1997 San Francisco Giants season

March 2026 November 2013 San Francisco Giants 1997 National League West champions National League West 3Com Park at Candlestick Point San Francisco 90 72 y 1st Peter Magowan Brian Sabean Dusty Baker KTVUSportsChannel Pacific(Mike Krukow, Duane Kuiper, Lon Simmons, Ted Robinson, Jon Miller ) KNBR(Mike Krukow, Duane Kuiper, Lon Simmons, Ted Robinson, Jon Miller )SP Radio(Julio Gonzalez, Rene De La Rosa, Amaury Pi-Gonzalez) The 1997 San Francisco Giants season was the Giants' 115th season in Major League Baseball, their 40th season in San Francisco since their move from New York following the 1957 season, and their 38th at 3Com Park at Candlestick Point. The Giants finished in first place in the National League West with a record of 90 wins and 72 losses. They lost the NLDS in three games to the Florida Marlins. Offseason November 13, 1996: Matt Williams was traded by the San Francisco Giants with a player to be named later to the Cleveland Indians for a player to be named later, Jeff Kent, Julián Tavárez, and José Vizcaíno. The Cleveland Indians sent Joe Roa (December 16, 1996) to the San Francisco Giants to complete the trade.https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/willima04.shtml Matt Williams Stats - Baseball-Reference.com Baseball-Reference.com April 17, 2018 November 26, 1996: J. T. Snow was traded by the Anaheim Angels to the San Francisco Giants for Allen Watson and Fausto Macey (minors).J. T. Snow Statistics Baseball-Reference.com December 16, 1996: Trenidad Hubbard was sent by the San Francisco Giants to the Cleveland Indians to complete an earlier deal made on November 13, 1996.https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hubbatr01.shtml Trent Hubbard Stats - Baseball-Reference.com Baseball-Reference.com April 17, 2018 January 6, 1997: Damon Berryhill was signed as a free agent with the San Francisco Giants.https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/berryda01.shtml Damon Berryhill Stats - Baseball-Reference.com Baseball-Reference.com April 17, 2018 Regular season June 12 – The first interleague game took place as the Texas Rangers hosted the San Francisco Giants at The Ballpark in Arlington (now Rangers Ballpark in Arlington). Opening Day starters Darryl Hamilton CF José Vizcaíno SS Glenallen Hill RF Barry Bonds LF Jeff Kent 2B J.T. Snow 1B Rick Wilkins C Bill Mueller 3B Mark Gardner P Season standings San Francisco Giants Record vs. opponents SF Roster 1997 San Francisco Giants Roster Pitchers 40 Wilson Álvarez 43 René Arocha 41 Cory Bailey 47 Rod Beck 29 Dan Carlson 51 Doug Creek 43 Danny Darwin 41 Rich DeLucia 55 Shawn Estes 22 Osvaldo Fernández 38 Keith Foulke 26 Mark Gardner 57 Doug Henry 49 Roberto Hernández 37,41 John Johnstone 45 Terry Mulholland 19 Jim Poole 49 Pat Rapp 37 Joe Roa 33 Rich Rodriguez 42,45,46 Kirk Rueter 52 Julián Tavárez 50 William Van Landingham Catchers  8 Damon Berryhill 30 Marcus Jensen 18 Brian Johnson  2 Doug Mirabelli  2 Rick Wilkins Infielders 35 Rich Aurilia 36,38 Wilson Delgado 21 Jeff Kent 14 Mark Lewis 32 Bill Mueller  6 J. T. Snow 10 José Vizcaíno Outfielders  7 Marvin Benard 25 Barry Bonds 30 Jacob Cruz  5 Darryl Hamilton 34 Glenallen Hill 28 Stan Javier 23 Dante Powell Manager 12 Dusty Baker Coaches 17 Carlos Alfonso (first base) 20 Gene Clines (hitting) 15 Sonny Jackson (third base) 16 Ron Perranoski (bench) 48 Dick Pole (pitching) Notable transactions August 8, 1997: William Van Landingham was released by the San Francisco Giants.https://www.baseball-reference.com/v/vanlawi01.shtml William VanLandingham Stats - Baseball-Reference.com Baseball-Reference.com April 17, 2018 August 19, 1997: William Van Landingham was signed as a free agent with the San Francisco Giants. The White