1997 Baltimore Orioles season

Major League Baseball season March 2026 November 2013 Baltimore Orioles 1997 American League East champions American League East Oriole Park at Camden Yards Baltimore, Maryland 98–64 (.605) 1st Peter Angelos Pat Gillick Davey Johnson WJZ-TV/WNUV/WBDCHome Team Sports(Jim Palmer, Mike Flanagan, Michael Reghi) WBAL (AM)(Chuck Thompson, Fred Manfra, Jim Hunter) The 1997 Baltimore Orioles season was the 97th season in Baltimore Orioles franchise history, the 44th in Baltimore, and the 6th at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The Orioles finished first in the American League East Division with a record of 98 wins and 64 losses. They met the Seattle Mariners in the ALDS, and beat them in four games. However, in the ALCS, they played the Cleveland Indians, where they fell in six games. It was the final season for Davey Johnson as manager, as a disagreement with ownership drove him out. The 1997 season was the Orioles' last winning season and playoff appearance until 2012, 15 years later. Offseason December 10, 1996: Jimmy Key was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/keyji01.shtml Jimmy Key Stats December 13, 1996: Mike Bordick was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.Mike Bordick Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com December 18, 1996: Jerome Walton was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/waltoje01.shtml Jerome Walton Stats December 19, 1996: Eric Davis was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/daviser01.shtml Eric Davis Stats March 22, 1997: Scott McClain was traded by the Baltimore Orioles with Manny Alexander to the New York Mets for Hector Ramirez.https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mcclasc01.shtml Scott McClain Stats Roster 1997 Baltimore Orioles Roster Pitchers 49 Armando Benítez 32 Shawn Boskie 27 Rocky Coppinger 19 Scott Erickson 39,59 Mike Johnson 30 Scott Kamieniecki 21 Jimmy Key 38 Rick Krivda 51 Terry Mathews 75 Alan Mills 35 Mike Mussina 28 Randy Myers 47 Jesse Orosco 53 Arthur Rhodes 39 Nerio Rodríguez 55 Brian Williams 56 Esteban Yan Catchers 34 Charlie Greene 23 Chris Hoiles 37 Tim Laker 50 Mel Rosario 42 Lenny Webster Infielders 12 Roberto Alomar 14 Mike Bordick  6 Aaron Ledesma 25 Rafael Palmeiro 36 Jeff Reboulet  8 Cal Ripken Jr. Outfielders  9 Brady Anderson 10,3 Harold Baines 10,29 Gerónimo Berroa 37 Danny Clyburn 24 Eric Davis 26 David Dellucci 11 Jeffrey Hammonds 26,29 Pete Incaviglia 17 B. J. Surhoff 3,43 Tony Tarasco  1 Jerome Walton Manager 15 Davey Johnson Coaches 48 Rick Down 55 Andy Etchebarren 44 Elrod Hendricks 31 Ray Miller  2 Sam Perlozzo 18 John Stearns Regular season Season standings Baltimore Orioles Record vs. opponents BAL Game log 1997 #F87217 April (16–7) #F87217 y |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 1 || April 2 || Royals || 7 – 4 || Key (1–0) || Walker (0–1) || Myers (1) || 46,588 || 1–0 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 2 || April 3 || Royals || 6 – 4 || Rhodes (1–0) || Montgomery (0–1) || Myers (2) || 43,031 || 2–0 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 3 || April 4 || @ Rangers || 5 – 4 || Erickson (1–0) || Patterson (0–1) || Benítez (1) || 26,058 || 3–0 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 4 || April 5 || @ Rangers || 9 – 7 || Rhodes (2–0) || Oliver (0–1) || Myers (3) || 39,073 || 4–0 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 5 || April 6 || @ Rangers || 9 – 3 || Pavlik (1–0) || Mussina (0–1) || || 36,156 || 4–1 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 6 || April 7 || @ Royals || 6 – 5 || Walker (1–1) || Benítez (0–1) || || 40,052 || 4–2 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 7 || April 9 || @ Royals || 4 – 2 (11) || Mills (1–0) || Bevil (0–1) || Myers (4) || 12,036 || 5–2 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 8 || April 11 || Rangers || 9 – 3 || Mussina (1–1) || Burkett (0–1) || || 40,575 || 6–2 