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1997 Cincinnati Reds season

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1997 Cincinnati Reds
LeagueNational League
DivisionCentral
BallparkCinergy Field
CityCincinnati
Record76–86 (.469)
Divisional place3rd
OwnersMarge Schott
General managersJim Bowden
ManagersRay Knight, Jack McKeon
TelevisionWSTR/WKRC-TV
SportsChannel Cincinnati
(Marty Brennaman, George Grande, Chris Welsh)
RadioWLW
(Marty Brennaman, Joe Nuxhall)
← 1996 Seasons 1998 →

The 1997 Cincinnati Reds season was the 128th season for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 28th and 27th full season at Cinergy Field The Reds failed to improve on their record of 81–81 from 1996 and finished the season at 76-86, missing the postseason for the 2nd consecutive season. The Reds were managed by Ray Knight and then Jack McKeon.

Offseason

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  • December 13, 1996: Pete Rose Jr. was signed as a free agent with the Cincinnati Reds.[1]
  • December 21, 1996: Stan Belinda was signed as a free agent with the Cincinnati Reds.[2]
  • December 23, 1996: Rikkert Faneyte was sent to the Cincinnati Reds by the Texas Rangers as part of a conditional deal.[3]
  • January 27, 1997: Terry Pendleton was signed as a free agent with the Cincinnati Reds.[4]
  • February 8, 1997: Joe Oliver was signed as a free agent with the Cincinnati Reds.[5]
  • March 27, 1997: Scott Service was selected off waivers by the Oakland Athletics from the Cincinnati Reds.[6]

Regular season

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Season standings

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NL Central
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Houston Astros 84 78 .519 — 46‍–‍35 38‍–‍43
Pittsburgh Pirates 79 83 .488 5 43‍–‍38 36‍–‍45
Cincinnati Reds 76 86 .469 8 40‍–‍41 36‍–‍45
St. Louis Cardinals 73 89 .451 11 41‍–‍40 32‍–‍49
Chicago Cubs 68 94 .420 16 42‍–‍39 26‍–‍55

Record vs. opponents

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1997 National League record

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LA MTL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL AL
Atlanta — 9–2 9–2 5–6 4–8 7–4 6–5 10–2 5–7 10–2 5–6 8–3 7–4 8–3 8–7
Chicago 2–9 — 7–5 2–9 2–9 3–9 5–6 4–7 6–5 6–5 7–5 6–5 5–6 4–8 9–6
Cincinnati 2–9 5–7 — 5–6 5–6 5–7 6–5 6–5 2–9 8–3 8–4 5–6 4–7 6–6 9–6
Colorado 6–5 9–2 6–5 — 7–4 5–6 5–7 7–4 6–5 4–7 4–7 4–8 4–8 7–4 9–7
Florida 8–4 9–2 6–5 4–7 — 7–4 7–4 7–5 4–8 6–6 7–4 5–6 5–6 5–6 12–3
Houston 4–7 9–3 7–5 6–5 4–7 — 7–4 8–3 7–4 4–7 6–6 6–5 3–8 9–3 4–11
Los Angeles 5–6 6–5 5–6 7–5 4–7 4–7 — 7–4 6–5 10–1 9–2 5–7 6–6 5–6 9–7
Montreal 2–10 7–4 5–6 4–7 5–7 3–8 4–7 — 5–7 6–6 5–6 8–3 6–5 6–5 12–3
New York 7–5 5–6 9–2 5–6 8–4 4–7 5–6 7–5 — 7–5 7–4 5–6 3–8 9–2 7–8
Philadelphia 2–10 5–6 3–8 7–4 6–6 7–4 1–10 6–6 5–7 — 5–6 7–4 3–8 6–5 5–10
Pittsburgh 6–5 5–7 4–8 7–4 4–7 6–6 2–9 6–5 4–7 6–5 — 5–6 8–3 9–3 7–8
San Diego 3–8 5–6 6–5 8–4 6–5 5–6 7–5 3–8 6–5 4–7 6–5 — 4–8 5–6 8–8
San Francisco 4–7 6–5 7–4 8–4 6–5 8–3 6–6 5–6 8–3 8–3 3–8 8–4 — 3–8 10–6
St. Louis 3–8 8–4 6–6 4–7 6–5 3–9 6–5 5–6 2–9 5–6 3–9 6–5 8–3 — 8–7


