1997 Philadelphia Phillies

68-94 • .420 Win% • 5th in NL E

The 1997 Philadelphia Phillies went 68-94 (.420) finishing 5th in the NL E division. The club scored 668 runs, allowed 840, and played home games at Veterans Stadium. Team leaders included Scott Rolen (21 HR, 92 RBI) and Curt Schilling (17-11, 2.97 ERA).

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
RS (Runs Scored (team)):
Total runs a team scored across the season.
RA (Runs Allowed):
Total runs a team allowed across the season.

Data updated

📊 Season Record

68 Wins
94 Losses
.420 Win %
5th Rank
668 R 840 RA
Diff -172

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668 Runs Scored
840 Runs Allowed
-172 Run Diff
1,490K Attendance

📈 vs. 1997 NL Average

Batting Avg .255 3% below the 1997 league average (.262)
OBP .322 3% below the 1997 league average (.333)
SLG .385 6% below the 1997 league average (.410)
Team ERA 4.85 15% worse than the 1997 league average (4.20)
Runs Scored 668 10% below the 1997 league average (746 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumVeterans Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,490,542
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Avg per Game 18,401

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1997

Batting Avg

1 Midre Cummings 0.303 2 Mickey Morandini 0.295 3 Rob Butler 0.292 4 Billy McMillon 0.292 5 Tony Barron 0.286

Home Runs

1 Scott Rolen 21 2 Rico Brogna 20 3 Mike Lieberthal 20 4 Darren Daulton 11 5 Gregg Jefferies 11

RBI

1 Scott Rolen 92 2 Rico Brogna 81 3 Mike Lieberthal 77 4 Gregg Jefferies 48 5 Darren Daulton 42
1997 Philadelphia Phillies — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Scott Rolen 156 561 93 159 35 3 21 92 76 138 16 0.283
Mickey Morandini 150 553 83 163 40 2 1 39 62 91 16 0.295
Rico Brogna 148 543 68 137 36 1 20 81 33 116 12 0.252
Kevin Stocker 149 504 51 134 23 5 4 40 51 91 11 0.266
Gregg Jefferies 130 476 68 122 25 3 11 48 53 27 12 0.256
Mike Lieberthal 134 455 59 112 27 1 20 77 44 76 3 0.246
Darren Daulton 84 269 46 71 13 6 11 42 54 57 4 0.264
Midre Cummings 63 208 24 63 16 4 1 23 23 30 2 0.303
Tony Barron 57 189 22 54 12 1 4 24 12 38 0 0.286
Kevin Jordan 84 177 19 47 8 0 6 30 3 26 0 0.266
Ruben Amaro 117 175 18 41 6 1 2 21 21 24 1 0.234
Ricky Otero 50 151 20 38 6 2 0 3 19 15 0 0.252
Derrick May 83 149 8 34 5 1 1 13 8 26 4 0.228
Rex Hudler 50 122 17 27 4 0 5 10 6 28 1 0.221
Kevin Sefcik 61 119 11 32 3 0 2 6 4 9 1 0.269
Wendell Magee 38 115 7 23 4 0 1 9 9 20 1 0.200
Mark Parent 39 113 4 17 3 0 0 8 7 39 0 0.150
Rob Butler 43 89 10 26 9 1 0 13 5 8 1 0.292
Curt Schilling 35 81 4 14 1 0 0 1 1 32 1 0.173
Billy McMillon 24 72 10 21 4 1 2 13 6 17 2 0.292
Mark Leiter 31 51 2 6 0 0 0 4 2 28 0 0.118
Desi Relaford 15 38 3 7 1 2 0 6 5 6 3 0.184
Mike Robertson 22 38 3 8 2 1 0 4 0 6 1 0.211
Garrett Stephenson 20 32 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 16 0 0.094
Matt Beech 24 30 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 14 0 0.167
Bobby Estalella 13 29 9 10 1 0 4 9 7 7 0 0.345
Tyler Green 14 26 2 8 3 0 0 2 0 5 0 0.308
Calvin Maduro 16 20 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 0.050
Mike Grace 6 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0.083
Bobby Munoz 8 10 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.300
Danny Tartabull 3 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0.000
Scott Ruffcorn 18 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0.000
Ron Blazier 36 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.400
Mark Portugal 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Edgar Ramos 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Wayne Gomes 37 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.000
Mike Mimbs 17 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ryan Nye 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Darrin Winston 7 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.500
Ricky Bottalico 69 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Billy Brewer 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jerry Spradlin 76 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Reggie Harris 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ryan Karp 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Erik Plantenberg 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ken Ryan 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1997

