1997 League Championship Series - Florida Marlins over Atlanta Braves (4-2)

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1997 League Championship Series (4-2): Florida Marlins (92-70) over Atlanta Braves (101-61)

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

Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Tuesday, October 7, 1997 at Turner Field (Atlanta Braves)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Florida Marlins              3  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  0     5  6  0
    Atlanta Braves               1  0  1    0  0  1    0  0  0     3  5  2

    PITCHERS: FLA - Brown, Cook (7), Powell (8), Nen (9)
              ATL - Maddux, Neagle (7)

               WP - Kevin Brown
	       LP - Greg Maddux
             SAVE - Robb Nen

   HOME RUNS: FLA - none
              ATL - Jones, Klesko

  ATTENDANCE: 49,244

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, October 8, 1997 at Turner Field (Atlanta Braves)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Florida Marlins              0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0     1  3  1
    Atlanta Braves               3  0  2    0  0  0    2  0  x     7 13  0

    PITCHERS: FLA - Fernandez, Leiter (3), Heredia (6), Vosberg (7)
              ATL - Glavine, Cather (8), Wohlers (9)

               WP - Tom Glavine
	       LP - Alex Fernandez
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: FLA - none
              ATL - Jones, Klesko

  ATTENDANCE: 48,933

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Friday, October 10, 1997 at Pro Player Stadium (Florida Marlins)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Atlanta Braves               0  0  0    1  0  1    0  0  0     2  6  1
    Florida Marlins              0  0  0    1  0  4    0  0  x     5  8  1

    PITCHERS: ATL - Smoltz, Cather (7), Ligtenberg (8)
              FLA - Saunders, Hernandez (6), Cook (8), Nen (9)

               WP - Livan Hernandez
	       LP - John Smoltz
             SAVE - Robb Nen

   HOME RUNS: ATL - none
              FLA - Sheffield

  ATTENDANCE: 53,857

Game 4 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Saturday, October 11, 1997 at Pro Player Stadium (Florida Marlins)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Atlanta Braves               1  0  1    0  2  0    0  0  0     4 11  0
    Florida Marlins              0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     0  4  0

    PITCHERS: ATL - Neagle
              FLA - Leiter, Heredia (7), Vosberg (9)

               WP - Denny Neagle
	       LP - Al Leiter
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: ATL - Blauser
              FLA - none

  ATTENDANCE: 54,890

Game 5 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Sunday, October 12, 1997 at Pro Player Stadium (Florida Marlins)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Atlanta Braves               0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0     1  3  0
    Florida Marlins              1  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  x     2  5  0

    PITCHERS: ATL - Maddux, Cather (8)
              FLA - Hernandez

               WP - Livan Hernandez
	       LP - Greg Maddux
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: ATL - Tucker
              FLA - none

  ATTENDANCE: 51,982

Game 6 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Tuesday, October 14, 1997 at Turner Field (Atlanta Braves)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Florida Marlins              4  0  0    0  0  3    0  0  0     7 10  1
    Atlanta Braves               1  2  0    0  0  0    0  0  1     4 11  1

    PITCHERS: FLA - Brown
              ATL - Glavine, Cather (6), Ligtenberg (7), Embree (9)

               WP - Kevin Brown
	       LP - Tom Glavine
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: FLA - none
              ATL - none

