1997 Baltimore Orioles season

1997 Baltimore Orioles
1997 Baltimore Orioles
American League East Champions
League	American League
Division	East
Ballpark	Oriole Park at Camden Yards
City	Baltimore, Maryland
Record	98–64 (.605)
Divisional place	1st
Owners	Peter Angelos
General managers	Pat Gillick
Managers	Davey Johnson
Television	WJZ-TV/WNUV/WBDC; Home Team Sports; (Jim Palmer, Mike Flanagan, Michael Reghi)
Radio	WBAL (AM); (Chuck Thompson, Fred Manfra, Jim Hunter)

The 1997 Baltimore Orioles season saw the Orioles finishing first in the American League East Division with a record of 98 wins and 64 losses. They met the Seattle Mariners in the ALDS, and beat them in four games. However, in the ALCS, they would play the Cleveland Indians, where they would fall in six games. It was the final season for Davey Johnson as manager, as a disagreement with ownership drove him out. It would be their last winning season until 15 years later.

Offseason

December 10, 1996: Jimmy Key was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.^[1]
December 13, 1996: Mike Bordick was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.^[2]
December 18, 1996: Jerome Walton was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.^[3]
December 19, 1996: Eric Davis was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.^[4]
March 22, 1997: Scott McClain was traded by the Baltimore Orioles with Manny Alexander to the New York Mets for Hector Ramirez.^[5]

Roster

1997 Baltimore Orioles

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

15 Davey Johnson

Coaches

Regular season

Season standings

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AL East
Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Baltimore Orioles	98	64	.605	—	46‍–‍35	52‍–‍29
New York Yankees	96	66	.593	2	47‍–‍33	49‍–‍33
Detroit Tigers	79	83	.488	19	42‍–‍39	37‍–‍44
Boston Red Sox	78	84	.481	20	39‍–‍42	39‍–‍42
Toronto Blue Jays	76	86	.469	22	42‍–‍39	34‍–‍47

Record vs. opponents

1997 American League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]
Team	ANA	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR	NL
Anaheim	—	4–7	6–5	6–5	7–4	5–6	6–5	7–4	4–7	4–7	11–1	6–6	8–4	6–5	4–12
Baltimore	7–4	—	5–7	5–6	6–5	6–6	7–4	5–6	10–1	8–4	8–3	7–4	10–1	6–6	8–7
Boston	5–6	7–5	—	3–8	6–5	5–7	3–8	8–3	8–3	4–8	7–4	7–4	3–8	6–6	6–9
Chicago	5–6	6–5	8–3	—	5–7	4–7	11–1	4–7	6–6	2–9	8–3	5–6	3–8	5–6	8–7
Cleveland	4–7	5–6	5–6	7–5	—	6–5	8–3	8–4	8–4	5–6	7–4	3–8	5–6	6–5	9–6
Detroit	6–5	6–6	7–5	7–4	5–6	—	6–5	4–7	4–7	2–10	7–4	4–7	7–4	6–6	8–7
Kansas City	5–6	4–7	8–3	1–11	3–8	5–6	—	6–6	7–5	3–8	3–8	5–6	6–5	5–6	6–9
Milwaukee	4–7	6–5	3–8	7–4	4–8	7–4	6–6	—	5–7	4–7	5–6	5–6	7–4	7–4	8–7
Minnesota	7–4	1–10	3–8	6–6	4–8	7–4	5–7	7–5	—	3–8	7–4	5–6	3–8	3–8	7–8
New York	7–4	4–8	8–4	9–2	6–5	10–2	8–3	7–4	8–3	—	6–5	4–7	7–4	7–5	5–10
Oakland	1–11	3–8	4–7	3–8	4–7	4–7	8–3	6–5	4–7	5–6	—	5–7	5–7	6–5	7–9
Seattle	6–6	4–7	4–7	6–5	8–3	7–4	6–5	6–5	6–5	7–4	7–5	—	8–4	8–3	7–9
Texas	4–8	1–10	8–3	8–3	6–5	4–7	5–6	4–7	8–3	4–7	7–5	4–8	—	4–7	10–6
Toronto	5–6	6–6	6–6	6–5	5–6	6–6	6–5	4–7	8–3	5–7	5–6	3–8	7–4	—	4–11

