1997 Baltimore Orioles season

1997 Baltimore Orioles
American League East champions
Major League affiliations
American League (since 1901)
East Division (since 1969)
Location
Oriole Park at Camden Yards (since 1992)
Baltimore, Maryland (since 1954)
Results
Record	98–64 (.605)
Divisional place	1st
Other information
Owner(s)	Peter Angelos
General manager(s)	Pat Gillick
Manager(s)	Davey Johnson
Local television	WJZ-TV/WNUV/WBDC Home Team Sports (Jim Palmer, Mike Flanagan, Michael Reghi)
Local radio	WBAL (AM) (Chuck Thompson, Fred Manfra, Jim Hunter)
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The 1997 Baltimore Orioles season saw the Orioles finishing 1st in the American League East with a record of 98 wins and 64 losses. They met the Seattle Mariners in the ALDS, and beat them in 4 games. However, in the ALCS, they would play the Cleveland Indians, where they would fall in 6 games. 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

49 Armando Benítez

32 Shawn Boskie

27 Rocky Coppinger

19 Scott Erickson

39,59 Mike Johnson

30 Scott Kamieniecki

21 Jimmy Key

38 Rick Krivda

51 Terry Mathews

75 Alan Mills

35 Mike Mussina

28 Randy Myers

47 Jesse Orosco

53 Arthur Rhodes

39 Nerio Rodríguez

55 Brian Williams

56 Esteban Yan

Catchers

34 Charlie Greene

23 Chris Hoiles

37 Tim Laker

50 Mel Rosario

42 Lenny Webster

Infielders

12 Roberto Alomar

14 Mike Bordick

6 Aaron Ledesma

25 Rafael Palmeiro

36 Jeff Reboulet

8 Cal Ripken, Jr.

Outfielders

9 Brady Anderson

10,3 Harold Baines

10,29 Gerónimo Berroa

37 Danny Clyburn

24 Eric Davis

26 David Dellucci

11 Jeffrey Hammonds

26,29 Pete Incaviglia

17 B. J. Surhoff

3,43 Tony Tarasco

1 Jerome Walton

Manager

15 Davey Johnson

Coaches

48 Rick Down

55 Andy Etchebarren

44 Elrod Hendricks

31 Ray Miller

2 Sam Perlozzo

18 John Stearns

Regular season

Season standings

AL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Baltimore Orioles	98	64	0.605	—	46–35	52–29
New York Yankees	96	66	0.593	2	47–33	49–33
Detroit Tigers	79	83	0.488	19	42–39	37–44
Boston Red Sox	78	84	0.481	20	39–42	39–42
Toronto Blue Jays	76	86	0.469	22	42–39	34–47

Record vs. opponents

1997 American League Records Sources:
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

#	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

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record

September

#	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

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Tony Tarasco	100	166	34	.205	7	26
Jeff Reboulet	99	228	54	.237	4	27
Lenny Webster	98	259	66	.255	7	37
Aaron Ledesma	43	88	31	.352	2	11
Eric Davis	42	158	48	.304	8	25
David Dellucci	17	27	6	.222	1	3

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Jimmy Key	34	212.3	16	10	3.43	141
Scott Erickson	33	221.7	16	7	3.69	131
Mike Mussina	33	224.7	15	8	3.20	218
Scott Kamieniecki	30	179.3	10	6	4.01	109
Rick Krivda	10	50.0	4	2	6.30	29

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Shawn Boskie	28	77.0	6	6	6.43	50
Mike Johnson	14	39.7	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	9.7	0	1	15.83	4

Relief pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Randy Myers	61	59.7	2	3	45	1.51	56
Armando Benítez	71	73.3	4	5	9	2.45	106
Jesse Orosco	71	50.3	6	3	0	2.32	46
Terry Mathews	57	63.3	4	4	1	4.41	39
Arthur Rhodes	53	95.3	10	3	1	3.02	102
Alan Mills	39	38.7	2	3	0	4.89	32
Brian Williams	13	24.0	0	0	0	3.00	14

ALDS

Main article: 1997 American League Division Series

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

Main article: 1997 American League Championship Series

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]

1997 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

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^[7]

References

↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/k/keyji01.shtml
↑ Mike Bordick Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/w/waltoje01.shtml
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/d/daviser01.shtml
↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mcclasc01.shtml
↑ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/aw_hut.shtml
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

American League East champions

1997 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Detroit New York Toronto

AL Central	Chicago Cleveland Kansas City Milwaukee Minnesota

AL West	Anaheim Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Atlanta Florida Montréal New York Philadelphia

NL Central	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Colorado Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

Baltimore Orioles

Formerly the Milwaukee Brewers and the St. Louis Browns
Based in Baltimore, Maryland

Franchise

Ballparks

Spring training: West End Park; Coffee Pot Park; Wright Field; Tech Field; Perris Hill Park; City Island Ball Park; Miami Stadium; Ed Smith Stadium; Al Lang Stadium; Fort Lauderdale Stadium; Ed Smith Stadium

Culture

Lore

Rivalries

Washington Nationals

Key personnel

Owner: Peter Angelos
Executive Vice President of Baseball Operations: Dan Duquette
Manager: Buck Showalter

World Series
Championships (3)

American League
Championships (7)

American League East
Championships (9)

American League Wild Card
(2)

1996
2012

Minor league
affiliates

Broadcasting

TV: Mid-Atlantic Sports Network
Radio: Orioles Radio Network
Announcers: Gary Thorne; Jim Hunter; Jim Palmer; Rick Dempsey; Mike Bordick

Seasons (115)

1900s	1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909

1910s	1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919

1920s	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929

1930s	1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949

1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959

1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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