1997 Florida Marlins season

The 1997 Florida Marlins season was the fifth season for the Major League Baseball franchise in the National League. It would begin with the team attempting to improve on their season from 1996. Their manager was Jim Leyland. They played home games at Pro Player Stadium. They finished with a record of 92–70, posting the first winning season in franchise history and winning the NL Wild Card. They got through the National League playoffs and won the World Series over the Cleveland Indians. They are the 1st MLB Wild Card team to win a World Series.

Offseason

November 22, 1996: Bobby Bonilla was signed as a free agent with the Florida Marlins.
March 26, 1997: Cliff Floyd was traded by the Montreal Expos to the Florida Marlins for Dustin Hermanson and Joe Orsulak.

Regular season

Transactions

July 21, 1997: Darren Daulton was traded by the Philadelphia Phillies to the Florida Marlins for Billy McMillon.
July 27, 1997: Craig Counsell was traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Florida Marlins for Mark Hutton.
July 29, 1997: Matt Treanor was traded by the Kansas City Royals to the Florida Marlins for Matt Whisenant.

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C		124	416	43	104	.250	19	63	0
1B	Jeff Conine	151	405	46	98	.242	17	61	2
2B		75	263	27	63	.240	0	8	16
3B	Bobby Bonilla	153	562	77	167	.297	17	96	6
SS	Édgar Rentería	154	617	90	171	.277	4	52	32
LF	Moisés Alou	150	538	88	157	.292	23	115	9
CF	Devon White	74	265	37	65	.245	6	34	13
RF	Gary Sheffield	135	444	86	111	.250	21	71	11

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
Jim Eisenreich	120	293	36	82	.280	2	34	0
Kurt Abbott	94	252	35	69	.274	6	30	3
John Cangelosi	103	192	28	47	.245	1	12	5
Craig Counsell	51	164	20	49	.299	1	16	1
Greg Zaun	58	143	21	43	.301	2	20	1
Cliff Floyd	61	137	23	32	.234	6	19	6
Darren Daulton	52	126	22	33	.262	3	21	2
Alex Arias	74	93	13	23	.247	1	11	0
Mark Kotsay	14	52	5	10	.192	0	4	3
Todd Dunwoody	19	50	7	13	.260	2	7	2
John Wehner	44	36	8	10	.278	0	2	1
Ralph Milliard	8	30	2	6	.200	0	2	1
Billy McMillon	13	18	0	2	.111	0	1	0
Russ Morman	4	7	3	2	.286	1	2	1
	4	5	2	3	.600	0	1	0
Bob Natal	4	4	2	2	.500	1	3	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	GS	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	33	33	237.1	16	8	2.69	205
	32	32	220.2	17	12	3.59	183
	27	27	151.1	11	9	4.34	132
	22	21	111.1	4	6	4.61	102
	19	19	108.2	4	6	4.47	64
	17	17	96.1	9	3	3.18	72

Other pitchers

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

Player

ERA

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
	73	9	3	35	3.89	81
	74	7	2	2	3.28	65
	59	1	2	0	3.90	63
	56	5	3	0	4.29	54
	36	1	2	1	4.60	28
	32	3	1	0	3.78	29
	17	1	3	0	4.91	19
	17	1	1	1	3.75	8
	7	0	1	0	9.82	7
	4	0	0	0	16.88	4
	2	0	0	0	3.86	0
	1	0	0	0	0.00	0

Postseason

NLDS

Florida wins the series, 3-0

World Series

Game 1

October 18, 1997, at Pro Player Stadium in Miami

Awards and honors

1997 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Moisés Alou, reserve
Kevin Brown, reserve
Charles Johnson, reserve