1997 New York Yankees season

The 1997 New York Yankees season was the 95th season for the Yankees. New York was managed by Joe Torre and played at Yankee Stadium. The team finished with a record of 96–66 finishing 2 games behind the Baltimore Orioles in the American League East. They entered the postseason as the American League Wild Card, but lost the Division Series in 5 games to the Cleveland Indians. The 1997 Yankees failed to repeat as World Series Champions and win their second consecutive title.

1997 New York Yankees
American League Wild Card winners
League	American League
Division	East
Ballpark	Yankee Stadium
City	New York City
Record	96–66 (.593)
Divisional place	2nd
Owners	George Steinbrenner
General managers	Bob Watson
Managers	Joe Torre
Television	WPIX (Bobby Murcer, Rick Cerone) MSG (Ken Singleton, Jim Kaat, Al Trautwig, Suzyn Waldman)
Radio	WABC (AM) (John Sterling, Michael Kay)
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Offseason

• October 2, 1996: Pat Listach was sent by the New York Yankees to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete an earlier deal made on August 23, 1996. The New York Yankees sent Bob Wickman and Gerald Williams to the Milwaukee Brewers for a player to be named later, Pat Listach, and Graeme Lloyd. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Ricky Bones (August 29, 1996) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade. Pat Listach returned to original teams on October 2, 1996.^[1]
• November 4, 1996: Clay Bellinger was signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.^[2]
• December 5, 1996: Jim Leyritz was traded by the New York Yankees to the Anaheim Angels for players to be named later. The Anaheim Angels sent Jeremy Blevins (minors) (December 9, 1996) and Ryan Kane (minors) (December 9, 1996) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.^[3]
• December 11, 1996: Mike Stanton was signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.^[4]
• January 9, 1997: Mark Whiten was signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.^[5]
• January 9, 1997: Luis Sojo was signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.^[6]

Notable transaction chart

• June 9, 1997: Dave Weathers was traded by the New York Yankees to the Cleveland Indians for Chad Curtis.^[7]
• July 29, 1997: Mariano Duncan was traded by the New York Yankees with cash to the Toronto Blue Jays for Angel Ramirez (minors).^[8]
• August 15, 1997: Mark Whiten was released by the New York Yankees.^[5]

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

Season summary

June

On June 16: The first interleague game between the New York Mets and New York Yankees took place at Yankee Stadium. The Mets won the game by a score of 6–0.^[9]

August

On August 31: The New York Yankees retired Don Mattingly's number.

Mattingly's retired number in Monument Park at Yankee Stadium

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

Detailed record

Team Home Away Total Win % AL East Baltimore Orioles 1-5 3-3 4-8 .333 Boston Red Sox 4-2 4-2 8-4 .667 Detroit Tigers 4-2 6-0 10-2 .833 Toronto Blue Jays 3-3 4-2 7-5 .583 Total 12-12 17-7 29-19 .604 AL Central Chicago White Sox 4-1 5-1 9-2 .818 Cleveland Indians 3-2 3-3 6-5 .545 Kansas City Royals 4-2 4-1 8-3 .727 Milwaukee Brewers 5-0 2-4 7-4 .636 Minnesota Twins 3-2 5-1 8-3 .727 Total 19-7 19-10 38-17 .691 AL West Anaheim Angels 2–2 5–2 7–4 .636 Oakland Athletics 4-2 2-3 6-5 .545 Seattle Mariners 2-4 2-3 4-7 .364 Texas Rangers 4-1 3-3 7-4 .636 Total 12–9 12–11 24–20 .545 NL East Atlanta Braves 1-2 0-0 1-2 .333 Florida Marlins 0-0 1-2 1-2 .333 Montreal Expos 1-2 0-0 1-2 .333 New York Mets 2-1 0-0 2-1 .667 Philadelphia Phillies 0-0 0-3 0-3 .000 Total 4-5 1-5 5-10 .333

Month Games Won Lost Win % April 27 14 13 .519 May 27 15 12 .556 June 25 17 8 .680 July 26 15 11 .577 August 29 18 11 .621 September 28 17 11 .607 Overall: 162 96 66 .593 Games Won Lost Win % Home 80 47 33 .588 Away 82 49 33 .598

