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Eastern Division
Team                W   L    %   GB  OFF  PIT  DEF   HOME   ROAD  1-RUN    L46   MANAGER(S)
New York AL   NYA  96  66 .593 ----    4   13    2  50-31  46-35  31-13  29-17   Robert Rescigno
Baltimore     BAA  92  70 .568  4.0    9    4    4  51-30  41-40  22-24  21-25   Charlie Steinhice
Boston        BOA  79  83 .488 17.0    6    7   11  41-40  38-43  26-28  25-21   Mike Tomeo
Toronto       TOA  67  95 .414 29.0   22   20   15  32-49  35-46  19-20  16-30   Rob Rife

Central Division
Team                W   L    %   GB  OFF  PIT  DEF   HOME   ROAD  1-RUN    L46   MANAGER(S)
Minnesota     MNA  86  76 .531 ----    8   15   14  45-36  41-40  26-17  28-18   Darren Dawson
Detroit       DEA  81  81 .500  5.0    5    8   10  36-45  45-36  16-26  24-22   Mike Mashanic
Milwaukee     MLA  72  90 .444 14.0   13   17   19  39-42  33-48  18-31  23-23   Mark Simons
Chicago AL    CHA  68  94 .420 18.0   11   22   23  33-48  35-46  21-29  18-28   Ben Lea, Shane Parendo

Western Division
Team                W   L    %   GB  OFF  PIT  DEF   HOME   ROAD  1-RUN    L46   MANAGER(S)
Seattle       SEA 110  52 .679 ----    1    5   13  50-31  60-21  36-20  33-13   Jeff Tripodi
Texas         TEA  80  82 .494 30.0    2   23   21  42-39  38-43  20-15  23-23   Mike Rescigno
Kansas City   KCA  79  83 .488 31.0    7   12    8  44-37  35-46  15-26  25-21   Jim Pardee, Gary Bringhurst, Dennis Schimmel
Oakland       OAA  62 100 .383 48.0   19   24   22  29-52  33-48  23-24  11-35   Drew Kennedy

OFF, PIT, DEF - rankings among the 24 teams in Offense, Pitching and Defense.
HOME, ROAD, 1-RUN, L46 - W-L records at Home, on the Road, in one-run games, and over the final 46 games of the season.

Postseason
World Series (4-3):   Los Angeles Dodgers over New York Yankees
AL Championship Series (3-2):   New York Yankees over Seattle Mariners
AL Divisional Series (3-2):   Seattle Mariners over Baltimore Orioles
AL Divisional Series (3-1):   New York Yankees over Minnesota Twins

1997 NL | AL League Yearly Summary | Transactions
  Players: Batting - Pitching

League Batting    Glossary

 Tm    R/G    R    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS   IBB  HP   SH   SF  GIDP
+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
 SEA  6.31  1023  5818  1642  357  24  292  681  1208  .282  .360  .502   35   15   43   55   24   46  147
 TEA  5.80   940  5830  1706  312  34  232  480  1028  .293  .348  .477   59   17   33   49   21   56  136
 NYA  5.36   868  5643  1596  293  36  183  581   989  .283  .352  .445  126   37   37   47   63   48  129
 DEA  4.99   809  5622  1493  311  30  192  529  1074  .266  .334  .434  141   51   34   72   62   47  124
 BOA  4.98   807  5773  1572  327  38  179  523  1026  .272  .336  .435   76   14   46   52   43   33  141
 KCA  4.96   803  5592  1493  270  33  178  552   969  .267  .336  .423   60   16   31   54   27   44  133
 MNA  4.95   802  5648  1543  306  43  173  532  1101  .273  .340  .434  185   44   48   56   58   40  118
 BAA  4.94   800  5647  1529  283  28  198  556   903  .271  .345  .436   74   29   34  110   23   46  144
 CHA  4.85   786  5678  1491  248  31  190  578  1104  .263  .335  .418   51   30   29   60   35   38  148
 MLA  4.78   774  5661  1503  277  41  135  560   999  .266  .337  .400   47   27   18   68   33   37  149
 OAA  4.41   714  5555  1355  293  35  167  635  1195  .244  .323  .399   19    2   32   39    9   45  150
 TOA  4.28   693  5512  1352  301  47  175  510  1242  .245  .313  .412   94   27   31   51   54   34  116
+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+
 Tot  5.05  9819 67979 18275 3578 420 2294 6717 12838  .269  .339  .435  967  309  416  713  452  514 1635

