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TEAM ABBREVIATIONS
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BAA=Baltimore Orioles,  BOA=Boston Red Sox,    CHA=Chicago White Sox,
CLA=Cleveland Indians,  DEA=Detroit Tigers,    HMA=Homestead Grays,
MIA=Minnesota Twins,    NYA=New York Yankees,  PHA=Philadelphia Athletics,
SLA=Saint Louis Browns, TOA=Toronto Blue Jays, WAA=Washington Senators.



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TEAM STATISTICS
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Team Statistics For 1997 Philadelphia Athletics Totals After 154 Games


                      WON LOST  PCT                  TEAM  OPP
   OVERALL RECORD      79  75  .513     LEFT ON BASE 1013 1039
   HOME RECORD         45  32  .584     DP'S TURNED   130  131
   ROAD RECORD         34  43  .442     TP'S TURNED     0    0
   VS. LEFTY STARTERS  20  18  .526     MOST HITS      17   17
   VS. RIGHTY STARTERS 59  57  .509     LEAST HITS      2    2
   EXTRA INNING GAMES  12   7  .632     MOST RUNS      14   14
   ONE RUN GAMES       25  16  .610     
   LAST 10 GAMES        6   4  .600     TOTAL RUNS    588  642
                                        AVERAGE RUNS 3.82 4.17
   CURRENT 1 GAME LOSING STREAK                                TOTAL
   LONGEST WINNING STREAK: 7 GAMES      HR'S AT PHA    59   73   132
   LONGEST LOSING STREAK: 6 GAMES       HR'S AT OPP    53   69   122
                                        TOTAL         112  142


RUNS  GAMES TEAM SCORED THIS MANY       RUNS  GAMES OPPONENTS SCORED THIS MANY
 0  - XXXXXX (11)                        0  - XXXXXX (11)
 1  - XXXXXXXXXX (20)                    1  - XXXXXXXXXXX (21)
 2  - XXXXXXXX (16)                      2  - XXXXXXXXXX (19)
 3  - XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (29)               3  - XXXXXXX (14)
 4  - XXXXXXXXXX (20)                    4  - XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX (31)
 5  - XXXXXXXXXXXXX (26)                 5  - XXXXXXXXX (17)
 6  - XXXXXXX (14)                       6  - XXXXXXX (14)
 7  - XXXX (7)                           7  - XXXXX (9)
 8  - XX (4)                             8  - XXX (6)
 9  - X (2)                              9  - XX (4)
10+ - XXX (5)                           10+ - XXXX (8)


RECORD VS. EAST DIVISION         WON LOST  PCT
Baltimore Orioles                 13   7  .650
Boston Red Sox                     8  12  .400
New York Yankees                  10  10  .500
Toronto Blue Jays                 11   9  .550
Washington Senators               10  10  .500
TOTAL VS. THIS DIVISION           52  48  .520


RECORD VS. WEST DIVISION         WON LOST  PCT
Chicago White Sox                  3   6  .333
Cleveland Indians                  5   4  .556
Detroit Tigers                     5   4  .556
Homestead Grays                    4   5  .444
Minnesota Twins                    5   4  .556
St. Louis Browns                   5   4  .556
TOTAL VS. THIS DIVISION           27  27  .500





LEAGUE GRAND TOTALS (primary report) FOR 1997 Old-Time American


TEAM                   AVG    AB    R     H   2B  3B   HR  RBI   SB   CS    E
1997 Boston           .275  5242  728  1442  217  46  157  700  165   67   94
1997 Chicago          .272  5397  712  1466  244  52  123  682   51   25   96
1997 Homestead        .267  5339  627  1426  239  47   51  592  212   85  106
1997 St. Louis        .266  5280  686  1404  184  40  164  653   40   14  103
1997 Cleveland        .266  5375  759  1428  241  76  167  724   54   28  118
1997 New York         .258  5341  646  1379  240  36  143  604   37   20  125
1997 Philadelphia     .257  5215  588  1338  193  46  112  563   89   31  108
1997 Washington       .254  5210  565  1322  227  43   64  541   78   52   89
1997 Baltimore        .253  5239  699  1328  225  39  182  678   80   39  120
1997 Toronto          .251  5196  586  1302  192  48  137  554   58   32  117
1997 Detroit          .249  5249  626  1305  213  55  149  598  119   56   98
1997 Minnesota        .244  5317  610  1299  196  55  137  589   89   31  109
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LEAGUE TOTALS         .259 63400 7832 16439 2611 583 1586 7478 1072  480 1283


