1997 Oakland Athletics season

1997 Oakland Athletics season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Oakland Athletics
season = 1997
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1901
division = Western Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform
ballpark = Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
y4 = 1968
city = Oakland, California
y5 = 1968
owners = Stephen Schott & Kenneth Hofmann
managers = Art Howe
television = KRON-TV
Sports Channel Pacific
(Ray Fosse, Greg Papa, Ken Wilson)
radio = KFRC
(Bill King, Ken Korach, Ray Fosse) |
The Oakland Athletics' 1997 season involved the A's finishing 4th in the American League West with a record of 65 wins and 97 losses. The club's elephant mascot took its current form, Stomper.

Offseason

*October 2, 1996: Dane Johnson was selected off waivers by the Oakland Athletics from the Toronto Blue Jays. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/j/johnsda05.shtml]
* December 9, 1996: Frank Catalanotto was drafted by the Oakland Athletics from the Detroit Tigers in the 1996 rule 5 draft. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/catalfr01.shtml Frank Catalanotto Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
* January 27, 1997: John Wasdin was traded by the Oakland Athletics to the Boston Red Sox for Jose Canseco.
* March 21, 1997: Frank Catalanotto was returned (earlier draft pick) by the Oakland Athletics to the Detroit Tigers.
*March 27, 1997: Scott Service was selected off waivers by the Oakland Athletics from the Cincinnati Reds. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/servisc01.shtml Scott Service Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

Regular season

Transactions

*April 4, 1997: Scott Service was selected off waivers by the Cincinnati Reds from the Oakland Athletics.
*June 3, 1997: Tim Hudson was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 6th round of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed June 13, 1997. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hudsoti01.shtml Tim Hudson Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
* July 31, 1997 - Mark McGwire was traded by Oakland Athletics to the St. Louis Cardinals for Eric Ludwick, T.J. Mathews, and Blake Stein. McGwire had 34 home runs and 81 RBIs with Oakland at the time of the trade, which reunited him with former Athletics manager Tony La Russa.

eason standings

Roster

Awards and records

*Mark McGwire, Major League record, 1st player to lead the Major Leagues in Home Runs but not lead the American League or National League in home runs [Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.372, David Nemec and Scott latow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, NY, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0]

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/OAK/1997.shtml 1997 Oakland Athletics team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1997&t=OAK 1997 Oakland Athletics team page at www.baseball-almanac.com]


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