You Are Here > Baseball-Reference.com > Leagues > NL History > 1997 NL | AL > Standings & Expanded Standings

1997 National League Standings and Head-to-Head

1996 NL  / 1998 NL  / 1997 AL  / 1997 MLB  Standings and Head-to-Head

Postseason

WorldSeries (4-3):   Florida Marlins over Cleveland Indians
LgChampSeries (4-2):   Florida Marlins over Atlanta Braves
LgDivSeries (3-0):   Florida Marlins over San Francisco Giants
LgDivSeries (3-0):   Atlanta Braves over Houston Astros

East Division

Tm W L W-L% GB
Atlanta Braves ATL 101 61 .623 --
Florida Marlins FLA 92 70 .568 9.0
New York Mets NYM 88 74 .543 13.0
Montreal Expos MON 78 84 .481 23.0
Philadelphia Phillies PHI 68 94 .420 33.0

Central Division

Tm W L W-L% GB
Houston Astros HOU 84 78 .519 --
Pittsburgh Pirates PIT 79 83 .488 5.0
Cincinnati Reds CIN 76 86 .469 8.0
St. Louis Cardinals STL 73 89 .451 11.0
Chicago Cubs CHC 68 94 .420 16.0

West Division

Tm W L W-L% GB
San Francisco Giants SFG 90 72 .556 --
Los Angeles Dodgers LAD 88 74 .543 2.0
Colorado Rockies COL 83 79 .512 7.0
San Diego Padres SDP 76 86 .469 14.0

NL East Detailed Standings

SHARE
Rk Tm W L W-L% GB GBsum R RA pythWL Luck vEast vCent vWest Inter Home Road ExInn 1Run vRHP vLHP ≥.500 <.500
1 ATL 101 61 .623 --- 4.9 3.6 103-59 -2 29-19 38-17 26-18 8-7 50-31 51-30 10-10 33-20 74-47 27-14 36-38 65-23
2 FLA 92 70 .568 9.0 9.0 4.6 4.1 89-73 2 25-23 34-21 21-23 12-3 52-29 40-41 9-5 32-22 74-55 18-15 40-34 52-36
3 NYM 88 74 .543 13.0 17.0 4.8 4.4 87-75 0 29-19 34-21 18-26 7-8 50-31 38-43 11-7 21-27 57-56 31-18 35-39 53-35
4 MON 78 84 .481 23.0 47.0 4.3 4.6 76-86 1 18-30 26-29 22-22 12-3 45-36 33-48 4-12 28-25 54-66 24-18 33-53 45-31
5 PHI 68 94 .420 33.0 87.0 4.1 5.2 64-98 3 19-29 26-29 18-26 5-10 38-43 30-51 5-6 23-20 56-66 12-28 34-52 34-42
Avg 85 76 .527 4.5 4.4 84-78 24-24 31-23 21-23 8-6 47-34 38-42 7-8 27-22 63-58 22-18 35-43 49-33

NL Central Detailed Standings

SHARE
Rk Tm W L W-L% GB GBsum R RA pythWL Luck vEast vCent vWest Inter Home Road ExInn 1Run vRHP vLHP ≥.500 <.500
1 HOU 84 78 .519 --- 4.8 4.1 93-69 -9 27-28 31-17 22-22 4-11 46-35 38-43 8-11 19-25 70-51 14-27 32-37 52-41
2 PIT 79 83 .488 5.0 5.0 4.5 4.7 78-84 0 26-29 24-24 22-22 7-8 43-38 36-45 6-6 22-21 58-69 21-14 38-43 41-40
3 CIN 76 86 .469 8.0 11.0 4.0 4.7 69-93 6 23-32 24-24 20-24 9-6 40-41 36-45 8-8 18-17 62-68 14-18 31-50 45-36
4 STL 73 89 .451 11.0 20.0 4.3 4.4 79-83 -6 21-34 20-28 24-20 8-7 41-40 32-49 6-11 20-33 52-72 21-17 33-48 40-41
5 CHC 68 94 .420 16.0 40.0 4.2 4.7 73-89 -5 20-35 21-27 18-26 9-6 42-39 26-55 3-8 24-26 50-74 18-20 26-55 42-39
Avg 76 86 .469 4.4 4.5 78-84 23-31 24-24 21-22 7-7 42-38 33-47 6-8 20-24 58-66 17-19 32-46 44-39

NL West Detailed Standings

SHARE
Rk Tm W L W-L% GB GBsum R RA pythWL Luck vEast vCent vWest Inter Home Road ExInn 1Run vRHP vLHP ≥.500 <.500
1 SFG 90 72 .556 --- 4.8 4.9 79-83 10 31-24 27-28 22-14 10-6 48-33 42-39 11-3 23-17 69-52 21-20 46-30 44-42
2 LAD 88 74 .543 2.0 2.0 4.6 4.0 91-71 -3 32-23 29-26 18-18 9-7 47-34 41-40 9-8 19-24 62-49 26-25 37-39 51-35
3 COL 83 79 .512 7.0 12.0 5.7 5.6 82-80 0 30-25 31-24 13-23 9-7 47-34 36-45 4-5 19-17 63-60 20-19 38-38 45-41
4 SDP 76 86 .469 14.0 33.0 4.9 5.5 72-90 3 22-33 27-28 19-17 8-8 39-42 37-44 11-6 21-16 59-66 17-20 44-44 32-42
Avg 84 77 .520 5.0 5.0 81-81 28-26 28-26 18-18 9-7 45-35 39-42 8-5 20-18 63-56 21-21 41-37 43-40

