1997 Milwaukee Brewers season

The 1997 Milwaukee Brewers season involved the Brewers finishing third in the American League Central, eight games behind the Cleveland Indians, with a record of 78 wins and 83 losses. 1997 was the Brewers' final season in the American League, before moving to the National League for the following season.

1997 Milwaukee Brewers
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Bud Selig
General manager(s)Sal Bando
Manager(s)Phil Garner
Local televisionWVTV
Wisconsin Sports Net
(Matt Vasgersian, Bill Schroeder)
Local radioWTMJ (AM)
(Bob Uecker, Jim Powell)
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Offseason

Regular season
(1997)

Jackie Robinson
Retired by
Major League Baseball

Season standings
AL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cleveland Indians 8675 0.534 — 44–37 42–38
Chicago White Sox 8081 0.497 6 45–36 35–45
Milwaukee Brewers 7883 0.484 8 47–33 31–50
Minnesota Twins 6894 0.420 18½ 35–46 33–48
Kansas City Royals 6794 0.416 19 33–47 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 —4–76–56–57–45–66–57–44–74–711–16–68–46–54–12
Baltimore 7–4—5–75–66–56–67–45–610–18–48–37–410–16–68–7
Boston 5–67–5—3–86–55–73–88–38–34–87–47–43–86–66–9
Chicago 5–66–58–3—5–74–711–14–76–62–98–35–63–85–68–7
Cleveland 4–75–65–67–5—6–58–38–48–45–67–43–85–66–59–6
Detroit 6–56–67–57–45–6—6–54–74–72–107–44–77–46–68–7
Kansas City 5–64–78–31–113–85–6—6–67–53–83–85–66–55–66–9
Milwaukee 4–76–53–87–44–87–46–6—5–74–75–65–67–47–48–7
Minnesota 7–41–103–86–64–87–45–77–5—3–87–45–63–83–87–8
New York 7–44–88–49–26–510–28–37–48–3—6–54–77–47–55–10
Oakland 1–113–84–73–84–74–78–36–54–75–6—5–75–76–57–9
Seattle 6–64–74–76–58–37–46–56–56–57–47–5—8–48–37–9
Texas 4–81–108–38–36–54–75–64–78–34–77–54–8—4–710–6
Toronto 5–66–66–66–55–66–66–54–78–35–75–63–87–4—4–11

Notable transactions

Roster
1997 Milwaukee Brewers
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Starters by position

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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
CMike Matheny12332078.244432
1BDave Nilsson156554154.2782081
2BFernando Viña7932489.275428
3BJeff Cirillo154580167.2881082
SSJosé Valentín136494125.2531758
LFGerald Williams155566143.2531041
CFJeromy Burnitz153494139.2812785
RFMatt Mieske8425363.249521
DHJulio Franco4214134.241419

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
Mark Loretta132418120.287547
Jack Voigt7215137.245822
Chuck Carr26466.13000

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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

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

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball

The Brewers' farm system consisted of seven minor league affiliates in 1997.[6]

Level Team League Manager
Triple-A Tucson Toros Pacific Coast League Tim Ireland and Bob Mariano
Double-A El Paso Diablos Texas League Dave Machemer
Class A-Advanced Stockton Ports California League Greg Mahlberg
Class A Beloit Snappers Midwest League Luis Salazar
Rookie Helena Brewers Pioneer League Alex Morales
Rookie Ogden Raptors Pioneer League Bernie Moncallo
Rookie DSL Brewers Dominican Summer League
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Notes
  1. Jeff Ware page at Baseball Reference
  2. Jack Voigt page at Baseball Reference
  3. Julio Franco page at Baseball Reference
  4. Mark Davis page at Baseball Reference
  5. 1997 Milwaukee Brewers Statistics and Roster - Baseball-Reference.com
  6. "1997 Milwaukee Brewers Minor League Affiliates". Baseball-Reference. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 30, 2020.

References
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