League Pitching    Glossary

 Tm   R/G    RA   ERA    IP    H    HR    BB    SO   CG SHO  SV  IRSC XTOT XOUT  XPCT
+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+-----+----+----+-----+
 BAA  4.18   677  3.75  1457  1301  175   529  1284  23   9  44  .343  843  636  .754
 SEA  4.36   706  3.94  1481  1415  179   529  1191  27  11  56  .299  882  626  .710
 BOA  4.50   729  4.10  1465  1472  144   540  1035   4   6  44  .296  866  624  .721
 DEA  4.54   735  4.18  1463  1373  203   590  1063   9   9  37  .275  841  606  .721
 KCA  4.78   774  4.55  1428  1511  194   516   943   9  12  49  .281  815  599  .735
 NYA  4.83   783  4.55  1446  1553  176   535  1191  19   5  52  .314  807  616  .763
 MNA  4.94   800  4.48  1459  1476  201   564   991   2   9  46  .360  865  612  .708
 MLA  5.19   841  4.72  1460  1562  193   549  1076  11   7  40  .329  896  615  .686
 TOA  5.38   872  5.04  1441  1588  181   591  1111  49  12  19  .386  843  592  .702
 CHA  5.80   940  5.24  1463  1633  183   615  1028  24   8  34  .371  860  552  .642
 TEA  6.02   975  5.48  1444  1710  233   557  1018  15   4  43  .360  896  606  .676
 OAA  6.09   987  5.62  1439  1681  232   602   907  16   3  33  .397  888  596  .671
+---+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+---+-----+----+----+-----+
 Tot  5.05  9819  4.63 17451 18275 2294  6717 12838 208  95 497       **** 7280  .707

League Awards
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Pitchers are not eligible for the MVP Award.
All voting is done by HAL. Totals may not match the Recap report, but the order of the players is generally the same.

MVP Award Voting

  1. Ken Griffey, Jr.  (649)
  2. Rusty Greer  (545)
  3. Tino Martinez  (520)
  4. Nomar Garciaparra  (503)
  5. Frank Thomas  (467)
  6. Chuck Knoblauch  (451)
  7. Jay Buhner  (446)
  8. Brady Anderson  (443)
  9. Edgar Martinez  (442)
  10. Rafael Palmeiro  (441)

  11. Tony Clark  (439)
  12. Alex Rodriguez  (438)
  13. Jim Thome  (423)
  14. Juan Gonzalez  (416)
  15. Mo Vaughn  (415)
  16. Bernie Williams  (402)
  17. Albert Belle  (400)
  18. Damion Easley  (399)
  19. Chili Davis  (388)
  20. Moises Alou  (387)

Cy Young Award Voting

  1. Randy Johnson  (312)
  2. Curt Schilling  (284)
  3. Jeff Fassero  (252)
  4. Roger Clemens  (234)
  5. Mariano Rivera  (230)
  6. David Cone  (214)
  7. Mike Mussina  (196)
  8. Randy Myers  (178)
  9. Justin Thompson  (177)
  10. Robert Person  (175)

  11. Tom Gordon  (166)
  12. Mike Timlin  (164)
  13. Jaret Wright  (159)
  14. Andy Pettitte  (155)
  15. Mike Jackson  (155)
  16. John Burkett  (153)
  17. Ricky Bottalico  (152)
  18. John Wetteland  (138)
  19. Jose Rosado  (132)
  20. Billy Wagner  (132)

All Stars
Jay Bell
Jay Buhner
Roger Clemens
David Cone
Damion Easley
Jeff Fassero
Nomar Garciaparra
Rusty Greer
Ken Griffey, Jr.
Randy Johnson
Chuck Knoblauch
Tino Martinez
Mark McGwire
Mike Mussina
Randy Myers
Rafael Palmeiro
Mariano Rivera
Alex Rodriguez
Ivan Rodriguez
Scott Rolen
Curt Schilling
Frank Thomas
Jim Thome
Mo Vaughn
John Wetteland
Bernie Williams
Jaret Wright
Todd Zeile

Gold Gloves
P: Mike Mussina
C: Dan Wilson
1B: Jeff King
2B: Chuck Knoblauch
3B: Travis Fryman
SS: Derek Jeter
OF: Ken Griffey, Jr.
OF: Marquis Grissom
OF: Bernie Williams