NL Wild Card Detailed Standings

SHARE
Rk Tm W L W-L% GB GBsum R RA pythWL Luck vEast vCent vWest Inter Home Road ExInn 1Run vRHP vLHP ≥.500 <.500
1 ATL 101 61 .623 --- --- 4.9 3.6 103-59 -2 29-19 38-17 26-18 8-7 50-31 51-30 10-10 33-20 74-47 27-14 36-38 65-23
2  FLA 92 70 .568 --- --- 4.6 4.1 89-73 2 25-23 34-21 21-23 12-3 52-29 40-41 9-5 32-22 74-55 18-15 40-34 52-36
3 SFG 90 72 .556 2.0 2.0 4.8 4.9 79-83 10 31-24 27-28 22-14 10-6 48-33 42-39 11-3 23-17 69-52 21-20 46-30 44-42
4  LAD 88 74 .543 4.0 4.0 4.6 4.0 91-71 -3 32-23 29-26 18-18 9-7 47-34 41-40 9-8 19-24 62-49 26-25 37-39 51-35
5  NYM 88 74 .543 4.0 4.0 4.8 4.4 87-75 0 29-19 34-21 18-26 7-8 50-31 38-43 11-7 21-27 57-56 31-18 35-39 53-35
6 HOU 84 78 .519 8.0 16.0 4.8 4.1 93-69 -9 27-28 31-17 22-22 4-11 46-35 38-43 8-11 19-25 70-51 14-27 32-37 52-41
7  COL 83 79 .512 9.0 19.0 5.7 5.6 82-80 0 30-25 31-24 13-23 9-7 47-34 36-45 4-5 19-17 63-60 20-19 38-38 45-41
8  PIT 79 83 .488 13.0 35.0 4.5 4.7 78-84 0 26-29 24-24 22-22 7-8 43-38 36-45 6-6 22-21 58-69 21-14 38-43 41-40
9  MON 78 84 .481 14.0 40.0 4.3 4.6 76-86 1 18-30 26-29 22-22 12-3 45-36 33-48 4-12 28-25 54-66 24-18 33-53 45-31
10  CIN 76 86 .469 16.0 52.0 4.0 4.7 69-93 6 23-32 24-24 20-24 9-6 40-41 36-45 8-8 18-17 62-68 14-18 31-50 45-36
11  SDP 76 86 .469 16.0 52.0 4.9 5.5 72-90 3 22-33 27-28 19-17 8-8 39-42 37-44 11-6 21-16 59-66 17-20 44-44 32-42
12  STL 73 89 .451 19.0 76.0 4.3 4.4 79-83 -6 21-34 20-28 24-20 8-7 41-40 32-49 6-11 20-33 52-72 21-17 33-48 40-41
13  PHI 68 94 .420 24.0 121.0 4.1 5.2 64-98 3 19-29 26-29 18-26 5-10 38-43 30-51 5-6 23-20 56-66 12-28 34-52 34-42
14  CHC 68 94 .420 24.0 121.0 4.2 4.7 73-89 -5 20-35 21-27 18-26 9-6 42-39 26-55 3-8 24-26 50-74 18-20 26-55 42-39
Avg 81 80 .504 4.6 4.6 81-81 25-27 28-24 20-21 8-6 44-36 36-44 7-7 23-22 61-60 20-19 35-42 45-37
Pennant Race Charts from BaseballRace.com: NL | East | Central | West | Wildcard

