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ATH2

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SD9

TEX2

SEA3

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PHI11

NYM15

MIA14

LAA6

BOS4

COL1

NYY6

TB7

ATL2

ARI2

KC5

PIT4

CWS2

CHC6

MIL8

CIN1

LAD14

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ATL3

HOU2

PHI1

TEX3

SEA4

COL3

NYY10

PIT2

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PIT2

CHC12

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LAA3

WSH4

NYM4

NYY6

BAL7

TOR4

KC3

BOS2

HOU1

TB3

LAD6

MIA2

PHI5

ATL6

CIN0

MIL20

CLE5

MIN2

CWS3

STL7

SEA5

ATH6

TEX1

ARI9

SD7

SF5

Sep 12, 2026Saturday

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DET11

NYM12

NYY2

PIT3

CHC4

BAL3

TOR7

LAA5

WSH6

SD7

SF6

KC1

BOS5

CLE3

MIN4

LAD3

MIA4

HOU2

TB3

CIN9

MIL13

PHI2

ATL12

CWS6

STL5

TEX6

ARI2

SEA19

ATH1

Sep 13, 2026Sunday

COL1

DET8

KC1

BOS4

LAA5

WSH6

PHI9

ATL4

NYM0

NYY2

BAL1

TOR8

HOU4

TB14

LAD4

MIA6

CLE9

MIN2

CIN4

MIL3

CWS1

STL3

PIT4

CHC3

SEA7

ATH8

TEX7

ARI6

SD6

SF4

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Batting

Player	G	AB	H	HR	RBI	SB	BA	OPS
Jay Bell	153	573	167	21	92	10	.291	.829
Jeff King	155	543	129	28	112	16	.238	.792
Chili Davis	140	477	133	30	90	6	.279	.895
Johnny Damon	146	472	130	8	48	16	.275	.724
Jose Offerman	106	424	126	2	39	9	.297	.753
Tom Goodwin	97	367	100	2	22	34	.272	.657
Bip Roberts	97	346	107	1	36	15	.309	.727
Jermaine Dye	75	263	62	7	22	2	.236	.653
Mike Macfarlane	82	257	61	8	35	0	.237	.717
Craig Paquette	77	252	58	8	33	2	.230	.656
Mike Sweeney	84	240	58	7	31	3	.242	.668
Yamil Benitez	53	191	51	8	21	2	.267	.747
Dean Palmer	49	187	52	9	31	1	.278	.822
David Howard	80	162	39	1	13	2	.241	.608
Scott Cooper	75	159	32	3	15	1	.201	.591
Joe Vitiello	51	130	31	5	18	0	.238	.722
Shane Halter	74	123	34	2	10	4	.276	.723
Rod Myers	31	101	26	2	9	4	.257	.756
Jed Hansen	34	94	29	1	14	3	.309	.820
Larry Sutton	27	69	20	2	8	0	.290	.744
Sal Fasano	13	38	8	1	1	0	.211	.573
Tim Spehr	17	35	6	1	2	0	.171	.494
Felix Martinez	16	31	7	0	3	0	.226	.674
Jon Nunnally	13	29	7	1	4	0	.241	.767
Ryan Long	6	9	2	0	2	0	.222	.522
Andy Stewart	5	8	2	0	0	0	.250	.625
Kevin Appier	34	6	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Tim Belcher	32	6	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Glendon Rusch	30	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Jim Pittsley	21	2	1	0	0	0	.500	1.500
Jose Rosado	34	2	0	0	0	0	.000	.000
Brian Bevil	18	0	0	0	0	0
Ricky Bones	22	0	0	0	0	0
Hector Carrasco	28	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Casian	32	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Converse	3	0	0	0	0	0
Roland de la Maza	1	0	0	0	0	0
Chris Haney	8	0	0	0	0	0
Jason Jacome	7	0	0	0	0	0
Allen McDill	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Montgomery	55	0	0	0	0	0
Gregg Olson	34	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Perez	16	0	0	0	0	0
Hipolito Pichardo	47	0	0	0	0	0
Jose Santiago	4	0	0	0	0	0
Scott Service	12	0	0	0	0	0
Randy Veres	24	0	0	0	0	0
Jamie Walker	50	0	0	0	0	0
Matt Whisenant	24	0	0	0	0	0
Mitch Williams	7	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Williams	10	0	0	0	0	0

