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 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Debut  Age
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+
 Jeff Abbott         1997-2001  233   596   82  157  33   2  18   83   38   91  .263  .307  .416    6   5 Jun 10 24.297
 Antonio Alfonseca   1997-2007  567    14    0    2   0   0   0    2    0    8  .143  .143  .143    0   0 Jun 17 25.062
 Carlos Almanzar     1997-2005  135     4    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    3  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Sep  4 23.302
 Bruce Aven          1997-2002  259   609   85  166  33   2  20  103   57  135  .273  .343  .432    6   4 Aug 27 25.176
 Manuel Aybar        1997-2005  203    70    6   13   0   0   1    5    2   28  .186  .208  .229    0   0 Aug  4 25.092
 Manuel Barrios      1997-1998    5     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Sep 16 22.360
 Mark Bellhorn       1997-2007  731  2107  324  484 113  13  69  246  346  723  .230  .341  .394   30  13 Jun 10 22.291
 Rigo Beltran        1997-2004   76    11    1    2   1   0   0    0    0    1  .182  .182  .273    0   0 Jun  2 27.201
 Shayne Bennett      1997-1999   78     9    0    0   0   0   0    0    2    2  .000  .182  .000    0   0 Aug 22 25.134
 Jeff Berblinger     1997-1997    7     5    1    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Sep  7 26.292
 Steve Bieser        1997-1998   60    80   18   20   4   0   0    5    9   22  .250  .351  .300    2   3 Apr  1 29.240
 Henry Blanco        1997-2008  721  2076  208  468 114  10  51  235  186  388  .225  .289  .364    4  10 Jul 25 25.330
 Aaron Boone         1997-2008 1109  3789  514 1003 212  17 125  544  297  688  .265  .328  .429  107  30 Jun 20 24.103
 Mike Bovee          1997-1997    3     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Sep 13 24.023
 Shane Bowers        1997-1997    5     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Jul 26 25.364
 Chris Brock         1997-2002  121    63    5   12   1   0   1    7    3   13  .190  .227  .254    0   0 Jun 11 27.126
 Adrian Brown        1997-2006  447  1134  166  293  44   8  11   86  109  161  .258  .325  .340   45  15 May 16 23.098
 Emil Brown          1997-2008  704  2150  287  558 110  12  54  316  184  450  .260  .323  .397   52  13 Apr  3 22.095
 Homer Bush          1997-2004  409  1274  176  363  50   5  11  115   57  238  .285  .324  .358   65  20 Aug 16 24.277
 Rich Butler         1997-1999   86   251   30   56   5   3   7   22   19   44  .223  .280  .351    4   3 Sep  6 24.128
 Jose Cabrera        1997-2002  190    23    1    2   0   0   0    0    0   12  .087  .087  .087    0   0 Jul 15 28.113
 Orlando Cabrera     1997-2008 1512  5712  766 1556 359  28 103  671  416  540  .272  .321  .399  181  41 Sep  3 22.305
 Chris Carpenter     1997-2007  114   222   11   21   2   0   0    5    7   76  .095  .122  .104    0   1 May 12 22.015
 Sean Casey          1997-2008 1382  5002  688 1515 321  12 130  729  473  567  .303  .367  .450   18   8 Sep 12 23.072
 Carlos Castillo     1997-2001   60     2    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    0  .500  .500  .500    0   0 Apr  2 21.346
 Frank Catalanotto   1997-2008 1143  3593  535 1053 248  33  83  437  315  455  .293  .359  .450   43  27 Sep  3 23.129
 Mike Cather         1997-1999   74     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Jul 13 26.208
 Anthony Chavez      1997-1997    7     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Sep  2 26.315
 Robinson Checo      1997-1999   16     3    0    1   0   0   0    2    0    2  .333  .333  .333    0   0 Sep 16 26.007
 Chris Clemons       1997-1997    5     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Jul 23 24.265
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Debut  Age
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+
 Ken Cloude          1997-1999    6     7    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Aug  9 22.212
 Danny Clyburn       1997-1999   41   109   14   23   4   0   4    8    8   33  .211  .271  .358    0   0 Sep 15 23.162
 Michael Coleman     1997-2001   22    67    8   13   1   0   1    9    1   26  .194  .203  .254    1   1 Sep  1 22.016
 Lou Collier         1997-2004  315   713   89  172  33   7   8   78   75  160  .241  .317  .341   12   6 Jun 28 23.311