Notable transactions

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  • April 4, 1997: Scott Service was selected off waivers by the Cincinnati Reds from the Oakland Athletics.[6]
  • June 3, 1997: DeWayne Wise was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 5th round of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 1997.[7]
  • July 15, 1997: Chris Stynes was traded by the Kansas City Royals with Jon Nunnally to the Cincinnati Reds for Hector Carrasco and Scott Service.[8]
  • July 24, 1997: Terry Pendleton was released by the Cincinnati Reds.[4]
  • 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.[9]

Roster

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1997 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log

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1997 Game Log
April
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
1 April 1 Colorado Rockies 11 – 4 54,820 1-0
2 April 2 Colorado Rockies 5 – 3 20,210 2-0
3 April 3 Colorado Rockies 7 – 1 22,660 2-1
4 April 4 Florida Marlins 9 – 7 25,039 3-1
5 April 5 Florida Marlins 4 – 3 38,598 3-2
6 April 6 Florida Marlins 3 – 2 36,146 3-3
7 April 7 Colorado Rockies 13 – 2 48,014 3-4
8 April 9 Colorado Rockies 13 – 4 50,095 3-5
9 April 11 Florida Marlins 10 – 0 21,240 3-6
10 April 12 Florida Marlins 2 – 1 21,466 4-6
11 April 13 Florida Marlins 6 – 4 17,687 5-6
12 April 14 Atlanta Braves 15 – 5 31,427 5-7
13 April 15 Atlanta Braves 3 – 0 31,962 5-8
14 April 16 Atlanta Braves 7 – 1 38,411 5-9
15 April 17 Pittsburgh Pirates 3 – 2 6,039 5-10
16 April 18 Pittsburgh Pirates 6 – 1 9,082 6-10
17 April 19 Pittsburgh Pirates 6 – 5 11,457 6-11
18 April 20 Pittsburgh Pirates 5 – 3 14,542 6-12
19 April 22 New York Mets 7 – 2 14,585 6-13
20 April 23 New York Mets 10 – 2 26,492 6-14
21 April 25 Philadelphia Phillies 10 – 7 22,843 6-15
22 April 26 Philadelphia Phillies 10 – 2 27,357 7-15
23 April 28 New York Mets 15 – 2 15,572 7-16
24 April 29 New York Mets 3 – 1 17,699 7-17
25 April 30 Atlanta Braves 12 – 3 18,278 7-18
May
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
26 1 May Atlanta Braves 4 – 2 19,991 7-19
27 2 May San Francisco Giants 6 – 2 11,959 8-19
28 3 May San Francisco Giants 3 – 1 18,149 9-19
29 4 May San Francisco Giants 2 – 1 26,287 9-20
30 5 May Los Angeles Dodgers 3 – 1 26,955 9-21
31 6 May Los Angeles Dodgers 3 – 2 38,241 10-21
32 7 May Los Angeles Dodgers 4 – 2 28,303 10-22
33 9 May San Diego Padres 7 – 2 22,695 11-22
34 10 May San Diego Padres 9 – 6 24,739 11-23
35 11 May San Diego Padres 5 – 4 31,539 11-24
36 13 May San Francisco Giants 4 – 1 17,828 11-25
37 14 May San Francisco Giants 4 – 2 16,404 11-26
38 15 May Los Angeles Dodgers 2 – 1 16,986 11-27
39 16 May Los Angeles Dodgers 4 – 2 24,556 12-27
40 17 May San Diego Padres 6 – 2 21,469 12-28
41 18 May San Diego Padres 5 – 0 23,265 13-28
42 19 May San Diego Padres 13 – 6 17,898 13-29
43 20 May Houston Astros 7 – 4 14,954 14-29
