1997 Boston Red Sox Starters
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Starters
Starter Date Vs. IP BF W/L ER R H K BB HR Pit Str Ball Str%
Tom Gordon Apr 2 ANA 4.2 23 2 2 5 6 3 1 102 60 42 .59
Tim Wakefield Apr 3 ANA 7.1 27 L 2 2 6 1 2 0 95 63 32 .66
Aaron Sele Apr 4 SEA 5.0 24 W 4 4 4 2 5 2 89 48 41 .54
Steve Avery Apr 5 SEA 5.0 22 1 1 6 2 4 0 86 44 42 .51
John Wasdin Apr 6 SEA 7.1 28 4 4 4 9 2 2 99 65 34 .66
Tom Gordon Apr 7 OAK 7.0 27 L 4 4 6 6 1 2 106 67 39 .63
Tim Wakefield Apr 8 OAK 2.2 16 6 6 7 1 1 1 74 43 31 .58
Aaron Sele Apr 9 OAK 6.0 27 2 2 6 5 4 1 114 59 55 .52
Steve Avery Apr 11 @SEA 6.0 27 L 3 3 8 4 2 1 102 62 40 .61
John Wasdin Apr 12 @SEA 7.0 25 1 1 3 4 2 0 104 64 40 .62
Tom Gordon Apr 13 @SEA 8.0 29 W 0 1 4 6 1 0 95 59 36 .62
Tim Wakefield Apr 14 @OAK 7.0 23 W 0 0 1 2 1 0 76 49 27 .64
Aaron Sele Apr 15 @OAK 7.0 30 W 0 0 5 6 4 0 113 64 49 .57
Steve Avery Apr 16 @CLE 5.0 24 W 5 5 8 0 2 1 76 49 27 .64
John Wasdin Apr 17 @CLE 5.0 21 3 3 7 3 2 2 102 61 41 .60
Tom Gordon Apr 20 @BAL 4.0 22 L 3 6 5 3 4 0 77 46 31 .60
Aaron Sele Apr 21 @BAL 6.2 27 W 1 1 5 3 5 0 112 64 48 .57
Steve Avery Apr 22 CLE 6.0 26 W 1 1 3 3 5 1 107 64 43 .60
John Wasdin Apr 23 CLE 5.1 23 4 4 5 3 2 1 81 45 36 .56
Chris Hammond Apr 24 BAL 6.0 21 0 0 2 4 1 0 76 46 30 .61
Tom Gordon Apr 25 BAL 7.0 27 L 2 2 5 2 1 0 114 71 43 .62
Aaron Sele Apr 26 BAL 1.2 14 L 5 5 7 1 0 1 54 31 23 .57
Steve Avery Apr 27 BAL 5.0 24 6 6 9 0 0 3 74 43 31 .58
John Wasdin Apr 29 @ANA 6.1 28 4 4 6 7 3 0 106 71 35 .67
Chris Hammond Apr 30 @ANA 5.0 21 W 1 1 5 3 2 0 94 58 36 .62
Aaron Sele May 2 TEX 5.1 26 3 3 5 5 5 1 112 66 46 .59
Steve Avery May 3 TEX 3.2 20 4 4 7 1 2 0 61 37 24 .61
John Wasdin May 4 TEX 4.1 23 5 5 7 1 3 1 99 59 40 .60
Chris Hammond May 5 @KCR 8.0 33 L 2 2 7 9 3 1 115 76 39 .66
Tom Gordon May 6 @KCR 8.1 35 L 5 5 9 9 3 0 120 78 42 .65
Aaron Sele May 7 @MIN 7.0 29 W 1 1 5 4 3 0 116 68 48 .59
Tim Wakefield May 8 @MIN 5.0 23 3 3 4 8 3 0 93 51 42 .55
John Wasdin May 9 @TEX 4.2 24 L 4 4 7 3 3 0 81 56 25 .69
Chris Hammond May 10 @TEX 6.0 26 4 4 8 3 1 0 82 53 29 .65
Tom Gordon May 11 @TEX 3.2 21 L 6 6 7 2 4 1 78 41 37 .53
Aaron Sele May 13 KCR 1.2 16 L 7 7 8 3 3 0 59 27 32 .46
Tim Wakefield May 14 KCR 6.1 27 L 3 4 5 3 6 0 93 50 43 .54
Chris Hammond May 16 MIN 3.1 18 L 6 6 8 1 3 0 57 31 26 .54
Tom Gordon May 17 MIN 9.0 35 W 0 0 4 10 4 0 132 80 52 .61
Aaron Sele May 18 MIN 2.2 19 L 6 7 9 0 1 1 56 33 23 .59
