1997 Baltimore Orioles season

The 1997 Baltimore Orioles season was the 97th season in Baltimore Orioles franchise history, the 44th in Baltimore, and the 6th at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

1997 Baltimore Orioles
American League East champions
League	American League
Division	East
Ballpark	Oriole Park at Camden Yards
City	Baltimore, Maryland
Record	98–64 (.605)
Divisional place	1st
Owners	Peter Angelos
General managers	Pat Gillick
Managers	Davey Johnson
Television	WJZ-TV/WNUV/WBDC Home Team Sports (Jim Palmer, Mike Flanagan, Michael Reghi)
Radio	WBAL (AM) (Chuck Thompson, Fred Manfra, Jim Hunter)
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The Orioles finished first in the American League East Division with a record of 98 wins and 64 losses. They met the Seattle Mariners in the ALDS, and beat them in four games. However, in the ALCS, they would play the Cleveland Indians, where they would fall in six games. It was the final season for Davey Johnson as manager, as a disagreement with ownership drove him out. It would be their last winning season until 15 years later.

Offseason

• December 10, 1996: Jimmy Key was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.^[1]
• December 13, 1996: Mike Bordick was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.^[2]
• December 18, 1996: Jerome Walton was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.^[3]
• December 19, 1996: Eric Davis was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.^[4]
• March 22, 1997: Scott McClain was traded by the Baltimore Orioles with Manny Alexander to the New York Mets for Hector Ramirez.^[5]

Roster

1997 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers 49 Armando Benítez 32 Shawn Boskie 27 Rocky Coppinger 19 Scott Erickson 39,59 Mike Johnson 30 Scott Kamieniecki 21 Jimmy Key 38 Rick Krivda 51 Terry Mathews 75 Alan Mills 35 Mike Mussina 28 Randy Myers 47 Jesse Orosco 53 Arthur Rhodes 39 Nerio Rodríguez 55 Brian Williams 56 Esteban Yan		Catchers 34 Charlie Greene 23 Chris Hoiles 37 Tim Laker 50 Mel Rosario 42 Lenny Webster Infielders 12 Roberto Alomar 14 Mike Bordick  6 Aaron Ledesma 25 Rafael Palmeiro 36 Jeff Reboulet  8 Cal Ripken Jr.		Outfielders  9 Brady Anderson 10,3 Harold Baines 10,29 Gerónimo Berroa 37 Danny Clyburn 24 Eric Davis 26 David Dellucci 11 Jeffrey Hammonds 26,29 Pete Incaviglia 17 B. J. Surhoff 3,43 Tony Tarasco  1 Jerome Walton		Manager 15 Davey Johnson Coaches 48 Rick Down 55 Andy Etchebarren 44 Elrod Hendricks 31 Ray Miller  2 Sam Perlozzo 18 John Stearns

Regular season

Season standings

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AL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Baltimore Orioles	98	64	.605	—	46‍–‍35	52‍–‍29
New York Yankees	96	66	.593	2	47‍–‍33	49‍–‍33
Detroit Tigers	79	83	.488	19	42‍–‍39	37‍–‍44
Boston Red Sox	78	84	.481	20	39‍–‍42	39‍–‍42
Toronto Blue Jays	76	86	.469	22	42‍–‍39	34‍–‍47

