Offseason

• November 13, 1996: Matt Williams was traded by the San Francisco Giants with a player to be named later to the Cleveland Indians for a player to be named later, Jeff Kent, Julian Tavarez, and Jose Vizcaino. The Cleveland Indians sent Joe Roa (December 16, 1996) to the San Francisco Giants to complete the trade.
• November 26, 1996: J.T. Snow was traded by the Anaheim Angels to the San Francisco Giants for Allen Watson and Fausto Macey (minors).
• December 16, 1996: Trenidad Hubbard was sent by the San Francisco Giants to the Cleveland Indians to complete an earlier deal made on November 13, 1996.
• January 6, 1997: Damon Berryhill was signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.

Regular season

• June 12 - The first interleague
  Interleague play
  Interleague play is the term used to describe regular season Major League Baseball games played between teams in different leagues, introduced in . Before the 1997 season, teams in the American League and National League did not meet during the regular season...
  
   game took place as the Texas Rangers
  Texas Rangers (baseball)
  The Texas Rangers are a professional baseball team in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, based in Arlington, Texas. The Rangers are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League, and are the reigning A.L. Western Division and A.L. Champions. Since , the Rangers have...
  
   hosted the San Francisco Giants
  San Francisco Giants
  The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the National League West Division....
  
   at The Ballpark in Arlington (now Rangers Ballpark in Arlington).

Roster

1997 San Francisco Giants
Roster
Pitchers		Catchers Infielders		Outfielders		Manager Coaches

Notable transactions

• August 8, 1997: William Van Landingham was released by the San Francisco Giants.

• August 19, 1997: William Van Landingham was signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.

The White Flag Trade was a trade made in 1997. On July 31, 1997, the Chicago White Sox

Chicago White Sox

The Chicago White Sox are a Major League Baseball team located in Chicago, Illinois.The White Sox play in the American League's Central Division. Since , the White Sox have played in U.S. Cellular Field, which was originally called New Comiskey Park and nicknamed The Cell by local fans...

 traded three major players to the San Francisco Giants

San Francisco Giants

The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the National League West Division....

 for six minor leaguers. At the time, the trade was maligned by the vast majority of White Sox fans as Jerry Reinsdorf

Jerry Reinsdorf

Jerry M. Reinsdorf is a CPA, lawyer and an owner of the MLB's Chicago White Sox and the NBA's Chicago Bulls. He started his professional life as a tax attorney with the Internal Revenue Service. He has been the head of the White Sox and Bulls for over 20 years.He made his initial fortune in real...

 giving up on the team, as they were only 3.5 games behind the Cleveland Indians

Cleveland Indians

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 for the American League

American League

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 Central Division

American League Central

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 lead. In 2000, however, the White Sox won the Central Division title, receiving large contributions from two of the players received in this trade.

• The Chicago White Sox received:
  • Keith Foulke
    Keith Foulke
    -Career:After graduating from Hargrave High School in Huffman, Texas in 1991, he attended Galveston College and Lewis-Clark State College in Idaho. He began his career in the minor-league system of the San Francisco Giants, but was traded to the Chicago White Sox in 1997 with five other prospects...
    
    , right-handed pitcher
    Pitcher
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  • Bob Howry
    Bob Howry
    Bobby Dean Howry is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher.-Early life:Howry attended Deer Valley High School in Arizona,then he attended McNeese State University and was drafted by the San Francisco Giants...
    
    , right-handed pitcher
  • Lorenzo Barcelo
    Lorenzo Barceló
    Lorenzo Barceló is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Chicago White Sox from –.He was one of six prospects traded to the White Sox in the infamous White Flag Trade....
    
    , right-handed pitcher
  • Ken Vining
    Ken Vining
    Ken Vining is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. Vining played for the Chicago White Sox in . In 8 career games, he had a 0-0 record with a 17.55 ERA. He batted and threw left-handed....
    
    , left-handed pitcher
  • Mike Caruso
    Mike Caruso
    Michael John Caruso is a former Major League Baseball shortstop who played for the Chicago White Sox and Kansas City Royals.Caruso was a prospect for the San Francisco Giants...
    
    , shortstop
    Shortstop
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  • Brian Manning

• The San Francisco Giants received:
  • Wilson Alvarez
    Wilson Alvarez
    Wilson Eduardo Álvarez Fuenmayor is a former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher...
    
    , left-handed pitcher
  • Danny Darwin
    Danny Darwin
    Daniel Wayne "Danny" Darwin , known as the "Bonham Bullet" and "Dr. Death," is a former pitcher of Major League Baseball. He amassed 171 wins and 182 losses over his career for 8 different Major League teams with a 3.84 earned run average...
    
    , right-handed pitcher
  • Roberto Hernández
    Roberto Hernández (baseball player)
    Roberto Manuel Hernández Rodríguez is a former Major League Baseball right-handed relief pitcher.-Early life:...
    
    , right-handed pitcher

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting Average; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO

Florida Marlins vs. San Francisco Giants

Florida wins the series, 3-0

Game	Home	Score	Visitor	Score	Date	Series
1	Florida	2	San Francisco	1	September 30	1-0 (FLA)
2	Florida	7	San Francisco	6	October 1	2-0 (FLA)
3	San Francisco	2	Florida	6	October 3	3-0 (FLA)

Award winners

• J.T. Snow 1B, Willie Mac Award
  Willie Mac Award
  The Willie Mac Award is named in honor of Willie McCovey. It has been presented annually since 1980. It is awarded to the player on the San Francisco Giants who best exemplifies the spirit and leadership consistently shown by McCovey throughout his long career, voted upon by the players and...
  
  

All-Star Game

1997 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

The 1997 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the 68th playing of the midsummer classic between the all-stars of the American League and National League , the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 8, 1997 at Jacobs Field in Cleveland, Ohio, the home of the...

Farm system