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1997 National League  Previous Year / Next Year Expanded Standings East Division Team W L WL% GB Atlanta ATL 101 61 .623 -- Florida FLA 92 70 .568 9.0 NewYorkM NYM 88 74 .543 13.0 Montreal MON 78 84 .481 23.0 Phildlpa PHI 68 94 .420 33.0 Central Division Team W L WL% GB Houston HOU 84 78 .519 -- Pittsbgh PIT 79 83 .488 5.0 Cincnnti CIN 76 86 .469 8.0 St.Louis STL 73 89 .451 11.0 ChicagoC CHC 68 94 .420 16.0 West Division Team W L WL% GB SanFranc SFG 90 72 .556 -- LosAngls LAD 88 74 .543 2.0 Colorado COL 83 79 .512 7.0 SanDiego SDP 76 86 .469 14.0 Race Charts from BaseballRace.com: NL | East | Central | West | Wildcard Postseason World Series (4-3):   Florida Marlins over Cleveland Indians NL Championship Series (4-2):   Florida Marlins over Atlanta Braves NL Division Series (3-0):   Florida Marlins over San Francisco Giants NL Division Series (3-0):   Atlanta Braves over Houston Astros BR Bullpen: Find or enter more info for this league (what's this?)

1997 AL | NL League Yearly Summary - Expanded Standings: AL | NL - Expanded Leaderboards: AL | ML | NL -
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League Splits - Bat: ML-NL-AL - Pitch: ML-NL-AL

League Batting    Glossary

 Tm    R/G    R    G    AB    H    2B   3B  HR   BB    SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS  OPS+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 COL  5.70   923  162  5603  1611  269  40  239  562  1060  .288  .352  .478  137   65 106  6.73  4.67
 SDP  4.91   795  162  5609  1519  275  16  152  604  1129  .271  .342  .407  140   60 108  4.53  5.28
 ATL  4.88   791  162  5528  1490  268  37  174  597  1160  .270  .341  .426  108   58 104  4.67  5.10
 SFG  4.84   784  162  5485  1415  266  37  172  642  1120  .258  .336  .414  121   49 105  4.65  5.02
 HOU  4.80   777  162  5502  1427  314  40  133  633  1085  .259  .336  .403  171   74 106  4.60  4.99
 NYM  4.80   777  162  5524  1448  274  28  153  550  1029  .262  .329  .405   97   74 100  4.91  4.68
 LAD  4.58   742  162  5544  1488  242  33  174  498  1079  .268  .329  .418  131   64 107  4.27  4.89
 FLA  4.57   740  162  5439  1410  272  28  136  686  1074  .259  .342  .395  115   58 104  4.42  4.72
 PIT  4.48   725  162  5503  1440  291  52  129  481  1161  .262  .321  .404  160   50  96  4.51  4.44
 MON  4.27   691  162  5526  1423  339  34  172  420  1084  .258  .310  .425   75   46  99  4.42  4.11
 STL  4.25   689  162  5524  1409  269  39  144  543  1191  .255  .322  .396  164   60  93  4.26  4.25
 CHC  4.24   687  162  5489  1444  269  39  127  451  1003  .263  .319  .396  116   60  92  4.98  3.51
 PHI  4.12   668  162  5443  1390  290  35  116  519  1032  .255  .320  .385   92   56  90  4.36  3.89
 CIN  4.02   651  162  5484  1386  269  27  142  518  1113  .253  .317  .389  190   67  89  4.23  3.80
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+----+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+-----+-----+
 Tot  4.60 10440 2268 77203 20300 3907 485 2163 7704 15320  .263  .333  .410 1817  841

