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1997 World Series (4-3): Florida Marlins (92-70) over Cleveland Indians (86-75)

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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

  October 18, 1997 at Dolphin Stad (Florida Marlins)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Cleveland Indians            1  0  0    0  1  1    0  1  0     4 11  0
    Florida Marlins              0  0  1    4  2  0    0  0  x     7  7  1

    PITCHERS: CLE - Hershiser, Juden (5), Plunk (6), Assenmacher (8)
              FLA - Hernandez, Cook (6), Powell (8), Nen (9)

               WP - Livan Hernandez
	       LP - Orel Hershiser
             SAVE - Robb Nen

   HOME RUNS: CLE - Ramirez, Thome
              FLA - Alou, Johnson

  ATTENDANCE: 67,245

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 19, 1997 at Dolphin Stad (Florida Marlins)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Cleveland Indians            1  0  0    0  3  2    0  0  0     6 14  0
    Florida Marlins              1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     1  8  0

    PITCHERS: CLE - Ogea, Jackson (7), Mesa (9)
              FLA - Brown, Heredia (7), Alfonseca (8)

               WP - Chad Ogea
	       LP - Kevin Brown
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: CLE - Alomar
              FLA - none

  ATTENDANCE: 67,025

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 21, 1997 at Jacobs Fld (Cleveland Indians)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Florida Marlins              1  0  1    1  0  2    2  0  7    14 16  3
    Cleveland Indians            2  0  0    3  2  0    0  0  4    11 10  3

    PITCHERS: FLA - Leiter, Heredia (5), Cook (8), Nen (9)
              CLE - Nagy, Anderson (7), Jackson (7), Assenmacher (8), Plunk (8), Morman (9), Mesa (9)

               WP - Dennis Cook
	       LP - Eric Plunk
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: FLA - Daulton, Eisenreich, Sheffield
              CLE - Thome

  ATTENDANCE: 44,880

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 22, 1997 at Jacobs Fld (Cleveland Indians)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Florida Marlins              0  0  0    1  0  2    0  0  0     3  6  2
    Cleveland Indians            3  0  3    0  0  1    1  2  x    10 15  0

    PITCHERS: FLA - Saunders, Alfonseca (3), Vosberg (6), Powell (8)
              CLE - Wright, Anderson (7)

               WP - Jaret Wright
	       LP - Tony Saunders
             SAVE - Brian Anderson

   HOME RUNS: FLA - Alou
              CLE - Ramirez, Williams

  ATTENDANCE: 44,887

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 23, 1997 at Jacobs Fld (Cleveland Indians)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Florida Marlins              0  2  0    0  0  4    0  1  1     8 15  2
    Cleveland Indians            0  1  3    0  0  0    0  0  3     7  9  0

    PITCHERS: FLA - Hernandez, Nen (9)
              CLE - Hershiser, Morman (6), Plunk (6), Juden (7), Assenmacher (8), Mesa (9)

               WP - Livan Hernandez
	       LP - Orel Hershiser
             SAVE - Robb Nen

   HOME RUNS: FLA - Alou
              CLE - Alomar

  ATTENDANCE: 44,888

Game 6 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 25, 1997 at Dolphin Stad (Florida Marlins)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Cleveland Indians            0  2  1    0  1  0    0  0  0     4  7  0
    Florida Marlins              0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0     1  8  0

    PITCHERS: CLE - Ogea, Jackson (6), Assenmacher (8), Mesa (9)
              FLA - Brown, Heredia (6), Powell (8), Vosberg (9)

               WP - Chad Ogea
	       LP - Kevin Brown
             SAVE - Jose Mesa

   HOME RUNS: CLE - none
              FLA - none

  ATTENDANCE: 67,498

Game 7 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  October 26, 1997 at Dolphin Stad (Florida Marlins)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10 11     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -     -  -  -
    Cleveland Indians            0  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0     2  6  2
    Florida Marlins              0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  1    0  1     3  8  0

    PITCHERS: CLE - Wright, Assenmacher (7), Jackson (8), Anderson (8), Mesa (9), Nagy (10)
              FLA - Leiter, Cook (7), Alfonseca (8), Heredia (9), Nen (9), Powell (11)

               WP - Jay Powell
	       LP - Charles Nagy
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: CLE - none
              FLA - Bonilla

