1997 Florida Marlins

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1997 Florida Marlins
Major league affiliations
National League (Since 1993) Eastern Division (Since 1993)
Location
Pro Player Stadium (Since 1993) Miami Gardens, Florida (Since 1993)
1997 Information
Owner(s)	Wayne Huizenga
Manager(s)	Jim Leyland
Local television	FSN Florida
Local radio	WQAM WQBA (Spanish)
Baseball-Reference	1997 Florida Marlins

Contents 1 History, Comments, Contributions 2 1997 Opening Day Lineup 3 1997 Marlins Roster 3.1 Awards and Honors 4 NLDS 5 NLCS 6 World Series 6.1 Game 1 6.2 Game 2 6.3 Game 3 6.4 Game 4 6.5 Game 5 6.6 Game 6 6.7 Game 7 7 External links 7.1 1997 Postseason

[edit] History, Comments, Contributions

The Florida Marlins' 1997 season started off with the team trying to improve on their record from 1996, when they flirted with .500 for the first time in their history, finishing with a record of 80-82, in 3rd place in the National League East. Their manager was Jim Leyland. They played home games at Pro Player Stadium. They finished with a record of 92-70, winning the NL Wild Card. The team then pulled off arguably the greatest upset in baseball history by getting through the National League playoffs and winning the World Series over the Cleveland Indians.

[edit] 1997 Opening Day Lineup

[edit] 1997 Marlins Roster     Manager   11 Jim Leyland     Coaches   45 Rich Donnelly   12 Bruce Kimm   17 Jerry Manuel   29 Milt May   47 Larry Rothschild   37 Tommy Sandt     Pitchers   57 Antonio Alfonseca   27 Kevin Brown   42 Dennis Cook   32 Alex Fernandez   33 Rick Helling   24 Felix Heredia   61 Livan Hernandez   50 Mark Hutton   25 Al Leiter   35 Kurt Miller   31 Robb Nen   33 Kirt Ojala   46 Donn Pall   32 Alejandro Pena   58 Yorkis Perez   59 Jay Powell   48 Pat Rapp   41 Tony Saunders   38 Rob Stanifer   52 Ed Vosberg   30 Matt Whisenant     Catchers   23 Charles Johnson   13 Bob Natal   9 Gregg Zaun     Infielders   7 Kurt Abbott   26 Alex Arias   24 Bobby Bonilla   2 Josh Booty   1 Luis Castillo   19 Jeff Conine   30 Craig Counsell   20 Darren Daulton   21 Ralph Milliard   16 Edgar Renteria     Outfielders   18 Moises Alou   28 John Cangelosi   17 Todd Dunwoody   8 Jim Eisenreich   15 Cliff Floyd   4 Mark Kotsay   40 Billy McMillon   43 Russ Morman   10 Gary Sheffield   14 John Wehner   22 Devon White

Luis Castillo, 2b

Edgar Renteria, ss

Gary Sheffield, rf

Bobby Bonilla, 3b

Moises Alou, lf

Devon White, cf

Jeff Conine, 1b

Charles Johnson, c

Kevin Brown, p

[edit] Awards and Honors

• All-Stars: Moises Alou, Kevin Brown and Charles Johnson
• NL Comeback Player of the Year Award: Darren Daulton
• Gold Glove: Charles Johnson (C)

[edit] NLDS

Main article: 1997 NLDS2

Florida wins the series, 3-0

Game	Home	Score	Visitor	Score	Date	Series
1	Florida	2	San Francisco	1	September 30	1-0 (FLA)
2	Florida	7	San Francisco	6	October 1	2-0 (FLA)
3	San Francisco	2	Florida	6	October 3	3-0 (FLA)

[edit] NLCS

Main article: 1997 National League Championship Series

Game	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Score	Record (FLA-ATL)	Attendance
1	October 7	Florida	5	Atlanta	3	1-0	49,244
2	October 8	Florida	1	Atlanta	7	1-1	48,933
3	October 10	Atlanta	2	Florida	5	2-1	53,857
4	October 11	Atlanta	4	Florida	0	2-2	54,890
5	October 12	Atlanta	1	Florida	2	3-2	46,496
6	October 14	Florida	7	Atlanta	4	4-2	50,466
Florida wins series 4–2 and advance to the World Series

[edit] World Series

Main article: 1997 World Series

[edit] Game 1

October 18, 1997 at Pro Player Stadium in Miami, Florida

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cleveland	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	4	11	0
Florida	0	0	1	4	2	0	0	0	x	7	7	1
W: Livan Hernandez (1-0)   L: Orel Hershiser (0-1)  S: Robb Nen (1)
HR: CLE – Manny Ramirez (1), Jim Thome (1)  FLA – Moises Alou (1), Charles Johnson (1)

[edit] Game 2

October 19, 1997 at Pro Player Stadium in Miami, Florida

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cleveland	1	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	6	14	0
Florida	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	0
W: Chad Ogea (1-0)   L: Kevin Brown (0-1)
HR: CLE – Sandy Alomar Jr. (1)

[edit] Game 3

October 21, 1997 at Jacobs Field in Cleveland, Ohio

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Florida	1	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	7	14	16	3
Cleveland	2	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	4	11	10	3
W: Dennis Cook (1-0)   L: Eric Plunk (0-1)  S: Robb Nen (2)
HR: FLA – Gary Sheffield (1), Darren Daulton (1), Jim Eisenreich (1)  CLE – Jim Thome (2)

[edit] Game 4

October 22, 1997 at Jacobs Field in Cleveland, Ohio

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Florida	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	3	6	2
Cleveland	3	0	3	0	2	1	1	2	X	10	15	0
W: Jaret Wright (1-0)   L: Tony Saunders (0-1)
HR: FLA – Moises Alou (2)  CLE – Manny Ramirez (2), Matt Williams (1)

[edit] Game 5

October 23, 1997 at Jacobs Field in Cleveland, Ohio

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Florida	0	2	0	0	0	4	0	1	1	8	15	2
Cleveland	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	9	0
W: Livan Hernandez (2-0)   L: Orel Hershiser (0-2)  S: Robb Nen (3)
HR: FLA – Moises Alou (3)  CLE – Sandy Alomar Jr. (2)

[edit] Game 6

October 25, 1997 at Pro Player Stadium in Miami, Florida

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cleveland	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	7	0
Florida	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	8	0
W: Chad Ogea (2-0)   L: Kevin Brown (0-2)  S: Jose Mesa (1)

[edit] Game 7

October 26, 1997 at Pro Player Stadium in Miami, Florida

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
Cleveland	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	2
Florida	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	3	8	0
W: Jay Powell (1-0)   L: Charles Nagy (0-1)
HR – FLA: Bobby Bonilla (1)

[edit] External links

• 1997 Florida Marlins team page at www.baseball-almanac.com

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