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Major League Baseball team season
1997 Los Angeles Dodgers
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkDodger Stadium
CityLos Angeles
Record88–74 (.543)
Divisional place2nd
OwnersPeter O'Malley
General managersFred Claire
ManagersBill Russell
TelevisionFox Sports West 2; KTLA (5)
RadioKABC
Vin Scully, Ross Porter, Rick Monday
KWKW
Jaime Jarrín, René Cárdenas
← 1996 Seasons 1998 →

The 1997 Los Angeles Dodgers season was the 108th for the franchise in Major League Baseball, and their 40th season in Los Angeles, California. The Dodgers were competitive all season long before finally fading down the stretch; the Dodgers finished in second place behind their longtime rivals, San Francisco Giants, in the National League West. The edition of the Dodgers had, for the second time in team history (and for the first time since 1977), four players crack the 30 home run barrier: Mike Piazza led the team with 40, Eric Karros and Todd Zeile hit 31 each, and Raul Mondesi hit 30.

Offseason

Regular season

Tommy Lasorda's number 2 was retired by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1997.

Season standings

NL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
San Francisco Giants 90 72 .556 — 48‍–‍33 42‍–‍39
Los Angeles Dodgers 88 74 .543 2 47‍–‍34 41‍–‍40
Colorado Rockies 83 79 .512 7 47‍–‍34 36‍–‍45
San Diego Padres 76 86 .469 14 39‍–‍42 37‍–‍44

Record vs. opponents

1997 National League record
Sources:
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


Opening Day lineup

Opening Day Starters
Name Position
Brett Butler Center fielder
Wilton Guerrero Second baseman
Raúl Mondesí Right fielder
Mike Piazza Catcher
Eric Karros First baseman
Todd Zeile Third baseman
Todd Hollandsworth Left fielder
Greg Gagne Shortstop
Ramón Martínez Starting pitcher

Notable Transactions

Roster

1997 Los Angeles Dodgers

Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Game log

Regular season

Legend
  Dodgers win
  Dodgers loss
  Postponement
  Clinched division
Bold Dodgers team member
1997 regular season game log: 88–74 (Home: 47–34; Away: 41–40)
April: 13–11 (Home: 8–6; Away: 5–5)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
22 April 28 @ Braves
23 April 29 @ Braves
May: 13–15 (Home: 9–5; Away: 4–10)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
45 May 23 Braves
46 May 24 Braves
47 May 25 Braves
June: 13–16 (Home: 9–9; Away: 4–7)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
68 June 17 7:05 p.m. PDT Angels W 4–3 Hall (2–2) Percival (2–3) — 2:55 41,428 33–35 W1
69 June 18 7:35 p.m. PDT Angels W 7–5 Dreifort (2–0) Holtz (2–1) Worrell (16) 3:10 45,953 34–35 W2
July: 20–7 (Home: 10–3; Away: 10–4)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
83 July 2 7:36 p.m. PDT @ Angels W 5–4 Radinsky (3–1) Percival (2–4) Worrell (18) 3:38 34,507 41–42 W2
84 July 3 7:05 p.m. PDT @ Angels W 8–2 Nomo (8–7) Watson (7–5) — 3:33 35,295 42–42 W3
— July 8 68th All-Star Game in Cleveland, OH
96 July 18 @ Braves
97 July 19 @ Braves
98 July 20 @ Braves
99 July 21 @ Braves
August: 19–11 (Home: 7–4; Away: 12–7)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
September: 10–14 (Home: 4–7; Away: 6–7)
# Date Time (PT) Opponent Score Win Loss Save Time of Game Attendance Record Box/
Streak
145 September 9 Braves
146 September 10 Braves