League Pitching    Glossary

 Tm   R/G    RA    G   ERA    IP    H    H/G    BB  BB/G  HR    SO   CG  cgSHO tmSHO  SV ERA+hmR/G rdR/G
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 ATL  3.59   581  162  3.18  1465  1319   8.1   450  2.8  111  1196   21    10    16  37 131  3.73  3.44
 LAD  3.98   645  162  3.63  1459  1325   8.2   546  3.4  163  1232    6     1     6  45 107  3.46  4.51
 HOU  4.07   660  162  3.67  1459  1379   8.5   511  3.2  134  1138   16     7    12  37 109  3.67  4.48
 FLA  4.13   669  162  3.83  1446  1353   8.4   639  3.9  131  1188   12     4    10  39 106  4.00  4.26
 STL  4.37   708  162  3.90  1455  1422   8.8   536  3.3  124  1130    5     0     3  39 107  4.01  4.73
 NYM  4.38   709  162  3.95  1459  1452   9.0   504  3.1  160   982    7     3     8  49 103  4.19  4.57
 MON  4.57   740  162  4.14  1447  1365   8.4   557  3.4  149  1138   27    12    14  37 101  4.62  4.52
 PIT  4.69   760  162  4.28  1436  1503   9.3   560  3.5  143  1080    6     2     8  41 101  4.88  4.51
 SFG  4.90   793  162  4.41  1446  1494   9.2   578  3.6  160  1044    5     3     9  45  93  4.78  5.01
 CIN  4.72   764  162  4.42  1449  1408   8.7   558  3.4  173  1159    5     0     8  49  97  4.79  4.64
 CHC  4.69   759  162  4.44  1429  1451   9.0   590  3.6  185  1072    6     2     4  37  97  4.48  4.89
 PHI  5.19   840  162  4.87  1420  1441   8.9   616  3.8  171  1209   13     3     7  35  87  4.86  5.51
 SDP  5.50   891  162  4.99  1450  1581   9.8   596  3.7  172  1059    5     0     2  43  78  5.16  5.84
 COL  5.60   908  162  5.25  1432  1697  10.5   566  3.5  196   870    9     3     5  38  99  6.19  5.02
+---+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+-----+----+-----+-----+---+---+-----+-----+
 TOT  4.60 10427 2268  4.21 20252 20190   9.0  7807  3.4 2172 15497  143         113 571

League Miscellaneous Stats    Glossary

 Tm    E   DP  Fldg% DefEff Attendance  Att/G    pW-pL  hmW-L rdW-L BPF PPF AgeB AgeP HOF  AS aAS Est. Payroll Managers 
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------+------------------------
 ATL  114  136  .982   .699  3,464,488  42,771  103-59  50-31 51-30 102  99 27.9 28.5   0   7  24  $52,278,500 Cox
 FLA  119  167  .981   .690  2,364,387  29,190   88-74  52-29 40-41  95  96 28.6 27.5   0   3  32  $48,583,000 Leyland
 SFG  120  157  .980   .684  1,690,869  20,875   80-82  48-33 42-39  98  98 29.5 28.8   0   3  11  $35,592,378 Baker
 LAD  116  104  .981   .705  3,319,504  40,982   91-71  47-34 41-40  93  92 29.2 28.7   1   1  15  $45,380,304 Russell
 NYM  117  165  .982   .696  1,766,174  21,805   88-74  50-31 38-43  97  97 27.3 29.4   0   2  18  $39,800,400 Valentine
 HOU  131  169  .979   .692  2,046,781  25,269   93-69  46-35 38-43  96  95 28.8 26.9   0   3  20  $34,777,500 Dierker
 COL  111  202  .983   .666  3,888,453  48,006   82-80  47-34 36-45 122 123 30.4 27.9   0   2  20  $43,559,667 Baylor
 PIT  131  149  .979   .674  1,657,022  20,457   78-84  43-38 36-45 103 103 26.6 25.7   0   1   7  $10,771,667 Lamont
 MON  131  150  .979   .695  1,497,609  18,489   76-86  45-36 33-48  99  99 27.7 26.4   0   1  18  $19,295,500 Alou
 CIN  106  129  .982   .696  1,785,788  22,047   69-93  40-41 36-45 102 102 28.2 29.6   0   1  18  $49,768,000 Knight and McKeon
 SDP  125  132  .980   .672  2,089,333  25,794   73-89  39-42 37-44  93  93 30.8 28.1   1   3  20  $37,363,672 Bochy
 STL  123  156  .980   .685  2,634,014  32,519   79-83  41-40 32-49  99  99 30.0 29.5   1   2  32  $45,456,667 LaRussa
 CHC  115  117  .980   .690  2,190,308  27,041   74-88  42-39 26-55 102 102 29.4 28.2   1   1  21  $42,155,333 Riggleman
 PHI  105  134  .982   .679  1,490,638  18,403   64-98  38-43 30-51 100 101 27.8 27.9   0   1  16  $36,656,500 Francona
+---+----+----+-----+------+-----------+-------+-------+-----+-----+---+---+----+----+---+---+---+------------+------------------------

League Awards
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Pitching stats are W-L ERA.

