1997 Season

28 teams competing across 6 divisions

🏆 Postseason

1997 Bracket
World Series FLO def. CLE (4-3)
AL Championship CLE def. BAL (4-2)
NL Championship FLO def. ATL (4-2)
AL Division Series CLE def. NYA (3-2)
AL Division Series BAL def. SEA (3-1)
NL Division Series FLO def. SFN (3-0)
NL Division Series ATL def. HOU (3-0)

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⚾ Batting Leaders

1997 Home Run Leaders

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Batting Average

1 Tony Gwynn 0.372 2 Larry Walker 0.366 3 Mike Piazza 0.362 4 Turner Ward 0.353 5 Chris Stynes 0.348

Home Runs

1 Ken Griffey 56 2 Larry Walker 49 3 Tino Martinez 44 4 Jeff Bagwell 43 5 Juan Gonzalez 42

RBI

1 Ken Griffey 147 2 Tino Martinez 141 3 Andres Galarraga 140 4 Jeff Bagwell 135 5 Juan Gonzalez 131

Stolen Bases

1 Brian Hunter 74 2 Chuck Knoblauch 62 3 Tony Womack 60 4 Deion Sanders 56 5 Delino DeShields 55

Hits

1 Tony Gwynn 220 2 Nomar Garciaparra 209 3 Larry Walker 208 4 Mike Piazza 201 5 Rusty Greer 193

Runs

1 Craig Biggio 146 2 Larry Walker 143 3 Ken Griffey 125 4 Barry Bonds 123 5 Nomar Garciaparra 122
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🎯 Pitching Leaders

1997 Strikeout Leaders

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ERA

1 Randy Myers 1.51 2 Mariano Rivera 1.88 3 Pedro Martinez 1.90 4 John Wetteland 1.94 5 Paul Quantrill 1.94

Wins

1 Roger Clemens 21 2 Randy Johnson 20 3 Denny Neagle 20 4 Brad Radke 20 5 Shawn Estes 19

Strikeouts

1 Curt Schilling 319 2 Pedro Martinez 305 3 Roger Clemens 292 4 Randy Johnson 291 5 John Smoltz 241

Saves

1 Randy Myers 45 2 Mariano Rivera 43 3 Jeff Shaw 42 4 Rod Beck 37 5 Trevor Hoffman 37

WHIP

1 Doug Jones 0.88 2 Pedro Martinez 0.93 3 Greg Maddux 0.95 4 Bob Patterson 0.96 5 Jeff Shaw 0.96
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📋 Standings

AL Central

Cleveland Indians ★ 86-75 Chicago White Sox 80-81 Milwaukee Brewers 78-83 Minnesota Twins 68-94 Kansas City Royals 67-94

AL East

Baltimore Orioles ★ 98-64 New York Yankees 96-66 Detroit Tigers 79-83 Boston Red Sox 78-84 Toronto Blue Jays 76-86

AL West

Seattle Mariners ★ 90-72 Anaheim Angels 84-78 Texas Rangers 77-85 Oakland Athletics 65-97

NL Central

Houston Astros ★ 84-78 Pittsburgh Pirates 79-83 Cincinnati Reds 76-86 St. Louis Cardinals 73-89 Chicago Cubs 68-94

NL East

Atlanta Braves ★ 101-61 Florida Marlins 92-70 New York Mets 88-74 Montreal Expos 78-84 Philadelphia Phillies 68-94

NL West

San Francisco Giants ★ 90-72 Los Angeles Dodgers 88-74 Colorado Rockies 83-79 San Diego Padres 76-86
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