# 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.
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.
* December 13, 1996: Mike Bordick was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.
* December 18, 1996: Jerome Walton was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.
* December 19, 1996: Eric Davis was signed as a free agent with the Baltimore Orioles.
* March 22, 1997: Scott McClain was traded by the Baltimore Orioles with Manny Alexander to the New York Mets for Hector Ramirez.

### Roster
## Regular season
### Season standings

vteAL 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 recordvte Sources: :
| 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)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
1April 2Royals7 – 4Key (1–0)Walker (0–1)Myers (1)46,5881–0
2April 3Royals6 – 4Rhodes (1–0)Montgomery (0–1)Myers (2)43,0312–0
3April 4@Rangers5 – 4Erickson (1–0)Patterson (0–1)Benítez (1)26,0583–0
4April 5@Rangers9 – 7Rhodes (2–0)Oliver (0–1)Myers (3)39,0734–0
5April 6@Rangers9 – 3Pavlik (1–0)Mussina (0–1)36,1564–1
6April 7@Royals6 – 5Walker (1–1)Benítez (0–1)40,0524–2
7April 9@Royals4 – 2 (11)Mills (1–0)Bevil (0–1)Myers (4)12,0365–2
8April 11Rangers9 – 3Mussina (1–1)Burkett (0–1)40,5756–2
9April 13Rangers9 – 0Key (2–0)Pavlik (1–1)44,1547–2
10April 14Twins4 – 2Erickson (2–0)Tewksbury (0–2)Myers (5)36,2888–2
11April 15Twins3 – 1Kamieniecki (1–0)Aldred (0–2)Myers (6)40,1969–2
12April 16@White Sox9 – 3Drabek (1–1)Boskie (0–1)14,0619–3
13April 17@White Sox1 – 0Mussina (2–1)Darwin (0–1)Myers (7)14,67410–3
14April 20@Red Sox11 – 1Key (3–0)Gordon (1–2)32,29011–3
15April 21@Red Sox4 – 2Sele (3–0)Erickson (2–1)Slocumb (3)33,60811–4
16April 22White Sox3 – 2Mussina (3–1)Darwin (0–2)Myers (8)38,39212–4
17April 23White Sox11 – 9 (11)Castillo (2–2)Benítez (0–2)Hernandez (3)42,90212–5
18April 24Red Sox2 – 1 (11)Trlicek (3–4)Mathews (0–1)Henry (4)40,00012–6
19April 25Red Sox2 – 0Erickson (3–1)Gordon (1–3)Myers (9)45,22713–6
20April 26Red Sox14 – 5Key (4–0)Sele (3–1)Johnson (1)47,72714–6
21April 27Red Sox13 – 7Henry (1–0)Rhodes (2–1)47,30714–7
22April 29Twins6 – 4Boskie (1–1)Swindell (1–1)Myers (10)11,36815–7
23April 30Twins12 – 3Kamieniecki (2–0)Tewksbury (1–4)Benítez (2)12,68616–7 :
May (20–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
24May 1Twins3–2Erickson (4–1)Aldred (1–3)Myers (11)11,67817–7
25May 2Athletics7–1Key (5–0)Karsay (0–3)46,18118–7
26May 3Athletics4–3Small (4–0)Myers (0–1)Taylor (6)45,78018–8
27May 4Athletics11–0Coppinger (1–0)Prieto (2–2)Johnson (2)47,00119–8
28May 5Angels7–2Dickson (5–1)Kamieniecki (2–1)James (3)41,29619–9
29May 6Angels8–4Erickson (5–1)Finley (0–2)Myers (12)37,15020–9
30May 7Angels3–0Key (6–0)Watson (0–2)Myers (13)43,85821–9
31May 8Mariners13–3Mussina (4–1)Johnson (4–1)45,02622–9
32May 9Mariners8–2Moyer (2–0)Coppinger (1–1)47,25722–10
33May 10Mariners3 – 2 (11)Charlton (2–1)Myers (0–2)47,34022–11
34May 11Mariners9–5Erickson (6–1)Martínez (1–3)47,45123–11
35May 12Athletics5–1Key (7–0)Karsay (0–4)Benítez (3)11,35224–11
36May 13Athletics7–3Mussina (5–1)Mohler (0–5)14,85425–11
37May 14Angels6–5Springer (1–1)Boskie (1–2)Holtz (1)15,78025–12
38May 15Angels3–2Dickson (6–1)Kamieniecki (2–2)James (5)15,96625–13
39May 16Mariners6–3Erickson (7–1)Martínez (1–4)39,45526–13
40May 17Mariners4–3Key (8–0)Sanders (0–5)Benítez (4)57,30427–13
41May 18Mariners8–7Orosco (1–0)Charlton (2–3)Benítez (5)57,43228–13
42May 20Tigers4–3Kamieniecki (3–2)Olivares (2–3)Myers (14)48,00329–13
43May 21Tigers2–0Erickson (8–1)Thompson (4–3)Myers (15)47,87730–13
44May 23Indians6–1Ogea (5–3)Key (8–1)41,15430–14
45May 24Indians8–3Mussina (6–1)Kline (3–1)41,04031–14
46May 25Indians7–6Nagy (6–2)Rhodes (2–2)Morman (2)42,94431–15
47May 26Yankees8–6Boskie (2–2)Pettittie (6–3)Myers (16)40,29632–15
48May 27Yankees10–6Kamieniecki (2–2)Rogers (6–3)Benítez (6)29,39233–15
49May 28Yankees8–1Key (9–1)Moehler (3–4)Boskie (1)10,69234–15
