The Seattle Mariners 1997 season was their 21st season, and the team won their second American League West title,[1] with a record of 90–72 (.556), six games ahead of the runner-up Anaheim Angels. For the second straight year, they led the AL in runs scored (925) and shattered the all-time record for most home runs hit by a team in one season (set at 257 by the Baltimore Orioles the year before) with 264. Five Mariners scored at least 100 runs and six hit at least 20 home runs. In addition, the Seattle pitching staff led the league with 1,207 strikeouts. In the postseason, the Mariners lost the ALDS to the Baltimore Orioles in 4 games.
1997 Seattle Mariners | ||
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American League West Champions | ||
League | American League | |
Division | West | |
Ballpark | Kingdome | |
City | Seattle, Washington | |
Record | 90–72 (.556) | |
Divisional place | 1st | |
Owners | Hiroshi Yamauchi (represented by John Ellis) | |
General managers | Woody Woodward | |
Managers | Lou Piniella | |
Television | KIRO-TV 7 Fox Sports Northwest | |
Radio | KIRO 710 AM (Dave Niehaus, Chip Caray, Rick Rizzs, Ron Fairly, Dave Valle, Dave Henderson) | |
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The Mariners drew over three million in home attendance for the first time in franchise history,[2] in the penultimate full season at the Kingdome. Ken Griffey Jr. hit a franchise record 56 home runs and won the Most Valuable Player award in the American League.
In 1997, Randy Johnson set an American League record for left-handers by striking out 19 batters in a 4–1 loss to the Oakland A's on June 24.[11] On August 8 he matched the feat by setting down 19 Chicago White Sox.[11] Johnson posted a 20–4 record with 291 strikeouts and an ERA of 2.28. He finished second in the Cy Young balloting to Toronto's Roger Clemens.[11]
AL West | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Seattle Mariners | 90 | 72 | 0.556 | — | 45–36 | 45–36 |
Anaheim Angels | 84 | 78 | 0.519 | 6 | 46–36 | 38–42 |
Texas Rangers | 77 | 85 | 0.475 | 13 | 39–42 | 38–43 |
Oakland Athletics | 65 | 97 | 0.401 | 25 | 35–46 | 30–51 |
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Team | ANA | BAL | BOS | CWS | CLE | DET | KC | MIL | MIN | NYY | OAK | SEA | TEX | TOR | NL |
Anaheim | — | 4–7 | 6–5 | 6–5 | 7–4 | 5–6 | 6–5 | 7–4 | 4–7 | 4–7 | 11–1 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 6–5 | 4–12 |
Baltimore | 7–4 | — | 5–7 | 5–6 | 6–5 | 6–6 | 7–4 | 5–6 | 10–1 | 8–4 | 8–3 | 7–4 | 10–1 | 6–6 | 8–7 |
Boston | 5–6 | 7–5 | — | 3–8 | 6–5 | 5–7 | 3–8 | 8–3 | 8–3 | 4–8 | 7–4 | 7–4 | 3–8 | 6–6 | 6–9 |
Chicago | 5–6 | 6–5 | 8–3 | — | 5–7 | 4–7 | 11–1 | 4–7 | 6–6 | 2–9 | 8–3 | 5–6 | 3–8 | 5–6 | 8–7 |
Cleveland | 4–7 | 5–6 | 5–6 | 7–5 | — | 6–5 | 8–3 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 5–6 | 7–4 | 3–8 | 5–6 | 6–5 | 9–6 |
Detroit | 6–5 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 7–4 | 5–6 | — | 6–5 | 4–7 | 4–7 | 2–10 | 7–4 | 4–7 | 7–4 | 6–6 | 8–7 |
Kansas City | 5–6 | 4–7 | 8–3 | 1–11 | 3–8 | 5–6 | — | 6–6 | 7–5 | 3–8 | 3–8 | 5–6 | 6–5 | 5–6 | 6–9 |
Milwaukee | 4–7 | 6–5 | 3–8 | 7–4 | 4–8 | 7–4 | 6–6 | — | 5–7 | 4–7 | 5–6 | 5–6 | 7–4 | 7–4 | 8–7 |
Minnesota | 7–4 | 1–10 | 3–8 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 7–4 | 5–7 | 7–5 | — | 3–8 | 7–4 | 5–6 | 3–8 | 3–8 | 7–8 |
New York | 7–4 | 4–8 | 8–4 | 9–2 | 6–5 | 10–2 | 8–3 | 7–4 | 8–3 | — | 6–5 | 4–7 | 7–4 | 7–5 | 5–10 |
Oakland | 1–11 | 3–8 | 4–7 | 3–8 | 4–7 | 4–7 | 8–3 | 6–5 | 4–7 | 5–6 | — | 5–7 | 5–7 | 6–5 | 7–9 |
Seattle | 6–6 | 4–7 | 4–7 | 6–5 | 8–3 | 7–4 | 6–5 | 6–5 | 6–5 | 7–4 | 7–5 | — | 8–4 | 8–3 | 7–9 |
Texas | 4–8 | 1–10 | 8–3 | 8–3 | 6–5 | 4–7 | 5–6 | 4–7 | 8–3 | 4–7 | 7–5 | 4–8 | — | 4–7 | 10–6 |
Toronto | 5–6 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 6–5 | 5–6 | 6–6 | 6–5 | 4–7 | 8–3 | 5–7 | 5–6 | 3–8 | 7–4 | — | 4–11 |
1997 Seattle Mariners | |||||||||
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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 |
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C | Dan Wilson | 146 | 508 | 137 | .270 | 15 | 74 |
1B | Paul Sorrento | 146 | 457 | 123 | .269 | 31 | 80 |
2B | Joey Cora | 149 | 574 | 172 | .300 | 11 | 54 |
SS | Alex Rodriguez | 141 | 587 | 176 | .300 | 23 | 84 |