44 21 May Houston Astros 4 – 3 15,088 14-30
45 23 May Chicago Cubs 3 – 1 23,189 14-31
46 24 May Chicago Cubs 4 – 1 26,887 15-31
47 25 May Chicago Cubs 7 – 5 26,844 16-31
48 26 May Philadelphia Phillies 8 – 5 0 17-31
49 26 May Philadelphia Phillies 8 – 4 16,798 18-31
50 27 May Philadelphia Phillies 2 – 1 17,297 18-32
51 28 May Philadelphia Phillies 2 – 0 15,451 19-32
52 29 May Chicago Cubs 2 – 1 23,005 19-33
53 30 May Chicago Cubs 5 – 1 21,267 20-33
54 31 May Chicago Cubs 7 – 4 36,440 20-34
June
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
55 June 1 Chicago Cubs 7 – 1 28849 20-35
56 June 3 Philadelphia Phillies 3 – 2 14340 21-35
57 June 4 Houston Astros 2 – 5 18849 21-36
58 June 5 Houston Astros 6 – 5 22437 22-36
59 June 6 New York Mets 5 – 2 21339 23-36
60 June 7 New York Mets 10 – 5 23830 24-36
61 June 9 New York Mets 4 – 2 23079 24-37
62 June 10 Pittsburgh Pirates 8 – 5 18556 25-37
63 June 11 Pittsburgh Pirates 2 – 1 20854 26-37
64 June 13 Chicago White Sox 3 – 1 31682 26-38
65 June 14 Chicago White Sox 5 – 1 36685 27-38
66 June 15 Chicago White Sox 14 – 6 31663 27-39
67 June 16 Cleveland Indians 4 – 1 42961 28-39
68 June 17 Cleveland Indians 5 – 1 42901 28-40
69 June 18 Cleveland Indians 5 – 2 42865 29-40
70 June 20 St. Louis Cardinals 4 – 2 42091 30-40
71 June 21 St. Louis Cardinals 6 – 2 44931 30-41
72 June 22 St. Louis Cardinals 5 – 2 43194 30-42
73 June 23 Montréal Expos 5 – 0 12367 30-43
74 June 24 Montréal Expos 7 – 6 13141 31-43
75 June 25 Montréal Expos 2 – 1 12407 32-43
76 June 26 St. Louis Cardinals 5 – 3 20116 32-44
77 June 27 St. Louis Cardinals 5 = 3 28317 33-44
78 June 28 St. Louis Cardinals 12 – 6 24390 33-45
79 June 29 St. Louis Cardinals 6 – 5 24216 33-46
80 June 30 Milwaukee Brewers 4 – 3 19866 34-46
July
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
81 July 1 Milwaukee Brewers 9:1 21264 35-46
82 July 2 Milwaukee Brewers 7:4 27866 36-46
83 July 3 Houston Astros 4:3 14708 37-46
84 July 4 Houston Astros 4:2 34080 38-46
85 July 5 Houston Astros 1:2 24022 38-47
86 July 6 Houston Astros 5:6 25564 38-48
87 July 11 Montréal Expos 2:5 25915 38-49
88 July 12 Montréal Expos 4:3 25744 39-49
89 July 13 Montréal Expos 0:2 22293 39-50
90 July 14 St. Louis Cardinals 4:2 19405 40-50
91 July 15 St. Louis Cardinals 4:7 21232 40-51
92 July 16 Pittsburgh Pirates 7:3 30698 41-51
93 July 17 Pittsburgh Pirates 9:5 19710 42-51
94 July 18 New York Mets 3:4 22901 42-52
95 July 19 New York Mets 3:5 26675 42-53
96 July 20 New York Mets 1:10 36259 42-54
97 July 21 New York Mets 3:5 22172 42-55
98 July 22 Florida Marlins 7:6 19547 43-55
99 July 23 Florida Marlins 1:8 20371 43-56
100 July 25 Atlanta Braves 3:7 34931 43-57
101 July 26 Atlanta Braves 7:6 33115 44-57
102 July 27 Atlanta Braves 2:3 30167 44-58
103 July 28 Florida Marlins 4:0 18393 45-58
104 July 29 Florida Marlins 1:7 20745 45-59
105 July 30 Florida Marlins 0:6 21373 45-60
August
