1997 New York Yankees season

The New York Yankees' 1997 season was the 95th season for the Yankees. New York was managed by Joe Torre and played at Yankee Stadium. The team finished with a record of 96-66 finishing 2 games behind of the Baltimore Orioles in the American League East. They entered the postseason as the American League Wild Card, but lost the Division Series in 5 games to the Cleveland Indians.

Offseason

• October 2, 1996: Pat Listach was sent by the New York Yankees to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete an earlier deal made on August 23, 1996. The New York Yankees sent Bob Wickman and Gerald Williams to the Milwaukee Brewers for a player to be named later, Pat Listach, and Graeme Lloyd. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Ricky Bones (August 29, 1996) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade. Pat Listach returned to original teams on October 2, 1996.^[1]
• November 4, 1996: Clay Bellinger was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.^[2]
• December 5, 1996: Jim Leyritz was traded by the New York Yankees to the Anaheim Angels for players to be named later. The Anaheim Angels sent Jeremy Blevins (minors) (December 9, 1996) and Ryan Kane (minors) (December 9, 1996) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.^[3]
• December 11, 1996: Mike Stanton was Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.^[4]
• January 9, 1997: Mark Whiten was Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.^[5]
• January 9, 1997: Luis Sojo was signed as a Free Agent with the New York Yankees.^[6]

Regular season

• June 16 - The first interleague game between the New York Mets and New York Yankees took place at Yankee Stadium. The Mets won the game by a score of 6-0.^[7]
• August 31: The New York Yankees retired Don Mattingly's number.

Mattingly's retired number in Monument Park at Yankee Stadium

Season standings

Transactions

• June 9, 1997: Dave Weathers was traded by the New York Yankees to the Cleveland Indians for Chad Curtis.^[8]
• July 29, 1997: Mariano Duncan was traded by the New York Yankees with cash to the Toronto Blue Jays for Angel Ramirez (minors).^[9]
• August 15, 1997: Mark Whiten was Released by the New York Yankees.^[5]

Roster

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Other batters

Starting pitchers

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

ALDS

Game 1

September 30, Yankee Stadium

Game 2

October 2, Yankee Stadium

Game 3

October 4, Jacobs Field

Game 4

October 5, Jacobs Field

Game 5

October 6, Jacobs Field

Awards and records

Don Mattingly's number 23 was retired by the New York Yankees in 1997.

• Tino Martinez, Silver Slugger award

Farm system

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References

1. ^ Pat Listach Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
2. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bellicl01.shtml
3. ^ Jim Leyritz Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
4. ^ Mike Stanton Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
5. ^ ^{a b} Mark Whiten Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
6. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sojolu01.shtml
7. ^ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=199706160NYA
8. ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/weathda01.shtml
9. ^ Mariano Duncan Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
10. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007

External links

• 1997 New York Yankees
• 1997 New York Yankees team page at www.baseball-almanac.com