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Contents

   



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1 Offseason  




2 Regular season  


2.1  Opening Day starters  




2.2  Season standings  




2.3  Record vs. opponents  




2.4  Notable transactions  




2.5  Roster  






3 Player stats  


3.1  Batting  


3.1.1  Starters by position  




3.1.2  Other batters  






3.2  Pitching  


3.2.1  Starting pitchers  




3.2.2  Other pitchers  




3.2.3  Relief pitchers  








4 ALDS  


4.1  Game 1  




4.2  Game 2  




4.3  Game 3  




4.4  Game 4  






5 Awards and honors  




6 Farm system  




7 References  




8 External links  













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1997 Seattle Mariners
American League West Champions
LeagueAmerican League
DivisionWest
BallparkKingdome
CitySeattle, Washington
Record90–72 (.556)
Divisional place1st
OwnersHiroshi Yamauchi
(represented by John Ellis)
General managersWoody Woodward
ManagersLou Piniella
TelevisionKIRO-TV7
Fox Sports Northwest
RadioKIRO 710 AM
(Dave Niehaus, Chip Caray,
Rick Rizzs, Ron Fairly,
Dave Valle, Dave Henderson)
← 1996 Seasons 1998 →

The Seattle Mariners 1997 season was their 21st season, and the team won their second American League West title,[1] with a record of 90–72 (.556), six games ahead of the runner-up Anaheim Angels. For the second straight year, they led the AL in runs scored (925) and shattered the all-time record for most home runs hit by a team in one season (set at 257 by the Baltimore Orioles the year before) with 264. Five Mariners scored at least 100 runs and six hit at least 20 home runs. In addition, the Seattle pitching staff led the league with 1,207 strikeouts. In the postseason, the Mariners lost the ALDS to the Baltimore Orioles in 4 games.

The Mariners drew over three million in home attendance for the first time in franchise history,[2] in the penultimate full season at the Kingdome. Ken Griffey Jr. hit a franchise record 56 home runs and won the Most Valuable Player award in the American League. This would be Randy Johnson's final full year in a Mariners uniform, he would be traded to Houston midway through the 1998 season.

Offseason[edit]

Regular season[edit]

Ken Griffey Jr., pictured in August 1997, won the Most Valuable Player award in 1997

In 1997, Randy Johnson set an American League record for left-handers by striking out 19 batters in a 4–1 loss to the Oakland A's on June 24.[11] On August 8 he matched the feat by setting down 19 Chicago White Sox.[11] Johnson posted a 20–4 record with 291 strikeouts and an ERA of 2.28. He finished second in the Cy Young balloting to Toronto's Roger Clemens.[11]

Opening Day starters[edit]

Season standings[edit]

  • t
  • e
    • AL West
    Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
    Seattle Mariners 90 72 .556 — 45‍–‍36 45‍–‍36
    Anaheim Angels 84 78 .519 6 46‍–‍36 38‍–‍42
    Texas Rangers 77 85 .475 13 39‍–‍42 38‍–‍43
    Oakland Athletics 65 97 .401 25 35‍–‍46 30‍–‍51

    Record vs. opponents[edit]