 Bartolo Colon       1997-2008   78    85    1   10   0   0   0    5    0   49  .118  .126  .118    0   0 Apr  4 23.315
 Joe Crawford        1997-1997   18    11    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    5  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Apr  7 26.340
 Jim Crowell         1997-2005   10     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Sep 12 23.121
 Deivi Cruz          1997-2005 1234  4124  442 1109 250  16  70  464  132  429  .269  .293  .388   16  28 Apr 11 24.156
 Ivan Cruz           1997-2002   41    55    5   15   1   0   2    8    3   17  .273  .310  .400    0   0 Jul 18 29.076
 Jose Cruz           1997-2008 1388  4724  713 1167 252  36 204  624  658 1147  .247  .337  .445  113  39 May 31 23.042
 Nelson Cruz         1997-2003  170    33    1    3   1   0   0    2    1   12  .091  .118  .121    0   0 Aug  1 24.322
 Will Cunnane        1997-2004  180    35    6    7   1   1   0    4    3    9  .200  .263  .286    0   0 Apr  3 22.344
 Roland de la Maza   1997-1997    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Sep 26 25.319
 Rick DeHart         1997-2003   54     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    3  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Jul 16 27.117
 Mike DeJean         1997-2006  515    17    0    1   1   0   0    0    0   10  .059  .059  .118    0   0 May  2 26.216
 David Dellucci      1997-2008 1045  2708  414  697 132  33  98  381  310  676  .257  .340  .439   40  24 Jun  3 23.215
 Eddy Diaz           1997-1997   16    50    4   11   2   1   0    7    1    5  .220  .235  .300    0   0 Apr 17 25.200
 Todd Dunwoody       1997-2002  295   915   98  213  48  12  11   81   51  234  .233  .277  .348   13   6 May 10 22.029
 Roberto Duran       1997-1998   31     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Jul  6 24.122
 Juan Encarnacion    1997-2007 1259  4685  618 1264 242  46 156  667  288  853  .270  .317  .441  127  59 Sep  2 21.178
 Todd Erdos          1997-2001   49     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Jun  8 23.199
 Kelvim Escobar      1997-2007  112    27    1    3   0   0   0    1    0   13  .111  .111  .111    0   0 Jun 29 21.079
 Tom Evans           1997-2000   42   102   17   26   6   0   1    7   13   25  .255  .347  .343    0   4 Sep  2 23.055
 Scott Eyre          1997-2008  454    13    0    2   0   0   0    0    1    6  .154  .214  .154    0   0 Aug  1 25.063
 Steve Falteisek     1997-1999   16     3    1    0   0   0   0    0    0    3  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Jul 22 25.175
 Mike Figga          1997-1999   46    94   13   20   4   0   1    5    2   31  .213  .227  .287    0   2 Sep 16 27.047
 Tom Fordham         1997-1998   10     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Aug 19 23.180
 Keith Foulke        1997-2008  200    16    0    2   0   0   0    0    0    5  .125  .125  .125    0   0 May 21 24.214
 Chad Fox            1997-2008  213     7    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    3  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Jul 13 26.313
 Micah Franklin      1997-1997   17    34    6   11   0   0   2    2    3   10  .324  .378  .500    0   0 May 13 25.018
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Debut  Age
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+
 Hanley Frias        1997-2000  173   311   53   72   9   3   4   25   47   45  .232  .332  .318    6   5 Jun 21 23.198
 Brad Fullmer        1997-2004  807  2789  395  778 203  16 114  442  216  373  .279  .336  .486   32  21 Sep  2 22.228
 Eddie Gaillard      1997-1999   30     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Aug 11 26.363
 Shawn Gilbert       1997-2000   51    47    9    7   1   0   2    4    3   17  .149  .200  .298    2   0 Jun  2 32.082
 Wayne Gomes         1997-2002  309     6    0    1   0   0   0    1    2    4  .167  .375  .167    0   0 Jun 13 24.149
 Geremi Gonzalez     1997-2006  107    86    2   10   1   0   0    3    4   28  .116  .156  .128    0   0 May 27 22.139
 Rick Gorecki        1997-1998    7     0    1    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Sep 10 24.014
 Scarborough Green   1997-2000  117   168   30   36   1   1   0   10   13   33  .214  .271  .232   10   7 Aug  2 23.054
 Ben Grieve          1997-2005  976  3215  471  864 192   5 118  492  466  784  .269  .367  .442   24   5 Sep  3 21.122
