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1997 National League Central
Team Record GB
Houston Astros 84 - 78 —
Pittsburgh Pirates 79 - 83 5.0
Cincinnati Reds 76 - 86 8.0
St. Louis Cardinals 73 - 89 11.0
Chicago Cubs 68 - 94 16.0

2nd (NL Central)
Runs Scored: 725
Runs Allowed: 760
Attendance: 1,657,022

1997 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting (Starters)
Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Jason Kendall C 23 144 486 71 143 36 4 8 49 49 2 53 18 6 1 31 11 .294 .391 .434 .825
Kevin Young 1B 28 97 333 59 100 18 3 18 74 16 1 89 11 2 1 4 6 .300 .332 .535 .867
Tony Womack 2B 27 155 641 85 178 26 9 6 50 43 2 109 60 7 2 3 6 .278 .326 .374 .700
Joe Randa 3B 27 126 443 58 134 27 9 7 60 41 1 64 4 2 4 6 10 .302 .366 .451 .817
Kevin Polcovich SS 27 84 245 37 67 16 1 4 21 21 4 45 2 2 2 9 11 .273 .350 .396 .746
Al Martin LF 29 113 423 64 123 24 7 13 59 45 7 83 23 7 1 3 7 .291 .359 .473 .832
Jermaine Allensworth CF 25 108 369 55 94 18 2 3 43 44 1 79 14 7 9 7 5 .255 .340 .339 .679
Jose Guillen RF 21 143 498 58 133 20 5 14 70 17 0 88 1 2 0 8 16 .267 .300 .412 .712

1997 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting (Bench)
Player Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Dale Sveum 33 126 306 30 80 20 1 12 47 27 2 81 0 3 4 0 8 .261 .319 .451 .770
Mark Johnson 29 78 219 30 47 10 0 4 29 43 1 78 1 1 0 2 1 .215 .345 .315 .660
Mark Smith 27 71 193 29 55 13 1 9 35 28 1 36 3 1 0 0 3 .285 .374 .503 .877
Turner Ward 32 71 167 33 59 16 1 7 33 18 2 17 4 1 3 2 1 .353 .420 .587 1.007
Emil Brown 22 66 95 16 17 2 1 2 6 10 1 32 5 1 0 7 1 .179 .304 .284 .588
Midre Cummings 25 52 106 11 20 6 2 3 8 8 0 26 0 0 1 1 1 .189 .252 .368 .620
Keith Osik 28 49 105 10 27 9 1 0 7 9 1 21 0 1 2 1 1 .257 .322 .362 .684
Adrian Brown 23 48 147 17 28 6 0 1 10 13 0 18 8 4 2 4 3 .190 .273 .252 .525
Kevin Elster 32 39 138 14 31 6 2 7 25 21 0 39 0 2 2 1 1 .225 .327 .449 .776
Eddie Williams 32 30 89 12 22 5 0 3 11 10 1 24 1 0 1 2 2 .247 .333 .404 .737
Freddy Garcia 24 20 40 4 6 1 0 3 5 2 0 17 0 0 0 0 0 .150 .190 .400 .590
Abraham Nunez 21 19 40 3 9 2 2 0 6 3 0 10 1 0 0 1 1 .225 .289 .375 .664
Lou Collier 23 18 37 3 5 0 0 0 3 1 0 11 1 0 0 0 1 .135 .158 .135 .293

