1997 Cleveland Indians Game-by-Game Results

American League (AL)
Team Record: 86-75
Finished 1st in the AL's Central Division
Attendance: 3,394,750, Avg. 42,434
Ballpark: Jacobs Field
Won League Championship Series
American League Division Series - Defeated New York Yankees 3-2
American League Championship Series - Defeated Baltimore Orioles 4-2
World Series - Lost to Florida Marlins 4-3
Manager: Mike Hargrove (86-75)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
1997 Cleveland Indians Statistics
1997 Cleveland Indians Roster

The Cleveland Indians of the American League ended the 1997 season with a record of 86 wins and 75 losses, finishing first in the AL's Central Division.

The Indians plated 868 runs and yielded 815 runs. Jim Thome walloped 40 home runs for Cleveland, while David Justice, Manny Ramirez, Sandy Alomar, Matt Williams and Brian Giles each swatted 20 or more, too. Matt Williams drove in 105 runs. David Justice led all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .329. Charles Nagy topped the team with 15 wins and a team-best 4.28 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.

Mike Hargrove coached the team. The 1997 Cleveland Indians won the League Championship Series.

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Regular Season Runs For: 868
Regular Season Runs Against: 815

Date Game Res Home Road Record
April 2, 1997 Cleveland Indians 9 at Oakland Athletics 7 W 0-0 1-0 1-0
April 3, 1997 Cleveland Indians 4 at Oakland Athletics 5 L 0-0 1-1 1-1
April 4, 1997 Cleveland Indians 6 at Anaheim Angels 8 L 0-0 1-2 1-2
April 5, 1997 Cleveland Indians 7 at Anaheim Angels 5 W 0-0 2-2 2-2
April 6, 1997 Cleveland Indians 10 at Anaheim Angels 8 W 0-0 3-2 3-2
April 7, 1997 Cleveland Indians 8 at Seattle Mariners 3 W 0-0 4-2 4-2
April 8, 1997 Cleveland Indians 8 at Seattle Mariners 14 L 0-0 4-3 4-3
April 9, 1997 Cleveland Indians 1 at Seattle Mariners 11 L 0-0 4-4 4-4
April 11, 1997 Anaheim Angels 3 at Cleveland Indians 15 W 1-0 4-4 5-4
April 13, 1997 Anaheim Angels 8 at Cleveland Indians 3 L 1-1 4-4 5-5
April 14, 1997 Seattle Mariners 6 at Cleveland Indians 1 L 1-2 4-4 5-6
April 15, 1997 Seattle Mariners 8 at Cleveland Indians 4 L 1-3 4-4 5-7
April 16, 1997 Cleveland Indians 6 at Boston Red Sox 11 L 1-3 4-5 5-8
April 17, 1997 Cleveland Indians 4 at Boston Red Sox 3 W 1-3 5-5 6-8
April 18, 1997 Milwaukee Brewers 10 at Cleveland Indians 2 L 1-4 5-5 6-9
April 19, 1997 Milwaukee Brewers 6 at Cleveland Indians 11 W 2-4 5-5 7-9
April 20, 1997 Milwaukee Brewers 4 at Cleveland Indians 6 W 3-4 5-5 8-9
April 22, 1997 Boston Red Sox 8 at Cleveland Indians 2 L 3-5 5-5 8-10
April 23, 1997 Boston Red Sox 7 at Cleveland Indians 11 W 4-5 5-5 9-10
April 24, 1997 Cleveland Indians 6 at Milwaukee Brewers 3 W 4-5 6-5 10-10
April 25, 1997 Cleveland Indians 11 at Milwaukee Brewers 4 W 4-5 7-5 11-10
April 26, 1997 Cleveland Indians 8 at Milwaukee Brewers 9 L 4-5 7-6 11-11
April 27, 1997 Cleveland Indians 5 at Milwaukee Brewers 6 L 4-5 7-7 11-12