  ATTENDANCE: 50,446

Series MVP - Livan Hernandez

Series Batting Stats

Florida Marlins 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
Kurt Abbott	2	8	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	.375	.375	.500	.875	0	0	94	252	35	69	6	30	3	.274	.747
Moises Alou	5	15	0	1	1	0	0	5	1	3	.067	.125	.133	.258	0	0	150	538	88	157	23	115	9	.292	.866
Alex Arias	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	74	93	13	23	1	11	0	.247	.653
Bobby Bonilla	6	23	3	6	1	0	0	4	1	6	.261	.292	.304	.596	0	0	153	562	77	167	17	96	6	.297	.846
Kevin Brown	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	33	72	4	9	0	4	0	.125	.321
John Cangelosi	3	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.200	.333	.200	.533	0	0	103	192	28	47	1	12	5	.245	.623
Jeff Conine	6	18	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	4	.111	.158	.111	.269	0	0	151	405	46	98	17	61	2	.242	.742
Dennis Cook	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	61	9	2	5	1	2	0	.556	1.444
Craig Counsell	5	14	0	6	0	0	0	2	3	3	.429	.529	.429	.958	0	0	*52	164	20	49	1	16	1	.299	.773
Darren Daulton	3	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	.250	.400	.500	.900	0	0	*136	395	68	104	14	63	6	.263	.841
Jim Eisenreich	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	120	293	36	82	2	34	0	.280	.717
Alex Fernandez	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	33	66	3	10	0	4	0	.152	.462
Felix Heredia	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	56	2	0	1	0	0	0	.500	1.000
Livan Hernandez	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	17	29	2	5	0	2	0	.172	.441
Charles Johnson	6	17	1	2	2	0	0	5	3	8	.118	.286	.235	.521	0	1	124	416	43	104	19	63	0	.250	.802
Al Leiter	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	27	48	2	5	0	1	0	.104	.261
Robb Nen	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	73	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jay Powell	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	74	4	0	2	0	1	0	.500	1.000
Edgar Renteria	6	22	4	5	1	0	0	0	3	6	.227	.346	.273	.619	1	0	154	617	90	171	4	52	32	.277	.668
Tony Saunders	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	22	37	2	3	1	1	0	.081	.290
Gary Sheffield	6	17	6	4	0	0	1	1	7	3	.235	.458	.412	.870	0	0	135	444	86	111	21	71	11	.250	.870
Ed Vosberg	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	*59	0	0	0	0	0	0
Devon White	6	21	4	4	1	0	0	1	2	7	.190	.292	.238	.530	1	0	74	265	37	65	6	34	13	.245	.707
Gregg Zaun	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	58	143	21	43	2	20	1	.301	.856
Totals	76	181	20	36	8	0	1	20	23	52	.199	.300	.260	.559	2	1	162	5439	740	1410	136		115	.259	.741

Atlanta Braves 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
Danny Bautista	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	0	0	64	103	14	25	3	9	2	.243	.680
Jeff Blauser	6	20	5	6	0	0	1	1	3	6	.300	.417	.450	.867	0	0	151	519	90	160	17	70	5	.308	.886
Mike Cather	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Greg Colbrunn	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	0	0	*98	271	27	76	7	35	1	.280	.729
Alan Embree	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	66	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Glavine	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	33	63	6	14	0	7	0	.222	.532
Tony Graffanino	3	8	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.375	.625	0	0	104	186	33	48	8	20	6	.258	.790
Tommy Gregg	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	13	19	1	5	0	0	1	.263	.668
Andruw Jones	5	9	0	4	0	0	0	1	1	1	.444	.500	.444	.944	0	0	153	399	60	92	18	70	20	.231	.745
Chipper Jones	6	24	5	7	1	0	2	4	2	3	.292	.346	.583	.929	0	0	157	597	100	176	21	111	20	.295	.850
Ryan Klesko	5	17	2	4	0	0	2	4	2	3	.235	.316	.588	.904	0	0	143	467	67	122	24	84	4	.261	.824
Kerry Ligtenberg	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0
Keith Lockhart	5	16	4	8	1	1	0	3	1	1	.500	.556	.688	1.243	0	0	96	147	25	41	6	32	0	.279	.814
Kenny Lofton	6	27	3	5	0	1	0	1	1	7	.185	.214	.259	.474	1	1	122	493	90	164	5	48	27	.333	.837
Javy Lopez	5	17	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	7	.059	.100	.118	.218	0	0	123	414	52	122	23	68	1	.295	.895
Greg Maddux	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	33	67	3	7	0	4	1	.104	.301
Fred McGriff	6	21	0	7	1	0	0	4	2	7	.333	.375	.381	.756	0	0	152	564	77	156	22	97	5	.277	.797
Denny Neagle	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	34	72	6	11	1	7	0	.153	.406
Eddie Perez	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	73	191	20	41	6	18	0	.215	.594
John Smoltz	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	36	79	10	18	0	4	1	.228	.573
Michael Tucker	5	10	1	1	0	0	1	1	3	4	.100	.308	.400	.708	0	0	138	499	80	141	14	56	12	.283	.792
Mark Wohlers	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	71	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Totals	78	194	21	49	5	2	6	21	16	49	.253	.312	.392	.703	1	1	162	5528	791	1490	174		108	.270	.769

