1997 Houston Astros season

The 1997 Houston Astros season was the 36th season for the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise in Houston, Texas. In their fourth season in the National League Central and first under former player/broadcaster-turned manager Larry Dierker, the Astros finished in first place, giving them their first playoff berth in eleven years.

1997 Houston Astros
National League Central Champions
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record84–78 (.519)
Divisional place1st
Other information
Owner(s)Drayton McLane, Jr.
General manager(s)Gerry Hunsicker
Manager(s)Larry Dierker
Local televisionKTXH
Fox Sports Southwest
(Bill Brown, Jim Deshaies)
Local radioKILT (AM)
(Milo Hamilton, Vince Controneo)
KXYZ
(Francisco Ernesto Ruiz, Alex Treviño)
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Offseason

December 2, 1996: Pat Listach signed as a Free Agent with the Houston Astros.[1]

Regular season

The 1,000 hit of Jeff Bagwell's career was a home run on May 20 against Calvin Maduro, one of his two that game, in a 9–5 win over the Philadelphia Phillies.[2]

Season standings
NL Central W L Pct. GB Home Road
Houston Astros 8478 0.519 — 46–35 38–43
Pittsburgh Pirates 7983 0.488 5 43–38 36–45
Cincinnati Reds 7686 0.469 8 40–41 36–45
St. Louis Cardinals 7389 0.451 11 41–40 32–49
Chicago Cubs 6894 0.420 16 42–39 26–55

Record vs. opponents
1997 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LA MTL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL AL
Atlanta—9–29–25–64–87–46–510–25–710–25–68–37–48–37–5
Chicago2–9—7–52–92–93–95–64–76–56–57–56–55–64–89–6
Cincinnati2–95–7—5–65–65–76–56–52–98–38–45–64–76–69–6
Colorado 6–59–26–5—7–45–65–77–46–54–74–74–84–87–49–7
Florida8–49–26–54–7—7–47–47–54–86–67–45–65–65–612–3
Houston4–79–37–56–54–7—7–48–37–44–76–66–53–89–34–11
Los Angeles 5–66–55–67–54–74–7—7–46–510–19–25–76–65–69–7
Montreal2–107–45–64–75–73–84–7—5–76–65–68–36–56–512–3
New York7–55–69–25–68–44–75–67–5—7–57–45–63–89–27–8
Philadelphia2-105–63–87–46–67–41–106–65–7—5–67–43–86–55–10
Pittsburgh6–55–74–87–44–76–62–96–54–76–5—5–68–39–37–8
San Diego3–85–66–58–46–55–67–53–86–54–76–5—4–85–68–8
San Francisco4–76–57–48–46–58–36–65–68–38–33–88–4—3–810–6
St. Louis3–88–46–64–76–53-96–55–62–95–63–96–58–3—8–7

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

Roster
1997 Houston Astros
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
CBrad Ausmus130425113.266444
1BJeff Bagwell162566162.28643135
2BCraig Biggio162619191.3092281
SSTim Bogar9724160.249430
3BSean Berry9630177.256843
LFLuis Gonzalez152550142.2581068
CFChuck Carr6319253.276417
RFDerek Bell129493136.2761571

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
Ricky Gutiérrez10230379.261334
Bill Spiers13229193.320448
Thomas Howard10725563.247322
Bobby Abreu5918847.250326
James Mouton8618038.211323
Tony Eusebio6016445.274118
Pat Listach5213224.18206
Ray Montgomery296816.23504
Richard Hidalgo196219.30626
Russ Johnson216018.30029
Tony Peña9194.21102
J.R. Phillips13152.13314
Luis Rivera7133.23103
Ken Ramos14120.00001
Randy Knorr483.37511

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
Darryl Kile34255.21972.57205
Mike Hampton34223.015103.83139
Chris Holt33209.28123.5295
Shane Reynolds30181.09104.23152
Donne Wall841.2256.2625
Tommy Greene29.0017.0011
Sid Fernandez15.0103.603

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
Ramón García42158.2983.69120

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
Billy Wagner6278232.85106
Tom Martin555322.0936
Russ Springer543334.2374
José Lima521625.2863
Mike Magnante403112.2743
John Hudek401345.9836
José Cabrera120001.1918
Blas Minor111014.506
Óscar Henríquez40104.503
Manuel Barrios200012.003

National League Divisional Playoffs
Main article: 1997 National League Division Series

The Atlanta Braves defeated the Houston Astros, three games to none.

Game Home Score Visitor Score Date Series
1Atlanta2Houston1September 301-0 (ATL)
2Atlanta13Houston3October 12-0 (ATL)
3Houston1Atlanta4October 33-0 (ATL)

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA New Orleans Zephyrs American Association Steve Swisher and Matt Galante
AA Jackson Generals Texas League Dave Engle
A Kissimmee Cobras Florida State League John Tamargo
A Quad Cities River Bandits Midwest League Manny Acta
A-Short Season Auburn Doubledays New York–Penn League Mike Rojas
Rookie GCL Astros Gulf Coast League Bobby Ramos

References
  1. Pat Listach at Baseball-Reference
  2. "Bagwell's 1,000th hit leads Astros, 9–5". Los Angeles Times. Associated Press. May 20, 1997. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
  3. "1997 Houston Astros Roster by Baseball Almanac".
  4. Lance Berkman at Baseball-Reference
  5. Eric Byrnes at Baseball-Reference
  6. "Josias Manzanillo Stats".
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