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
Record vs. opponents
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.
Roster 1997 Florida Marlins Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders Manager
Coaches (3rd Base) (Bullpen) (Bench) (Hitting) (Pitching) (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 124 416 43 104 .250 19 63 0 1B Jeff Conine 151 40546 98 .242 17 61 2 2B 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 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 Player 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 Player 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
Florida wins the series, 3-0 GameHomeScoreVisitorScoreDateSeries1Florida2San Francisco1September 301-0 (FLA)2Florida7San Francisco6October 12-0 (FLA)3San Francisco2Florida6October 33-0 (FLA)
NLCS
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
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
Johnson, 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