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1997 National League Statistics & Leaders

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League Standings Minor League Standings

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Central Division
Team	W	L	WPct	GB
Chicago (N)	95	67	.586	--
Cincinnati	89	73	.549	6
St. Louis	86	76	.531	9
Atlanta	49	113	.302	46

East Division
Team	W	L	WPct	GB
Philadelphia	113	49	.698	--
Pittsburgh	96	66	.593	17
Carolina	69	93	.426	44
New York (N)	68	94	.420	45
Montreal	62	100	.383	51

West Division
Team	W	L	WPct	GB
San Francisco	94	68	.580	--
Los Angeles	93	69	.574	1
Las Vegas	75	87	.463	19
Houston	73	89	.451	21
San Diego	72	90	.444	22

Post-Season Results
World Championship (4-1)	Pittsburgh Pirates over Minnesota Twins
NL League Series (4-1)	Pittsburgh Pirates over Philadelphia Phillies
NL Division Series (3-0)	Pittsburgh Pirates over Chicago (N) Cubs
NL Division Series (3-0)	Philadelphia Phillies over San Francisco Giants

League Batting Stats Help
Team	R/G	R	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
PHI	5.8	941	162	5575	1475	356	31	262	677	1376	.265	.344	.481	.825
PIT	5.5	886	162	5661	1557	361	38	175	608	1324	.275	.345	.445	.790
STL	5.3	864	162	5651	1520	271	29	212	552	1246	.269	.334	.440	.774
CHC	5.2	837	162	5493	1422	281	28	224	635	1260	.259	.336	.443	.778
CIN	4.8	779	162	5784	1583	365	38	146	467	1277	.274	.328	.426	.754
SFG	4.7	769	162	5634	1461	337	39	126	544	1228	.259	.325	.400	.725
LAD	4.7	756	162	5630	1448	258	32	117	591	1167	.257	.328	.377	.704
HOU	4.4	711	162	5645	1374	312	62	182	449	1365	.243	.299	.417	.717
CAR	4.3	691	162	5522	1372	250	47	161	555	1281	.248	.317	.398	.715
LV	4.2	685	162	5556	1380	325	27	128	519	1396	.248	.313	.386	.698
NYM	4.1	657	162	5471	1317	271	29	163	591	1414	.241	.315	.390	.705
ATL	3.8	621	162	5469	1263	278	27	154	518	1520	.231	.297	.376	.674
MON	3.8	616	162	5594	1362	273	28	112	436	1244	.243	.298	.362	.661
SDP	3.8	613	162	5421	1289	227	20	134	581	1400	.238	.312	.361	.673
Totals	4.6	10426	2268	78106	19823	4165	475	2296	7723	18498	.254	.321	.407	.728
Average		745	162	5579	1416	298	34	164	552	1321

League Pitching Stats Help
Team	R/G	R	G	ERA	IP	H	H/G	BB	BB/G	SO	SO/G	SV
PHI	3.9	631	162	3.59	1460.0	1352	8.3	452	2.8	1431	8.8	46
SFG	3.9	634	162	3.66	1462.0	1328	8.2	548	3.4	1421	8.8	53
LAD	4.1	671	162	3.74	1471.0	1309	8.1	610	3.8	1466	9.0	50
CHC	4.2	677	162	3.78	1449.3	1274	7.9	600	3.7	1472	9.1	49
PIT	4.4	720	162	4.15	1450.0	1438	8.9	494	3.0	1180	7.3	48
CIN	4.5	726	162	4.12	1462.0	1437	8.9	459	2.8	1434	8.9	46
SDP	4.6	751	162	4.14	1436.3	1444	8.9	511	3.2	1325	8.2	37
LV	4.7	761	162	4.35	1441.3	1463	9.0	480	3.0	1196	7.4	45
HOU	4.7	762	162	4.32	1473.0	1469	9.1	486	3.0	1307	8.1	37
NYM	4.7	768	162	4.29	1433.7	1452	9.0	557	3.4	1097	6.8	33
STL	4.8	779	162	4.45	1451.7	1479	9.1	654	4.0	1329	8.2	38
CAR	4.9	796	162	4.64	1428.7	1404	8.7	652	4.0	1352	8.3	37
MON	5.0	813	162	4.59	1449.7	1414	8.7	596	3.7	1308	8.1	37
ATL	5.8	937	162	5.34	1415.3	1560	9.6	624	3.9	1180	7.3	27
Totals	4.6	10426	2268	4.22	20284.0	19823	8.7	7723	3.4	18498	8.2	583
Average		745	162		1449	1416		552		1321		42

