1997 Cincinnati Reds season

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1997 Cincinnati Reds
DivisionCentral Division
BallparkCinergy Field
CityCincinnati
Record76–86 (.469)
OwnersMarge Schott
ManagersRay Knight, Jack McKeon
TelevisionWSTR/WKRC-TV
SportsChannel Cincinnati
(Marty Brennaman, George Grande, Chris Welsh)
RadioWLW
(Marty Brennaman, Joe Nuxhall)
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The 1997 Cincinnati Reds season consisted of the Cincinnati Reds' MLB season in the National League Central. The Reds were managed by Ray Knight and then Jack McKeon.

Offseason

  • December 13, 1996: Pete Rose, Jr. was signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.[1]
  • December 21, 1996: Stan Belinda was signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.[2]
  • December 23, 1996: Rikkert Faneyte was sent to the Cincinnati Reds by the Texas Rangers as part of a conditional deal.[3]
  • January 27, 1997: Terry Pendleton was signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.[4]
  • February 8, 1997: Joe Oliver was signed as a Free Agent with the Cincinnati Reds.[5]
  • March 27, 1997: Scott Service was selected off waivers by the Oakland Athletics from the Cincinnati Reds.[6]

Regular season

Season standings

NL Central 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
Houston Astros 84 78 0.519 — 46–35 38–43
Pittsburgh Pirates 79 83 0.488 5 43–38 36–45
Cincinnati Reds 76 86 0.469 8 40–41 36–45
St. Louis Cardinals 73 89 0.451 11 41–40 32–49
Chicago Cubs 68 94 0.420 16 42–39 26–55

Record vs. opponents

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 7–5
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


Notable transactions

  • April 4, 1997: Scott Service was selected off waivers by the Cincinnati Reds from the Oakland Athletics.[6]
  • June 3, 1997: DeWayne Wise was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 5th round of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 1997.[7]
  • July 15, 1997: Chris Stynes was traded by the Kansas City Royals with Jon Nunnally to the Cincinnati Reds for Hector Carrasco and Scott Service.[8]
  • July 24, 1997: Terry Pendleton was released by the Cincinnati Reds.[4]
  • July 31, 1997: John Smiley was traded by the Cincinnati Reds with Jeff Branson to the Cleveland Indians for Jim Crowell, Danny Graves, Damian Jackson, and Scott Winchester.[9]

