1997 Boston Red Sox season

MLB yearly infobox
name = Boston Red Sox
season = 1997
misc =

current league = American League
y1 = 1901
division = Eastern Division
y2 = 1969
Uniform logo =
ballpark = Fenway Park
y4 = 1912
city = Boston, Massachusetts
y5 = 1901
owners = JRY Trust
managers = Jimy Williams
television = WABU
(Sean McDonough, Jerry Remy)
NESN
(Bob Kurtz, Jerry Remy)
radio = WEEI
(Jerry Trupiano, Joe Castiglione)
WROL
(Bobby Serrano, Hector Martinez)|The by|1997 Boston Red Sox season was a season in American baseball. It involved the Red Sox finishing 4th in the American League East with a record of 78 wins and 84 losses.

Offseason

* December 9, 1996: Bret Saberhagen was signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/saberbr01.shtml Bret Saberhagen Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
*January 22, 1997: Steve Avery was signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/a/averyst01.shtml Steve Avery Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]
* January 27, 1997: José Canseco was traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Oakland Athletics for John Wasdin and cash.
* January 31, 1997: Mike Benjamin was signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/b/benjami01.shtml Mike Benjamin Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com ] ]

Regular season

eason standings

Notable Transactions

*July 31, 1997: Heathcliff Slocumb was traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Seattle Mariners for Derek Lowe and Jason Varitek.
*August 30, 1997: Curtis Pride was signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox. [http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/pridecu01.shtml]

Opening Day Line Up

Other batters

Relief pitchers

Farm system [Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., "The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball," 2nd edition. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 2007]

* Class AAA: Pawtucket Red Sox (International League; Ken Macha, manager)
* Class AA: Trenton Thunder (Eastern League; DeMarlo Hale, manager)
* Class A: Sarasota Red Sox (Florida State League; Rob Derksen, manager)
* Class A: Michigan Battle Cats (Midwest League; Billy Gardner, Jr., manager)
* Class SS-A: Lowell Spinners (New York-Penn League; Dick Berardino, manager)
* Rookie: GCL Red Sox (Gulf Coast League; Luis Aguayo, manager)

References

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BOS/1997.shtml 1997 Boston Red Sox team page at Baseball Reference]
* [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1997&t=BOS 1997 Boston Red Sox season at baseball-almanac.com]