Game log

1997 Game Log

April (16–7)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
1	April 2	Royals	7 – 4	Key (1–0)	Walker (0–1)	Myers (1)	46,588	1–0
2	April 3	Royals	6 – 4	Rhodes (1–0)	Montgomery (0–1)	Myers (2)	43,031	2–0
3	April 4	@Rangers	5 – 4	Erickson (1–0)	Patterson (0–1)	Benítez (1)	26,058	3–0
4	April 5	@Rangers	9 – 7	Rhodes (2–0)	Oliver (0–1)	Myers (3)	39,073	4–0
5	April 6	@Rangers	9 – 3	Pavlik (1–0)	Mussina (0–1)		36,156	4–1
6	April 7	@Royals	6 – 5	Walker (1–1)	Benítez (0–1)		40,052	4–2
7	April 9	@Royals	4 – 2 (11)	Mills (1–0)	Bevil (0–1)	Myers (4)	12,036	5–2
8	April 11	Rangers	9 – 3	Mussina (1–1)	Burkett (0–1)		40,575	6–2
9	April 13	Rangers	9 – 0	Key (2–0)	Pavlik (1–1)		44,154	7–2
10	April 14	Twins	4 – 2	Erickson (2–0)	Tewksbury (0–2)	Myers (5)	36,288	8–2
11	April 15	Twins	3 – 1	Kamieniecki (1–0)	Aldred (0–2)	Myers (6)	40,196	9–2
12	April 16	@White Sox	9 – 3	Drabek (1–1)	Boskie (0–1)		14,061	9–3
13	April 17	@White Sox	1 – 0	Mussina (2–1)	Darwin (0–1)	Myers (7)	14,674	10–3
14	April 20	@Red Sox	11 – 1	Key (3–0)	Gordon (1–2)		32,290	11–3
15	April 21	@Red Sox	4 – 2	Sele (3–0)	Erickson (2–1)	Slocumb (3)	33,608	11–4
16	April 22	White Sox	3 – 2	Mussina (3–1)	Darwin (0–2)	Myers (8)	38,392	12–4
17	April 23	White Sox	11 – 9 (11)	Castillo (2–2)	Benítez (0–2)	Hernandez (3)	42,902	12–5
18	April 24	Red Sox	2 – 1 (11)	Trlicek (3–4)	Mathews (0–1)	Henry (4)	40,000	12–6
19	April 25	Red Sox	2 – 0	Erickson (3–1)	Gordon (1–3)	Myers (9)	45,227	13–6
20	April 26	Red Sox	14 – 5	Key (4–0)	Sele (3–1)	Johnson (1)	47,727	14–6
21	April 27	Red Sox	13 – 7	Henry (1–0)	Rhodes (2–1)		47,307	14–7
22	April 29	Twins	6 – 4	Boskie (1–1)	Swindell (1–1)	Myers (10)	11,368	15–7
23	April 30	Twins	12 – 3	Kamieniecki (2–0)	Tewksbury (1–4)	Benítez (2)	12,686	16–7

May (20–8)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
24	May 1	Twins	3–2	Erickson (4–1)	Aldred (1–3)	Myers (11)	11,678	17–7
25	May 2	Athletics	7–1	Key (5–0)	Karsay (0–3)		46,181	18–7
26	May 3	Athletics	4–3	Small (4–0)	Myers (0–1)	Taylor (6)	45,780	18–8
27	May 4	Athletics	11–0	Coppinger (1–0)	Prieto (2–2)	Johnson (2)	47,001	19–8
28	May 5	Angels	7–2	Dickson (5–1)	Kamieniecki (2–1)	James (3)	41,296	19–9
29	May 6	Angels	8–4	Erickson (5–1)	Finley (0–2)	Myers (12)	37,150	20–9
30	May 7	Angels	3–0	Key (6–0)	Watson (0–2)	Myers (13)	43,858	21–9
31	May 8	Mariners	13–3	Mussina (4–1)	Johnson (4–1)		45,026	22–9
32	May 9	Mariners	8–2	Moyer (2–0)	Coppinger (1–1)		47,257	22–10
33	May 10	Mariners	3 – 2 (11)	Charlton (2–1)	Myers (0–2)		47,340	22–11
34	May 11	Mariners	9–5	Erickson (6–1)	Martínez (1–3)		47,451	23–11
35	May 12	Athletics	5–1	Key (7–0)	Karsay (0–4)	Benítez (3)	11,352	24–11
36	May 13	Athletics	7–3	Mussina (5–1)	Mohler (0–5)		14,854	25–11
37	May 14	Angels	6–5	Springer (1–1)	Boskie (1–2)	Holtz (1)	15,780	25–12
38	May 15	Angels	3–2	Dickson (6–1)	Kamieniecki (2–2)	James (5)	15,966	25–13
39	May 16	Mariners	6–3	Erickson (7–1)	Martínez (1–4)		39,455	26–13
40	May 17	Mariners	4–3	Key (8–0)	Sanders (0–5)	Benítez (4)	57,304	27–13
41	May 18	Mariners	8–7	Orosco (1–0)	Charlton (2–3)	Benítez (5)	57,432	28–13
42	May 20	Tigers	4–3	Kamieniecki (3–2)	Olivares (2–3)	Myers (14)	48,003	29–13
43	May 21	Tigers	2–0	Erickson (8–1)	Thompson (4–3)	Myers (15)	47,877	30–13
44	May 23	Indians	6–1	Ogea (5–3)	Key (8–1)		41,154	30–14
45	May 24	Indians	8–3	Mussina (6–1)	Kline (3–1)		41,040	31–14
46	May 25	Indians	7–6	Nagy (6–2)	Rhodes (2–2)	Morman (2)	42,944	31–15
47	May 26	Yankees	8–6	Boskie (2–2)	Pettittie (6–3)	Myers (16)	40,296	32–15
48	May 27	Yankees	10–6	Kamieniecki (2–2)	Rogers (6–3)	Benítez (6)	29,392	33–15
49	May 28	Yankees	8–1	Key (9–1)	Moehler (3–4)	Boskie (1)	10,692	34–15
50	May 30	Indians	3–0	Mussina (7–1)	Nagy (6–3)		47,758	35–15
51	May 31	Indians	8–5	Boskie (3–2)	Mesa (0–3)	Myers (17)	47,739	36–15

