1997 Florida Marlins season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Florida Marlins 1997 World Series champions National League champions National League Wild Card winners National League East Pro Player Stadium Miami Gardens, Florida 92–70 (.568) 2nd Wayne Huizenga Dave Dombrowski Jim Leyland Sunshine Network/Sports Channel FloridaWBFS-TV(Tommy Hutton, Joe Angel, Dave O'Brien, Jay Randolph) WQAM(Joe Angel, Dave O'Brien, Jon Sciambi)WCMQ-FM (Spanish)(Felo Ramírez, Manolo Alvarez) 1996 Florida Marlins season 1998 Florida Marlins season The 1997 Florida Marlins season was the fifth season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in the National League. It would begin with the team attempting to improve on their season from 1996. Their manager was Jim Leyland. They played home games at Pro Player Stadium. They finished with a record of 92–70, posting the first winning season in franchise history and winning the NL Wild Card. They got through the National League playoffs and won the World Series over the Cleveland Indians. They are the 1st MLB Wild Card team to win a World Series. Offseason November 22, 1996: Bobby Bonilla was signed as a free agent with the Florida Marlins.Bobby Bonilla Statistics Baseball-Reference.com March 26, 1997: Cliff Floyd was traded by the Montreal Expos to the Florida Marlins for Dustin Hermanson and Joe Orsulak.Cliff Floyd Statistics Baseball-Reference.com Regular season Season standings Florida Marlins Record vs. opponents FLA Transactions July 21, 1997: Darren Daulton was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Florida Marlins for Billy McMillon.Darren Daulton Statistics Baseball-Reference.com July 27, 1997: Craig Counsell was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Florida Marlins for Mark Hutton.Craig Counsell Statistics Baseball-Reference.com July 29, 1997: Matt Treanor was traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Florida Marlins for Matt Whisenant.https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/treanma01.shtml Matt Treanor Stats - Baseball-Reference.com Baseball-Reference.com Roster 1997 Florida Marlins Roster Pitchers 57 Antonio Alfonseca 27 Kevin Brown 42 Dennis Cook 32 Alex Fernandez 33 Rick Helling 49 Félix Heredia 61 Liván Hernández 52 Mark Hutton 25 Al Leiter 35 Kurt Miller 31 Robb Nen 33 Kirt Ojala 46 Donn Pall 39 Jay Powell 48 Pat Rapp 41 Tony Saunders 38 Rob Stanifer 52 Ed Vosberg 30 Matt Whisenant Catchers 23 Charles Johnson 13 Bob Natal  9 Gregg Zaun Infielders  7 Kurt Abbott 26 Alex Arias 24 Bobby Bonilla  2 Josh Booty  1 Luis Castillo 19 Jeff Conine 30 Craig Counsell 20 Darren Daulton 21 Ralph Milliard 16,3 Édgar Rentería Outfielders 18 Moisés Alou 28 John Cangelosi 17 Todd Dunwoody  8 Jim Eisenreich 15 Cliff Floyd  4 Mark Kotsay 40 Billy McMillon 43 Russ Morman 10 Gary Sheffield 14 John Wehner 22 Devon White Manager 11 Jim Leyland Coaches 45 Rich Donnelly (3rd Base) 12 Bruce Kimm (Bullpen)  6 Jerry Manuel (Bench) 29 Milt May (Hitting) 47 Larry Rothschild (Pitching) 37 Tommy Sandt (1st Base) Player stats = Indicates team leader Batting Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases Pos Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB C Charles Johnson Charles Johnson (catcher) 124 416 43 104 .250 19 63 0 1B Jeff Conine 151 40546 98 .242 17 61 2 2B Luis Castillo Luis Castillo (second baseman) 75 263 27 63 .240 0 8 16 3B Bobby Bonilla 153 56277 167 .297 17 96 6 SS Édgar Rentería 154 61790 171 .277 4 52 32 LF Moisés Alou 150 53888 157 .292 23 115 9 CF Devon White 74 26537 65 .245 6 34 13 RF Gary Sheffield 135 44486 111 .250 21 71 11https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/FLA/1997.shtml 1997 Florida Marlins Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com Baseball-Reference.com Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI SB Jim Eisenreich 120 293 36 82 .280 2 34 0 Kurt Abbott 94 252 35 69 .274 6 30 3 John Cangelosi 103 192 28 47 .245 1 12 5 Craig Counsell 51 164 20 49 .299 1 16 1 Greg Zaun 58 143 21 43 .301 2 20 1 Cliff Floyd 61 137 23 32 .234 6 19 6 Darren Daulton 52 126 22 33 .262 3 21 2 Alex Arias 74 93 13 23 .247 1 11 0 Mark Kotsay 14 52 5 10 .192 0 4 3 Todd Dunwoody 19 50 7 13 .260 2 7 2 John Wehner 44 36 8 10 .278 0 2 1 Ralph Milliard 8 30 2 6 .200 0 2 1 Billy McMillon 13 18 0 2 .111 0 1 0 Russ Morman 4 7 3 2 .286 1 2 1 Josh Booty 4 5 2 3 .600 0 1 0 Bob Natal 4 4 2 2 .500 1 3 0 Pitching Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G GS IP W L ERA SO Kevin Brown Kevin Brown (right-handed pitcher) 