Bob Costas, Joe Morgan, and Bob Uecker (Game 1) Jon Miller and Joe Morgan (Games 2, 4) Thom Brennaman and Bob Brenly (Game 3)
Radio
CBS
Radio announcers
John Rooney and Al Downing
Teams
Team (Wins)
Manager
Season
Cleveland Indians (3)
Mike Hargrove
86–75, .534, GA: 6
New York Yankees (2)
Joe Torre
96–66, .593, GB: 2
Dates
September 30 – October 6
Television
Fox (Games 1–2, 4–5) NBC (Game 3)
TV announcers
Joe Buck, Tim McCarver, and Bob Brenly (Games 1–2, 4–5) Bob Costas, Joe Morgan, and Bob Uecker (Game 3)
Radio
CBS
Radio announcers
Ernie Harwell and Jeff Torborg
Umpires
Tim McClelland, Dale Ford, Ken Kaiser, Greg Kosc, Dave Phillips, Rocky Roe (Orioles–Mariners, Games 1–2; Indians–Yankees, Games 3–5) Tim Tschida, Dan Morrison, Rick Reed, Dale Scott, Rich Garcia, Derryl Cousins (Indians–Yankees, Games 1–2; Orioles–Mariners, Games 3–4)
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1998 →
The 1997 American League Division Series (ALDS), the opening round of the 1997 American League playoffs, began on Tuesday, September 30, and ended on Monday, October 6, with the champions of the three AL divisions—along with a "wild card" team—participating in two best-of-five series. The teams were:
(2) Cleveland Indians (Central Division champion, 86–75) vs. (4) New York Yankees (Wild Card, 96–66): Indians win series, 3–2.[1]
The Baltimore Orioles and Cleveland Indians went on to meet in the AL Championship Series (ALCS). The Indians became the American League champion, and lost to the National League champion Florida Marlins in the 1997 World Series.
^The higher seed (in parentheses) had the home field advantage, which was not tied to playing record but was predetermined—a highly unpopular arrangement which was discontinued after the conclusion of the 1997 playoffs. Also, the team with home field advantage was required to play the first two games on the road, with potentially the last three at home, in order to reduce travel. The Orioles played the Mariners, rather than the wild card Yankees, because the Orioles and Yankees are in the same division. Had the 1997 ALDS been played under the 1998-2011 arrangement, then Baltimore (1) would have faced off against Cleveland (3) and New York (4) would have faced off against Seattle (2). Under the format adopted in 2012 which removed the prohibition against teams from the same division meeting in the Division Series, the matchups instead would have been Baltimore-New York and Seattle-Cleveland, with the Orioles and Mariners having home field advantage.
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