Pitching

Player	W	L	ERA	G	SV	SO	WHIP
Kevin Appier	9	13	3.40	34	0	196	1.226
Tim Belcher	13	12	5.02	32	0	113	1.462
Jose Rosado	9	12	4.69	33	0	129	1.382
Glendon Rusch	6	9	5.50	30	0	116	1.515
Jim Pittsley	5	8	5.46	21	0	52	1.554
Ricky Bones	4	7	5.97	21	0	36	1.621
Jeff Montgomery	1	4	3.49	55	14	48	1.197
Hipolito Pichardo	3	5	4.22	47	11	34	1.531
Jamie Walker	3	3	5.44	50	0	24	1.535
Gregg Olson	4	3	3.02	34	1	28	1.344
Randy Veres	4	0	3.31	24	1	28	1.217
Hector Carrasco	1	6	5.45	28	0	30	1.298
Larry Casian	0	2	5.06	32	0	16	1.425
Chris Haney	1	2	4.38	8	0	16	1.378
Mike Perez	2	0	3.54	16	0	17	1.131
Matt Whisenant	1	0	2.84	24	0	16	1.421
Scott Service	0	3	4.76	12	0	19	1.294
Brian Bevil	1	2	6.61	18	1	13	1.531
Mike Williams	0	2	6.43	10	1	10	2.000
Jason Jacome	0	0	9.45	7	0	3	2.700
Mitch Williams	0	1	10.80	7	0	10	2.700
Jim Converse	0	0	3.60	3	0	3	1.800
Jose Santiago	0	0	1.93	4	0	1	1.929
Allen McDill	0	0	13.50	3	0	2	2.750
Roland de la Maza	0	0	4.50	1	0	1	1.000

Schedule (161 games)