Record vs. opponents

1997 American League record Source: MLB Standings Grid – 1997 v t e
Team	ANA	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	MIL	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TEX	TOR	NL
Anaheim	—	4–7	6–5	6–5	7–4	5–6	6–5	7–4	4–7	4–7	11–1	6–6	8–4	6–5	4–12
Baltimore	7–4	—	5–7	5–6	6–5	6–6	7–4	5–6	10–1	8–4	8–3	7–4	10–1	6–6	8–7
Boston	5–6	7–5	—	3–8	6–5	5–7	3–8	8–3	8–3	4–8	7–4	7–4	3–8	6–6	6–9
Chicago	5–6	6–5	8–3	—	5–7	4–7	11–1	4–7	6–6	2–9	8–3	5–6	3–8	5–6	8–7
Cleveland	4–7	5–6	5–6	7–5	—	6–5	8–3	8–4	8–4	5–6	7–4	3–8	5–6	6–5	9–6
Detroit	6–5	6–6	7–5	7–4	5–6	—	6–5	4–7	4–7	2–10	7–4	4–7	7–4	6–6	8–7
Kansas City	5–6	4–7	8–3	1–11	3–8	5–6	—	6–6	7–5	3–8	3–8	5–6	6–5	5–6	6–9
Milwaukee	4–7	6–5	3–8	7–4	4–8	7–4	6–6	—	5–7	4–7	5–6	5–6	7–4	7–4	8–7
Minnesota	7–4	1–10	3–8	6–6	4–8	7–4	5–7	7–5	—	3–8	7–4	5–6	3–8	3–8	7–8
New York	7–4	4–8	8–4	9–2	6–5	10–2	8–3	7–4	8–3	—	6–5	4–7	7–4	7–5	5–10
Oakland	1–11	3–8	4–7	3–8	4–7	4–7	8–3	6–5	4–7	5–6	—	5–7	5–7	6–5	7–9
Seattle	6–6	4–7	4–7	6–5	8–3	7–4	6–5	6–5	6–5	7–4	7–5	—	8–4	8–3	7–9
Texas	4–8	1–10	8–3	8–3	6–5	4–7	5–6	4–7	8–3	4–7	7–5	4–8	—	4–7	10–6
Toronto	5–6	6–6	6–6	6–5	5–6	6–6	6–5	4–7	8–3	5–7	5–6	3–8	7–4	—	4–11