Florida Marlins 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
Kevin Brown	2	2	4.20	2	0	0	1	15.0	16	7	5	11	1.400	33	33	2.69	16	8	0	237.1	214	66	205	1.180
Dennis Cook	2	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	2.1	0	0	0	2	0.000	59	0	3.90	1	2	0	62.1	64	28	63	1.476
Alex Fernandez	1	1	16.88	0	1	0	0	2.2	6	5	1	3	2.625	32	32	3.59	17	12	0	220.2	193	69	183	1.187
Felix Heredia	2	0	5.40	0	0	0	0	3.1	3	2	2	4	1.500	56	0	4.29	5	3	0	56.2	53	30	54	1.465
Livan Hernandez	2	1	0.84	2	0	0	1	10.2	5	1	2	16	0.656	17	17	3.18	9	3	0	96.1	81	38	72	1.235
Al Leiter	2	1	4.32	0	1	0	0	8.1	13	4	2	6	1.800	27	27	4.34	11	9	0	151.1	133	91	132	1.480
Robb Nen	2	0	0.00	0	0	2	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0.000	73	0	3.89	9	3	35	74.0	72	40	81	1.514
Jay Powell	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	1	0.000	74	0	3.28	7	2	2	79.2	71	30	65	1.268
Tony Saunders	1	1	3.38	0	0	0	0	5.1	4	2	3	3	1.313	22	21	4.61	4	6	0	111.1	99	64	102	1.464
Ed Vosberg	2	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	2.2	2	0	1	3	1.125	*59	0	4.42	2	3	1	53.0	59	21	37	1.509
Totals	17	6	3.57	4	2	2	2	53.0	49	21	16	49	1.226	162	162	3.826	92	70		1446.2	1353	639	1188	1.377

Atlanta Braves 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
Mike Cather	4	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	2.2	3	0	0	3	1.125	35	0	2.39	2	4	0	37.2	23	19	29	1.115
Alan Embree	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	1	1	1.000	66	0	2.54	3	1	0	46.0	36	20	45	1.217
Tom Glavine	2	2	5.40	1	1	0	0	13.1	13	8	11	9	1.800	33	33	2.96	14	7	0	240.0	197	79	152	1.150
Kerry Ligtenberg	2	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	4	0.333	15	0	3.00	1	0	1	15.0	12	4	19	1.067
Greg Maddux	2	2	1.38	0	2	0	0	13.0	9	2	4	16	1.000	33	33	2.20	19	4	0	232.2	200	20	177	0.946
Denny Neagle	2	1	0.00	1	0	0	1	12.0	5	0	1	9	0.500	34	34	2.97	20	5	0	233.1	204	49	172	1.084
John Smoltz	1	1	7.50	0	1	0	0	6.0	5	5	5	9	1.667	35	35	3.02	15	12	0	256.0	234	63	241	1.160
Mark Wohlers	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	1	1	1.000	71	0	3.50	5	7	33	69.1	57	38	92	1.370
Totals	15	6	2.60	2	4	0	1	52.0	36	15	23	52	1.135	162	162	3.181	101	61		1465.2	1319	450	1196	1.207

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

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