Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.
1997 Fielding Game Log (overall)
| Rk | Gtm | Date | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | BF | Inn | PO | A | E | Ch | DP | Pos | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 (3) | Apr 4 | MIN | KCR | L,1-2 | GS | 30 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | P | |
| 2 | 8 (3) | Apr 9 | MIN | @ | DET | L,5-10 | GS | 24 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P |
| 3 | 12 (3) | Apr 14 | MIN | @ | BAL | L,2-4 | GS | 30 | 7.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | P |
| 4 | 17 (4) | Apr 19 | MIN | @ | SEA | W,4-0 | CG | 32 | 9.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | P |
| 5 | 22 (4) | Apr 25 | MIN | TEX | L,3-6 | GS | 34 | 8.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | P | |
| 6 | 26 (3) | Apr 30 | MIN | BAL | L,3-12 | GS | 32 | 6.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | P | |
| May | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | BF | Inn | PO | A | E | Ch | DP | Pos | |||
| 7 | 30 (3) | May 4 | MIN | @ | TOR | L,0-1 | CG | 31 | 8.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P |
| 8 | 48 (17) | May 25 | MIN | OAK | W,7-6 | GS | 24 | 5.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P | |
| 9 | 53 (4) | May 30 | MIN | @ | ANA | W,4-3 | GS | 31 | 7.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | P |
| Jun | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | BF | Inn | PO | A | E | Ch | DP | Pos | |||
| 10 | 58 (4) | Jun 5 | MIN | ANA | L,0-3 | GS | 32 | 7.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | P | |
| 11 | 62 (3) | Jun 10 | MIN | TEX | W,10-1 | CG | 34 | 9.0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 | P | |
| 12 | 66 (3) | Jun 15 | MIN | @ | HOU | L,2-3 | GS | 23 | 6.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | P |
| 13 | 70 (3) | Jun 20 | MIN | @ | CHW | W,3-0 | GS | 22 | 6.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | P |
| 14 | 76 (5) | Jun 27 | MIN | CHW | L,6-10 | GS | 25 | 4.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | P | |
| Jul | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | BF | Inn | PO | A | E | Ch | DP | Pos | |||
| 15 | 81 (4) | Jul 2 | MIN | @ | STL | L,1-2 | GS | 28 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P |
| 16 | 88 (6) | Jul 12 | MIN | CLE | L,2-7 | GS | 31 | 6.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P | |
| 17 | 93 (4) | Jul 17 | MIN | @ | SEA | W,9-7 | GS | 23 | 4.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | P |
| Aug | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | BF | Inn | PO | A | E | Ch | DP | Pos | |||
| 18 | 123 (29) | Aug 17 | MIN | @ | BOS | L,5-10 | GS | 21 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P |
| 19 | 126 (2) | Aug 22 | MIN | @ | BAL | L,1-3 | GS | 29 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | P |
| 20 | 131 (4) | Aug 27 | MIN | DET | W,2-0 | CG | 31 | 9.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | P | |
| September | Tm | Opp | Rslt | Inngs | BF | Inn | PO | A | E | Ch | DP | Pos | |||
| 21 | 136 (4) | Sep 2 | MIN | @ | CHC | L,3-9 | GS | 18 | 3.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P |
| 22 | 141 (4) | Sep 7 | MIN | SEA | W,9-6 | GS | 27 | 6.1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | P | |
| 23 | 146 (4) | Sep 13 | MIN | @ | TEX | L,3-9 | GS | 24 | 4.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | P |
| 24 | 151 (4) | Sep 18 | MIN | CLE | L,1-4 | GS | 29 | 7.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | P | |
| 25 | 156 (4) | Sep 23 | MIN | @ | CHW | W,5-3 | GS | 24 | 6.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | P |
| 26 | 162 (5) | Sep 28 | MIN | @ | CLE | W,5-1 | CG | 32 | 9.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | P |
| 26gm | 168.2 | 21 | 30 | 0 | 51 | 7 | |||||||||
1997 Fielding Game Log (as P)