Detailed records

National League
Opponent W L WP RS RA
NL East
Atlanta Braves 5 6 0.455 40 47
Div Total 5 6 0.455 22 27
NL Central
Div Total
NL West
Los Angeles Dodgers
Div Total
League Total
American League
Opponent W L WP RS RA
AL West
Anaheim Angels 4 0 1.000 24 14
Div Total 4 0 1.000 24 14
League Total 4 0 1.000 24 14
Season Total 9 6 0.600 64 61
Month Games Won Lost Win % RS RA
April 2 1 1 0.500 6 16
May 3 2 1 0.667 14 7
June 2 2 0 1.000 11 8
July 6 4 2 0.667 30 6
September 2 0 2 0.000 3 11
Total 15 9 6 0.600 64 61
Games Won Lost Win % RS RA
Home 7 4 3 0.571 28 16
Away 8 5 3 0.625 36 35
Total 15 9 6 0.600 64 61

Starting Pitchers stats

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W/L = Wins/Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; CG = Complete games

Name G GS IP W/L ERA BB SO CG
Hideo Nomo 33 33 207.1 14-12 4.25 92 233 1
Ismael Valdez 30 30 196.2 10-11 2.65 47 140 0
Chan Ho Park 32 29 192.0 14-8 3.38 70 166 2
Pedro Astacio 26 24 153.2 7-9 4.10 47 115 2
Ramón Martínez 22 22 133.2 10-5 3.64 68 120 1

Relief Pitchers stats

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W/L = Wins/Losses; ERA = Earned run average; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts; SV = Saves

Name G GS IP W/L ERA BB SO SV
Todd Worrell 65 0 59.2 2-6 5.28 23 61 35
Scott Radinsky 75 0 62.1 5-1 2.89 21 44 3
Darren Hall 63 0 54.2 3-2 2.30 26 39 2
Mark Guthrie 62 0 69.1 1-4 5.32 30 42 1
Darren Dreifort 48 0 63.0 5-2 2.86 34 63 4
Tom Candiotti 41 18 135.0 10-7 3.60 40 90 0
Antonio Osuna 48 0 61.2 3-4 2.19 19 68 0
Dennys Reyes 14 5 47.0 2-3 3.83 18 36 0
Mike Harkey 10 0 14.2 1-0 4.30 5 6 0
Rick Gorecki 4 1 6.0 1-0 15.00 6 6 0
Mike Judd 1 0 2.2 0-0 0.00 0 4 0

Batting Stats

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; Avg. = Batting average; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Name Pos G AB Avg. R H HR RBI SB
Mike Piazza C 152 556 .362 104 201 40 124 5
Tom Prince C 47 100 .220 17 22 3 14 0
Eric Karros 1B 162 628 .266 86 167 31 104 15
Wilton Guerrero 2B/SS 111 357 .291 39 104 4 32 6
Greg Gagne SS 144 514 .251 49 129 9 57 2
Todd Zeile 3B 160 575 .268 89 154 31 90 8
Eric Young 2B 37 154 .273 28 42 2 16 13
Nelson Liriano 2B/SS/3B/1B 76 88 .227 10 20 1 11 0
Tripp Cromer 2B/SS 28 86 .291 8 25 4 20 0
Juan Castro SS/2B/3B 40 75 .147 3 11 0 4 0
Adam Riggs 2B 9 20 .200 3 4 0 1 1
Chad Fonville 2B 9 14 .143 1 2 0 1 0
Chip Hale 3B 14 12 .083 0 1 0 0 0
Paul Konerko 1B/3B 6 7 .143 0 1 0 0 0
Eddie Murray 1B 9 7 .286 0 2 0 3 0
Eddie Williams 1B 8 7 .143 0 1 0 1 0
Henry Blanco 1B 3 5 .400 1 2 1 1 0
Raúl Mondesí RF 159 616 .310 95 191 30 87 32
Roger Cedeño CF/LF/RF 80 194 .273 31 53 3 17 9
Todd Hollandsworth LF/CF/RF 106 296 .247 39 73 4 31 5
Brett Butler CF/LF 105 343 .283 52 97 0 18 15
Otis Nixon CF 42 175 .274 30 48 1 18 12
Billy Ashley LF 71 131 .244 12 32 6 19 0
Darren Lewis LF/CF/RF 26 77 .299 7 23 1 10 3
Eric Anthony LF/RF 47 74 .243 8 18 2 5 2
Wayne Kirby CF/LF/RF 46 65 .169 6 11 0 4 0
Karim García LF/RF 15 39 .128 5 5 1 8 0
Garey Ingram LF/CF 12 9 .444 2 4 0 1 1