April 29, 1997 Oakland Athletics 4 at Cleveland Indians 10 W 5-5 7-7 12-12
April 30, 1997 Oakland Athletics 11 at Cleveland Indians 9 L 5-6 7-7 12-13
May 1, 1997 Oakland Athletics 1 at Cleveland Indians 7 W 6-6 7-7 13-13
May 3, 1997 Detroit Tigers 6 at Cleveland Indians 7 W 7-6 7-7 14-13
May 4, 1997 Detroit Tigers 2 at Cleveland Indians 0 L 7-7 7-7 14-14
May 6, 1997 Texas Rangers 4 at Cleveland Indians 5 W 8-7 7-7 15-14
May 7, 1997 Toronto Blue Jays 1 at Cleveland Indians 7 W 9-7 7-7 16-14
May 8, 1997 Toronto Blue Jays 4 at Cleveland Indians 3 L 9-8 7-7 16-15
May 9, 1997 Cleveland Indians 5 at Detroit Tigers 0 W 9-8 8-7 17-15
May 10, 1997 Cleveland Indians 0 at Detroit Tigers 6 L 9-8 8-8 17-16
May 11, 1997 Cleveland Indians 3 at Detroit Tigers 11 L 9-8 8-9 17-17
May 12, 1997 Cleveland Indians 2 at Texas Rangers 4 L 9-8 8-10 17-18
May 13, 1997 Cleveland Indians 7 at Texas Rangers 3 W 9-8 9-10 18-18
May 14, 1997 Cleveland Indians 3 at Texas Rangers 4 L 9-8 9-11 18-19
May 16, 1997 Cleveland Indians 2 at Toronto Blue Jays 5 L 9-8 9-12 18-20
May 17, 1997 Cleveland Indians 8 at Toronto Blue Jays 1 W 9-8 10-12 19-20
May 18, 1997 Cleveland Indians 8 at Toronto Blue Jays 6 W 9-8 11-12 20-20
May 20, 1997 Kansas City Royals 3 at Cleveland Indians 4 W 10-8 11-12 21-20
May 21, 1997 Kansas City Royals 0 at Cleveland Indians 1 W 11-8 11-12 22-20
May 22, 1997 Kansas City Royals 1 at Cleveland Indians 9 W 12-8 11-12 23-20
May 23, 1997 Baltimore Orioles 1 at Cleveland Indians 6 W 13-8 11-12 24-20
May 24, 1997 Baltimore Orioles 8 at Cleveland Indians 3 L 13-9 11-12 24-21
May 25, 1997 Baltimore Orioles 6 at Cleveland Indians 7 W 14-9 11-12 25-21
May 26, 1997 Cleveland Indians 10 at Chicago White Sox 4 W 14-9 12-12 26-21
May 27, 1997 Cleveland Indians 2 at Chicago White Sox 8 L 14-9 12-13 26-22
May 28, 1997 Cleveland Indians 10 at Kansas City Royals 3 W 14-9 13-13 27-22
May 30, 1997 Cleveland Indians 0 at Baltimore Orioles 3 L 14-9 13-14 27-23
May 31, 1997 Cleveland Indians 5 at Baltimore Orioles 8 L 14-9 13-15 27-24
June 3, 1997 Chicago White Sox 9 at Cleveland Indians 5 L 14-10 13-15 27-25
June 4, 1997 Chicago White Sox 9 at Cleveland Indians 4 L 14-11 13-15 27-26
June 5, 1997 Chicago White Sox 4 at Cleveland Indians 5 W 15-11 13-15 28-26
June 6, 1997 Cleveland Indians 7 at Boston Red Sox 3 W 15-11 14-15 29-26
June 7, 1997 Cleveland Indians 9 at Boston Red Sox 5 W 15-11 15-15 30-26
June 8, 1997 Cleveland Indians 6 at Boston Red Sox 12 L 15-11 15-16 30-27
June 10, 1997 Milwaukee Brewers 4 at Cleveland Indians 5 W 16-11 15-16 31-27
June 11, 1997 Milwaukee Brewers 3 at Cleveland Indians 4 W 17-11 15-16 32-27
June 12, 1997 Milwaukee Brewers 6 at Cleveland Indians 2 L 17-12 15-16 32-28
June 14, 1997 Cleveland Indians 2 at St. Louis Cardinals 5 L 17-12 15-17 32-29
June 14, 1997 Cleveland Indians 8 at St. Louis Cardinals 3 W 17-12 16-17 33-29
June 15, 1997 Cleveland Indians 9 at St. Louis Cardinals 2 W 17-12 17-17 34-29
