1997 Cleveland Indians Roster, Stats, and Awards

Record: 86–75 (.534), 1st place in American League Central
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Regular Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Year Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
1997 Albie Lopez 37 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1997 Alvin Morman 34 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1997 Bartolo Colon 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1997 Bip Roberts 23 85 19 23 3 0 3 8 7 14 3 0 .271 .333 .412 .745
1997 Brian Giles 130 380 62 101 15 3 17 61 63 50 13 3 .266 .366 .455 .821
1997 Bruce Aven 13 19 4 4 1 0 0 2 1 5 0 1 .211 .250 .263 .513
1997 Casey Candaele 14 26 5 8 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 .308 .333 .346 .679
1997 Chad Curtis 22 29 8 6 1 0 3 5 7 10 0 0 .207 .361 .552 .913
1997 Chad Ogea 21 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1997 Charles Nagy 34 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400
1997 Damian Jackson 8 9 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 .111 .200 .111 .311
1997 David Justice 139 495 84 163 31 1 33 101 80 79 3 5 .329 .418 .596 1.013
1997 Einar Diaz 5 7 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 .143 .143 .286 .429
1997 Enrique Wilson 5 15 2 5 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
1997 Eric Plunk 56 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1997 Jaret Wright 16 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1997 Jeff Manto 16 30 3 8 3 0 2 7 1 10 0 0 .267 .290 .567 .857
1997 Jeff Branson 29 72 5 19 4 0 2 7 7 17 0 2 .264 .329 .403 .732
1997 Jim Thome 147 496 104 142 25 0 40 102 120 146 1 1 .286 .423 .579 1.001
1997 Julio Franco 78 290 46 82 13 1 3 25 38 75 8 5 .283 .366 .366 .731
1997 Kevin Seitzer 64 200 27 53 14 0 2 24 18 25 0 0 .265 .323 .365 .688
1997 Kevin Mitchell 20 59 7 9 1 0 4 11 9 11 1 0 .153 .275 .373 .648
1997 Manny Ramirez 150 561 99 184 40 0 26 88 79 115 2 3 .328 .415 .538 .953
1997 Marquis Grissom 144 564 74 146 27 6 12 66 43 89 22 13 .259 .314 .392 .705
1997 Matt Williams 151 596 86 157 32 3 32 105 34 108 12 4 .263 .307 .488 .795
1997 Omar Vizquel 153 581 89 158 23 6 5 49 57 58 43 12 .272 .338 .358 .696
1997 Orel Hershiser 32 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .200 .000 .200
1997 Pat Borders 55 159 17 47 7 1 4 15 9 27 0 2 .296 .341 .428 .769
1997 Paul Shuey 40 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1997 Richie Sexson 5 11 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .273 .273 .273 .545
1997 Sandy Alomar 125 457 63 146 37 0 21 83 19 48 0 2 .319 .350 .538 .888
1997 Sean Casey 6 10 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 .200 .333 .200 .533
1997 Tony Fernandez 120 415 55 117 21 1 11 44 22 47 6 6 .282 .319 .417 .736
1997 Trent Hubbard 7 12 3 3 1 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 .250 .308 .333 .641
– – 161 5,601 868 1,589 301 22 220 810 617 955 118 59 .284 .356 .463 .819

