1997 League Division Series - Atlanta Braves over Houston Astros (3-0)

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1997 League Division Series (3-0): Atlanta Braves (101-61) over Houston Astros (84-78)

WS: FLA-CLE / ALCS: CLE-BAL / NLCS: FLA-ATL / Div. Series: CLE-NYY / BAL-SEA / FLA-SFG / ATL-HOU
1996 NLDS2 / 1998 NLDS2

Series Games

Game 1 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Tuesday, September 30, 1997 at Turner Field (Atlanta Braves)

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

    PITCHERS: HOU - Kile, Springer (8), Martin (8)
              ATL - Maddux

               WP - Greg Maddux
	       LP - Darryl Kile
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: HOU - none
              ATL - Klesko

  ATTENDANCE: 46,467

Game 2 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Wednesday, October 1, 1997 at Turner Field (Atlanta Braves)

                                 1  2  3    4  5  6    7  8  9     R  H  E
                                 -  -  -    -  -  -    -  -  -     -  -  -
    Houston Astros               0  0  0    3  0  0    0  0  0     3  6  2
    Atlanta Braves               0  0  3    0  3  5    0  2  x    13 10  1

    PITCHERS: HOU - Hampton, Magnante (5), Garcia (6), Lima (7), Wagner (8)
              ATL - Glavine, Cather (7), Wohlers (9)

               WP - Tom Glavine
	       LP - Mike Hampton
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: HOU - none
              ATL - Blauser

  ATTENDANCE: 49,200

Game 3 / Box Score and Play-By-Play

  Friday, October 3, 1997 at Astrodome (Houston Astros)

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

    PITCHERS: ATL - Smoltz
              HOU - Reynolds, Springer (7), Martin (8), Garcia (8), Magnante (9)

               WP - John Smoltz
	       LP - Shane Reynolds
             SAVE - none

   HOME RUNS: ATL - Jones
              HOU - Carr

  ATTENDANCE: 53,688

Series Batting Stats

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	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	64	103	14	25	3	9	2	.243	.680
Jeff Blauser	3	10	2	3	0	0	1	4	2	2	.300	.417	.600	1.017	0	0	151	519	90	160	17	70	5	.308	.886
Mike Cather	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Greg Colbrunn	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	*98	271	27	76	7	35	1	.280	.729
Tom Glavine	1	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	0	0	33	63	6	14	0	7	0	.222	.532
Tony Graffanino	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.400	.000	.400	0	0	104	186	33	48	8	20	6	.258	.790
Andruw Jones	3	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	153	399	60	92	18	70	20	.231	.745
Chipper Jones	3	8	3	4	0	0	1	2	3	2	.500	.583	.875	1.458	1	0	157	597	100	176	21	111	20	.295	.850
Ryan Klesko	3	8	2	2	1	0	1	1	0	2	.250	.250	.750	1.000	0	0	143	467	67	122	24	84	4	.261	.824
Keith Lockhart	2	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	96	147	25	41	6	32	0	.279	.814
Kenny Lofton	3	13	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	2	.154	.214	.231	.445	0	2	122	493	90	164	5	48	27	.333	.837
Javy Lopez	2	7	3	2	2	0	0	1	2	1	.286	.444	.571	1.016	0	0	123	414	52	122	23	68	1	.295	.895
Greg Maddux	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	0	33	67	3	7	0	4	1	.104	.301
Fred McGriff	3	9	4	2	0	0	0	1	3	2	.222	.417	.222	.639	0	0	152	564	77	156	22	97	5	.277	.797
Eddie Perez	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	73	191	20	41	6	18	0	.215	.594
John Smoltz	1	4	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	2	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	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	37	92	19	20	4	0	3	15	15	20	.217	.324	.359	.683	1	2	162	5528	791	1490	174		108	.270	.769