  ATTENDANCE: 67,204

Series MVP - Livan Hernandez

Series Batting Stats

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Florida Marlins

                                          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
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Kurt Abbott         3   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 | 252  69  6  .274  .748   3
 Antonio Alfonseca   3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   3   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Moises Alou         7  28  6  9  2  0  3   9  3  6  .321  .387  .714  1 | 538 157 23  .292  .866   9
 Alex Arias          2   1  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  93  23  1  .247  .653   0
#Bobby Bonilla       7  29  5  6  1  0  1   3  3  5  .207  .281  .345  0 | 562 167 17  .297  .846   6
 Kevin Brown         2   3  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |  72   9  0  .125  .321   0
#John Cangelosi      3   3  0  1  0  0  0   0  0  2  .333  .333  .333  0 | 192  47  1  .245  .623   5
 Jeff Conine         6  13  1  3  0  0  0   2  0  0  .231  .231  .231  0 | 405  98 17  .242  .742   2
*Dennis Cook         3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   9   5  1  .556 1.445   0
*Craig Counsell      7  22  4  4  1  0  0   2  6  5  .182  .345  .227  1 |+164  49  1  .299  .772   1
*Darren Daulton      7  18  7  7  2  0  1   2  3  0  .389  .455  .667  1 |+395 104 14  .263  .841   6
*Jim Eisenreich      5   8  1  4  0  0  1   3  3  1  .500  .636  .875  0 | 293  82  2  .280  .717   0
*Cliff Floyd         4   2  1  0  0  0  0   0  1  1  .000  .333  .000  0 | 137  32  6  .234  .799   6
*Felix Heredia       4   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   2   1  0  .500 1.000   0
 Livan Hernandez     2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 |  29   5  0  .172  .441   0
 Charles Johnson     7  28  4 10  0  0  1   3  1  6  .357  .379  .464  0 | 416 104 19  .250  .801   0
*Al Leiter           2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  2  0       1.000        0 |  48   5  0  .104  .261   0
 Robb Nen            4   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
 Jay Powell          4   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   4   2  0  .500 1.000   0
 Edgar Renteria      7  31  3  9  2  0  0   3  3  5  .290  .353  .355  0 | 617 171  4  .277  .667  32
*Tony Saunders       1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |  37   3  1  .081  .290   0
 Gary Sheffield      7  24  4  7  1  0  1   5  8  5  .292  .485  .458  0 | 444 111 21  .250  .870  11
*Ed Vosberg          2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |+  0   0  0               0
#Devon White         7  33  0  8  3  1  0   2  3 10  .242  .306  .394  1 | 265  65  6  .245  .708  13
#Gregg Zaun          2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 143  43  2  .301  .856   1
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               7 250 37 68 12  1  8  34 36 48  .272  .363  .424  4 |        136  .259  .737 115

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

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

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        7  30  5 11  1  0  2  10  2  3  .367  .406  .600  0 | 451 146 21  .324  .899   0
#Brian Anderson      3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Paul Assenmacher    5   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Jeff Branson        1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |+170  34  3  .200  .568   1
#Tony Fernandez      5  17  1  8  1  0  0   4  0  1  .471  .444  .529  0 | 409 117 11  .286  .746   6
*Brian Giles         5   4  1  2  1  0  0   2  4  1  .500  .750  .750  0 | 377 101 17  .268  .827  13
 Marquis Grissom     7  25  5  9  1  0  0   2  4  4  .360  .448  .400  0 | 558 146 12  .262  .713  22
 Orel Hershiser      2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |   3   0  0  .000  .250   0
 Mike Jackson        4   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  0 |   0   0  0               0
 Jeff Juden          2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |+ 43   6  0  .140  .364   0
*David Justice       7  27  4  5  0  0  0   4  6  8  .185  .333  .185  0 | 495 163 33  .329 1.014   3
 Jose Mesa           5   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   0   0  0               0
*Alvin Morman        2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   1   0  0  .000  .000   0
*Charles Nagy        2   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   5   1  0  .200  .400   0
 Chad Ogea           2   4  1  2  1  0  0   2  0  1  .500  .500  .750  0 |   2   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Eric Plunk          3   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0                    0 |   1   0  0  .000  .000   0
 Manny Ramirez       7  26  3  4  0  0  2   6  6  5  .154  .294  .385  0 | 561 184 26  .328  .953   2
#Bip Roberts         6  22  3  6  4  0  0   4  3  5  .273  .360  .455  0 |+431 130  4  .302  .730  18
 Kevin Seitzer       1   1  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0 | 198  53  2  .268  .695   0
*Jim Thome           7  28  8  8  0  1  2   4  5  7  .286  .394  .571  0 | 496 142 40  .286 1.002   1
#Omar Vizquel        7  30  5  7  2  0  0   1  3  5  .233  .303  .300  5 | 565 158  5  .280  .715  43
 Matt Williams       7  26  8 10  1  0  1   3  7  6  .385  .515  .538  0 | 596 157 32  .263  .795  12
 Jaret Wright        2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  2  .000  .000  .000  0 |   3   0  0  .000  .000   0
+-------------------+-+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+---+----+---+--+-----+-----+---+
 Total               7 247 44 72 12  1  7  42 40 51  .291  .386  .433  5 |        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.