 Giomar Guevara      1997-1999   26    29    6    6   4   0   0    2    4    8  .207  .324  .345    1   0 Sep 19 24.331
 Jose Guillen        1997-2008 1366  4870  639 1330 262  23 179  739  254  907  .273  .323  .447   29  25 Apr  1 20.319
 Mike Gulan          1997-2001   11    15    3    0   0   0   0    1    3    7  .000  .167  .000    0   0 May 14 26.147
 Shane Halter        1997-2004  690  1899  201  468  93  18  45  197  146  414  .246  .303  .385   17  21 Apr  6 27.149
 Jed Hansen          1997-1999   87   176   27   45   7   1   4   19   23   64  .256  .342  .375    3   3 Jul 29 24.344
 Shigetoshi Hasegawa 1997-2005  239     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Apr  5 28.247
 Gary Haught         1997-1997    6     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Jul 16 26.290
 Todd Helton         1997-2008 1659  5960 1143 1957 471  31 310 1116 1041  808  .328  .428  .574   36  26 Aug  2 23.347
 Oscar Henriquez     1997-2002   49     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Sep  7 23.222
 Fernando Hernandez  1997-1997    2     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Apr  3 25.291
 Richard Hidalgo     1997-2005  987  3459  531  929 214  19 171  560  358  737  .269  .345  .490   48  34 Sep  1 22.065
 Torii Hunter        1997-2008 1329  4852  727 1316 283  28 205  757  347  938  .271  .325  .468  136  64 Aug 22 22.035
 Jimmy Hurst         1997-1997   13    17    1    3   1   0   1    1    2    6  .176  .263  .412    0   0 Sep 10 25.193
 Hideki Irabu        1997-2002   56    28    1    3   0   0   0    1    1   13  .107  .138  .107    0   0 Jul 10 28.056
 Jason Johnson       1997-2008   74    27    2    3   0   0   1    1    2   17  .111  .172  .222    0   0 Aug 27 23.304
 Mike Johnson        1997-2001   78    43    3    7   0   0   0    5    1   16  .163  .182  .163    0   0 Apr  6 21.185
 Russ Johnson        1997-2005  364   836  117  221  46   2  14   97  105  173  .264  .348  .374   16  10 Apr  8 24.045
 Bobby Jones         1997-2004   93    81    7   14   2   0   0    8    4   23  .173  .209  .198    0   0 May 18 25.037
 Mike Judd           1997-2001   25     9    1    1   0   0   0    0    1    3  .111  .200  .111    0   0 Sep 28 22.090
 Takashi Kashiwada   1997-1997   32     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 May  1 25.352
 Curtis King         1997-1999   62     6    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    2  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Aug  1 26.280
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Debut  Age
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+
 Steve Kline         1997-2007  767    14    1    2   1   0   0    2    0    6  .143  .143  .214    0   0 Apr  2 24.223
 Paul Konerko        1997-2008 1501  5389  781 1494 271   6 285  930  575  872  .277  .351  .488    6   2 Sep  8 21.187
 Mark Kotsay         1997-2008 1403  5246  692 1477 287  43 107  585  446  611  .282  .337  .414   91  53 Jul 11 21.221
 Tim Kubinski        1997-1999   25     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Jul 16 25.177
 Chris Latham        1997-2003  110   213   34   43   5   1   3   19   23   85  .202  .280  .277    9   3 Apr 12 23.321
 Derrek Lee          1997-2008 1487  5241  827 1480 330  26 254  799  664 1222  .282  .367  .501   97  44 Apr 28 21.234
 John Leroy          1997-1997    1     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Sep 26 22.160
 Cory Lidle          1997-2006  156   170   10   22   4   1   1    8    9   87  .129  .173  .182    0   0 May  8 25.047
 Kerry Ligtenberg    1997-2005  257     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Aug 12 26.093
 Joey Long           1997-1997   10     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Apr 25 26.284
 Ryan Long           1997-1997    6     9    2    2   0   0   0    2    0    3  .222  .300  .222    0   0 Jul 16 24.163
 Derek Lowe          1997-2008  229   246   12   31   5   0   0   13   13   71  .126  .169  .146    1   0 Apr 26 23.329
 Sean Lowe           1997-2003  133    22    0    3   0   0   0    0    0    8  .136  .136  .136    0   0 Aug 29 26.153
 Terrell Lowery      1997-2000  123   248   42   70  20   1   3   23   32   71  .282  .367  .407    2   2 Sep 13 26.323
 Sean Maloney        1997-1998   14     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Apr 28 25.338
 Eli Marrero         1997-2006  724  1906  262  463  99  12  66  261  168  372  .243  .303  .411   56  11 Sep  3 23.290