Game log

1997 Game Log
April (16–7) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 April 2 Royals 7 – 4 Key (1–0) Walker (0–1) Myers (1) 46,588 1–0 2 April 3 Royals 6 – 4 Rhodes (1–0) Montgomery (0–1) Myers (2) 43,031 2–0 3 April 4 @Rangers 5 – 4 Erickson (1–0) Patterson (0–1) Benítez (1) 26,058 3–0 4 April 5 @Rangers 9 – 7 Rhodes (2–0) Oliver (0–1) Myers (3) 39,073 4–0 5 April 6 @Rangers 9 – 3 Pavlik (1–0) Mussina (0–1) 36,156 4–1 6 April 7 @Royals 6 – 5 Walker (1–1) Benítez (0–1) 40,052 4–2 7 April 9 @Royals 4 – 2 (11) Mills (1–0) Bevil (0–1) Myers (4) 12,036 5–2 8 April 11 Rangers 9 – 3 Mussina (1–1) Burkett (0–1) 40,575 6–2 9 April 13 Rangers 9 – 0 Key (2–0) Pavlik (1–1) 44,154 7–2 10 April 14 Twins 4 – 2 Erickson (2–0) Tewksbury (0–2) Myers (5) 36,288 8–2 11 April 15 Twins 3 – 1 Kamieniecki (1–0) Aldred (0–2) Myers (6) 40,196 9–2 12 April 16 @White Sox 9 – 3 Drabek (1–1) Boskie (0–1) 14,061 9–3 13 April 17 @White Sox 1 – 0 Mussina (2–1) Darwin (0–1) Myers (7) 14,674 10–3 14 April 20 @Red Sox 11 – 1 Key (3–0) Gordon (1–2) 32,290 11–3 15 April 21 @Red Sox 4 – 2 Sele (3–0) Erickson (2–1) Slocumb (3) 33,608 11–4 16 April 22 White Sox 3 – 2 Mussina (3–1) Darwin (0–2) Myers (8) 38,392 12–4 17 April 23 White Sox 11 – 9 (11) Castillo (2–2) Benítez (0–2) Hernandez (3) 42,902 12–5 18 April 24 Red Sox 2 – 1 (11) Trlicek (3–4) Mathews (0–1) Henry (4) 40,000 12–6 19 April 25 Red Sox 2 – 0 Erickson (3–1) Gordon (1–3) Myers (9) 45,227 13–6 20 April 26 Red Sox 14 – 5 Key (4–0) Sele (3–1) Johnson (1) 47,727 14–6 21 April 27 Red Sox 13 – 7 Henry (1–0) Rhodes (2–1) 47,307 14–7 22 April 29 Twins 6 – 4 Boskie (1–1) Swindell (1–1) Myers (10) 11,368 15–7 23 April 30 Twins 12 – 3 Kamieniecki (2–0) Tewksbury (1–4) Benítez (2) 12,686 16–7
May (20–8) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 24 May 1 Twins 3–2 Erickson (4–1) Aldred (1–3) Myers (11) 11,678 17–7 25 May 2 Athletics 7–1 Key (5–0) Karsay (0–3) 46,181 18–7 26 May 3 Athletics 4–3 Small (4–0) Myers (0–1) Taylor (6) 45,780 18–8 27 May 4 Athletics 11–0 Coppinger (1–0) Prieto (2–2) Johnson (2) 47,001 19–8 28 May 5 Angels 7–2 Dickson (5–1) Kamieniecki (2–1) James (3) 41,296 19–9 29 May 6 Angels 8–4 Erickson (5–1) Finley (0–2) Myers (12) 37,150 20–9 30 May 7 Angels 3–0 Key (6–0) Watson (0–2) Myers (13) 43,858 21–9 31 May 8 Mariners 13–3 Mussina (4–1) Johnson (4–1) 45,026 22–9 32 May 9 Mariners 8–2 Moyer (2–0) Coppinger (1–1) 47,257 22–10 33 May 10 Mariners 3 – 2 (11) Charlton (2–1) Myers (0–2) 47,340 22–11 34 May 11 Mariners 9–5 Erickson (6–1) Martínez (1–3) 47,451 23–11 35 May 12 Athletics 5–1 Key (7–0) Karsay (0–4) Benítez (3) 11,352 24–11 36 May 13 Athletics 7–3 Mussina (5–1) Mohler (0–5) 14,854 25–11 37 May 14 Angels 6–5 Springer (1–1) Boskie (1–2) Holtz (1) 15,780 25–12 38 May 15 Angels 3–2 Dickson (6–1) Kamieniecki (2–2) James (5) 15,966 25–13 39 May 16 Mariners 6–3 Erickson (7–1) Martínez (1–4) 39,455 26–13 40 May 17 Mariners 4–3 Key (8–0) Sanders (0–5) Benítez (4) 57,304 27–13 41 May 18 Mariners 8–7 Orosco (1–0) Charlton (2–3) Benítez (5) 57,432 28–13 42 May 20 Tigers 4–3 Kamieniecki (3–2) Olivares (2–3) Myers (14) 48,003 29–13 43 May 21 Tigers 2–0 Erickson (8–1) Thompson (4–3) Myers (15) 47,877 30–13 44 May 23 Indians 6–1 Ogea (5–3) Key (8–1) 41,154 30–14 45 May 24 Indians 8–3 Mussina (6–1) Kline (3–1) 41,040 31–14 46 May 25 Indians 7–6 Nagy (6–2) Rhodes (2–2) Morman (2) 42,944 31–15 47 May 26 Yankees 8–6 Boskie (2–2) Pettittie (6–3) Myers (16) 40,296 32–15 48 May 27 Yankees 10–6 Kamieniecki (2–2) Rogers (6–3) Benítez (6) 29,392 33–15 49 May 28 Yankees 8–1 Key (9–1) Moehler (3–4) Boskie (1) 10,692 34–15 50 May 30 Indians 3–0 Mussina (7–1) Nagy (6–3) 47,758 35–15 51 May 31 Indians 8–5 Boskie (3–2) Mesa (0–3) Myers (17) 47,739 36–15
