1997 Cleveland Indians season 1997 Cleveland Indians season was a season in American baseball . It involved the Indians making their second World Series appearance in three years. The Indians finished in first place in the American League Central and hosted the 1997 Major League Baseball All-Star Game .Offseason November 13, 1996: Matt Williams was traded by the San Francisco Giants with a player to be named later to the Cleveland Indians for a player to be named later, Jeff Kent, Julián Tavárez, and José Vizcaíno. The Cleveland Indians sent Joe Roa to the San Francisco Giants to complete the trade . December 10, 1996: Eric Plunk was signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians. December 13, 1996: Kevin Mitchell signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians. December 16, 1996: Trenidad Hubbard was sent by the San Francisco Giants to the Cleveland Indians to complete an earlier deal made on November 13, 1996. December 18, 1996: Chad Curtis was signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians. December 19, 1996: Les Norman was signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians. December 28, 1996: Tony Fernandez was signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians. January 1, 1997: Casey Candaele was signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians. January 31, 1997: Greg Cadaret was signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.Spring training Game log Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents Notable transactions April 21, 1997: Ryan Thompson signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians. May 20, 1997: Torey Lovullo was signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians. June 3, 1997: Kevin Mitchell was released by the Cleveland Indians. June 5, 1997: Ryan Thompson was traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Toronto Blue Jays for Jeff Manto . June 9, 1997: Dave Weathers was traded by the New York Yankees to the Cleveland Indians for Chad Curtis. July 3, 1997: Greg Cadaret was released by the Cleveland Indians. July 25, 1997: Pat Listach was signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians. July 31, 1997: John Smiley was traded by the Cincinnati Reds with Jeff Branson to the Cleveland Indians for Jim Crowell, Danny Graves , Damian Jackson , and Scott Winchester. July 31, 1997: Jeff Juden was traded by the Montreal Expos to the Cleveland Indians for Steve Kline . August 13, 1997: Julio Franco was released by the Cleveland Indians.Roster Game log All-Star game The 1997 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 68th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League and National League . There were no members of the Indians in the starting lineup although three Indians were named to the team. The game was held on July 8 , 1997, and the first pitch was thrown by former Indian Larry Doby. The American League were victorious 3 – 1, with the go ahead HR coming courtesy Alomar, Jr.Player stats Batting Starters by position Note: Pos = position; G = Games played; AB = At bats ; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C Sandy Alomar Jr. 125 451 146 .324 21 83 1B Jim Thome 147 496 142 .286 40 102 2B Tony Fernández 120 409 117 .286 11 44 SS Omar Vizquel 153 565 158 .280 5 49 3B Matt Williams 151 596 157 .263 32 105 LF Brian Giles 130 377 101 .268 17 61 CF Marquis Grissom 144 558 146 .262 12 66 RF Manny Ramirez 150 561 184 .328 26 88 DH David Justice 139 495 163 .329 33 101
Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Julio Franco 78 289 82 .284 3 25 Kevin Seitzer 64 198 53 .268 2 24 Pat Borders 55 159 47 .296 4 15 Bip Roberts 23 85 23 .271 3 8 Jeff Branson 29 72 19 .264 2 7 Kevin Mitchell 20 59 9 .153 4 11 Jeff Manto 16 30 8 .267 2 7 Chad Curtis 22 29 6 .207 3 5 Casey Candaele 14 26 8 .308 0 4 Bruce Aven 13 19 4 .211 0 2 Enrique Wilson 5 15 5 .333 0 1 Trent Hubbard 7 12 3 .250 0 0 Richie Sexson 5 11 3 .273 0 0 Sean Casey 6 10 2 .200 0 1 Damian Jackson 8 9 1 .111 0 0 Einar Díaz 5 7 1 .143 0 1
Pitching Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average ; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Charles Nagy 34 227 15 11 4.28 149 Orel Hershiser 32 195.1 14 6 4.47 107 Chad Ogea 21 126.1 8 9 4.99 80 Bartolo Colón 19 94 4 7 5.65 66 Jaret Wright 16 90.1 8 3 4.38 63 Brian Anderson 8 48 4 2 4.69 22 John Smiley 6 37.1 2 4 5.54 26 Terry Clark 4 26.1 0 3 6.15 13
Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Albie Lopez 37 76.2 3 7 6.93 63 Jason Jacome 21 42.2 2 0 5.27 24 Jack McDowell 8 40.2 3 3 5.09 38 Jeff Juden 8 31.1 0 1 5.46 29 David Weathers 9 16.2 1 2 7.56 14
Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO Paul Assenmacher 75 5 0 4 2.94 53 Mike Jackson 71 2 5 15 3.24 74 José Mesa 66 4 4 16 2.40 69 Eric Plunk 55 4 5 0 4.66 66 Paul Shuey 40 4 2 2 6.20 46 Alvin Morman 34 0 0 2 5.89 13 Steve Kline 20 3 1 0 5.81 17 Danny Graves 5 0 0 0 4.76 4
Cleveland Indians vs. New York Yankees Game 1 September 30, Yankee Stadium Game 2 October 2, Yankee StadiumGame 3 October 4 , Jacobs FieldGame 4 October 5, Jacobs FieldGame 5 October 6, Jacobs FieldGame 1 October 8, Camden Yards Game 2 October 9, Camden YardsGame 3 October 11, Jacobs FieldGame 4 October 12, Jacobs FieldGame 5 October 13, Jacobs FieldGame 6 October 15, Camden YardsWorld Series Game 1 October 18, 1997, at Pro Player Stadium in Miami Game 2 October 19 , 1997, at Pro Player Stadium in MiamiGame 3 October 21, 1997, at Jacobs Field in Cleveland, Ohio Game 4 October 22, 1997, at Jacobs Field in Cleveland, OhioGame 5 October 23, 1997, at Jacobs Field in Cleveland, OhioGame 6 October 25, 1997, at Pro Player Stadium in MiamiGame 7 October 26 , 1997, at Pro Player Stadium in MiamiAward winners All-Star Game Sandy Alomar, Jr ., Catcher, Reserve Jim Thome, First Baseman, Reserve David Justice, Outfield, elected to start, but was unable to play due to an injury.Minor league affiliates
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