# 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.

## 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.
* November 4, 1996: Clay Bellinger was signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.
* 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.
* December 11, 1996: Mike Stanton was signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.
* January 9, 1997: Mark Whiten was signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.
* January 9, 1997: Luis Sojo was signed as a free agent with the New York Yankees.

### Notable transaction chart

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

## 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 |

## 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.

### August

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

### 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 |

### 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 |

### 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
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocationAttendanceRecord
1April 1@ Mariners2–4Fassero (1–0)Cone (0–1)Charlton (1)Kingdome57,5860–1
2April 2@ Mariners16–2Pettitte (1–0)Sanders (0–1)Kingdome30,9511–1
3April 4@ Athletics2–4Acre (1–0)Weathers (0–1)Taylor (2)Oakland Alameda Coliseum17,3301–2
4April 5@ Athletics10–5Gooden (1–0)Mohler (0–1)Rivera (1)Oakland Alameda Coliseum25,4382–2
5April 6@ Athletics0–3Acre (2–0)Nelson (0–1)Taylor (3)Oakland Alameda Coliseum22,1242–3
6April 7@ Angels5–3Pettitte (2–0)Langston (0–1)Rivera (2)Anaheim Stadium16,5143–3
7April 8@ Angels9–10 (12)James (1–0)Nelson (0–2)Anaheim Stadium17,2023–4
8April 9@ Angels12–5Wells (1–0)Watson (0–1)Anaheim Stadium19,2424–4
9April 11Athletics1–3Small (2–0)Nelson (0–3)Yankee Stadium56,7104–5
10April 13Athletics3–2Pettitte (3–0)Telgheder (0–1)Rivera (3)Yankee Stadium5–5
11April 13Athletics4–7Prieto (1–0)Mendoza (0–1)Taylor (5)Yankee Stadium32,0985–6
12April 14Angels1–5Dickson (2–0)Rogers (0–1)Yankee Stadium15,0825–7
13April 15Angels5–6Hasegawa (1–1)Rivera (0–1)James (1)Yankee Stadium16,9445–8
14April 16@ Brewers4–7Mercedes (1–0)Cone (0–2)Jones (4)Milwaukee County Stadium7,2635–9
15April 17@ Brewers4–5Wickman (2–0)Lloyd (0–1)Milwaukee County Stadium8,0185–10
16April 18@ White Sox10–4Mendoza (1–1)Navarro (1–1)Comiskey Park II18,6036–10
17April 19@ White Sox3–2Rogers (1–1)Castillo (1–2)Rivera (4)Comiskey Park II24,9767–10
18April 20@ White Sox7–8Levine (1–1)Boehringer (0–1)Comiskey Park II23,6017–11
19April 21@ White Sox4–3Cone (1–2)Drabek (1–2)Rivera (5)Comiskey Park II16,6948–11
20April 22Brewers10–2Pettitte (4–0)D'Amico (0–1)Yankee Stadium18,0189–11
21April 23Brewers10–5Rogers (2–1)McDonald (2–2)Lloyd (1)Yankee Stadium22,70410–11
22April 25White Sox3–9Álvarez (1–3)Wells (1–1)Yankee Stadium24,64810–12
23April 26White Sox10–2Cone (2–2)Baldwin (0–3)Rivera (6)Yankee Stadium28,81711–12
24April 27White Sox7–1Pettitte (5–0)Drabek (1–3)Yankee Stadium36,13312–12
25April 28Mariners6–5Nelson (1–3)Ayala (2–1)Rivera (7)Yankee Stadium20,05413–12
26April 29Mariners5–7McCarthy (1–0)Mecir (0–1)Yankee Stadium21,95513–13