Flag Trade was a trade made in 1997. On July 31, 1997, the Chicago White Sox traded three major players to the San Francisco Giants for six minor leaguers. At the time, the trade was maligned by the vast majority of White Sox fans as Jerry Reinsdorf giving up on the team, as they were only 3.5 games behind the Cleveland Indians for the American League Central Division lead. In 2000, however, the White Sox won the Central Division title, receiving large contributions from two of the players received in this trade. The Chicago White Sox received: Keith Foulke,https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/foulkke01.shtml Keith Foulke Stats - Baseball-Reference.com Baseball-Reference.com April 17, 2018 right-handed pitcher Bob Howry, right-handed pitcher Lorenzo Barceló, right-handed pitcher Ken Vining, left-handed pitcher Mike Caruso, shortstop Brian Manning The San Francisco Giants received: Wilson Álvarez, left-handed pitcher Danny Darwin, right-handed pitcher Roberto Hernández, right-handed pitcher Player stats Batting 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 C Rick Wilkins 66 190 37 .195 6 23 1B J.T. Snow 157 531 149 .281 28 104 2B Jeff Kent 155 580 145 .250 29 121 SS José Vizcaíno 151 568 151 .266 5 50 3B Bill Mueller 128 390 114 .292 7 44 LF Barry Bonds 159 532 155 .291 40 101 CF Darryl Hamilton 125 460 124 .270 5 43 RF Glenallen Hill 128 398 104 .261 11 64 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 Stan Javier 142 440 126 .286 8 50 Mark Lewis 118 341 91 .267 10 42 Brian Johnson 56 179 50 .279 11 27 Damon Berryhill 73 167 43 .257 3 23 Marvin Benard 84 114 26 .228 1 13 Rich Aurilia 46 102 28 .275 5 19 Marcus Jensen 30 74 11 .149 1 3 Dante Powell 27 39 12 .308 1 3 Jacob Cruz 16 25 4 .160 0 3 Wilson Delgado 8 7 1 .143 0 0 Doug Mirabelli 6 7 1 .143 0 0 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 Shawn Estes 32 201.0 19 5 3.18 181 Kirk Rueter 32 190.2 13 6 3.45 115 Mark Gardner 30 180.1 12 9 4.29 136 William Van Landingham 18 89.0 4 7 4.96 52 Wilson Álvarez 11 66.1 4 3 4.48 69 Osvaldo Fernández 11 56.1 3 4 4.95 31 Keith Foulke 11 44.2 1 5 8.26 33 Danny Darwin 10 44.0 1 3 4.91 30 Pat Rapp 8 33.0 1 2 6.00 28 Doug Creek 3 13.1 1 2 6.75 14 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 Joe Roa 28 65.2 2 5 5.21 34 Terry Mulholland 15 29.2 0 1 5.16 25 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 Rod Beck 73 7 4 37 3.47 53 Julián Tavárez 89 6 4 0 3.87 38 Doug Henry 75 4 5 3 4.71 69 Rich Rodriguez 71 4 3 1 3.17 32 Jim Poole 63 3 1 0 7.11 26 Roberto Hernández 28 5 2 4 2.48 35 John Johnstone 13 0 0 0 3.38 15 Cory Bailey 7 0 1 0 8.38 5 Dan Carlson 6 0 0 0 7.63 14 René Arocha 6 0 0 0 11.32 7 Rich DeLucia 3 0 0 0 10.80 2 National League Divisional Playoffs 1997 National League Division Series Florida Marlins vs. San Francisco Giants Florida wins the series, 3–0 GameHomeScoreVisitorScoreDateSeries1Florida2San Francisco1September 301-0 (FLA)2Florida7San Francisco6October 12-0 (FLA)3San Francisco2Florida6October 33-0 (FLA) Award winners J. T. Snow 1B, Willie Mac Award All-Star Game Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Phoenix Firebirds Pacific Coast League Ron Wotus AA Shreveport Captains Texas League Carlos Lezcano A Bakersfield Blaze California League Glenn Tufts and Keith Bodie A San Jose Giants California League Frank Cacciatore A-Short Season Salem-Keizer Volcanoes Northwest League Shane TurnerJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007 References External links 1997 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Reference 1997 San Francisco Giants at Baseball Almanac Category:National League West champion seasons Category:San Francisco Giants seasons San Francisco Giants Season, 1997 Category:1997 in San Francisco San Fran