Award-Winners Complete Voting Results Most Valuable Player Larry Walker COL .366/.452/.720 Cy Young Award Pedro Martinez MON 17-8  1.90 305 SO Rookie of the Year Scott Rolen PHI .283/.377/.469 Manager of the Year Dusty Baker Rolaids Relief Jeff Shaw CIN 4-2 (42 sv) 2.38 74 SO NLCS MVP Livan Hernandez FLA 2-0  0.84

Gold Glove Winners Pitcher Greg Maddux Catcher Charles Johnson First Base J.T. Snow Second Base Craig Biggio Third Base Ken Caminiti Shortstop Rey Ordonez Outfield Barry Bonds, Raul Mondesi, and Larry Walker Silver Slugger Winners Pitcher John Smoltz Catcher Mike Piazza First Base Jeff Bagwell Second Base Craig Biggio Third Base Vinny Castilla Shortstop Jeff Blauser Outfield Barry Bonds, Tony Gwynn, and Larry Walker

League Leaderboards    Expanded Leaderboard (MLB Leaders) - Glossary
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Batting Average Gwynn-SDP .372 Walker-COL .366 Piazza-LAD .362 Lofton-ATL .333 Joyner-SDP .327	On-base % Walker-COL .452 Bonds-SFG .446 Piazza-LAD .431 Bagwell-HOU .425 Sheffield-FLA .424	Slugging % Walker-COL .720 Piazza-LAD .638 Bagwell-HOU .592 Galarraga-COL .585 Lankford-STL .585	OPS Walker-COL 1.172 Piazza-LAD 1.070 Bonds-SFG 1.031 Bagwell-HOU 1.017 Lankford-STL .996
Games Bagwell-HOU 162 Biggio-HOU 162 Karros-LAD 162 Sosa-CHC 162 Zeile-LAD 160	At Bats Grudzielanek-MON 649 Sosa-CHC 642 Womack-PIT 641 Karros-LAD 628 Young-TOT 622	Plate Appearances (approx.) Biggio-HOU 744 Young-TOT 718 Bagwell-HOU 717 Karros-LAD 700 Sosa-CHC 694	Runs Biggio-HOU 146 Walker-COL 143 Bonds-SFG 123 Galarraga-COL 120 Bagwell-HOU 109
Hits Gwynn-SDP 220 Walker-COL 208 Piazza-LAD 201 Biggio-HOU 191 Galarraga-COL 191 Mondesi-LAD 191	Total Bases Walker-COL 409 Piazza-LAD 355 Galarraga-COL 351 Bagwell-HOU 335 Castilla-COL 335	Doubles Grudzielanek-MON 54 Gwynn-SDP 49 Walker-COL 46 Lansing-MON 45 Mondesi-LAD 42	Triples DeShields-STL 14 Perez-COL 10 Guerrero-LAD 9 Randa-PIT 9 Womack-PIT 9
Home Runs Walker-COL 49 Bagwell-HOU 43 Galarraga-COL 41 Bonds-SFG 40 Castilla-COL 40 Piazza-LAD 40	RBI Galarraga-COL 140 Bagwell-HOU 135 Walker-COL 130 Piazza-LAD 124 Kent-SFG 121	Bases on Balls Bonds-SFG 145 Bagwell-HOU 127 Sheffield-FLA 121 Snow-SFG 96 Lankford-STL 95	Strikeouts Sosa-CHC 174 Gant-STL 162 Rodriguez-MON 149 Galarraga-COL 141 Rolen-PHI 138
Stolen Bases Womack-PIT 60 Sanders-CIN 56 DeShields-STL 55 Biggio-HOU 47 Young-TOT 45	Singles Gwynn-SDP 152 Renteria-FLA 143 Womack-PIT 137 Lofton-ATL 133 Piazza-LAD 128	Adjusted OPS+ Piazza-LAD 185 Walker-COL 178 Bonds-SFG 170 Bagwell-HOU 168 Lankford-STL 159	Runs Created Walker-COL 187 Bagwell-HOU 153 Bonds-SFG 151 Piazza-LAD 150 Biggio-HOU 148