Roster

1997 New York Yankees
Roster
Pitchers 62 Willie Banks 41 Brian Boehringer 52 Joe Borowski 36 David Cone 11 Dwight Gooden 35 Hideki Irabu 27 Graeme Lloyd 54 Jim Mecir 55 Ramiro Mendoza 43 Jeff Nelson 46 Andy Pettitte 63 Danny Rios 42 Mariano Rivera 17 Kenny Rogers 29 Mike Stanton 52 David Weathers 33 David Wells		Catchers 63 Mike Figga 25 Joe Girardi 22,20 Jorge Posada Infielders 12 Wade Boggs 38 Homer Bush 47 Iván Cruz 18 Mariano Duncan 45 Cecil Fielder 18,26 Andy Fox 13 Charlie Hayes  2 Derek Jeter 14 Pat Kelly 24 Tino Martinez 26 Rey Sánchez 19 Luis Sojo 20 Mike Stanley		Outfielders 28 Chad Curtis 21 Paul O'Neill 38 Scott Pose 31 Tim Raines 39 Darryl Strawberry 22 Mark Whiten 51 Bernie Williams Other batters 52 Pete Incaviglia		Manager  6 Joe Torre Coaches 53 José Cardenal (First Base) 50 Chris Chambliss (Hitting) 40 Tony Cloninger (Bullpen) 30 Willie Randolph (Third Base) 34 Mel Stottlemyre (Pitching) 48 Don Zimmer (Bench)

