1997 Milwaukee Brewers season explained

Milwaukee Brewers
Season:	1997
League:	American League
Division:	Central
Ballpark:	Milwaukee County Stadium
City:	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Owners:	Bud Selig
General Managers:	Sal Bando
Managers:	Phil Garner
Television:	WVTV Wisconsin Sports Net (Matt Vasgersian, Bill Schroeder)
Radio:	WTMJ (AM) (Bob Uecker, Jim Powell)

The 1997 Milwaukee Brewers season involved the Brewers finishing third in the American League Central, eight games behind the Cleveland Indians, with a record of 78 wins and 83 losses. 1997 was the Brewers' final season in the American League, before moving to the National League for the following season.

Offseason

November 27, 1996: Jeff Ware was selected off waivers by the Brewers from the Toronto Blue Jays.^[1]
January 30, 1997: Jack Voigt was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.^[2]

August 13, 1997: Julio Franco was signed as a free agent by the Brewers.^[3]
August 14, 1997: Mark Davis was acquired by the Brewers from the Arizona Diamondbacks as part of a conditional deal.^[4]

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	123	320	78	.244	4	32
1B	156	554	154	.278	20	81
2B	79	324	89	.275	4	28
3B	154	580	167	.288	10	82
SS	136	494	125	.253	17	58
LF	155	566	143	.253	10	41
CF	153	494	139	.281	27	85
RF	84	253	63	.249	5	21
DH	42	141	34	.241	4	19

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
132	418	120	.287	5	47
99	200	57	.285	1	19
46	162	40	.247	11	26
50	157	36	.229	1	18
72	151	37	.245	8	22
84	143	29	.203	0	11
44	118	27	.229	3	9
26	81	22	.272	2	15
28	68	14	.206	1	8
24	54	11	.204	0	6
16	50	11	.220	0	7
26	46	6	.130	0	0
30	36	9	.250	0	3
32	16	4	.250	2	5

^[5]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
34	202.0	13	15	4.99	122
32	193.1	10	13	4.47	119
29	159.0	7	10	3.79	80
23	135.2	9	7	4.71	94
21	133.0	8	7	4.06	110
7	36.2	3	3	5.15	32
5	19.1	1	1	8.38	8
4	14.0	1	1	5.14	10

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	30	76.1	5	3	3.54	56
	32	75.0	4	4	4.32	53

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
75	6	6	36	2.02	82
74	7	6	1	2.73	78
51	1	5	6	3.45	62
50	1	0	0	3.42	40
19	1	2	1	5.46	28
19	0	0	0	5.51	14
10	0	0	0	3.86	8
5	0	0	0	11.32	10
3	0	0	0	5.14	5
3	0	0	0	9.64	5
2	1	0	0	9.00	0