------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | International Replay Baseball League - Founded October 30, 1973 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ***************** IRBL NEWSLETTER # 540 ***************** 9-8-97 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ NL West W L PCT. G.B. Home Away Left Right Div Lead7 Tied7 Lose7 1 Run Extra Manager Season Entered DODGERS 81 69 .540 - 49-26 32-43 15-18 66-51 23-16 63- 6 14-10 4-53 30-25 8- 9 Massimo Ortensi 1995 GIANTS 78 72 .520 3 39-36 39-36 11-17 67-55 21-18 68- 6 3-11 7-55 18-20 10-10 Mike Mayko 1990 ROCKIES 74 76 .493 7 41-34 33-42 15-16 59-60 18-21 58- 6 9- 9 7-61 23-15 7- 6 Bob French 1997 PADRES 60 90 .400 21 39-36 21-54 8-18 52-72 16-23 42- 6 11- 9 7-75 23-27 7- 7 Andrea Cristiani 1988 NL Central W L PCT. G.B. Home Away Left Right Div Lead7 Tied7 Lose7 1 Run Extra Manager Season Entered PIRATES 106 44 .707 - 62-19 44-25 20- 8 86-36 36- 8 91- 2 8- 5 7-37 25-13 11- 1 Ricky Diaz 1990 CUBS 74 55 .574 21.5 36-22 38-33 12-12 62-43 27-14 58- 7 9- 4 7-44 15-18 4- 5 David Lees 1994 CARDINALS 52 80 .394 45 27-30 25-50 12-20 40-60 13-22 34- 3 5- 8 13-69 19-12 6- 6 Don Tobin 1991 REDS 49 83 .371 48 27-42 22-41 10-17 39-66 12-25 43-15 3- 6 3-62 16-18 3- 6 Jeff Nicholson 1994 ASTROS 38 100 .275 62 19-50 19-50 6-21 32-79 9-28 32-10 4-10 2-80 14-29 2-10 Mike Ranney 1997 NL East W L PCT. G.B. Home Away Left Right Div Lead7 Tied7 Lose7 1 Run Extra Manager Season Entered PHILLIES *106 40 .726 - 58-16 48-24 18-12 88-28 35-16 87- 2 10- 4 9-34 19-18 8- 6 John Parker 1990 MARLINS 76 68 .528 29 49-26 27-42 18-11 58-57 26-25 58- 7 14-11 4-50 23-20 10- 9 Don Swearingen 1993 BRAVES 79 71 .527 29 41-34 38-37 12- 9 67-62 19-29 61- 7 8- 4 10-60 20-19 9- 4 Jim Jansen 1997 EXPOS 65 72 .474 36.5 34-35 31-37 9-17 56-55 27-24 52- 6 8- 7 5-59 20-20 6- 6 Barry Koopersmith (TGM) METS 64 82 .438 42 39-36 25-46 10-15 54-67 19-32 52- 7 7-15 5-60 19-30 4-10 Gerry McDonald 1996 AL West W L PCT. G.B. Home Away Left Right Div Lead7 Tied7 Lose7 1 Run Extra Manager Season Entered MARINERS 94 56 .627 - 49-26 45-30 30-17 64-39 24-15 79- 7 10- 8 5-41 13-18 8- 6 Derrick Jensen 1997 ATHLETICS 78 54 .591 7 35-28 43-26 24-14 54-40 27-12 66- 2 7- 6 5-46 23-13 7- 4 Bill Koens 1997 ANGELS 63 87 .420 31 36-39 27-48 22-27 41-60 16-23 47- 6 10- 7 6-74 23-17 6- 7 Matt Cummings 1991 RANGERS 51 89 .364 38 24-51 27-38 13-29 38-60 11-28 42- 8 7-11 2-70 12-20 2- 8 Michael Walsh 1996 AL Central W L PCT. G.B. Home Away Left Right Div Lead7 Tied7 Lose7 1 Run Extra Manager Season Entered ROYALS *101 37 .732 - 49-20 52-17 37-10 64-27 31-13 88- 1 7- 5 6-31 15- 9 5- 2 Tom Dixon, Jr. 1990 BREWERS 66 78 .458 38 33-42 33-36 22-25 44-53 19-24 51-11 6-11 9-56 20-20 7-10 John Mattfeld 1977 WHITE SOX 61 73 .455 38 31-28 30-45 19-26 42-47 23-27 50- 0 8- 8 3-65 21-20 6- 3 Chip Hopkins 1992 TWINS 62 76 .449 39 31-38 31-38 15-33 47-43 22-22 46- 5 12- 3 4-68 13-19 4- 6 Mark Johnson 1995 INDIANS 54 86 .386 48 32-43 22-43 16-31 38-55 17-26 42- 5 3- 9 9-72 18-24 10- 6 Bill Mattfeld 1976 AL East W L PCT. G.B. Home Away Left Right Div Lead7 Tied7 Lose7 1 Run Extra Manager Season Entered TIGERS 91 47 .659 - 51-18 40-29 26-15 65-32 34-18 71- 6 13-10 7-31 24-20 9- 8 George C. Widenor 1987 RED SOX 79 65 .549 15 42-33 37-32 24-19 55-46 27-25 69- 6 7- 6 3-53 19-18 8- 4 Frank Hopkins 1991 BLUE JAYS 67 67 .500 22 30-29 37-38 20-20 47-47 26-26 55- 5 9- 9 3-53 19-15 7- 7 Roch Doran 1996 ORIOLES 63 81 .438 31 33-42 30-39 19-33 44-48 24-28 47- 6 10-10 6-65 21-21 4- 7 Carmine Salerno 1997 YANKEES 52 86 .377 39 28-41 24-45 17-25 35-61 19-33 42- 5 5-11 5-70 15-22 6-11 Barry Koopersmith 1974 IRBL Home Record: 1064-920 .536 *-clinched division title DOD GIA PAD ROC AST CAR CUB PIR RED BRA EXP MLN MET PHI ANG ATH MAR RAN BRE IND ROY TWI WHI BLU ORI RSX TIG YAN DODGERS - 8 8 7 10 5 6 5 6 6 3 7 7 3 ANGELS - 5 5 6 8 2 2 9 6 4 6 4 1 5 GIANTS 5 - 8 8 10 9 6 3 8 5 5 4 6 1 ATHLETICS 8 - 6 13 3 6 5 8 9 3 6 5 1 5 PADRES 5 5 - 6 10 5 2 1 8 3 5 3 5 2 MARINERS 8 7 - 9 7 9 7 7 11 8 10 3 5 3 ROCKIES 6 5 7 - 8 4 3 5 10 4 8 7 4 3 RANGERS 7 0 4 - 3 4 4 7 1 6 3 5 3 4 DOD GIA PAD ROC AST CAR CUB PIR RED BRA EXP MLN MET PHI ANG ATH MAR RAN BRE IND ROY TWI WHI BLU ORI RSX TIG YAN ASTROS 3 3 3 5 - 4 0 0 5 5 2 2 4 2 BREWERS 4 3 5 3 - 7 2 5 5 7 7 6 4 8 CARDINALS 1 3 7 8 2 - 3 4 4 0 7 5 7 1 INDIANS 4 0 3 8 6 - 1 3 7 3 6 2 3 8 CUBS 6 6 4 3 6 7 - 3 11 9 5 5 5 4 ROYALS 11 8 6 9 4 11 - 7 9 5 6 11 4 10 PIRATES 7 9 11 7 12 9 10 - 5 4 10 8 7 7 TWINS 4 5 6 6 7 3 6 - 6 4 3 1 5 6 REDS 7 5 5 3 8 2 1 1 - 6 3 2 5 1 WHITE SOX 7 4 2 8 7 5 4 7 - 1 6 3 3 4 DOD GIA PAD ROC AST CAR CUB PIR RED BRA EXP MLN MET PHI ANG ATH MAR RAN BRE IND ROY TWI WHI BLU ORI RSX TIG YAN BRAVES 7 8 10 9 8 6 3 2 7 - 7 2 6 4 BLUE JAYS 8 3 4 6 6 6 1 2 5 - 5 9 4 8 EXPOS 3 1 7 4 10 3 4 3 3 5 - 9 8 5 ORIOLES 6 6 2 3 6 7 0 3 6 8 - 7 3 6 MARLINS 5 2 9 5 4 8 8 5 4 10 4 - 8 4 RED SOX 8 7 3 7 7 11 1 5 3 4 6 - 6 11 METS 5 6 1 2 8 6 4 6 7 6 5 5 - 3 TIGERS 5 5 7 9 9 10 2 7 3 9 10 7 - 8 PHILLIES 9 11 10 9 4 12 5 6 5 8 8 9 10 - YANKEES 7 1 3 2 5 5 2 6 2 5 7 2 5 - IRBL # 540 9-7-97 2 ...................................... Wild-Card Races NL W L PCT. G.B. CUBS 74 55 .574 - MARLINS 76 68 .528 5.5 BRAVES 79 71 .527 5.5 GIANTS 78 72 .520 6.5 ROCKIES 74 76 .493 10.5 EXPOS 65 72 .474 13 AL W L PCT. G.B. ATHLETICS 78 54 .591 - RED SOX 79 65 .549 5 BLUE JAYS 67 67 .500 12 BREWERS 66 78 .458 18 WHITE SOX 61 73 .455 18 TWINS 62 76 .449 19 ...................................... The standings include only those series received by 9-7-97 thru the SEP 8 series. ...................................... The following series were overdue as of 9-7-97: NL SERIES: (6 series) --------- JUL 18, 4 g, MET @ CUB D.Lees JUL 28, 3 g, CUB @ CAR (D.Lees) AUG 2, 3 g, EXP @ CAR AUG 2, 3 g, PHI @ CUB D.Lees AUG 12, 4 g, EXP @ CUB D.Lees AUG 17, 6 g, RED @ CAR (J.Nicholson) AL SERIES: (4 series) --------- AUG 7, 4 g, IND @ BLU R.Doran AUG 12, 4 g, RAN @ WHI C.Hopkins AUG 17, 6 g, ATH @ BLU R.Doran AUG 22, 6 g, TIG @ ATH B.Koens ...................................... VOLUNTEER NEEDED: A volunteer is needed to play the AUG 2, EXPOS at CARDINALS series. ...................................... RULE CHANGE PROPOSAL: Jim Jensen (BRAVES) and Frank Hopkins (RED SOX) have submitted the following rule change proposal: INTERLEAGUE PLAY PROPOSAL: Modify IRBL Rule # 2 to indicate that the IRBL will not use interleague play (i.e., the IRBL will only schedule series