Best of 5      Best of 7      Best of 7


                1  Los Angeles   3
                ---------------
4  Baltimore     3  Nov 11     |   Baltimore     4
   ------------                |---------------
   Nov 2       |   Baltimore   | 4             |
               |---------------                |
5  New York(AL)| 0                             |
   ------------                                |
                                               |    Baltimore
                                     Dec 5     |---------------
3  Pittsburgh    3                             |
   ------------                                |
               |   Pittsburgh    3             |
               |---------------                |
6  New York(NL)| 2  Nov 28     |   Cleveland   |  3
   ------------                |---------------
                2  Cleveland   | 4
                ---------------     







World Series

Baltimore defeated Cleveland, 4-3
Game 1:   6 - 4    , CLE
Game 2:   6 - 3    , CLE
Game 3:  10 - 6    , BAL
Game 4:   6 - 5(11), BAL
Game 5:   1 - 0    , CLE
Game 6:   4 - 2    , BAL
Game 7:   8 - 6    , BAL








Semifinal #1

Baltimore defeated Los Angeles,
4-3
Game 1:   4 - 0    , LAD
Game 2:   5 - 1    , LAD
Game 3:   4 - 1    , BAL
Game 4:   8 - 7    , BAL
Game 5:   9 - 4    , BAL
Game 6:  14 - 3    , LAD
Game 7:   4 - 3(12), BAL





Semifinal #2

Cleveland defeated Pittsburgh,
4-3
Game 1:   4 - 2, PIT
Game 2:   9 - 7, CLE
Game 3:  28 - 4, CLE
Game 4:   6 - 0, CLE
Game 5:  10 - 9, PIT
Game 6:   5 - 2, PIT
Game 7:   7 - 6, CLE









Wildcard #1

Baltimore defeated New York(AL), 
3-0
Game 1:  16 - 1, BAL
Game 2:  10 - 2, BAL
Game 3:   6 - 2, BAL







Wildcard #2

Pittsburgh defeated New York(NL), 
3-2
Game 1:   4-3(18), NYM
Game 2:   4-3,     NYM
Game 3:   6-5,     PIT
Game 4:   6-5,     PIT
Game 5:   4-2,     PIT











1997 Final Standings



North         WON  LOST   PCT   GB    ARS   ARO    HOME    AWAY 
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Pittsburgh     52 - 44   0.542  ---   6.60  6.45   25-23   27-21 
San Francisco  48 - 48   0.500  4.0   5.92  5.75   25-23   23-25 
Montreal       46 - 50   0.479  6.0   5.90  5.48   26-22   20-28 
Houston        43 - 53   0.448  9.0   4.41  5.09   18-30   25-23 
Colorado       40 - 56   0.417 14.0   6.00  7.74   20-28   20-28 
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              229 - 251  0.477                    114-116 115-125


Central       WON  LOST   PCT   GB    ARS   ARO    HOME    AWAY 
------------------------------------------------------------------
Cleveland      53 - 43   0.552  ---   6.20  5.48   26-22   27-21 
New York(AL)   52 - 44   0.542  1.0   5.14  5.21   27-21   25-23 
Philadelphia   50 - 46   0.521  3.0   5.39  4.98   27-24   23-22 
Toronto        44 - 52   0.458  9.0   5.53  5.65   22-26   22-26 
Atlanta        39 - 57   0.406 14.0   4.84  6.05   19-26   20-31 
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              238 - 242  0.496                    121-119 117-123


South         WON  LOST   PCT   GB    ARS   ARO    HOME    AWAY 
------------------------------------------------------------------
Los Angeles    54 - 42   0.562  ---   4.92  4.20   24-24   30-18 
Baltimore      52 - 44   0.542  2.0   5.89  5.46   30-18   22-26 
New York(NL)   52 - 45   0.536  2.5   5.38  4.69   23-25   29-20 
Florida        51 - 46   0.526  3.5   5.39  5.03   21-28   30-18 
Boston         45 - 51   0.469  9.0   6.09  6.36   22-26   23-25 
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              254 - 228  0.527                    120-121 134-107

   AVERAGE RUNS SCORED AND RUNS ALLOWED/GAME:    5.62



ARS   - Average Runs Scored/game
ARO   - Average Runs Opponents scored/game