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Major League Baseball team season
The
1997 Chicago Cubs season
was the 126th season of the
Chicago Cubs
franchise, the 122nd in the
National League
and the 82nd at
Wrigley Field
. The Cubs finished fifth and last in the
National League Central
with a record of 68?94. The team never had a record above .500 at any point during the season.
The Cubs lost the first 14 games of the season, before finally winning the second game of a double-header against the
New York Mets
. The 0?14 start brought the superstition of the "
billy goat curse
" to the forefront, and at one point a goat was actually led around Wrigley Field in an effort to end the curse.
This was also
Harry Caray
's final season as broadcaster for the Cubs, as he died on February 18, 1998 (two months after his grandson
Chip Caray
was hired to share play-by-play duties with him). The team would wear a patch with his likeness that
year
.
Offseason
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- December 10, 1996: Mel Rojas was signed as a free agent with the Chicago Cubs.
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Regular season
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- June 16 ? The first
interleague
game between the Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox took place at the new
Comiskey Park
. The Cubs won the game by a score of 8?3.
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Opening Day Starters
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Season standings
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Record vs. opponents
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Sources:
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Team
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ATL
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CHC
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CIN
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COL
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FLA
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HOU
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LA
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MTL
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NYM
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PHI
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PIT
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SD
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SF
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STL
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AL
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Atlanta
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?
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9?2
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9?2
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5?6
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4?8
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7?4
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6?5
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10?2
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5?7
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10?2
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5?6
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8?3
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7?4
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8?3
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7?5
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Chicago
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2?9
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?
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7?5
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2?9
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2?9
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3?9
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5?6
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4?7
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6?5
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6?5
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7?5
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6?5
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5?6
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4?8
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9?6
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Cincinnati
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2?9
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5?7
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?
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5?6
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5?6
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5?7
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6?5
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6?5
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2?9
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8?3
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8?4
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5?6
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4?7
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6?6
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9?6
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Colorado
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6?5
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9?2
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6?5
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?
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7?4
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5?6
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5?7
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7?4
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6?5
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4?7
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4?7
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4?8
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4?8
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7?4
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9?7
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Florida
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8?4
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9?2
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6?5
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4?7
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?
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7?4
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7?4
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7?5
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4?8
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6?6
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7?4
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5?6
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5?6
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5?6
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12?3
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Houston
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4?7
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9?3
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7?5
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6?5
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4?7
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?
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7?4
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8?3
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7?4
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4?7
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6?6
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6?5
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3?8
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9?3
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4?11
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Los Angeles
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5?6
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6?5
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5?6
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7?5
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4?7
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4?7
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?
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7?4
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6?5
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10?1
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9?2
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5?7
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6?6
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5?6
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9?7
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Montreal
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2?10
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7?4
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5?6
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4?7
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5?7
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3?8
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4?7
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?
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5?7
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6?6
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5?6
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8?3
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6?5
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6?5
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12?3
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New York
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7?5
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5?6
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9?2
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5?6
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8?4
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4?7
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5?6
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7?5
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?
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7?5
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7?4
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5?6
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3?8
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9?2
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7?8
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Philadelphia
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2-10
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5?6
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3?8
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7?4
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6?6
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7?4
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1?10
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6?6
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5?7
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?
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5?6
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7?4
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3?8
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6?5
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5?10
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Pittsburgh
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6?5
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5?7
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4?8
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7?4
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4?7
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6?6
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2?9
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6?5
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4?7
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6?5
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?
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5?6
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8?3
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9?3
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7?8
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San Diego
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3?8
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5?6
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6?5
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8?4
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6?5
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5?6
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7?5
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3?8
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6?5
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4?7
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6?5
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?
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4?8
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5?6
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8?8
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San Francisco
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4?7
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6?5
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7?4
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8?4
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6?5
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8?3
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6?6
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5?6
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8?3
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8?3
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3?8
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8?4
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?
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3?8
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10?6
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St. Louis
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3?8
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8?4
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6?6
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4?7
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6?5
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3-9
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6?5
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5?6
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2?9
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5?6
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3?9
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6?5
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8?3
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?
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8?7
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Notable Transactions
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- July 12, 1997: Carlos Zambrano was signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent.
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- August 8, 1997: Brian McRae was traded by the Chicago Cubs with Mel Rojas and Turk Wendell to the New York Mets for players to be named later and Lance Johnson. The New York Mets sent Mark Clark (August 11, 1997) and Manny Alexander (August 14, 1997) to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade.
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Roster
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1997 Chicago Cubs
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Roster
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
Outfielders
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Manager
Coaches
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Player stats
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Batting
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Starters by position
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Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Other batters
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Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pitching
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Starting pitchers
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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Other pitchers
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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Relief pitchers
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Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Farm system
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LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: AZL Cubs
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References
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- ^
Mel Rojas Statistics
Baseball-Reference.com
- ^
"Box Score of Game played on Monday, June 16, 1997 at Comiskey Park II"
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- ^
"Carlos Zambrano Stats"
.
- ^
Brian McRae Statistics
Baseball-Reference.com
- ^
Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed.,
The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball
, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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