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1997 AL Division Series (3-2): Cleveland Indians (86-75) over New York Yankees (96-66)

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WS: FLA-CLE / ALCS: CLE-BAL / NLCS: FLA-ATL / Div. Series: CLE-NYY / BAL-SEA / FLA-SFG / ATL-HOU
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Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  September 30, 1997 at Yankee Stad (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Cleveland Indians            5  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0     6 11  0
    New York Yankees             0  1  0    1  1  5    0  0  x     8 11  0

    PITCHERS: CLE - Hershiser, Morman (5), Plunk (5), Assenmacher (6), Jackson (7)
              NYY - Cone, Mendoza (4), Stanton (7), Nelson (7), Rivera (8)

               WP - Ramiro Mendoza
	       LP - Eric Plunk
             SAVE - Mariano Rivera

   HOME RUNS: CLE - Alomar
              NYY - Jeter, Martinez, O'Neill, Raines

  ATTENDANCE: 57,398

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 2, 1997 at Yankee Stad (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Cleveland Indians            0  0  0    5  2  0    0  0  0     7 11  1
    New York Yankees             3  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  1     5  7  2

    PITCHERS: CLE - Wright, Jackson (7), Assenmacher (7), Mesa (8)
              NYY - Pettitte, Boehringer (6), Lloyd (7), Nelson (9)

               WP - Jaret Wright
	       LP - Andy Pettitte
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: CLE - Williams
              NYY - Jeter

  ATTENDANCE: 57,360

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 4, 1997 at Jacobs Fld (Cleveland Indians)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             1  0  1    4  0  0    0  0  0     6  4  1
    Cleveland Indians            0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     1  5  1

    PITCHERS: NYY - Wells
              CLE - Nagy, Ogea (4)

               WP - David Wells
	       LP - Charles Nagy
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - O'Neill
              CLE - none

  ATTENDANCE: 45,274

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 5, 1997 at Jacobs Fld (Cleveland Indians)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     2  9  1
    Cleveland Indians            0  1  0    0  0  0    0  1  1     3  9  0

    PITCHERS: NYY - Gooden, Lloyd (6), Nelson (6), Stanton (7), Rivera (8), Mendoza (9)
              CLE - Hershiser, Assenmacher (8), Jackson (8)

               WP - Mike Jackson
	       LP - Ramiro Mendoza
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - none
              CLE - Alomar, Justice

  ATTENDANCE: 45,231

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 6, 1997 at Jacobs Fld (Cleveland Indians)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    0  2  1    0  0  0     3 12  0
    Cleveland Indians            0  0  3    1  0  0    0  0  x     4  7  2

    PITCHERS: NYY - Pettitte, Nelson (7), Stanton (8)
              CLE - Wright, Jackson (6), Assenmacher (7), Mesa (8)

               WP - Jaret Wright
	       LP - Andy Pettitte
             SAVE - Jose Mesa

   HOME RUNS: NYY - none
              CLE - none

  ATTENDANCE: 45,203

Series Batting Stats

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Cleveland Indians

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Sandy Alomar        5  19  4  6  1  0  2   5  0  2  .316  .316  .684  0 | 451 146 21  .324  .899   0
*Paul Assenmacher    4   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
#Tony Fernandez      4  11  0  2  1  0  0   4  0  0  .182  .167  .273  0 | 409 117 11  .286  .746   6
*Brian Giles         3   7  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  .143  .143  .143  0 | 377 101 17  .268  .827  13
 Marquis Grissom     5  17  3  4  0  1  0   0  1  2  .235  .278  .353  0 | 558 146 12  .262  .713  22
 Orel Hershiser      2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   3   0  0  .000  .250   0
 Mike Jackson        4   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*David Justice       5  19  3  5  2  0  1   2  2  3  .263  .333  .526  0 | 495 163 33  .329 1.014   3
 Jose Mesa           2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Alvin Morman        1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   1   0  0  .000  .000   0
*Charles Nagy        1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   5   1  0  .200  .400   0
 Chad Ogea           1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   2   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Eric Plunk          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   1   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Manny Ramirez       5  21  2  3  1  0  0   3  0  3  .143  .143  .190  0 | 561 184 26  .328  .953   2
#Bip Roberts         5  19  1  6  0  0  0   1  2  2  .316  .381  .316  2 |+431 130  4  .302  .730  18
 Kevin Seitzer       1   4  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 198  53  2  .268  .695   0
*Jim Thome           4  15  1  3  0  0  0   1  0  5  .200  .200  .200  0 | 496 142 40  .286 1.002   1
#Omar Vizquel        5  18  3  9  0  0  0   1  2  1  .500  .550  .500  4 | 565 158  5  .280  .715  43
 Matt Williams       5  17  4  4  1  0  1   3  3  3  .235  .381  .471  0 | 596 157 32  .263  .795  12
 Jaret Wright        2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   3   0  0  .000  .000   0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               5 167 21 43  6  1  4  20 10 22  .257  .302  .377  6 |        220  .286  .824 118