33 33 237.1 16 8 2.69 205 Alex Fernandez Alex Fernandez (baseball) 32 32 220.2 17 12 3.59 183 Al Leiter 27 27 151.1 11 9 4.34 132 Tony Saunders 22 21 111.1 4 6 4.61 102 Pat Rapp 19 19 108.2 4 6 4.47 64 Liván Hernández 17 17 96.1 9 3 3.18 72 Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G GS IP W L ERA SO Rick Helling 31 8 76.0 2 6 4.38 53 Kirt Ojala 7 5 28.2 1 2 3.14 19 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 Robb Nen 73 9 3 35 3.89 81 Jay Powell Jay Powell (baseball player) 74 7 2 2 3.28 65 Dennis Cook 59 1 2 0 3.90 63 Félix Heredia 56 5 3 0 4.29 54 Rob Stanifer 36 1 2 1 4.60 28 Mark Hutton 32 3 1 0 3.78 29 Antonio Alfonseca 17 1 3 0 4.91 19 Ed Vosberg 17 1 1 1 3.75 8 Kurt Miller 7 0 1 0 9.82 7 Matt Whisenant 4 0 0 0 16.88 4 Donn Pall 2 0 0 0 3.86 0 John Cangelosi 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 Postseason NLDS 1997 National League Division Series Florida wins the series, 3-0 GameHomeScoreVisitorScoreDateSeries1Florida2San Francisco1September 301-0 (FLA)2Florida7San Francisco6October 12-0 (FLA)3San Francisco2Florida6October 33-0 (FLA) NLCS 1997 National League Championship Series GameDateVisitorScoreHomeScoreRecord (FLA-ATL)Attendance1October 7Florida5Atlanta31-049,2442October 8Florida1Atlanta71-148,9333October 10Atlanta2Florida52-153,8574October 11Atlanta4Florida02-254,8905October 12Atlanta1Florida23-246,4966October 14Florida7Atlanta44-250,466 Florida wins series 4–2 and advance to the World Series World Series 1997 World Series Game 1 October 18, 1997, at Pro Player Stadium in Miami Cleveland CLE 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 4 11 0 Florida FLA 0 0 1 4 2 0 0 0 x 7 7 1 Liván Hernández (1-0) Orel Hershiser (0-1) Robb Nen (1) Manny Ramírez (1), Jim Thome (1) Moisés Alou (1), Charles Johnson (1) Game 2 October 19, 1997, at Pro Player Stadium in Miami Cleveland CLE 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 6 14 0 Florida FLA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 Chad Ogea (1-0) Kevin Brown (0-1) Sandy Alomar Jr. (1) Game 3 October 21, 1997, at Jacobs Field in Cleveland, Ohio Florida FLA 1 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 7 14 16 3 Cleveland CLE 2 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 4 11 10 3 Dennis Cook (1-0) Eric Plunk (0-1) Robb Nen (2) Gary Sheffield (1), Darren Daulton (1), Jim Eisenreich (1) Jim Thome (2) Game 4 October 22, 1997, at Jacobs Field in Cleveland, Ohio Florida FLA 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 6 2 Cleveland CLE 3 0 3 0 0 1 1 2 X 10 15 0 Jaret Wright (1-0) Tony Saunders (0-1) Moisés Alou (2) Manny Ramírez (2), Matt Williams (1) Game 5 October 23, 1997, at Jacobs Field in Cleveland, Ohio Florida FLA 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 1 1 8 15 2 Cleveland CLE 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 9 0 Liván Hernández (2-0) Orel Hershiser (0-2) Robb Nen (3) Moisés Alou (3) Sandy Alomar Jr. (2) Game 6 October 25, 1997, at Pro Player Stadium in Miami Cleveland CLE 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 7 0 Florida FLA 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 Chad Ogea (2-0) Kevin Brown (0-2) José Mesa (1) Game 7 October 26, 1997, at Pro Player Stadium in Miami Cleveland CLE 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 2 Florida FLA 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 8 0 Jay Powell (1-0) Charles Nagy (0-1) Bobby Bonilla (1) Awards and honors Darren Daulton, National League Comeback Player of the Year Liván Hernández, NLCS MVP Liván Hernández, World Series MVPMLB Postseason MVP Award Winners https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/postmvp.shtml 2025-03-21 Baseball-Reference.com en 1997 Major League Baseball All-Star Game Moisés Alou, reserve Kevin Brown, reserve Charles Johnson, reserve Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Charlotte Knights International League Carlos Tosca AA Portland Sea Dogs Eastern League Fredi González A Brevard County Manatees Florida State League Lorenzo Bundy A Kane County Cougars Midwest League Lynn Jones A-Short Season Utica Blue Sox New York–Penn League Juan Bustabad Rookie GCL Marlins Gulf Coast League Jon DeebleJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007 References External links 1997 Marlins at Baseball Reference 1997 Florida Marlins at Baseball Almanac Category:Miami Marlins seasons Florida Marlins season Category:National League Wild Card winner seasons Category:National League champion seasons Category:World Series champion seasons Miami Marl