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 9 || April 13 || Rangers || 9 – 0 || Key (2–0) || Pavlik (1–1) || || 44,154 || 7–2 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 10 || April 14 || Twins || 4 – 2 || Erickson (2–0) || Tewksbury (0–2) || Myers (5) || 36,288 || 8–2 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 11 || April 15 || Twins || 3 – 1 || Kamieniecki (1–0) || Aldred (0–2) || Myers (6) || 40,196 || 9–2 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 12 || April 16 || @ White Sox || 9 – 3 || Drabek (1–1) || Boskie (0–1) || || 14,061 || 9–3 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 13 || April 17 || @ White Sox || 1 – 0 || Mussina (2–1) || Darwin (0–1) || Myers (7) || 14,674 || 10–3 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 14 || April 20 || @ Red Sox || 11 – 1 || Key (3–0) || Gordon (1–2) || || 32,290 || 11–3 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 15 || April 21 || @ Red Sox || 4 – 2 || Sele (3–0) || Erickson (2–1) || Slocumb (3) || 33,608 || 11–4 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 16 || April 22 || White Sox || 3 – 2 || Mussina (3–1) || Darwin (0–2) || Myers (8) || 38,392 || 12–4 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 17 || April 23 || White Sox || 11 – 9 (11) || Castillo (2–2) || Benítez (0–2) || Hernandez (3) || 42,902 || 12–5 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 18 || April 24 || Red Sox || 2 – 1 (11) || Trlicek (3–4) || Mathews (0–1) || Henry (4) || 40,000 || 12–6 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 19 || April 25 || Red Sox || 2 – 0 || Erickson (3–1) || Gordon (1–3) || Myers (9) || 45,227 || 13–6 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 20 || April 26 || Red Sox || 14 – 5 || Key (4–0) || Sele (3–1) || Johnson (1) || 47,727 || 14–6 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 21 || April 27 || Red Sox || 13 – 7 || Henry (1–0) || Rhodes (2–1) || || 47,307 || 14–7 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 22 || April 29 || @ Twins || 6 – 4 || Boskie (1–1) || Swindell (1–1) || Myers (10) || 11,368 || 15–7 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 23 || April 30 || @ Twins || 12 – 3 || Kamieniecki (2–0) || Tewksbury (1–4) || Benítez (2) || 12,686 || 16–7 May (20–8) #F87217 y |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 24 || May 1 || @ Twins || 3–2 || Erickson (4–1) || Aldred (1–3) || Myers (11) || 11,678 || 17–7 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 25 || May 2 || Athletics || 7–1 || Key (5–0) || Karsay (0–3) || || 46,181 || 18–7 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 26 || May 3 || Athletics || 4–3 || Small (4–0) || Myers (0–1) || Taylor (6) || 45,780 || 18–8 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 27 || May 4 || Athletics || 11–0 || Coppinger (1–0) || Prieto (2–2) || Johnson (2) || 47,001 || 19–8 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 28 || May 5 || Angels || 7–2 || Dickson (5–1) || Kamieniecki (2–1) || James (3) || 41,296 || 19–9 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 29 || May 6 || Angels || 8–4 || Erickson (5–1) || Finley (0–2) || Myers (12) || 37,150 || 20–9 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 30 || May 7 || Angels || 3–0 || Key (6–0) || Watson (0–2) || Myers (13) || 43,858 || 21–9 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 31 || May 8 || Mariners || 13–3 || Mussina (4–1) || Johnson (4–1) || || 45,026 || 22–9 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 32 || May 9 || Mariners || 8–2 || Moyer (2–0) || Coppinger (1–1) || || 47,257 || 22–10 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 33 || May 10 || Mariners || 3 – 2 (11) || Charlton (2–1) || Myers (0–2) || || 47,340 || 22–11 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 34 || May 11 || Mariners || 9–5 || Erickson (6–1) || Martínez (1–3) || || 47,451 || 23–11 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 35 || May 12 || @ Athletics || 5–1 || Key (7–0) || Karsay (0–4) || Benítez (3) || 11,352 || 24–11 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 36 || May 13 || @ Athletics || 7–3 || Mussina (5–1) || Mohler (0–5) || || 14,854 || 25–11 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 37 || May 14 || @ Angels || 6–5 || Springer (1–1) || Boskie (1–2) || Holtz (1) || 15,780 || 25–12 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 38 || May 15 || @ Angels || 3–2 || Dickson (6–1) || Kamieniecki (2–2) || James (5) || 15,966 || 25–13 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 39 || May 16 || @ Mariners || 6–3 || Erickson (7–1) || Martínez (1–4) || || 39,455 || 26–13 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 40 || May 17 || @ Mariners || 4–3 || Key (8–0) || Sanders (0–5) || Benítez (4) || 57,304 || 27–13 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 41 || May 18 || @ Mariners || 8–7 || Orosco (1–0) || Charlton (2–3) || Benítez (5) || 57,432 || 28–13 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 42 || May 20 || Tigers || 4–3 || Kamieniecki (3–2) || Olivares (2–3) || Myers (14) || 48,003 || 29–13 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 43 || May 21 || Tigers || 2–0 || Erickson (8–1) || Thompson (4–3) || Myers (15) || 47,877 || 30–13 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 44 || May 23 || @ Indians || 6–1 || Ogea (5–3) || Key (8–1) || || 41,154 || 30–14 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 45 || May 24 || @ Indians || 8–3 || Mussina (6–1) || Kline (3–1) || || 41,040 || 31–14 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 46 || May 25 || @ Indians || 7–6 || Nagy (6–2) || Rhodes (2–2) || Morman (2) || 42,944 || 31–15 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 47 || May 26 || @ Yankees || 8–6 || Boskie (2–2) || Pettittie (6–3) || Myers (16) || 40,296 || 32–15 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 48 || May 27 || @ Yankees || 10–6 || Kamieniecki (2–2) || Rogers (6–3) || Benítez (6) || 29,392 || 33–15 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 49 || May 28 || @ Yankees || 8–1 || Key (9–1) || Moehler (3–4) || Boskie (1) || 10,692 || 34–15 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 50 || May 30 || Indians || 3–0 || Mussina (7–1) || Nagy (6–3) || || 47,758 || 35–15 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 51 || May 31 || Indians || 8–5 || Boskie (3–2) || Mesa (0–3) || Myers (17) || 47,739 || 36–15 June (15–12) #F87217 y |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 52 || June 3 || Yankees || 7–5 || Myers (1–2) || Mecir (0–3) || || 47,577 || 37–15 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 53 || June 4 || Yankees || 9–7 || Orosco (2–0) || Nelson (2–5) || Myers (18) || 47,748 || 38–15 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 54 || June 6 || @ White Sox || 7–3 || Drabek (5–4) || Erickson (8–2) || R. Hernandez (12) || 21,304 || 38–16 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 55 || June 7 || @ White Sox || 1 – 0 (11) || R. Hernández (4–1) || Myers (1–3) || || 31,548 || 38–17 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 56 || June 8 || @ White Sox || 2–1 || Key (10–1) || Darwin (2–3) || Myers (19) || 24,089 || 39–17 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 57 || June 9 || @ White Sox || 10–2 || Mussina (8–1) || Baldwin (3–8) || || 23,464 || 40–17 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 58 || June 10 || @ Red Sox || 7–2 || Erickson (9–2) || Eshelman (0–1) || || || 41–17 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 59 || June 10 || @ Red Sox || 4–2 || Rhodes (3–2) || Wakefield (2–5) || Myers (20) || 30,995 || 42–17 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 60 || June 11 || @ Red Sox || 10–1 || Gordon (4–6) || Johnson (0–1) || || 26,479 || 42–18 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 61 || June 12 || @ Red Sox || 9–5 || Sele (7–5) || Kamieniecki (4–3) || || 24,970 || 42–19 