League Miscellaneous Stats Help
Team	ExpW	ExpL	Diff	AS	aAS	BAW	PAW	RAW	FAW	PRF	PHrF	Attendance	Manager
PIT	96	66	0	5	13	1	0	3	13	0.93	0.98	2,531,763	Gary Graves
CHC	97	65	-2	4	16	4	1	3	5	1.02	1.13	2,744,552	Scott Stewart
PHI	109	53	4	4	14	6	4	2	10	1.11	1.04	3,527,642	Phil Lesage
CIN	86	76	3	2	11	0	1	0	6	1.08	1.09	3,001,815	Roy Paeth
LAD	90	72	3	2	13	0	1	1	6	0.94	0.96	4,407,949	Greg Darusmont
LV	73	89	2	2	7	0	0	0	4	0.99	0.91	1,283,952	Randy Lawrence
SFG	95	67	-1	2	8	0	0	1	4	0.99	1.11	3,085,022	Jesse Rockwell
STL	89	73	-3	2	11	2	3	0	9	0.98	0.96	3,371,778	John Richardson
HOU	76	86	-3	1	18	1	0	0	15	1.02	0.95	2,948,477	Ron Lee
MON	61	101	1	1	6	0	5	0	6	1.02	0.87	708,121	Tom McDermott
ATL	52	110	-3	0	4	0	0	2	4	0.96	0.93	1,465,497	Rich Hale
CAR	71	91	-2	0	3	0	0	0	3	1.02	1.15	1,338,865	Mike Jarvis
NYM	70	92	-2	0	6	2	0	1	31	0.95	0.84	1,278,196	Jeffery Yong
SDP	66	96	6	0	6	0	0	1	1	1.02	1.10	1,192,028	Jason Martin

League Win Shares Help
Team	Total	Offensive	Pitching	Fielding	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	OF
PHI	339	164.88	126.29	47.79	9.54	2.93	5.05	7.14	8.50	14.64
PIT	288	166.17	82.41	39.39	3.13	2.43	4.92	6.10	9.61	13.22
CHC	285	140.09	97.55	47.34	4.58	3.13	7.92	7.39	7.97	16.37
SFG	282	122.60	114.18	45.19	4.15	3.19	9.30	7.99	7.02	13.55
LAD	279	127.66	105.47	45.84	7.92	1.11	9.06	5.09	6.06	16.60
CIN	267	120.13	102.76	44.09	12.95	2.75	4.66	4.38	8.23	11.13
STL	258	150.47	77.36	30.13	7.83	2.24	5.68	4.16	1.80	8.44
LV	225	102.91	80.56	41.50	6.74	4.33	3.28	4.79	10.55	11.83
HOU	219	96.55	84.25	38.17	5.82	1.83	6.00	4.58	8.63	11.33
SDP	216	80.46	93.70	41.82	10.48	2.73	8.11	6.06	4.73	9.71
CAR	207	99.49	73.07	34.41	7.22	1.62	5.34	2.56	7.48	10.20
NYM	204	94.41	76.73	32.84	7.03	3.04	6.94	2.51	6.33	6.99
MON	186	74.85	71.31	39.80	8.57	4.75	4.87	1.03	7.69	12.91
ATL	147	91.93	35.90	19.15	6.09	0.35	4.93	2.23	2.67	2.88

League Award Winners
Bill Heckel Award:	Gary Graves	PIT	Managed the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 96-66 record, finishing 2nd in the East Division division of the National League. Defeated Minnesota Twins in the World Championship 4 games to 1.
Ted Williams Batting Title:	Will Clark	PHI	.298, 64 HR, 134 RBI
Cy Young:	Juan Guzman	PHI	19-1, 2.09, 220.0 IP, 242 K
Rookie Of The Year:	Angel Echevarria	NYM	.290, 37 HR, 93 RBI

Gold Glove Award Winners

P	Mike Moore	LAD	1.000, 10 PO, 31 A, 0 E
C	Jorge Fabregas	CAR	.992, 1043 PO, 35 A, 9 E 41.4% (24-58) Runners Thrown Out
1B	Fred McGriff	NYM	.995, 1711 PO, 131 A, 10 E
2B	Quilvio Veras	NYM	.989, 265 PO, 533 A, 9 E
3B	Edgar Martinez	PHI	.989, 70 PO, 304 A, 4 E
SS	Keith Kessinger	NYM	.954, 209 PO, 598 A, 39 E
LF	Billy Jo Robidoux	PIT	1.000, 269 PO, 1 A, 0 E
CF	Pedro Munoz	PIT	1.000, 364 PO, 1 A, 0 E
RF	Rudy Pemberton	ATL	1.000, 245 PO, 11 A, 0 E

League Batting Leaderboards Help

(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances requirement.