June 16, 1997 Cincinnati Reds 4 at Cleveland Indians 1 L 17-13 17-17 34-30
June 17, 1997 Cincinnati Reds 1 at Cleveland Indians 5 W 18-13 17-17 35-30
June 18, 1997 Cincinnati Reds 5 at Cleveland Indians 2 L 18-14 17-17 35-31
June 20, 1997 New York Yankees 7 at Cleveland Indians 1 L 18-15 17-17 35-32
June 21, 1997 New York Yankees 4 at Cleveland Indians 13 W 19-15 17-17 36-32
June 22, 1997 New York Yankees 2 at Cleveland Indians 5 W 20-15 17-17 37-32
June 23, 1997 Minnesota Twins 7 at Cleveland Indians 2 L 20-16 17-17 37-33
June 24, 1997 Minnesota Twins 5 at Cleveland Indians 10 W 21-16 17-17 38-33
June 27, 1997 Cleveland Indians 2 at New York Yankees 3 L 21-16 17-18 38-34
June 28, 1997 Cleveland Indians 12 at New York Yankees 8 W 21-16 18-18 39-34
June 29, 1997 Cleveland Indians 10 at New York Yankees 11 L 21-16 18-19 39-35
June 30, 1997 Cleveland Indians 6 at Houston Astros 4 W 21-16 19-19 40-35
July 1, 1997 Cleveland Indians 8 at Houston Astros 6 W 21-16 20-19 41-35
July 2, 1997 Cleveland Indians 2 at Houston Astros 6 L 21-16 20-20 41-36
July 4, 1997 Kansas City Royals 6 at Cleveland Indians 7 W 22-16 20-20 42-36
July 5, 1997 Kansas City Royals 4 at Cleveland Indians 8 W 23-16 20-20 43-36
July 6, 1997 Kansas City Royals 7 at Cleveland Indians 8 W 24-16 20-20 44-36
July 10, 1997 Cleveland Indians 2 at Minnesota Twins 8 L 24-16 20-21 44-37
July 11, 1997 Cleveland Indians 5 at Minnesota Twins 1 W 24-16 21-21 45-37
July 12, 1997 Cleveland Indians 7 at Minnesota Twins 2 W 24-16 22-21 46-37
July 13, 1997 Cleveland Indians 12 at Minnesota Twins 5 W 24-16 23-21 47-37
July 14, 1997 Cleveland Indians 3 at New York Yankees 2 W 24-16 24-21 48-37
July 15, 1997 Cleveland Indians 6 at New York Yankees 12 L 24-16 24-22 48-38
July 16, 1997 Cleveland Indians 4 at Milwaukee Brewers 3 W 24-16 25-22 49-38
July 17, 1997 Cleveland Indians 3 at Milwaukee Brewers 2 W 24-16 26-22 50-38
July 18, 1997 Boston Red Sox 7 at Cleveland Indians 0 L 24-17 26-22 50-39
July 19, 1997 Boston Red Sox 6 at Cleveland Indians 3 L 24-18 26-22 50-40
July 20, 1997 Boston Red Sox 2 at Cleveland Indians 7 W 25-18 26-22 51-40
July 21, 1997 Boston Red Sox 3 at Cleveland Indians 1 L 25-19 26-22 51-41
July 22, 1997 Seattle Mariners 2 at Cleveland Indians 6 W 26-19 26-22 52-41
July 23, 1997 Seattle Mariners 6 at Cleveland Indians 3 L 26-20 26-22 52-42
July 24, 1997 Seattle Mariners 11 at Cleveland Indians 1 L 26-21 26-22 52-43
July 25, 1997 Oakland Athletics 2 at Cleveland Indians 1 L 26-22 26-22 52-44
July 26, 1997 Oakland Athletics 3 at Cleveland Indians 6 W 27-22 26-22 53-44
July 27, 1997 Oakland Athletics 2 at Cleveland Indians 4 W 28-22 26-22 54-44
July 28, 1997 Anaheim Angels 10 at Cleveland Indians 7 L 28-23 26-22 54-45
July 28, 1997 Anaheim Angels 2 at Cleveland Indians 0 L 28-24 26-22 54-46
July 29, 1997 Anaheim Angels 7 at Cleveland Indians 2 L 28-25 26-22 54-47
July 30, 1997 Anaheim Angels 5 at Cleveland Indians 2 L 28-26 26-22 54-48
August 1, 1997 Cleveland Indians 8 at Texas Rangers 5 W 28-26 27-22 55-48