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 62 || June 13 || @ Braves || 4 – 3 || Key (11–1) || Maddux (7–3) || Myers (21) || 48,334 || 43–19 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 63 || June 14 || @ Braves || 6 – 4 (12) || Rhodes (4–2) || Borowski (2–2) || Myers (22) || 26,964 || 44–19 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 64 || June 15 || @ Braves || 5 – 3 (10) || Mathews (1–1) || Wohlers (2–2) || Myers (23) || 48,088 || 45–19 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 65 || June 16 || Expos || 6 – 4 || Hermanson (3–4) || Boskie (3–3) || Urbina (12) || 47,557 || 45–20 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 66 || June 17 || Expos || 5 – 4 || Kamieniecki (5–3) || Bullinger (4–6) || Myers (24) || 47,793 || 46–20 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 67 || June 18 || Expos || 1 – 0 || C. Perez (8–4) || Key (11–2) || || 47,448 || 46–21 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 68 || June 20 || @ Blue Jays || 3 – 0 || Hentgen (8–3) || Mussina (8–2) || || 30,266 || 46–22 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 69 || June 21 || @ Blue Jays || 5 – 1 || Erickson (10–2) || Plesac (0–3) || || 40,139 || 47–22 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 70 || June 22 || @ Blue Jays || 5 – 2 || Kamieniecki (6–3) || Person (2–5) || Myers (25) || 35,106 || 48–22 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 71 || June 23 || @ Brewers || 5 – 0 || D'Amico (5–3) || Key (11–3) || || 16,304 || 48–23 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 72 || June 24 || @ Brewers || 6 – 2 || Boskie (4–3) || Karl (2–9) || Rhodes (1) || 14,007 || 49–23 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 73 || June 25 || @ Brewers || 9 – 1 || Mussina (9–2) || Eldred (7–8) || || 21,042 || 50–23 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 74 || June 26 || Blue Jays || 3 – 0 || Clemens (12–2) || Erickson (10–3) || Timlin (7) || 47,617 || 50–24 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 75 || June 27 || Blue Jays || 2 – 1 || Person (3–5) || Kamieniecki (6–4) || Spoljaric (2) || 47,900 || 50–25 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 76 || June 28 || Blue Jays || 5 – 2 || W. Williams (3–7) || Key (11–4) || Timlin (8) || 47,687 || 50–26 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 77 || June 29 || Blue Jays || 3 – 2 || Escobar (1–0) || Benítez (0–3) || Timlin (9) || 47,763 || 50–27 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 78 || June 30 || Phillies || 8 – 1 || Mussina (10–2) || Maduro (3–7) || || 47,837 || 51–27 July (16-11) #F87217 y |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 79 || July 1 || Phillies || 4 – 1 || Erickson (11–3) || Beech (0–4) || Myers (26) || 47,610 || 52–27 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 80 || July 2 || Phillies || 10 – 6 || Rhodes (5–2) || Spradlin (1–4) || || 47,785 || 53–27 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 81 || July 3 || @ Tigers || 10 – 1 || Key (12–4) || Lira (5–5) || || 13,209 || 54–27 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 82 || July 4 || @ Tigers || 4 – 3 || Rhodes (6–2) || Keagle (0–1) || Myers (27) || 30,100 || 55–27 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 83 || July 4 || @ Tigers || 11 – 8 || Bautista (2–2) || Mills (1–1) || T. Jones (12) || 30,100 || 55–28 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 84 || July 5 || @ Tigers || 6 – 5 || Miceli (2–1) || Orosco (2–1) || T. Jones (13) || 37,074 || 55–29 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 85 || July 6 || @ Tigers || 14 – 9 || Blair (6–4) || Erickson (11–4) || || 18,197 || 55–30 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 86 || July 11 || Brewers || 3 – 1 || McDonald (8–6) || Key (12–5) || D. Jones (21) || 47,919 || 55–31 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 87 || July 12 || Brewers || 3 – 2 || Eldred (9–8) || Erickson (11–5) || D. Jones (22) || 47,606 || 55–32 