June (15–12) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 52 June 3 Yankees 7–5 Myers (1–2) Mecir (0–3) 47,577 37–15 53 June 4 Yankees 9–7 Orosco (2–0) Nelson (2–5) Myers (18) 47,748 38–15 54 June 6 @ White Sox 7–3 Drabek (5–4) Erickson (8–2) R. Hernandez (12) 21,304 38–16 55 June 7 @ White Sox 1 – 0 (11) R. Hernández (4–1) Myers (1–3) 31,548 38–17 56 June 8 @ White Sox 2–1 Key (10–1) Darwin (2–3) Myers (19) 24,089 39–17 57 June 9 @ White Sox 10–2 Mussina (8–1) Baldwin (3–8) 23,464 40–17 58 June 10 @ Red Sox 7–2 Erickson (9–2) Eshelman (0–1) 41–17 59 June 10 @ Red Sox 4–2 Rhodes (3–2) Wakefield (2–5) Myers (20) 30,995 42–17 60 June 11 @ Red Sox 10–1 Gordon (4–6) Johnson (0–1) 26,479 42–18 61 June 12 @ Red Sox 9–5 Sele (7–5) Kamieniecki (4–3) 24,970 42–19 62 June 13 @ Braves 4 – 3 Key (11–1) Maddux (7–3) Myers (21) 48,334 43–19 63 June 14 @ Braves 6 – 4 (12) Rhodes (4–2) Borowski (2–2) Myers (22) 26,964 44–19 64 June 15 @ Braves 5 – 3 (10) Mathews (1–1) Wohlers (2–2) Myers (23) 48,088 45–19 65 June 16 Expos 6 – 4 Hermanson (3–4) Boskie (3–3) Urbina (12) 47,557 45–20 66 June 17 Expos 5 – 4 Kamieniecki (5–3) Bullinger (4–6) Myers (24) 47,793 46–20 67 June 18 Expos 1 – 0 C. Perez (8–4) Key (11–2) 47,448 46–21 68 June 20 @ Blue Jays 3 – 0 Hentgen (8–3) Mussina (8–2) 30,266 46–22 69 June 21 @ Blue Jays 5 – 1 Erickson (10–2) Plesac (0–3) 40,139 47–22 70 June 22 @ Blue Jays 5 – 2 Kamieniecki (6–3) Person (2–5) Myers (25) 35,106 48–22 71 June 23 @ Brewers 5 – 0 D'Amico (5–3) Key (11–3) 16,304 48–23 72 June 24 @ Brewers 6 – 2 Boskie (4–3) Karl (2–9) Rhodes (1) 14,007 49–23 73 June 25 @ Brewers 9 – 1 Mussina (9–2) Eldred (7–8) 21,042 50–23 74 June 26 Blue Jays 3 – 0 Clemens (12–2) Erickson (10–3) Timlin (7) 47,617 50–24 75 June 27 Blue Jays 2 – 1 Person (3–5) Kamieniecki (6–4) Spoljaric (2) 47,900 50–25 76 June 28 Blue Jays 5 – 2 W. Williams (3–7) Key (11–4) Timlin (8) 47,687 50–26 77 June 29 Blue Jays 3 – 2 Escobar (1–0) Benítez (0–3) Timlin (9) 47,763 50–27 78 June 30 Phillies 8 – 1 Mussina (10–2) Maduro (3–7) 47,837 51–27
July (16-11) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 79 July 1 Phillies 4 – 1 Erickson (11–3) Beech (0–4) Myers (26) 47,610 52–27 80 July 2 Phillies 10 – 6 Rhodes (5–2) Spradlin (1–4) 47,785 53–27 81 July 3 @ Tigers 10 – 1 Key (12–4) Lira (5–5) 13,209 54–27 82 July 4 @ Tigers 4 – 3 Rhodes (6–2) Keagle (0–1) Myers (27) 30,100 55–27 83 July 4 @ Tigers 11 – 8 Bautista (2–2) Mills (1–1) T. Jones (12) 30,100 55–28 84 July 5 @ Tigers 6 – 5 Miceli (2–1) Orosco (2–1) T. Jones (13) 37,074 55–29 85 July 6 @ Tigers 14 – 9 Blair (6–4) Erickson (11–4) 18,197 55–30 86 July 11 Brewers 3 – 1 McDonald (8–6) Key (12–5) D. Jones (21) 47,919 55–31 87 July 12 Brewers 3 – 2 Eldred (9–8) Erickson (11–5) D. Jones (22) 47,606 55–32 88 July 13 Brewers 6 – 4 D'Amico (7–4) Mussina (10–3) D. Jones (23) 47,448 55–33 89 July 14 Blue Jays 9 – 5 Mathews (2–1) Person (3–6) 47,042 56–33 90 July 15 Blue Jays 8 – 4 Boskie (5–3) Guzmán (3–6) 47,062 57–33 91 July 16 Red Sox 4 – 1 Avery (3–2) Key (12–6) Slocumb (12) 47,712 57–34 92 July 17 Red Sox 12 – 9 Mahay (1–0) Orosco (2–2) Slocumb (13) 47,912 57–35 93 July 18 White Sox 3 – 0 Baldwin (7–9) Mussina (10–4) R. Hernández (24) 47,759 57–36 94 July 19 White Sox 8 – 3 Rhodes (7–2) Simas (3–1) Benítez (7) 47,857 58–36 95 July 20 White Sox 10 – 2 Navarro (8–8) Boskie (5–4) 47,800 58–37 96 July 21 @ Rangers 5 – 1 Key (13–6) Oliver (6–10) 35,842 59–37 97 July 22 @ Rangers 9 – 3 Erickson (12–5) Burkett (7–9) 43,421 60–37 98 July 23 @ Rangers 3 – 2 Myers (2–3) Patterson (6–4) 40,834 61–37 99 July 25 @ Twins 5 – 2 Radke (14–5) Kamieniecki (6–5) 21,524 61–38
August (18-10) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record
September (13-16) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Chris Hoiles	99	320	45	83	.259	12	49
1B	Rafael Palmeiro	158	614	95	156	.254	38	110
2B	Roberto Alomar	112	412	64	137	.333	14	60
3B	Cal Ripken Jr.	162	615	79	166	.270	17	84
SS	Mike Bordick	153	509	55	120	.236	7	46
LF	B. J. Surhoff	147	528	80	150	.284	18	88
CF	Brady Anderson	151	590	97	170	.288	18	73
RF	Jeffrey Hammonds	118	397	71	105	.264	21	55