 Tom Martin          1997-2007  336    12    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    4  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Apr  2 26.316
 Felix Martinez      1997-2001  239   641   77  137  26   7   3   39   53  143  .214  .287  .290   18   9 Sep  3 23.108
 Allen McDill        1997-2001   26     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 May 15 25.265
 Jason McDonald      1997-2000  286   692  113  167  27   5  11   51  105  155  .241  .347  .342   33  19 Jun  5 25.077
 Tom McGraw          1997-1997    2     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 May  7 29.150
 Ryan McGuire        1997-2002  368   631   64  133  34   4   7   55   88  144  .211  .306  .311    3   5 Jun  5 25.194
 Carlos Mendoza      1997-2000   28    22    6    4   0   0   0    1    5    6  .182  .379  .182    0   1 Sep  3 22.303
 Damian Miller       1997-2007  989  3182  361  834 205   4  87  406  303  772  .262  .329  .411    5   5 Aug 10 27.301
 Kevin Millwood      1997-2008  288   441   19   54  15   0   2   24   20  202  .122  .161  .170    0   0 Jul 14 22.202
 Mike Misuraca       1997-1997    5     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Jul 27 28.340
 Eric Moody          1997-1997   10     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Aug  3 26.209
 Kevin Morgan        1997-1997    1     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Jun 15 28.104
 Matt Morris         1997-2008  300   543   35   92  18   0   2   38   27  216  .169  .208  .214    0   1 Apr  4 22.238
 Heath Murray        1997-2002   39    19    1    2   0   0   0    0    1   10  .105  .150  .105    0   0 May 24 24.035
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Debut  Age
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+
 Abraham Nunez       1997-2008 1030  2486  286  601  88  19  18  209  250  447  .242  .313  .314   38  16 Aug 27 21.164
 Ryan Nye            1997-1998    4     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Jun  7 23.348
 Kirt Ojala          1997-1999   54    33    2    4   1   0   0    3    3   12  .121  .194  .152    0   0 Aug 18 28.237
 Luis Ordaz          1997-2006  206   440   51   96  13   0   0   30   34   53  .218  .274  .248   12   5 Sep  3 22.022
 Magglio Ordonez     1997-2008 1482  5632  906 1758 364  16 260 1050  516  675  .312  .371  .521   87  47 Aug 29 23.213
 Kevin Orie          1997-2002  316  1015  117  253  64   6  22  116   94  163  .249  .320  .389    5   3 Apr  1 24.212
 David Ortiz         1997-2008 1247  4429  774 1273 325  12 279  923  684  937  .287  .382  .555    9   3 Sep  2 21.288
 Matt Perisho        1997-2005  133     5    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    5  .000  .000  .000    0   0 May 27 21.353
 Marc Pisciotta      1997-1999   71     4    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    2  .250  .250  .250    0   0 Jun 30 26.327
 Kevin Polcovich     1997-1998  165   457   55  107  28   1   4   35   36   78  .234  .307  .326    6   5 May 17 26.323
 Dante Powell        1997-2001   70    74   19   20   4   0   2    5    9   17  .270  .349  .405    3   2 Apr 15 23.233
 Brady Raggio        1997-2003   28     4    0    0   0   0   0    1    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Apr 15 24.210
 Edgar Ramos         1997-1997    4     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    2  .000  .000  .000    0   0 May 21 22.076
 Ken Ramos           1997-1997   14    12    0    0   0   0   0    1    2    0  .000  .133  .000    0   0 May 16 29.344
 Pokey Reese         1997-2004  856  2833  366  704 128  17  44  271  226  531  .248  .307  .352  144  26 Apr  1 23.295
 Dennys Reyes        1997-2008  373    54    2    4   1   0   0    0    2   25  .074  .107  .093    1   0 Jul 13 20.085
 Brad Rigby          1997-2000   61     4    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    2  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Jun 28 24.045
 Adam Riggs          1997-2004   61   153   18   33   9   1   3   10   16   30  .216  .290  .346    6   2 Aug  7 24.307
 Ricardo Rincon      1997-2006  321     4    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Apr  3 26.355
 Danny Rios          1997-1998    7     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 May 30 24.200