27April 30Mariners3–2Wells (2–1)Martínez (1–2)Rivera (8)Yankee Stadium25,70814–13 :
May (15–12) Home: 6–8 Away: 9–4
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocationAttendanceRecord
28May 2@ Royals9–1Cone (3–2)Pittsley (0–2)Rivera (9)Kauffman Stadium24,25815–13
29May 3@ Royals1–2Belcher (3–3)Pettitte (5–1)Kauffman Stadium25,58515–14
30May 4@ Royals13–5Boehringer (1–1)Rusch (2–2)Kauffman Stadium30,03416–14
31May 5Twins8–9Swindell (2–1)Mecir (0–2)Yankee Stadium16,59916–15
32May 6Twins7–2Wells (3–1)Aldred (1–4)Yankee Stadium13,93917–15
33May 7Rangers5–2Cone (4–2)Burkett (1–2)Rivera (10)Yankee Stadium18,77818–15
34May 8Rangers5–4Pettitte (6–1)Oliver (1–3)Rivera (11)Yankee Stadium17,48319–15
35May 9Royals5–7Veres (2–0)Boehringer (1–2)Yankee Stadium20,09819–16
36May 10Royals5–2Mendoza (2–1)Appier (4–2)Rivera (12)Yankee Stadium25,00720–16
37May 11Royals3–2Wells (4–2)Rosado (3–1)Rivera (13)Yankee Stadium25,70521–16
38May 13@ Twins11–2Cone (5–2)Robertson (3–2)Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome15,08222–16
39May 14@ Twins6–5Boehringer (2–2)Guardado (0–1)Rivera (14)Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome17,66023–16
40May 15@ Rangers8–2Rogers (3–1)Alberro (0–1)The Ballpark in Arlington35,48824–16
41May 16@ Rangers0–6Santana (2–0)Wells (4–2)Patterson (1)The Ballpark in Arlington42,42024–17
42May 17@ Rangers11–5Mendoza (3–1)Burkett (2–3)The Ballpark in Arlington46,62525–17
43May 18@ Rangers2–4Oliver (2–4)Cone (5–3)Wetteland (10)The Ballpark in Arlington46,85025–18
44May 20Blue Jays0–2Hentgen (5–1)Pettitte (6–2)Yankee Stadium20,22025–19
45May 21Blue Jays1–4Clemens (8–0)Rogers (3–2)Yankee Stadium19,86325–20
46May 22Red Sox2–8Gordon (3–5)Wells (4–3)Yankee Stadium28,25525–21
47May 23Red Sox3–9Sele (5–3)Nelson (1–4)Yankee Stadium29,00325–22
48May 24Red Sox4–2Rivera (1–1)Wasdin (0–2)Yankee Stadium44,09426–22
49May 26Orioles6–8Boskie (2–2)Pettitte (6–3)Myers (16)Yankee Stadium40,29626–23
50May 27Orioles6–10Kamieniecki (4–2)Rogers (3–3)Benítez (6)Yankee Stadium29,39226–24
51May 28@ Blue Jays6–4Wells (5–3)Guzman (3–5)Rivera (15)SkyDome32,33827–24
52May 29@ Blue Jays4–0Cone (6–3)Williams (1–5)Nelson (1)SkyDome43,15528–24
53May 30@ Red Sox4–10Hammond (3–3)Mendoza (3–2)Fenway Park32,34128–25
54May 31@ Red Sox7–2Pettitte (7–3)Wakefield (1–4)Fenway Park32,73629–25 :
June (17–8) Home: 10–2 Away: 7–6
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocationAttendanceRecord
55June 1@ Red Sox11–6Nelson (2–4)Lacy (0–1)Fenway Park31,79830–25
56June 2@ Red Sox5–2Wells (6–3)Sele (6–4)Rivera (16)Fenway Park31,32931–25
57June 3@ Orioles5–7Myers (1–2)Mecir (0–3)Oriole Park at Camden Yards47,57731–26
58June 4@ Orioles7–9Orosco (2–0)Nelson (2–5)Myers (18)Oriole Park at Camden Yards47,74831–27
59June 6Brewers6–3Rogers (4–3)Mercedes (2–2)Rivera (17)Yankee Stadium24,57832–27
60June 7Brewers2–0Wells (7–3)Karl (2–7)Rivera (18)Yankee Stadium28,07433–27
61June 8Brewers3–1Cone (7–3)D'Amico (2–3)Rivera (19)Yankee Stadium41,26834–27
62June 10White Sox12–1Pettitte (8–3)Navarro (4–5)Yankee Stadium28,07935–27