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
106 August 1 San Francisco Giants 7:8 25636 45-61
107 August 2 San Francisco Giants 5:1 23266 46-61
108 August 3 San Francisco Giants 3:8 21272 46-62
109 August 4 San Francisco Giants 1:9 17930 46-63
110 August 5 San Diego Padres 7:3 17797 47-63
111 August 6 San Diego Padres 3:6 18218 47-64
112 August 7 San Diego Padres 7:0 17458 48-64
113 August 8 Los Angeles Dodgers 5:10 26837 48-65
114 August 9 Los Angeles Dodgers 3:2 30809 49-65
115 August 10 Los Angeles Dodgers 8:1 24742 50-65
116 August 11 San Francisco Giants 7:4 19086 51-65
117 August 12 San Francisco Giants 3:7 15890 51-66
118 August 13 San Diego Padres 2:0 15218 52-66
119 August 14 San Diego Padres 4:5 16774 52-67
120 August 15 Los Angeles Dodgers 5:3 46711 53-67
121 August 16 Los Angeles Dodgers 3:5 53464 53-68
122 August 17 Los Angeles Dodgers 5:0 51245 54-68
123 August 19 Colorado Rockies 6:5 31722 55-68
124 August 20 Colorado Rockies 3:5 21968 55-69
125 August 22 Atlanta Braves 2:6 48937 55-70
126 August 23 Atlanta Braves 3:10 48499 55-71
127 August 24 Atlanta Braves 6:4 45577 56-71
128 August 25 Colorado Rockies 7:6 48143 57-71
129 August 25 Colorado Rockies 6:4 48081 58-71
130 August 26 Colorado Rockies 5:9 48063 58-72
131 August 27 Colorado Rockies 5:7 48032 58-73
132 August 29 Minnesota Twins 5:3 12155 59-73
133 August 30 Minnesota Twins 1:4 17831 59-74
134 August 31 Minnesota Twins 6:8 13092 59-75
September
# Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
135 September 1 Kansas City Royals 7 – 4 31,920 59-76
136 September 2 Kansas City Royals 4:0 15,288 60-76
137 September 3 Kansas City Royals 6:3 16,285 61-76
138 September 4 Pittsburgh Pirates 5:2 15,136 62-76
139 September 5 Pittsburgh Pirates 8:6 21,492 63-76
140 September 6 Pittsburgh Pirates 4:13 20,383 63-77
141 September 7 Pittsburgh Pirates 6:3 19,682 64-77
142 September 8 Chicago Cubs 1:8 15,337 64-78
143 September 9 Chicago Cubs 5:2 15,349 65-78
144 September 10 Chicago Cubs 1:3 16,200 65-79
145 September 12 Philadelphia Phillies 4:2 0 66-79
146 September 12 Philadelphia Phillies 1:9 17,546 66-80
147 September 13 Philadelphia Phillies 3:0 15,524 67-80
148 September 14 Philadelphia Phillies 6:4 20,518 68-80
149 September 15 Chicago Cubs 4 – 1 20,352 69-80
150 September 16 Chicago Cubs 5 – 0 22,190 69-81
151 September 17 Montréal Expos 4 – 1 15,757 69-82
152 September 18 Montréal Expos 6 – 3 15,099 70-82
153 September 19 Houston Astros 5 – 4 21,791 71-82
154 September 20 Houston Astros 4 – 1 20,197 71-83
155 September 21 Houston Astros 8 – 3 22,652 71-84
156 September 22 Houston Astros 6 – 3 17,411 71-85
157 September 23 St. Louis Cardinals 8 – 6 22,045 72-85
158 September 24 St. Louis Cardinals 5 – 4 23,308 73-85
159 September 25 St. Louis Cardinals 4 – 3 30,938 74-85
160 September 26 Montreal Expos 7 – 1 17,430 75-85
161 September 27 Montreal Expos 8 – 5 14,708 75-86
162 September 28 Montreal Expos 11 – 3 15,477 76-86