Roster

1997 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log

1997 Game Log
April
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 April 1 Colorado Rockies 11 – 4 54,820 1-0
2 April 2 Colorado Rockies 5 – 3 20,210 2-0
3 April 3 Colorado Rockies 7 – 1 22,660 2-1
4 April 4 Florida Marlins 9 – 7 25,039 3-1
5 April 5 Florida Marlins 4 – 3 38,598 3-2
6 April 6 Florida Marlins 3 – 2 36,146 3-3
7 April 7 Colorado Rockies 13 – 2 48,014 3-4
8 April 9 Colorado Rockies 13 – 4 50,095 3-5
9 April 11 Florida Marlins 10 – 0 21,240 3-6
10 April 12 Florida Marlins 2 – 1 21,466 4-6
11 April 13 Florida Marlins 6 – 4 17,687 5-6
12 April 14 Atlanta Braves 15 – 5 31,427 5-7
13 April 15 Atlanta Braves 3 – 0 31,962 5-8
14 April 16 Atlanta Braves 7 – 1 38,411 5-9
15 April 17 Pittsburgh Pirates 3 – 2 6,039 5-10
16 April 18 Pittsburgh Pirates 6 – 1 9,082 6-10
17 April 19 Pittsburgh Pirates 6 – 5 11,457 6-11
18 April 20 Pittsburgh Pirates 5 – 3 14,542 6-12
19 April 22 New York Mets 7 – 2 14,585 6-13
20 April 23 New York Mets 10 – 2 26,492 6-14
21 April 25 Philadelphia Phillies 10 – 7 22,843 6-15
22 April 26 Philadelphia Phillies 10 – 2 27,357 7-15
23 April 28 New York Mets 15 – 2 15,572 7-16
24 April 29 New York Mets 3 – 1 17,699 7-17
25 April 30 Atlanta Braves 12 – 3 18,278 7-18
May
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
26 1 May Atlanta Braves 4 – 2 19,991 7-19
27 2 May San Francisco Giants 6 – 2 11,959 8-19
28 3 May San Francisco Giants 3 – 1 18,149 9-19
29 4 May San Francisco Giants 2 – 1 26,287 9-20
30 5 May Los Angeles Dodgers 3 – 1 26,955 9-21
31 6 May Los Angeles Dodgers 3 – 2 38,241 10-21
32 7 May Los Angeles Dodgers 4 – 2 28,303 10-22
33 9 May San Diego Padres 7 – 2 22,695 11-22
34 10 May San Diego Padres 9 – 6 24,739 11-23
35 11 May San Diego Padres 5 – 4 31,539 11-24
36 13 May San Francisco Giants 4 – 1 17,828 11-25
37 14 May San Francisco Giants 4 – 2 16,404 11-26
38 15 May Los Angeles Dodgers 2 – 1 16,986 11-27
39 16 May Los Angeles Dodgers 4 – 2 24,556 12-27
40 17 May San Diego Padres 6 – 2 21,469 12-28
41 18 May San Diego Padres 5 – 0 23,265 13-28
42 19 May San Diego Padres 13 – 6 17,898 13-29
43 20 May Houston Astros 7 – 4 14,954 14-29
44 21 May Houston Astros 4 – 3 15,088 14-30
45 23 May Chicago Cubs 3 – 1 23,189 14-31
46 24 May Chicago Cubs 4 – 1 26,887 15-31
47 25 May Chicago Cubs 7 – 5 26,844 16-31
48 26 May Philadelphia Phillies 8 – 5 0 17-31
49 26 May Philadelphia Phillies 8 – 4 16,798 18-31
50 27 May Philadelphia Phillies 2 – 1 17,297 18-32
51 28 May Philadelphia Phillies 2 – 0 15,451 19-32
52 29 May Chicago Cubs 2 – 1 23,005 19-33
53 30 May Chicago Cubs 5 – 1 21,267 20-33
54 31 May Chicago Cubs 7 – 4 36,440 20-34
June
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
55 June 1 Chicago Cubs 7 – 1 28849 20-35
56 June 3 Philadelphia Phillies 3 – 2 14340 21-35
57 June 4 Houston Astros 2 – 5 18849 21-36
58 June 5 Houston Astros 6 – 5 22437 22-36
59 June 6 New York Mets 5 – 2 21339 23-36
60 June 7 New York Mets 10 – 5 23830 24-36
61 June 9 New York Mets 4 – 2 23079 24-37
62 June 10 Pittsburgh Pirates 8 – 5 18556 25-37
63 June 11 Pittsburgh Pirates 2 – 1 20854 26-37
64 June 13 Chicago White Sox 3 – 1 31682 26-38
65 June 14 Chicago White Sox 5 – 1 36685 27-38
66 June 15 Chicago White Sox 14 – 6 31663 27-39
67 June 16 Cleveland Indians 4 – 1 42961 28-39
68 June 17 Cleveland Indians 5 – 1 42901 28-40
69 June 18 Cleveland Indians 5 – 2 42865 29-40
70 June 20 St. Louis Cardinals 4 – 2 42091 30-40
71 June 21 St. Louis Cardinals 6 – 2 44931 30-41
72 June 22 St. Louis Cardinals 5 – 2 43194 30-42
73 June 23 Montréal Expos 5 – 0 12367 30-43
74 June 24 Montréal Expos 7 – 6 13141 31-43
75 June 25 Montréal Expos 2 – 1 12407 32-43
76 June 26 St. Louis Cardinals 5 – 3 20116 32-44
77 June 27 St. Louis Cardinals 5 = 3 28317 33-44
78 June 28 St. Louis Cardinals 12 – 6 24390 33-45
79 June 29 St. Louis Cardinals 6 – 5 24216 33-46
80 June 30 Milwaukee Brewers 4 – 3 19866 34-46
July
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
