1997 Seattle Mariners AL West Champions |
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Owner(s) | Hiroshi Yamauchi, represented by John Ellis | |
Manager(s) | Lou Piniella | |
Local television | KIRO-TV 7 Fox Sports Northwest |
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Local radio | KIRO 710 AM (Dave Niehaus, Chip Caray, Dave Valle, Dave Henderson, Rick Rizzs, Ron Fairly) |
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The Seattle Mariners 1997 season was their 21st since the franchise creation, and ended the season finishing 1st in the American League West, finishing with a record of 90-72. For the second straight regular season, 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 just one season earlier) with 264. Five Mariners scored at least 100 runs and six hit at least 20 home runs. In addition, the Mariners pitching staff struck out 1,207 batters during the regular season: more than any other AL team.
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In 1997, Randy Johnson set an American League record for left-handers by striking out nineteen batters in a 4-1 loss to the Oakland A's on June 24.[8] On August 8 he matched the feat by setting down nineteen Chicago White Sox.[8] 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.[8]
AL West | W | L | Pct. | GB |
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Seattle Mariners | 90 | 72 | .556 | -- |
Anaheim Angels | 84 | 78 | .519 | 6 |
Texas Rangers | 77 | 85 | .475 | 13 |
Oakland Athletics | 65 | 97 | .401 | 25 |
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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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Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
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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 |
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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 |
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Scott Sanders | 33 | 65.1 | 3 | 6 | 6.47 | 62 |
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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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) |
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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AAA | Tacoma Rainiers | Pacific Coast League | Dave Myers |
AA | Memphis Chicks | Southern League | Dave Brundage |
A | Lancaster Jethawks | California League | Rick Burleson |
A | Wisconsin Timber Rattlers | Midwest League | Gary Varsho |
Short-Season A | Everett AquaSox | Northwest League | Orlando Gómez |
Rookie | AZL Mariners | Arizona League | Darrin Garner |
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Preceded by Texas Rangers 1996 |
AL West Championship Season 1997 |
Succeeded by Texas Rangers 1998 |