between teams in the same league and will not follow the Major League schedule in this regard). IRBL # 540 9-7-97 3 This rule will pass if 2/3's of all votes received by the deadline are "FOR" the proposal. The deadline for submitting your vote is Sep. 28th. ...................................... My comments concerning the above interleague play proposal is as follows: I do not like interleague play. Further, I do not like "Wild Cards". I do not like 3 divisions per league. I do not like 2 divisions per league. I do not like the designated hitter. If I had my way, there would be only two, 14 team leagues, with the two league winners meeting in the World Series. Think of how meaningful it would be to finish first in a 14 team league (compared to being an under .500 percentage wild card team winning the World Series; it is only a matter of time until this happens). Think of how ridiculous it was last year when the YANKEES had to defeat the ORIOLES in the AL Championship series after they thoroughly defeated them during the regular season. This year it is even more ludicrous. The YANKEES are better off finishing second than first (winning the Wild Card spot and playing the INDIANS instead of the MARINERS in the first round). What is the YANKEES incentive for winning their division this year? Since the Major Leagues do not listen to people like me, I think we have little choice but to follow the Major League changes (as dumb as they are) (i.e., interleague play in the IRBL in 1998). Unless the IRBL goes to two 14 team leagues, I see no point in not following the Major Leagues 100%. ...................................... 1998 IRBL schedule: Gerry McDonald (METS) has volunteered to prepare the 1998 IRBL NL and AL schedules (using 4, 5 and 6 games series including interleague series). Gerry expects to have it completed by the end of September. ...................................... Files included on LRD # 540: --------------------------- NEWSL540.xxx --> Newsletter # 540 IRBL # 540 9-7-97 4 plus revised team instructions files: INACTIVE.T14 --> ATHLETICS (9-06-97) INSTRUCT.T14 --> ATHLETICS (9-06-97) MP12 .EXP --> ATHLETICS (9-05-97) MP26 .EXP --> GIANTS (9-02-97) TEAM12 .EXP --> ATHLETICS (9-05-97) TEAM26 .EXP --> GIANTS (9-02-97) File Extension Legend (xxx): --------------------------- PED --> Epson Dot Matrix Compatible Printer "print file" PHL --> HP Laser Compatible Printer "print file" T1C --> Viewable one column newsletter text format TXT --> Viewable text format ...................................... BK IRBL # 540 9-7-97 5 MESSAGES OF INTEREST POSTED ON THE IRBL BBS SINCE THE LAST IRBL NEWSLETTER -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Msg: 2 (Public, sent 08/26/97 at 23:26) From: MARK JOHNSON To: BARRY KOOPERSMITH (Received) Subj: TWINS VS ROYALS Daer Barry, I am just getting this in under the wire to avoid an LSp. The flu knocked me down for the past 5 days-had a real bad case. Anyway, we split with Kc. Now that i'm up again, I'll be looking to lead us into battle versus your Yankees. Gotta upload file-it is 11:30 ET. Msg: 3 (Public, sent 08/26/97 at 23:35) From: MARK JOHNSON To: TOM DIXON AND EVERYONE Subj: TWINS SPLIT WITH MIGHTY ROYAL Dear Tom, : Despite Kc's lofty 47-12 road record, the lowly Twins split the AUGUST 12th series 2-2. KC's Roger clemens won Game 1, despite allowin 6 walks and 6 runs in 8.1 innings!! Greg Maddux was uncharacteristic toasted allowing 9 hits and 7 runs in just over 5 innings. Javier, Clayton , and the THRILL went 10 for 15 with 6 runs scored and 5 rbis to lead Minn to a 9-6 second game win. KC clobbered Minn 18-7 in the third game. Despite 19 hits, they had no homers, but scored 18. Behind the THRILL, Minn won the finale. Clark went 11 for 18 with 12 rbis in the series. Just a little speed bump on KC's ride to thr IRBL title-right Tom? Msg: 6 (Public, sent 09/01/97 at 16:07) From: TOM DIXON To: BARRY KOOPERSMITH (Received) Subj: RULE CHANGE PLAN The Royals must vote no on the proposal to change rule No. 7A. As all managers know, it's tough enough to fill positions and lineups for a 162-game schedule. Injury to a key player can cripple any team. I don't see the harm of an outfielder being able to play others outfield spots if is rated there. In real baseball, the managers are not told they cannot play the right-fielder in left field if need be. Why should we be restricted? Msg: 9 (Public, sent 09/05/97 at 23:40) From: MARK JOHNSON To: BARRY KOOPERSMITH (Received) Subj: SERIES/VOTE Dear Barry, We split our series 3-3. As strange as this might sound, I actually had some success intentionally walking Edgar Martinez to pitch to Frank thomas. I think Edgar is the better hitter anyway. Those two back to back are awesome. If you find some pitching, watch out. On the other hand, if i ever find some power hitters, the Twins will be a hell of a lot better. Our lowly total of 69 after 118 games is pathetic. For the first time, I saw the computer manager fail to heed the avail option. It used one of your releivers in every game-less than 6 innings pitched though-and another one in five. I have never had the CM fail to keep people out before. I vote NO on the proposed rule change. IRBL # 540 9-7-97 6 Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 08:46:26 -0700 From: Bill Koens To: Barry Koopersmith Subject: stuff for the newsletter Hi everyone! I'm Bill Koens, the news Athletics manager. We're hoping here to rebuild the proud Athletics franchise to its glory days. But first, a report on what must be the wildest series I've seen so far: the July 23 series here in Alameda County stadium against our southern rivals, the Angels. If I told you the combined scores from the series was Angels 25, Athletics 22, you might think that it was merely a high scoring series.... However, that doesn't tell the complete story. Game one was Angels 11, Athletics 1, with Ramon Martinez getting rocked for his second consecutive start, including two Greg Vaughn home runs. Game two was Mike Hampton's turn to get rocked by Mr. Vaughn, with three home runs and a final score of Angels 10, Athletics 1. (Vaughn had 14 RBIs in the series.) Now, if you do the math... but I'll just tell you: Game 3 was payback time, with a final score of Athletics 20, Angels 3, with _no_ Greg Vaughn homers, and a 10 run bottom of the 8th, where 10 men reached safely in a row, with no hit bigger than a double. Quite a series. Our