ERA

1 Curt Schilling 2.97 2 Garrett Stephenson 3.15 3 Mike Grace 3.46 4 Ricky Bottalico 3.65 5 Jerry Spradlin 4.74

Wins

1 Curt Schilling 17 2 Mark Leiter 10 3 Garrett Stephenson 8 4 Wayne Gomes 5 5 Matt Beech 4

Strikeouts

1 Curt Schilling 319 2 Mark Leiter 148 3 Matt Beech 120 4 Ricky Bottalico 89 5 Garrett Stephenson 81
1997 Philadelphia Phillies — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Curt Schilling 17 11 2.97 35 35 0 254.1 208 84 58 319
Mark Leiter 10 17 5.67 31 31 0 182.2 216 115 64 148
Matt Beech 4 9 5.07 24 24 0 136.2 147 77 57 120
Garrett Stephenson 8 6 3.15 20 18 0 117.0 104 41 38 81
Jerry Spradlin 4 8 4.74 76 0 1 81.2 86 43 27 67
Tyler Green 4 4 4.93 14 14 0 76.2 72 42 45 58
Ricky Bottalico 2 5 3.65 69 0 34 74.0 68 30 42 89
Calvin Maduro 3 7 7.23 15 13 0 71.0 83 57 41 31
Reggie Harris 1 3 5.30 50 0 0 54.1 55 32 43 45
Ron Blazier 1 1 5.03 36 0 0 53.2 62 30 21 42
Wayne Gomes 5 1 5.27 37 0 0 42.2 45 25 24 24
Scott Ruffcorn 0 3 7.71 18 4 0 39.2 42 34 36 33
Mike Grace 3 2 3.46 6 6 0 39.0 32 15 10 26
Bobby Munoz 1 5 8.91 8 7 0 33.1 47 33 15 20
Mike Mimbs 0 3 7.53 17 1 0 28.2 31 24 27 29
Erik Plantenberg 0 0 4.91 35 0 0 25.2 25 14 12 12
Billy Brewer 1 2 3.27 25 0 0 22.0 15 8 11 16
Ken Ryan 1 0 9.58 22 0 0 20.2 31 22 13 10
Ryan Karp 1 1 5.40 15 1 0 15.0 12 9 9 18
Edgar Ramos 0 2 5.14 4 2 0 14.0 15 8 6 4
Mark Portugal 0 2 4.61 3 3 0 13.2 17 7 5 2
Ryan Nye 0 2 8.25 4 2 0 12.0 20 11 9 7
Darrin Winston 2 0 5.25 7 1 0 12.0 8 7 3 8

👥 Roster (46)

Ruben Amaro Tony Barron Matt Beech Ron Blazier Ricky Bottalico Billy Brewer Rico Brogna Rob Butler Midre Cummings Darren Daulton Bobby Estalella Wayne Gomes +34 more

46 players

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The 1997 Philadelphia Phillies in brief

The 1997 Philadelphia Phillies finished 68-94, a .420 winning percentage, placing 5th in the NL East. With 668 runs scored and 840 given up, the 1997 differential was -172. The team batting average of .255 was 3% below the 1997 league mark of .262. Pitchers allowed 4.85 earned runs per nine innings, against a league figure of 4.20. Measured against the 746-run league average, the offense was 10% behind.

Veterans Stadium was home in 1997, drawing a total attendance of 1,490,542. The home run leader was Scott Rolen, who hit 21. The hits leader was Mickey Morandini with 163. Curt Schilling was the top winner, with 17 victories. Ricky Bottalico saved 34 games. The roster section lists 46 players who appeared for the club.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 1997 Philadelphia Phillies

What was the 1997 Philadelphia Phillies record?
The 1997 Philadelphia Phillies finished 68-94 (.420 win pct).
Who led the 1997 Philadelphia Phillies in home runs?
Scott Rolen led the 1997 Philadelphia Phillies with 21 home runs.
What was the 1997 Philadelphia Phillies team ERA?
The 1997 Philadelphia Phillies posted a team ERA of 4.85.
Did the 1997 Philadelphia Phillies win the World Series?
No. The 1997 Philadelphia Phillies did not win the World Series.
Where did the 1997 Philadelphia Phillies play?
The 1997 Philadelphia Phillies played home games at Veterans Stadium.
Who led the 1997 Philadelphia Phillies in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Scott Rolen (21 HR, 92 RBI) and Curt Schilling (17-11, 2.97 ERA).
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