Tim Wakefield May 20 CWS 3.1 20 L 6 6 7 3 3 0 80 47 33 .59
Chris Hammond May 21 CWS 4.0 21 L 6 7 8 2 1 2 73 47 26 .64
Tom Gordon May 22 NYY 7.0 29 W 1 1 7 6 1 0 100 67 33 .67
Aaron Sele May 23 NYY 7.0 29 W 2 3 5 4 3 0 119 67 52 .56
Jeff Suppan May 24 NYY 6.2 27 2 2 7 3 0 1 103 66 37 .64
Tim Wakefield May 26 @MIL 8.0 31 2 2 8 8 2 1 None None None None
Tom Gordon May 27 @MIL 4.1 22 4 5 6 5 2 0 81 53 28 .65
Aaron Sele May 28 @CWS 6.0 23 W 3 3 4 3 1 2 91 55 36 .60
Jeff Suppan May 29 @CWS 6.0 25 1 1 7 0 2 0 82 53 29 .65
Chris Hammond May 30 @NYY 6.1 26 W 4 4 6 4 2 0 95 60 35 .63
Tim Wakefield May 31 @NYY 7.0 33 L 5 5 6 4 5 2 115 71 44 .62
Tom Gordon Jun 1 @NYY 7.0 29 2 2 4 4 4 0 111 62 49 .56
Aaron Sele Jun 2 @NYY 6.1 31 L 3 3 9 5 4 0 115 70 45 .61
Jeff Suppan Jun 3 MIL 6.0 25 2 2 7 5 0 1 88 60 28 .68
Chris Hammond Jun 4 MIL 3.0 18 7 7 11 2 0 0 45 32 13 .71
Tim Wakefield Jun 5 MIL 8.2 39 W 0 1 7 10 7 0 169 97 72 .57
Tom Gordon Jun 6 @CLE 4.1 23 L 4 6 8 5 2 1 85 55 30 .65
Aaron Sele Jun 7 @CLE 3.1 17 L 5 6 6 2 1 2 62 42 20 .68
Jeff Suppan Jun 8 @CLE 2.0 15 5 5 4 1 5 1 80 42 38 .53
Vaughn Eshelman Jun 10 @BAL 6.0 25 L 2 2 5 2 2 1 None None None None
Tim Wakefield Jun 10 (2) @BAL 5.0 23 L 4 4 7 5 1 2 None None None None
Tom Gordon Jun 11 @BAL 9.0 31 W 1 1 4 7 1 0 None None None None
Aaron Sele Jun 12 @BAL 7.0 30 W 3 3 6 3 1 0 None None None None
Jeff Suppan Jun 13 NYM 5.0 24 W 2 2 8 3 2 2 79 46 33 .58
Tim Wakefield Jun 14 NYM 4.2 22 L 4 4 9 3 1 1 None None None None
Vaughn Eshelman Jun 15 NYM 7.0 27 W 1 1 4 4 1 0 101 60 41 .59
Tom Gordon Jun 16 @PHI 7.0 30 3 4 7 6 2 0 116 74 42 .64
Aaron Sele Jun 17 @PHI 6.0 28 W 3 4 7 7 2 0 None None None None
Jeff Suppan Jun 18 @PHI 7.0 25 W 1 2 3 2 0 1 None None None None
Tim Wakefield Jun 20 DET 2.1 14 L 6 6 6 2 1 2 48 32 16 .67
Vaughn Eshelman Jun 21 DET 2.0 14 L 6 6 7 0 1 2 48 29 19 .60
Tom Gordon Jun 22 DET 7.0 28 W 1 1 4 5 4 0 105 58 47 .55
Aaron Sele Jun 23 TOR 6.0 28 W 4 4 8 2 2 0 None None None None
Jeff Suppan Jun 24 TOR 2.1 14 4 4 6 1 2 1 None None None None
Tim Wakefield Jun 25 TOR 5.2 28 W 5 6 4 5 5 0 55 32 23 .58
Vaughn Eshelman Jun 26 @DET 3.0 16 L 4 5 7 2 1 0 None None None None
Tom Gordon Jun 27 @DET 9.0 33 1 1 5 6 2 0 None None None None
Aaron Sele Jun 28 @DET 6.1 31 L 4 4 7 4 4 2 111 67 44 .60
Jeff Suppan Jun 29 @DET 3.0 19 5 5 6 3 4 0 83 46 37 .55
Tim Wakefield Jun 30 @FLA 6.2 33 L 2 7 7 4 7 0 None None None None