pitching staff is hoping for a 1-0 game soon for a little rest... IRBL # 540 9-7-97 7 DMB League Batting Rankings, Best: 1997 IRBL NL 9-7 BATTING AVERAGE ON BASE PERCENTAGE SLUGGING PERCENTAGE Duncan BRA .354 McGwire PIR .437 McGwire PIR .740 Knoblauch GIA .351 Knoblauch GIA .435 Gonzalez,J PHI .676 Offerman ROC .349 Bagwell CAR .434 Hundley BRA .660 Gilkey PIR .345 Caminiti GIA .431 Gilkey PIR .626 Grace EXP .337 Gilkey PIR .421 Jaha ROC .617 Gonzalez,J PHI .333 Jaha ROC .420 Anderson,B CUB .609 O'Neill GIA .331 Jones,Chi ROC .416 Steinbach PHI .608 Caminiti GIA .330 O'Neill GIA .415 Palmeiro,R PHI .603 Lockhart ROC .329 Grace EXP .407 Caminiti GIA .602 WilliamsM GIA .327 Offerman ROC .407 RodriguezH PIR .597 HITS RUNS RUNS BATTED IN Knoblauch GIA 214 Jones,Chi ROC 141 McGwire PIR 155 Offerman ROC 213 Palmeiro,R PHI 129 Gonzalez,J PHI 141 Duncan BRA 207 Knoblauch GIA 129 Jaha ROC 138 Gilkey PIR 206 Gilkey PIR 128 Hundley BRA 131 Martinez,D PIR 187 McGwire PIR 119 Gilkey PIR 123 Lockhart ROC 180 WilliamsB BRA 115 Caminiti GIA 122 Caminiti GIA 179 Anderson,B CUB 112 Palmeiro,R PHI 122 Cirillo MLN 179 Caminiti GIA 111 Steinbach PHI 118 WilliamsB BRA 178 Jaha ROC 110 Jones,Chi ROC 111 Gonzalez,J PHI 177 Berroa CUB 109 RodriguezH PIR 110 DOUBLES TRIPLES HOMERUNS Gilkey PIR 55 Knoblauch GIA 16 McGwire PIR 62 O'Neill GIA 54 Offerman ROC 16 Hundley BRA 50 RodriguezH PIR 50 Martinez,D PIR 11 Gonzalez,J PHI 49 Offerman ROC 49 Vina CUB 10 Jaha ROC 45 Duncan BRA 48 Jefferies GIA 10 Steinbach PHI 44 Palmeiro,R PHI 45 Howard,T MET 9 Anderson,B CUB 42 Higginson BRA 44 Abbott BRA 8 Palmeiro,R PHI 40 Lockhart ROC 43 DeShields AST 8 Buhner EXP 38 Berry EXP 42 Lockhart ROC 8 Caminiti GIA 37 Cirillo MLN 41 Bell,De RED 8 Gilkey PIR 37 EXTRA BASE HITS STOLEN BASES STOLEN BASE PERCENTAGE Gilkey PIR 93 Goodwin,T AST 88-38 Belliard PAD 1.000 Hundley BRA 88 Bell,De RED 82-12 Reboulet PIR 1.000 Palmeiro,R PHI 88 Knoblauch GIA 55-13 Ochoa GIA 1.000 McGwire PIR 86 Young,Eri EXP 54-18 Mashore CUB 1.000 RodriguezH PIR 84 McLemore PHI 53-15 Frazier CUB 1.000 Gonzalez,J PHI 81 DeShields AST 51-17 Klesko RED 1.000 Steinbach PHI 76 Nixon,O PIR 47-19 Sheets RED 1.000 WilliamsB BRA 74 Morandini PAD 43- 6 Young,K BRA 1.000 O'Neill GIA 72 Becker DOD 41- 9 Giles AST 1.000 Caminiti GIA 72 Vizquel EXP 39-18 Sojo CUB 1.000 IRBL # 540 9-7-97 8 DMB League Batting Rankings, Best: 1997 IRBL NL 9-7 WALKS INTENTIONAL WALKS STRIKEOUTS Henderson MLN 118 Caminiti GIA 29 Young,Eri EXP 26 Jones,Chi ROC 116 Anderson,B CUB 20 Jefferies GIA 27 Bagwell CAR 115 McGwire PIR 20 Vina CUB 28 McGwire PIR 115 Griffey MET 17 Cora DOD 28 Phillips,T PHI 99 Klesko RED 16 Grace EXP 32 Caminiti GIA 99 Zeile AST 12 Roberts EXP 46 Jaha ROC 93 Nilsson MET 10 Lemke CAR 50 Palmeiro,R PHI 83 Hundley BRA 10 Lockhart ROC 51 Zeile AST 81 Knoblauch GIA 9 DiSarcina MET 54 Knoblauch GIA 78 WilliamsM GIA 8 ValentinJh PHI 57 SACRIFICE HITS SACRIFICE FLIES HIT BY PITCH Nixon,O PIR 20 Griffey MET 13 Galarraga PHI 25 Manwaring GIA 18 Carter MLN 12 Young,Eri EXP 18 ValentinJh PHI 18 Edmonds RED 9 Knoblauch GIA 17 Mayne GIA 17 Fletcher MET 9 O'Brien BRA 16 Santangelo GIA 17 Berry EXP 9 Anderson,B CUB 16 McLemore PHI 15 Pagnozzi DOD 8 Nieves BRA 13 Magadan PHI 13 Vizquel EXP 8 Santangelo GIA 13 Bragg DOD 13 O'Neill GIA 8 Crespo DOD 12 Vizquel EXP 13 WilliamsGr GIA 7 Leyritz PAD 12 Shipley PHI 12 WilliamsM GIA 7 Stocker DOD 12 DOUBLE PLAYS RUNS CREATED RUNS CREATED / 27 OUTS Goodwin,T AST 0 McGwire PIR 157.4 McGwire PIR 12.28 Wilkins EXP 1 Gilkey PIR 153.3 Jaha ROC 10.25 Gagne AST 2 Knoblauch GIA 147.8 Caminiti GIA 10.09 Delgado,C DOD 3 Jaha ROC 146.5 Gilkey PIR 9.79 Griffey MET 4 Palmeiro,R PHI 144.4 Gonzalez,J PHI 9.62 Nilsson MET 4 Caminiti GIA 143.8 Knoblauch GIA 9.43 Hollins EXP 5 Jones,Chi ROC 133.0 Bagwell CAR 9.42 Stanley MLN 5 Gonzalez,J PHI 132.2 Palmeiro,R PHI 9.39 Lemke CAR 5 Hundley BRA 129.8 Hundley BRA 9.15 Tettleton PAD 6 Offerman ROC 125.9 Anderson,B CUB 8.76 ISOLATED POWER TOTAL AVERAGE TOTAL BASES McGwire PIR .452 McGwire PIR 1.381 Gilkey PIR 374 Hundley BRA .357 Caminiti GIA 1.143 Gonzalez,J PHI 359 Gonzalez,J PHI .343 Jaha ROC 1.141 Hundley BRA 351 Anderson,B CUB .316 Bagwell CAR 1.136 Palmeiro,R PHI 347 Steinbach PHI .306 Palmeiro,R PHI 1.117 McGwire PIR 344 Jaha ROC .299 Gilkey PIR 1.112 Jaha ROC 336 RodriguezH PIR .297 Anderson,B CUB 1.110 Caminiti GIA 327 Palmeiro,R PHI .297 Knoblauch GIA 1.105 Steinbach PHI 326 Gilkey PIR .281 Gonzalez,J PHI 1.099 WilliamsB BRA 315 Buhner EXP .277 Hundley BRA 1.079 Knoblauch GIA 312 IRBL # 540 9-7-97 9 DMB League Batting Rankings, Best: 1997 IRBL NL 9-7 AT BATS PLATE APPEARANCES GAMES Jeter DOD 629 Knoblauch GIA 710 Ripken,C PIR 150 Offerman ROC 611 Jones,Chi ROC 703 Jones,Chi ROC 150 Knoblauch GIA 610 Offerman ROC 684 Fielder PAD 149 WilliamsB BRA 606 Gilkey PIR 684 King DOD 149 Gilkey PIR 597 WilliamsB BRA 675 Jeter DOD 149 Martinez,D PIR 587 Jeter DOD 672 Gilkey PIR 148 Duncan BRA 584 Palmeiro,R PHI 666 Meares ROC 147 Carter MLN 580 Caminiti GIA 652 Knoblauch GIA 147 Jones,Chi ROC 580 Galarraga PHI 650 Bell,J PAD 146 Ripken,C PIR 577 Phillips,T PHI 649 Palmeiro,R PHI 146 GAMES STARTED Ripken,C PIR 150 Jones,Chi ROC 150 Fielder PAD 149 King DOD 149 Jeter DOD 149 Gilkey PIR 148 Meares ROC 147 Knoblauch GIA 147 Bell,J PAD 146 Palmeiro,R PHI 146 IRBL # 540 9-7-97 10 DMB League Pitching Rankings, Best: 1997 IRBL NL 9-7 EARNED RUN AVERAGE STRIKEOUTS WALKS Brown DOD 2.09 Smoltz PHI 294 Clark,M PHI 26 MartinezPJ DOD 2.40 MartinezPJ DOD 246 Mendoza PAD 29 Sanders PAD 2.75 Appier PIR 230 Brown DOD 37 Hentgen DOD 2.77 Pettitte BRA 226 Haney CUB 38 Glavine PIR 2.92 Glavine PIR 224 Wall ROC 39 Appier PIR 2.95 Leiter,A EXP 214 FernandezA PHI 43 FernandezA PHI 3.00 Hanson MET 194 Gross CAR 44 Smoltz PHI 3.09 Mussina CUB 191 Valdes,I PHI 45 Leiter,A EXP 3.18 Sanders PAD 188 Avery GIA 45 Guzman PIR 3.23 Kile CAR 188 Jones,B EXP 46 WINS WIN PERCENTAGE SHUTOUTS Smoltz PHI 24- 4 Hoffman PIR 1.000 FernandezA PHI 7 Glavine PIR 24- 5 HernandezX PHI 1.000 Hentgen DOD 4 Tapani PIR 22- 7 Vanegmond AST 1.000 Glavine PIR 4 Appier PIR 21- 7 Krivda CUB 1.000 Brown DOD 3 FernandezA PHI 21- 8 Moehler GIA 1.000 Hill MLN 3 Valdes,I PHI 18- 6 Maduro BRA 1.000 Appier PIR 3 Ritz MET 17-11 Small,M BRA 1.000 Morgan PIR 2 Pettitte BRA 16-11 Miceli MET 1.000 Johnson,R MET 2 Brown DOD 15-10 Holmes PHI 1.000 Cone GIA 2 Hentgen DOD 15-16 Thomas DOD 1.000 Avery GIA 2 OPP. BATTING AVERAGE OPP. ON