 Todd Ritchie        1997-2004  118   187    9   33   5   0   0    6    7   69  .176  .206  .203    0   0 Apr  3 25.147
 Dan Rohrmeier       1997-1997    7     9    4    3   0   0   0    2    2    4  .333  .455  .333    0   0 Sep  3 31.341
 Mandy Romero        1997-2003   42    77   12   16   2   0   2    5    6   25  .208  .282  .312    1   0 Jul 15 29.259
 Mel Rosario         1997-1997    4     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 Sep 11 24.109
 Brian Rose          1997-2001   34    27    1    1   0   0   0    0    1   11  .037  .071  .037    0   0 Jul 25 21.162
 Pete Rose           1997-1997   11    14    2    2   0   0   0    0    2    9  .143  .250  .143    0   0 Sep  1 27.289
 Glendon Rusch       1997-2008  256   316   16   47   4   0   3   19    9  101  .149  .175  .190    0   0 Apr  6 22.150
 Marc Sagmoen        1997-1997   21    43    2    6   2   0   1    4    2   13  .140  .174  .256    0   0 Apr 15 25.364
 Julio Santana       1997-2006   97    16    0    2   0   0   0    1    0    8  .125  .125  .125    0   0 Apr  6 24.076
 Jose Santiago       1997-2005  155     5    0    0   0   0   0    0    2    4  .000  .286  .000    0   0 Jun  7 22.214
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+
 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Debut  Age
+-------------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+------+------+
 Tony Saunders       1997-1999   32    39    2    5   0   0   1    1    2   19  .128  .171  .205    0   0 Apr  5 22.341
 Richie Sexson       1997-2008 1352  4907  746 1280 259  17 305  939  585 1306  .261  .344  .507   14  13 Sep 14 22.259
 Scott Sheldon       1997-2001  141   285   34   67  16   0   8   33   15   84  .235  .275  .375    1   1 May 18 28.171
 Randall Simon       1997-2006  537  1609  172  455  71   3  49  237   82  148  .283  .320  .422    2   4 Sep  1 22.099
 Rob Stanifer        1997-2000   76     8    1    2   1   0   0    1    0    3  .250  .333  .375    0   0 May  3 25.054
 Andy Stewart        1997-1997    5     8    1    2   1   0   0    0    0    0  .250  .250  .375    0   0 Sep  6 26.275
 Everett Stull       1997-2002   26    12    0    1   0   0   0    0    1   10  .083  .154  .083    0   0 Apr 14 25.233
 Larry Sutton        1997-2004  252   572   63  135  23   2  12   78   55  102  .236  .302  .346    4   3 Aug 17 27.095
 Fernando Tatis      1997-2008  743  2512  360  659 139   9  97  369  273  611  .262  .344  .441   46  20 Jul 26 22.206
 Ramon Tatis         1997-1998   76     3    0    0   0   0   0    0    1    3  .000  .250  .000    0   0 Apr  6 23.339
 Miguel Tejada       1997-2008 1656  6450 1002 1844 359  21 268 1078  481  881  .286  .342  .473   73  29 Aug 27 23.094
 John Thomson        1997-2007  174   318   20   63   6   1   0   22   12  133  .198  .225  .223    0   1 May 11 23.222
 Mike Thurman        1997-2002   91   131    6    4   0   0   0    0    7   93  .031  .086  .031    0   0 Sep  2 24.042
 Brett Tomko         1997-2008  314   453   23   71   9   0   0   29   19  179  .157  .190  .177    0   1 May 27 24.050
 Bubba Trammell      1997-2003  584  1798  243  469  96   7  82  285  210  325  .261  .339  .459   10  10 Apr  1 25.146
 Mario Valdez        1997-2001   91   181   18   43   8   0   2   21   29   60  .238  .352  .315    1   0 Jun 15 22.208
 Javier Valentin     1997-2008  592  1459  149  368  81   5  42  203  122  243  .252  .308  .401    0   0 Sep 13 21.359
 Jason Varitek       1997-2008 1283  4257  557 1123 260  13 156  641  507  982  .264  .346  .441   25  17 Sep 24 25.166
 Jorge Velandia      1997-2008  174   244   21   46  12   1   2   23   26   66  .189  .274  .270    2   0 Jun 20 22.159
 Jose Vidro          1997-2008 1411  5088  717 1516 341  12 127  652  478  555  .298  .360  .445   22  16 Jun  8 22.285
 Jamie Walker        1997-2008  197     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Apr  2 25.275
 Jeff Wallace        1997-2001   89     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    1    0  .000  .500  .000    0   0 Aug 21 21.131
 Pat Watkins         1997-1999  116   195   15   46  10   1   2   15   10   36  .236  .271  .328    2   3 Sep  9 25.007
 Matt Whisenant      1997-2000  189     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 Jul  4 26.026
 Antone Williamson   1997-1997   24    54    2   11   3   0   0    6    4    8  .204  .254  .259    0   1 May 31 23.317