Game log

Legend
Yankees Win	Yankees Loss	Game Postponed

1997 Game Log (96–66) Home: 47–33 Away: 49–33
April (14–13) Home: 7–6 Away: 7–7 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record 1 April 1 @ Mariners 2–4 Fassero (1–0) Cone (0–1) Charlton (1) Kingdome 57,586 0–1 2 April 2 @ Mariners 16–2 Pettitte (1–0) Sanders (0–1) Kingdome 30,951 1–1 3 April 4 @ Athletics 2–4 Acre (1–0) Weathers (0–1) Taylor (2) Oakland Alameda Coliseum 17,330 1–2 4 April 5 @ Athletics 10–5 Gooden (1–0) Mohler (0–1) Rivera (1) Oakland Alameda Coliseum 25,438 2–2 5 April 6 @ Athletics 0–3 Acre (2–0) Nelson (0–1) Taylor (3) Oakland Alameda Coliseum 22,124 2–3 6 April 7 @ Angels 5–3 Pettitte (2–0) Langston (0–1) Rivera (2) Anaheim Stadium 16,514 3–3 7 April 8 @ Angels 9–10 (12) James (1–0) Nelson (0–2) Anaheim Stadium 17,202 3–4 8 April 9 @ Angels 12–5 Wells (1–0) Watson (0–1) Anaheim Stadium 19,242 4–4 9 April 11 Athletics 1–3 Small (2–0) Nelson (0–3) Yankee Stadium 56,710 4–5 10 April 13 Athletics 3–2 Pettitte (3–0) Telgheder (0–1) Rivera (3) Yankee Stadium 5–5 11 April 13 Athletics 4–7 Prieto (1–0) Mendoza (0–1) Taylor (5) Yankee Stadium 32,098 5–6 12 April 14 Angels 1–5 Dickson (2–0) Rogers (0–1) Yankee Stadium 15,082 5–7 13 April 15 Angels 5–6 Hasegawa (1–1) Rivera (0–1) James (1) Yankee Stadium 16,944 5–8 14 April 16 @ Brewers 4–7 Mercedes (1–0) Cone (0–2) Jones (4) Milwaukee County Stadium 7,263 5–9 15 April 17 @ Brewers 4–5 Wickman (2–0) Lloyd (0–1) Milwaukee County Stadium 8,018 5–10 16 April 18 @ White Sox 10–4 Mendoza (1–1) Navarro (1–1) Comiskey Park II 18,603 6–10 17 April 19 @ White Sox 3–2 Rogers (1–1) Castillo (1–2) Rivera (4) Comiskey Park II 24,976 7–10 18 April 20 @ White Sox 7–8 Levine (1–1) Boehringer (0–1) Comiskey Park II 23,601 7–11 19 April 21 @ White Sox 4–3 Cone (1–2) Drabek (1–2) Rivera (5) Comiskey Park II 16,694 8–11 20 April 22 Brewers 10–2 Pettitte (4–0) D'Amico (0–1) Yankee Stadium 18,018 9–11 21 April 23 Brewers 10–5 Rogers (2–1) McDonald (2–2) Lloyd (1) Yankee Stadium 22,704 10–11 22 April 25 White Sox 3–9 Álvarez (1–3) Wells (1–1) Yankee Stadium 24,648 10–12 23 April 26 White Sox 10–2 Cone (2–2) Baldwin (0–3) Rivera (6) Yankee Stadium 28,817 11–12 24 April 27 White Sox 7–1 Pettitte (5–0) Drabek (1–3) Yankee Stadium 36,133 12–12 25 April 28 Mariners 6–5 Nelson (1–3) Ayala (2–1) Rivera (7) Yankee Stadium 20,054 13–12 26 April 29 Mariners 5–7 McCarthy (1–0) Mecir (0–1) Yankee Stadium 21,955 13–13 27 April 30 Mariners 3–2 Wells (2–1) Martínez (1–2) Rivera (8) Yankee Stadium 25,708 14–13
May (15–12) Home: 6–8 Away: 9–4 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record 28 May 2 @ Royals 9–1 Cone (3–2) Pittsley (0–2) Rivera (9) Kauffman Stadium 24,258 15–13 29 May 3 @ Royals 1–2 Belcher (3–3) Pettitte (5–1) Kauffman Stadium 25,585 15–14 30 May 4 @ Royals 13–5 Boehringer (1–1) Rusch (2–2) Kauffman Stadium 30,034 16–14 31 May 5 Twins 8–9 Swindell (2–1) Mecir (0–2) Yankee Stadium 16,599 16–15 32 May 6 Twins 7–2 Wells (3–1) Aldred (1–4) Yankee Stadium 13,939 17–15 33 