BASE PERCENTAGE OPP. SLUGGING PCT Appier PIR .210 Brown DOD .252 Brown DOD .281 Sanders PAD .213 Appier PIR .271 Hentgen DOD .317 Brown DOD .213 FernandezA PHI .282 MartinezPJ DOD .320 MartinezPJ DOD .221 Smoltz PHI .284 Appier PIR .334 Leiter,A EXP .226 Mussina CUB .287 Glavine PIR .335 Smoltz PHI .230 Radke MET .289 Ritz MET .337 Hentgen DOD .230 Sanders PAD .290 Sanders PAD .338 Guzman PIR .234 Guzman PIR .290 Pettitte BRA .346 Pavlik DOD .240 Schilling MLN .294 Guzman PIR .356 Glavine PIR .241 MartinezPJ DOD .295 Smoltz PHI .358 HITS PER 9 INNINGS WALKS PER 9 INNINGS RNRS PER 9 INNINGS Appier PIR 6.83 Clark,M PHI 1.27 Brown DOD 8.69 Brown DOD 6.96 Brown DOD 1.33 Appier PIR 9.60 Sanders PAD 7.06 FernandezA PHI 1.58 FernandezA PHI 10.07 MartinezPJ DOD 7.24 Mendoza PAD 1.63 Smoltz PHI 10.25 Leiter,A EXP 7.45 Radke MET 1.81 Mussina CUB 10.56 Hentgen DOD 7.52 Valdes,I PHI 1.88 Guzman PIR 10.67 Smoltz PHI 7.65 Mussina CUB 1.96 Radke MET 10.67 Guzman PIR 7.97 Wall ROC 2.06 Sanders PAD 10.75 Pavlik DOD 8.11 Guzman PIR 2.21 MartinezPJ DOD 10.78 Glavine PIR 8.14 Castillo,F BRA 2.35 Schilling MLN 10.88 IRBL # 540 9-7-97 11 DMB League Pitching Rankings, Best: 1997 IRBL NL 9-7 BATTERS FACED PER GAME STRIKEOUTS PER 9 HOMERUNS PER 9 Wolcott RED 33.97 Sanders PAD 9.76 Glavine PIR 0.30 Tewksbury AST 33.54 Smoltz PHI 9.66 Pettitte BRA 0.38 Smoltz PHI 32.59 Leiter,A EXP 9.60 Brown DOD 0.40 MartinezPJ DOD 32.56 Schilling MLN 9.42 Hentgen DOD 0.48 Brown DOD 32.17 Appier PIR 8.59 Avery GIA 0.53 Meacham RED 31.96 Kile CAR 8.57 Ritz MET 0.60 Hentgen DOD 31.89 MartinezPJ DOD 8.21 MartinezPJ DOD 0.63 Osborne EXP 31.79 Mussina CUB 7.79 Tewksbury AST 0.67 Pettitte BRA 31.66 Pettitte BRA 7.71 Appier PIR 0.67 Hunter RED 31.64 Guzman PIR 7.52 Hill MLN 0.68 DOUBLES ALLOWED TRIPLES ALLOWED HOMERUNS ALLOWED McDowell,J MLN 20 MartinezPJ DOD 1 Glavine PIR 9 Brown DOD 22 Pavlik DOD 1 Avery GIA 9 Ritz MET 24 Sanders PAD 1 Pettitte BRA 11 Pavlik DOD 24 Hentgen DOD 2 Brown DOD 11 Woj'howski BRA 24 Hanson MET 2 Astacio MLN 13 Sanders PAD 24 Guzman PIR 2 Haney CUB 13 Cormier PAD 27 Meacham RED 2 Hentgen DOD 15 Astacio MLN 27 Hunter RED 2 Schmidt,Ja CAR 15 Schmidt,Ja CAR 29 Jones,B EXP 2 McDowell,J MLN 15 Haney CUB 29 Gross CAR 2 Tewksbury AST 16 EXTRA BASE HITS TOTAL BASES DOUBLE PLAYS Brown DOD 36 Sanders PAD 216 Ritz MET 30 McDowell,J MLN 41 Haney CUB 235 Reynoso ROC 28 Sanders PAD 43 Avery GIA 240 Brown DOD 28 Astacio MLN 43 McDowell,J MLN 242 Pettitte BRA 26 Ritz MET 44 Astacio MLN 246 Hanson MET 24 Pavlik DOD 44 Pavlik DOD 251 Hershiser CUB 23 Woj'howski BRA 46 Brown DOD 254 Glavine PIR 23 Cormier PAD 48 Schilling MLN 260 Hentgen DOD 23 Haney CUB 48 Wells,B AST 267 Astacio MLN 22 Avery GIA 49 Guzman PIR 274 Benes,Al PAD 22 APPEARANCES INNINGS PITCHED BATTERS FACED Reed ROC 66 Hentgen DOD 279.0 Hentgen DOD 1148 Stanton GIA 64 Smoltz PHI 274.0 Glavine PIR 1137 Parrett BRA 64 Glavine PIR 271.0 Pettitte BRA 1108 Castillo,T PAD 63 MartinezPJ DOD 269.2 Smoltz PHI 1108 Trombley BRA 63 Pettitte BRA 263.2 MartinezPJ DOD 1107 McDowell,R CAR 62 Ritz MET 253.1 Ritz MET 1074 Juden MLN 62 Brown DOD 249.2 Hanson MET 1052 Bottalico PHI 62 Tapani PIR 246.1 Tapani PIR 1033 Mathews,TJ GIA 62 FernandezA PHI 245.2 Benes,Al PAD 1015 Plesac ROC 61 Hanson MET 243.2 Radke MET 1007 IRBL # 540 9-7-97 12 DMB League Pitching Rankings, Best: 1997 IRBL NL 9-7 GAMES STARTED QUALITY STARTS QUALITY START PCT Castillo,F BRA 37 MartinezPJ DOD 29 Bourgeois GIA 1.000 Tapani PIR 36 Brown DOD 26 Johnson,R MET .900 Hanson MET 36 Pettitte BRA 26 Brown DOD .867 Ritz MET 36 Hentgen DOD 25 MartinezPJ DOD .853 Glavine PIR 36 Smoltz PHI 24 Bielecki CUB .833 Pettitte BRA 35 Glavine PIR 24 Harris,P PHI .750 Hentgen DOD 35 Appier PIR 22 Pettitte BRA .743 VanLandngm GIA 34 Tapani PIR 21 Leiter,A EXP .741 Radke MET 34 Leiter,A EXP 20 Wright AST .727 Benes,Al PAD 34 Mussina CUB 20 Hentgen DOD .714 COMPLETE GAMES RUN SUPPORT PER GAME RUNNERS LEFT SCORED PCT Hentgen DOD 22 Glavine PIR 6.64 FernandezA PHI .133 Brown DOD 16 FernandezA PHI 6.42 MartinezPJ DOD .136 Wolcott RED 15 Valdes,I PHI 6.42 Guzman PIR .143 FernandezA PHI 14 Watson ROC 6.03 Clark,M PHI .150 MartinezPJ DOD 13 Smoltz PHI 6.00 Navarro CUB .160 Smoltz PHI 13 VanLandngm GIA 5.91 Hentgen DOD .182 Tewksbury AST 11 Trachsel BRA 5.81 Tapani PIR .192 Glavine PIR 11 Appier PIR 5.70 Smoltz PHI .211 Hershiser CUB 10 Wall ROC 5.65 Leiter,A EXP .227 Guzman PIR 9 Pettitte BRA 5.63 McDowell,J MLN .250 SAVE OPPORTUNITIES SAVES SAVE PERCENTAGE Plesac ROC 37 Percival EXP 26 Mecir CAR 1.000 Bottalico PHI 34 Bottalico PHI 26 Mitchell GIA 1.000 Parrett BRA 32 Hoffman PIR 25 Beckett GIA 1.000 Wohlers DOD 30 Wohlers DOD 23 Bones CAR 1.000 Mathews,TJ GIA 30 Plesac ROC 23 Pavlas CAR 1.000 Hoffman PIR 29 Wetteland GIA 22 Jones,S PIR 1.000 Percival EXP 29 Franco CUB 19 Percival EXP .897 Franco CUB 28 Ayala CAR 19 Hoffman PIR .862 Wetteland GIA 28 Fossas BRA 18 Ayala CAR .826 Jackson,M CUB 24 Sanders PAD 14 Russell MET .813 GAMES FINISHED INHERITED RNRS SCRD PCT Bottalico PHI 57 Krivda CUB .000 Plesac ROC 50 Dishman CUB .000 Ayala CAR 47 Jarvis AST .000 Wohlers DOD 44 Cone GIA .000 Percival EXP 42 Holt GIA .000 Wetteland GIA 42 Holtz CUB .000 Hoffman PIR 33 Leskanic MLN .000 Castillo,T PAD 32 Johnson,D MET .000 Sanders PAD 32 Person CUB .000 Mathews,TJ GIA 31 Brown DOD .000 IRBL # 540 9-7-97 13 DMB League Team Batting Leaders: 1997 IRBL NL 9-7 TEAM AVG OBP SPC AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS 97 ROCKIES .301 .365 .477 5397 899 1623 329 48 175 851 524 1001 86 62 97 PHILLIES .288 .359 .485 5127 889 1478 306 27 216 838 524 965 212 57 97 PIRATES .287 .358 .482 5259 850 1510 298 27 225 810 547 1005 99 54 97 BRAVES .287 .343 .473 5367 819 1539 327 37 199 775 426 1176 71 34 97 GIANTS .281 .350 .427 5288 772 1486 281 50 131 734 521 842 107 40 97 REDS .278 .339 .438 4622 643 1285 244 34 143 606 389 851 155 43 97 CUBS .277 .342 .430 4519 641 1250 235 29 133 603 417 842 51 26 97 EXPOS .275 .338 .422 4803 671 1323 269 23 130 625 415 842 154 83 97 CARDINALS .261 .327 .402 4532 594 1184 204 21 130 561 413 896 57 34 97 MARLINS .254 .327 .386 4931 642 1252 239 42 110 613 501 963 89 57 97 METS .248 .313 .389 4955 621 1231 200 33 143 586 423 960 56 35 97 DODGERS .248 .324 .364 5097 589 1265 228 18 108 552 511 996 119 50 97 PADRES .241 .312 .396 4973 596 1199 217 16 173 558 468 1130 174 67 97 ASTROS .233 .294 .335 4603 478 1071 182 22 81 444 388 880 199 99 League