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1997 Los Angeles Dodgers  (1996)  (1998) 92-70, 1st in NL Western Division Scored 688 runs, Allowed 597 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 92-70 Defensive Efficiency Rating: .723 Park Factor: Batting - 90 / Pitching - 90 (over 100 favors batters) Pyth2 W-L: 90-72   (What is this?) Actual W-L record in MLB: 88-74 Manager(s): Billy Vanson Defeated St. Louis Cardinals in Divisional Series, 3 games to 1. Defeated Florida Marlins in Championship Series, 3 games to 1. Defeated New York Yankees in World Series, 4 games to 3.

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 Pos Player               Ag   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   RC  RC/27  Defense  Diff
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
 OF  Gary Sheffield       28  145  449   78  108  19   1  23   68  10   5  101   73  .241  .396  .441   89   6.8  4(-1)e6   -34  
 1B  Eric Karros          29  162  630   77  163  16   0  24   94  12   6   68  122  .259  .329  .398   82   4.5  3e11      -60  
 3B  Jeff Cirillo         27  158  566   72  148  45   1  10   81   1   2   68   80  .261  .351  .398   82   5.0  1e19      -44  
 SS #Omar Vizquel         30  155  578   82  159  21   7   7   57  64  13   46   63  .275  .327  .372   78   4.3  1e10      -16  
 OF *Kenny Lofton         30  133  502   71  155  23   2   6   52  37  12   45   83  .309  .361  .398   77   5.4  2(-1)e7   -78  
 2B  Eric Young           30  152  576   75  150  30   5   8   88  47  17   59   58  .260  .335  .372   75   4.4  3e20      -49  
 C  #Todd Hundley         28  133  425   59  109  20   0  25   59   3   1   65  126  .256  .359  .480   74   6.1  2(0)e6   -104  
 OF *Brett Butler         40  109  309   28   91  15   2   0   32  15   8   30   36  .294  .356  .356   42   4.8  3(+2)e2    26  
 OF #Roger Cedeno         22   70  152   17   42   5   2   0   13  11   1   21   29  .276  .373  .336   22   5.4  2(0)e6    -45  
 C   Pat Borders          34   61  152   23   39   9   1   4   19   1   0   18   28  .257  .339  .408   22   5.0  3(0)e5    -22  
 OF *Todd Hollandsworth   24   81  123   20   32  11   3   4   18   4   3   12   34  .260  .324  .496   18   4.9  3(-1)e7   166  
 OF #Otis Nixon           38   43  136   17   34   8   1   0   10  19   5   15   15  .250  .325  .324   15   3.7  2(+2)e2    -7  
 OF *Jim Eisenreich       38   55  144   12   35   7   1   1   10   0   0    9   10  .243  .286  .326   14   3.4  4(+1)e4  -104  
 UT #Luis Lopez           26   32   59    4   15   8   0   0    6   0   0    4   16  .254  .323  .390    7   4.7             18  
 OF  Shane Mack           33   41   98   11   20   2   0   4   10   2   0    0   28  .204  .218  .347    6   1.9  3(+4)e3  -242  
 SS #Jose Vizcaino        29   20   51    5   11   3   0   0    4   0   2    7   11  .216  .310  .275    4   2.7  2e19      -88  
 3B  Tim Bogar            30   21   28    4    7   1   0   1    3   0   2    5    4  .250  .364  .393    3   3.7  3e21       47  
 C   Mark Parent          35    4   12    2    5   1   0   0    0   0   0    2    4  .417  .500  .500    3  12.6  4(+1)e2   625  
 2B  Rey Sanchez          29   12   17    3    5   0   0   0    2   0   0    1    6  .294  .316  .294    1   3.6  2e6       -50  
 SS #Wilton Guerrero      22   17   24    0    6   0   0   0    0   0   1    0    6  .250  .250  .250    1   1.8  4e44     -209  
 1B  Julio Franco         38    2    2    1    1   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .500  .667  .500    0  22.7  3e12      437  
 PH *Karim Garcia         21    1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0    .0           -444  
 PH  Damian Jackson       23    1    1    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0    .0           -682  
 3B  Juan Castro          25    1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0     ?  2e27     -433  
+---+--------------------+--+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+---------+----+
             Average age: 29                                                                           724                  -43

     * - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, otherwise bats right-handed

Team Pitching   Glossary
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     Player               Ag  W   L   Pct   G   GS  CG  GF  SV  BS SHO   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO   ERA   RC  RC/27  OPS
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
  P  Hideo Nomo           28  17   5  .773  31  31   1   0   0   0   0  204.1  167   72   69  16   83  219  3.04   79   3.4 -123  
  P  Ismael Valdes        23  13   6  .684  31  31   1   0   0   0   0  194.0  142   61   57  16   43  127  2.64   55   2.6  -82  
  P *Carlos Perez         26   9   7  .562  24  24   4   0   0   0   2  161.0  161   70   64  22   33   79  3.58   75   4.2  -21  
  P  Jose Mercedes        26   8   7  .533  56   2   0  24   4   1   0  109.0   89   41   39  10   36   47  3.22   38   3.2 -135  
  P  Chan Ho Park         24   8  10  .444  33  23   1   7   3   1   1  169.1  141   79   76  22   64  141  4.04   72   3.8    2  
  P *Chuck Finley         34   7   4  .636  17  17   1   0   0   0   0  106.2   98   49   43  13   45   93  3.63   52   4.4  -25  
  P  Ramon Martinez       29   6  11  .353  21  21   0   0   0   0   0  128.2  113   64   54  12   58  111  3.78   60   4.2  -71  
  P  Roberto Hernandez    32   5   2  .714  37   0   0  21   5   2   0   48.2   38   13   12   4   11   39  2.22   14   2.8  -92  
  P  Antonio Osuna        24   5   3  .625  42   0   0  17   2   0   0   63.2   51   26   21  10   14   73  2.97   23   3.2   22  
  P *Paul Spoljaric       26   4   5  .444  36   0   0  13   4   0   0   66.1   45   28   24   7   28   61  3.26   22   3.0 -100  
  P  Andy Benes           29   3   2  .600   5   5   0   0   0   0   0   27.2   24   12   10   1    5   28  3.25    9   3.1  -28  
  P *Tony Castillo        34   2   0 1.000  25   0   0   8   2   2   0   29.2   24    6    6   2   17   23  1.82   12   3.7 -160  
  P  Tom Candiotti        39   2   1  .667   9   3   1   4   0   0   1   29.0   34   14    9   2    7   12  2.79   17   5.4  -44  
  P  Rob Stanifer         25   1   1  .500  16   0   0   9   2   1   0   27.1   37   25   23   6   11   14  7.57   23   7.8   69  
  P  Jeff Shaw            31   1   2  .333  41   0   0  39  26   4   0   40.0   33    8    6   0    8   28  1.35   10   2.3  -90  
  P  Bryce Florie         27   1   4  .200  29   5   0   7   1   0   0   52.1   48   21   20   2   26   32  3.44   22   3.8 -102  
  P  Mike Fetters         32   0   0  .000  12   0   0   4   0   0   0   17.0   11    8    8   2    5   13  4.24    5   2.8  -97  
+---+--------------------+--+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+-----+----+-----+----+
             Average age: 27                                                                                      596        -64

     * - throws left-handed, otherwise throws right-handed

Team Fielding   (completed seasons only)
 An asterisk after a player's name means his fielding stats are for multiple teams.

Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP FP OSB OCS +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- Todd Hundley 1108 122 131 910 40 7 4 .993 49 17 Pat Borders 333 36 48 285 17 4 0 .987 8 6 Mark Parent 33 4 4 28 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+--- First Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Eric Karros 1459 162 162 1437 120 7 159 .996 9.60 Jim Eisenreich 12 0 7 14 1 0 2 1.000 11.57 Julio Franco 4 0 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Second Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Eric Young 1342 150 150 310 435 20 123 .974 5.00 Jose Vizcaino 65 6 10 16 25 1 7 .976 5.68 Rey Sanchez 36 3 9 7 4 1 2 .917 2.78 Luis Lopez 31 3 6 5 9 0 1 1.000 4.11 Wilton Guerrero 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Third Base Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Jeff Cirillo 1439 158 158 100 286 24 39 .941 2.41 Tim Bogar 34 4 5 2 6 1 1 .889 2.12 Juan Castro 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 Rey Sanchez 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Shortstop Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Omar Vizquel 1352 148 155 233 521 10 105 .987 5.02 Jose Vizcaino 53 6 8 8 11 1 3 .950 3.21 Luis Lopez 49 6 6 12 23 1 5 .972 6.43 Wilton Guerrero 19 2 3 4 4 0 1 1.000 3.79 Rey Sanchez 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

Left Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Brett Butler 563 65 73 131 3 1 1 .993 2.14 Otis Nixon 322 36 40 65 0 0 0 1.000 1.82 Shane Mack 199 24 29 42 0 1 0 .977 1.90 Jim Eisenreich 194 23 25 36 0 0 0 1.000 1.67 Todd Hollandsworth 100 7 26 20 0 0 0 1.000 1.79 Roger Cedeno 96 7 26 20 0 0 0 1.000 1.87 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Center Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Kenny Lofton 1136 124 133 296 15 3 2 .990 2.46 Roger Cedeno 203 23 26 43 0 0 0 1.000 1.91 Brett Butler 93 11 13 19 0 0 0 1.000 1.84 Jim Eisenreich 19 2 3 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.84 Todd Hollandsworth 13 1 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.77 Otis Nixon 8 1 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 Shane Mack 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Right Field Inn GS G PO A E DP FP RF +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+----- Gary Sheffield 1262 141 143 236 7 10 3 .960 1.73 Todd Hollandsworth 137 14 22 27 1 0 0 1.000 1.84 Jim Eisenreich 39 4 7 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.70 Roger Cedeno 37 3 7 12 0 0 0 1.000 2.92 +--------------------+----+---+---+----+----+---+---+-----+-----

1997 Draft

Round 1 (#7):	Kenny Lofton
Round 1 (#21):	Eric Young
Round 2 (#45):	Jose Mercedes
Round 4 (#85):	Pat Borders
Round 5 (#102):	Tim Bogar
Round 6 (#117):	Paul Spoljaric
Round 7 (#127):	Jim Eisenreich
Round 8 (#135):	Shane Mack
Round 9 (#139):	Bryce Florie
Round 10 (#143):	Luis Lopez

Transactions

• 1997-01: traded Darren Dreifort to MLA for Jeff Cirillo
• 1997-01: traded Dennys Reyes, LAN#2 to CIN for Jeff Shaw, Damian Jackson
• 1997-01: traded Jose Offerman to ATN for Chuck Finley
• 1997-01: traded Raul Mondesi to FLN for Gary Sheffield, Rob Stanifer
• 1997-07: traded Tom Candiotti, Wilton Guerrero to MON for Carlos Perez, Julio Franco
• 1997-19: traded Shane Mack, LAN#3 to TOA for Otis Nixon
• 1997-19: traded Luis Lopez to MLA for Jose Vizcaino
• 1997-19: traded Chuck Finley, Tim Bogar, Roger Cedeno to CHN for Andy Benes, Rey Sanchez, Mike Fetters, CHN#2
• 1997-25: released Omar Daal
• 1997-25: acquired Mark Parent as a free agent
• 1997 postseason: released Pat Borders, Tony Castillo, Jim Eisenreich, Jose Mercedes, Mark Parent, Paul Spoljaric

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