 Enrique Wilson      1997-2005  555  1406  155  343  73   5  22  141   89  169  .244  .288  .350   14  19 Sep 24 24.059
 Scott Winchester    1997-2001   35    26    0    3   0   0   0    1    0   11  .115  .148  .115    0   0 Sep  8 24.141
 Darrin Winston      1997-1998   34     3    0    1   0   0   0    1    1    1  .333  .500  .333    0   0 Sep 10 31.066
 Steve Woodard       1997-2003  130   126    6   15   3   0   0    6    7   34  .119  .172  .143    0   0 Jul 28 22.074
 Jaret Wright        1997-2007  139    78    6   11   2   0   1    6    3   42  .141  .171  .205    0   0 Jun 24 21.177
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 Player              From  To    G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS Debut  Age
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180 Players

Pitchers Debuting in 1997

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Pitch Glossary

 Player              From  To   W   L   WL%   ERA    G   GS  CG SHO  SV   IP     H   ER   HR  BB   SO  Debut  Age
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+------+
 Antonio Alfonseca   1997-2007  35  37  .486  4.11  592   0   0   0 129  613.0  677  280  55  250  400 Jun 17 25.062
 Carlos Almanzar     1997-2005  13  13  .500  4.82  210   1   0   0   0  239.0  252  128  35   82  170 Sep 04 23.302
 Manuel Aybar        1997-2005  17  18  .486  5.11  208  28   0   0   3  391.0  413  222  49  172  273 Aug 04 25.092
 Manuel Barrios      1997-1998   0   0        6.75    5   0   0   0   0    6.7   10    5   1    7    4 Sep 16 22.360
 Rigo Beltran        1997-2004   2   3  .400  4.40   78   5   0   0   1  106.3  110   52  13   43  106 Jun 02 27.201
 Shayne Bennett      1997-1999   5   7  .417  5.87   83   1   0   0   1  125.7  142   82  14   57   71 Aug 22 25.134
 Mike Bovee          1997-1997   0   0        5.40    3   0   0   0   0    3.3    3    2   1    1    5 Sep 13 24.023
 Shane Bowers        1997-1997   0   3  .000  8.05    5   5   0   0   0   19.0   27   17   2    8    7 Jul 26 25.364
 Chris Brock         1997-2002  18  17  .514  4.81  148  30   0   0   1  335.0  361  179  56  137  227 Jun 11 27.126
 Jose Cabrera        1997-2002  19  17  .528  4.95  198  11   0   0   4  271.0  291  149  42   94  192 Jul 15 28.113
 Chris Carpenter     1997-2007 100  69  .592  4.10  246 229  25  12   0 1522.0 1560  694 174  464 1164 May 12 22.015
 Carlos Castillo     1997-2001  10   7  .588  5.04  111   6   0   0   1  210.7  210  118  37   82  130 Apr 02 21.346
 Mike Cather         1997-1999   5   6  .455  3.42   75   0   0   0   0   81.7   67   31  10   32   62 Jul 13 26.208
 Anthony Chavez      1997-1997   0   0        0.93    7   0   0   0   0    9.7    7    1   1    5   10 Sep 02 26.315
 Robinson Checo      1997-1999   3   5  .375  7.61   16   6   0   0   0   36.7   47   31   8   21   30 Sep 16 26.007
 Chris Clemons       1997-1997   0   2  .000  8.53    5   2   0   0   0   12.7   19   12   4   11    8 Jul 23 24.265
 Ken Cloude          1997-1999  16  16  .500  6.56   71  45   0   0   1  278.7  334  203  47  152  195 Aug 09 22.212
 Bartolo Colon       1997-2008 150  97  .607  4.10  315 312  31   8   0 2008.3 1992  914 243  688 1568 Apr 04 23.315
 Joe Crawford        1997-1997   4   3  .571  3.30   19   2   0   0   0   46.3   36   17   7   13   25 Apr 07 26.340
 Jim Crowell         1997-2005   0   1  .000 11.37   10   1   0   0   0   12.7   28   16   3    5    6 Sep 12 23.121
 Nelson Cruz         1997-2003  15  23  .395  5.04  204  18   0   0   2  348.3  369  195  59  109  277 Aug 01 24.322
 Will Cunnane        1997-2004  13  12  .520  5.26  184  12   0   0   3  274.0  312  160  38  128  234 Apr 03 22.344
 Roland de la Maza   1997-1997   0   0        4.50    1   0   0   0   0    2.0    1    1   1    1    1 Sep 26 25.319
 Rick DeHart         1997-2003   2   3  .400  6.14   56   0   0   0   1   63.0   81   43  13   32   45 Jul 16 27.117
 Mike DeJean         1997-2006  30  33  .476  4.30  565   1   0   0  52  623.3  649  298  59  292  446 May 02 26.216
 Roberto Duran       1997-1998   0   1  .000  6.58   31   0   0   0   0   26.0   16   19   0   32   23 Jul 06 24.122
 Todd Erdos          1997-2001   2   0 1.000  5.57   63   0   0   0   2   93.7  105   58  12   45   58 Jun 08 23.199
 Kelvim Escobar      1997-2007 101  90  .529  4.15  410 201  10   4  59 1502.0 1457  693 137  607 1305 Jun 29 21.079
 Scott Eyre          1997-2008  23  29  .442  4.38  555  32   0   0   4  604.7  621  294  79  313  497 Aug 01 25.063