Series Pitching Stats

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Florida Marlins

                        SERIES STATS                     |     REGULAR SEASON           
 Player              G  ERA   W-L SV CG  IP   H ER BB SO |  W-L   IP  ERA   WHIP  SO SV 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Livan Hernandez     2   5.27 2-0  0  0 13.7 15  8 10  7 |  9-3   96  3.18  1.24  72   
 Kevin Brown         2   8.18 0-2  0  0 11.0 15 10  5  6 | 16-8  237  2.69  1.18 205   
*Al Leiter           2   5.06 0-0  0  0 10.7 10  6 10 10 | 11-9  151  4.34  1.48 132   
 Antonio Alfonseca   3   0.00 0-0  0  0  6.3  6  0  1  5 |  1-3   26  4.91  1.79  19   
*Felix Heredia       4   0.00 0-0  0  0  5.3  2  0  1  5 |  5-3   57  4.29  1.46  54   
 Robb Nen            4   7.71 0-0  2  0  4.7  8  4  2  7 |  9-3   74  3.89  1.51  81 35
*Dennis Cook         3   0.00 1-0  0  0  3.7  1  0  1  5 |  1-2   62  3.90  1.48  63   
 Jay Powell          4   7.36 1-0  0  0  3.7  5  3  4  2 |  7-2   80  3.28  1.27  65  2
*Ed Vosberg          2   6.00 0-0  0  0  3.0  3  2  3  2 |+ 2-3   53  4.42  1.51  37  1
*Tony Saunders       1  27.00 0-1  0  0  2.0  7  6  3  2 |  4-6  111  4.61  1.46 102   
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   5.48 4-3  2  0 64.0 72 39 40 51 |            3.83 1.380   

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

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

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 
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Jaret Wright        2   2.92 1-0  0  0 12.3  7  4 10 12 |  8-3   90  4.38  1.28  63   
 Chad Ogea           2   1.54 2-0  0  0 11.7 11  2  3  5 |  8-9  126  4.99  1.47  80   
 Orel Hershiser      2  11.70 0-2  0  0 10.0 15 13  6  5 | 14-6  195  4.47  1.37 107   
 Charles Nagy        2   6.43 0-1  0  0  7.0  8  5  5  5 | 15-11 227  4.28  1.45 149   
 Jose Mesa           5   5.40 0-0  1  0  5.0 10  3  1  5 |  4-4   82  2.40  1.35  69 16
 Mike Jackson        4   1.93 0-0  0  0  4.7  5  1  3  4 |  2-5   75  3.24  1.17  74 15
*Paul Assenmacher    5   0.00 0-0  0  0  4.0  5  0  0  6 |  5-0   49  2.94  1.18  53  4
*Brian Anderson      3   2.45 0-0  1  0  3.7  2  1  0  2 |  4-2   48  4.69  1.38  22   
 Eric Plunk          3   9.00 0-1  0  0  3.0  3  3  4  3 |  4-5   66  4.66  1.49  66   
 Jeff Juden          2   4.50 0-0  0  0  2.0  2  1  2  0 |+11-6  161  4.46  1.42 136   
*Alvin Morman        2   0.00 0-0  0  0  0.3  0  0  2  1 |  0-0   18  5.89  1.80  13  2
+-------------------+-+------+---+--+--+----+--+--+--+---+------+---+-----+-----+---+--+
 Total                   4.66 3-4  2  0 63.7 68 33 36 48 |            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.

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

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