Totals .269 .336 .423 9704 3559 2097 6467 1629 69473 18696 427 9156 13349 741 TEAM PA HBP IW SH SF GDP CI RC RC27 ISO TAVG TB R/G 97 ROCKIES 6033 42 25 28 41 113 1 933.0 6.3 .176 .817 2573 6.0 97 PHILLIES 5839 67 30 80 41 84 0 926.2 6.4 .197 .868 2486 6.0 97 PIRATES 5928 52 42 34 35 118 1 905.0 6.1 .195 .825 2537 5.7 97 BRAVES 5905 52 35 22 38 96 0 869.3 5.8 .186 .780 2537 5.5 97 GIANTS 6030 74 66 92 55 92 0 817.6 5.4 .146 .753 2260 5.1 97 REDS 5135 59 26 19 46 127 0 684.9 5.2 .160 .750 2026 4.9 97 CUBS 5071 53 27 43 39 118 0 660.8 5.1 .153 .722 1942 4.9 97 EXPOS 5351 61 15 35 37 87 0 689.6 5.0 .147 .728 2028 4.9 97 CARDINALS 5077 48 14 46 36 94 2 600.4 4.6 .140 .673 1820 4.5 97 MARLINS 5568 55 20 37 44 114 0 627.0 4.3 .132 .662 1905 4.5 97 METS 5533 65 44 37 53 95 0 608.1 4.2 .140 .641 1926 4.3 97 DODGERS 5771 76 24 50 37 101 0 620.9 4.1 .115 .642 1853 3.9 97 PADRES 5561 56 14 37 27 119 0 614.5 4.1 .154 .673 1967 4.0 97 ASTROS 5095 29 36 41 33 65 1 462.9 3.3 .102 .583 1540 3.5 League Totals 77897 418 562 5 5.0 .723 4.8 789 601 1423 9965.0 .154 29400 IRBL # 540 9-7-97 14 DMB League Team Pitching Leaders: 1997 IRBL NL 9-7 TEAM ERA W L S G IP H R ER BB K HR GDP 97 DODGERS 3.07 81 69 26 150 1361.0 1169 513 464 487 988 108 109 97 PHILLIES 3.28 107 40 35 147 1329.0 1216 517 484 322 1070 119 104 97 PIRATES 3.29 106 44 38 150 1353.0 1183 551 494 431 1197 121 93 97 MARLINS 3.61 76 68 26 144 1306.0 1283 604 524 425 1000 127 126 97 CUBS 3.77 74 56 35 130 1161.0 1123 545 486 343 842 118 86 97 METS 4.37 64 82 30 146 1297.2 1310 684 630 464 959 145 106 97 BRAVES 4.39 79 71 44 150 1343.2 1470 740 656 441 974 144 106 97 GIANTS 4.56 78 72 39 150 1361.2 1402 769 690 586 1002 147 97 97 ASTROS 4.68 38 100 17 138 1222.0 1306 728 635 499 799 130 76 97 EXPOS 4.75 65 72 31 137 1232.2 1321 718 650 510 976 143 95 97 PADRES 4.93 60 90 34 150 1328.2 1498 802 728 520 932 172 117 97 CARDINALS 5.45 52 80 27 132 1160.1 1340 772 703 482 847 161 112 97 REDS 5.78 49 83 21 132 1175.1 1471 822 755 444 755 208 76 97 ROCKIES 5.80 74 76 32 150 1338.1 1605 939 863 513 1008 254 120 League Totals 4.39 1003 1003 18697 8762 13349 1423 1003 435 17970.1 9704 6467 2097 TEAM IW HBP WP BK CI H/9 BB/9 R/9 K/9 HR/9 97 DODGERS 12 48 56 3 0 7.7 3.2 11.3 6.5 0.7 97 PHILLIES 14 43 47 17 2 8.2 2.2 10.7 7.2 0.8 97 PIRATES 28 33 43 2 0 7.9 2.9 11.0 8.0 0.8 97 MARLINS 27 38 30 7 1 8.8 2.9 12.0 6.9 0.9 97 CUBS 18 55 34 1 0 8.7 2.7 11.8 6.5 0.9 97 METS 23 62 47 9 0 9.1 3.2 12.7 6.7 1.0 97 BRAVES 27 67 54 14 0 9.8 3.0 13.2 6.5 1.0 97 GIANTS 43 66 69 10 0 9.3 3.9 13.6 6.6 1.0 97 ASTROS 48 50 19 11 1 9.6 3.7 13.7 5.9 1.0 97 EXPOS 11 51 53 9 1 9.6 3.7 13.7 7.1 1.0 97 PADRES 55 58 59 10 0 10.1 3.5 14.1 6.3 1.2 97 CARDINALS 31 69 57 7 0 10.4 3.7 14.7 6.6 1.2 97 REDS 31 58 46 8 0 11.3 3.4 15.1 5.8 1.6 97 ROCKIES 50 91 52 7 0 10.8 3.4 14.9 6.8 1.7 League Totals 418 666 5 9.4 3.2 13.0 6.7 1.1 789 115 IRBL # 540 9-7-97 15 DMB League Team Pitching Leaders: 1997 IRBL NL 9-7 TEAM AVG OBP SPC BF AB H 2B 3B HR TB SH SF 97 DODGERS .233 .305 .340 5647 5016 1169 185 13 108 1704 59 37 97 PHILLIES .244 .294 .378 5410 4990 1216 246 33 119 1885 27 26 97 PIRATES .233 .296 .364 5600 5068 1183 251 24 121 1845 41 27 97 MARLINS .258 .319 .388 5514 4968 1283 212 26 127 1928 44 38 97 CUBS .255 .313 .401 4896 4412 1123 227 32 118 1768 39 47 97 METS .264 .332 .412 5582 4970 1310 248 27 145 2047 51 35 97 BRAVES .279 .340 .425 5862 5266 1470 257 40 144 2239 46 42 97 GIANTS .267 .344 .410 5998 5260 1402 261 27 147 2158 34 52 97 ASTROS .273 .344 .428 5428 4778 1306 295 27 130 2045 42 58 97 EXPOS .275 .348 .438 5452 4797 1321 293 30 143 2103 49 44 97 PADRES .286 .355 .449 5889 5233 1498 275 31 172 2351 44 34 97 CARDINALS .294 .367 .470 5196 4557 1340 249 34 161 2140 48 40 97 REDS .306 .369 .501 5374 4802 1471 233 39 208 2406 34 36 97 ROCKIES .299 .368 .519 6052 5359 1605 327 44 254 2782 43 46 League Totals .269 .336 .423 69476 3559 2097 601 77900 18697 427 29401 562 TEAM GS CG CG% SHo QS QS% RS RS/G RL RLS RL% 97 DODGERS 150 57 .380 12 108 .720 589 3.9 149 47 .315 97 PHILLIES 147 37 .252 13 88 .599 889 6.0 176 35 .199 97 PIRATES 150 40 .267 13 89 .593 850 5.7 136 38 .279 97 MARLINS 144 20 .139 8 82 .569 642 4.5 220 69 .314 97 CUBS 130 30 .231 7 72 .554 641 4.9 187 55 .294 97 METS 146 21 .144 9 72 .493 621 4.3 190 56 .295 97 BRAVES 150 14 .093 2 76 .507 819 5.5 251 98 .390 97 GIANTS 150 21 .140 8 56 .373 772 5.1 279 92 .330 97 ASTROS 138 37 .268 3 62 .449 478 3.5 191 70 .366 97 EXPOS 137 14 .102 3 66 .482 671 4.9 221 74 .335 97 PADRES 150 11 .073 3 71 .473 596 4.0 251 91 .363 97 CARDINALS 132 9 .068 2 55 .417 594 4.5 231 98 .424 97 REDS 132 36 .273 2 42 .318 643 4.9 179 76 .425 97 ROCKIES 150 9 .060 1 52 .347 899 6.0 251 92 .367 League Totals 2006 .177 991 9704 2912 .340 356 86 .494 4.8 991 IRBL # 540 9-7-97 16 DMB League Team Pitching Leaders: 1997 IRBL NL 9-7 TEAM SvO Sv Sv% BSv BSv% IR IRS IR% G RA R/G GF R/GF 97 DODGERS 62 26 .419 11 .177 149 47 .315 150 173 1.2 93 1.9 97 PHILLIES 90 35 .389 12 .133 176 35 .199 147 227 1.5 110 2.1 97 PIRATES 83 38 .458 9 .108 136 38 .279 150 208 1.4 110 1.9 97 MARLINS 77 26 .338 20 .260 220 69 .314 144 256 1.8 124 2.1 97 CUBS 96 35 .365 14 .146 187 55 .294 130 202 1.6 100 2.0 97 METS 81 30 .370 19 .235 190 56 .295 146 224 1.5 125 1.8 97 BRAVES 102 44 .431 18 .176 251 98 .390 150 296 2.0 136 2.2 97 GIANTS 109 39 .358 16 .147 279 92 .330 150 293 2.0 129 2.3 97 ASTROS 45 17 .378 11 .244 191 70 .366 138 175 1.3 101 1.7 97 EXPOS 64 31 .484 15 .234 221 74 .335 137 212 1.5 123 1.7 97 PADRES 82 34 .415 17 .207 251 91 .363 150 274 1.8 139 2.0 97 CARDINALS 48 27 .563 11 .229 231 98 .424 132 229 1.7 123 1.9 97 REDS 71 21 .296 21 .296 179 76 .425 132 165 1.3 96 1.7 97 ROCKIES 98 32 .327 23 .235 251 92 .367 150 311 2.1 141 2.2 League Totals 1108 .393 .196 991 2006 1.6 2.0 435 217 2912 .340 3245 1650 DMB League Team Fielding Leaders: 1997 IRBL NL 9-7 TEAM G PO A E DP TC PCT PB 97 PHILLIES 147 3987 1391 64 119 5442 .988 6 97 GIANTS 150 4085 1444 89 112 5618 .984 41 97 PIRATES 150 4059 1429 89 104 5577 .984 3 97 METS 146 3893 1469 92 117 5454 .983 15 97 EXPOS 137 3698 1343 89 102 5130 .983 12 97 DODGERS 150 4083 1535 100 128 5718 .983 9 97 REDS 132 3526 1260 94 88 4880 .981 9 97 CUBS 130 3483 1312 95 94 4890 .981 11 97 PADRES 150 3986 1623 113 127 5722 .980 4 97 ROCKIES 150 4015 1467 114 132 5596 .980 14 97 CARDINALS 132 3481 1339 105 124 4925 .979 12 97 MARLINS 144 3918 1533 121 141 5572 .978 25 