May 7 Rangers 5–2 Cone (4–2) Burkett (1–2) Rivera (10) Yankee Stadium 18,778 18–15 34 May 8 Rangers 5–4 Pettitte (6–1) Oliver (1–3) Rivera (11) Yankee Stadium 17,483 19–15 35 May 9 Royals 5–7 Veres (2–0) Boehringer (1–2) Yankee Stadium 20,098 19–16 36 May 10 Royals 5–2 Mendoza (2–1) Appier (4–2) Rivera (12) Yankee Stadium 25,007 20–16 37 May 11 Royals 3–2 Wells (4–2) Rosado (3–1) Rivera (13) Yankee Stadium 25,705 21–16 38 May 13 @ Twins 11–2 Cone (5–2) Robertson (3–2) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 15,082 22–16 39 May 14 @ Twins 6–5 Boehringer (2–2) Guardado (0–1) Rivera (14) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 17,660 23–16 40 May 15 @ Rangers 8–2 Rogers (3–1) Alberro (0–1) The Ballpark in Arlington 35,488 24–16 41 May 16 @ Rangers 0–6 Santana (2–0) Wells (4–2) Patterson (1) The Ballpark in Arlington 42,420 24–17 42 May 17 @ Rangers 11–5 Mendoza (3–1) Burkett (2–3) The Ballpark in Arlington 46,625 25–17 43 May 18 @ Rangers 2–4 Oliver (2–4) Cone (5–3) Wetteland (10) The Ballpark in Arlington 46,850 25–18 44 May 20 Blue Jays 0–2 Hentgen (5–1) Pettitte (6–2) Yankee Stadium 20,220 25–19 45 May 21 Blue Jays 1–4 Clemens (8–0) Rogers (3–2) Yankee Stadium 19,863 25–20 46 May 22 Red Sox 2–8 Gordon (3–5) Wells (4–3) Yankee Stadium 28,255 25–21 47 May 23 Red Sox 3–9 Sele (5–3) Nelson (1–4) Yankee Stadium 29,003 25–22 48 May 24 Red Sox 4–2 Rivera (1–1) Wasdin (0–2) Yankee Stadium 44,094 26–22 49 May 26 Orioles 6–8 Boskie (2–2) Pettitte (6–3) Myers (16) Yankee Stadium 40,296 26–23 50 May 27 Orioles 6–10 Kamieniecki (4–2) Rogers (3–3) Benítez (6) Yankee Stadium 29,392 26–24 51 May 28 @ Blue Jays 6–4 Wells (5–3) Guzman (3–5) Rivera (15) SkyDome 32,338 27–24 52 May 29 @ Blue Jays 4–0 Cone (6–3) Williams (1–5) Nelson (1) SkyDome 43,155 28–24 53 May 30 @ Red Sox 4–10 Hammond (3–3) Mendoza (3–2) Fenway Park 32,341 28–25 54 May 31 @ Red Sox 7–2 Pettitte (7–3) Wakefield (1–4) Fenway Park 32,736 29–25
June (17–8) Home: 10–2 Away: 7–6 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record 55 June 1 @ Red Sox 11–6 Nelson (2–4) Lacy (0–1) Fenway Park 31,798 30–25 56 June 2 @ Red Sox 5–2 Wells (6–3) Sele (6–4) Rivera (16) Fenway Park 31,329 31–25 57 June 3 @ Orioles 5–7 Myers (1–2) Mecir (0–3) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 47,577 31–26 58 June 4 @ Orioles 7–9 Orosco (2–0) Nelson (2–5) Myers (18) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 47,748 31–27 59 June 6 Brewers 6–3 Rogers (4–3) Mercedes (2–2) Rivera (17) Yankee Stadium 24,578 32–27 60 June 7 Brewers 2–0 Wells (7–3) Karl (2–7) Rivera (18) Yankee Stadium 28,074 33–27 61 June 8 Brewers 3–1 Cone (7–3) D'Amico (2–3) Rivera (19) Yankee Stadium 41,268 34–27 62 June 10 White Sox 12–1 Pettitte (8–3) Navarro (4–5) Yankee Stadium 28,079 35–27 63 June 11 White Sox 7–5 Stanton (1–0) McElroy (0–1) Rivera (20) Yankee Stadium 22,190 36–27 64 June 13 @ Marlins 1–2 Cook (1–0) Mecir (0–4) Pro Player Stadium 42,455 36–28 65 June 15 @ Marlins 8–5 Stanton (2–0) Cook (1–1) Rivera (21) Pro Player Stadium 