1997 Pittsburgh Pirates Batting (Pitchers)
Player Pos Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB K SB CS SH HBP GDP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Jon Lieber P 27 32 58 1 7 2 0 0 8 4 0 23 0 0 2 0 4 .121 .177 .155 .332
Esteban Loaiza P 25 31 60 4 10 1 0 0 5 1 0 17 0 0 8 0 1 .167 .180 .183 .363
Francisco Cordova P 25 28 56 2 5 0 0 0 0 4 0 26 0 0 8 0 0 .089 .150 .089 .239
Jason Schmidt P 24 30 56 2 6 2 0 0 2 2 0 26 0 0 9 0 1 .107 .138 .143 .281
Steve Cooke P 27 32 52 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 18 0 0 7 0 1 .058 .058 .077 .135
Jose Silva P 23 11 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286
Matt Ruebel P 27 43 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Marc Wilkins P 26 68 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .200 .000 .200
Chris Peters P 25 30 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Clint Sodowsky P 24 44 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Dave Wainhouse P 29 24 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Jason Johnson P 23 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Ricardo Rincon P 27 59 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Rich Loiselle P 25 70 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Paul Wagner P 29 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000

1997 Pittsburgh Pirates Pitching (Starters)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K OBA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Jon Lieber 27 33 32 11 14 .440 4.49 188.1 102 94 193 23 51 160 .258 1 3 1 0 0 3.72
Jason Schmidt 24 32 32 10 9 .526 4.60 187.2 106 96 193 16 76 136 .261 9 8 2 0 0 4.02
Esteban Loaiza 25 33 32 11 11 .500 4.13 196.1 99 90 214 17 56 122 .273 12 2 1 0 0 3.92
Steve Cooke 27 32 32 9 15 .375 4.30 167.1 95 80 184 15 77 109 .275 9 8 0 0 0 4.40
Francisco Cordova 25 29 29 11 8 .579 3.63 178.2 80 72 175 14 49 121 .255 9 4 2 2 0 3.64

1997 Pittsburgh Pirates Pitching (Bullpen)
Player Age G GS W L Pct. ERA IP R ER H HR BB K OBA HB WP CG SO SV BS DICE
Rich Loiselle 25 72 0 1 5 .167 3.10 72.2 29 25 76 7 24 66 .265 1 4 0 0 29 3.47
Marc Wilkins 26 70 0 9 5 .643 3.69 75.2 33 31 65 7 33 47 .238 4 5 0 0 2 4.43
Ricardo Rincon 27 62 0 4 8 .333 3.45 60.0 26 23 51 5 24 71 .224 2 2 0 0 4 3.02
Clint Sodowsky 24 45 0 2 2 .500 3.63 52.0 22 21 49 6 34 51 .245 2 6 0 0 0 4.62
Matt Ruebel 27 44 0 3 2 .600 6.32 62.2 50 44 77 8 27 50 .292 5 4 0 0 0 4.60
Jason Christiansen 27 39 0 3 0 1.000 2.94 33.2 11 11 37 2 17 37 .274 2 4 0 0 0 3.27
Chris Peters 25 31 1 2 2 .500 4.58 37.1 23 19 38 6 21 17 .266 3 4 0 0 0 6.11
Dave Wainhouse 29 25 0 0 1 .000 8.04 28.0 28 25 34 2 17 21 .291 3 1 0 0 0 4.57
Paul Wagner 29 14 0 0 0 .000 3.94 16.0 7 7 17 3 13 9 .258 0 3 0 0 0 6.75
Jose Silva 23 11 4 2 1 .667 5.94 36.1 26 24 52 4 16 30 .331 1 0 0 0 0 4.18
Jeff Wallace 21 11 0 0 0 .000 0.75 12.0 2 1 8 0 8 14 .190 0 1 0 0 0 2.67
John Ericks 30 10 0 1 0 1.000 1.93 9.1 3 2 7 1 4 6 .200 0 0 0 0 6 4.39
Jeff Granger 25 9 0 0 0 .000 18.00 5.0 10 10 10 3 8 4 .417 0 2 0 0 0 14.00
Ramon Morel 22 5 0 0 0 .000 4.70 7.2 4 4 11 2 4 4 .344 0 0 0 0 0 6.91
Jason Johnson 23 3 0 0 0 .000 6.00 6.0 4 4 10 2 1 3 .385 0 0 0 0 0 6.83
Elmer Dessens 26 3 0 0 0 .000 0.00 3.1 0 0 2 0 0 2 .167 1 0 0 0 0 2.70