1997 League Championship Series - Cleveland Indians over Baltimore Orioles (4-2)

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1997 League Championship Series (4-2): Cleveland Indians (86-75) over Baltimore Orioles (98-64)

WS: FLA-CLE / ALCS: CLE-BAL / NLCS: FLA-ATL / Div. Series: CLE-NYY / BAL-SEA / FLA-SFG / ATL-HOU
1996 ALCS / 1998 ALCS

Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, October 8, 1997 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards (Baltimore Orioles)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Cleveland Indians            0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  4  1
    Baltimore Orioles            1  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  x     3  6  1

    PITCHERS: CLE - Ogea, Anderson (7)
              BAL - Erickson, Myers (9)

               WP - Scott Erickson
	       LP - Chad Ogea
             SAVE - Randy Myers

   HOME RUNS: CLE - none
              BAL - Alomar, Anderson

  ATTENDANCE: 49,029

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Thursday, October 9, 1997 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards (Baltimore Orioles)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Cleveland Indians            2  0  0    0  0  0    0  3  0     5  6  3
    Baltimore Orioles            0  2  0    0  0  2    0  0  0     4  8  1

    PITCHERS: CLE - Nagy, Morman (6), Juden (7), Assenmacher (7), Jackson (8), Mesa (9)
              BAL - Key, Kamieniecki (5), Benitez (8), Mills (9)

               WP - Paul Assenmacher
	       LP - Armando Benitez
             SAVE - Jose Mesa

   HOME RUNS: CLE - Grissom, Ramirez
              BAL - Ripken

  ATTENDANCE: 49,131

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Saturday, October 11, 1997 at Jacobs Field (Cleveland Indians)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10 11 12     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Baltimore Orioles            0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0     1  8  1
    Cleveland Indians            0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  1     2  6  0

    PITCHERS: BAL - Mussina, Benitez (8), Orosco (9), Mills (9), Rhodes (10), Myers (11)
              CLE - Hershiser, Assenmacher (8), Jackson (8), Mesa (9), Juden (11), Morman (11), Plunk (12)

               WP - Eric Plunk
	       LP - Randy Myers
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BAL - none
              CLE - none

  ATTENDANCE: 45,057

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Sunday, October 12, 1997 at Jacobs Field (Cleveland Indians)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Baltimore Orioles            0  1  4    0  0  0    1  0  1     7 12  2
    Cleveland Indians            0  2  0    1  4  0    0  0  1     8 13  0

    PITCHERS: BAL - Erickson, Rhodes (5), Mills (7), Orosco (9), Benitez (9)
              CLE - Wright, Anderson (4), Juden (7), Assenmacher (7), Jackson (7), Mesa (8)

               WP - Jose Mesa
	       LP - Alan Mills
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BAL - Anderson, Baines, Palmeiro
              CLE - Alomar, Ramirez

  ATTENDANCE: 45,081

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Monday, October 13, 1997 at Jacobs Field (Cleveland Indians)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Baltimore Orioles            0  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  2     4 10  0
    Cleveland Indians            0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  2     2  8  1

    PITCHERS: BAL - Kamieniecki, Key (6), Myers (9)
              CLE - Ogea, Assenmacher (9), Jackson (9)

               WP - Scott Kamieniecki
	       LP - Chad Ogea
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: BAL - Davis
              CLE - none

  ATTENDANCE: 45,068

Game 6 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, October 15, 1997 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards (Baltimore Orioles)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9   10 11     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -     -  -  -
    Cleveland Indians            0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1     1  3  0
    Baltimore Orioles            0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0     0 10  0

    PITCHERS: CLE - Nagy, Assenmacher (8), Jackson (8), Anderson (10), Mesa (11)
              BAL - Mussina, Myers (9), Benitez (11)