Player stats

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Batting

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Starters by position

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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
C Joe Oliver 111 349 90 .258 14 43
1B Hal Morris 96 333 92 .276 1 33
2B Bret Boone 139 443 99 .223 7 46
SS Pokey Reese 128 397 87 .219 4 26
3B Willie Greene 151 495 125 .253 26 91
LF Chris Stynes 49 198 69 .348 6 28
CF Deion Sanders 115 465 127 .273 5 23
RF Reggie Sanders 86 312 79 .253 19 56

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Other batters

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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
Eduardo Pérez 106 297 75 .253 16 52
Curtis Goodwin 85 265 67 .253 1 12
Eddie Taubensee 108 254 68 .268 10 34
Lenny Harris 120 238 65 .273 3 28
Barry Larkin 73 224 71 .317 4 20
Jon Nunnally 65 201 64 .318 13 35
Mike Kelly 73 140 41 .293 6 19
Terry Pendleton 50 113 28 .248 1 17
Jeff Branson 65 98 15 .153 1 5
Brook Fordyce 47 96 20 .208 1 8
Rubén Sierra 25 90 22 .244 2 7
Eric Owens 27 57 15 .263 0 3
Aaron Boone 16 49 12 .245 0 5
Pat Watkins 17 29 6 .207 0 0
Damian Jackson 12 27 6 .222 1 2
Pete Rose Jr. 11 14 2 .143 0 0
Ozzie Timmons 6 9 3 .333 0 0

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Pitching

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Starting pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mike Morgan 31 162.0 9 12 4.78 103
Dave Burba 30 160.0 11 10 4.73 131
Kent Mercker 28 144.2 8 11 3.92 75
Brett Tomko 22 126.0 11 7 3.43 95
John Smiley 20 117.0 9 10 5.23 94
Pete Schourek 18 84.2 5 8 5.42 59
Giovanni Carrara 2 10.1 0 1 7.84 5

Other pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Mike Remlinger 69 124.0 8 8 4.14 145
Gabe White 12 41.0 2 2 4.39 25
Ricky Bones 9 17.2 0 1 10.19 8
Jim Crowell 2 6.1 0 1 9.95 3

Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Jeff Shaw 78 4 2 42 2.38 74
Stan Belinda 84 1 5 1 3.71 114
Scott Sullivan 59 5 3 1 3.24 96
Héctor Carrasco 38 1 2 0 3.68 46
Félix Rodríguez 26 0 0 0 4.30 34
Jeff Brantley 13 1 1 1 3.86 16
Danny Graves 10 0 0 0 6.14 7
Kevin Jarvis 9 0 1 1 10.13 12
Pedro Martínez 8 1 1 0 9.45 4
Scott Winchester 5 0 0 0 6.00 3
Richie Lewis 4 0 0 0 6.35 4
Scott Service 4 0 0 0 11.81 3
Jeff Tabaka 3 0 0 0 4.50 1
Joey Eischen 1 0 0 0 6.75 2

Awards and records

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  • Bret Boone, National League Record, Best Fielding Average in One Season by a National League Second Baseman (.997)[11]

1997 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

  • Barry Larkin, shortstop, starter

Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Indianapolis Indians American Association Dave Miley
AA Chattanooga Lookouts Southern League Mark Berry
A Burlington Bees Midwest League Phillip Wellman
A Charleston Alley Cats South Atlantic League Barry Lyons
Rookie Billings Mustangs Pioneer League Donnie Scott

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Billings[12]

Notes

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  1. ^ Pete Rose Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  2. ^ Stan Belinda Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  3. ^ "Rikkert Faneyte Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
  4. ^ a b Terry Pendleton Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. ^ "Joe Oliver Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
  6. ^ a b Scott Service Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  7. ^ "DeWayne Wise Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
  8. ^ Chris Stynes Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  9. ^ John Smiley Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  10. ^ a b 1997 Cincinnati Reds Statistics and Roster – Baseball-Reference.com
  11. ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.92, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
  12. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

References

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