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| 1997 Atlanta Braves 1997 National League East Champs |
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| Owner(s) | Time Warner | |
| General manager(s) | John Schuerholz | |
| Manager(s) | Bobby Cox | |
| Local television | WTBS TBS Superstation (Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson) SportSouth (Tim Brando, Ernie Johnson, Bob Rathbun) |
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| Local radio | WSB (AM) (Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson) |
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Offseason [edit]
- November 20, 1996: John Smoltz was signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.[1]
- November 25, 1996: Paul Byrd was traded by the New York Mets with a player to be named later to the Atlanta Braves for Greg McMichael. The New York Mets sent Andy Zwirchitz (minors) (May 25, 1997) to the Atlanta Braves to complete the trade.[2]
- December 19, 1996: Mike Bielecki was signed as a Free Agent with the Atlanta Braves.[3]
- March 25, 1997: Kenny Lofton was traded by the Cleveland Indians with Alan Embree to the Atlanta Braves for Marquis Grissom and David Justice.
Regular season [edit]
Opening Day Starters [edit]
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Season standings [edit]
| NL East | W | L | Pct. | GB |
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| Atlanta Braves | 101 | 61 | .623 | -- |
| Florida Marlins | 92 | 70 | .568 | 9 |
| New York Mets | 88 | 74 | .543 | 13 |
| Montreal Expos | 78 | 84 | .481 | 23 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 68 | 94 | .420 | 33 |
Roster [edit]
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Pitchers
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Catchers
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Outfielders
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Manager Coaches
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Player stats [edit]
Batting [edit]
Starters by position [edit]
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 |
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Other batters [edit]
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 |
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Pitching [edit]
Starting pitchers [edit]
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Other pitchers [edit]
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Relief pitchers [edit]
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Turner Field [edit]
In 1997, the Braves moved into Turner Field. The ballpark was built across the street from the former home of the Braves, Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, which was demolished in the summer of 1997.
The most popular name choice among Atlanta residents for the new stadium at the time of its construction (according to a poll in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution) was Hank Aaron Stadium. After the ballpark was instead named after Ted Turner, the city of Atlanta renamed the section of Capitol Avenue on which the stadium sits Hank Aaron Drive, giving Turner Field the street number 755, after Aaron's home run total.
After the 1996 Summer Olympics were complete the stadium was officially given as a gift to the Atlanta National League Baseball Club, Inc. (the Atlanta Braves.) Ted Turner, then owner of the Braves, agreed to pay a large sum of the cost to build Centennial Olympic Stadium (approximately $170 million of the $209 million bill), if in turn, the stadium was built in a way that it could be converted to a new baseball stadium and that the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (ACOG) paid for the conversion.[4] This was considered a good agreement for both the Olympic Committee and the Braves, because there would be no use for a permanent 85,000 seat track and field stadium in Downtown Atlanta (as the 71,000 seat Georgia Dome was completed 4 years earlier by the state of Georgia) and the Braves had already been exploring opportunities for a new stadium.[5]
1997 National League Division Series [edit]
Houston Astros vs. Atlanta Braves [edit]
Atlanta wins the series, 3-0
| Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance |
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| 1 | Houston Astros - 1, Atlanta Braves - 2 | September 30 | Turner Field | 46,467[6] |
| 2 | Houston Astros - 3, Atlanta Braves - 13 | October 1 | Turner Field | 49,200[7] |
| 3 | Atlanta Braves - 4, Houston Astros - 1 | October 3 | Astrodome | 53,688[8] |
1997 National League Championship Series [edit]
| Game | Date | Visitor | Score | Home | Score | Record
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| 1 | October 7 | Florida | 5 | Atlanta | 3 | 1-0 | 49,244 |
| 2 | October 8 | Florida | 1 | Atlanta | 7 | 1-1 | 48,933 |
| 3 | October 10 | Atlanta | 2 | Florida | 5 | 2-1 | 53,857 |
| 4 | October 11 | Atlanta | 4 | Florida | 0 | 2-2 | 54,890 |
| 5 | October 12 | Atlanta | 1 | Florida | 2 | 3-2 | 46,496 |
| 6 | October 14 | Florida | 7 | Atlanta | 4 | 4-2 | 50,466 |
| Florida wins series 4–2 and advance to the World Series |
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Farm system [edit]
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Greenville[9]
References [edit]
- ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/smoltjo01.shtml
- ^ Paul Byrd Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
- ^ http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bielemi01.shtml
- ^ Sandomir, Richard (1996-07-30). "At Close of Games, Braves Will Move Into Olympic Stadium". The New York Times (The New York Times Company). Archived from the original on 2008-06-28. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
- ^ Kendrick, Scott. "Turner Field". About.com. The New York Times Company. Retrieved 2008-07-24.
- ^ "1997 NLDS - Atlanta Braves vs. Houston Astros - Game 1". Retrosheet. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
- ^ "1997 NLDS - Atlanta Braves vs. Houston Astros - Game 2". Retrosheet. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
- ^ "1997 NLDS - Atlanta Braves vs. Houston Astros - Game 3". Retrosheet. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007
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NL East Championship Season 1997 |
Succeeded by Atlanta Braves 1998 |
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