63June 11White Sox7–5Stanton (1–0)McElroy (0–1)Rivera (20)Yankee Stadium22,19036–27
64June 13@ Marlins1–2Cook (1–0)Mecir (0–4)Pro Player Stadium42,45536–28
65June 15@ Marlins8–5Stanton (2–0)Cook (1–1)Rivera (21)Pro Player Stadium42,84537–28
66June 15@ Marlins5–6Nen (5–2)Rivera (1–2)Pro Player Stadium42,15337–29
67June 16Mets0–6Mlicki (3–5)Pettitte (8–4)Yankee Stadium56,18837–30
68June 17Mets6–3Wells (8–3)Reynoso (5–1)Rivera (22)Yankee Stadium56,25338–30
69June 18Mets3–2Stanton (3–0)McMichael (3–6)Yankee Stadium56,27839–30
70June 20@ Indians7–1Gooden (2–0)Nagy (8–4)Jacobs Field43,01940–30
71June 21@ Indians4–13Hershiser (7–3)Pettitte (8–5)Jacobs Field43,00640–31
72June 22@ Indians2–5Anderson (2–1)Wells (8–4)Jackson (8)Jacobs Field42,91240–32
73June 23@ Tigers5–2Cone (8–3)Lira (4–4)Rivera (23)Tiger Stadium14,55641–32
74June 24@ Tigers12–9Lloyd (1–1)Myers (0–4)Rivera (24)Tiger Stadium15,87242–32
75June 25@ Tigers3–1Stanton (4–0)Thompson (7–6)Rivera (25)Tiger Stadium15,34843–32
76June 27Indians3–2Gooden (3–0)Hershiser (7–4)Rivera (26)Yankee Stadium35,83744–32
77June 28Indians8–12Plunk (2–2)Rogers (4–4)Yankee Stadium41,08544–33
78June 29Indians11–10Rivera (2–2)Mesa (0–4)Yankee Stadium39,75645–33
79June 30Braves1–0Stanton (5–0)Bielecki (3–4)Yankee Stadium39,88746–33 :
July (15–11) Home: 9–7 Away: 6–4
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocationAttendanceRecord
80July 1Braves1–3Neagle (12–1)Mendoza (3–3)Wohlers (18)Yankee Stadium39,59646–34
81July 2Braves0–2Maddux (11–3)Gooden (3–1)Yankee Stadium36,60646–35
82July 3@ Blue Jays3–1Wells (9–4)Williams (3–8)Rivera (27)SkyDome31,22747–35
83July 4@ Blue Jays0–1Escobar (2–0)Cone (8–4)SkyDome34,13447–36
84July 5@ Blue Jays8–0Pettitte (9–4)Hentgen (8–6)SkyDome44,20648–36
85July 6@ Blue Jays0–2Clemens (13–3)Mendoza (3–4)SkyDome41,13748–37
86July 10Tigers10–3Irabu (1–0)Olivares (5–6)Yankee Stadium51,90149–37
87July 11Tigers3–0Pettitte (10–5)Moehler (6–7)Rivera (28)Yankee Stadium27,13550–37
88July 12Tigers6–2Cone (9–4)Lira (5–6)Rivera (29)Yankee Stadium39,68151–37
89July 13Tigers1–3Blair (7–4)Gooden (3–2)Jones (14)Yankee Stadium36,67951–38
90July 14Indians2–3Jackson (2–1)Rivera (2–3)Yankee Stadium27,81251–39
91July 15Indians12–6Irabu (2–0)Nagy (9–6)Mendoza (1)Yankee Stadium34,50352–39
92July 16@ White Sox11–5Pettitte (11–5)Álvarez (8–7)Comiskey Park II26,14453–39
93July 17@ White Sox4–2Cone (10–4)Darwin (4–7)Rivera (30)Comiskey Park II31,92354–39
94July 18@ Brewers4–6D'Amico (8–4)Gooden (3–3)Fetters (1)Milwaukee County Stadium24,07154–40
95July 19@ Brewers8–0Wells (10–4)Mercedes (3–5)Milwaukee County Stadium38,15655–40
96July 20@ Brewers2–6Karl (4–10)Irabu (2–1)Milwaukee County Stadium29,33355–41
97July 21@ Brewers7–3Pettitte (12–5)Florie (1–2)Stanton (1)Milwaukee County Stadium20,07456–41
98July 22Angels9–2Cone (11–4)Springer (5–4)Yankee Stadium25,81657–41
99July 23Angels5–4Nelson (3–5)Hasegawa (2–5)Yankee Stadium26,75058–41
–July 24AngelsPostponed (rain); rescheduled for August 20
100July 25Mariners1–8Moyer (11–3)Wells (10–5)Yankee Stadium46,28258–42
101July 26Mariners7–9Ayala (7–4)Irabu (2–2)Charlton (14)Yankee Stadium54,66458–43
