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. 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. January 6, 1997: Damon Berryhill was signed as a free agent with the San Francisco Giants.

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

Record vs. opponents

Roster 1997 San Francisco Giants Roster Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Notable transactions August 8, 1997: William Van Landingham was released by the San Francisco Giants. 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, 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

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

Johnson, 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