Major League Leaderboard
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Batting Average
Rusty Greer.369
Larry Walker.364
Tony Gwynn.362
Mike Piazza.358
Andres Galarraga.334
Raul Mondesi.326
Ken Griffey, Jr..325
Frank Thomas.325
Tino Martinez.315
Chuck Knoblauch.315
Mark Grace.313
Edgar Martinez.313
On Base Percentage
Larry Walker.454
Edgar Martinez.447
Rusty Greer.443
Frank Thomas.442
Mike Piazza.420
Tony Phillips.417
Brady Anderson.417
Jim Thome.416
Barry Bonds.415
Ken Caminiti.414
Andres Galarraga.414
Mark Grace.406
Slugging Percentage
Larry Walker.750
Ken Griffey, Jr..723
Rusty Greer.653
Barry Bonds.618
David Justice.611
Ken Caminiti.606
Tino Martinez.594
Mike Piazza.591
Andres Galarraga.588
Raul Mondesi.586
Frank Thomas.585
Jim Thome.570
On Base + Slugging
Larry Walker1.204
Ken Griffey, Jr.1.121
Rusty Greer1.096
Barry Bonds1.033
Frank Thomas1.027
Ken Caminiti1.020
Mike Piazza1.011
Andres Galarraga1.001
David Justice0.998
Jim Thome0.985
Tino Martinez0.981
Edgar Martinez0.970
At Bats
Brian L. Hunter696
Sammy Sosa661
Tony Womack660
Derek Jeter658
Chuck Knoblauch655
Nomar Garciaparra654
Raul Mondesi648
Rafael Palmeiro636
Tony Clark635
Vinny Castilla634
Eric Karros630
Albert Belle629
Runs Scored
Larry Walker150
Barry Bonds139
Andres Galarraga134
Ken Griffey, Jr.131
Brady Anderson130
Rusty Greer130
Jeff Bagwell117
Brian L. Hunter117
Nomar Garciaparra115
Edgar Martinez115
Alex Rodriguez115
Hits
Rusty Greer222
Tony Gwynn222
Larry Walker213
Raul Mondesi211
Andres Galarraga209
Chuck Knoblauch206
Mike Piazza204
Ken Griffey, Jr.202
Nomar Garciaparra196
Tino Martinez196
Brian L. Hunter189
Delino Deshields186
Total Bases
Ken Griffey, Jr.450
Larry Walker439
Rusty Greer393
Raul Mondesi380
Tino Martinez370
Andres Galarraga368
Nomar Garciaparra366
Barry Bonds362
Mike Piazza337
Tony Gwynn328
David Justice325
Alex Rodriguez318
Doubles
Mark Grudzielanek61
Rusty Greer54
Raul Mondesi52
Larry Walker52
Jason Giambi50
Jeff Kent49
Brady Anderson48
Ken Griffey, Jr.48
Chipper Jones47
Alex Rodriguez47
Jeff Cirillo45
Triples
Brian L. Hunter12
Joe Randa12
Nomar Garciaparra11
Chuck Knoblauch11
Johnny Damon10
Lance Johnson10
Neifi Perez10
Shannon Stewart10
Luis Alicea9
Jason McDonald9
Raul Mondesi9
Bernie Williams9
Home Runs
Ken Griffey, Jr.64
Larry Walker56
Barry Bonds51
Juan Gonzalez46
Tino Martinez45
David Justice42
Jay Buhner41
Chili Davis40
Ken Caminiti39
Andres Galarraga39
RBI
Ken Griffey, Jr.153
Larry Walker152
Tino Martinez136
Rafael Palmeiro132
Rusty Greer131
J. T. Snow127
Juan Gonzalez124
Barry Bonds120
Tony Clark120
Andres Galarraga116
Jeff Kent116
Walks
Edgar Martinez126
Barry Bonds123
Jay Buhner119
Tony Phillips110
Frank Thomas110
Jeff Bagwell109
Jim Thome104
Gary Sheffield101
Brady Anderson95
Tim Salmon92
Ray Lankford90
Batters Strikeouts
Jay Buhner201
Mo Vaughn180
Sammy Sosa177
Andres Galarraga164
Tony Clark157
Tim Salmon145
Scott Rolen143
Jim Thome142
Carlos Delgado140
Jeff Kent140
Brian L. Hunter137
Dean Palmer137
Stolen Bases
Chuck Knoblauch82
Brian L. Hunter69
Omar Vizquel64
Delino Deshields62
Otis Nixon62
Tony Womack56
Eric Young47
Deion Sanders42
Kenny Lofton37
Craig Biggio36
Edgar Renteria35
Lance Johnson34
Caught Stealing
Tony Womack20
Eric Young17
Lance Johnson14
Chuck Knoblauch14
Otis Nixon14
Raul Mondesi13
Omar Vizquel13
Deivi Cruz12
Delino Deshields12
Brian L. Hunter12
Kenny Lofton12
Edgar Renteria12
Hit by Pitch
Jason Kendall43
