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1997 Florida Marlins season

Major League Baseball season

Field	Value
name	Florida Marlins
season	1997
misc	World Series champions
National League champions
National League Wild Card winners
league	National League
division	East
ballpark	Pro Player Stadium
city	Miami Gardens, Florida
record	92–70 (.568)
divisional_place	2nd
owners	Wayne Huizenga
general_managers	Dave Dombrowski
managers	Jim Leyland
television	Sunshine Network/Sports Channel Florida
WBFS-TV
(Tommy Hutton, Joe Angel, Dave O'Brien, Jay Randolph)
radio	WQAM
(Joe Angel, Dave O'Brien, Jon Sciambi)
WCMQ-FM (Spanish)
(Felo Ramírez, Manolo Alvarez)
prev_season	1996 Florida Marlins season
next_season	1998 Florida Marlins season

National League champions National League Wild Card winners WBFS-TV (Tommy Hutton, Joe Angel, Dave O'Brien, Jay Randolph) (Joe Angel, Dave O'Brien, Jon Sciambi) WCMQ-FM (Spanish) (Felo Ramírez, Manolo Alvarez) |}} 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.
March 26, 1997: Cliff Floyd was traded by the Montreal Expos to the Florida Marlins for Dustin Hermanson and Joe Orsulak.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Transactions

July 21, 1997: Darren Daulton was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Florida Marlins for Billy McMillon.
July 27, 1997: Craig Counsell was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Florida Marlins for Mark Hutton.
July 29, 1997: Matt Treanor was traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Florida Marlins for Matt Whisenant.

Roster

1997 Florida Marlins
Roster
Pitchers

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		124	416	43	104	.250	19	63	0
1B	Jeff Conine	151	405	46	98	.242	17	61	2
2B		75	263	27	63	.240	0	8	16
3B	Bobby Bonilla	153	562	77	167	.297	17	96	6
SS	Édgar Rentería	154	617	90	171	.277	4	52	32
LF	Moisés Alou	150	538	88	157	.292	23	115	9
CF	Devon White	74	265	37	65	.245	6	34	13
RF	Gary Sheffield	135	444	86	111	.250	21	71	11

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
	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

G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
33	33	237.1	16	8	2.69	205
32	32	220.2	17	12	3.59	183
27	27	151.1	11	9	4.34	132
22	21	111.1	4	6	4.61	102
19	19	108.2	4	6	4.47	64
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
	31	8	76.0	2	6	4.38	53
	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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
73	9	3	35	3.89	81
74	7	2	2	3.28	65
59	1	2	0	3.90	63
56	5	3	0	4.29	54
36	1	2	1	4.60	28
32	3	1	0	3.78	29
17	1	3	0	4.91	19
17	1	1	1	3.75	8
7	0	1	0	9.82	7
4	0	0	0	16.88	4
2	0	0	0	3.86	0
1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Postseason

NLDS

Main article: 1997 National League Division Series

Florida wins the series, 3-0

Game	Home	Score	Visitor	Score	Date	Series
1	Florida	2	San Francisco	1	September 30	1-0 (FLA)
2	Florida	7	San Francisco	6	October 1	2-0 (FLA)
3	San Francisco	2	Florida	6	October 3	3-0 (FLA)

NLCS

Main article: 1997 National League Championship Series

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Score	Record	Attendance

1	[October 7](1997-national-league-championship-series-game-1-october-7)	Florida	5	Atlanta	3	1-0	49,244
2	[October 8](1997-national-league-championship-series-game-2-october-8)	Florida	1	Atlanta	7	1-1	48,933
3	[October 10](1997-national-league-championship-series-game-3-october-10)	Atlanta	2	Florida	5	2-1	53,857
4	[October 11](1997-national-league-championship-series-game-4-october-11)	Atlanta	4	Florida	0	2-2	54,890
5	[October 12](1997-national-league-championship-series-game-5-october-12)	Atlanta	1	Florida	2	3-2	46,496
6	[October 14](1997-national-league-championship-series-game-6-october-14)	Florida	7	Atlanta	4	4-2	50,466

World Series

Main article: 1997 World Series

Game 1

October 18, 1997, at Pro Player Stadium in Miami

Game 2

October 19, 1997, at Pro Player Stadium in Miami

Game 3

October 21, 1997, at Jacobs Field in Cleveland, Ohio

Game 4

October 22, 1997, at Jacobs Field in Cleveland, Ohio

Game 5

October 23, 1997, at Jacobs Field in Cleveland, Ohio

Game 6

October 25, 1997, at Pro Player Stadium in Miami

Game 7

October 26, 1997, at Pro Player Stadium in Miami

Awards and honors

Darren Daulton, National League Comeback Player of the Year
Liván Hernández, NLCS MVP
Liván Hernández, World Series MVP 1997 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
Moisés Alou, reserve
Kevin Brown, reserve
Charles Johnson, reserve

Farm system

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bonilbo01.shtml Bobby Bonilla Statistics] Baseball-Reference.com
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/floydcl01.shtml Cliff Floyd Statistics] Baseball-Reference.com
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/daultda01.shtml Darren Daulton Statistics] Baseball-Reference.com
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/counscr01.shtml Craig Counsell Statistics] Baseball-Reference.com
"Matt Treanor Stats - Baseball-Reference.com".
"1997 Florida Marlins Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com".
"MLB Postseason MVP Award Winners".
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., ''The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball'', 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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