StatVault

Season Almanac

1997 MLB Season

League Leaders

Home Runs
  1. 1Mark McGwireSTL58
  2. 2Ken Griffey Jr.SEA56
  3. 3Larry WalkerCOL49
Hits
  1. 1Tony GwynnSD220
  2. 2Nomar GarciaparraBOS209
  3. 3Larry WalkerCOL208
Runs Batted In
  1. 1Ken Griffey Jr.SEA147
  2. 2Tino MartinezNYY141
  3. 3Andres GalarragaCOL140
Runs
  1. 1Craig BiggioHOU146
  2. 2Larry WalkerCOL143
  3. 3Ken Griffey Jr.SEA125
Stolen Bases
  1. 1Brian L. HunterDET74
  2. 2Chuck KnoblauchMIN62
  3. 3Tony WomackPIT60
Pitching Strikeouts
  1. 1Curt SchillingPHI319
  2. 2Pedro MartínezWSH305
  3. 3Roger ClemensTOR292
Pitching Wins
  1. 1Roger ClemensTOR21
  2. 2Brad RadkeMIN20
  3. 3Denny NeagleATL20
Saves
  1. 1Randy MyersBAL45
  2. 2Mariano RiveraNYY43
  3. 3Jeff ShawCIN42

Best Players by VAL

  1. 1Larry WalkerBAT23
  2. 2Ken Griffey Jr.BAT19.9
  3. 3Mike PiazzaBAT19.4
  4. 4Barry BondsBAT19
  5. 5Jeff BagwellBAT19
  6. 6Frank ThomasBAT18.9
  7. 7Andres GalarragaBAT18.7
  8. 8Mark McGwireBAT18.6
  9. 9Jim ThomeBAT17.1
  10. 10Tino MartinezBAT17.1
Best player every year →

Arrivals & Departures

Debuts (by career VAL)

  1. 1David OrtizDH245.7
  2. 2Todd Helton1B213.3
  3. 3Paul Konerko1B191.1
  4. 4Torii HunterCF187.3
  5. 5Bartolo ColonP161.4
  6. 6Derrek Lee1B161.1
  7. 7Magglio OrdonezRF159.8
  8. 8Miguel TejadaSS156.2

Final season in the corpus

  1. 1Eddie Murray1B275.8
  2. 2Lee SmithP192.7
  3. 3Ryne Sandberg2B184.6
  4. 4Rick HoneycuttP160.2
  5. 5Brett ButlerCF151
  6. 6Fernando ValenzuelaP134
  7. 7Danny TartabullOF131.6
  8. 8Mickey TettletonC119.4

Teams · 28

TeamRecordRoster VALTop playerResult
Atlanta Braves101-61333.5Greg MadduxPlayoffs
Baltimore Orioles98-64266.9Randy MyersPlayoffs
New York Yankees96-66246.9Tino MartinezPlayoffs
Miami Marlins92-70267.1Moises AlouPlayoffs
San Francisco Giants90-72245Barry BondsPlayoffs
Seattle Mariners90-72226.2Ken Griffey Jr.Playoffs
Los Angeles Dodgers88-74307.5Mike Piazza
New York Mets88-74275John Olerud
Cleveland Indians86-75260.1Jim ThomePlayoffs
Houston Astros84-78332.1Jeff BagwellPlayoffs
Los Angeles Angels84-78222.8Tim Salmon
Colorado Rockies83-79293.9Larry Walker
Chicago White Sox80-81186.4Frank Thomas
Pittsburgh Pirates79-83301Rich Loiselle
Detroit Tigers79-83207.5Bobby Higginson
Milwaukee Brewers78-83243.1Doug Jones
Washington Nationals78-84274.7Pedro Martínez
Boston Red Sox78-84238.5Mo Vaughn
Texas Rangers77-85228.1Juan Gonzalez
Cincinnati Reds76-86264Jeff Shaw
San Diego Padres76-86262.4Tony Gwynn
Toronto Blue Jays76-86204.9Roger Clemens
St. Louis Cardinals73-89273Ray Lankford
Philadelphia Phillies68-94227.2Curt Schilling
Minnesota Twins68-94227Brad Radke
Chicago Cubs68-94212.6Sammy Sosa
Kansas City Royals67-94204Chili Davis
Athletics65-97189.5Matt Stairs

Record basis: summed pitcher wins and losses.