81 July 1 Milwaukee Brewers 9:1 21264 35-46
82 July 2 Milwaukee Brewers 7:4 27866 36-46
83 July 3 Houston Astros 4:3 14708 37-46
84 July 4 Houston Astros 4:2 34080 38-46
85 July 5 Houston Astros 1:2 24022 38-47
86 July 6 Houston Astros 5:6 25564 38-48
87 July 11 Montréal Expos 2:5 25915 38-49
88 July 12 Montréal Expos 4:3 25744 39-49
89 July 13 Montréal Expos 0:2 22293 39-50
90 July 14 St. Louis Cardinals 4:2 19405 40-50
91 July 15 St. Louis Cardinals 4:7 21232 40-51
92 July 16 Pittsburgh Pirates 7:3 30698 41-51
93 July 17 Pittsburgh Pirates 9:5 19710 42-51
94 July 18 New York Mets 3:4 22901 42-52
95 July 19 New York Mets 3:5 26675 42-53
96 July 20 New York Mets 1:10 36259 42-54
97 July 21 New York Mets 3:5 22172 42-55
98 July 22 Florida Marlins 7:6 19547 43-55
99 July 23 Florida Marlins 1:8 20371 43-56
100 July 25 Atlanta Braves 3:7 34931 43-57
101 July 26 Atlanta Braves 7:6 33115 44-57
102 July 27 Atlanta Braves 2:3 30167 44-58
103 July 28 Florida Marlins 4:0 18393 45-58
104 July 29 Florida Marlins 1:7 20745 45-59
105 July 30 Florida Marlins 0:6 21373 45-60
August
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
106 August 1 San Francisco Giants 7:8 25636 45-61
107 August 2 San Francisco Giants 5:1 23266 46-61
108 August 3 San Francisco Giants 3:8 21272 46-62
109 August 4 San Francisco Giants 1:9 17930 46-63
110 August 5 San Diego Padres 7:3 17797 47-63
111 August 6 San Diego Padres 3:6 18218 47-64
112 August 7 San Diego Padres 7:0 17458 48-64
113 August 8 Los Angeles Dodgers 5:10 26837 48-65
114 August 9 Los Angeles Dodgers 3:2 30809 49-65
115 August 10 Los Angeles Dodgers 8:1 24742 50-65
116 August 11 San Francisco Giants 7:4 19086 51-65
117 August 12 San Francisco Giants 3:7 15890 51-66
118 August 13 San Diego Padres 2:0 15218 52-66
119 August 14 San Diego Padres 4:5 16774 52-67
120 August 15 Los Angeles Dodgers 5:3 46711 53-67
121 August 16 Los Angeles Dodgers 3:5 53464 53-68
122 August 17 Los Angeles Dodgers 5:0 51245 54-68
123 August 19 Colorado Rockies 6:5 31722 55-68
124 August 20 Colorado Rockies 3:5 21968 55-69
125 August 22 Atlanta Braves 2:6 48937 55-70
126 August 23 Atlanta Braves 3:10 48499 55-71
127 August 24 Atlanta Braves 6:4 45577 56-71
128 August 25 Colorado Rockies 7:6 48143 57-71
129 August 25 Colorado Rockies 6:4 48081 58-71
130 August 26 Colorado Rockies 5:9 48063 58-72
131 August 27 Colorado Rockies 5:7 48032 58-73
132 August 29 Minnesota Twins 5:3 12155 59-73
133 August 30 Minnesota Twins 1:4 17831 59-74
134 August 31 Minnesota Twins 6:8 13092 59-75
September
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
135 September 1 Kansas City Royals 7 – 4 31,920 59-76
136 September 2 Kansas City Royals 4:0 15,288 60-76
137 September 3 Kansas City Royals 6:3 16,285 61-76
138 September 4 Pittsburgh Pirates 5:2 15,136 62-76
139 September 5 Pittsburgh Pirates 8:6 21,492 63-76
140 September 6 Pittsburgh Pirates 4:13 20,383 63-77
141 September 7 Pittsburgh Pirates 6:3 19,682 64-77
142 September 8 Chicago Cubs 1:8 15,337 64-78
143 September 9 Chicago Cubs 5:2 15,349 65-78
144 September 10 Chicago Cubs 1:3 16,200 65-79
145 September 12 Philadelphia Phillies 4:2 0 66-79
146 September 12 Philadelphia Phillies 1:9 17,546 66-80
147 September 13 Philadelphia Phillies 3:0 15,524 67-80
148 September 14 Philadelphia Phillies 6:4 20,518 68-80
149 September 15 Chicago Cubs 4 – 1 20,352 69-80
150 September 16 Chicago Cubs 5 – 0 22,190 69-81
151 September 17 Montréal Expos 4 – 1 15,757 69-82
152 September 18 Montréal Expos 6 – 3 15,099 70-82
153 September 19 Houston Astros 5 – 4 21,791 71-82
154 September 20 Houston Astros 4 – 1 20,197 71-83
155 September 21 Houston Astros 8 – 3 22,652 71-84
156 September 22 Houston Astros 6 – 3 17,411 71-85
157 September 23 St. Louis Cardinals 8 – 6 22,045 72-85
158 September 24 St. Louis Cardinals 5 – 4 23,308 73-85
159 September 25 St. Louis Cardinals 4 – 3 30,938 74-85
160 September 26 Montreal Expos 7 – 1 17,430 75-85
161 September 27 Montreal Expos 8 – 5 14,708 75-86
162 September 28 Montreal Expos 11 – 3 15,477 76-86