 Steve Falteisek     1997-1999   0   0        5.85   15   0   0   0   0   20.0   26   13   3    6    7 Jul 22 25.175
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+------+
 Player              From  To   W   L   WL%   ERA    G   GS  CG SHO  SV   IP     H   ER   HR  BB   SO  Debut  Age
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+------+
 Tom Fordham         1997-1998   1   3  .250  6.61   36   6   0   0   0   65.3   68   48   9   52   33 Aug 19 23.180
 Keith Foulke        1997-2008  41  37  .526  3.32  614   8   0   0 191  781.7  646  288  91  193  715 May 21 24.214
 Chad Fox            1997-2008  10  12  .455  3.60  217   0   0   0   6  227.7  195   91  22  131  262 Jul 13 26.313
 Eddie Gaillard      1997-1999   2   0 1.000  4.66   30   0   0   0   1   36.7   32   19   6   17   24 Aug 11 26.363
 Wayne Gomes         1997-2002  30  23  .566  4.60  321   0   0   0  29  368.0  373  188  33  191  284 Jun 13 24.149
 Geremi Gonzalez     1997-2006  30  35  .462  4.93  131  83   4   2   0  572.7  588  314  73  238  354 May 27 22.139
 Rick Gorecki        1997-1998   2   2  .500  7.54    7   4   0   0   0   22.7   24   19   4   16   13 Sep 10 24.014
 Shane Halter        1997-2004   0   0        0.00    2   0   0   0   0    1.0    1    0   0    1    0 Apr 06 27.149
 Shigetoshi Hasegawa 1997-2005  45  44  .506  3.71  517   8   0   0  33  720.3  691  297  76  265  447 Apr 05 28.247
 Gary Haught         1997-1997   0   0        7.15    6   0   0   0   0   11.3   12    9   3    6   11 Jul 16 26.290
 Oscar Henriquez     1997-2002   1   2  .333  6.06   49   0   0   0   2   52.0   47   35   9   30   45 Sep 07 23.222
 Fernando Hernandez  1997-1997   0   0       40.50    2   0   0   0   0    1.3    5    6   0    3    2 Apr 03 25.291
 Hideki Irabu        1997-2002  34  35  .493  5.15  126  80   4   2  16  514.0  547  294  91  175  405 Jul 10 28.056
 Jason Johnson       1997-2008  55  98  .359  4.98  241 219   6   1   0 1334.7 1494  738 177  488  792 Aug 27 23.304
 Mike Johnson        1997-2001   7  14  .333  6.85   81  32   0   0   2  218.0  254  166  47  103  147 Apr 06 21.185
 Bobby Jones         1997-2004  14  21  .400  5.77   99  47   1   0   0  324.7  366  208  45  195  229 May 18 25.037
 Mike Judd           1997-2001   4   3  .571  7.20   28   8   0   0   0   75.0   91   60  14   39   61 Sep 28 22.090
 Takashi Kashiwada   1997-1997   3   1  .750  4.31   35   0   0   0   0   31.3   35   15   4   18   19 May 01 25.352
 Curtis King         1997-1999   6   2  .750  3.43   68   0   0   0   2   81.3   91   31   5   31   42 Aug 01 26.280
 Steve Kline         1997-2007  34  39  .466  3.51  796   1   0   0  39  682.3  649  266  60  295  493 Apr 02 24.223
 Tim Kubinski        1997-1999   0   0        5.76   25   0   0   0   0   25.0   26   16   5   11   17 Jul 16 25.177
 John Leroy          1997-1997   1   0 1.000  0.00    1   0   0   0   0    2.0    1    0   0    3    3 Sep 26 22.160
 Cory Lidle          1997-2006  82  72  .532  4.57  277 199  11   5   2 1322.7 1400  671 159  356  838 May 08 25.047
 Kerry Ligtenberg    1997-2005  17  20  .459  3.82  386   0   0   0  48  390.7  357  166  46  158  357 Aug 12 26.093
 Joey Long           1997-1997   0   0        8.18   10   0   0   0   0   11.0   17   10   1    8    8 Apr 25 26.284
 Derek Lowe          1997-2008 119 104  .534  3.83  520 242   8   3  85 1858.7 1850  790 153  534 1222 Apr 26 23.329
 Sean Lowe           1997-2003  23  15  .605  4.95  248  22   0   0   3  440.0  485  242  51  194  288 Aug 29 26.153
 Sean Maloney        1997-1998   0   1  .000  5.03   14   0   0   0   0   19.7   20   11   3    7   16 Apr 28 25.338
 Tom Martin          1997-2007  11   9  .550  4.92  376   0   0   0   3  316.7  339  173  36  143  224 Apr 02 26.316
 Allen McDill        1997-2001   0   0        7.79   38   0   0   0   0   34.7   38   30   8   18   28 May 15 25.265
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+------+
 Player              From  To   W   L   WL%   ERA    G   GS  CG SHO  SV   IP     H   ER   HR  BB   SO  Debut  Age
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+------+
 Tom McGraw          1997-1997   0   0        0.00    2   0   0   0   0    1.7    2    0   0    1    0 May 07 29.150
 Kevin Millwood      1997-2008 139 107  .565  4.05  343 335  15   5   0 2055.3 2054  924 211  634 1641 Jul 14 22.202
