1997

1997 in baseball
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Championships, events, culture, births, and deaths that occurred in 1997.

Club competitions

Professional

Asia and Australia

• Nippon Professional Baseball
  • Nippon Series: Yakult Swallows (CL) over the Seibu Lions (PL), 4 - 1 - 0 (Details)
    • Central League: Yakult Swallows (Details)
    • Pacific League: Seibu Lions (Details)
• Korea Baseball Organization: Haitai Tigers defeated the LG Twins in the Korean Series (Details)
• Chinese Professional Baseball League: Wei Chuan Dragons defeated the China Times Eagles in the Taiwan Series (Details)
• Taiwan Major League: Chianan Luka over Taipei Gida, 4 - 3 in the championship series (Details)
• Claxton Shield: Perth Heat, Australian Baseball League (Details)

Europe

• European Cup: Caffè Danesi Nettuno, Serie A1 (Details)
  • Division Élite: Jimmer's de Saint-Lô
  • Baseball-Bundesliga: Mannheim Tornados
  • Hoofdklasse Honkbal: Minolta Pioniers Hoofddorp
    • Holland Series: Hoofddorp Pioniers defeated the HCAW in the series, 3 - 1 (Details)
  • Serie A1: C.U.S. Cariparma Parma

North America

• Major League Baseball
  • World Series: Florida Marlins (NL) over the Cleveland Indians (AL), 4 - 3 (Details)
    • American League: Cleveland Indians (Details)
    • National League: Florida Marlins (Details)

• Minor League Baseball
  • American Association: Buffalo Bisons (Details)
  • Appalachian League: Bluefield Orioles
  • Arizona League: AZL Cubs
  • Big South League: Greenville Bluesmen
  • California League: High Desert Mavericks
  • Carolina League: Lynchburg Hillcats
  • Eastern League: Harrisburg Senators
  • Florida State League: St. Petersburg Devil Rays
  • Frontier League: Canton Crocodiles
  • Gulf Coast League: GCL Mets
  • Heartland League: Columbia Mules
  • International League: Rochester Red Wings (Details)
  • Midwest League: Lansing Lugnuts
  • New York-Penn League: Pittsfield Mets
  • Northeast League: Elmira Pioneers
  • Northern League: Duluth-Superior Dukes
  • Northwest League: Portland Rockies
  • Pacific Coast League: Edmonton Trappers (Details)
  • Pioneer League: Billings Mustangs
  • Prairie League: Minot Mallards
  • South Atlantic League: Delmarva Shorebirds
  • Southern League: Greenville Braves
  • Texas League: San Antonio Missions
  • Texas-Louisiana League: Alexandria Aces
  • Western League: Chico Heat

• Liga Mexicana de Béisbol: Tigres Capitalinos defeated the Diablos Rojos del México in the finals, 4 - 1

• Cuban Serie Nacional: Pinar del Río (Details)

Winter Leagues

• Serie del Caribe: in Hermosillo, México; Águilas Cibaeñas (Dominican Republic) (Details)
  • Liga de Béisbol Profesional de la República Dominicana: Águilas Cibaeñas defeated the Leones del Escogido in the finals, 4 - 0
  • Liga Mexicana del Pacífico: Tomateros de Culiacán
  • Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico: Indios de Mayagüez defeated the Senadores de San Juan in the finals, 5 - 3
  • Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional: Navegantes del Magallanes defeated the Leones del Caracas in the finals, 4 - 1

Amateur

• National Collegiate Athletic Association
  • College World Series (Division I): Louisiana State University defeated the University of Alabama in the finals, 13 - 6 (Details)
  • Division II Baseball Championship: California State University, Chico over the the University of Central Oklahoma, 13 - 12 in the finals
  • Division III Baseball Championship: The University of Southern Maine over the the College of Wooster, 15 - 1 in the finals
• NAIA College World Series: Brewton-Parker College over the Bellevue University, 8 - 4 in the finals
• National Junior College Athletic Association
  • Division I Baseball World Series: Cowley County Community College
  • Division II Baseball World Series: Grand Rapids Community College
  • Division III Baseball World Series: Madison Area Technical College
• Community College League of California: Cypress College over Sacramento City College 7-4 in the finals
• National Baseball Congress World Series: Mat-Su Miners (Details)
• Canadian Intercollegiate Baseball Association/Association de Baseball Inter-Universitaire Canadienne: McMaster University
• All-Japan University Baseball Championship Series: Kinki University defeated the Asia University in the final, 2 - 0 (Details)
• Japan High School Baseball Federation
  • National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament: Tenri High School (Nara) defeat Chukyo University Senior High School (Aichi), 4 - 1 in the championship (Details)
  • National High School Baseball Championship: Chiben Wakayama High School (Wakayama) defeat Heian High School (Kyoto), 6 - 3 in the championship (Details)
• Little League
  • Little League World Series: Guadalupe (Guadalupe, Nuevo León) defeat South Mission Viejo (Mission Viejo, CA), 5 - 4 in the championship (Details)

International competitions

• Intercontinental Cup in Spain (Details)
  • Japan (Gold); Cuba (Silver); Australia (Bronze)
• World Junior Championship in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada (Details)
  • Cuba (Gold); Chinese Taipei (Silver); Canada (Bronze)
• World Youth Championship in Taipei City, Taiwan (Details)
  • Cuba (Gold); Chinese Taipei (Silver); Australia (Bronze)
• Asian Championship in Taipei, Taiwan (Details)
  • South Korea (Gold); Japan (Silver); Chinese Taipei (Bronze)
• European Championship in Paris, France (Details)
  • Italy (Gold); The Netherlands (Silver); Spain (Bronze)
• Central American Games in San Pedro Sula, Honduras (Details)
  • Panama (Gold); Nicaragua (Silver); Honduras (Bronze)

Culture

Literature

• The Bill James Guide to Baseball Managers, by Bill James
• The Cultural Encyclopedia of Baseball, by Jonathan Fraser Light
• The Detroit Tigers: Club and Community, 1945-1995, by Patrick Harrigan
• The Great Encyclopedia of 19th Century Major League Baseball, by David Nemec
• Hand to Mouth, by Paul Auster
• Havana Red, by Leonardo Padura Fuentes
• Hoopla, by Harry Stein
• Jackie Robinson: A Biography, by Arnold Rampersad
• Lights On!: The Wild, Century-Long Saga of Night Baseball, by David Pietrusza
• Play for a Kingdom, by Thomas Dyja
• Snow in August, by Pete Hamill
• Underworld, by Don DeLillo
• Wait Till Next Year: A Memoir, by Doris Kearns Goodwin

Song

• Baseball Bill, by Echo & the Bunnymen

Births

Further information: Births in 1997

Deaths

Further information: Deaths in 1997