August 2, 1997 Cleveland Indians 7 at Texas Rangers 3 W 28-26 28-22 56-48
August 3, 1997 Cleveland Indians 7 at Texas Rangers 8 L 28-26 28-23 56-49
August 4, 1997 Cleveland Indians 7 at Detroit Tigers 2 W 28-26 29-23 57-49
August 5, 1997 Cleveland Indians 4 at Detroit Tigers 6 L 28-26 29-24 57-50
August 6, 1997 Cleveland Indians 3 at Toronto Blue Jays 6 L 28-26 29-25 57-51
August 7, 1997 Cleveland Indians 0 at Toronto Blue Jays 4 L 28-26 29-26 57-52
August 8, 1997 Texas Rangers 6 at Cleveland Indians 5 L 28-27 29-26 57-53
August 9, 1997 Texas Rangers 4 at Cleveland Indians 3 L 28-28 29-26 57-54
August 9, 1997 Texas Rangers 2 at Cleveland Indians 4 W 29-28 29-26 58-54
August 10, 1997 Texas Rangers 7 at Cleveland Indians 6 L 29-29 29-26 58-55
August 12, 1997 Detroit Tigers 4 at Cleveland Indians 7 W 30-29 29-26 59-55
August 13, 1997 Detroit Tigers 13 at Cleveland Indians 3 L 30-30 29-26 59-56
August 13, 1997 Detroit Tigers 1 at Cleveland Indians 9 W 31-30 29-26 60-56
August 14, 1997 Detroit Tigers 1 at Cleveland Indians 12 W 32-30 29-26 61-56
August 15, 1997 Toronto Blue Jays 4 at Cleveland Indians 5 W 33-30 29-26 62-56
August 16, 1997 Toronto Blue Jays 4 at Cleveland Indians 8 W 34-30 29-26 63-56
August 17, 1997 Toronto Blue Jays 10 at Cleveland Indians 5 L 34-31 29-26 63-57
August 18, 1997 Toronto Blue Jays 3 at Cleveland Indians 5 W 35-31 29-26 64-57
August 19, 1997 Cleveland Indians 7 at Seattle Mariners 5 W 35-31 30-26 65-57
August 20, 1997 Cleveland Indians 0 at Seattle Mariners 1 L 35-31 30-27 65-58
August 21, 1997 Cleveland Indians 6 at Seattle Mariners 7 L 35-31 30-28 65-59
August 22, 1997 Cleveland Indians 5 at Oakland Athletics 3 W 35-31 31-28 66-59
August 23, 1997 Cleveland Indians 7 at Oakland Athletics 4 W 35-31 32-28 67-59
August 24, 1997 Cleveland Indians 1 at Oakland Athletics 4 L 35-31 32-29 67-60
August 26, 1997 Cleveland Indians 7 at Anaheim Angels 8 L 35-31 32-30 67-61
August 27, 1997 Cleveland Indians 10 at Anaheim Angels 4 W 35-31 33-30 68-61
August 29, 1997 Chicago Cubs 6 at Cleveland Indians 7 W 36-31 33-30 69-61
August 30, 1997 Chicago Cubs 9 at Cleveland Indians 4 L 36-32 33-30 69-62
August 31, 1997 Chicago Cubs 5 at Cleveland Indians 9 W 37-32 33-30 70-62
September 1, 1997 Cleveland Indians 7 at Pittsburgh Pirates 5 W 37-32 34-30 71-62
September 2, 1997 Cleveland Indians 4 at Pittsburgh Pirates 6 L 37-32 34-31 71-63
September 3, 1997 Cleveland Indians 7 at Pittsburgh Pirates 3 W 37-32 35-31 72-63
September 5, 1997 Chicago White Sox 1 at Cleveland Indians 11 W 38-32 35-31 73-63
September 6, 1997 Chicago White Sox 7 at Cleveland Indians 9 W 39-32 35-31 74-63
September 7, 1997 Chicago White Sox 2 at Cleveland Indians 5 W 40-32 35-31 75-63
September 8, 1997 Baltimore Orioles 1 at Cleveland Indians 2 W 41-32 35-31 76-63
September 9, 1997 Baltimore Orioles 9 at Cleveland Indians 3 L 41-33 35-31 76-64
September 11, 1997 Cleveland Indians 5 at Chicago White Sox 7 L 41-33 35-32 76-65