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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
1B Hal Morris 96 333 92 .276 1 33
2B Bret Boone 139 443 99 .223 7 46
SS Pokey Reese 128 397 87 .219 4 26
LF Chris Stynes 49 198 69 .348 6 28
CF Deion Sanders 115 465 127 .273 5 23
RF Reggie Sanders 86 312 79 .253 19 56

[10]

Other batters

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
Eduardo Pérez 106 297 75 .253 16 52
Curtis Goodwin 85 265 67 .253 1 12
Eddie Taubensee 108 254 68 .268 10 34
Lenny Harris 120 238 65 .273 3 28
Barry Larkin 73 224 71 .317 4 20
Jon Nunnally 65 201 64 .318 13 35
Terry Pendleton 50 113 28 .248 1 17
Rubén Sierra 25 90 22 .244 2 7
Pat Watkins 17 29 6 .207 0 0
Pete Rose, Jr. 11 14 2 .143 0 0

[10]

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Dave Burba 30 160 11 10 4.73 131
Kent Mercker 28 144.2 8 11 3.92 75
John Smiley 20 117 9 10 5.23 94
Brett Tomko 22 126 11 7 3.43 95

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Stan Belinda 84 1 5 1 3.71 114
Jeff Shaw 78 4 2 42 2.38 74
Scott Sullivan 59 5 3 1 3.24 96

Awards and records

  • Bret Boone, National League Record, Best Fielding Average in One Season by a National League Second Baseman (.997)[11]

1997 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

  • Barry Larkin, Shortstop, Starter

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Indianapolis Indians American Association Dave Miley
AA Chattanooga Lookouts Southern League Mark Berry
A Burlington Bees Midwest League Phillip Wellman
A Charleston Alley Cats South Atlantic League Barry Lyons
Rookie Billings Mustangs Pioneer League Donnie Scott

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Billings[12]

Notes

  1. ^ Pete Rose Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  2. ^ Stan Belinda Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. ^ "Rikkert Faneyte Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
  4. ^ a b Terry Pendleton Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. ^ "Joe Oliver Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
  6. ^ a b Scott Service Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  7. ^ "DeWayne Wise Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
  8. ^ Chris Stynes Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  9. ^ John Smiley Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  10. ^ a b 1997 Cincinnati Reds Statistics and Roster – Baseball-Reference.com
  11. ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.92, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  12. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References

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