Date	Opponent	Result
1997-04-02	@ BAL	L 2–4
1997-04-03	@ BAL	L 4–6
1997-04-04	@ MIN	W 2–1
1997-04-05	@ MIN	L 5–7
1997-04-06	@ MIN	W 12–2
1997-04-07	vs BAL	W 6–5
1997-04-09	vs BAL	L 2–4
1997-04-12	vs MIN	L 6–11
1997-04-13	vs MIN	W 6–1
1997-04-14	@ TOR	W 3–2
1997-04-15	@ TOR	W 7–5
1997-04-16	vs TEX	L 0–2
1997-04-17	vs TEX	L 1–5
1997-04-19	vs ANA	W 7–3
1997-04-20	vs ANA	L 1–11
1997-04-21	@ SEA	L 5–6
1997-04-22	@ SEA	L 2–7
1997-04-23	@ SEA	W 12–10
1997-04-25	@ OAK	W 10–3
1997-04-26	@ OAK	L 6–7
1997-04-27	@ OAK	W 7–1
1997-04-29	vs TOR	W 6–5
1997-04-30	vs TOR	L 0–1
1997-05-01	vs TOR	W 8–0
1997-05-02	vs NYA	L 1–9
1997-05-03	vs NYA	W 2–1
1997-05-04	vs NYA	L 5–13
1997-05-05	@ BOS	W 2–0
1997-05-06	@ BOS	W 7–2
1997-05-07	@ DET	L 3–12
1997-05-08	@ DET	W 4–0
1997-05-09	@ NYA	W 7–5
1997-05-10	@ NYA	L 2–5
1997-05-11	@ NYA	L 2–3
1997-05-13	vs BOS	W 9–0
1997-05-14	vs BOS	W 6–2
1997-05-15	vs DET	W 10–9
1997-05-16	vs DET	L 2–10
1997-05-17	vs DET	L 2–9
1997-05-18	vs DET	L 5–6
1997-05-20	@ CLE	L 3–4
1997-05-21	@ CLE	L 0–1
1997-05-22	@ CLE	L 1–9
1997-05-23	vs SEA	L 4–8
1997-05-24	vs SEA	W 11–5
1997-05-25	vs SEA	W 4–3
1997-05-26	vs OAK	L 1–2
1997-05-27	vs OAK	L 6–8
1997-05-28	vs CLE	L 3–10
1997-05-30	@ TEX	W 3–2
1997-05-31	@ TEX	L 1–3
1997-06-01	@ TEX	W 6–2
1997-06-03	@ ANA	W 5–2
1997-06-04	@ ANA	L 3–7
1997-06-05	vs TEX	L 3–6
1997-06-06	vs TEX	W 2–1
1997-06-07	vs TEX	W 10–4
1997-06-08	vs TEX	W 4–2
1997-06-09	vs ANA	L 5–12
1997-06-10	vs ANA	L 2–6
1997-06-11	vs ANA	W 6–1
1997-06-13	@ PIT	L 3–5
1997-06-14	@ PIT	W 8–3
1997-06-15	@ PIT	W 8–1
1997-06-16	vs HOU	W 5–2
1997-06-17	vs HOU	L 2–10
1997-06-18	vs HOU	W 6–2
1997-06-20	@ ML4	L 5–7
1997-06-22	@ ML4	W 6–5
1997-06-23	@ CHA	L 6–7
1997-06-24	@ CHA	L 0–4
1997-06-25	@ CHA	L 7–8
1997-06-26	vs ML4	W 4–3
1997-06-27	vs ML4	W 16–3
1997-06-28	vs ML4	L 3–5
1997-06-29	vs ML4	L 2–3
1997-06-30	@ CHN	L 7–8
1997-07-01	@ CHN	L 1–6
1997-07-02	@ CHN	L 2–3
1997-07-04	@ CLE	L 6–7
1997-07-05	@ CLE	L 4–8
1997-07-06	@ CLE	L 7–8
1997-07-10	vs CHA	L 3–6
1997-07-11	vs CHA	L 2–6
1997-07-12	vs CHA	L 7–11
1997-07-13	vs CHA	L 6–7
1997-07-14	vs ML4	W 2–1
1997-07-15	vs ML4	L 2–5
1997-07-16	@ OAK	L 3–11
1997-07-17	@ OAK	L 3–11
1997-07-18	@ SEA	L 4–5
1997-07-19	@ SEA	W 9–6
1997-07-20	@ SEA	L 4–5
1997-07-22	@ MIN	L 2–3
1997-07-23	@ MIN	W 5–1
1997-07-24	@ MIN	W 5–3
1997-07-25	@ TOR	L 1–2
1997-07-26	@ TOR	L 5–6
1997-07-27	@ TOR	W 3–2
1997-07-28	vs MIN	W 10–3
1997-07-28	vs MIN	W 5–2
1997-07-29	vs MIN	L 8–11
1997-07-30	vs MIN	L 1–11
1997-07-31	vs BOS	W 3–2
1997-08-01	vs BOS	L 3–10
1997-08-02	vs BOS	W 10–3
1997-08-03	vs BOS	W 5–2
1997-08-04	vs NYA	L 4–5
1997-08-05	vs NYA	L 1–4
1997-08-06	vs DET	W 5–4
1997-08-07	vs DET	L 4–8
1997-08-08	@ BOS	L 2–8
1997-08-09	@ BOS	W 9–2
1997-08-10	@ BOS	L 4–6
1997-08-12	@ NYA	W 6–4
1997-08-13	@ NYA	L 3–9
1997-08-14	@ NYA	L 5–10
1997-08-15	@ DET	W 5–3
1997-08-16	@ DET	W 2–1
1997-08-17	@ DET	L 4–8
1997-08-19	vs BAL	L 9–12
1997-08-19	vs BAL	W 9–2
1997-08-20	vs BAL	L 2–4
1997-08-21	vs BAL	L 3–4
1997-08-22	vs TOR	L 3–5
1997-08-23	vs TOR	L 5–6
1997-08-24	vs TOR	L 8–11
1997-08-26	@ BAL	W 5–4
1997-08-27	@ BAL	L 3–7
1997-08-28	@ BAL	W 5–1
1997-08-29	vs SLN	L 7–9
1997-08-30	vs SLN	W 16–5
1997-08-31	vs SLN	L 4–5
1997-09-01	@ CIN	W 7–4
1997-09-02	@ CIN	L 0–4
1997-09-03	@ CIN	L 3–6
1997-09-04	vs OAK	W 7–6
1997-09-05	vs OAK	L 6–9
1997-09-06	vs OAK	L 3–9
1997-09-07	vs OAK	L 4–9
1997-09-08	vs SEA	W 9–2
1997-09-09	vs SEA	L 3–4
1997-09-11	@ ANA	W 4–2
1997-09-12	@ ANA	L 5–8
1997-09-13	@ ANA	W 3–1
1997-09-14	@ ANA	L 2–3
1997-09-15	@ TEX	W 11–9
1997-09-16	@ TEX	L 2–4
1997-09-17	vs CHA	L 4–8
1997-09-18	vs CHA	L 2–9
1997-09-19	vs CLE	W 10–3
1997-09-19	vs CLE	L 2–6
1997-09-20	vs CLE	W 5–2
1997-09-21	vs CLE	W 1–0
1997-09-23	@ ML4	L 4–7
1997-09-23	@ ML4	W 6–2
1997-09-24	@ ML4	L 3–4
1997-09-25	@ ML4	W 2–1
1997-09-26	@ CHA	L 2–7
1997-09-27	@ CHA	W 10–4
1997-09-28	@ CHA	L 3–4