1997 American League Championship Series

1997 American League Championship Series
Team (Wins) Manager(s) Season
Cleveland Indians (4) Mike Hargrove 86–75, .534, GA: 6
Baltimore Orioles (2) Davey Johnson 98–64, .605, GA: 2
DatesOctober 8–15
MVPMarquis Grissom (Cleveland)
UmpiresJoe Brinkman
Jim Joyce
John Hirschbeck
Durwood Merrill
Larry McCoy
Mike Reilly
Broadcast
TelevisionFox
TV announcersJoe Buck, Tim McCarver and Bob Brenly
RadioCBS
Radio announcersJohn Rooney and Jeff Torborg
ALDS
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The 1997 American League Championship Series (ALCS) pitted the Cleveland Indians, who won coming back against the defending World Series champion New York Yankees in the AL Division Series, and the Baltimore Orioles, who went wire-to-wire and beat the Seattle Mariners in the Division Series. In a role reversal from their 1996 ALDS encounter, the Indians stunned the Orioles, winning on bizarre plays or remarkable comebacks, and won the Series four games to two, but went on to lose to the Florida Marlins in the well-fought, seesaw, seven-game battle of the 1997 World Series. The Orioles had home field advantage, which was predetermined and assigned to either the East Division champions or their opponents in the Division Series.


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