Houston Astros 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
Bobby Abreu	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	1	0	59	188	22	47	3	26	7	.250	.701
Brad Ausmus	2	5	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	1	.400	.400	.600	1.000	0	0	130	425	45	113	4	44	14	.266	.684
Jeff Bagwell	3	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	5	.083	.154	.083	.237	0	0	162	566	109	162	43	135	31	.286	1.017
Derek Bell	3	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	129	493	67	136	15	71	15	.276	.782
Sean Berry	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	96	301	37	77	8	43	1	.256	.739
Craig Biggio	3	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.083	.154	.083	.237	0	0	162	619	146	191	22	81	47	.309	.916
Chuck Carr	2	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	3	.250	.400	1.000	1.400	0	0	*89	238	37	59	4	17	12	.248	.679
Tony Eusebio	1	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.667	.667	.667	1.333	1	0	60	164	12	45	1	18	0	.274	.669
Ramon Garcia	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	42	36	2	4	0	5	0	.111	.298
Luis Gonzalez	3	12	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	0	0	152	550	78	142	10	68	10	.258	.722
Ricky Gutierrez	3	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	.125	.300	.125	.425	0	0	102	303	33	79	3	34	5	.261	.678
Mike Hampton	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	0	0	34	73	6	10	0	8	0	.137	.368
Richard Hidalgo	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	19	62	8	19	2	6	1	.306	.842
Thomas Howard	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	0	107	255	24	63	3	22	1	.247	.676
Russ Johnson	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	21	60	7	18	2	9	1	.300	.780
Darryl Kile	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	0	0	34	89	4	11	0	7	0	.124	.336
Jose Lima	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	52	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Mike Magnante	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	40	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Tom Martin	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	55	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Tony Pena	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	*40	86	6	15	0	10	0	.174	.476
Shane Reynolds	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	30	53	3	6	0	2	0	.113	.315
Bill Spiers	3	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.083	.000	.083	0	0	132	291	51	93	4	48	10	.320	.919
Russ Springer	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	54	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Billy Wagner	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	62	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Totals	47	96	5	16	1	0	1	5	8	24	.167	.231	.208	.439	2	0	162	5502	777	1427	133		171	.259	.747

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	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	1	2	0.500	35	0	2.39	2	4	0	37.2	23	19	29	1.115
Tom Glavine	1	1	4.50	1	0	0	0	6.0	5	3	5	4	1.667	33	33	2.96	14	7	0	240.0	197	79	152	1.150
Greg Maddux	1	1	1.00	1	0	0	1	9.0	7	1	1	6	0.889	33	33	2.20	19	4	0	232.2	200	20	177	0.946
John Smoltz	1	1	1.00	1	0	0	1	9.0	3	1	1	11	0.444	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	1	0	0	1	1.000	71	0	3.50	5	7	33	69.1	57	38	92	1.370
Totals	5	3	1.67	3	0	0	2	27.0	16	5	8	24	0.889	162	162	3.181	101	61		1465.2	1319	450	1196	1.207

Houston Astros 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
Ramon Garcia	2	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	1	1	2.000	42	20	3.69	9	8	1	158.2	155	52	120	1.305
Mike Hampton	1	1	11.57	0	1	0	0	4.2	2	6	8	2	2.143	34	34	3.83	15	10	0	223.0	217	77	139	1.318
Darryl Kile	1	1	2.57	0	1	0	0	7.0	2	2	2	4	0.571	34	34	2.57	19	7	0	255.2	208	94	205	1.181
Jose Lima	1	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	1	1	1.000	52	1	5.28	1	6	2	75.0	79	16	63	1.267
Mike Magnante	2	0	4.50	0	0	0	0	2.0	4	1	0	2	2.000	40	0	2.27	3	1	1	47.2	39	11	43	1.049
Tom Martin	2	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0.2	1	0	1	0	3.000	55	0	2.09	5	3	2	56.0	52	23	36	1.339
Shane Reynolds	1	1	3.00	0	1	0	0	6.0	5	2	1	5	1.000	30	30	4.23	9	10	0	181.0	189	47	152	1.304
Russ Springer	2	0	5.40	0	0	0	0	1.2	2	1	1	3	1.800	54	0	4.23	3	3	3	55.1	48	27	74	1.355
Billy Wagner	1	0	18.00	0	0	0	0	1.0	3	2	0	2	3.000	62	0	2.85	7	8	23	66.1	49	30	106	1.191
Totals	13	3	5.04	0	3	0	0	25.0	20	14	15	20	1.400	162	162	3.664	84	78		1459.0	1379	511	1138	1.295

WS: FLA-CLE / ALCS: CLE-BAL / NLCS: FLA-ATL / Div. Series: CLE-NYY / BAL-SEA / FLA-SFG / ATL-HOU
1996 NLDS2 / 1998 NLDS2

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