Pitching Stats

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
1997 Albie Lopez 37 76.2 3 7 0 0 0 101 61 59 40 4 63 6 0 0 0 6.93 1.84
1997 Alvin Morman 34 18.1 0 0 2 0 0 19 13 12 14 1 13 0 0 0 0 5.89 1.80
1997 Bartolo Colon 19 94.0 4 7 0 0 0 107 66 59 45 3 66 17 0 1 0 5.65 1.62
1997 Brian Anderson 8 48.0 4 2 0 0 0 55 28 25 11 0 22 8 0 0 0 4.69 1.37
1997 Chad Ogea 21 126.1 8 9 0 0 0 139 79 70 47 5 80 21 0 1 0 4.99 1.47
1997 Charles Nagy 34 227.0 15 11 0 0 0 253 115 108 77 7 149 34 0 1 1 4.28 1.45
1997 Danny Graves 5 11.1 0 0 0 0 0 15 8 6 9 0 4 0 0 0 0 4.76 2.12
1997 David Weathers 9 16.2 1 2 0 0 0 23 14 14 8 1 14 1 0 0 0 7.56 1.86
1997 Eric Plunk 55 65.2 4 5 0 0 0 62 37 34 36 1 66 0 0 0 0 4.66 1.49
1997 Jack McDowell 8 40.2 3 3 0 0 0 44 25 23 18 1 38 6 0 0 0 5.09 1.52
1997 Jaret Wright 16 90.1 8 3 0 0 0 81 45 44 35 5 63 16 0 0 0 4.38 1.28
1997 Jason Jacome 21 42.2 2 0 0 0 0 45 26 25 15 0 24 4 0 0 0 5.27 1.41
1997 Jeff Juden 8 31.1 0 1 0 0 0 32 21 19 15 1 29 5 0 0 0 5.46 1.50
1997 John Smiley 6 37.1 2 4 0 0 0 45 23 23 10 1 26 6 0 0 0 5.54 1.47
1997 Jose Mesa 66 82.1 4 4 16 0 0 83 28 22 28 3 69 0 0 0 0 2.40 1.35
1997 Michael Jackson 71 75.0 2 5 15 0 0 59 33 27 29 4 74 0 0 0 0 3.24 1.17
1997 Orel Hershiser 32 195.1 14 6 0 0 0 199 105 97 69 11 107 32 0 1 0 4.47 1.37
1997 Paul Assenmacher 75 49.0 5 0 4 0 0 43 17 16 15 1 53 0 0 0 0 2.94 1.18
1997 Paul Shuey 40 45.0 4 2 2 0 0 52 31 31 28 1 46 0 0 0 0 6.20 1.78
1997 Steve Kline 20 26.1 3 1 0 0 0 42 19 17 13 1 17 1 0 0 0 5.81 2.09
1997 Terry Clark 4 26.1 0 3 0 0 0 29 21 18 13 0 13 4 0 0 0 6.15 1.59
– – 161 1,425.2 86 75 39 0 0 1,528 815 749 575 51 1,036 161 0 4 1 4.73 1.48

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
1997 Albie Lopez P 37 4 13 0 17 1 1.000 0.46
1997 Alvin Morman P 34 0 2 0 2 0 1.000 0.06
1997 Bartolo Colon P 19 6 17 5 28 3 .821 1.21
1997 Brian Anderson P 8 0 11 0 11 0 1.000 1.37
1997 Chad Ogea P 21 8 17 5 30 1 .833 1.19
1997 Charles Nagy P 34 16 45 0 61 0 1.000 1.79
1997 Danny Graves P 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1997 David Weathers P 9 2 1 0 3 0 1.000 0.33
1997 Eric Plunk P 55 2 4 2 8 0 .750 0.11
1997 Jack McDowell P 8 3 6 0 9 0 1.000 1.12
1997 Jaret Wright P 16 5 10 0 15 1 1.000 0.94
1997 Jason Jacome P 21 3 7 1 11 0 .909 0.48
1997 Jeff Juden P 8 1 2 0 3 0 1.000 0.37
1997 John Smiley P 6 0 4 0 4 0 1.000 0.67
1997 Jose Mesa P 66 5 7 1 13 2 .923 0.18
1997 Michael Jackson P 71 5 15 0 20 4 1.000 0.28
1997 Orel Hershiser P 32 20 29 4 53 2 .925 1.53
1997 Paul Assenmacher P 75 5 6 0 11 0 1.000 0.15
1997 Paul Shuey P 40 3 7 0 10 0 1.000 0.25
1997 Steve Kline P 20 2 1 1 4 0 .750 0.15
1997 Terry Clark P 4 3 4 0 7 0 1.000 1.75
1997 Einar Diaz C 5 18 3 1 22 0 6 2 25.0% .955 4.20
1997 Pat Borders C 53 312 19 0 331 2 36 14 28.0% 1.000 6.25
1997 Sandy Alomar C 119 743 40 12 795 8 84 38 31.1% .985 6.58
1997 Jeff Manto 1B 6 35 1 0 36 4 1.000 6.00
1997 Jim Thome 1B 145 1,233 95 10 1,338 123 .993 9.16
1997 Julio Franco 1B 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.00
1997 Kevin Seitzer 1B 19 146 13 0 159 17 1.000 8.37
1997 Richie Sexson 1B 2 11 1 0 12 0 1.000 6.00
1997 Sean Casey 1B 1 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 2.00
1997 Bip Roberts 2B 13 24 31 4 59 9 .932 4.23
1997 Casey Candaele 2B 9 10 25 0 35 4 1.000 3.89
1997 Damian Jackson 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1997 Enrique Wilson 2B 1 1 3 0 4 0 1.000 4.00
1997 Jeff Branson 2B 19 21 51 1 73 10 .986 3.79
1997 Julio Franco 2B 35 69 107 3 179 23 .983 5.03
1997 Tony Fernandez 2B 109 207 295 10 512 59 .980 4.61
1997 Casey Candaele 3B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1997 Jeff Manto 3B 7 0 4 0 4 0 1.000 0.57
1997 Jeff Branson 3B 6 2 8 0 10 2 1.000 1.67
1997 Kevin Seitzer 3B 13 3 20 3 26 0 .885 1.77
1997 Matt Williams 3B 151 89 301 12 402 21 .970 2.58
1997 Damian Jackson SS 5 7 7 0 14 2 1.000 2.80
1997 Enrique Wilson SS 4 6 10 1 17 4 .941 4.00
1997 Jeff Branson SS 2 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 0.50
1997 Omar Vizquel SS 152 245 429 10 684 98 .985 4.43
1997 Tony Fernandez SS 10 12 26 1 39 7 .974 3.80
1997 Bip Roberts LF 10 13 2 0 15 1 1.000 1.50
1997 Brian Giles LF 82 150 5 3 158 1 .981 1.89
1997 Bruce Aven LF 10 8 0 0 8 0 1.000 0.80
1997 Chad Curtis LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1997 David Justice LF 74 113 2 2 117 0 .983 1.55
1997 Jeff Manto LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1997 Kevin Mitchell LF 1 0 0 1 1 0 .000 0.00
1997 Trent Hubbard LF 5 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 0.60
1997 Brian Giles CF 20 28 0 2 30 0 .933 1.40
1997 Bruce Aven CF 1 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 2.00
1997 Chad Curtis CF 12 17 0 0 17 0 1.000 1.42
1997 Marquis Grissom CF 144 354 7 3 364 3 .992 2.51
1997 Trent Hubbard CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1997 Brian Giles RF 25 24 2 1 27 0 .963 1.04
1997 Bruce Aven RF 2 5 1 0 6 0 1.000 3.00
1997 Chad Curtis RF 4 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 0.75
1997 David Justice RF 5 5 1 0 6 0 1.000 1.20
1997 Manny Ramirez RF 146 262 10 7 279 2 .975 1.86
– – 161 4,277 1,728 106 6,111 414 126 54 30.0% .983 37.30