42,845 37–28 66 June 15 @ Marlins 5–6 Nen (5–2) Rivera (1–2) Pro Player Stadium 42,153 37–29 67 June 16 Mets 0–6 Mlicki (3–5) Pettitte (8–4) Yankee Stadium 56,188 37–30 68 June 17 Mets 6–3 Wells (8–3) Reynoso (5–1) Rivera (22) Yankee Stadium 56,253 38–30 69 June 18 Mets 3–2 Stanton (3–0) McMichael (3–6) Yankee Stadium 56,278 39–30 70 June 20 @ Indians 7–1 Gooden (2–0) Nagy (8–4) Jacobs Field 43,019 40–30 71 June 21 @ Indians 4–13 Hershiser (7–3) Pettitte (8–5) Jacobs Field 43,006 40–31 72 June 22 @ Indians 2–5 Anderson (2–1) Wells (8–4) Jackson (8) Jacobs Field 42,912 40–32 73 June 23 @ Tigers 5–2 Cone (8–3) Lira (4–4) Rivera (23) Tiger Stadium 14,556 41–32 74 June 24 @ Tigers 12–9 Lloyd (1–1) Myers (0–4) Rivera (24) Tiger Stadium 15,872 42–32 75 June 25 @ Tigers 3–1 Stanton (4–0) Thompson (7–6) Rivera (25) Tiger Stadium 15,348 43–32 76 June 27 Indians 3–2 Gooden (3–0) Hershiser (7–4) Rivera (26) Yankee Stadium 35,837 44–32 77 June 28 Indians 8–12 Plunk (2–2) Rogers (4–4) Yankee Stadium 41,085 44–33 78 June 29 Indians 11–10 Rivera (2–2) Mesa (0–4) Yankee Stadium 39,756 45–33 79 June 30 Braves 1–0 Stanton (5–0) Bielecki (3–4) Yankee Stadium 39,887 46–33
July (15–11) Home: 9–7 Away: 6–4 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record 80 July 1 Braves 1–3 Neagle (12–1) Mendoza (3–3) Wohlers (18) Yankee Stadium 39,596 46–34 81 July 2 Braves 0–2 Maddux (11–3) Gooden (3–1) Yankee Stadium 36,606 46–35 82 July 3 @ Blue Jays 3–1 Wells (9–4) Williams (3–8) Rivera (27) SkyDome 31,227 47–35 83 July 4 @ Blue Jays 0–1 Escobar (2–0) Cone (8–4) SkyDome 34,134 47–36 84 July 5 @ Blue Jays 8–0 Pettitte (9–4) Hentgen (8–6) SkyDome 44,206 48–36 85 July 6 @ Blue Jays 0–2 Clemens (13–3) Mendoza (3–4) SkyDome 41,137 48–37 86 July 10 Tigers 10–3 Irabu (1–0) Olivares (5–6) Yankee Stadium 51,901 49–37 87 July 11 Tigers 3–0 Pettitte (10–5) Moehler (6–7) Rivera (28) Yankee Stadium 27,135 50–37 88 July 12 Tigers 6–2 Cone (9–4) Lira (5–6) Rivera (29) Yankee Stadium 39,681 51–37 89 July 13 Tigers 1–3 Blair (7–4) Gooden (3–2) Jones (14) Yankee Stadium 36,679 51–38 90 July 14 Indians 2–3 Jackson (2–1) Rivera (2–3) Yankee Stadium 27,812 51–39 91 July 15 Indians 12–6 Irabu (2–0) Nagy (9–6) Mendoza (1) Yankee Stadium 34,503 52–39 92 July 16 @ White Sox 11–5 Pettitte (11–5) Álvarez (8–7) Comiskey Park II 26,144 53–39 93 July 17 @ White Sox 4–2 Cone (10–4) Darwin (4–7) Rivera (30) Comiskey Park II 31,923 54–39 94 July 18 @ Brewers 4–6 D'Amico (8–4) Gooden (3–3) Fetters (1) Milwaukee County Stadium 24,071 54–40 95 July 19 @ Brewers 8–0 Wells (10–4) Mercedes (3–5) Milwaukee County Stadium 38,156 55–40 96 July 20 @ Brewers 2–6 Karl (4–10) Irabu (2–1) Milwaukee County Stadium 29,333 55–41 97 July 21 @ Brewers 7–3 Pettitte (12–5) Florie (1–2) Stanton (1) Milwaukee County Stadium 20,074 56–41 98 July 22 Angels 9–2 Cone (11–4) Springer (5–4) Yankee Stadium 25,816 57–41 99 July 23 Angels 5–4 Nelson (3–5) Hasegawa (2–5) Yankee Stadium 26,750 58–41 – July 24 Angels Postponed (rain); rescheduled for August 20 100 July 25 