1997 World Series
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| Dates | October 18 – 26 | ||||||||||||
| MVP | Liván Hernández (Florida) | ||||||||||||
| Umpires | Ed Montague (NL, crew chief), Dale Ford (AL), Joe West (NL), Greg Kosc (AL), Randy Marsh (NL), Ken Kaiser (AL) | ||||||||||||
| ALCS | Cleveland Indians over Baltimore Orioles (4–2) | ||||||||||||
| NLCS | Florida Marlins over Atlanta Braves (4–2) | ||||||||||||
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| Television | NBC | ||||||||||||
| TV announcers | Bob Costas, Joe Morgan, and Bob Uecker | ||||||||||||
| Radio | CBS | ||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Vin Scully and Jeff Torborg | ||||||||||||
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| Florida Marlins (4) | Jim Leyland | 92–70, .568, GB: 9 | |
| Cleveland Indians (3) | Mike Hargrove | 86–75, .534, GA: 6 |
The 1997 World Series, the 93rd edition of Major League Baseball's championship series, began on October 18 and ended on October 26 (after midnight October 27). It featured the Cleveland Indians of the American League (playing in their second World Series in three years) and the Florida Marlins of the National League (who had set a record by reaching the World Series in only their fifth season). The Marlins, who were underdogs, capped a stunning season. They defeated the Indians four games to three to win their first World Series championship, making them the first wild card team to ever win the World Series. The final of Game 7 was decided in extra innings on an Édgar Rentería single. This was also the third time where Game 7 of the World Series went into extra innings, and the most recent until the 2016 World Series, in which the Indians also lost in extra innings, this time to the Chicago Cubs.
This was the only World Series that Paul Beeston would preside over as CEO of Major League Baseball. The previous four World Series had been presided over jointly by the league presidents (first Dr. Bobby Brown and then Gene Budig for the American League, Leonard Coleman for the National League).
NL Florida Marlins (4) vs. AL Cleveland Indians (3)
The first World Series game in the state of Florida, Game 1 featured a youngster and a veteran facing each other on the mound. Fresh off his NLCS MVP performance, Liván Hernández took the hill for the Marlins and quickly gave up a run in the first thanks to a double by leadoff man Bip Roberts and an RBI single by David Justice. Indian starter Orel Hershiser got by the first two innings unscathed. However, after the Marlins tied the game in the third, they scored four runs in the fourth. The inning climaxed when Moisés Alou and Charles Johnson hit back-to-back homers (Alou's was a three-run shot off the left field foul pole). The Marlins added two in the fifth to knock Orel out of the game. The Indians crept back in the game slowly thanks to solo shots by Manny Ramírez and Jim Thome and entered the ninth inning down only 7–4. Florida closer Robb Nen came in and was able to get out of a jam by striking out Sandy Alomar, Jr. and Thome with two men aboard.
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