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Lenny Webster	98	259	66	.255	7	37
Jeff Reboulet	99	228	54	.237	4	27
Tony Tarasco	100	166	34	.205	7	26
Eric Davis	42	158	48	.304	8	25
Pete Incaviglia	48	138	34	.246	5	12
Harold Baines	44	134	39	.291	4	15
Aaron Ledesma	43	88	31	.352	2	11
Jerome Walton	26	68	20	.294	3	9
David Dellucci	17	27	6	.222	1	3
Tim Laker	7	14	0	.000	0	1
Melvin Rosario	4	3	0	.000	0	0
Danny Clyburn	2	3	0	.000	0	0
Charlie Greene	5	2	0	.000	0	1

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Mike Mussina	33	224.2	15	8	3.20	218
Scott Erickson	33	221.2	16	7	3.69	131
Jimmy Key	34	212.1	16	10	3.43	141
Scott Kamieniecki	30	179.1	10	6	4.01	109
Rick Krivda	10	50.0	4	2	6.30	29

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Shawn Boskie	28	77.0	6	6	6.43	50
Mike Johnson	14	39.2	0	1	7.94	29
Nerio Rodríguez	6	22.0	2	1	4.91	11
Rocky Coppinger	5	20.0	1	1	6.30	22
Esteban Yan	3	9.2	0	1	15.83	4

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Randy Myers	61	59.2	2	3	45	1.51	56
Arthur Rhodes	53	95.1	10	3	1	3.02	102
Armando Benítez	71	73.1	4	5	9	2.45	106
Terry Mathews	57	63.1	4	4	1	4.41	39
Jesse Orosco	71	50.1	6	3	0	2.32	46
Alan Mills	39	38.2	2	3	0	4.89	32
Brian Williams	13	24.0	0	0	0	3.00	14