Mariners 1–8 Moyer (11–3) Wells (10–5) Yankee Stadium 46,282 58–42 101 July 26 Mariners 7–9 Ayala (7–4) Irabu (2–2) Charlton (14) Yankee Stadium 54,664 58–43 102 July 27 Mariners 2–3 Fassero (9–6) Pettitte (12–6) Wells (2) Yankee Stadium 49,550 58–44 103 July 28 Athletics 4–3 Rivera (3–3) Small (7–5) Yankee Stadium 25,570 59–44 104 July 29 Athletics 7–4 Gooden (4–3) Reyes (3–2) Rivera (31) Yankee Stadium 33,341 60–44 105 July 30 Athletics 7–0 Wells (11–5) Karsay (3–11) Yankee Stadium 35,480 61–44
August (18–11) Home: 7–5 Away: 11–6 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record 106 August 1 Twins 8–3 Pettitte (13–6) Robertson (7–9) Yankee Stadium 28,042 62–44 107 August 2 Twins 4–5 Swindell (7–2) Cone (11–5) Aguilera (20) Yankee Stadium 33,261 62–45 108 August 3 Twins 6–5 Gooden (5–3) Hawkins (3–7) Rivera (32) Yankee Stadium 36,896 63–45 109 August 4 @ Royals 5–4 Wells (12–5) Rusch (3–8) Rivera (33) Kauffman Stadium 29,613 64–45 110 August 5 @ Royals 4–1 Rogers (5–4) Appier (6–10) Kauffman Stadium 21,073 65–45 111 August 6 @ Rangers 2–6 Oliver (8–10) Pettitte (13–7) The Ballpark in Arlington 34,067 65–46 112 August 7 @ Rangers 4–2 Cone (12–5) Witt (10–8) Rivera (34) The Ballpark in Arlington 39,918 66–46 113 August 8 @ Twins 1–9 Hawkins (4–7) Gooden (5–4) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 24,201 66–47 114 August 9 @ Twins 4–1 Wells (13–5) Radke (16–6) Rivera (35) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 42,151 67–47 115 August 10 @ Twins 9–6 Mendoza (4–4) Miller (0–3) Rivera (36) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 28,580 68–47 116 August 11 @ Twins 11–0 Pettitte (14–7) Robertson (7–11) Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 22,301 69–47 117 August 12 Royals 4–6 Perez (2–0) Cone (12–6) Montgomery (8) Yankee Stadium 31,452 69–48 118 August 13 Royals 9–3 Irabu (3–2) Belcher (11–11) Yankee Stadium 31,418 70–48 119 August 14 Royals 10–5 Wells (14–5) Olson (1–1) Rivera (37) Yankee Stadium 28,991 71–48 120 August 15 Rangers 5–2 Gooden (6–4) Clark (1–4) Rivera (38) Yankee Stadium 36,231 72–48 121 August 16 Rangers 5–8 Wetteland (7–2) Mendoza (4–5) Yankee Stadium 41,634 72–49 122 August 17 Rangers 8–0 Mendoza (5–5) Witt (11–9) Yankee Stadium 42,002 73–49 123 August 19 @ Angels 4–12 Dickson (12–5) Wells (14–6) Anaheim Stadium 22,596 73–50 124[permanent dead link] August 20 @ Angels 7–3 Gooden (7–4) Hill (6–10) Mendoza (2) Anaheim Stadium N/A 74–50 125[permanent dead link] August 20 @ Angels 8–5 Irabu (4–2) Langston (2–4) Rivera (39) Anaheim Stadium 32,343 75–50 126 August 21 @ Angels 4–3 (12) Stanton (6–0) Harris (2–3) Nelson (2) Anaheim Stadium 27,102 76–50 127 August 22 @ Mariners 5–9 Fassero (13–7) Rogers (5–5) Kingdome 57,351 76–51 128 August 23 @ Mariners 10–8 Rivera (4–3) Slocumb (0–7) Stanton (2) Kingdome 57,282 77–51 129 August 24 @ Mariners 3–5 Ayala (9–4) Wells (14–7) Timlin (10) Kingdome 54,391 77–52 130 August 26 @ Athletics 18–2 Pettitte (15–7) Oquist (2–4) Oakland Alameda Coliseum 14,301 78–52 131 August 27 @ Athletics 7–8 Matthews (8–5) Nelson (3–6) Oakland Alameda Coliseum 18,079 78–53 132 August 29 Expos 3–4 Telford (4–4) Rivera (4–4) Urbina (23) Yankee Stadium 33,893 78–54 133 August 30 Expos 2–7 Martínez (16–6) Wells (14–8) Yankee Stadium 40,362 78–55 134 August 31 Expos 3–2 Pettitte (16–7) Johnson (1–3) Rivera (40) Yankee Stadium 55,707 79–55