Brady Anderson36
Craig Biggio29
Andres Galarraga29
Damion Easley24
Jeff Blauser23
F. P. Santangelo23
Chuck Knoblauch20
Jeff Bagwell18
Edgar Martinez18
Ivan Rodriguez17
Gary Sheffield17
GIDP
Chipper Jones35
Ellis Burks32
Sammy Sosa30
Mike Piazza27
Vinny Castilla25
Albert Belle24
Gary Gaetti23
Cal Ripken23
Ivan Rodriguez23
Jeff Bagwell22
Geronimo Berroa22
Lee Stevens22
Errors
Mark Grudzielanek32
Tony Womack32
Dave Hollins31
Todd Zeile29
Jeff Kent26
Cal Ripken26
Alex Rodriguez26
Vinny Castilla25
Domingo Cedeno25
Pat Meares25
Jeff Cirillo24
Earned Run Average
Greg Maddux2.02
Roger Clemens2.19
Kevin Brown2.60
Darryl Kile2.61
Ismael Valdes2.64
Pedro Martinez2.68
Curt Schilling2.84
Hideo Nomo3.04
Randy Johnson3.04
Denny Neagle3.22
Justin Thompson3.24
Kevin Appier3.30
Wins
Randy Johnson21
Jeff Fassero20
Curt Schilling20
Mike Hampton18
John Burkett17
Roger Clemens17
David Cone17
Jimmy Key17
Hideo Nomo17
Andy Pettitte17
Losses
Pat Hentgen19
Mark Leiter18
Scott Sanders18
Woody Williams18
Bobby Witt17
Jimmy Key16
Tim Belcher15
Scott Erickson15
Chris Holt15
Brad Radke15
Glendon Rusch15
Winning Percentage
Jeff Fassero.833
John Burkett.773
Hideo Nomo.773
Randy Johnson.750
Jamie Moyer.706
Tom Gordon.684
Ismael Valdes.684
Jason Schmidt.667
David Cone.654
Andy Pettitte.654
Kevin Brown.652
Mark Clark.650
Games Pitched
Shigetoshi Hasegawa84
Rich Loiselle70
Jose Mesa66
Carlos Reyes66
Rick Aguilera65
Jay Powell65
Scott Sullivan64
John Wasdin63
Turk Wendell63
Bob Wickman63
Games Started
Brad Radke41
Jimmy Key39
Andy Pettitte36
Kevin Brown35
Jeff Fassero35
Alex Fernandez35
Tom Glavine35
Mike Hampton35
Pedro Martinez35
Curt Schilling35
David Wells35
Complete Games
Roger Clemens22
Darryl Kile12
Pat Hentgen10
Greg Maddux9
Pedro Martinez9
Curt Schilling9
Kevin Appier8
Kevin Brown8
Randy Johnson8
Dave Mlicki8
John Smoltz8
Games Finished
Scott Sullivan56
John Franco54
Trevor Hoffman54
Jose Mesa51
Ugueth Urbina50
Mariano Rivera48
Robb Nen47
Mike Jackson43
John Wetteland42
Doug Jones40
Saves
Trevor Hoffman43
Mariano Rivera37
Jose Mesa33
John Franco31
Mike Jackson30
Randy Myers29
Scott Sullivan29
Robb Nen27
Ugueth Urbina27
John Wetteland27
Jeff Shaw26
Billy Wagner25
Shutouts
Pedro Martinez9
Roger Clemens6
Greg Maddux5
Wilson Alvarez3
Randy Johnson3
Bobby Jones3
Darryl Kile3
Denny Neagle3
Rick Reed3
Bobby Witt3
Innings Pitched
Roger Clemens267.0
Curt Schilling263.3
Darryl Kile258.7
Pedro Martinez252.0
Andy Pettitte250.7
Brad Radke250.7
John Smoltz250.7
Kevin Brown249.3
Kevin Appier248.3
Pat Hentgen247.7
Greg Maddux244.7
Denny Neagle240.7
Hits Allowed
David Wells283
Andy Pettitte265
Pat Hentgen260
Brad Radke260
Willie Blair252
Julio Santana249
Jimmy Key244
Kirk Rueter242
John Smoltz242
Darren Oliver241
Mike Hampton237
Mark Leiter234
Home Runs Allowed
Tim Belcher41
Darren Oliver41
Juan Guzman38
Jimmy Key38
Dave Mlicki38
Mark Leiter36
David Wells36
Woody Williams36
Shane Reynolds35
Alex Fernandez34
Brad Radke33
Walks Allowed
Shawn Estes121
David Cone108
Darren Oliver103
Bartolo Colon96
Darryl Kile94
William Vanlandingham93
Woody Williams92
Jimmy Key91
Scott Eyre90
Roger Clemens89
Aaron Sele89
Ken Hill88
Pitchers Strikeouts
Pedro Martinez333
Randy Johnson321
Curt Schilling315
Roger Clemens299
John Smoltz262
David Cone241
Darryl Kile230
Mike Mussina221
Hideo Nomo219
Kevin Brown199
Brad Radke197
Greg Maddux196
  
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