    1997 American League record
  • t
  • e

    • Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
    Team ANA BAL BOS CWS CLE DET KC MIL MIN NYY OAK SEA TEX TOR NL 
    Anaheim — 4–7 6–5 6–5 7–4 5–6 6–5 7–4 4–7 4–7 11–1 6–6 8–4 6–5 4–12
    Baltimore 7–4 — 5–7 5–6 6–5 6–6 7–4 5–6 10–1 8–4 8–3 7–4 10–1 6–6 8–7
    Boston 5–6 7–5 — 3–8 6–5 5–7 3–8 8–3 8–3 4–8 7–4 7–4 3–8 6–6 6–9
    Chicago 5–6 6–5 8–3 — 5–7 4–7 11–1 4–7 6–6 2–9 8–3 5–6 3–8 5–6 8–7
    Cleveland 4–7 5–6 5–6 7–5 — 6–5 8–3 8–4 8–4 5–6 7–4 3–8 5–6 6–5 9–6
    Detroit 6–5 6–6 7–5 7–4 5–6 — 6–5 4–7 4–7 2–10 7–4 4–7 7–4 6–6 8–7
    Kansas City 5–6 4–7 8–3 1–11 3–8 5–6 — 6–6 7–5 3–8 3–8 5–6 6–5 5–6 6–9
    Milwaukee 4–7 6–5 3–8 7–4 4–8 7–4 6–6 — 5–7 4–7 5–6 5–6 7–4 7–4 8–7
    Minnesota 7–4 1–10 3–8 6–6 4–8 7–4 5–7 7–5 — 3–8 7–4 5–6 3–8 3–8 7–8
    New York 7–4 4–8 8–4 9–2 6–5 10–2 8–3 7–4 8–3 — 6–5 4–7 7–4 7–5 5–10
    Oakland 1–11 3–8 4–7 3–8 4–7 4–7 8–3 6–5 4–7 5–6 — 5–7 5–7 6–5 7–9
    Seattle 6–6 4–7 4–7 6–5 8–3 7–4 6–5 6–5 6–5 7–4 7–5 — 8–4 8–3 7–9
    Texas 4–8 1–10 8–3 8–3 6–5 4–7 5–6 4–7 8–3 4–7 7–5 4–8 — 4–7 10–6
    Toronto 5–6 6–6 6–6 6–5 5–6 6–6 6–5 4–7 8–3 5–7 5–6 3–8 7–4 — 4–11


    Notable transactions[edit]

    Roster[edit]

    1997 Seattle Mariners
    Roster
    Pitchers Catchers

    Infielders

    		Outfielders Manager

    Coaches

    Player stats[edit]

    Batting[edit]

    Starters by position[edit]

    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 Dan Wilson 146 508 137 .270 15 74
    1B Paul Sorrento 146 457 123 .269 31 80
    2B Joey Cora 149 574 172 .300 11 54
    SS Alex Rodriguez 141 587 176 .300 23 84
    3B Russ Davis 119 420 114 .271 20 63
    LF José Cruz Jr. 49 183 49 .268 12 34
    CF Ken Griffey Jr. 157 608 185 .304 56 147
    RF Jay Buhner 157 540 131 .243 40 109
    DH Edgar Martínez 155 542 179 .330 28 108

    Other batters[edit]

    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
    Rich Amaral 89 190 54 .284 1 21
    Brent Gates 65 151 36 .238 3 20
    Mike Blowers 68 150 44 .293 5 20
    Rob Ducey 76 143 41 .287 5 10
    Lee Tinsley 49 122 24 .197 0 6
    Roberto Kelly 30 121 36 .298 7 22
    Andy Sheets 32 89 22 .247 4 9
    John Marzano 39 87 25 .287 1 10
    Álvaro Espinoza 33 72 13 .181 0 7
    Raúl Ibañez 11 26 4 .154 1 4
    Rick Wilkins 5 12 3 .250 1 4
    Dan Rohrmeier 7 9 3 .333 0 2
    Giomar Guevara 5 4 0 .000 0 0
    Brian Raabe 2 3 0 .000 0 0

    Pitching[edit]

    Starting pitchers[edit]

    Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Player G IP W L ERA SO
    Jeff Fassero 35 234.1 16 9 3.61 189
    Randy Johnson 30 213.0 20 4 2.28 291
    Jamie Moyer 30 188.2 17 5 3.86 113
    Bob Wolcott 19 100.0 5 6 6.03 58
    Omar Olivares 13 62.1 1 4 5.49 29
    Ken Cloude 10 51.0 4 2 5.12 46
    Dennis Martínez 9 49.0 1 5 7.71 17

    Other pitchers[edit]

    Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Player G IP W L ERA SO
    Scott Sanders 33 65.1 3 6 6.47 62
    Derek Lowe 12 53.0 2 4 6.96 39
    Felipe Lira 8 18.2 0 4 9.16 9