September 12, 1997 Cleveland Indians 9 at Chicago White Sox 0 W 41-33 36-32 77-65
September 13, 1997 Cleveland Indians 6 at Chicago White Sox 7 L 41-33 36-33 77-66
September 14, 1997 Cleveland Indians 8 at Chicago White Sox 3 W 41-33 37-33 78-66
September 15, 1997 Cleveland Indians 4 at Baltimore Orioles 1 W 41-33 38-33 79-66
September 15, 1997 Cleveland Indians 5 at Baltimore Orioles 6 L 41-33 38-34 79-67
September 16, 1997 Cleveland Indians 2 at Baltimore Orioles 7 L 41-33 38-35 79-68
September 16, 1997 Cleveland Indians 4 at Baltimore Orioles 2 W 41-33 39-35 80-68
September 17, 1997 Cleveland Indians 7 at Minnesota Twins 6 W 41-33 40-35 81-68
September 18, 1997 Cleveland Indians 4 at Minnesota Twins 1 W 41-33 41-35 82-68
September 19, 1997 Cleveland Indians 6 at Kansas City Royals 2 W 41-33 42-35 83-68
September 19, 1997 Cleveland Indians 3 at Kansas City Royals 10 L 41-33 42-36 83-69
September 20, 1997 Cleveland Indians 2 at Kansas City Royals 5 L 41-33 42-37 83-70
September 21, 1997 Cleveland Indians 0 at Kansas City Royals 1 L 41-33 42-38 83-71
September 23, 1997 New York Yankees 9 at Cleveland Indians 10 W 42-33 42-38 84-71
September 24, 1997 New York Yankees 8 at Cleveland Indians 4 L 42-34 42-38 84-72
September 25, 1997 New York Yankees 5 at Cleveland Indians 4 L 42-35 42-38 84-73
September 26, 1997 Minnesota Twins 2 at Cleveland Indians 7 W 43-35 42-38 85-73
September 27, 1997 Minnesota Twins 6 at Cleveland Indians 10 W 44-35 42-38 86-73
September 27, 1997 Minnesota Twins 6 at Cleveland Indians 4 L 44-36 42-38 86-74
September 28, 1997 Minnesota Twins 5 at Cleveland Indians 1 L 44-37 42-38 86-75
September 30, 1997 Cleveland Indians 6 at New York Yankees 8 L 0-0 0-1 0-1
October 2, 1997 Cleveland Indians 7 at New York Yankees 5 W 0-0 1-1 1-1
October 4, 1997 New York Yankees 6 at Cleveland Indians 1 L 0-1 1-1 1-2
October 5, 1997 New York Yankees 2 at Cleveland Indians 3 W 1-1 1-1 2-2
October 6, 1997 New York Yankees 3 at Cleveland Indians 4 W 2-1 1-1 3-2
October 8, 1997 Cleveland Indians 0 at Baltimore Orioles 3 L 2-1 1-2 3-3
October 9, 1997 Cleveland Indians 5 at Baltimore Orioles 4 W 2-1 2-2 4-3
October 11, 1997 Baltimore Orioles 1 at Cleveland Indians 2 W 3-1 2-2 5-3
October 12, 1997 Baltimore Orioles 7 at Cleveland Indians 8 W 4-1 2-2 6-3
October 13, 1997 Baltimore Orioles 4 at Cleveland Indians 2 L 4-2 2-2 6-4
October 15, 1997 Cleveland Indians 1 at Baltimore Orioles 0 W 4-2 3-2 7-4
October 18, 1997 Cleveland Indians 4 at Florida Marlins 7 L 4-2 3-3 7-5
October 19, 1997 Cleveland Indians 6 at Florida Marlins 1 W 4-2 4-3 8-5
October 21, 1997 Florida Marlins 14 at Cleveland Indians 11 L 4-3 4-3 8-6
October 22, 1997 Florida Marlins 3 at Cleveland Indians 10 W 5-3 4-3 9-6
October 23, 1997 Florida Marlins 8 at Cleveland Indians 7 L 5-4 4-3 9-7
October 25, 1997 Cleveland Indians 4 at Florida Marlins 1 W 5-4 5-3 10-7
October 26, 1997 Cleveland Indians 2 at Florida Marlins 3 L 5-4 5-4 10-8


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