Batting Average

McDowell	STL	.337
Renteria	MON	.331
Morandini	LAD	.321*
Munoz	PIT	.317
Fletcher	CIN	.314

On-Base Pct

Martinez	PHI	.417
Griffey Jr.	PHI	.414
Barberie	STL	.411
Taubensee	PIT	.407
Alomar	PIT	.402

Slugging Pct

Clark	PHI	.682
Martinez	PHI	.669
Griffey Jr.	PHI	.596
Klesko	CHC	.577
Simmons	CHC	.564

OPS

Martinez	PHI	1.086
Clark	PHI	1.073
Griffey Jr.	PHI	1.010
Davis	STL	.956
Klesko	CHC	.951

Clark	PHI	143.3
Martinez	PHI	140.3
Griffey Jr.	PHI	131.5
Klesko	CHC	122.5
Robidoux	PIT	118.8

Games

Gwynn	CIN	162
McGriff	NYM	162
Meulens	LAD	162
Browne	SFG	161
Echevarria	NYM	161

At-Bats

Gwynn	CIN	710
Kelly	LAD	657
Munoz	PIT	646
McGriff	NYM	643
Devereaux	LAD	641

Runs

Clark	PHI	149
Griffey Jr.	PHI	138
Martinez	PHI	125
Davis	STL	119
Robidoux	PIT	112

Hits

Gwynn	CIN	215
Munoz	PIT	205
McDowell	STL	201
Rose	CIN	192
Vizquel	LAD	192

Total Bases

Clark	PHI	414
Martinez	PHI	368
Klesko	CHC	339
Griffey Jr.	PHI	334
Simmons	CHC	334

Singles

Devereaux	LAD	159
McDowell	STL	154
Vizquel	LAD	152
Gwynn	CIN	143
Kelly	LAD	142

Doubles

Jordan	LV	59
Gwynn	CIN	57
Edmonds	SFG	52
Greer	LV	48
Stewart	CIN	45

Triples

Polonia	CAR	17
Miller	PIT	15
Alou	HOU	12
Finley	HOU	11
Stewart	CIN	9

Homeruns

Clark	PHI	64
Griffey Jr.	PHI	48
Martinez	PHI	48
Davis	STL	41
Giles	MON	41

RBIs

Martinez	PHI	140
Clark	PHI	134
Griffey Jr.	PHI	125
Klesko	CHC	123
Simmons	CHC	118

Stolen Bases

Kelly	LAD	81
Deshields	CHC	68
Polonia	CAR	61
McDowell	STL	50
Miller	PIT	47

Caught Stealing

Deshields	CHC	34
Kelly	LAD	26
Polonia	CAR	18
Davis	STL	17
Lofton	MON	16

Walks

Thome	CHC	141
Griffey Jr.	PHI	136
McGwire	CAR	115
Davis	STL	110
Browne	SFG	107

Strikeouts

McGriff	NYM	211
Tartabull	SDP	209
Meulens	LAD	204
Griffey Jr.	PHI	192
McGwire	CAR	191

League Pitching Leaderboards Help

ERA

Guzman	PHI	2.09
Wells	PHI	2.41
Hershiser	PHI	2.59
Mesa	SFG	2.64
Gubicza	LAD	2.72

Wins

Hershiser	PHI	21
Gubicza	LAD	20
Dayley	CHC	19
Guzman	PHI	19
Swindell	CIN	19

Losses

Stapleton	ATL	22
Lopez	NYM	20
Valdes	SDP	17
Ballard	NYM	15
Glavine	SDP	15

Winning Pct

Guzman	PHI	.950
Hershiser	PHI	.808
Wells	PHI	.783
Chiamparino	PHI	.727
Dayley	CHC	.704

Saves

Habyan	SFG	43
Ritchie	LAD	40
Davis	CHC	39
Garcia	PIT	36
Harvey	CIN	35

Games Pitched

Scanlan	SDP	117
Birtsas	NYM	113
Jones	STL	112
Sierra	ATL	106
Scudder	HOU	104

Games Started

Escobar	ATL	40
Gubicza	LAD	39
Bankhead	CHC	38
Kipper	STL	38
Pena	LAD	38

Complete Games

Chiamparino	PHI	3
Gross	CHC	3
Mesa	SFG	3
Casian	LV	2
Deleon	SDP	2

Shutouts

Gross	CHC	3
Mesa	SFG	2
Casian	LV	1
Castillo	CIN	1
Chiamparino	PHI	1

Innings Pitched

Gubicza	LAD	268.0
Mesa	SFG	248.7
Bankhead	CHC	242.3
Tapani	PIT	233.3
Wells	PHI	232.0