September (17–11) Home: 8–5 Away: 9–6 # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record 135 September 1 @ Phillies 1–5 Schilling (14–10) Irabu (4–3) Veterans Stadium 50,869 79–56 136 September 2 @ Phillies 0–5 Grace (2–0) Rogers (5–6) Veterans Stadium 37,258 79–57 137 September 3 @ Phillies 4–5 Spradlin (3–6) Stanton (6–1) Veterans Stadium 38,352 79–58 138 September 4 Orioles 2–5 Krivda (3–0) Wells (14–9) Myers (41) Yankee Stadium 39,770 79–59 139 September 5 Orioles 9–13 Key (15–8) Irabu (4–4) Yankee Stadium 46,568 79–60 140 September 6 Orioles 1–4 Erickson (16–5) Mendoza (5–6) Yankee Stadium 52,535 79–61 141 September 7 Orioles 10–3 Rogers (6–6) Mussina (13–7) Yankee Stadium 47,945 80–61 142 September 9 @ Red Sox 8–6 Banks (1–0) Lowe (2–5) Rivera (41) Fenway Park 32,355 81–61 143 September 10 @ Red Sox 2–5 Sele (13–12) Wells (14–10) Gordon (5) Fenway Park 31,011 81–62 144 September 11 @ Orioles 14–2 Pettitte (17–7) Key (15–9) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 47,066 82–62 145 September 12 @ Orioles 13–5 Mendoza (6–6) Erickson (16–6) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 47,511 83–62 146 September 13 @ Orioles 1–6 Mussina (14–7) Rogers (6–7) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 47,696 83–63 147 September 14 @ Orioles 8–2 Gooden (8–4) Kamieniecki (9–6) Oriole Park at Camden Yards 47,264 84–63 148 September 15 Red Sox 7–6 Rivera (5–4) Corsi (3–2) Yankee Stadium 25,873 85–63 149 September 16 Red Sox 2–0 Pettitte (18–7) Wasdin (4–6) Rivera (42) Yankee Stadium 86–63 150 September 16 Red Sox 4–3 Banks (2–0) Checo (0–1) Rivera (43) Yankee Stadium 29,145 87–63 151 September 17 Tigers 6–2 Mendoza (7–6) Moehler (11–11) Yankee Stadium 19,331 88–63 152 September 18 Tigers 7–9 Jones (4–3) Borowski (2–3) Miceli (3) Yankee Stadium 18,600 88–64 153 September 19 Blue Jays 0–3 Daal (2–2) Gooden (8–5) Escobar (13) Yankee Stadium 31,195 88–65 154 September 20 Blue Jays 4–3 Banks (3–0) Janzen (1–1) Yankee Stadium 38,332 89–65 155 September 21 Blue Jays 5–4 Boehringer (3–2) Almanzar (0–1) Yankee Stadium 40,038 90–65 156 September 22 Blue Jays 8–1 Wells (15–10) Hentgen (15–10) Yankee Stadium 23,380 91–65 157 September 23 @ Indians 9–10 Mesa (4–4) Nelson (3–7) Jacobs Field 43,039 91–66 158 September 24 @ Indians 8–4 Gooden (9–5) Anderson (4–2) Jacobs Field 42,976 92–66 159 September 25 @ Indians 5–4 Mendoza (8–6) Shuey (4–2) Stanton (3) Jacobs Field 43,004 93–66 160 September 26 @ Tigers 8–2 Rivera (6–4) Jones (5–4) Tiger Stadium 29,206 94–66 161 September 27 @ Tigers 6–1 Wells (16–10) Moehler (11–12) Tiger Stadium 33,712 95–66 162 September 28 @ Tigers 7–2 Irabu (5–4) Keagle (3–5) Tiger Stadium 38,171 96–66