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 88 || July 13 || Brewers || 6 – 4 || D'Amico (7–4) || Mussina (10–3) || D. Jones (23) || 47,448 || 55–33 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 89 || July 14 || Blue Jays || 9 – 5 || Mathews (2–1) || Person (3–6) || || 47,042 || 56–33 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 90 || July 15 || Blue Jays || 8 – 4 || Boskie (5–3) || Guzmán (3–6) || || 47,062 || 57–33 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 91 || July 16 || Red Sox || 4 – 1 || Avery (3–2) || Key (12–6) || Slocumb (12) || 47,712 || 57–34 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 92 || July 17 || Red Sox || 12 – 9 || Mahay (1–0) || Orosco (2–2) || Slocumb (13) || 47,912 || 57–35 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 93 || July 18 || White Sox || 3 – 0 || Baldwin (7–9) || Mussina (10–4) || R. Hernández (24) || 47,759 || 57–36 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 94 || July 19 || White Sox || 8 – 3 || Rhodes (7–2) || Simas (3–1) || Benítez (7) || 47,857 || 58–36 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 95 || July 20 || White Sox || 10 – 2 || Navarro (8–8) || Boskie (5–4) || || 47,800 || 58–37 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 96 || July 21 || @ Rangers || 5 – 1 || Key (13–6) || Oliver (6–10) || || 35,842 || 59–37 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 97 || July 22 || @ Rangers || 9 – 3 || Erickson (12–5) || Burkett (7–9) || || 43,421 || 60–37 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 98 || July 23 || @ Rangers || 3 – 2 || Myers (2–3) || Patterson (6–4) || || 40,834 || 61–37 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#ffbbbb" | 99 || July 25 || @ Twins || 5 – 2 || Radke (14–5) || Kamieniecki (6–5) || || 21,524 || 61–38 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 100 || July 26 || @ Twins || 2 – 1 (12)|| Orosco (3–2) || Aguilera (4–3) || Myers (28) || 24,806 || 62–38 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 101 || July 27 || @ Twins || 9 – 0 || Erickson (13–5) || Robertson (7–8) || || 19,702 || 63–38 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 102 || July 28 || Rangers || 7 – 2 || Mussina (11–4) || Witt (10–6) || Benítez (8) || 47,627 || 64–38 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 103 || July 29 || Rangers || 5 – 4 || Krivda (1–0) || Alberro (0–2) || Myers (29) || 47,740 || 65–38 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 104 || July 30 || Rangers || 3 – 1 || Kamieniecki (7–5) || Burkett (7–10) || Myers (30) || 47,854 || 66–38 |- style="text-align:center;background-color:#bbffbb" | 105 || July 31 || @ Athletics || 4 – 0 (11)|| Benítez (1–3) || Johnson (1–3) || || 9,517 || 67–38 August (18-10) #F87217 y September (13-16) #F87217 y Player stats Batting Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Pos Player G AB R H Avg. HR RBI C Chris Hoiles 99 320 45 83 .259 12 49 1B Rafael Palmeiro 158 614 95 156 .254 38 110 2B Roberto Alomar 112 412 64 137 .333 14 60 3B Cal Ripken Jr. 162 615 79 166 .270 17 84 SS Mike Bordick 153 509 55 120 .236 7 46 LF B. J. Surhoff 147 528 80 150 .284 18 88 CF Brady Anderson 151 590 97 170 .288 18 73 RF Jeffrey Hammonds 118 397 71 105 .264 21 55 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 Lenny Webster 98 259 66 .255 7 37 Jeff Reboulet 99 228 54 .237 4 27 Tony Tarasco 100 166 34 .205 7 26 Eric Davis 42 158 48 .304 8 25 Pete Incaviglia 48 138 34 .246 5 12 Harold Baines 44 134 39 .291 4 15 Aaron Ledesma 43 88 31 .352 2 11 Jerome Walton 26 68 20 .294 3 9 David Dellucci 17 27 6 .222 1 3 Tim Laker 7 14 0 .000 0 1 Melvin Rosario 4 3 0 .000 0 0 Danny Clyburn 2 3 0 .000 0 0 Charlie Greene 5 2 0 .000 0 1 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 Mike Mussina 33 224.2 15 8 3.20 218 Scott Erickson 33 221.2 16 7 3.69 131 Jimmy Key 34 212.1 16 10 3.43 141 Scott Kamieniecki 30 179.1 10 6 4.01 109 Rick Krivda 10 50.0 4 2 6.30 29 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 