TEAM                   ERA   W   L      IP     H    R   ER   HR   BB    SO OAVG
1997 Washington       2.80  83  71  1382.1  1177  476  430  102  428   840 .231
1997 New York         3.26  85  69  1392.1  1259  580  505  114  426   697 .242
1997 Chicago          3.40  94  60  1395.2  1343  589  527  124  402   766 .254
1997 Homestead        3.46  78  76  1405.1  1298  598  540  131  427   790 .246
1997 Boston           3.65  85  69  1382.2  1336  628  561  107  538   848 .255
1997 Philadelphia     3.75  79  75  1385.0  1329  642  577  142  477   697 .254
1997 Baltimore        4.00  78  76  1390.2  1466  718  618  135  500   741 .272
1997 Minnesota        4.13  64  90  1405.0  1440  709  644  143  480   701 .268
1997 Detroit          4.19  63  91  1379.2  1358  705  642  143  598   908 .258
1997 Toronto          4.25  60  94  1365.1  1446  710  644  148  465   627 .274
1997 St. Louis        4.36  75  79  1380.0  1459  725  668  143  511   789 .274
1997 Cleveland        4.41  80  74  1390.1  1528  752  681  154  483   874 .282
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LEAGUE TOTALS         3.80 924 924 16654.1 16439 7832 7037 1586 5735  9278 .259



LEAGUE GRAND TOTALS (secondary report) FOR 1997 Old-Time American


TEAM      OB% SLUG  PROD GAM   BB IBB    SO HBP   SH  SF GIDP    TB HRHM HRRD
1997 BAA .323 .416  .739 154  532  35   787  23   62  35  137  2177  104   78
1997 BOA .333 .424  .757 154  466  28   684  17   84  50  126  2222   89   68
1997 CHA .334 .404  .738 154  514  37   788  18   70  59   99  2183   51   72
1997 CLA .333 .432  .765 154  535  38   782  30   32  48  130  2322   93   74
1997 DEA .308 .395  .703 154  438  40   863  27   75  30  110  2075   91   58
1997 HMA .327 .358  .685 154  471  31   712  26   87  52   97  1912   18   33
1997 MIA .315 .379  .694 154  544  33   931  23   82  36  105  2016   70   67
1997 NYA .322 .397  .719 154  494  37   877  22   49  31  135  2120   70   73
1997 PHA .311 .376  .686 154  400  31   683  28   94  43  116  1959   59   53
1997 SLA .331 .409  .740 154  510  36   784  28   80  51  146  2160   85   79
1997 TOA .311 .385  .696 154  445  35   752  27   77  37  121  2001   65   72
1997 WAA .306 .351  .657 154  386  29   635  27   78  39  102  1827   25   39
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TOTALS   .321 .394  .715 924 5735 410  9278 296  870 511 1424 24974  820  766


TEAM                  CG SHO SAV    BFP IBB  BK  WP  PB IRSC% X-TOT X-OUT X-PCT
1997 Baltimore        26   7  36   6041  45   2  33  17  .370   821   621  .756
1997 Boston           25  11  34   5908  38   7  49   8  .417   777   617  .794
1997 Chicago          28  12  37   5815  24   9  17   8  .280   800   634  .793
1997 Cleveland        10   3  42   6047  14   3  31  10  .339   814   595  .731
1997 Detroit          21   8  30   6008  41   8  49  10  .485   838   649  .774
1997 Homestead        54   6  19   5842  45   8  22   4  .329   785   631  .804
1997 Minnesota        13  11  31   6017  32   7  42  17  .348   824   627  .761
1997 New York         27  12  37   5763  27   6  23  16  .389   765   542  .708
1997 Philadelphia     11  11  47   5860  41   2  26  12  .360   823   641  .779
1997 St. Louis        19   4  36   5996  37   6  41   7  .333   815   602  .739
1997 Toronto          18   8  33   5900  30   3  33  13  .379   780   550  .705
1997 Washington       65  15  16   5622  36   6  26  10  .224   776   616  .794
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LEAGUE TOTALS        317 108 398  70819 410  67 392 132  .361  9618  7325  .762