1997 Pittsburgh Pirates

79-83 • .488 Win% • 2nd in NL C

The 1997 Pittsburgh Pirates went 79-83 (.488) finishing 2nd in the NL C division. The club scored 725 runs, allowed 760, and played home games at Three Rivers Stadium. Team leaders included Kevin Young (18 HR, 74 RBI) and Francisco Cordova (11-8, 3.63 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

79 Wins
83 Losses
.488 Win %
2nd Rank
725 R 760 RA
Diff -35

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⚡ Quick Stats

725 Runs Scored
760 Runs Allowed
-35 Run Diff
1,694K Attendance

📈 vs. 1997 NL Average

Batting Avg .261 equal to the 1997 league average (.262)
OBP .328 1% below the 1997 league average (.333)
SLG .403 2% below the 1997 league average (.410)
Team ERA 4.28 2% worse than the 1997 league average (4.20)
Runs Scored 725 3% below the 1997 league average (746 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumThree Rivers Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,694,633
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Avg per Game 20,921

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1997

Batting Avg

1 Shawon Dunston 0.394 2 Turner Ward 0.353 3 Joe Randa 0.302 4 Kevin Young 0.300 5 Jason Kendall 0.294

Home Runs

1 Kevin Young 18 2 Jose Guillen 14 3 Al Martin 13 4 Dale Sveum 12 5 Mark Smith 9

RBI

1 Kevin Young 74 2 Jose Guillen 70 3 Joe Randa 60 4 Al Martin 59 5 Tony Womack 50
1997 Pittsburgh Pirates — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Tony Womack 155 641 85 178 26 9 6 50 43 109 60 0.278
Jose Guillen 143 498 58 133 20 5 14 70 17 88 1 0.267
Jason Kendall 144 486 71 143 36 4 8 49 49 53 18 0.294
Joe Randa 126 443 58 134 27 9 7 60 41 64 4 0.302
Al Martin 113 423 64 123 24 7 13 59 45 83 23 0.291
Jermaine Allensworth 108 369 55 94 18 2 3 43 44 79 14 0.255
Kevin Young 97 333 59 100 18 3 18 74 16 89 11 0.300
Dale Sveum 126 306 30 80 20 1 12 47 27 81 0 0.261
Kevin Polcovich 84 245 37 67 16 1 4 21 21 45 2 0.273
Mark Johnson 78 219 30 47 10 0 4 29 43 78 1 0.215
Mark Smith 71 193 29 55 13 1 9 35 28 36 3 0.285
Turner Ward 71 167 33 59 16 1 7 33 18 17 4 0.353
Adrian Brown 48 147 17 28 6 0 1 10 13 18 8 0.190
Kevin Elster 39 138 14 31 6 2 7 25 21 39 0 0.225
Midre Cummings 52 106 11 20 6 2 3 8 8 26 0 0.189
Keith Osik 49 105 10 27 9 1 0 7 9 21 0 0.257
Emil Brown 66 95 16 17 2 1 2 6 10 32 5 0.179
Eddie Williams 30 89 12 22 5 0 3 11 10 24 1 0.247
Shawon Dunston 18 71 14 28 4 1 5 16 0 11 3 0.394
Esteban Loaiza 33 60 4 10 1 0 0 5 1 17 0 0.167
Jon Lieber 33 58 1 7 2 0 0 8 4 23 0 0.121
Francisco Cordova 29 56 2 5 0 0 0 0 4 26 0 0.089
Jason Schmidt 32 56 2 6 2 0 0 2 2 26 0 0.107
Steve Cooke 32 52 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 18 0 0.058
Freddy Garcia 20 40 4 6 1 0 3 5 2 17 0 0.150
Abraham Nunez 19 40 3 9 2 2 0 6 3 10 1 0.225
Lou Collier 18 37 3 5 0 0 0 3 1 11 1 0.135
Matt Ruebel 44 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.000
Jose Silva 11 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.143
Chris Peters 31 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0.250
Marc Wilkins 70 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0.000
Clint Sodowsky 45 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.500
Dave Wainhouse 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jason Johnson 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Rich Loiselle 72 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Ricardo Rincon 62 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Paul Wagner 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Jason Christiansen 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Elmer Dessens 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
John Ericks 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jeff Granger 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ramon Morel 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jeff Wallace 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1997