97 BRAVES 150 4031 1587 126 118 5744 .978 9 97 ASTROS 138 3666 1357 115 85 5138 .978 10 League Totals 1003 53911 20089 1406 1591 75406 .981 180 IRBL # 540 9-7-97 17 DMB League Batting Rankings, Best: 1997 IRBL AL 9-7 BATTING AVERAGE ON BASE PERCENTAGE SLUGGING PERCENTAGE Thomas YAN .376 Thome RSX .467 Thome RSX .706 Piazza ROY .376 Bonds ATH .466 Burks ROY .669 Burks ROY .372 Martinez,E YAN .460 Piazza ROY .658 Grudz'lnek TIG .364 Sheffield ORI .450 Thomas YAN .657 Mondesi WHI .349 Thomas YAN .449 Belle BLU .647 Gwynn,T TIG .347 Burks ROY .444 Sheffield ORI .635 RodriguezA RSX .346 Larkin MAR .440 Ramirez RSX .624 Lofton ATH .343 Piazza ROY .436 Mondesi WHI .622 Ramirez RSX .342 Ramirez RSX .416 Larkin MAR .620 Larkin MAR .335 RodriguezA RSX .414 Gant BRE .589 HITS RUNS RUNS BATTED IN Grudz'lnek TIG 228 Thome RSX 142 Burks ROY 144 Piazza ROY 213 Finley RSX 137 Belle BLU 138 Burks ROY 208 Piazza ROY 133 Piazza ROY 129 Johnson,L TIG 201 Burks ROY 130 Bichette IND 126 Lofton ATH 197 Vaughn,M ROY 128 Ramirez RSX 124 Mondesi WHI 194 Larkin MAR 125 Karros RSX 124 RodriguezA RSX 193 H'lndswrth ROY 121 Thomas YAN 119 H'lndswrth ROY 192 Sheffield ORI 119 Vaughn,G ANG 118 Ramirez RSX 191 Grudz'lnek TIG 117 Gant BRE 116 Larkin MAR 186 Belle BLU 114 Thome RSX 116 DOUBLES TRIPLES HOMERUNS Finley RSX 57 Johnson,L TIG 23 Thome RSX 47 Ramirez RSX 51 H'lndswrth ROY 21 Belle BLU 47 Burks ROY 49 Lankford ORI 14 Piazza ROY 46 Mondesi WHI 48 Devarez BRE 11 Sheffield ORI 42 RodriguezA RSX 43 Burks ROY 9 Larkin MAR 40 Martinez,E YAN 42 ValentinJs RAN 9 Gant BRE 38 White,D ANG 42 Thome RSX 8 Vaughn,G ANG 38 H'lndswrth ROY 42 Mondesi WHI 7 Vaughn,M ROY 37 Cordova RSX 40 Stevens RSX 6 Karros RSX 36 Greer IND 38 Alomar,R BLU 6 Ramirez RSX 35 EXTRA BASE HITS STOLEN BASES STOLEN BASE PERCENTAGE Finley RSX 92 Lofton ATH 94-11 Joyner YAN 1.000 Burks ROY 91 Johnson,L TIG 66-25 Karros RSX 1.000 Thome RSX 87 Grudz'lnek TIG 64-13 Baines ROY 1.000 Ramirez RSX 87 Durham IND 61-14 Liriano IND 1.000 Mondesi WHI 85 Amaral TWI 45- 4 Mouton,L MAR 1.000 H'lndswrth ROY 79 Biggio BRE 44-11 Thome RSX 1.000 Sheffield ORI 76 Martin,A MAR 44-19 Howard,M YAN 1.000 Belle BLU 76 Damon WHI 43-15 Anthony MAR 1.000 Larkin MAR 74 Burks ROY 42-11 Wehner RAN 1.000 Bichette IND 72 McRae YAN 41-11 Martinez,T BRE 1.000 IRBL # 540 9-7-97 18 DMB League Batting Rankings, Best: 1997 IRBL AL 9-7 WALKS INTENTIONAL WALKS STRIKEOUTS Bonds ATH 135 Bonds ATH 25 Gwynn,T TIG 17 Thome RSX 129 Sheffield ORI 19 Boggs ROY 21 Sheffield ORI 119 Thomas YAN 17 Johnson,L TIG 22 Martinez,E YAN 109 Thome RSX 14 Kendall ATH 29 Larkin MAR 102 Hayes BRE 13 Guillen ORI 31 Alomar,R BLU 91 Davis,C ATH 12 Molitor BLU 39 Vaughn,G ANG 83 Bonilla TWI 12 Baerga ANG 41 Davis,C ATH 77 Joyner YAN 11 Alomar,S ANG 41 Biggio BRE 77 Sandberg ROY 9 Sheffield ORI 43 Weiss ROY 75 Piazza ROY 8 Gonzalez,L ORI 43 SACRIFICE HITS SACRIFICE FLIES HIT BY PITCH Vizcaino WHI 28 Bonilla TWI 12 Biggio BRE 29 Weiss ROY 27 Davis,C ATH 10 Sprague BLU 17 Durham IND 27 Belle BLU 10 Vaughn,M ROY 16 Guillen ORI 26 Burks ROY 9 Kendall ATH 13 Karkovice IND 23 Gant BRE 8 White,D ANG 12 Girardi TIG 22 Ventura TIG 8 Burnitz BRE 10 ThompsonRo RSX 21 Karros RSX 8 Gomez,C YAN 10 Gomez,C YAN 21 Gonzalez,L ORI 7 Castilla WHI 10 Oliver RSX 14 Bordick WHI 7 Finley RSX 10 Harris BLU 14 Sandberg ROY 7 Gaetti MAR 9 DOUBLE PLAYS RUNS CREATED RUNS CREATED / 27 OUTS H'lndswrth ROY 3 Thome RSX 174.3 Thome RSX 13.25 Elster ATH 3 Burks ROY 171.5 Thomas YAN 12.35 Clark,T WHI 3 Piazza ROY 156.3 Burks ROY 12.09 Mondesi WHI 4 Larkin MAR 150.4 Sheffield ORI 11.10 Damon WHI 4 Sheffield ORI 148.4 Piazza ROY 11.05 Clark,W TWI 4 Thomas YAN 144.0 Bonds ATH 10.54 Lofton ATH 5 Ramirez RSX 142.1 Martinez,E YAN 10.14 Greer IND 5 Mondesi WHI 135.3 Larkin MAR 9.90 Vizcaino WHI 5 Belle BLU 133.6 Mondesi WHI 9.90 Boggs ROY 5 Bonds ATH 132.0 Ramirez RSX 9.64 ISOLATED POWER TOTAL AVERAGE TOTAL BASES Thome RSX .376 Thome RSX 1.403 Burks ROY 374 Belle BLU .332 Burks ROY 1.324 Piazza ROY 373 Sheffield ORI .323 Bonds ATH 1.268 Thome RSX 355 Gant BRE .303 Sheffield ORI 1.249 Ramirez RSX 349 Burks ROY .297 Thomas YAN 1.238 Mondesi WHI 346 Larkin MAR .285 Larkin MAR 1.201 Larkin MAR 344 Ramirez RSX .283 Piazza ROY 1.162 Finley RSX 334 Piazza ROY .282 Martinez,E YAN 1.146 Belle BLU 333 Thomas YAN .281 Belle BLU 1.138 H'lndswrth ROY 324 Mondesi WHI .273 Ramirez RSX 1.092 Thomas YAN 318 IRBL # 540 9-7-97 19 DMB League Batting Rankings, Best: 1997 IRBL AL 9-7 AT BATS PLATE APPEARANCES GAMES Finley RSX 628 Finley RSX 702 Salmon ANG 149 Grudz'lnek TIG 627 Biggio BRE 695 Lansing MAR 149 Johnson,L TIG 610 Durham IND 671 Larkin MAR 146 Durham IND 598 Larkin MAR 664 Biggio BRE 144 Guillen ORI 597 H'lndswrth ROY 662 Sheffield ORI 143 H'lndswrth ROY 597 Grudz'lnek TIG 662 Martinez,T BRE 143 RodriguezI ORI 595 McRae YAN 662 Karros RSX 143 Grissom BLU 594 Lansing MAR 657 Finley RSX 143 Karros RSX 594 Johnson,L TIG 650 Lankford ORI 142 White,D ANG 591 Burks ROY 647 Guillen ORI 142 GAMES STARTED Salmon ANG 149 Lansing MAR 149 Larkin MAR 146 Biggio BRE 144 Sheffield ORI 143 Martinez,T BRE 143 Karros RSX 143 Finley RSX 143 Guillen ORI 142 White,D ANG 142 IRBL # 540 9-7-97 20 DMB League Pitching Rankings, Best: 1997 IRBL AL 9-7 EARNED RUN AVERAGE STRIKEOUTS WALKS Ashby TIG 2.39 Clemens ROY 266 Darwin,D ATH 30 Maddux,G TWI 2.52 Fassero ANG 220 Maddux,G TWI 34 Clemens ROY 2.69 Finley BRE 202 Reynolds MAR 36 Fassero ANG 3.01 Smiley ROY 187 Ogea ATH 37 Moyer ANG 3.03 Nagy TIG 171 Portugal RSX 43 Ogea ATH 3.43 Reynolds MAR 171 Ashby TIG 44 Benes,An ROY 3.47 Alvarez,W WHI 159 Wells,D RSX 46 Smiley ROY 3.54 Stottlemyr TWI 157 Nomo ORI 56 Finley BRE 3.62 Maddux,G TWI 155 RodriguezF ORI 56 Valenzuela TIG 3.66 Hamilton MAR 152 Smiley ROY 57 WINS WIN PERCENTAGE SHUTOUTS Clemens ROY 27- 4 Montgomery ATH 1.000 Fassero ANG 5 Smiley ROY 21- 5 Lima IND 1.000 Moyer ANG 4 Nagy TIG 18- 6 Carpenter ORI 1.000 Clemens ROY 4 Benes,An ROY 18- 7 Belinda RSX 1.000 Belcher ROY 3 Maddux,G TWI 18-11 Hudson RSX 1.000 Maddux,G TWI 3 McDonald BLU 16- 9 Wallace ANG 1.000 Ashby TIG 2 Reynolds MAR 15-10 Jones,T MAR 1.000 Nomo ORI 2 Hamilton MAR 15-11 Maddux,M MAR 1.000 Nagy TIG 2 Darwin,D ATH 14- 6 Mills ROY 1.000 Stottlemyr TWI 2 Wakefield MAR 14- 6 Wagner,B WHI 1.000 Lira BLU 2 OPP. BATTING AVERAGE OPP. ON BASE PERCENTAGE OPP. SLUGGING PCT Clemens ROY .211 Maddux,G TWI .265 Clemens ROY .304 Finley BRE .227 Ashby TIG .286 Ashby TIG .334 Ashby