June (15–12)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
52	June 3	Yankees	7–5	Myers (1–2)	Mecir (0–3)		47,577	37–15
53	June 4	Yankees	9–7	Orosco (2–0)	Nelson (2–5)	Myers (18)	47,748	38–15
54	June 6	@ White Sox	7–3	Drabek (5–4)	Erickson (8–2)	R. Hernandez (12)	21,304	38–16
55	June 7	@ White Sox	1 – 0 (11)	R. Hernández (4–1)	Myers (1–3)		31,548	38–17
56	June 8	@ White Sox	2–1	Key (10–1)	Darwin (2–3)	Myers (19)	24,089	39–17
57	June 9	@ White Sox	10–2	Mussina (8–1)	Baldwin (3–8)		23,464	40–17
58	June 10	@ Red Sox	7–2	Erickson (9–2)	Eshelman (0–1)			41–17
59	June 10	@ Red Sox	4–2	Rhodes (3–2)	Wakefield (2–5)	Myers (20)	30,995	42–17
60	June 11	@ Red Sox	10–1	Gordon (4–6)	Johnson (0–1)		26,479	42–18
61	June 12	@ Red Sox	9–5	Sele (7–5)	Kamieniecki (4–3)		24,970	42–19
62	June 13	@ Braves	4 – 3	Key (11–1)	Maddux (7–3)	Myers (21)	48,334	43–19
63	June 14	@ Braves	6 – 4 (12)	Rhodes (4–2)	Borowski (2–2)	Myers (22)	26,964	44–19
64	June 15	@ Braves	5 – 3 (10)	Mathews (1–1)	Wohlers (2–2)	Myers (23)	48,088	45–19
65	June 16	Expos	6 – 4	Hermanson (3–4)	Boskie (3–3)	Urbina (12)	47,557	45–20
66	June 17	Expos	5 – 4	Kamieniecki (5–3)	Bullinger (4–6)	Myers (24)	47,793	46–20
67	June 18	Expos	1 – 0	C. Perez (8–4)	Key (11–2)		47,448	46–21
68	June 20	@ Blue Jays	3 – 0	Hentgen (8–3)	Mussina (8–2)		30,266	46–22
69	June 21	@ Blue Jays	5 – 1	Erickson (10–2)	Plesac (0–3)		40,139	47–22
70	June 22	@ Blue Jays	5 – 2	Kamieniecki (6–3)	Person (2–5)	Myers (25)	35,106	48–22
71	June 23	@ Brewers	5 – 0	D'Amico (5–3)	Key (11–3)		16,304	48–23
72	June 24	@ Brewers	6 – 2	Boskie (4–3)	Karl (2–9)	Rhodes (1)	14,007	49–23
73	June 25	@ Brewers	9 – 1	Mussina (9–2)	Eldred (7–8)		21,042	50–23
74	June 26	Blue Jays	3 – 0	Clemens (12–2)	Erickson (10–3)	Timlin (7)	47,617	50–24
75	June 27	Blue Jays	2 – 1	Person (3–5)	Kamieniecki (6–4)	Spoljaric (2)	47,900	50–25
76	June 28	Blue Jays	5 – 2	W. Williams (3–7)	Key (11–4)	Timlin (8)	47,687	50–26
77	June 29	Blue Jays	3 – 2	Escobar (1–0)	Benítez (0–3)	Timlin (9)	47,763	50–27
78	June 30	Phillies	8 – 1	Mussina (10–2)	Maduro (3–7)		47,837	51–27