               WP - Brian Anderson
	       LP - Armando Benitez
             SAVE - Jose Mesa

   HOME RUNS: CLE - Fernandez
              BAL - none

  ATTENDANCE: 49,075

Series MVP - Marquis Grissom

Series Batting Stats

Cleveland Indians Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Sandy Alomar	6	24	3	3	0	0	1	4	1	3	.125	.160	.250	.410	0	0	125	451	63	146	21	83	0	.324	.900
Brian Anderson	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Assenmacher	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	75	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Branson	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	*94	170	14	34	3	12	1	.200	.568
Tony Fernandez	5	14	1	5	1	0	1	2	1	2	.357	.438	.643	1.080	0	0	120	409	55	117	11	44	6	.286	.746
Brian Giles	6	16	1	3	3	0	0	0	2	6	.188	.278	.375	.653	0	0	130	377	62	101	17	61	13	.268	.827
Marquis Grissom	6	23	2	6	0	0	1	4	1	9	.261	.292	.391	.683	3	0	144	558	74	146	12	66	22	.262	.713
Orel Hershiser	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	32	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.250
Michael Jackson	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	71	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Juden	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	*30	43	1	6	0	4	0	.140	.364
David Justice	6	21	3	7	1	0	0	0	2	4	.333	.417	.381	.798	0	0	139	495	84	163	33	101	3	.329	1.013
Jose Mesa	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	66	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alvin Morman	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Charles Nagy	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	34	5	1	1	0	0	0	.200	.400
Chad Ogea	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	21	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Eric Plunk	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	56	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Manny Ramirez	6	21	3	6	1	0	2	3	5	5	.286	.444	.619	1.063	0	0	150	561	99	184	26	88	2	.328	.953
Bip Roberts	5	20	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	8	.150	.150	.200	.350	1	0	*120	431	63	130	4	44	18	.302	.730
Kevin Seitzer	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	64	198	27	53	2	24	0	.268	.694
Jim Thome	6	14	3	1	0	0	0	0	5	4	.071	.316	.071	.387	0	0	147	496	104	142	40	102	1	.286	1.001
Omar Vizquel	6	25	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	10	.040	.143	.040	.183	0	0	153	565	89	158	5	49	43	.280	.715
Matt Williams	6	23	1	5	1	0	0	2	3	7	.217	.308	.261	.569	1	0	151	596	86	157	32	105	12	.263	.795
Jaret Wright	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Totals	92	207	18	40	8	0	5	15	23	62	.193	.286	.304	.591	5	0	161	5556	868	1589	220		118	.286	.825

Baltimore Orioles Batting

* indicates player was with multiple teams

	Playoff Series Stats																Regular Season Stats
	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	SB	CS	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Roberto Alomar	6	22	2	4	0	0	1	2	7	3	.182	.379	.318	.697	0	0	112	412	64	137	14	60	9	.333	.890
Brady Anderson	6	25	5	9	2	0	2	3	4	4	.360	.448	.680	1.128	2	0	151	590	97	170	18	73	18	.288	.863
Harold Baines	6	17	1	6	0	0	1	2	2	1	.353	.421	.529	.950	0	1	*137	452	55	136	16	67	0	.301	.832
Armando Benitez	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	71	0	0	0	0	0	0
Geronimo Berroa	6	21	1	6	2	0	0	3	0	3	.286	.286	.381	.667	0	0	*156	561	88	159	26	90	4	.283	.836
Mike Bordick	6	19	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	6	.158	.158	.211	.368	0	0	153	509	55	120	7	46	0	.236	.601
Eric Davis	6	13	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	3	.154	.214	.385	.599	0	0	42	158	29	48	8	25	6	.304	.883
Scott Erickson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.333
Jeffrey Hammonds	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	1	0	118	397	71	105	21	55	15	.264	.809
Chris Hoiles	4	14	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	5	.143	.250	.143	.393	0	0	99	320	45	83	12	49	1	.259	.794
Scott Kamieniecki	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	30	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Jimmy Key	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	34	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Alan Mills	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	39	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Mussina	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	33	4	0	1	0	0	0	.250	.500
Randy Myers	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	61	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jesse Orosco	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	71	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rafael Palmeiro	6	25	3	7	2	0	1	2	0	10	.280	.308	.480	.788	0	0	158	614	95	156	38	110	5	.254	.815
Jeff Reboulet	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	99	228	26	54	4	27	3	.237	.636
Arthur Rhodes	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	54	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Cal Ripken	6	23	3	8	2	0	1	3	4	6	.348	.444	.565	1.010	0	0	162	615	79	166	17	84	1	.270	.733
B.J. Surhoff	6	25	1	5	2	0	0	1	2	2	.200	.259	.280	.539	0	0	147	528	80	150	18	88	1	.284	.803
Jerome Walton	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	26	68	8	20	3	9	0	.294	.775
Lenny Webster	4	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.222	.222	.222	.444	0	0	98	259	29	66	7	37	0	.255	.691
Totals	92	218	19	54	11	0	7	19	23	47	.248	.322	.394	.717	3	1	162	5584	812	1498	196		63	.268	.770

