1997 Milwaukee Brewers

78-83 • .484 Win% • 3rd in AL C

📊 Season Record

78 Wins
83 Losses
.484 Win %
3rd Rank
681 R 742 RA
Diff -61

📁 Franchise Info

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⚡ Quick Stats

681 Runs Scored
742 Runs Allowed
-61 Run Diff
1,450K Attendance

📈 vs. 1997 AL Average

Batting Avg .259 4% below the 1997 league average (.270)
OBP .325 4% below the 1997 league average (.340)
SLG .398 7% below the 1997 league average (.428)
Team ERA 4.22 8% better than the 1997 league average (4.57)
Runs Scored 681 15% below the 1997 league average (797 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumCounty Stadium
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Home Games 80
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Total Attendance 1,450,029
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Avg per Game 18,125

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1997

Batting Avg

1 Jeff Cirillo 0.288 2 Mark Loretta 0.287 3 Jesse Levis 0.285 4 Jeromy Burnitz 0.281 5 Dave Nilsson 0.278

Home Runs

1 Jeromy Burnitz 27 2 Dave Nilsson 20 3 Jose Valentin 17 4 John Jaha 11 5 Jeff Cirillo 10

RBI

1 Jeromy Burnitz 85 2 Jeff Cirillo 82 3 Dave Nilsson 81 4 Jose Valentin 58 5 Mark Loretta 47
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Jeff Cirillo 154 580 74 167 46 2 10 82 60 74 4 0.288
Gerald Williams 155 566 73 143 32 2 10 41 19 90 23 0.253
Dave Nilsson 156 554 71 154 33 0 20 81 65 88 2 0.278
Jeromy Burnitz 153 494 85 139 37 8 27 85 75 111 20 0.281
Jose Valentin 136 494 58 125 23 1 17 58 39 109 19 0.253
Mark Loretta 132 418 56 120 17 5 5 47 47 60 5 0.287
Fernando Vina 79 324 37 89 12 2 4 28 12 23 8 0.275
Mike Matheny 123 320 29 78 16 1 4 32 17 68 0 0.244
Matt Mieske 84 253 39 63 15 3 5 21 19 50 1 0.249
Jesse Levis 99 200 19 57 7 0 1 19 24 17 1 0.285
John Jaha 46 162 25 40 7 0 11 26 25 40 1 0.247
Marc Newfield 50 157 14 36 8 0 1 18 14 27 0 0.229
Jack Voigt 72 151 20 37 9 2 8 22 19 36 1 0.245
Jeff Huson 84 143 12 29 3 0 0 11 5 15 3 0.203
Julio Franco 42 141 22 34 3 0 4 19 31 41 7 0.241
Todd Dunn 44 118 17 27 5 0 3 9 2 39 3 0.229
Darrin Jackson 26 81 7 22 7 0 2 15 2 10 2 0.272
Brian Banks 28 68 9 14 1 0 1 8 6 17 0 0.206
Antone Williamson 24 54 2 11 3 0 0 6 4 8 0 0.204
Eddy Diaz 16 50 4 11 2 1 0 7 1 5 0 0.220
Chuck Carr 26 46 3 6 3 0 0 0 2 11 1 0.130
Kelly Stinnett 30 36 2 9 4 0 0 3 3 9 0 0.250
Tim Unroe 32 16 3 4 1 0 2 5 2 9 2 0.250
Jeff D'Amico 23 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Scott Karl 32 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Joel Adamson 30 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Cal Eldred 34 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jose Mercedes 29 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Ben McDonald 21 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Ron Villone 50 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Mark Davis 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Fetters 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bryce Florie 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Greg Hansell 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Pete Harnisch 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Doug Jones 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Sean Maloney 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jamie McAndrew 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Angel Miranda 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Misuraca 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Alberto Reyes 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Paul Wagner 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Bob Wickman 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Steve Woodard 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1997

ERA

1 Doug Jones 2.02 2 Bob Wickman 2.73 3 Ron Villone 3.42 4 Mike Fetters 3.45 5 Joel Adamson 3.54

Wins

1 Cal Eldred 13 2 Scott Karl 10 3 Jeff D'Amico 9 4 Ben McDonald 8 5 Jose Mercedes 7

Strikeouts

1 Cal Eldred 122 2 Scott Karl 119 3 Ben McDonald 110 4 Jeff D'Amico 94 5 Doug Jones 82
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Cal Eldred 13 15 4.99 34 34 0 202.0 207 112 89 122
Scott Karl 10 13 4.47 32 32 0 193.1 212 96 67 119
Jose Mercedes 7 10 3.79 29 23 0 159.0 146 67 53 80
Jeff D'Amico 9 7 4.71 23 23 0 135.2 139 71 43 94
Ben McDonald 8 7 4.06 21 21 0 133.0 120 60 36 110
Bob Wickman 7 6 2.73 74 0 1 95.2 89 29 41 78
Doug Jones 6 6 2.02 75 0 36 80.1 62 18 9 82
Joel Adamson 5 3 3.54 30 6 0 76.1 78 30 19 56
Bryce Florie 4 4 4.32 32 8 0 75.0 74 36 42 53
Mike Fetters 1 5 3.45 51 0 6 70.1 62 27 33 62
Ron Villone 1 0 3.42 50 0 0 52.2 54 20 36 40
Steve Woodard 3 3 5.15 7 7 0 36.2 39 21 6 32
Alberto Reyes 1 2 5.46 19 0 1 29.2 32 18 9 28
Jamie McAndrew 1 1 8.38 5 4 0 19.1 24 18 23 8
Mark Davis 0 0 5.51 19 0 0 16.1 21 10 5 14
Pete Harnisch 1 1 5.14 4 3 0 14.0 13 8 12 10
Angel Miranda 0 0 3.86 10 0 0 14.0 17 6 9 8
Mike Misuraca 0 0 11.32 5 0 0 10.1 15 13 7 10
Sean Maloney 0 0 5.14 3 0 0 7.0 7 4 2 5
Greg Hansell 0 0 9.64 3 0 0 4.2 5 5 1 5
Paul Wagner 1 0 9.00 2 0 0 2.0 3 2 0 0

👥 Roster (44)

Joel Adamson Brian Banks Jeromy Burnitz Chuck Carr Jeff Cirillo Jeff D'Amico Mark Davis Eddy Diaz Todd Dunn Cal Eldred Mike Fetters Bryce Florie +32 more

44 players

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Frequently Asked Questions about the 1997 Milwaukee Brewers

What was the 1997 Milwaukee Brewers record?
The 1997 Milwaukee Brewers finished 78-83 (.484 win pct).
Who led the 1997 Milwaukee Brewers in home runs?
Jeromy Burnitz led the 1997 Milwaukee Brewers with 27 home runs.
What was the 1997 Milwaukee Brewers team ERA?
The 1997 Milwaukee Brewers posted a team ERA of 4.22.
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