Post-Season Stats

Hitting Stats

Year Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS Avg OBP Slg OPS
1997 Alvin Morman 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1997 Bip Roberts 16 63 4 15 5 0 0 5 5 15 3 2 .238 .294 .317 .612
1997 Brian Anderson 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1997 Brian Giles 14 27 2 6 4 0 0 2 6 8 0 1 .222 .364 .370 .734
1997 Chad Ogea 5 5 1 2 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 .400 .400 .600 1.000
1997 Charles Nagy 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1997 David Justice 18 67 10 17 3 0 1 6 10 15 0 1 .254 .359 .343 .702
1997 Eric Plunk 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1997 Jaret Wright 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1997 Jeff Branson 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1997 Jeff Juden 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1997 Jim Thome 17 58 12 12 0 1 2 5 10 16 0 0 .207 .324 .345 .668
1997 Jose Mesa 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1997 Kevin Seitzer 6 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .000 .091 .000 .091
1997 Manny Ramirez 18 68 8 13 2 0 4 12 11 13 0 0 .191 .305 .397 .702
1997 Marquis Grissom 18 65 10 19 1 1 1 6 6 15 3 1 .292 .352 .385 .737
1997 Matt Williams 18 66 13 19 3 0 2 8 13 16 1 0 .288 .412 .424 .837
1997 Michael Jackson 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1997 Omar Vizquel 18 78 9 17 2 0 0 2 7 16 9 0 .218 .291 .244 .534
1997 Orel Hershiser 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1997 Paul Assenmacher 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1997 Sandy Alomar 18 73 12 20 2 0 5 19 3 8 0 0 .274 .303 .507 .809
1997 Tony Fernandez 14 42 2 15 3 0 1 10 1 3 0 0 .357 .370 .500 .870
– – 18 632 83 155 26 2 16 77 73 135 16 5 .245 .326 .369 .695

Pitching Stats

Year Player G IP W L Sv BS Hld H R ER BB HBP SO GS QS CG ShO ERA WHIP
1997 Alvin Morman 5 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80
1997 Brian Anderson 6 10.0 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 2 3 0 9 0 0 0 0 1.80 0.60
1997 Chad Ogea 5 31.0 2 2 0 0 0 25 8 8 8 1 13 4 0 0 0 2.32 1.06
1997 Charles Nagy 5 23.2 0 2 0 0 0 27 15 13 16 1 11 4 0 0 0 4.94 1.82
1997 Eric Plunk 5 5.0 1 2 0 0 0 8 8 7 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 12.60 2.40
1997 Jaret Wright 5 26.2 3 0 0 0 0 24 15 14 19 0 25 5 0 0 0 4.72 1.61
1997 Jeff Juden 5 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 3.00 2.67
1997 Jose Mesa 11 13.2 1 0 4 0 0 20 6 6 5 1 12 0 0 0 0 3.95 1.83
1997 Michael Jackson 13 13.1 1 0 0 0 0 9 1 1 5 0 16 0 0 0 0 0.67 1.05
1997 Orel Hershiser 5 28.1 0 2 0 0 0 33 18 18 9 1 16 5 0 0 0 5.72 1.48
1997 Paul Assenmacher 14 9.1 1 0 0 0 0 12 4 4 3 1 11 0 0 0 0 3.86 1.61
– – 22 165.2 10 8 5 0 0 165 80 74 79 5 121 18 0 0 0 4.02 1.47