102July 27Mariners2–3Fassero (9–6)Pettitte (12–6)Wells (2)Yankee Stadium49,55058–44
103July 28Athletics4–3Rivera (3–3)Small (7–5)Yankee Stadium25,57059–44
104July 29Athletics7–4Gooden (4–3)Reyes (3–2)Rivera (31)Yankee Stadium33,34160–44
105July 30Athletics7–0Wells (11–5)Karsay (3–11)Yankee Stadium35,48061–44 :
August (18–11) Home: 7–5 Away: 11–6
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocationAttendanceRecord
106August 1Twins8–3Pettitte (13–6)Robertson (7–9)Yankee Stadium28,04262–44
107August 2Twins4–5Swindell (7–2)Cone (11–5)Aguilera (20)Yankee Stadium33,26162–45
108August 3Twins6–5Gooden (5–3)Hawkins (3–7)Rivera (32)Yankee Stadium36,89663–45
109August 4@ Royals5–4Wells (12–5)Rusch (3–8)Rivera (33)Kauffman Stadium29,61364–45
110August 5@ Royals4–1Rogers (5–4)Appier (6–10)Kauffman Stadium21,07365–45
111August 6@ Rangers2–6Oliver (8–10)Pettitte (13–7)The Ballpark in Arlington34,06765–46
112August 7@ Rangers4–2Cone (12–5)Witt (10–8)Rivera (34)The Ballpark in Arlington39,91866–46
113August 8@ Twins1–9Hawkins (4–7)Gooden (5–4)Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome24,20166–47
114August 9@ Twins4–1Wells (13–5)Radke (16–6)Rivera (35)Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome42,15167–47
115August 10@ Twins9–6Mendoza (4–4)Miller (0–3)Rivera (36)Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome28,58068–47
116August 11@ Twins11–0Pettitte (14–7)Robertson (7–11)Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome22,30169–47
117August 12Royals4–6Perez (2–0)Cone (12–6)Montgomery (8)Yankee Stadium31,45269–48
118August 13Royals9–3Irabu (3–2)Belcher (11–11)Yankee Stadium31,41870–48
119August 14Royals10–5Wells (14–5)Olson (1–1)Rivera (37)Yankee Stadium28,99171–48
120August 15Rangers5–2Gooden (6–4)Clark (1–4)Rivera (38)Yankee Stadium36,23172–48
121August 16Rangers5–8Wetteland (7–2)Mendoza (4–5)Yankee Stadium41,63472–49
122August 17Rangers8–0Mendoza (5–5)Witt (11–9)Yankee Stadium42,00273–49
123August 19@ Angels4–12Dickson (12–5)Wells (14–6)Anaheim Stadium22,59673–50
124August 20@ Angels7–3Gooden (7–4)Hill (6–10)Mendoza (2)Anaheim StadiumN/A74–50
125August 20@ Angels8–5Irabu (4–2)Langston (2–4)Rivera (39)Anaheim Stadium32,34375–50
126August 21@ Angels4–3 (12)Stanton (6–0)Harris (2–3)Nelson (2)Anaheim Stadium27,10276–50
127August 22@ Mariners5–9Fassero (13–7)Rogers (5–5)Kingdome57,35176–51
128August 23@ Mariners10–8Rivera (4–3)Slocumb (0–7)Stanton (2)Kingdome57,28277–51
129August 24@ Mariners3–5Ayala (9–4)Wells (14–7)Timlin (10)Kingdome54,39177–52
130August 26@ Athletics18–2Pettitte (15–7)Oquist (2–4)Oakland Alameda Coliseum14,30178–52
131August 27@ Athletics7–8Matthews (8–5)Nelson (3–6)Oakland Alameda Coliseum18,07978–53
132August 29Expos3–4Telford (4–4)Rivera (4–4)Urbina (23)Yankee Stadium33,89378–54
133August 30Expos2–7Martínez (16–6)Wells (14–8)Yankee Stadium40,36278–55
134August 31Expos3–2Pettitte (16–7)Johnson (1–3)Rivera (40)Yankee Stadium55,70779–55 :
September (17–11) Home: 8–5 Away: 9–6
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocationAttendanceRecord
135September 1@ Phillies1–5Schilling (14–10)Irabu (4–3)Veterans Stadium50,86979–56
136September 2@ Phillies0–5Grace (2–0)Rogers (5–6)Veterans Stadium37,25879–57
137September 3@ Phillies4–5Spradlin (3–6)Stanton (6–1)Veterans Stadium38,35279–58
138September 4Orioles2–5Krivda (3–0)Wells (14–9)Myers (41)Yankee Stadium39,77079–59
139September 5Orioles9–13Key (15–8)Irabu (4–4)Yankee Stadium46,56879–60
140September 6Orioles1–4Erickson (16–5)Mendoza (5–6)Yankee Stadium52,53579–61
141September 7Orioles10–3Rogers (6–6)Mussina (13–7)Yankee Stadium47,94580–61
142September 9@ Red Sox8–6Banks (1–0)Lowe (2–5)Rivera (41)Fenway Park32,35581–61
143September 10@ Red Sox2–5Sele (13–12)Wells (14–10)Gordon (5)Fenway Park31,01181–62
144September 11@ Orioles14–2Pettitte (17–7)Key (15–9)Oriole Park at Camden Yards47,06682–62
145September 12@ Orioles13–5Mendoza (6–6)Erickson (16–6)Oriole Park at Camden Yards47,51183–62
146September 13@ Orioles1–6Mussina (14–7)Rogers (6–7)Oriole Park at Camden Yards47,69683–63
147September 14@ Orioles8–2Gooden (8–4)Kamieniecki (9–6)Oriole Park at Camden Yards47,26484–63
148September 15Red Sox7–6Rivera (5–4)Corsi (3–2)Yankee Stadium25,87385–63
149September 16Red Sox2–0Pettitte (18–7)Wasdin (4–6)Rivera (42)Yankee Stadium86–63
150September 16Red Sox4–3Banks (2–0)Checo (0–1)Rivera (43)Yankee Stadium29,14587–63
151September 17Tigers6–2Mendoza (7–6)Moehler (11–11)Yankee Stadium19,33188–63
152September 18Tigers7–9Jones (4–3)Borowski (2–3)Miceli (3)Yankee Stadium18,60088–64
153September 19Blue Jays0–3Daal (2–2)Gooden (8–5)Escobar (13)Yankee Stadium31,19588–65
154September 20Blue Jays4–3Banks (3–0)Janzen (1–1)Yankee Stadium38,33289–65
155September 21Blue Jays5–4Boehringer (3–2)Almanzar (0–1)Yankee Stadium40,03890–65
156September 22Blue Jays8–1Wells (15–10)Hentgen (15–10)Yankee Stadium23,38091–65
157September 23@ Indians9–10Mesa (4–4)Nelson (3–7)Jacobs Field43,03991–66
158September 24@ Indians8–4Gooden (9–5)Anderson (4–2)Jacobs Field42,97692–66
159September 25@ Indians5–4Mendoza (8–6)Shuey (4–2)Stanton (3)Jacobs Field43,00493–66
160September 26@ Tigers8–2Rivera (6–4)Jones (5–4)Tiger Stadium29,20694–66
161September 27@ Tigers6–1Wells (16–10)Moehler (11–12)Tiger Stadium33,71295–66
162September 28@ Tigers7–2Irabu (5–4)Keagle (3–5)Tiger Stadium38,17196–66 :

### Postseason Game log

Legend :
| Yankees Win | Yankees Loss | Game Postponed |
1997 Postseason Game Log (2–3) :
ALDS vs Indians (2–3)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveLocationAttendanceRecord
1September 30Indians8–6Mendoza (1–0)Plunk (0–1)Rivera (1)Yankee Stadium57,3981–0
2October 2Indians5–7Wright (1–0)Pettitte (0–1)Yankee Stadium57,3601–1
3October 4@ Indians6–1Wells (1–0)Nagy (0–1)Jacobs Field45,2742–1
4October 5@ Indians2–3Jackson (1–0)Mendoza (1–1)Jacobs Field45,2312–2
5October 6@ Indians3–4Wright (2–0)Pettitte (0–2)Mesa (1)Jacobs Field45,2032–3 :

## Player stats
### 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
### 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

* Tino Martinez, Silver Slugger Award

## Farm system

| 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 |