
AA	Norwich Navigators	Eastern League	Trey Hillman
A	Tampa Yankees	Florida State League	Lee Mazzilli
A	Greensboro Bats	South Atlantic League	Tom Nieto
Short-Season A	Oneonta Yankees	New York–Penn League	Joe Arnold
Rookie	GCL Yankees	Gulf Coast League	Ken Dominguez

External links

• 1997 New York Yankees
• 1997 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

Preceded by Baltimore Orioles 1996

AL Wild Card 1997

Succeeded by Boston Red Sox 1998