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

New York Yankees

                                          SERIES STATS                   |      REGULAR SEASON       
 Player              G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO  BA    OBP   SLG  SB |  AB  H  HR  BA     OPS  SB
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
#Brian Boehringer    1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Wade Boggs          3   7  1  3  0  0  0   2  0  0  .429  .429  .429  0 | 353 103  4  .292  .770   0
*David Cone          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   3   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Chad Curtis         4   6  0  1  0  0  0   0  3  1  .167  .444  .167  0 |+349  99 15  .284  .843  12
 Cecil Fielder       2   8  0  1  0  0  0   1  0  3  .125  .125  .125  0 | 361  94 13  .260  .768   0
*Andy Fox            2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  31   7  0  .226  .626   2
 Joe Girardi         5  15  2  2  0  0  0   0  1  3  .133  .188  .133  0 | 398 105  1  .264  .645   2
 Dwight Gooden       1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   4   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Charlie Hayes       5  15  0  5  0  0  0   1  0  2  .333  .313  .333  0 | 353  91 11  .258  .729   3
 Derek Jeter         5  21  6  7  1  0  2   2  3  5  .333  .417  .667  1 | 654 190 10  .291  .775  23
*Graeme Lloyd        2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Tino Martinez       5  18  1  4  1  0  1   4  2  4  .222  .333  .444  0 | 594 176 44  .296  .948   3
 Ramiro Mendoza      2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Jeff Nelson         4   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Paul O'Neill        5  19  5  8  2  0  2   7  3  0  .421  .500  .842  0 | 553 179 21  .324  .913  10
*Andy Pettitte       2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
#Jorge Posada        2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 188  47  6  .250  .769   1
*Scott Pose          1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  87  19  0  .218  .556   3
#Tim Raines          5  19  4  4  0  0  1   3  3  1  .211  .304  .368  2 | 271  87  4  .321  .857   8
 Mariano Rivera      2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Rey Sanchez         5  15  1  3  1  0  0   1  1  2  .200  .250  .267  0 |+343  94  2  .274  .660   4
 Mike Stanley        2   4  1  3  1  0  0   1  0  1  .750  .800 1.000  0 |+347 103 16  .297  .900   0
*Mike Stanton        3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*David Wells         1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
#Bernie Williams     5  17  3  2  1  0  0   1  4  3  .118  .318  .176  0 | 509 167 21  .328  .952  15
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               5 166 24 43  7  0  6  23 20 26  .259  .346  .410  3 |        161  .287  .798  99

    * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, ? - unknown, else - bats right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

Series Pitching Stats

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Cleveland Indians

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Orel Hershiser      2   3.97 0-0  0  0 11.3 14  5  2  4 | 14-6  195  4.47  1.37 107   
 Jaret Wright        2   3.97 2-0  0  0 11.3 11  5  7 10 |  8-3   90  4.38  1.28  63   
 Chad Ogea           1   1.59 0-0  0  0  5.7  2  1  0  1 |  8-9  126  4.99  1.47  80   
 Mike Jackson        4   0.00 1-0  0  0  4.3  3  0  1  5 |  2-5   75  3.24  1.17  74 15
 Charles Nagy        1   9.82 0-1  0  0  3.7  2  4  6  1 | 15-11 227  4.28  1.45 149   
 Jose Mesa           2   2.70 0-0  1  0  3.3  5  1  1  2 |  4-4   82  2.40  1.35  69 16
*Paul Assenmacher    4   5.40 0-0  0  0  3.3  2  2  2  2 |  5-0   49  2.94  1.18  53  4
 Eric Plunk          1  27.00 0-1  0  0  1.3  4  4  0  1 |  4-5   66  4.66  1.49  66   
*Alvin Morman        1    inf 0-0  0  0  0.0  0  0  1  0 |  0-0   18  5.89  1.80  13  2
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   4.47 3-2  1  0 44.3 43 22 20 26 |            4.73 1.480   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

New York Yankees

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
*Andy Pettitte       2   8.49 0-2  0  0 11.7 15 11  1  5 | 18-7  240  2.88  1.24 166   
*David Wells         1   1.00 1-0  0  1  9.0  5  1  0  1 | 16-10 218  4.21  1.30 156   
 Dwight Gooden       1   1.59 0-0  0  0  5.7  5  1  3  5 |  9-5  106  4.91  1.59  66   
 Jeff Nelson         4   0.00 0-0  0  0  4.0  4  0  2  0 |  3-7   79  2.86  1.14  81  2
 Ramiro Mendoza      2   2.45 1-1  0  0  3.7  3  1  0  2 |  8-6  134  4.24  1.38  82  2
 David Cone          1  16.20 0-0  0  0  3.3  7  6  2  2 | 12-6  195  2.82  1.24 222   
 Mariano Rivera      2   4.50 0-0  1  0  2.0  2  1  0  1 |  6-4   72  1.88  1.19  68 43
 Brian Boehringer    1   0.00 0-0  0  0  1.7  1  0  1  2 |  3-2   48  2.63  1.48  53   
*Graeme Lloyd        2   0.00 0-0  0  0  1.3  0  0  0  1 |  1-1   49  3.31  1.53  26  1
*Mike Stanton        3   0.00 0-0  0  0  1.0  1  0  1  3 |  6-1   67  2.57  1.26  70  3
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   4.36 2-3  1  1 43.3 43 21 10 22 |            3.84 1.360   

    * - throws left-handed, ? - unknown, else - throws right-handed

A + before season totals indicates the player was with multiple teams this year.

WS: FLA-CLE / ALCS: CLE-BAL / NLCS: FLA-ATL / Div. Series: CLE-NYY / BAL-SEA / FLA-SFG / ATL-HOU

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