1997 Cincinnati Reds season

1997 Cincinnati Reds
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) Marge Schott
General manager(s) Jim Bowden
Manager(s) Ray Knight, Jack McKeon
Local television WSTR/WKRC-TV
SportsChannel Cincinnati
(Marty Brennaman, George Grande, Chris Welsh)
Local radio WLW
(Marty Brennaman, Joe Nuxhall)
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The 1997 Cincinnati Reds season consisted of the Cincinnati Reds attempting to win the National League Central. The Reds were managed by Ray Knight and Jack McKeon.

Offseason

  • 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

Season standings

NL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Houston Astros 8478 0.519 — 46–35 38–43
Pittsburgh Pirates 7983 0.488 5 43–38 36–45
Cincinnati Reds 7686 0.469 8 40–41 36–45
St. Louis Cardinals 7389 0.451 11 41–40 32–49
Chicago Cubs 6894 0.420 16 42–39 26–55

Record vs. opponents

1997 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL AL
Atlanta—9–29–25–64–87–46–510–25–710–25–68–37–48–37–5
Chicago2–9—7–52–92–93–95–64–76–56–57–56–55–64–89–6
Cincinnati2–95–7—5–65–65–76–56–52–98–38–45–64–76–69–6
Colorado 6–59–26–5—7–45–65–77–46–54–74–74–84–87–49–7
Florida8–49–26–54–7—7–47–47–54–86–67–45–65–65–612–3
Houston4–79–37–56–54–7—7–48–37–44–76–66–53–89–34–11
Los Angeles 5–66–55–67–54–74–7—7–46–510–19–25–76–65–69–7
Montreal2–107–45–64–75–73–84–7—5–76–65–68–36–56–512–3
New York7–55–69–25–68–44–75–67–5—7–57–45–63–89–27–8
Philadelphia2-105–63–87–46–67–41–106–65–7—5–67–43–86–55–10
Pittsburgh6–55–74–87–44–76–62–96–54–76–5—5–68–39–37–8
San Diego3–85–66–58–46–55–67–53–86–54–76–5—4–85–68–8
San Francisco4–76–57–48–46–58–36–65–68–38–33–88–4—3–810–6
St. Louis3–88–46–64–76–53-96–55–62–95–63–96–58–3—8–7

Notable transactions

  • 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

1997 Cincinnati Reds
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Game log

1997 Game Log

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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
1BHal Morris9633392.276133
2BBret Boone13944399.223746
SSPokey Reese12839787.219426
LFChris Stynes4919869.348628
CFDeion Sanders115465127.273523
RFReggie Sanders8631279.2531956

[10]

Other batters

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 Pérez10629775.2531652
Curtis Goodwin8526567.253112
Eddie Taubensee10825468.2681034
Lenny Harris12023865.273328
Barry Larkin7322471.317420
Jon Nunnally6520164.3181335
Terry Pendleton5011328.248117
Rubén Sierra259022.24427
Pat Watkins17296.20700
Pete Rose, Jr.11142.14300

[10]

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Dave Burba3016011104.73131
Kent Mercker28144.28113.9275
John Smiley201179105.2394
Brett Tomko221261173.4395

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Stan Belinda841513.71114
Jeff Shaw7842422.3874
Scott Sullivan595313.2496

Awards and records

  • 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

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

  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. 1 2 Terry Pendleton Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. ↑ "Joe Oliver Statistics and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 24, 2012.
  6. 1 2 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. 1 2 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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