3B | Russ Davis | 119 | 420 | 114 | .271 | 20 | 63 |
LF | José Cruz Jr. | 49 | 183 | 49 | .268 | 12 | 34 |
CF | Ken Griffey Jr. | 157 | 608 | 185 | .304 | 56 | 147 |
RF | Jay Buhner | 157 | 540 | 131 | .243 | 40 | 109 |
DH | Edgar Martínez | 155 | 542 | 179 | .330 | 28 | 108 |
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 |
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Rich Amaral | 89 | 190 | 54 | .284 | 1 | 21 |
Brent Gates | 65 | 151 | 36 | .238 | 3 | 20 |
Mike Blowers | 68 | 150 | 44 | .293 | 5 | 20 |
Rob Ducey | 76 | 143 | 41 | .287 | 5 | 10 |
Lee Tinsley | 49 | 122 | 24 | .197 | 0 | 6 |
Roberto Kelly | 30 | 121 | 36 | .298 | 7 | 22 |
Andy Sheets | 32 | 89 | 22 | .247 | 4 | 9 |
John Marzano | 39 | 87 | 25 | .287 | 1 | 10 |
Álvaro Espinoza | 33 | 72 | 13 | .181 | 0 | 7 |
Raúl Ibañez | 11 | 26 | 4 | .154 | 1 | 4 |
Rick Wilkins | 5 | 12 | 3 | .250 | 1 | 4 |
Dan Rohrmeier | 7 | 9 | 3 | .333 | 0 | 2 |
Giomar Guevara | 5 | 4 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Brian Raabe | 2 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Jeff Fassero | 35 | 234.1 | 16 | 9 | 3.61 | 189 |
Randy Johnson | 30 | 213.0 | 20 | 4 | 2.28 | 291 |
Jamie Moyer | 30 | 188.2 | 17 | 5 | 3.86 | 113 |
Bob Wolcott | 19 | 100.0 | 5 | 6 | 6.03 | 58 |
Omar Olivares | 13 | 62.1 | 1 | 4 | 5.49 | 29 |
Ken Cloude | 10 | 51.0 | 4 | 2 | 5.12 | 46 |
Dennis Martínez | 9 | 49.0 | 1 | 5 | 7.71 | 17 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Scott Sanders | 33 | 65.1 | 3 | 6 | 6.47 | 62 |
Derek Lowe | 12 | 53.0 | 2 | 4 | 6.96 | 39 |
Felipe Lira | 8 | 18.2 | 0 | 4 | 9.16 | 9 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Norm Charlton | 71 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 7.27 | 55 |
Bobby Ayala | 71 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 3.82 | 92 |
Bob Wells | 46 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5.75 | 51 |
Greg McCarthy | 37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.46 | 34 |
Heathcliff Slocumb | 27 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 4.13 | 28 |
Mike Timlin | 26 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3.86 | 9 |
Paul Spoljaric | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.76 | 27 |
Josías Manzanillo | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.40 | 18 |
Mark Holzemer | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6.00 | 7 |
Edwin Hurtado | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9.00 | 10 |
Mike Maddux | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10.13 | 7 |
Rafael Carmona | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.18 | 6 |
Tim Davis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 10 |
Salomón Torres | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27.00 | 0 |
October 1, Kingdome
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Baltimore | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 0 |
Seattle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 |
W: Mike Mussina (1-0) L: Randy Johnson (0-1) SV: None | ||||||||||||
HR: BAL – Gerónimo Berroa (1) Chris Hoiles (1) SEA – Edgar Martínez (1) Jay Buhner (1) Alex Rodriguez (1) |
October 2, Kingdome
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Baltimore | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 14 | 0 |
Seattle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
W: Scott Erickson (1-0) L: Jamie Moyer (0-1) SV: None | ||||||||||||
HR: BAL – Harold Baines (1) Brady Anderson (1) SEA – None |
October 4, Oriole Park at Camden Yards
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Seattle | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 0 |
Baltimore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
W: Jeff Fassero (1-0) L: Jimmy Key (0-1) SV: None | ||||||||||||
HR: BAL – None SEA – Jay Buhner (2) Paul Sorrento (1) |
October 5, Oriole Park at Camden Yards
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
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Seattle | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Baltimore | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 | 7 | 0 |
W: Mike Mussina (2-0) L: Randy Johnson (0-2) SV: Randy Myers (1) | ||||||||||||
HR: BAL – Jeff Reboulet (1) Gerónimo Berroa (2) SEA – Edgar Martínez (2) |