ALDS

Main article: 1997 American League Division Series

Game 1

October 1, Kingdome

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Baltimore	0	0	1	0	4	4	0	0	0	9	13	0
Seattle	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	3	7	1
W: Mike Mussina (1-0)   L: Randy Johnson (0-1)  SV: None
HR: BAL – Gerónimo Berroa (1)   Chris Hoiles (1)   SEA – Edgar Martínez (1)   Jay Buhner (1)   Alex Rodriguez (1)

Game 2

October 2, Kingdome

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Baltimore	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	4	0	9	14	0
Seattle	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	9	0
W: Scott Erickson (1-0)   L: Jamie Moyer (0-1)  SV: None
HR: BAL – Harold Baines (1)   Brady Anderson (1)   SEA – None

Game 3

October 4, Oriole Park at Camden Yards

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Seattle	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	4	11	0
Baltimore	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	0
W: Jeff Fassero (1-0)   L: Jimmy Key (0-1)  SV: None
HR: BAL – None   SEA – Jay Buhner (2)   Paul Sorrento (1)

Game 4

October 5, Oriole Park at Camden Yards

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Seattle	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0
Baltimore	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	3	7	0
W: Mike Mussina (2-0)   L: Randy Johnson (0-2)  SV: Randy Myers (1)
HR: BAL – Jeff Reboulet (1)   Gerónimo Berroa (2)   SEA – Edgar Martínez (2)

ALCS

Main article: 1997 American League Championship Series

Game 1

October 8, Camden Yards

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cleveland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
Baltimore	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	X	3	6	1
WP: Scott Erickson (1-0)  LP: Chad Ogea (0-1)  SV: Randy Myers (1)
HRs: BAL – Brady Anderson (1) Roberto Alomar (1)

Game 2

October 9, Camden Yards

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cleveland	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	5	6	3
Baltimore	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	8	1
WP: Paul Assenmacher (1-0)  LP: Armando Benítez (0-1)  SV: José Mesa (1)
HRs: CLE – Manny Ramírez (1) Marquis Grissom (1)   BAL – Cal Ripken (1)

Game 3

October 11, Jacobs Field

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	R	H	E
Baltimore	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	8	1
Cleveland	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	0
WP: Eric Plunk (1-0)  LP: Randy Myers (0-1)
HRs: None

Game 4

October 12, Jacobs Field

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Baltimore	0	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	1	7	12	2
Cleveland	0	2	0	1	4	0	0	0	1	8	13	0
WP: José Mesa (1-0)  LP: Alan Mills (0-1)
HRs: CLE – Sandy Alomar Jr. (1) Manny Ramírez (2)   BAL – Brady Anderson (2) Harold Baines (1) Rafael Palmeiro (1)

Game 5

October 13, Jacobs Field

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Baltimore	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	10	0
Cleveland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	8	1
WP: Scott Kamieniecki (1-0)  LP: Chad Ogea (0-2)
HRs: BAL – Eric Davis (1)

Game 6

October 15, Camden Yards

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
Cleveland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0
Baltimore	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
WP: Brian Anderson (1-0)  LP: Armando Benítez (0-2)  S: José Mesa (1)
HRs: CLE: – Tony Fernández (1)

Awards and honors

• Eric Davis, Outfield, Roberto Clemente Award
• Eric Davis, Hutch Award^[6]
• Harry Dalton, 1997 Herb Armstrong Award (for contribution to the Orioles franchise by a non-uniform personnel^[7]

1997 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

• Roberto Alomar, starter
• Cal Ripken Jr., starter

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Rochester Red Wings	International League	Marv Foley
AA	Bowie Baysox	Eastern League	Joe Ferguson
A	Frederick Keys	Carolina League	Dave Hilton
A	Delmarva Shorebirds	South Atlantic League	Tommy Shields and Tom Trebelhorn
Rookie	Bluefield Orioles	Appalachian League	Bobby Dickerson
Rookie	GCL Orioles	Gulf Coast League	Butch Davis

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Rochester, Delmarva, Bluefield^[8]