1997 League Division Series - Cleveland Indians over New York Yankees (3-2)

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1997 League Division Series (3-2): Cleveland Indians (86-75) over New York Yankees (96-66)

WS: FLA-CLE / ALCS: CLE-BAL / NLCS: FLA-ATL / Div. Series: CLE-NYY / BAL-SEA / FLA-SFG / ATL-HOU
1996 ALDS1 / 1998 ALDS1

Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Tuesday, September 30, 1997 at Yankee Stadium II (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Cleveland Indians            5  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0     6 11  0
    New York Yankees             0  1  0    1  1  5    0  0  x     8 11  0

    PITCHERS: CLE - Hershiser, Morman (5), Plunk (5), Assenmacher (6), Jackson (7)
              NYY - Cone, Mendoza (4), Stanton (7), Nelson (7), Rivera (8)

               WP - Ramiro Mendoza
	       LP - Eric Plunk
             SAVE - Mariano Rivera

   HOME RUNS: CLE - Alomar
              NYY - Jeter, Martinez, O'Neill, Raines

  ATTENDANCE: 57,398

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Thursday, October 2, 1997 at Yankee Stadium II (New York Yankees)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Cleveland Indians            0  0  0    5  2  0    0  0  0     7 11  1
    New York Yankees             3  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  1     5  7  2

    PITCHERS: CLE - Wright, Jackson (7), Assenmacher (7), Mesa (8)
              NYY - Pettitte, Boehringer (6), Lloyd (7), Nelson (9)

               WP - Jaret Wright
	       LP - Andy Pettitte
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: CLE - Williams
              NYY - Jeter

  ATTENDANCE: 57,360

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Saturday, October 4, 1997 at Jacobs Field (Cleveland Indians)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             1  0  1    4  0  0    0  0  0     6  4  1
    Cleveland Indians            0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     1  5  1

    PITCHERS: NYY - Wells
              CLE - Nagy, Ogea (4)

               WP - David Wells
	       LP - Charles Nagy
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - O'Neill
              CLE - none

  ATTENDANCE: 45,274

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Sunday, October 5, 1997 at Jacobs Field (Cleveland Indians)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     2  9  1
    Cleveland Indians            0  1  0    0  0  0    0  1  1     3  9  0

    PITCHERS: NYY - Gooden, Lloyd (6), Nelson (6), Stanton (7), Rivera (8), Mendoza (9)
              CLE - Hershiser, Assenmacher (8), Jackson (8)

               WP - Michael Jackson
	       LP - Ramiro Mendoza
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: NYY - none
              CLE - Alomar, Justice

  ATTENDANCE: 45,231

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Monday, October 6, 1997 at Jacobs Field (Cleveland Indians)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    New York Yankees             0  0  0    0  2  1    0  0  0     3 12  0
    Cleveland Indians            0  0  3    1  0  0    0  0  x     4  7  2

    PITCHERS: NYY - Pettitte, Nelson (7), Stanton (8)
              CLE - Wright, Jackson (6), Assenmacher (7), Mesa (8)

               WP - Jaret Wright
	       LP - Andy Pettitte
             SAVE - Jose Mesa

   HOME RUNS: NYY - none
              CLE - none

  ATTENDANCE: 45,203

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	5	19	4	6	1	0	2	5	0	2	.316	.316	.684	1.000	0	0	125	451	63	146	21	83	0	.324	.900
Paul Assenmacher	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	75	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tony Fernandez	4	11	0	2	1	0	0	4	0	0	.182	.167	.273	.439	0	0	120	409	55	117	11	44	6	.286	.746
Brian Giles	3	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.143	.286	0	0	130	377	62	101	17	61	13	.268	.827
Marquis Grissom	5	17	3	4	0	1	0	0	1	2	.235	.278	.353	.631	0	1	144	558	74	146	12	66	22	.262	.713
Orel Hershiser	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	32	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.250
Michael Jackson	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	71	0	0	0	0	0	0
David Justice	5	19	3	5	2	0	1	2	2	3	.263	.333	.526	.860	0	0	139	495	84	163	33	101	3	.329	1.013
Jose Mesa	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	66	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alvin Morman	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Charles Nagy	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	34	5	1	1	0	0	0	.200	.400
Chad Ogea	1	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	5	21	2	3	1	0	0	3	0	3	.143	.143	.190	.333	0	0	150	561	99	184	26	88	2	.328	.953
Bip Roberts	5	19	1	6	0	0	0	1	2	2	.316	.381	.316	.697	2	1	*120	431	63	130	4	44	18	.302	.730
Kevin Seitzer	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	64	198	27	53	2	24	0	.268	.694
Jim Thome	4	15	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	5	.200	.200	.200	.400	0	0	147	496	104	142	40	102	1	.286	1.001
Omar Vizquel	5	18	3	9	0	0	0	1	2	1	.500	.550	.500	1.050	4	0	153	565	89	158	5	49	43	.280	.715
Matt Williams	5	17	4	4	1	0	1	3	3	3	.235	.381	.471	.852	0	0	151	596	86	157	32	105	12	.263	.795
Jaret Wright	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	16	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Totals	65	167	21	43	6	1	4	20	10	22	.257	.302	.377	.679	6	2	161	5556	868	1589	220		118	.286	.825