Adjusted Batting Runs Walker-COL 71 Piazza-LAD 70 Bagwell-HOU 64 Bonds-SFG 64 Gwynn-SDP 51	Batting Wins Walker-COL 6.6 Piazza-LAD 6.5 Bagwell-HOU 6.0 Bonds-SFG 6.0 Gwynn-SDP 4.8	Extra-Base Hits Walker-COL 99 Bagwell-HOU 85 Mondesi-LAD 77 Galarraga-COL 75 Piazza-LAD 73	Times on Base Biggio-HOU 309 Bonds-SFG 308 Bagwell-HOU 305 Walker-COL 300 Piazza-LAD 273
Offensive Win% Walker-COL .857 Piazza-LAD .805 Bonds-SFG .790 Bagwell-HOU .772 Biggio-HOU .751	Hit By Pitch Biggio-HOU 34 Kendall-PIT 31 Santangelo-MON 25 Blauser-ATL 20 Galarraga-COL 17	Sac. Hits Renteria-FLA 19 Glavine-ATL 17 Butler-LAD 15 Ordonez-NYM 14 Guerrero-LAD 13 Vizcaino-SFG 13	Sac. Flies Gilkey-NYM 12 Gwynn-SDP 12 Joyner-SDP 10 Kent-SFG 10 Blauser-ATL 9 Daulton-TOT 9 Karros-LAD 9
Intentional Walks Bonds-SFG 34 Bagwell-HOU 27 Hundley-NYM 16 Walker-COL 14 Snow-SFG 13	Grounded into Double Plays McGriff-ATL 22 Huskey-NYM 21 Gaetti-STL 20 Clayton-STL 19 Jones-ATL 19 Olerud-NYM 19 Piazza-LAD 19	Caught Stealing Lofton-ATL 20 Mondesi-LAD 15 Renteria-FLA 15 DeShields-STL 14 Young-TOT 14	Power/Speed Number Walker-COL 39.4 Bonds-SFG 38.4 Bagwell-HOU 36.0 Mondesi-LAD 31.0 Biggio-HOU 30.0
At Bats per Strikeout Gwynn-SDP 21.1 Jefferies-PHI 17.6 Grace-CHC 12.3 Young-TOT 11.5 Glanville-CHC 10.3	At Bats per Home Run Walker-COL 11.6 Bagwell-HOU 13.2 Bonds-SFG 13.3 Hundley-NYM 13.9 Piazza-LAD 13.9	Outs Sosa-CHC 514 Renteria-FLA 503 Grudzielanek-MON 500 Young-TOT 496 Karros-LAD 487	ERA Martinez-MON 1.90 Maddux-ATL 2.20 Kile-HOU 2.57 Valdez-LAD 2.65 Brown-FLA 2.69
Wins Neagle-ATL 20 Estes-SFG 19 Kile-HOU 19 Maddux-ATL 19 Fernandez-FLA 17 Martinez-MON 17 Schilling-PHI 17	Won-Loss % Maddux-ATL .826 Neagle-ATL .800 Estes-SFG .792 Kile-HOU .731 Juden-MON .688	BB + H per IP (WHIP) Martinez-MON 0.932 Maddux-ATL 0.946 Reed-NYM 1.042 Schilling-PHI 1.046 Neagle-ATL 1.084	Hits Allowed/9IP Martinez-MON 5.89 Park-LAD 6.98 Estes-SFG 7.25 Kile-HOU 7.32 Schilling-PHI 7.36
Bases on Balls/9IP Maddux-ATL 0.77 Reed-NYM 1.34 Neagle-ATL 1.89 Schilling-PHI 2.05 Perez-MON 2.09	Strikeouts/9IP Martinez-MON 11.37 Schilling-PHI 11.29 Nomo-LAD 10.11 Benes-STL 8.90 Smoltz-ATL 8.47	Games Tavarez-SFG 89 Belinda-CIN 84 Shaw-CIN 78 Rojas-TOT 77 Patterson-CHC 76 Spradlin-PHI 76	Saves Shaw-CIN 42 Beck-SFG 37 Hoffman-SDP 37 Eckersley-STL 36 Franco-NYM 36
Innings Smoltz-ATL 256.0 Kile-HOU 255.7 Schilling-PHI 254.3 Martinez-MON 241.3 Glavine-ATL 240.0	Strikeouts Schilling-PHI 319 Martinez-MON 305 Smoltz-ATL 241 Nomo-LAD 233 Brown-FLA 205 Kile-HOU 205	Games Started Schilling-PHI 35 Smoltz-ATL 35 Hampton-HOU 34 Kile-HOU 34 Neagle-ATL 34 Trachsel-CHC 34	Comp. Games Martinez-MON 13 Perez-MON 8 Hampton-HOU 7 Schilling-PHI 7 Smoltz-ATL 7