Postseason Game log

Legend
Yankees Win	Yankees Loss	Game Postponed

1997 Postseason Game Log (2–3)

ALDS vs Indians (2–3) # Date Opponent Score Win Loss Save Location Attendance Record 1 September 30 Indians 8–6 Mendoza (1–0) Plunk (0–1) Rivera (1) Yankee Stadium 57,398 1–0 2 October 2 Indians 5–7 Wright (1–0) Pettitte (0–1) Yankee Stadium 57,360 1–1 3 October 4 @ Indians 6–1 Wells (1–0) Nagy (0–1) Jacobs Field 45,274 2–1 4 October 5 @ Indians 2–3 Jackson (1–0) Mendoza (1–1) Jacobs Field 45,231 2–2 5 October 6 @ Indians 3–4 Wright (2–0) Pettitte (0–2) Mesa (1) Jacobs Field 45,203 2–3

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Joe Girardi	112	398	105	.264	1	50
1B	Tino Martinez	158	594	176	.296	44	141
2B	Luis Sojo	77	215	66	.307	2	25
SS	Derek Jeter	159	654	190	.291	10	70
3B	Charlie Hayes	100	353	91	.258	11	53
LF	Tim Raines	74	271	87	.321	4	38
CF	Bernie Williams	129	509	167	.328	21	100
RF	Paul O'Neill	149	553	179	.324	21	117
DH	Cecil Fielder	98	361	94	.260	13	61

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
Wade Boggs	103	353	103	.292	4	28
Chad Curtis	93	320	93	.291	12	50
Mark Whiten	69	215	57	.265	5	24
Jorge Posada	60	188	47	.250	6	25
Mariano Duncan	50	172	42	.244	1	13
Rey Sánchez	38	138	43	.312	1	15
Pat Kelly	67	120	29	.242	2	10
Mike Stanley	28	87	25	.287	3	12
Scott Pose	54	87	19	.218	0	5
Andy Fox	22	31	7	.226	0	1
Darryl Strawberry	11	29	3	.103	0	2
Iván Cruz	11	20	5	.250	0	3
Pete Incaviglia	5	16	4	.250	0	0
Homer Bush	10	11	4	.364	0	3
Mike Figga	2	4	0	.000	0	0

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
Andy Pettitte	35	240.1	18	7	2.88	166
David Wells	32	218.0	16	10	4.21	156
David Cone	29	195.0	12	6	2.82	222
Dwight Gooden	20	106.1	9	5	4.91	66

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
Kenny Rogers	31	145.0	6	7	5.65	78
Ramiro Mendoza	39	133.2	8	6	4.24	82
Hideki Irabu	13	53.1	5	4	7.09	56
Willie Banks	5	14.0	3	0	1.93	8

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Mariano Rivera	66	6	4	43	1.88	68
Jeff Nelson	77	3	7	2	2.86	81
Mike Stanton	64	6	1	3	2.57	70
Graeme Lloyd	46	1	1	1	3.31	26
Brian Boehringer	34	3	2	0	2.63	53
Jim Mecir	25	0	4	0	5.88	25
David Weathers	10	0	1	0	10.00	4
Danny Rios	2	0	0	0	19.29	1
Joe Borowski	1	0	1	0	9.00	2
Wade Boggs	1	0	0	0	0.00	1

ALDS

Main article: 1997 American League Division Series

Game 1

September 30, Yankee Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cleveland	5	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	11	0
New York	0	1	0	1	1	5	0	0	X	8	11	0
W: Ramiro Mendoza (1–0)   L: Eric Plunk (0–1)  SV: Mariano Rivera (1)
HR: CLE – Sandy Alomar Jr. (1)   NYY – Tino Martinez (1)   Tim Raines (1)   Derek Jeter (1)   Paul O'Neill (1)

Game 2

October 2, Yankee Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Cleveland	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	7	11	1
New York	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	7	2
W: Jaret Wright (1–0)   L: Andy Pettitte (0–1)  SV: None
HR: CLE – Matt Williams (1)  NYY – Derek Jeter (2)

Game 3

October 4, Jacobs Field

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York	1	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	1
Cleveland	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1
W: David Wells (1–0)   L: Charles Nagy (0–1)  SV: None
HR: CLE – None   NYY – Paul O'Neill (2)

Game 4

October 5, Jacobs Field

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	1
Cleveland	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	9	0
W: Mike Jackson (1–0)   L: Ramiro Mendoza (1–1)  SV: None
HR: CLE – David Justice (1)   Sandy Alomar Jr. (2)   NYY – None

Game 5

October 6, Jacobs Field

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	3	12	0
Cleveland	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	X	4	7	2
W: Jaret Wright (2–0)   L: Andy Pettitte (0–2)  SV: José Mesa (1)
HR: CLE – None   NYY – None

Awards and records

Don Mattingly's number 23 was retired by the New York Yankees in 1997.

• Tino Martinez, Silver Slugger Award

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Columbus Clippers	International League	Stump Merrill
AA	Norwich Navigators	Eastern League	Trey Hillman
A	Tampa Yankees	Florida State League	Lee Mazzilli
A	Greensboro Bats	South Atlantic League	Tom Nieto
A-Short Season	Oneonta Yankees	New York–Penn League	Joe Arnold
Rookie	GCL Yankees	Gulf Coast League	Ken Dominguez

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