    Relief pitchers[edit]

    Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

    Player G W L SV ERA SO
    Norm Charlton 71 3 8 14 7.27 55
    Bobby Ayala 71 10 5 8 3.82 92
    Bob Wells 46 2 0 2 5.75 51
    Greg McCarthy 37 1 1 0 5.46 34
    Heathcliff Slocumb 27 0 4 10 4.13 28
    Mike Timlin 26 3 2 1 3.86 9
    Paul Spoljaric 20 0 0 0 4.76 27
    Josías Manzanillo 16 0 1 0 5.40 18
    Mark Holzemer 14 0 0 1 6.00 7
    Edwin Hurtado 13 1 2 0 9.00 10
    Mike Maddux 6 1 0 0 10.13 7
    Rafael Carmona 4 0 0 0 3.18 6
    Tim Davis 2 0 0 0 6.75 10
    Salomón Torres 2 0 0 0 27.00 0

    ALDS[edit]

    Main article: 1997 American League Division Series

    Game 1[edit]

    October 1, Kingdome

    Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    Baltimore 0 0 1 0 4 4 0 0 0 9 13 0
    Seattle 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 7 1
    W: Mike Mussina (1-0)   L: Randy Johnson (0-1)  SV: None
    HR: BAL – Gerónimo Berroa (1)   Chris Hoiles (1)   SEA – Edgar Martínez (1)   Jay Buhner (1)   Alex Rodriguez (1)

    Game 2[edit]

    October 2, Kingdome

    Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    Baltimore 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 4 0 9 14 0
    Seattle 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 9 0
    W: Scott Erickson (1-0)   L: Jamie Moyer (0-1)  SV: None
    HR: BAL – Harold Baines (1)   Brady Anderson (1)   SEA – None

    Game 3[edit]

    October 4, Oriole Park at Camden Yards

    Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    Seattle 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 4 11 0
    Baltimore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 5 0
    W: Jeff Fassero (1-0)   L: Jimmy Key (0-1)  SV: None
    HR: BAL – None   SEA – Jay Buhner (2)   Paul Sorrento (1)

    Game 4[edit]

    October 5, Oriole Park at Camden Yards

    Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    Seattle 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
    Baltimore 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 3 7 0
    W: Mike Mussina (2-0)   L: Randy Johnson (0-2)  SV: Randy Myers (1)
    HR: BAL – Jeff Reboulet (1)   Gerónimo Berroa (2)   SEA – Edgar Martínez (2)

    Awards and honors[edit]

    Farm system[edit]

    See also: Minor League Baseball
    Level Team League Manager
    AAA Tacoma Rainiers Pacific Coast League Dave Myers
    AA Memphis Chicks Southern League Dave Brundage
    A Lancaster JetHawks California League Rick Burleson
    A Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Midwest League Gary Varsho
    A-Short Season Everett AquaSox Northwest League Orlando Gómez
    Rookie AZL Mariners Arizona League Darrin Garner

    [16]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ Cour, Jim (September 24, 1997). "Mariners wrap up AL West title with win". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. p. 1C.
  • ^ "Griffey fails to homer as Angeles thump M's". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). September 25, 1997. p. C4.
  • ^ "Ricky Jordan Stats".
  • ^ "Jalal Leach Stats".
  • ^ a b "Dave Silvestri Stats".
  • ^ a b "Josias Manzanillo Stats".
  • ^ a b "Brent Mayne Stats".
  • ^ "Rob Ducey: Career Statistics". Baseball Reference. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
  • ^ Mike Blowers Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  • ^ a b "Dennis Martinez Stats".
  • ^ a b c "Randy Johnson | baseballbiography.com". Retrieved August 12, 2008.
  • ^ 1997 Seattle Mariners Roster by Baseball Almanac
  • ^ a b Steve Decker Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  • ^ Paul Spoljaric Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  • ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.380, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  • ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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