Fielding Stats

Year Player Pos G PO A E TC DP SB CS CSPct FPct RF
1997 Alvin Morman P 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1997 Brian Anderson P 6 1 3 0 4 0 1.000 0.67
1997 Chad Ogea P 5 0 4 0 4 0 1.000 0.80
1997 Charles Nagy P 5 2 4 1 7 1 .857 1.20
1997 Eric Plunk P 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1997 Jaret Wright P 5 2 4 1 7 1 .857 1.20
1997 Jeff Juden P 5 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1997 Jose Mesa P 11 1 3 0 4 0 1.000 0.36
1997 Michael Jackson P 13 1 3 0 4 1 1.000 0.31
1997 Orel Hershiser P 5 2 5 0 7 0 1.000 1.40
1997 Paul Assenmacher P 14 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
1997 Sandy Alomar C 18 126 5 1 132 1 0 0 0.0% .992 7.28
1997 Jim Thome 1B 17 136 10 1 147 22 .993 8.59
1997 Kevin Seitzer 1B 4 20 1 0 21 2 1.000 5.25
1997 Bip Roberts 2B 10 17 23 0 40 11 1.000 4.00
1997 Tony Fernandez 2B 14 26 33 3 62 7 .952 4.21
1997 Matt Williams 3B 18 13 37 2 52 5 .962 2.78
1997 Omar Vizquel SS 18 40 46 0 86 18 1.000 4.78
1997 Bip Roberts LF 8 8 0 1 9 0 .889 1.00
1997 Brian Giles LF 11 15 1 0 16 0 1.000 1.45
1997 David Justice LF 4 9 0 0 9 0 1.000 2.25
1997 Marquis Grissom CF 18 46 1 1 48 0 .979 2.61
1997 Manny Ramirez RF 18 32 1 3 36 0 .917 1.83
– – 18 497 184 14 695 69 0 0 .980 37.83

Awards

Player Award Stats
Sandy Alomar All-Star (C) .319–21–83
Jim Thome All-Star (1B) .286–40–102, 1 SB
David Justice All-Star (CF) .329–33–101, 3 SB
Matt Williams Gold Glove (3B) .970 FPct, 2.58 RF
Omar Vizquel Gold Glove (SS) .985 FPct, 4.43 RF
Matt Williams Silver Slugger (3B) .263–32–105, 12 SB
David Justice Silver Slugger (CF) .329–33–101, 3 SB

Frequently asked questions about the 1997 Cleveland Guardians

Who had the most hits on the 1997 Cleveland Guardians?

Manny Ramirez led the 1997 Cleveland Guardians with 184 hits in 150 games.

Who had the highest batting average on the 1997 Cleveland Guardians?

David Justice led the 1997 Cleveland Guardians with a .329 batting average in 139 games.

Who had the most home runs on the 1997 Cleveland Guardians?

Jim Thome led the 1997 Cleveland Guardians with 40 home runs in 147 games.

Who had the highest on-base percentage (OBP) on the 1997 Cleveland Guardians?

Jim Thome led the 1997 Cleveland Guardians with a .423 on-base percentage (OBP) in 147 games.

Who had the highest slugging percentage on the 1997 Cleveland Guardians?

David Justice led the 1997 Cleveland Guardians with a .596 slugging percentage in 139 games.

Who had the most stolen bases on the 1997 Cleveland Guardians?

Omar Vizquel led the 1997 Cleveland Guardians with 43 stolen bases in 153 games.

Who had the lowest earned run average (ERA) on the 1997 Cleveland Guardians?

Charles Nagy had a 4.28 earned-run average (ERA) in 34 games, the lowest on the 1997 Cleveland Guardians.

Who had the lowest WHIP (Walks plus Hits per Inning Pitched) on the 1997 Cleveland Guardians?

Orel Hershiser had a 1.37 WHIP in 32 games, the lowest on the 1997 Cleveland Guardians.

Who struck out the most batters on the 1997 Cleveland Guardians?

Charles Nagy led the 1997 Cleveland Guardians with 149 strikeouts in 34 games.

Who had the most wins on the 1997 Cleveland Guardians?

Charles Nagy led the 1997 Cleveland Guardians with 15 wins in 34 games.

Who had the most saves on the 1997 Cleveland Guardians?

Jose Mesa led the 1997 Cleveland Guardians with 16 saves in 66 games.