1997 Los Angeles Dodgers season

March 2026 November 2013 Los Angeles Dodgers 1997 National League West Dodger Stadium Los Angeles 88–74 (.543) 2nd Peter O'Malley Fred Claire Bill Russell Fox Sports West 2; KTLA (5) KABC Vin Scully, Ross Porter, Rick Monday KWKW Jaime Jarrín, René Cárdenas The 1997 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 108th for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 40th season in Los Angeles, California. The Dodgers were competitive all season long before finally fading down the stretch; the Dodgers finished in second place behind their longtime rivals, San Francisco Giants, in the National League West. The edition of the Dodgers had, for the second time in team history (and for the first time since 1977), four players crack the 30 home run barrier: Mike Piazza led the team with 40, Eric Karros and Todd Zeile hit 31 each, and Raul Mondesi hit 30. Offseason December 9, 1996: Acquired Jeff Berblinger from the Detroit Tigers for Deivi Cruz and Juan Hernaiz Regular season LAret2.PNG Tommy Lasorda 2 Los Angeles Dodgers 1997 Season standings Los Angeles Dodgers Record vs. opponents LA Opening Day lineup +Opening Day startersName Position Brett Butler Center fielderWilton Guerrero Second basemanRaúl Mondesí Right fielderMike PiazzaCatcherEric Karros First basemanTodd ZeileThird basemanTodd Hollandsworth Left fielderGreg Gagne ShortstopRamón Martínez Starting pitcher Notable Transactions August 9, 1997: Acquired Hal Garrett from the Pittsburgh Pirates for Eddie Williams. August 12, 1997: Acquired Otis Nixon from the Toronto Blue Jays for Bobby Cripps.https://www.baseball-reference.com/n/nixonot01.shtml Otis Nixon Stats August 18, 1997: Acquired Eric Young from the Colorado Rockies for Pedro Astacio. August 27, 1997: Acquired Darren Lewis from the Chicago White Sox for Chad Fonville. September 3, 1997: Chip Hale was released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/halech01.shtml Chip Hale Stats Roster 1997 Los Angeles Dodgers Roster Pitchers 56 Pedro Astacio 49 Tom Candiotti 37 Darren Dreifort 55 Rick Gorecki 44 Mark Guthrie 52 Darren Hall 50 Mike Harkey 60 Mike Judd 48 Ramón Martínez 16 Hideo Nomo 13 Antonio Osuna 61 Chan Ho Park 36 Scott Radinsky 57 Dennys Reyes 59 Ismael Valdez 38 Todd Worrell Catchers 31 Mike Piazza 15 Tom Prince Infielders 54 Henry Blanco 25 Juan Castro 41 Tripp Cromer  3 Chad Fonville  7 Greg Gagne 30 Wilton Guerrero  5 Chip Hale 23 Eric Karros 66 Paul Konerko 46 Nelson Liriano 51 Adam Riggs 26 Eric Young 27 Todd Zeile Outfielders 29 Eric Anthony 21 Billy Ashley 22 Brett Butler 45 Roger Cedeño 12 Karim García 28 Todd Hollandsworth 56 Garey Ingram 35 Wayne Kirby 20 Darren Lewis 43 Raúl Mondesí 10 Otis Nixon Other batters 33 Eddie Murray 26 Eddie Williams Manager 18 Bill Russell Coaches  8 Joey Amalfitano (third base) 58 Mark Cresse (bullpen) 11 Manny Mota 14 Mike Scioscia (bench)  9 Reggie Smith (hitting/1st base) 17 Dave Wallace (pitching) Starting Pitchers stats Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W/L = Wins/Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games Name G GS IP W/L ERA BB SO CG Hideo Nomo 33 33 207.1 14-12 4.25 92 2331 Ismael Valdez 30 30 196.2 10-11 2.65 47 140 0 Chan Ho Park 32 29 192.0 14-8 3.38 70 166 2 Pedro Astacio 26 24 153.2 7-9 4.10 47 1152 Ramón Martínez 22 22 133.2 10-5 3.64 68 120 1 Relief Pitchers stats Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W/L = Wins/Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; SV = Saves Name G GS IP W/L ERA BB SO SV Todd Worrell 65 0 59.2 2-6 5.28 23 61 35 Scott Radinsky 75 0 62.1 5-1 2.89 21443 Darren Hall 63 0 54.2 3-2 2.30 26 392Mark Guthrie 62 0 69.1 1-4 5.32 30 42 1 Darren Dreifort 