TIG .230 Ogea ATH .287 Moyer ANG .336 Maddux,G TWI .235 Clemens ROY .291 Maddux,G TWI .338 Ogea ATH .236 Nagy TIG .294 Hampton ATH .360 Robertson MAR .237 Moyer ANG .296 Ogea ATH .364 Moyer ANG .238 Reynolds MAR .300 Fassero ANG .369 Nagy TIG .242 Smiley ROY .300 Finley BRE .369 Valenzuela TIG .249 Finley BRE .302 Rogers TIG .372 Benes,An ROY .251 Fassero ANG .310 MartinezR ATH .379 HITS PER 9 INNINGS WALKS PER 9 INNINGS RNRS PER 9 INNINGS Clemens ROY 6.93 Maddux,G TWI 1.21 Maddux,G TWI 9.30 Ashby TIG 7.43 Reynolds MAR 1.40 Ashby TIG 10.08 Finley BRE 7.58 Darwin,D ATH 1.78 Ogea ATH 10.62 Maddux,G TWI 7.88 Wells,D RSX 1.91 Clemens ROY 10.66 Robertson MAR 8.00 Smiley ROY 2.27 Nagy TIG 10.82 Ogea ATH 8.09 Ashby TIG 2.33 Moyer ANG 11.04 Moyer ANG 8.13 Ogea ATH 2.40 Finley BRE 11.20 Nagy TIG 8.27 Portugal RSX 2.44 Smiley ROY 11.23 MartinezR ATH 8.34 Fassero ANG 2.47 Reynolds MAR 11.26 Valenzuela TIG 8.42 Erickson BRE 2.48 Fassero ANG 11.60 IRBL # 540 9-7-97 21 DMB League Pitching Rankings, Best: 1997 IRBL AL 9-7 BATTERS FACED PER GAME STRIKEOUTS PER 9 HOMERUNS PER 9 Clemens ROY 33.36 Clemens ROY 8.94 Olivares BRE 0.45 Maddux,G TWI 32.29 Fassero ANG 7.88 Maddux,G TWI 0.57 Fassero ANG 31.88 Finley BRE 7.69 Hampton ATH 0.58 Burba RAN 30.84 Smiley ROY 7.45 Oliver ORI 0.59 Burkett IND 30.75 Stottlemyr TWI 7.23 Moyer ANG 0.63 Benes,An ROY 30.41 Nagy TIG 7.04 Ashby TIG 0.64 Lira BLU 30.39 Nomo ORI 7.00 Hitchcock YAN 0.64 Nagy TIG 30.07 Alvarez,W WHI 6.88 Clemens ROY 0.67 Finley BRE 29.76 Reynolds MAR 6.66 Fassero ANG 0.68 Smiley ROY 29.56 Hamilton MAR 6.28 Darwin,D ATH 0.71 DOUBLES ALLOWED TRIPLES ALLOWED HOMERUNS ALLOWED MartinezR ATH 20 Rapp BRE 0 Olivares BRE 9 Clemens ROY 22 Hitchcock YAN 0 Oliver ORI 10 Neagle RSX 22 MartinezR ATH 0 Hampton ATH 11 Nomo ORI 23 Leiter,M TWI 1 Ashby TIG 12 Oliver ORI 24 Drabek IND 1 Darwin,D ATH 12 Ashby TIG 24 Boskie IND 1 Hitchcock YAN 13 Ogea ATH 24 Ogea ATH 1 Prieto RAN 14 Rogers TIG 25 Fassero ANG 2 Ogea ATH 14 Lira BLU 29 Maddux,G TWI 2 Moyer ANG 15 Moyer ANG 29 Stottlemyr TWI 2 MartinezR ATH 15 EXTRA BASE HITS TOTAL BASES DOUBLE PLAYS MartinezR ATH 35 Ogea ATH 193 Erickson BRE 37 Oliver ORI 37 MartinezR ATH 195 Neagle RSX 26 Ashby TIG 38 Ashby TIG 204 Olivares BRE 23 Ogea ATH 39 Oliver ORI 230 Hamilton MAR 21 Rogers TIG 43 Hampton ATH 232 Ashby TIG 20 Clemens ROY 46 Robertson MAR 239 Hitchcock YAN 20 Hampton ATH 46 Prieto RAN 244 Fassero ANG 20 Moyer ANG 47 Rogers TIG 251 Mlicki RAN 19 Prieto RAN 49 Darwin,D ATH 262 Quantrill IND 19 Rapp BRE 51 Olivares BRE 272 Lira BLU 19 APPEARANCES INNINGS PITCHED BATTERS FACED Groom YAN 68 Clemens ROY 267.2 Clemens ROY 1101 Shaw YAN 68 Maddux,G TWI 253.2 Fassero ANG 1052 McElroy YAN 67 Fassero ANG 251.1 Maddux,G TWI 1001 Myers,Ra ORI 65 Finley BRE 236.1 Burkett IND 984 Charlton RSX 65 Reynolds MAR 231.0 Finley BRE 982 Ryan RSX 65 Smiley ROY 226.0 Reynolds MAR 978 Tavarez YAN 61 Burkett IND 225.2 Hamilton MAR 973 Rojas ORI 59 Benes,An ROY 225.2 Benes,An ROY 973 HernandezR ATH 56 Lira BLU 221.0 Erickson BRE 968 Carrasco IND 56 Nagy TIG 218.2 Wells,D RSX 967 IRBL # 540 9-7-97 22 DMB League Pitching Rankings, Best: 1997 IRBL AL 9-7 GAMES STARTED QUALITY STARTS QUALITY START PCT Hitchcock YAN 37 Clemens ROY 25 Maddux,M MAR 1.000 Wells,D RSX 35 Maddux,G TWI 24 Gordon ROY 1.000 Erickson BRE 34 Smiley ROY 23 Moyer ANG .783 Hamilton MAR 34 Fassero ANG 21 Maddux,G TWI .774 Reynolds MAR 34 Finley BRE 20 Clemens ROY .758 Alvarez,W WHI 33 Valenzuela TIG 19 Lima IND .750 Harnisch ANG 33 Benes,An ROY 19 RodriguezN WHI .750 Finley BRE 33 Burkett IND 19 Ashby TIG .739 Fassero ANG 33 Moyer ANG 18 Smiley ROY .719 Clemens ROY 33 Ashby TIG 17 Ogea ATH .714 COMPLETE GAMES RUN SUPPORT PER GAME RUNNERS LEFT SCORED PCT Maddux,G TWI 20 Benes,An ROY 8.09 Robertson MAR .136 Finley BRE 16 Neagle RSX 7.68 RodriguezF ORI .150 Clemens ROY 14 Smiley ROY 6.94 Darwin,D ATH .176 Fassero ANG 10 Wakefield MAR 6.50 Valenzuela TIG .190 Nagy TIG 9 McDonald BLU 6.48 Hampton ATH .190 Stottlemyr TWI 8 Hamilton MAR 6.47 Smiley ROY .208 Alvarez,W WHI 8 Robertson MAR 6.44 Reynolds MAR .250 Benes,An ROY 7 Clemens ROY 6.39 Lira BLU .250 Rosado MAR 6 Rogers TIG 6.27 Key BLU .259 Moyer ANG 6 Wells,D RSX 6.14 Nagy TIG .267 SAVE OPPORTUNITIES SAVES SAVE PERCENTAGE Worrell,To TIG 40 Rivera ROY 33 Torres RAN 1.000 Slocumb MAR 37 Worrell,To TIG 31 Sparks RAN 1.000 Rivera ROY 37 HernandezR ATH 31 Hartgraves BRE 1.000 HernandezR ATH 36 Slocumb MAR 30 Dreifort BRE 1.000 Mesa RSX 34 Nen IND 25 Whiteside TWI 1.000 Shaw YAN 31 Plunk ANG 23 Rivera ROY .892 Nen IND 30 Mesa RSX 23 Wagner,B WHI .867 Plunk ANG 27 Beck BLU 18 HernandezR ATH .861 Rojas ORI 27 Brantley BRE 16 Plunk ANG .852 Myers,Ra ORI 27 Crabtree TWI 15 Nen IND .833 GAMES FINISHED INHERITED RNRS SCRD PCT HernandezR ATH 50 Hudson RSX .000 Mesa RSX 48 Fyhrie RAN .000 Plunk ANG 47 Lomon IND .000 Worrell,To TIG 46 Telemaco WHI .000 Rivera ROY 46 Yan BLU .000 Nen IND 45 Chouinard ORI .000 Beck BLU 43 Baldwin YAN .000 Slocumb MAR 41 Torres RAN .000 Myers,Ra ORI 37 Dreifort BRE .000 Brantley BRE 35 Lima IND .000 IRBL # 540 9-7-97 23 DMB League Team Batting Leaders: 1997 IRBL AL 9-7 TEAM AVG OBP SPC AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS 97 ROYALS .315 .390 .511 4959 961 1563 267 42 206 916 589 814 112 48 97 TIGERS .308 .364 .464 4962 828 1527 256 48 141 789 439 671 183 77 97 MARINERS .299 .370 .495 5366 929 1607 283 17 244 879 578 1021 120 60 97 RED SOX .297 .370 .520 5122 951 1523 349 29 244 901 577 936 77 19 97 WHITE SOX .286 .342 .421 4727 650 1352 230 27 118 601 390 852 95 45 97 BLUE JAYS .279 .343 .441 4703 703 1310 229 21 165 657 441 584 92 48 97 YANKEES .275 .352 .398 4793 667 1316 239 13 109 622 555 806 91 43 97 ATHLETICS .272 .347 .424 4566 681 1244 236 22 138 645 503 763 167 47 97 INDIANS .270 .333 .424 4912 673 1327 277 17 149 633 433 871 130 39 97 BREWERS .270 .346 .423 5033 728 1358 202 26 173 693 541 897 118 39 97 TWINS .263 .343 .386 4687 638 1233 250 21 94 598 555 790 136 43 97 RANGERS .262 .332 .418 4744 646 1244 212 33 153 611 485 857 193105 97 ORIOLES .256 .323 .400 4943 669 1266 234 26 141 628 467 693 55 34 97 ANGELS .238 .311 .391 5079 613 1211 216 12 178 584 504 862 50 32 League Totals .278 .348 .438 10337 3480 2253 7057 1619 68596 19081 354 9757 11417 679 TEAM PA HBP IW SH SF GDP CI RC RC27 ISO TAVG TB R/G 97 ROYALS 5694 48 40 52 46 99 0 1008.3 7.5 .195 .926 2532 7.0 97 TIGERS 5512 23 22 50 37 98 1 841.6 6.1 .156 .816 2302 