Shutouts Perez-MON 5 Kile-HOU 4 Martinez-MON 4 Neagle-ATL 4 Bailey-COL 2 Brown-FLA 2 Bullinger-MON 2 Cordova-PIT 2 Estes-SFG 2 Glavine-ATL 2 Hampton-HOU 2 Maddux-ATL 2 Schilling-PHI 2 Smoltz-ATL 2	Home Runs Allow. Trachsel-CHC 32 Gardner-SFG 28 Bailey-COL 27 Foster-CHC 27 Beech-PHI 25 Castillo-TOT 25 Fernandez-FLA 25 Leiter-PHI 25 Schilling-PHI 25	Bases On Balls Allow. Estes-SFG 100 Kile-HOU 94 Nomo-LAD 92 Leiter-FLA 91 Glavine-ATL 79	Hits Allowed Smoltz-ATL 234 Trachsel-CHC 225 Castillo-TOT 220 Hampton-HOU 217 Leiter-PHI 216
SO to Walk Maddux-ATL 8.85 Schilling-PHI 5.50 Martinez-MON 4.55 Smoltz-ATL 3.83 Reed-NYM 3.65	Losses Leiter-PHI 17 Cooke-PIT 15 Lieber-PIT 14 Mulholland-TOT 13 Perez-MON 13	Earned Runs Allow. Leiter-PHI 115 Castillo-TOT 111 Wright-COL 104 Trachsel-CHC 101 Nomo-LAD 98	Wild Pitches Remlinger-CIN 12 Leiter-PHI 11 Estes-SFG 10 Nomo-LAD 10 Smoltz-ATL 10
Hit Batsmen Brown-FLA 14 Bailey-COL 13 Bullinger-MON 12 Hamilton-SDP 12 Leiter-FLA 12 Loaiza-PIT 12 Stottlemyre-STL 12	Batters Faced Kile-HOU 1056 Smoltz-ATL 1043 Schilling-PHI 1009 Brown-FLA 976 Glavine-ATL 970	Games Finished Beck-SFG 66 Nen-FLA 65 Shaw-CIN 62 Bottalico-PHI 61 Hoffman-SDP 59	Adjusted ERA+ Martinez-MON 219 Maddux-ATL 189 Kile-HOU 156 Brown-FLA 150 Valdez-LAD 146
Salary Bonds-SFG $8,666,667 Bagwell-HOU $8,040,000 Fernandez-FLA $7,000,000 Piazza-LAD $7,000,000 Smoltz-ATL $7,000,000	Oldest Player Honeycutt-STL 1954-06-29 (43) Eckersley-STL 1954-10-03 (42) Darwin-SFG 1955-10-25 (41) Murray- 1956-02-24 (41) Pena-HOU 1957-06-04 (40)	Youngest Player Jones-ATL 1977-04-23 (20) Reyes-LAD 1977-04-19 (20) Guillen-PIT 1976-05-17 (21) Wallace-PIT 1976-04-12 (21) Nunez-PIT 1976-03-16 (21)

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Starters P. Greg Maddux (ATL) C. Mike Piazza (LAD) 1B. Jeff Bagwell (HOU) 2B. Craig Biggio (HOU) 3B. Ken Caminiti (SDP) SS. Jeff Blauser (ATL) LF. Barry Bonds (SFG) CF. Ray Lankford (STL) RF. Larry Walker (COL) DH. Tony Gwynn (SDP)		Moises Alou* (FLA) Rod Beck (SFG) Kevin Brown* (FLA) Royce Clayton* (STL) Shawn Estes* (SFG) Steve Finley* (SDP) Andres Galarraga* (COL) Tom Glavine (ATL) Mark Grace* (CHC)		Todd Hundley (NYM) Charles Johnson* (FLA) Bobby Jones* (NYM) Chipper Jones* (ATL) Darryl Kile (HOU) Barry Larkin (CIN) Kenny Lofton (ATL) Javy Lopez* (ATL) Pedro Martinez* (MON)		Denny Neagle (ATL) Curt Schilling* (PHI) Tony Womack* (PIT)

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