48 0 63.0 5-2 2.8634 63 4 Tom Candiotti 41 18 135.0 10-7 3.60 40 90 0 Antonio Osuna 48 0 61.2 3-4 2.19 19 68 0 Dennys Reyes 14 5 47.0 2-3 3.83 18 36 0 Mike Harkey 10 0 14.2 1-0 4.30 5 60 Rick Gorecki 4 1 6.0 1-0 15.00 6 6 0 Mike Judd 1 0 2.2 0-0 0.00 0 40 Batting Stats Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; Avg. = Batting average; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases Name Pos G AB Avg. R H HR RBI SB Mike Piazza C 152 556 .362 104 201 40 124 5 Tom Prince C 47 100 .220 17 22 3 140 Eric Karros 1B 162 628 .266 86 167 31 104 15 Wilton Guerrero 2B/SS 111 357.291 39 104 432 6 Greg Gagne SS 144 514 .251 49 129 9 572 Todd Zeile 3B 160 575 .268 89 154 31 908 Eric Young 2B 37 154 .273 2842 2 16 13 Nelson Liriano 2B/SS/3B/1B 76 88.227 10 20 111 0 Tripp Cromer 2B/SS28 86 .291 8 25 4 200 Juan Castro SS/2B/3B 40 75.147 3 11 040 Adam Riggs 2B 9 20 .200 34 0 1 1 Chad Fonville 2B 9 14 .143 1 2 0 10 Chip Hale 3B 14 12 .083 0 1 0 00Paul Konerko 1B/3B 6 7 .143 0 1 0 00 Eddie Murray 1B 9 7 .286 0 2 0 30 Eddie Williams 1B 8 7 .143 0 1 0 10 Henry Blanco 1B 3 5 .400 1 2 1 10 Raúl Mondesí RF 159 616 .310 95 191 30 87 32 Roger Cedeño CF/LF/RF 80 194 .273 31533 17 9 Todd Hollandsworth LF/CF/RF 106 296 .247 39 73 4 31 5 Brett Butler CF/LF 105 343 .283 52 97 0 18 15 Otis Nixon CF 42 175 .274 30 48 1 18 12 Billy Ashley LF 71 131 .244 12 32 6 190 Darren Lewis LF/CF/RF 26 77 .299 7 23 1 103 Eric Anthony LF/RF 47 74 .243 8 18 2 52 Wayne Kirby CF/LF/RF 46 65 .169 6 11 0 40 Karim García LF/RF 15 39 .128 5 5 1 80 Garey Ingram LF/CF 12 9 .444 2 4 0 11 1997 Awards 1997 Major League Baseball All-Star Game Mike Piazza starter Gold Glove Award Raúl Mondesí 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) Farm system AAA Albuquerque Dukes Pacific Coast League Glenn Hoffman AA San Antonio Missions Texas League Ron Roenicke High A San Bernardino Stampede California League Del CrandallDino Ebel High A Vero Beach Dodgers Florida State League John Shoemaker A Savannah Sand Gnats South Atlantic League John Shelby A-Short Season Yakima Bears Northwest League Joe Vavra Rookie Great Falls Dodgers Pioneer League Mickey Hatcher Rookie DSL DodgersDSL Dodgers 2 Dominican Summer League Rookie Adelaide Giants Australian Baseball League Teams in BOLD won League Championships Major League Baseball draft 1997 Major League Baseball draft The Dodgers selected 71 players in this draft. Of those, seven of them would eventually play Major League baseball. They received an extra supplemental pick in the second round as a result of losing free agent Delino DeShields. The first round pick was first baseman Glenn Davis from Vanderbilt University. In eight seasons in the minors, he never advanced past AA. He hit .242 in 802 minor league games with 108 homers and 431 RBI. With their second round pick, the Dodgers picked shortstop Chase Utley from Polytechnic High School in Long Beach, California. However, Utley refused to sign and went to college instead. He was eventually a first round pick of the Philadelphia Phillies in 2000 and became a multi-time All-Star. None of the players signed by the Dodgers in this draft class had a significant major league career. 