1997 National League Division Series

1997 National League Division Series
Teams
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Florida Marlins (3) Jim Leyland 92–70, .568, GB: 9
San Francisco Giants (0) Dusty Baker 90–72, .556, GA: 2
DatesSeptember 30 – October 3
TelevisionESPN (in Florida)
NBC (in San Francisco)
TV announcersChris Berman and Ray Knight (in Florida)
Bob Costas, Joe Morgan, and Bob Uecker (in San Francisco)
RadioCBS
Radio announcersJerry Coleman and Hank Greenwald
Teams
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Atlanta Braves (3) Bobby Cox 101–61, .623, GA: 9
Houston Astros (0) Larry Dierker 84–78, .519, GA: 5
DatesSeptember 30 – October 3
TelevisionESPN
TV announcersJon Miller and Joe Morgan (Game 1)
Jon Miller and Reggie Jackson (Games 2–3)
RadioCBS (National)
WSB (Braves' broadcast)
KILT (Astros' broadcast)
Radio announcersCBS: Gene Elston and Gary Cohen
WSB: Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson
KILT: Milo Hamilton, Vince Controneo
UmpiresMark Hirschbeck, Gary Darling, Tom Hallion, Dana DeMuth, Terry Tata, Brian Gorman (Giants–Marlins, Games 1–2; Astros–Braves, Game 3)
Greg Bonin, Ed Rapuano, Charlie Reliford, Steve Rippley, Harry Wendelstedt, Angel Hernandez (Astros–Braves, Games 1–2; Giants–Marlins, Game 3)
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The 1997 National League Division Series (NLDS), the opening round of the 1997 National League playoffs, began on Tuesday, September 30, and ended on Friday, October 3, with the champions of the three NL divisions along with a wild card team participating in two best-of-five series. They were:

The Atlanta Braves and Florida Marlins went on to meet in the NL Championship Series (NLCS). The Marlins became the National League champions, and defeated the American League champion Cleveland Indians in the 1997 World Series.

  1. ^ 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. Had the 1997 NLDS been played under the 1998-2011 arrangement, then Atlanta (1) would still have faced off against Houston (3) and San Francisco (2) would likewise have faced off against the wild card winners in Florida (4). 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 Atlanta-Florida and San Francisco-Houston, with the Braves and Giants having home field advantage.