50May 30Indians3–0Mussina (7–1)Nagy (6–3)47,75835–15
51May 31Indians8–5Boskie (3–2)Mesa (0–3)Myers (17)47,73936–15 :
June (15–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
52June 3Yankees7–5Myers (1–2)Mecir (0–3)47,57737–15
53June 4Yankees9–7Orosco (2–0)Nelson (2–5)Myers (18)47,74838–15
54June 6@ White Sox7–3Drabek (5–4)Erickson (8–2)R. Hernandez (12)21,30438–16
55June 7@ White Sox1 – 0 (11)R. Hernández (4–1)Myers (1–3)31,54838–17
56June 8@ White Sox2–1Key (10–1)Darwin (2–3)Myers (19)24,08939–17
57June 9@ White Sox10–2Mussina (8–1)Baldwin (3–8)23,46440–17
58June 10@ Red Sox7–2Erickson (9–2)Eshelman (0–1)41–17
59June 10@ Red Sox4–2Rhodes (3–2)Wakefield (2–5)Myers (20)30,99542–17
60June 11@ Red Sox10–1Gordon (4–6)Johnson (0–1)26,47942–18
61June 12@ Red Sox9–5Sele (7–5)Kamieniecki (4–3)24,97042–19
62June 13@ Braves4 – 3Key (11–1)Maddux (7–3)Myers (21)48,33443–19
63June 14@ Braves6 – 4 (12)Rhodes (4–2)Borowski (2–2)Myers (22)26,96444–19
64June 15@ Braves5 – 3 (10)Mathews (1–1)Wohlers (2–2)Myers (23)48,08845–19
65June 16Expos6 – 4Hermanson (3–4)Boskie (3–3)Urbina (12)47,55745–20
66June 17Expos5 – 4Kamieniecki (5–3)Bullinger (4–6)Myers (24)47,79346–20
67June 18Expos1 – 0C. Perez (8–4)Key (11–2)47,44846–21
68June 20@ Blue Jays3 – 0Hentgen (8–3)Mussina (8–2)30,26646–22
69June 21@ Blue Jays5 – 1Erickson (10–2)Plesac (0–3)40,13947–22
70June 22@ Blue Jays5 – 2Kamieniecki (6–3)Person (2–5)Myers (25)35,10648–22
71June 23@ Brewers5 – 0D'Amico (5–3)Key (11–3)16,30448–23
72June 24@ Brewers6 – 2Boskie (4–3)Karl (2–9)Rhodes (1)14,00749–23
73June 25@ Brewers9 – 1Mussina (9–2)Eldred (7–8)21,04250–23
74June 26Blue Jays3 – 0Clemens (12–2)Erickson (10–3)Timlin (7)47,61750–24
75June 27Blue Jays2 – 1Person (3–5)Kamieniecki (6–4)Spoljaric (2)47,90050–25
76June 28Blue Jays5 – 2W. Williams (3–7)Key (11–4)Timlin (8)47,68750–26
77June 29Blue Jays3 – 2Escobar (1–0)Benítez (0–3)Timlin (9)47,76350–27
78June 30Phillies8 – 1Mussina (10–2)Maduro (3–7)47,83751–27 :
July (16-11)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord
79July 1Phillies4 – 1Erickson (11–3)Beech (0–4)Myers (26)47,61052–27
80July 2Phillies10 – 6Rhodes (5–2)Spradlin (1–4)47,78553–27
81July 3@ Tigers10 – 1Key (12–4)Lira (5–5)13,20954–27
82July 4@ Tigers4 – 3Rhodes (6–2)Keagle (0–1)Myers (27)30,10055–27
83July 4@ Tigers11 – 8Bautista (2–2)Mills (1–1)T. Jones (12)30,10055–28
84July 5@ Tigers6 – 5Miceli (2–1)Orosco (2–1)T. Jones (13)37,07455–29
85July 6@ Tigers14 – 9Blair (6–4)Erickson (11–4)18,19755–30
86July 11Brewers3 – 1McDonald (8–6)Key (12–5)D. Jones (21)47,91955–31
87July 12Brewers3 – 2Eldred (9–8)Erickson (11–5)D. Jones (22)47,60655–32
88July 13Brewers6 – 4D'Amico (7–4)Mussina (10–3)D. Jones (23)47,44855–33
89July 14Blue Jays9 – 5Mathews (2–1)Person (3–6)47,04256–33
90July 15Blue Jays8 – 4Boskie (5–3)Guzmán (3–6)47,06257–33
91July 16Red Sox4 – 1Avery (3–2)Key (12–6)Slocumb (12)47,71257–34
92July 17Red Sox12 – 9Mahay (1–0)Orosco (2–2)Slocumb (13)47,91257–35
93July 18White Sox3 – 0Baldwin (7–9)Mussina (10–4)R. Hernández (24)47,75957–36
94July 19White Sox8 – 3Rhodes (7–2)Simas (3–1)Benítez (7)47,85758–36
95July 20White Sox10 – 2Navarro (8–8)Boskie (5–4)47,80058–37
96July 21@ Rangers5 – 1Key (13–6)Oliver (6–10)35,84259–37
97July 22@ Rangers9 – 3Erickson (12–5)Burkett (7–9)43,42160–37
98July 23@ Rangers3 – 2Myers (2–3)Patterson (6–4)40,83461–37
99July 25@ Twins5 – 2Radke (14–5)Kamieniecki (6–5)21,52461–38 :
August (18-10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord :
September (13-16)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecord :

## 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
### 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
### 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
* Harry Dalton, 1997 Herb Armstrong Award (for contribution to the Orioles franchise by a non-uniform personnel
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