July (16-11)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record
79	July 1	Phillies	4 – 1	Erickson (11–3)	Beech (0–4)	Myers (26)	47,610	52–27
80	July 2	Phillies	10 – 6	Rhodes (5–2)	Spradlin (1–4)		47,785	53–27
81	July 3	@ Tigers	10 – 1	Key (12–4)	Lira (5–5)		13,209	54–27
82	July 4	@ Tigers	4 – 3	Rhodes (6–2)	Keagle (0–1)	Myers (27)	30,100	55–27
83	July 4	@ Tigers	11 – 8	Bautista (2–2)	Mills (1–1)	T. Jones (12)	30,100	55–28
84	July 5	@ Tigers	6 – 5	Miceli (2–1)	Orosco (2–1)	T. Jones (13)	37,074	55–29
85	July 6	@ Tigers	14 – 9	Blair (6–4)	Erickson (11–4)		18,197	55–30
86	July 11	Brewers	3 – 1	McDonald (8–6)	Key (12–5)	D. Jones (21)	47,919	55–31
87	July 12	Brewers	3 – 2	Eldred (9–8)	Erickson (11–5)	D. Jones (22)	47,606	55–32
88	July 13	Brewers	6 – 4	D'Amico (7–4)	Mussina (10–3)	D. Jones (23)	47,448	55–33
89	July 14	Blue Jays	9 – 5	Mathews (2–1)	Person (3–6)		47,042	56–33
90	July 15	Blue Jays	8 – 4	Boskie (5–3)	Guzmán (3–6)		47,062	57–33
91	July 16	Red Sox	4 – 1	Avery (3–2)	Key (12–6)	Slocumb (12)	47,712	57–34
92	July 17	Red Sox	12 – 9	Mahay (1–0)	Orosco (2–2)	Slocumb (13)	47,912	57–35
93	July 18	White Sox	3 – 0	Baldwin (7–9)	Mussina (10–4)	R. Hernández (24)	47,759	57–36
94	July 19	White Sox	8 – 3	Rhodes (7–2)	Simas (3–1)	Benítez (7)	47,857	58–36
95	July 20	White Sox	10 – 2	Navarro (8–8)	Boskie (5–4)		47,800	58–37
96	July 21	@ Rangers	5 – 1	Key (13–6)	Oliver (6–10)		35,842	59–37
97	July 22	@ Rangers	9 – 3	Erickson (12–5)	Burkett (7–9)		43,421	60–37
98	July 23	@ Rangers	3 – 2	Myers (2–3)	Patterson (6–4)		40,834	61–37
99	July 25	@ Twins	5 – 2	Radke (14–5)	Kamieniecki (6–5)		21,524	61–38

August (18-10)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record

September (13-16)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Chris Hoiles	99	320	45	83	.259	12	49
1B	Rafael Palmeiro	158	614	95	156	.254	38	110
2B	Roberto Alomar	112	412	64	137	.333	14	60
3B	Cal Ripken Jr.	162	615	79	166	.270	17	84
SS	Mike Bordick	153	509	55	120	.236	7	46
LF	B. J. Surhoff	147	528	80	150	.284	18	88
CF	Brady Anderson	151	590	97	170	.288	18	73
RF	Jeffrey Hammonds	118	397	71	105	.264	21	55

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
Lenny Webster	98	259	66	.255	7	37
Jeff Reboulet	99	228	54	.237	4	27
Tony Tarasco	100	166	34	.205	7	26
Eric Davis	42	158	48	.304	8	25
Pete Incaviglia	48	138	34	.246	5	12
Harold Baines	44	134	39	.291	4	15
Aaron Ledesma	43	88	31	.352	2	11
Jerome Walton	26	68	20	.294	3	9
David Dellucci	17	27	6	.222	1	3
Tim Laker	7	14	0	.000	0	1
Melvin Rosario	4	3	0	.000	0	0
Danny Clyburn	2	3	0	.000	0	0
Charlie Greene	5	2	0	.000	0	1