Cleveland Indians Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Brian Anderson	3	0	1.42	1	0	0	0	6.1	1	1	3	7	0.632	8	8	4.69	4	2	0	48.0	55	11	22	1.375
Paul Assenmacher	5	0	9.00	1	0	0	0	2.0	5	2	1	3	3.000	75	0	2.94	5	0	4	49.0	43	15	53	1.184
Orel Hershiser	1	1	0.00	0	0	0	0	7.0	4	0	1	7	0.714	32	32	4.47	14	6	0	195.1	199	69	107	1.372
Michael Jackson	5	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	4.1	1	0	1	7	0.462	71	0	3.24	2	5	15	75.0	59	29	74	1.173
Jeff Juden	3	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	0	2	2	4.000	*30	27	4.46	11	6	0	161.1	157	72	136	1.419
Jose Mesa	4	0	3.38	1	0	2	0	5.1	5	2	3	5	1.500	66	0	2.40	4	4	16	82.1	83	28	69	1.348
Alvin Morman	2	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.1	0	0	0	1	0.000	34	0	5.89	0	0	2	18.1	19	14	13	1.800
Charles Nagy	2	2	2.77	0	0	0	0	13.0	17	4	5	5	1.692	34	34	4.28	15	11	0	227.0	253	77	149	1.454
Chad Ogea	2	2	3.21	0	2	0	0	14.0	12	5	5	7	1.214	21	21	4.99	8	9	0	126.1	139	47	80	1.472
Eric Plunk	1	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0.2	1	0	0	0	1.500	55	0	4.66	4	5	0	65.2	62	36	66	1.492
Jaret Wright	1	1	15.00	0	0	0	0	3.0	6	5	2	3	2.667	16	16	4.38	8	3	0	90.1	81	35	63	1.284
Totals	29	6	2.95	4	2	2	0	58.0	54	19	23	47	1.328	161	161	4.728	86	75		1425.2	1528	575	1036	1.475

Baltimore Orioles Pitching

* indicates player was with multiple teams

			Playoff Series Stats											Regular Season Stats
	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	G	GS	ERA	W	L	SV	IP	H	BB	SO	WHIP
Armando Benitez	4	0	12.00	0	2	0	0	3.0	3	4	4	6	2.333	71	0	2.45	4	5	9	73.1	49	43	106	1.255
Scott Erickson	2	2	4.26	1	0	0	0	12.2	15	6	1	6	1.263	34	33	3.69	16	7	0	221.2	218	61	131	1.259
Scott Kamieniecki	2	1	0.00	1	0	0	0	8.0	4	0	2	5	0.750	30	30	4.01	10	6	0	179.1	179	67	109	1.372
Jimmy Key	2	1	2.57	0	0	0	0	7.0	5	2	3	7	1.143	34	34	3.43	16	10	0	212.1	210	82	141	1.375
Alan Mills	3	0	2.70	0	1	0	0	3.1	1	1	2	3	0.900	39	0	4.89	2	3	0	38.2	41	33	32	1.914
Mike Mussina	2	2	0.60	0	0	0	0	15.0	4	1	4	25	0.533	33	33	3.20	15	8	0	224.2	197	54	218	1.117
Randy Myers	4	0	5.06	0	1	1	0	5.1	6	3	3	7	1.688	61	0	1.51	2	3	45	59.2	47	22	56	1.156
Jesse Orosco	2	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.1	0	0	1	1	0.750	71	0	2.32	6	3	0	50.1	29	30	46	1.172
Arthur Rhodes	2	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	2.1	2	0	3	2	2.143	53	0	3.02	10	3	1	95.1	75	26	102	1.059
Totals	23	6	2.64	2	4	1	0	58.0	40	17	23	62	1.086	162	162	3.912	98	64		1461.0	1404	563	1139	1.346

WS: FLA-CLE / ALCS: CLE-BAL / NLCS: FLA-ATL / Div. Series: CLE-NYY / BAL-SEA / FLA-SFG / ATL-HOU
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