6.0 97 MARINERS 6060 49 20 26 41 119 0 987.2 6.7 .195 .864 2656 6.2 97 RED SOX 5862 43 33 75 45 116 0 999.2 7.0 .222 .900 2662 6.6 97 WHITE SOX 5246 27 8 72 29 83 1 687.8 5.2 .135 .714 1990 4.9 97 BLUE JAYS 5284 46 27 52 42 98 0 716.2 5.3 .163 .750 2076 5.2 97 YANKEES 5506 42 64 73 42 98 1 693.3 5.0 .124 .718 1908 4.8 97 ATHLETICS 5196 39 51 46 42 86 0 699.3 5.3 .152 .766 1938 5.2 97 INDIANS 5499 47 16 78 29 80 0 714.9 5.1 .154 .728 2085 4.8 97 BREWERS 5715 67 25 41 33 128 0 750.0 5.2 .154 .744 2131 5.1 97 TWINS 5376 41 23 44 49 113 0 645.8 4.7 .122 .703 1807 4.6 97 RANGERS 5340 26 26 53 32 91 0 657.4 4.7 .155 .726 1981 4.6 97 ORIOLES 5539 34 40 62 33 94 0 643.0 4.5 .143 .665 1975 4.6 97 ANGELS 5698 49 17 30 35 106 1 623.4 4.1 .152 .646 1985 4.1 League Totals 77527 412 535 4 5.4 .761 5.3 581 754 1409 10618.0 .160 30028 IRBL # 540 9-7-97 24 DMB League Team Pitching Leaders: 1997 IRBL AL 9-7 TEAM ERA W L S G IP H R ER BB K HR GDP 97 ROYALS 3.69 101 37 37 138 1241.1 1156 570 509 491 986 117 87 97 TIGERS 3.99 91 47 40 138 1254.1 1203 606 556 502 777 135 92 97 MARINERS 4.10 94 56 39 150 1348.2 1357 678 614 505 939 153 100 97 ATHLETICS 4.38 78 54 41 132 1184.2 1226 645 576 445 722 139 91 97 TWINS 4.60 62 76 25 138 1229.0 1248 698 628 487 785 172 75 97 ANGELS 4.62 63 87 26 150 1326.2 1481 763 681 495 842 145 88 97 WHITE SOX 4.84 61 73 27 134 1181.2 1292 703 636 550 836 136 84 97 BREWERS 4.91 66 78 23 144 1293.1 1424 799 705 557 781 146 140 97 BLUE JAYS 5.01 67 67 28 134 1192.2 1351 719 664 462 760 198 107 97 ORIOLES 5.21 63 81 31 144 1280.1 1435 813 741 553 863 198 101 97 RED SOX 5.37 79 65 33 144 1291.2 1542 846 771 427 798 193 114 97 INDIANS 5.43 54 86 29 140 1249.0 1449 818 754 521 763 151 112 97 RANGERS 5.47 51 89 30 140 1243.2 1432 837 756 561 769 185 97 97 YANKEES 5.57 52 86 32 138 1229.0 1485 842 761 501 796 185 121 League Totals 4.80 982 982 19081 9352 11417 1409 982 441 17546.0 10337 7057 2253 TEAM IW HBP WP BK CI H/9 BB/9 R/9 K/9 HR/9 97 ROYALS 17 29 43 7 0 8.4 3.6 12.2 7.1 0.8 97 TIGERS 19 42 45 5 0 8.6 3.6 12.5 5.6 1.0 97 MARINERS 28 57 50 5 0 9.1 3.4 12.8 6.3 1.0 97 ATHLETICS 33 33 50 11 0 9.3 3.4 12.9 5.5 1.1 97 TWINS 43 53 51 7 2 9.1 3.6 13.1 5.7 1.3 97 ANGELS 44 34 42 25 0 10.0 3.4 13.6 5.7 1.0 97 WHITE SOX 33 25 33 1 0 9.8 4.2 14.2 6.4 1.0 97 BREWERS 16 55 56 12 0 9.9 3.9 14.2 5.4 1.0 97 BLUE JAYS 31 30 42 5 0 10.2 3.5 13.9 5.7 1.5 97 ORIOLES 20 46 51 10 0 10.1 3.9 14.3 6.1 1.4 97 RED SOX 11 41 34 11 1 10.7 3.0 14.0 5.6 1.3 97 INDIANS 14 45 51 14 1 10.4 3.8 14.5 5.5 1.1 97 RANGERS 44 40 68 10 0 10.4 4.1 14.7 5.6 1.3 97 YANKEES 59 51 55 3 0 10.9 3.7 14.9 5.8 1.4 League Totals 412 671 4 9.8 3.6 13.7 5.9 1.2 581 126 IRBL # 540 9-7-97 25 DMB League Team Pitching Leaders: 1997 IRBL AL 9-7 TEAM AVG OBP SPC BF AB H 2B 3B HR TB SH SF 97 ROYALS .246 .319 .378 5290 4699 1156 218 25 117 1775 42 29 97 TIGERS .253 .328 .392 5383 4751 1203 207 23 135 1861 53 35 97 MARINERS .260 .331 .403 5866 5214 1357 232 26 153 2100 61 29 97 ATHLETICS .269 .335 .421 5133 4566 1226 247 16 139 1922 53 36 97 TWINS .264 .337 .433 5363 4731 1248 245 19 172 2047 50 40 97 ANGELS .285 .347 .433 5841 5205 1481 291 23 145 2253 54 53 97 WHITE SOX .279 .356 .428 5302 4625 1292 229 25 136 1979 59 43 97 BREWERS .282 .357 .428 5754 5053 1424 258 22 146 2164 54 35 97 BLUE JAYS .287 .352 .477 5278 4713 1351 234 34 198 2247 41 32 97 ORIOLES .285 .359 .466 5733 5033 1435 263 26 198 2344 62 39 97 RED SOX .296 .353 .470 5755 5201 1542 249 37 193 2444 57 28 97 INDIANS .295 .364 .454 5599 4910 1449 271 29 151 2231 64 58 97 RANGERS .288 .363 .461 5651 4970 1432 252 25 185 2289 43 37 97 YANKEES .301 .369 .481 5587 4933 1485 284 24 185 2372 61 41 League Totals .278 .348 .438 68604 3480 2253 754 77535 19081 354 30028 535 TEAM GS CG CG% SHo QS QS% RS RS/G RL RLS RL% 97 ROYALS 138 29 .210 12 83 .601 961 7.0 193 57 .295 97 TIGERS 138 21 .152 7 77 .558 828 6.0 275 90 .327 97 MARINERS 150 21 .140 7 75 .500 929 6.2 219 63 .288 97 ATHLETICS 132 8 .061 5 74 .561 681 5.2 225 77 .342 97 TWINS 138 31 .225 7 64 .464 638 4.6 226 88 .389 97 ANGELS 150 18 .120 10 75 .500 613 4.1 244 101 .414 97 WHITE SOX 134 15 .112 3 55 .410 650 4.9 261 92 .352 97 BREWERS 144 28 .194 7 63 .438 728 5.1 224 84 .375 97 BLUE JAYS 134 13 .097 3 60 .448 703 5.2 261 86 .330 97 ORIOLES 144 5 .035 7 74 .514 669 4.6 260 99 .381 97 RED SOX 144 10 .069 3 55 .382 951 6.6 283 112 .396 97 INDIANS 140 12 .086 1 51 .364 673 4.8 278 96 .345 97 RANGERS 140 9 .064 3 55 .393 646 4.6 285 122 .428 97 YANKEES 138 6 .043 4 49 .355 667 4.8 361 136 .377 League Totals 1964 .115 910 10337 3595 .362 226 79 .463 5.3 1303 IRBL # 540 9-7-97 26 DMB League Team Pitching Leaders: 1997 IRBL AL 9-7 TEAM SvO Sv Sv% BSv BSv% IR IRS IR% G RA R/G GF R/GF 97 ROYALS 84 37 .440 7 .083 193 57 .295 138 216 1.6 109 2.0 97 TIGERS 130 40 .308 23 .177 275 90 .327 138 300 2.2 117 2.6 97 MARINERS 93 39 .419 16 .172 219 63 .288 150 276 1.8 129 2.1 97 ATHLETICS 97 41 .423 14 .144 225 77 .342 132 265 2.0 124 2.1 97 TWINS 72 25 .347 15 .208 226 88 .389 138 222 1.6 107 2.1 97 ANGELS 60 26 .433 15 .250 244 101 .414 150 262 1.7 132 2.0 97 WHITE SOX 58 27 .466 8 .138 261 92 .352 134 227 1.7 119 1.9 97 BREWERS 67 23 .343 23 .343 224 84 .375 144 233 1.6 116 2.0 97 BLUE JAYS 67 28 .418 13 .194 261 86 .330 134 264 2.0 121 2.2 97 ORIOLES 82 31 .378 23 .280 260 99 .381 144 311 2.2 139 2.2 97 RED SOX 102 33 .324 27 .265 283 112 .396 144 311 2.2 134 2.3 97 INDIANS 79 29 .367 20 .253 278 96 .345 140 309 2.2 128 2.4 97 RANGERS 82 30 .366 16 .195 285 122 .428 140 288 2.1 131 2.2 97 YANKEES 114 32 .281 29 .254 361 136 .377 138 407 2.9 132 3.1 League Totals 1187 .372 .210 1303 1964 2.0 2.2 441 249 3595 .362 3891 1738 DMB League Team Fielding Leaders: 1997 IRBL AL 9-7 TEAM G PO A E DP TC PCT PB 97 BLUE JAYS 134 3578 1357 81 124 5016 .984 12 97 TIGERS 138 3763 1562 89 104 5414 .984 10 97 INDIANS 140 3747 1605 92 125 5444 .983 13 97 MARINERS 150 4046 1619 108 110 5773 .981 11 97 TWINS 138 3687 1554 103 88 5344 .981 16 97 WHITE SOX 134 3545 1311 96 88 4952 .981 9 97 ORIOLES 144 3841 1396 104 115 5341 .981 13 97 ATHLETICS 132 3554 1396 105 108 5055 .979 11 97 RED SOX 144 3875 1659 120 118 5654 .979 8 97 ROYALS 138 3724 1369 111 99 5204 .979 17 97 BREWERS 144 3880 1756 125 154 5761 .978 14 97 ANGELS 150 3980 1553 126 103 5659 .978 15 97 YANKEES 138 3687 1477 128 127 5292 .976 7 97 RANGERS 140 3731 1495 130 108 5356 .976 9 League Totals 982 52638 21109 1518 1571 75265 .980 165