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
Mike Mussina	33	224.2	15	8	3.20	218
Scott Erickson	33	221.2	16	7	3.69	131
Jimmy Key	34	212.1	16	10	3.43	141
Scott Kamieniecki	30	179.1	10	6	4.01	109
Rick Krivda	10	50.0	4	2	6.30	29

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
Shawn Boskie	28	77.0	6	6	6.43	50
Mike Johnson	14	39.2	0	1	7.94	29
Nerio Rodríguez	6	22.0	2	1	4.91	11
Rocky Coppinger	5	20.0	1	1	6.30	22
Esteban Yan	3	9.2	0	1	15.83	4

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Randy Myers	61	59.2	2	3	45	1.51	56
Arthur Rhodes	53	95.1	10	3	1	3.02	102
Armando Benítez	71	73.1	4	5	9	2.45	106
Terry Mathews	57	63.1	4	4	1	4.41	39
Jesse Orosco	71	50.1	6	3	0	2.32	46
Alan Mills	39	38.2	2	3	0	4.89	32
Brian Williams	13	24.0	0	0	0	3.00	14

ALDS

Game 1

October 1, Kingdome

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
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)

Game 2

October 2, Kingdome

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
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

Game 3

October 4, Oriole Park at Camden Yards

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
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)

Game 4

October 5, Oriole Park at Camden Yards

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
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)

ALCS

Game 1

October 8, Camden Yards

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cleveland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
Baltimore	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	X	3	6	1
WP: Scott Erickson (1-0) LP: Chad Ogea (0-1) SV: Randy Myers (1)
HRs: BAL – Brady Anderson (1) Roberto Alomar (1)

Game 2

October 9, Camden Yards

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cleveland	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	5	6	3
Baltimore	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	8	1
WP: Paul Assenmacher (1-0) LP: Armando Benítez (0-1) SV: José Mesa (1)
HRs: CLE – Manny Ramírez (1) Marquis Grissom (1) BAL – Cal Ripken (1)

Game 3

October 11, Jacobs Field

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	R	H	E
Baltimore	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	8	1
Cleveland	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	0
WP: Eric Plunk (1-0) LP: Randy Myers (0-1)
HRs: None

Game 4

October 12, Jacobs Field

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Baltimore	0	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	7	12	2
Cleveland	0	2	0	1	4	0	0	0	1	8	13	0
WP: José Mesa (1-0) LP: Alan Mills (0-1)
HRs: CLE – Sandy Alomar Jr. (1) Manny Ramírez (2) BAL – Brady Anderson (2) Harold Baines (1) Rafael Palmeiro (1)

Game 5

October 13, Jacobs Field

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Baltimore	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	10	0
Cleveland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	8	1
WP: Scott Kamieniecki (1-0) LP: Chad Ogea (0-2)
HRs: BAL – Eric Davis (1)

Game 6

October 15, Camden Yards

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
Cleveland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0
Baltimore	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
WP: Brian Anderson (1-0) LP: Armando Benítez (0-2) S: José Mesa (1)
HRs: CLE: – Tony Fernández (1)

Awards and honors

Eric Davis, Outfield, Roberto Clemente Award
Eric Davis, Hutch Award^[6]
Harry Dalton, 1997 Herb Armstrong Award (for contribution to the Orioles franchise by a non-uniform personnel^[7]

1997 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Roberto Alomar, starter
Cal Ripken Jr., starter

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Rochester Red Wings	International League	Marv Foley
AA	Bowie Baysox	Eastern League	Joe Ferguson
A	Frederick Keys	Carolina League	Dave Hilton
A	Delmarva Shorebirds	South Atlantic League	Tommy Shields and Tom Trebelhorn
Rookie	Bluefield Orioles	Appalachian League	Bobby Dickerson
Rookie	GCL Orioles	Gulf Coast League	Butch Davis

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Rochester, Delmarva, Bluefield^[8]

References

^ "Jimmy Key Stats".
^ Mike Bordick Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
^ "Jerome Walton Stats".
^ "Eric Davis Stats".
^ "Scott McClain Stats".
^ "Hutch Award | Baseball Almanac".
^ 100 Things Orioles Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die, Dan Connolly, Triumph Books, Chicago, 2015, ISBN 978-1-62937-041-5, p.133
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

[1] "Jimmy Key Stats".

[2] Mike Bordick Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com

[3] "Jerome Walton Stats".

[4] "Eric Davis Stats".

[5] "Scott McClain Stats".

[6] "Hutch Award | Baseball Almanac".

[7] 100 Things Orioles Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die, Dan Connolly, Triumph Books, Chicago, 2015, ISBN 978-1-62937-041-5, p.133

[8] Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

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