1997 Los Angeles Dodgers season

1997 Los Angeles Dodgers
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Division	Western Division
Ballpark	Dodger Stadium
City	Los Angeles, California
Owners	Peter O'Malley
Managers	Bill Russell
Television	Fox Sports West 2; KTLA (5)
Radio	KABC Vin Scully, Ross Porter, Rick Monday KWKW Jaime Jarrin, Rene Cardenas
Seasons

The 1997 team, under manager Bill Russell was competitive all season long before finally fading down the stretch and finishing in second place behind the San Francisco Giants.

Season standings

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

1997 Roster

Coaches

• Pitching Coach Dave Wallace
• Hitting Coach Reggie Smith
• Bench Coach Mike Scioscia
• 1st Base Coach Reggie Smith
• 3rd Base Coach Joey Amalfitano
• Bullpen Coach Mark Cresse

Starting Pitchers
Num	Name	Pos	G	GS	IP	W/L	ERA	BB	SO	CG
16	Hideo Nomo	SP	33	33	207.3	14-12	4.25	92	233	1
59	Ismael Valdes	SP	30	30	196.7	10-11	2.65	47	140	0
61	Chan Ho Park	SP	32	29	192.0	14-8	3.38	70	166	2
56	Pedro Astacio	SP	26	24	153.7	7-9	4.10	47	115	2
48	Ramon Martinez	SP	22	22	133.7	10-5	3.64	68	120	1
Relief Pitchers
Num	Name	Pos	G	GS	IP	W/L	ERA	BB	SO	SV
38	Todd Worrell	CL	65	0	59.7	2-6	5.28	23	61	35
36	Scott Radinsky	RP	75	0	62.3	5-1	2.89	21	44	3
52	Darren Hall	RP	63	0	54.7	3-2	2.30	26	39	2
44	Mark Guthrie	RP	62	0	69.3	1-4	5.32	30	42	1
37	Darren Dreifort	RP	48	0	63.0	5-2	2.86	34	63	4
49	Tom Candiotti	RP/SP	41	18	135.0	10-7	3.60	40	90	0
13	Antonio Osuna	RP	48	0	61.7	3-4	2.19	19	68	0
57	Dennys Reyes	RP/SP	14	5	47.0	2-3	3.83	18	36	0
50	Mike Harkey	RP	10	0	14.7	1-0	4.30	5	6	0
55	Rick Gorecki	RP/SP	4	1	6.0	1-0	15.00	6	6	0
60	Mike Judd	RP	1	0	2.7	0-0	0.00	0	4	0
Catchers
Num	Name	Pos	G	AB	Avg.	R	H	HR	RBI	SB
31	Mike Piazza	C	152	556	.362	104	201	40	124	5
15	Tom Prince	C	47	100	.220	17	22	3	514	0
Infielders
Num	Name	Pos	G	AB	Avg.	R	H	HR	RBI	SB
23	Eric Karros	1B	162	628	.266	86	167	31	104	15
30	Wilton Guerrero	2B/SS	111	357	.291	39	104	4	32	6
7	Greg Gagne	SS	144	514	.251	49	129	9	57	2
27	Todd Zeile	3B	260	575	.268	89	154	31	90	8
26	Eric Young	2B	37	154	.273	28	42	2	16	13
46	Nelson Liriano	2B/SS/3B/1B	76	88	.227	10	20	71	11	0
41	Tripp Cromer	2B/SS	28	86	.291	8	25	4	20	0
25	Juan Castro	SS/2B/3B	40	75	.147	3	11	0	4	0
51	Adam Riggs	2B	9	20	.200	3	4	0	1	1
3	Chad Fonville	2B	9	14	.143	1	2	0	1	0
5	Chip Hale	3B	14	12	.083	0	1	0	0	0
66	Paul Konerko	1B/3B	6	7	.143	0	1	0	0	0
33	Eddie Murray	1B	9	7	.286	0	2	0	3	0
26	Eddie Williams	1B	8	7	.143	0	1	0	1	0
54	Henry Blanco	1B	3	5	.400	1	2	1	1	0
Outfielders
Num	Name	Pos	G	AB	Avg.	R	H	HR	RBI	SB
43	Raul Mondesi	RF	159	616	.310	95	191	30	87	32
45	Roger Cedeno	CF/LF/RF	80	194	.273	31	53	3	17	9
28	Todd Hollandsworth	LF/CF/RF	106	296	.247	39	73	4	31	5
22	Brett Butler	CF/LF	105	343	.283	52	97	0	18	15
10	Otis Nixon	CF	42	175	.274	30	48	1	18	12
21	Billy Ashley	LF	71	131	.244	12	32	6	19	0
20	Darren Lewis	LF/CF/RF	26	77	.299	7	23	1	10	3
29	Eric Anthony	LF/RF	47	74	.243	8	18	2	5	2
35	Wayne Kirby	CF/LF/RF	46	65	.169	6	11	0	4	0
12	Karim Garcia	LF/RF	15	39	.128	5	5	1	8	0
56	Garey Ingram	LF/CF	12	9	.444	2	4	0	1	1

Opening Day Starters
Name	Position
Brett Butler	Centerfielder
Wilton Guerrero	Second Baseman
Raul Mondesi	Rightfielder
Mike Piazza	Catcher
Eric Karros	First Baseman
Todd Zeile	Third Baseman
Todd Hollandsworth	Leftfielder
Greg Gagne	Shortstop
Ramon Martinez	Starting Pitcher

1997 Awards

• 1997 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
  • Mike Piazza starter
• Gold Glove Award
  • Raul Mondesi
• 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)

1997 Transactions

• December 9: Acquired Jeff Berblinger from the Detroit Tigers for Deivi Cruz and Juan Hernaiz
• August 9: Acquired Hal Garrett from the Pittsburgh Pirates for Eddie Williams
• August 12: Acquired Otis Nixon from the Toronto Blue Jays for Bobby Cripps
• August 18: Acquired Eric Young from the Colorado Rockies for Pedro Astacio
• August 27: Acquired Darren Lewis from the Chicago White Sox for Chad Fonville

1997 Minor League Teams

• AAA: Albuquerque Dukes (managed by Glenn Hoffman) - Pacific Coast League
• AA: San Antonio Missions (managed by Ron Roenicke) - Texas League -LEAGUE CHAMPIONS
• A: San Bernardino Stampede (managed by Del Crandall/Dino Ebel) - California League
• A: Vero Beach Dodgers (managed by John Shoemaker) - Florida State League
• A: Savannah Sand Gnats (managed by John Shelby) - South Atlantic League
• A: Yakima Bears (managed by Joe Vavra) - Northwest League
• Rookie: Great Falls Dodgers (managed by Mickey Hatcher) - Pioneer League

External links

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