 Mike Misuraca       1997-1997   0   0       11.32    5   0   0   0   0   10.3   15   13   5    7   10 Jul 27 28.340
 Eric Moody          1997-1997   0   1  .000  4.26   10   1   0   0   0   19.0   26    9   4    2   12 Aug 03 26.209
 Matt Morris         1997-2008 121  92  .568  3.98  307 276  23   8   4 1806.0 1867  799 175  509 1214 Apr 04 22.238
 Heath Murray        1997-2002   2  15  .118  6.41   88  15   0   0   0  158.7  204  113  24   94   94 May 24 24.035
 Abraham Nunez       1997-2008   0   0        0.00    1   0   0   0   0    0.3    0    0   0    0    0 Aug 27 21.164
 Ryan Nye            1997-1998   0   2  .000  9.69    5   2   0   0   0   13.0   23   14   3    9   10 Jun 07 23.348
 Kirt Ojala          1997-1999   3  10  .231  4.71   56  19   1   0   0  164.3  177   86  19   83   99 Aug 18 28.237
 Matt Perisho        1997-2005  11  17  .393  6.39  177  28   0   0   0  276.0  346  196  42  162  202 May 27 21.353
 Marc Pisciotta      1997-1999   4   5  .444  4.24   75   0   0   0   0   80.7   73   38   6   58   55 Jun 30 26.327
 Brady Raggio        1997-2003   2   3  .400  8.10   29   5   0   0   1   46.7   75   42   3   25   32 Apr 15 24.210
 Edgar Ramos         1997-1997   0   2  .000  5.14    4   2   0   0   0   14.0   15    8   3    6    4 May 21 22.076
 Dennys Reyes        1997-2008  31  32  .492  4.35  505  40   0   0   2  627.0  637  303  55  349  560 Jul 13 20.085
 Brad Rigby          1997-2000   5  13  .278  5.50   73  14   0   0   2  175.0  221  107  31   61   75 Jun 28 24.045
 Ricardo Rincon      1997-2006  21  24  .467  3.58  557   0   0   0  21  439.7  380  175  40  200  397 Apr 03 26.355
 Danny Rios          1997-1998   0   1  .000  9.31    7   0   0   0   0    9.7   18   10   4    8    7 May 30 24.200
 Todd Ritchie        1997-2004  43  54  .443  4.71  184 120   7   3   0  835.7  929  437 104  262  516 Apr 03 25.147
 Brian Rose          1997-2001  15  23  .395  5.86   68  54   0   0   0  284.3  331  185  56  110  151 Jul 25 21.162
 Glendon Rusch       1997-2008  64  97  .398  5.03  313 215  11   3   4 1417.3 1656  792 184  447 1043 Apr 06 22.150
 Julio Santana       1997-2006  17  31  .354  5.30  209  42   1   0   1  479.0  518  282  70  232  308 Apr 06 24.076
 Jose Santiago       1997-2005  17  22  .436  4.36  229   0   0   0   4  299.0  336  145  28   95  153 Jun 07 22.214
 Tony Saunders       1997-1999  13  24  .351  4.56   62  61   2   0   0  345.7  343  175  33  204  304 Apr 05 22.341
 Scott Sheldon       1997-2001   0   0        0.00    1   0   0   0   0    0.3    0    0   0    0    1 May 18 28.171
 Rob Stanifer        1997-2000   3   6  .333  5.43   82   0   0   0   2  106.0  119   64  17   42   61 May 03 25.054
 Everett Stull       1997-2002   2   5  .286  6.59   26   6   0   0   0   57.3   65   42   8   45   42 Apr 14 25.233
 Ramon Tatis         1997-1998   1   1  .500  6.82   78   0   0   0   0   67.3   89   51  15   45   38 Apr 06 23.339
 John Thomson        1997-2007  63  85  .426  4.68  216 212  10   3   0 1270.3 1398  661 154  369  800 May 11 23.222
 Mike Thurman        1997-2002  26  36  .419  5.05  105  87   0   0   0  493.7  537  277  59  190  296 Sep 02 24.042
 Brett Tomko         1997-2008  95  99  .490  4.70  364 260  12   1   2 1734.7 1831  905 239  556 1156 May 27 24.050
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 Player              From  To   W   L   WL%   ERA    G   GS  CG SHO  SV   IP     H   ER   HR  BB   SO  Debut  Age
+-------------------+---------+---+---+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+------+------+
 Jamie Walker        1997-2008  19  18  .514  3.90  501   2   0   0  12  413.3  419  179  62  106  303 Apr 02 25.275
 Jeff Wallace        1997-2001   3   3  .500  4.20  119   1   0   0   0  137.0  119   64  11  117  120 Aug 21 21.131
 Matt Whisenant      1997-2000   9   8  .529  4.96  189   0   0   0   3  158.0  146   87   8  104  114 Jul 04 26.026
 Scott Winchester    1997-2001   3   8  .273  5.42   38  17   1   0   0  116.3  149   70  21   35   55 Sep 08 24.141
 Darrin Winston      1997-1998   4   2  .667  5.84   34   1   0   0   1   37.0   39   24  11    9   19 Sep 10 31.066
 Steve Woodard       1997-2003  32  36  .471  4.94  162  94   3   0   0  667.3  782  366  90  149  464 Jul 28 22.074
 Jaret Wright        1997-2007  68  60  .531  5.09  226 171   2   2   2  972.7 1046  550  99  467  694 Jun 24 21.177
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