1997 Awards

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Albuquerque Dukes Pacific Coast League Glenn Hoffman
AA San Antonio Missions Texas League Ron Roenicke
High A San Bernardino Stampede California League Del Crandall
Dino Ebel
High A Vero Beach Dodgers Florida State League John Shoemaker
A Savannah Sand Gnats South Atlantic League John Shelby
A-Short Season Yakima Bears Northwest League Joe Vavra
Rookie Great Falls Dodgers Pioneer League Mickey Hatcher
Rookie DSL Dodgers
DSL Dodgers 2 		Dominican Summer League
Rookie Adelaide Giants Australian Baseball League

Teams in BOLD won League Championships

Major League Baseball Draft

Main article: 1997 Major League Baseball draft

The Dodgers selected 71 players in this draft. Of those, seven of them would eventually play Major League baseball. They received an extra supplemental pick in the second round as a result of losing free agent Delino DeShields.

The first round pick was first baseman Glenn Davis from Vanderbilt University. In eight seasons in the minors, he never advanced past AA. He hit .242 in 802 minor league games with 108 homers and 431 RBI. With their second round pick, the Dodgers picked shortstop Chase Utley from Polytechnic High School in Long Beach, California. However, Utley refused to sign and went to college instead. He was eventually a first round pick of the Philadelphia Phillies in 2000 and became a multi-time All-Star.

None of the players signed by the Dodgers in this draft class had a significant major league career.