New York Yankees 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
Brian Boehringer	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	34	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wade Boggs	3	7	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	.429	.429	.429	.857	0	0	104	353	55	103	4	28	0	.292	.769
David Cone	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	29	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Chad Curtis	4	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	.167	.444	.167	.611	0	0	*115	349	59	99	15	55	12	.284	.843
Cecil Fielder	2	8	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	.125	.125	.125	.250	0	0	98	361	40	94	13	61	0	.260	.768
Andy Fox	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	22	31	13	7	0	1	2	.226	.626
Joe Girardi	5	15	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	.133	.188	.133	.321	0	0	112	398	38	105	1	50	2	.264	.645
Dwight Gooden	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	20	4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Charlie Hayes	5	15	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	2	.333	.313	.333	.646	0	0	100	353	39	91	11	53	3	.258	.728
Derek Jeter	5	21	6	7	1	0	2	2	3	5	.333	.417	.667	1.083	1	0	159	654	116	190	10	70	23	.291	.775
Graeme Lloyd	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	46	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tino Martinez	5	18	1	4	1	0	1	4	2	4	.222	.333	.444	.778	0	0	158	594	96	176	44	141	3	.296	.948
Ramiro Mendoza	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	39	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Nelson	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	77	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paul O'Neill	5	19	5	8	2	0	2	7	3	0	.421	.500	.842	1.342	0	0	149	553	89	179	21	117	10	.324	.912
Andy Pettitte	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	35	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jorge Posada	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	60	188	29	47	6	25	1	.250	.768
Scott Pose	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	54	87	19	19	0	5	3	.218	.556
Tim Raines	5	19	4	4	0	0	1	3	3	1	.211	.304	.368	.673	2	0	74	271	56	87	4	38	8	.321	.856
Mariano Rivera	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	66	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rey Sanchez	5	15	1	3	1	0	0	1	1	2	.200	.250	.267	.517	0	0	*135	343	35	94	2	27	4	.274	.660
Mike Stanley	2	4	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	.750	.800	1.000	1.800	0	0	*125	347	61	103	16	65	0	.297	.900
Mike Stanton	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	64	0	0	0	0	0	0
David Wells	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	32	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bernie Williams	5	17	3	2	1	0	0	1	4	3	.118	.318	.176	.495	0	0	129	509	107	167	21	100	15	.328	.952
Totals	75	166	24	43	7	0	6	23	20	26	.259	.346	.410	.755	3	0	162	5710	891	1636	161		99	.287	.798

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
Paul Assenmacher	4	0	5.40	0	0	0	0	3.1	2	2	2	2	1.200	75	0	2.94	5	0	4	49.0	43	15	53	1.184
Orel Hershiser	2	2	3.97	0	0	0	0	11.1	14	5	2	4	1.412	32	32	4.47	14	6	0	195.1	199	69	107	1.372
Michael Jackson	4	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	4.1	3	0	1	5	0.923	71	0	3.24	2	5	15	75.0	59	29	74	1.173
Jose Mesa	2	0	2.70	0	0	1	0	3.1	5	1	1	2	1.800	66	0	2.40	4	4	16	82.1	83	28	69	1.348
Alvin Morman	1	0		0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	1	0		34	0	5.89	0	0	2	18.1	19	14	13	1.800
Charles Nagy	1	1	9.82	0	1	0	0	3.2	2	4	6	1	2.182	34	34	4.28	15	11	0	227.0	253	77	149	1.454
Chad Ogea	1	0	1.69	0	0	0	0	5.1	2	1	0	1	0.375	21	21	4.99	8	9	0	126.1	139	47	80	1.472
Eric Plunk	1	0	27.00	0	1	0	0	1.1	4	4	0	1	3.000	55	0	4.66	4	5	0	65.2	62	36	66	1.492
Jaret Wright	2	2	3.97	2	0	0	0	11.1	11	5	7	10	1.588	16	16	4.38	8	3	0	90.1	81	35	63	1.284
Totals	18	5	4.50	3	2	1	0	44.0	43	22	20	26	1.432	161	161	4.728	86	75		1425.2	1528	575	1036	1.475

New York Yankees 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 Boehringer	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.2	1	0	1	2	1.200	34	0	2.63	3	2	0	48.0	39	32	53	1.479
David Cone	1	1	16.20	0	0	0	0	3.1	7	6	2	2	2.700	29	29	2.82	12	6	0	195.0	155	86	222	1.236
Dwight Gooden	1	1	1.59	0	0	0	0	5.2	5	1	3	5	1.412	20	19	4.91	9	5	0	106.1	116	53	66	1.589
Graeme Lloyd	2	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.1	0	0	0	1	0.000	46	0	3.31	1	1	1	49.0	55	20	26	1.531
Ramiro Mendoza	2	0	2.45	1	1	0	0	3.2	3	1	0	2	0.818	39	15	4.24	8	6	2	133.2	157	28	82	1.384
Jeff Nelson	4	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	4.0	4	0	2	0	1.500	77	0	2.86	3	7	2	78.2	53	37	81	1.144
Andy Pettitte	2	2	8.49	0	2	0	0	11.2	15	11	1	5	1.371	35	35	2.88	18	7	0	240.1	233	65	166	1.240
Mariano Rivera	2	0	4.50	0	0	1	0	2.0	2	1	0	1	1.000	66	0	1.88	6	4	43	71.2	65	20	68	1.186
Mike Stanton	3	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	1	3	2.000	64	0	2.57	6	1	3	66.2	50	34	70	1.260
David Wells	1	1	1.00	1	0	0	1	9.0	5	1	0	1	0.556	32	32	4.21	16	10	0	218.0	239	45	156	1.303
Totals	19	5	4.36	2	3	1	1	43.1	43	21	10	22	1.223	162	162	3.839	96	66		1467.2	1463	532	1165	1.359

WS: FLA-CLE / ALCS: CLE-BAL / NLCS: FLA-ATL / Div. Series: CLE-NYY / BAL-SEA / FLA-SFG / ATL-HOU
1996 ALDS1 / 1998 ALDS1

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