1997 Montreal Expos season
| 1997 Montreal Expos | |
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| Pedro Martínez wins the Cy Young | |
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| Owner(s) | Claude Brochu |
| General manager(s) | Jim Beattie |
| Manager(s) | Felipe Alou |
| Local television |
The Sports Network (Dave Van Horne, Ken Singleton) TQS (Michel Villeneuve, Marc Griffin) SRC (Claude Raymond, Rene Pothier) RDS Network (Denis Casavant, Rodger Brulotte) |
| Local radio |
CIQC (Dave Van Horne, Elliott Price, Joe Cannon, Gary Carter) CKAC (AM) (Jacques Doucet, Rodger Brulotte,Alain Chantelois) |
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The Montreal Expos played the Toronto Blue Jays in Interleague Play for the first time.
In 1997, Pedro Martínez posted a 17-8 record for the Expos, and led the league in half a dozen pitching categories, including a 1.90 ERA, 305 strikeouts and 13 complete games pitched, and won the National League Cy Young Award. Pedro Martínez was also the first right-handed pitcher to reach 300 strikeouts with an ERA under 2.00 since Walter Johnson in 1912.
The 13 complete games were tied for the second-highest single-season total in all of baseball since Martínez's career began (Curt Schilling had 15 in 1998; Chuck Finley and Jack McDowell also reached 13 in a year). However, this 1997 total is by far the highest in Martínez's career, as he has only completed more than 5 games in one other season (7, in 2000).
June 30, SkyDome, Toronto, Ontario
Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In
1997 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Harrisburg
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