Head-to-Head Records

Read across for wins and down the columns for losses
     |ATL FLA MON NYM PHI|CHC CIN HOU PIT STL|COL LAD SDP SFG Interleague Records
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------+
  ATL| --   4  10   5  10|  9   9   7   5   8|  5   6   8   7|BAL:0-3,BOS:3-0,DET:1-2,NYY:2-1,TOR:2-1
  FLA|  8  --   7   4   6|  9   6   7   7   5|  4   7   5   5|BAL:3-0,BOS:2-1,DET:2-1,NYY:2-1,TOR:3-0
  MON|  2   5  --   5   6|  7   5   3   5   6|  4   4   8   6|BAL:2-1,BOS:3-0,DET:3-0,NYY:2-1,TOR:2-1
  NYM|  7   8   7  --   7|  5   9   4   7   9|  5   5   5   3|BAL:2-1,BOS:1-2,DET:0-3,NYY:1-2,TOR:3-0
  PHI|  2   6   6   5  --|  5   3   7   5   6|  7   1   7   3|BAL:0-3,BOS:0-3,DET:1-2,NYY:3-0,TOR:1-2
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------+
  CHC|  2   2   4   6   6| --   7   3   7   4|  2   5   6   5|CHW:1-2,CLE:1-2,KCR:3-0,MIL:2-1,MIN:2-1
  CIN|  2   5   6   2   8|  5  --   5   8   6|  5   6   5   4|CHW:1-2,CLE:2-1,KCR:2-1,MIL:3-0,MIN:1-2
  HOU|  4   4   8   7   4|  9   7  --   6   9|  6   7   6   3|CHW:0-3,CLE:1-2,KCR:1-2,MIL:1-2,MIN:1-2
  PIT|  6   4   6   4   6|  5   4   6  --   9|  7   2   5   8|CHW:3-0,CLE:1-2,KCR:1-2,MIL:1-2,MIN:1-2
  STL|  3   6   5   2   5|  8   6   3   3  --|  4   6   6   8|CHW:2-1,CLE:1-2,KCR:2-1,MIL:0-3,MIN:3-0
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------+
  COL|  6   7   7   6   4|  9   6   5   4   7| --   5   4   4|ANA:3-1,OAK:3-1,SEA:2-2,TEX:1-3
  LAD|  5   4   7   6  10|  6   5   4   9   5|  7  --   5   6|ANA:4-0,OAK:3-1,SEA:1-3,TEX:1-3
  SDP|  3   6   3   6   4|  5   6   5   6   5|  8   7  --   4|ANA:2-2,OAK:1-3,SEA:3-1,TEX:2-2
  SFG|  4   6   5   8   8|  6   7   8   3   3|  8   6   8  --|ANA:3-1,OAK:2-2,SEA:3-1,TEX:2-2
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------+
     |ATL FLA MON NYM PHI|CHC CIN HOU PIT STL|COL LAD SDP SFG Interleague Records

Head-to-Head Run Scoring

Read across for runs scored and down the columns for runs allowed
     |ATL FLA MON NYM PHI|CHC CIN HOU PIT STL|COL LAD SDP SFG Interleague Records
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------+
  ATL| --  34  59  79  73| 56  77  40  45  44| 58  47  60  48|BAL:10-15,BOS:31-6,DET:11-16,NYY:5-2,TOR:14-12
  FLA| 50  --  41  41  66| 55  56  52  58  34| 50  62  54  43|BAL:20-12,BOS:13-16,DET:12-11,NYY:13-14,TOR:20-4
  MON| 32  41  --  48  51| 51  41  44  44  44| 62  36  63  74|BAL:11-9,BOS:11-7,DET:15-5,NYY:13-8,TOR:10-9
  NYM| 68  54  45  --  71| 61  70  40  60  54| 58  32  53  42|BAL:20-11,BOS:10-20,DET:13-31,NYY:11-9,TOR:15-7
  PHI| 46  68  51  46  --| 49  40  56  50  44| 49  20  52  50|BAL:8-22,BOS:12-21,DET:5-9,NYY:15-5,TOR:7-17
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------+
  CHC| 30  26  52  52  69| --  45  45  44  44| 41  41  56  54|CHW:11-11,CLE:20-20,KCR:17-10,MIL:15-12,MIN:25-16
  CIN| 34  35  45  34  53| 34  --  44  65  52| 55  40  53  39|CHW:12-18,CLE:10-8,KCR:14-10,MIL:20-8,MIN:12-15
  HOU| 36  49  71  51  60| 66  53  --  53  51| 67  46  82  42|CHW:7-17,CLE:16-16,KCR:14-13,MIL:8-7,MIN:5-16
  PIT| 35  41  65  53  55| 41  53  45  --  68| 84  33  41  62|CHW:9-2,CLE:14-18,KCR:9-19,MIL:6-8,MIN:11-27
  STL| 27  41  49  37  47| 58  61  37  43  --| 73  46  48  66|CHW:14-8,CLE:10-19,KCR:19-27,MIL:7-13,MIN:6-2
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------+
  COL| 56  72  80  50  50| 70  76  49  62  73| --  67  74  49|ANA:23-14,OAK:23-13,SEA:27-28,TEX:22-36
  LAD| 40  55  44  33  52| 46  34  39  66  41| 73  --  57  72|ANA:24-14,OAK:22-14,SEA:22-22,TEX:22-24
  SDP| 37  59  40  56  52| 44  49  62  49  40| 83  58  --  62|ANA:22-20,OAK:33-35,SEA:30-27,TEX:19-19
  SFG| 39  37  60  51  67| 59  50  38  47  50| 64  43  97  --|ANA:25-14,OAK:18-26,SEA:20-26,TEX:19-24
+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+-------------------+
     |ATL FLA MON NYM PHI|CHC CIN HOU PIT STL|COL LAD SDP SFG Interleague Records
1996 NL  / 1998 NL  / 1997 AL  / 1997 MLB  Standings and Head-to-Head