ERA

1 Jason Christiansen 2.94 2 Rich Loiselle 3.10 3 Ricardo Rincon 3.45 4 Francisco Cordova 3.63 5 Clint Sodowsky 3.63

Wins

1 Francisco Cordova 11 2 Jon Lieber 11 3 Esteban Loaiza 11 4 Jason Schmidt 10 5 Steve Cooke 9

Strikeouts

1 Jon Lieber 160 2 Jason Schmidt 136 3 Esteban Loaiza 122 4 Francisco Cordova 121 5 Steve Cooke 109
1997 Pittsburgh Pirates — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Esteban Loaiza 11 11 4.13 33 32 0 196.1 214 90 56 122
Jon Lieber 11 14 4.49 33 32 0 188.1 193 94 51 160
Jason Schmidt 10 9 4.60 32 32 0 187.2 193 96 76 136
Francisco Cordova 11 8 3.63 29 29 0 178.2 175 72 49 121
Steve Cooke 9 15 4.30 32 32 0 167.1 184 80 77 109
Marc Wilkins 9 5 3.69 70 0 2 75.2 65 31 33 47
Rich Loiselle 1 5 3.10 72 0 29 72.2 76 25 24 66
Matt Ruebel 3 2 6.32 44 0 0 62.2 77 44 27 50
Ricardo Rincon 4 8 3.45 62 0 4 60.0 51 23 24 71
Clint Sodowsky 2 2 3.63 45 0 0 52.0 49 21 34 51
Chris Peters 2 2 4.58 31 1 0 37.1 38 19 21 17
Jose Silva 2 1 5.94 11 4 0 36.1 52 24 16 30
Jason Christiansen 3 0 2.94 39 0 0 33.2 37 11 17 37
Dave Wainhouse 0 1 8.04 25 0 0 28.0 34 25 17 21
Paul Wagner 0 0 3.94 14 0 0 16.0 17 7 13 9
Jeff Wallace 0 0 0.75 11 0 0 12.0 8 1 8 14
John Ericks 1 0 1.93 10 0 6 9.1 7 2 4 6
Ramon Morel 0 0 4.70 5 0 0 7.2 11 4 4 4
Jason Johnson 0 0 6.00 3 0 0 6.0 10 4 1 3
Jeff Granger 0 0 18.00 9 0 0 5.0 10 10 8 4
Elmer Dessens 0 0 0.00 3 0 0 3.1 2 0 0 2

👥 Roster (43)

Jermaine Allensworth Adrian Brown Emil Brown Jason Christiansen Lou Collier Steve Cooke Francisco Cordova Midre Cummings Elmer Dessens Shawon Dunston Kevin Elster John Ericks +31 more

43 players

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The 1997 Pittsburgh Pirates in brief

The 1997 Pittsburgh Pirates won 79 games and lost 83, ending up 2nd in the NL Central. The Pittsburgh Pirates scored 725 runs and allowed 760, a run differential of -35. The Pittsburgh Pirates staff finished with a 4.28 ERA; the league as a whole was at 4.20. League clubs averaged 746 runs that year, so the Pittsburgh Pirates scored 3% fewer. Three Rivers Stadium was home in 1997, drawing a total attendance of 1,694,633.

The home run leader was Kevin Young, who hit 18. Tony Womack collected the most hits, 178. On the mound, Francisco Cordova won 11 games to lead the staff. The strikeout leader was Jon Lieber with 160. Rich Loiselle closed out 29 saves. In all, the roster shows 43 players.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 1997 Pittsburgh Pirates

What was the 1997 Pittsburgh Pirates record?
The 1997 Pittsburgh Pirates finished 79-83 (.488 win pct).
Who led the 1997 Pittsburgh Pirates in home runs?
Kevin Young led the 1997 Pittsburgh Pirates with 18 home runs.
What was the 1997 Pittsburgh Pirates team ERA?
The 1997 Pittsburgh Pirates posted a team ERA of 4.28.
Did the 1997 Pittsburgh Pirates win the World Series?
No. The 1997 Pittsburgh Pirates did not win the World Series.
Where did the 1997 Pittsburgh Pirates play?
The 1997 Pittsburgh Pirates played home games at Three Rivers Stadium.
Who led the 1997 Pittsburgh Pirates in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Kevin Young (18 HR, 74 RBI) and Francisco Cordova (11-8, 3.63 ERA).
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