Hits Allowed

Castillo	CIN	239
Lilliquist	SDP	238
Rivera	HOU	235
Glavine	SDP	234
Tapani	PIT	231

Homeruns Allowed

Deleon	SDP	39
Glavine	SDP	39
Swindell	CIN	37
Bankhead	CHC	36
Fajardo	LV	36

Strikeouts

Deleon	SDP	288
Hershiser	PHI	287
Gubicza	LAD	275
Wells	PHI	262
Bankhead	CHC	259

Walks Allowed

Ward	SFG	116
Deleon	SDP	115
Dayley	CHC	114
Vosberg	NYM	110
Pena	LAD	102

Walks per 9IP

Wells	PHI	0.8
Chiamparino	PHI	1.1
Rivera	HOU	1.3
Tapani	PIT	1.4
Freeman	HOU	1.6

Hits per 9IP

Hershiser	PHI	6.3
Guzman	PHI	6.6
Deleon	SDP	6.8
Pena	LAD	6.9
Alvarez	MON	6.9

Strikeouts per 9IP

Hershiser	PHI	12.4
Deleon	SDP	11.6
Alvarez	MON	11.4
Powell	CIN	10.7
Ward	SFG	10.4

WHiP

Wells	PHI	0.92
Alvarez	MON	0.96
Powell	CIN	1.02
Hershiser	PHI	1.04
Farrell	LV	1.05

OAVG

Hershiser	PHI	.192
Guzman	PHI	.203
Alvarez	MON	.208
Deleon	SDP	.208
Pena	LAD	.209

OOBP

Wells	PHI	.241
Alvarez	MON	.250
Hershiser	PHI	.262
Powell	CIN	.262
Farrell	LV	.265

OSLG

Guzman	PHI	.285
Pena	LAD	.295
Mesa	SFG	.308
Gubicza	LAD	.318
Hershiser	PHI	.326

OOPS

Guzman	PHI	.572
Hershiser	PHI	.588
Gubicza	LAD	.593
Pena	LAD	.594
Wells	PHI	.595

League All-Stars
Scott Bankhead	Bret Barberie	Will Clark
Ken Dayley	Steve Decker	Miguel Garcia
Rusty Greer	Ken Griffey Jr.	Mark Gubicza
Juan Guzman	Chris Gwynn	John Habyan
Barry Jones	Ricky Jordan	Pedro Martinez
Oddibe McDowell	Edgar Renteria	Billy Jo Robidoux
Bobby Rose	Nelson Simmons	Kevin Stocker
Kevin Tapani	Eddie Taubensee	Jose Valentin
Duane Ward

League Top Salaries
Rank	Name	Team	Salary
1.	Will Clark	PHI	$ 16,500,000
2.	Ellis Burks	STL	$ 15,000,010
3.	Andres Galarraga	SFG	$ 15,000,000
	Ken Griffey Jr.	PHI	$ 15,000,000
5.	Dennis Powell	CIN	$ 13,752,500
6.	Bob Kipper	STL	$ 12,500,000
	Roberto Alomar	PIT	$ 12,500,000
8.	Eric Davis	STL	$ 12,000,000
	Billy Jo Robidoux	PIT	$ 12,000,000
10.	Paul Kilgus	SFG	$ 11,279,250
11.	David Green	LAD	$ 11,000,000
12.	Nelson Simmons	CHC	$ 10,770,000
13.	Edgar Martinez	PHI	$ 10,659,100
14.	Scott Bankhead	CHC	$ 10,100,000
15.	Mark Gubicza	LAD	$ 10,070,000
16.	Fred McGriff	NYM	$ 9,500,000
17.	Duane Ward	SFG	$ 9,100,000
18.	John Habyan	SFG	$ 9,000,000
19.	Drew Hall	MON	$ 8,500,000
20.	Terry Steinbach	LV	$ 8,250,000
21.	Tom Glavine	SDP	$ 8,000,000
22.	Tim Birtsas	NYM	$ 7,500,000
23.	Hipolito Pena	LAD	$ 7,401,001
24.	Orel Hershiser	PHI	$ 7,370,000
25.	Jose Deleon	SDP	$ 7,280,000