1997 draft picksRoundNamePositionSchoolSignedCareer spanHighest level 1Glenn Davis1BVanderbilt UniversityYes1997–2004AA2Chase UtleySSPolytechnic High SchoolNoPhillies-20002000–2018MLB2sSteve ColyerLHPFort Zumwalt South High SchoolYes1998–2007MLB3Ricky BellSSMoeller High SchoolYes1997–2006AAA4John HernandezCNogales High SchoolYes1997–2010 AAA5Kip HarkriderSSUniversity of Texas at AustinYes1997–2007AA6Will McCrottyCRussellville High SchoolYes1997–2003AA7Miles DurhamOFCooper High SchoolNoTigers-20002000–2002A8Beau ParkerRHPPrairie High SchoolYes1997–1999 A-9Jaime GoudieSSHardaway High SchoolYes1997–2001AA10Joe PattersonOFOntario High SchoolNo 11Cory VanceLHPButler High SchoolNoRockies-2000 2000–2005 MLB12David LamberthSSMacon County High SchoolNo 13Matt BornykRHPEsquimalt High SchoolYes1997–1998 A-14Brent HustedRHP University of Nevada, RenoYes 1997–2002 AAA15David MittauerRHPDade Christian High SchoolNo 16Scott WalterCLoyola High SchoolNoRoyals-2000 2000–2005 AAA17Chad CislakRHPSabino High SchoolNoIndians-20002000–2001Rookie18Mike Balbuena3B Key West High SchoolYes1997–1998 A-19Shane AllenOFGlenns Ferry High SchoolYes 1997–1999 A-20Pete Zamora1BUniversity of California, Los AngelesYes1997–2005 AAA21Steve VerigoodLHPSpartanburg Methodist CollegeYes1997–1998A-22Matt MontgomeryRHPCalifornia State University, Long BeachYes1997–2006 AAA23Jared MoonRHPRedondo Beach High SchoolYes1997–1999A-24Mike RawlsLHP Bethune-Cookman UniversityYes1997A-25Dave Detienne3B Auburn Drive High SchoolYes1998–2008 AAA26Bill EverlyRHP West Virginia Wesleyan CollegeYes 1997–2000AAA27Aaron Dean1B Lamar UniversityYes 1997–2005 A+28Richard BellLHP California Lutheran UniversityNo1998–2005 AAA29Darin SchmalzRHP University of Notre DameYes 1997 A-30Sam LopezSS Dinuba High SchoolNoMets-1999 1999 A-31Wayne SlaterOF Bethune-Cookman UniversityYes1997–1998 A-32Shaylar HatchRHPNo 33Shaun BenzorLHP Redlands High SchoolNo 34Blake McGinleyLHP North Bakersfield High SchoolNoMets-2001 2001–2007 AAA35Adam ThomasOF Hazel Park High SchoolNo 36Jesús FelicianoOF Academia Discipulos de CristoYes 1998–2013 MLB37Tyler RenwickRHP New Mexico Junior CollegeNo Blue Jays-1998 1998–2001 AAA38Eliot JoynetOF Mt. San Jacinto CollegeNo 39Jahseam GeorgeLHP Dr. Floyd B. Buchanan High SchoolNoIndians-2002 2002 A-40John NelsonSS Denton High SchoolNoCardinals-2001 2001–2008 MLB41Ryan BeaverRHP Millikan High SchoolNo 42Carlos OrozcoOF Montgomery High SchoolNo 43Michael HernandezLHP Carson High SchoolNo -44Graig MerrittC College of Southern IdahoNo Devil Rays-2001 2001–2005 AA45Shane YoumanLHP New Iberia High SchoolNoPirates-2002 2002–2016 MLB46Ryan KellnerC Spartanburg Methodist CollegeYes 1998–2005 AAA47Jean EmardLHP Ployvalente Edouard MontpetitNo 48Luis DeJesusC Miguel de Cervantes High SchoolNo 49Lance WarrenC Richmond High SchoolYes 1997–1998 A+50Chris HowayRHP New Westminster High SchoolNoAthletics-2002 2001–2004 A-51Eric Burris1B Los Angeles Harbor CollegeNo 52Russell IvoryOF Grossmont CollegeNo 53Ismael Garcia2B Mt. San Antonio CollegeYes 1998–2003 A-54Michael FordOF Elk Grove High SchoolNo 55Melvin Anderson3B North Iverville High SchoolNo Phillies-2000 2000–2003 A56Reggie LaplanteRHP Polyvalente Edouard MontpetitNo Yankees-1999 1999–2003 A57George Bailey3B Indian River Community CollegeNo 2000 Ind58James HowardRHP Allen D Nease High SchoolNo 59Joshua RidgwaySS Delta Secondary SchoolNo 60Jason Ware1B Long Beach City CollegeNo 61Javier GonzalezRHP Mt. San Antonio CollegeNo 62Steve HolmSS McClatchy High SchoolNo Giants-2001 2001–2012 MLB63Cedric HerbertRHP Grayson County CollegeNo 64Jeremy LofticeRHP Truett-McConnell CollegeNo 65Luis FontanezC Juano Colon High SchoolNo 66John CastellanoC Indian River Community CollegeYes 1998–2006 AAA67Cory StephenC Martin Collegiate InstituteNo 68Matt YbarraC Encinal High SchoolNo 69Luis MedinaC Pedro Casa Blanca High SchoolNo 70Ryan WitheyOF Seminole Community CollegeNo Angels-2000 2000–2001 A 1997 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft References External links 1997 Los Angeles Dodgers uniform Los Angeles Dodgers official web site Baseball-Reference season page Baseball Almanac season page Category:Los Angeles Dodgers seasons Los Angeles Dodgers Category:1997 in sports in California