1997 Draft Picks
Round Name Position School Signed Career span Highest level
1 Glenn Davis 1B Vanderbilt University Yes 1997–2004 AA
2 Chase Utley SS Polytechnic High School No
Phillies-2000 		2000–2018 MLB
2s Steve Colyer LHP Fort Zumwalt South High School Yes 1998–2007 MLB
3 Ricky Bell SS Moeller High School Yes 1997–2006 AAA
4 John Hernandez C Nogales High School Yes 1997–2010 AAA
5 Kip Harkrider SS University of Texas at Austin Yes 1997–2007 AA
6 Will McCrotty C Russellville High School Yes 1997–2003 AA
7 Miles Durham OF Cooper High School No
Tigers-2000 		2000–2002 A
8 Beau Parker RHP Prairie High School Yes 1997–1999 A-
9 Jaime Goudie SS Hardaway High School Yes 1997–2001 AA
10 Joe Patterson OF Ontario High School No
11 Cory Vance LHP Butler High School No
Rockies-2000 		2000–2005 MLB
12 David Lamberth SS Macon County High School No
13 Matt Bornyk RHP Esquimalt High School Yes 1997–1998 A-
14 Brent Husted RHP University of Nevada, Reno Yes 1997–2002 AAA
15 David Mittauer RHP Dade Christian High School No
16 Scott Walter C Loyola High School No
Royals-2000 		2000–2005 AAA
17 Chad Cislak RHP Sabino High School No
Indians-2000 		2000–2001 Rookie
18 Mike Balbuena 3B Key West High School Yes 1997–1998 A-
19 Shane Allen OF Glenns Ferry High School Yes 1997–1999 A-
20 Pete Zamora 1B University of California, Los Angeles Yes 1997–2005 AAA
21 Steve Verigood LHP Spartanburg Methodist College Yes 1997–1998 A-
22 Matt Montgomery RHP California State University, Long Beach Yes 1997–2006 AAA
23 Jared Moon RHP Redondo Beach High School Yes 1997–1999 A-
24 Mike Rawls LHP Bethune-Cookman University Yes 1997 A-
25 Dave Detienne 3B Auburn Drive High School Yes 1998–2008 AAA
26 Bill Everly RHP West Virginia Wesleyan College Yes 1997–2000 AAA
27 Aaron Dean 1B Lamar University Yes 1997–2005 A+
28 Richard Bell LHP California Lutheran University No 1998–2005 AAA
29 Darin Schmalz RHP University of Notre Dame Yes 1997 A-
30 Sam Lopez SS Dinuba High School No
Mets-1999 		1999 A-
31 Wayne Slater OF Bethune-Cookman University Yes 1997–1998 A-
32 Shaylar Hatch RHP No
33 Shaun Benzor LHP Redlands High School No
34 Blake McGinley LHP North Bakersfield High School No
Mets-2001 		2001–2007 AAA
35 Adam Thomas OF Hazel Park High School No
36 Jesús Feliciano OF Academia Discipulos de Cristo Yes 1998–2013 MLB
37 Tyler Renwick RHP New Mexico Junior College No
Blue Jays-1998 		1998–2001 AAA
38 Eliot Joynet OF Mt. San Jacinto College No
39 Jahseam George LHP Dr. Floyd B. Buchanan High School No
Indians-2002 		2002 A-
40 John Nelson SS Denton High School No
Cardinals-2001 		2001–2008 MLB
41 Ryan Beaver RHP Millikan High School No
42 Carlos Orozco OF Montgomery High School No
43 Michael Hernandez LHP Carson High School No -
44 Graig Merritt C College of Southern Idaho No
Devil Rays-2001 		2001–2005 AA
45 Shane Youman LHP New Iberia High School No
Pirates-2002 		2002–2016 MLB
46 Ryan Kellner C Spartanburg Methodist College Yes 1998–2005 AAA
47 Jean Emard LHP Ployvalente Edouard Montpetit No
48 Luis DeJesus C Miguel de Cervantes High School No
49 Lance Warren C Richmond High School Yes 1997–1998 A+
50 Chris Howay RHP New Westminster High School No
Athletics-2002 		2001–2004 A-
51 Eric Burris 1B Los Angeles Harbor College No
52 Russell Ivory OF Grossmont College No
53 Ismael Garcia 2B Mt. San Antonio College Yes 1998–2003 A-
54 Michael Ford OF Elk Grove High School No
55 Melvin Anderson 3B North Iverville High School No
Phillies-2000 		2000–2003 A
56 Reggie Laplante RHP Polyvalente Edouard Montpetit No
Yankees-1999 		1999–2003 A
57 George Bailey 3B Indian River Community College No 2000 Ind
58 James Howard RHP Allen D Nease High School No
59 Joshua Ridgway SS Delta Secondary School No
60 Jason Ware 1B Long Beach City College No
61 Javier Gonzalez RHP Mt. San Antonio College No
62 Steve Holm SS McClatchy High School No
Giants-2001 		2001–2012 MLB
63 Cedric Herbert RHP Grayson County College No
64 Jeremy Loftice RHP Truett-McConnell College No
65 Luis Fontanez C Juano Colon High School No
66 John Castellano C Indian River Community College Yes 1998–2006 AAA
67 Cory Stephen C Martin Collegiate Institute No
68 Matt Ybarra C Encinal High School No
69 Luis Medina C Pedro Casa Blanca High School No
70 Ryan Withey OF Seminole Community College No
Angels-2000 		2000–2001 A

References

  1. "Otis Nixon Stats".
  2. "Chip Hale Stats".
  3. "1997 Los Angeles Dodgers Schedule & Results". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved December 7, 2024.
  4. 1997 Los Angeles Dodgers Picks in the MLB June Amateur Draft

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