Shawn Boskie 28 77.0 6 6 6.43 50 Mike Johnson 14 39.2 0 1 7.94 29 Nerio Rodríguez 6 22.0 2 1 4.91 11 Rocky Coppinger 5 20.0 1 1 6.30 22 Esteban Yan 3 9.2 0 1 15.83 4 Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L SV ERA SO Randy Myers 61 59.2 2 3 45 1.51 56 Arthur Rhodes 53 95.1 10 3 1 3.02 102 Armando Benítez 71 73.1 4 5 9 2.45 106 Terry Mathews 57 63.1 4 4 1 4.41 39 Jesse Orosco 71 50.1 6 3 0 2.32 46 Alan Mills 39 38.2 2 3 0 4.89 32 Brian Williams 13 24.0 0 0 0 3.00 14 ALDS 1997 American League Division Series Game 1 October 1, Kingdome Team123456789RHEBaltimore0010440009130Seattle000100101371W: Mike Mussina (1–0)   L: Randy Johnson (0–1)  SV: NoneHR: BAL – Gerónimo Berroa (1)   Chris Hoiles (1)   SEA – Edgar Martínez (1)   Jay Buhner (1)   Alex Rodriguez (1) Game 2 October 2, Kingdome Team123456789RHEBaltimore0100202409140Seattle200000100390W: Scott Erickson (1–0)   L: Jamie Moyer (0–1)  SV: NoneHR: BAL – Harold Baines (1)   Brady Anderson (1)   SEA – None Game 3 October 4, Oriole Park at Camden Yards Team123456789RHESeattle0010100024110Baltimore000000002250W: Jeff Fassero (1–0)   L: Jimmy Key (0–1)  SV: NoneHR: BAL – None   SEA – Jay Buhner (2)   Paul Sorrento (1) Game 4 October 5, Oriole Park at Camden Yards Team123456789RHESeattle010000000120Baltimore20001000X370W: Mike Mussina (2–0)   L: Randy Johnson (0–2)  SV: Randy Myers (1)HR: BAL – Jeff Reboulet (1)   Gerónimo Berroa (2)   SEA – Edgar Martínez (2) ALCS 1997 American League Championship Series Game 1 October 8, Camden Yards Team123456789RHECleveland000000000041Baltimore10200000X361WP: Scott Erickson (1–0)  LP: Chad Ogea (0–1)  SV: Randy Myers (1)HRs: BAL – Brady Anderson (1) Roberto Alomar (1) Game 2 October 9, Camden Yards Team123456789RHECleveland200000030563Baltimore020002000481WP: Paul Assenmacher (1–0)  LP: Armando Benítez (0–1)  SV: José Mesa (1)HRs: CLE – Manny Ramírez (1) Marquis Grissom (1)   BAL – Cal Ripken (1) Game 3 October 11, Jacobs Field Team123456789101112RHEBaltimore000000001000181Cleveland000000100001260WP: Eric Plunk (1–0)  LP: Randy Myers (0–1)  HRs: None Game 4 October 12, Jacobs Field Team123456789RHEBaltimore0140001017122Cleveland0201400018130WP: José Mesa (1–0)  LP: Alan Mills (0–1)  HRs: CLE – Sandy Alomar Jr. (1) Manny Ramírez (2)   BAL – Brady Anderson (2) Harold Baines (1) Rafael Palmeiro (1) Game 5 October 13, Jacobs Field Team123456789RHEBaltimore0020000024100Cleveland000000002281WP: Scott Kamieniecki (1–0)  LP: Chad Ogea (0–2)  HRs: BAL – Eric Davis (1) Game 6 October 15, Camden Yards Team1234567891011RHECleveland00000000001130Baltimore000000000000100WP: Brian Anderson (1–0)  LP: Armando Benítez (0–2)  S: José Mesa (1)HRs: CLE: – Tony Fernández (1) Awards and honors Eric Davis, Outfield, Roberto Clemente Award Eric Davis, Hutch Awardhttp://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/aw_hut.shtml Hutch Award | Baseball Almanac Harry Dalton, 1997 Herb Armstrong Award (for contribution to the Orioles franchise by a non-uniform personnel100 Things Orioles Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die, Dan Connolly, Triumph Books, Chicago, 2015, ISBN 978-1-62937-041-5, p.133 1997 Major League Baseball All-Star Game Roberto Alomar, starter Cal Ripken Jr., starter Farm system AAA Rochester Red Wings International League Marv Foley AA Bowie Baysox Eastern League Joe Ferguson A Frederick Keys Carolina League Dave Hilton A Delmarva Shorebirds South Atlantic League Tommy Shields and Tom Trebelhorn Rookie Bluefield Orioles Appalachian League Bobby Dickerson Rookie GCL Orioles Gulf Coast League Butch DavisLEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Rochester, Delmarva, BluefieldJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007 References 1997 Baltimore Orioles team page at Baseball Reference 1997 Baltimore Orioles season at baseball-almanac.com Baltimore Orioles Season, 1997 Category:Baltimore Orioles seasons Category:American League East champion seasons Baltimore