Vaughn Eshelman Jul 1 @FLA 5.0 19 W 2 2 5 2 1 0 None None None None
Tom Gordon Jul 2 @FLA 8.1 36 L 2 3 5 6 6 0 None None None None
Aaron Sele Jul 3 CWS 9.0 33 W 1 1 7 6 0 0 None None None None
Jeff Suppan Jul 4 CWS 5.0 25 5 5 8 3 2 0 None None None None
Steve Avery Jul 5 CWS 5.0 26 L 2 8 10 1 0 2 74 51 23 .69
Vaughn Eshelman Jul 6 CWS 3.0 15 4 4 7 1 0 0 49 32 17 .65
Tom Gordon Jul 10 @TOR 7.0 31 5 5 8 6 2 1 120 71 49 .59
Steve Avery Jul 11 @TOR 7.1 29 3 3 7 7 2 0 100 62 38 .62
Aaron Sele Jul 12 @TOR 7.0 28 L 3 3 5 11 0 1 None None None None
Tim Wakefield Jul 13 @TOR 9.0 35 L 3 3 6 4 2 1 107 74 33 .69
Jeff Suppan Jul 14 @DET 6.0 25 W 4 4 6 8 2 1 99 69 30 .70
Tom Gordon Jul 15 @DET 6.0 30 4 4 9 8 1 0 118 85 33 .72
Steve Avery Jul 16 BAL 7.0 29 W 1 1 8 1 3 0 105 64 41 .61
Aaron Sele Jul 17 BAL 4.1 21 6 6 8 1 1 1 None None None None
Tim Wakefield Jul 18 CLE 9.0 34 W 0 0 6 9 4 0 112 66 46 .59
Jeff Suppan Jul 19 CLE 6.0 22 W 1 1 5 2 1 0 88 51 37 .58
Tom Gordon Jul 20 CLE 4.0 20 L 5 5 5 2 4 0 86 50 36 .58
Steve Avery Jul 21 CLE 7.2 27 W 1 1 4 4 2 0 98 63 35 .64
Aaron Sele Jul 22 @OAK 6.2 30 3 3 7 6 3 0 124 73 51 .59
Tim Wakefield Jul 23 @OAK 7.0 31 L 4 4 9 6 1 2 105 67 38 .64
Jeff Suppan Jul 24 @OAK 7.2 27 W 0 0 4 6 2 0 106 67 39 .63
Tom Gordon Jul 25 @ANA 6.2 32 L 5 5 10 4 4 1 129 79 50 .61
Brian Rose Jul 25 (2) @ANA 3.0 16 4 4 5 3 2 0 72 46 26 .64
Steve Avery Jul 26 @ANA 6.0 30 6 6 10 4 3 0 103 65 38 .63
Aaron Sele Jul 27 @ANA 6.0 25 5 5 7 3 1 3 87 52 35 .60
Tim Wakefield Jul 29 @SEA 9.0 33 W 0 0 5 6 2 0 126 81 45 .64
Jeff Suppan Jul 30 @SEA 6.0 23 3 3 7 2 0 0 81 56 25 .69
Tom Gordon Jul 31 KCR 8.0 30 1 1 4 5 4 1 119 70 49 .59
Steve Avery Aug 1 KCR 5.0 24 W 3 3 5 1 3 0 83 48 35 .58
Aaron Sele Aug 2 KCR 2.2 14 L 4 4 5 3 1 3 62 41 21 .66
Tim Wakefield Aug 3 KCR 8.0 31 L 5 5 6 6 0 4 100 72 28 .72
Jeff Suppan Aug 4 TEX 6.0 27 4 4 8 2 0 0 84 57 27 .68
Tom Gordon Aug 5 TEX 6.0 24 W 1 1 3 6 4 1 103 59 44 .57
Tim Wakefield Aug 6 MIN 7.0 28 W 2 2 7 7 0 0 111 76 35 .68
Aaron Sele Aug 7 MIN 5.1 26 W 4 6 4 4 4 1 98 59 39 .60
Steve Avery Aug 8 @KCR 6.1 24 W 2 2 6 7 1 0 94 61 33 .65
Jeff Suppan Aug 9 @KCR 3.1 19 L 4 7 6 3 1 0 65 47 18 .72
Tom Gordon Aug 10 @KCR 6.0 25 2 2 6 4 1 0 96 63 33 .66
Tim Wakefield Aug 11 @TEX 4.0 21 L 5 6 8 4 2 1 78 49 29 .63
Aaron Sele Aug 12 @TEX 2.0 16 L 7 8 8 1 1 0 62 36 26 .58
Steve Avery Aug 13 @TEX 2.0 15 L 6 6 4 2 5 1 63 32 31 .51
Jeff Suppan Aug 14 @MIN 8.0 29 W 1 1 6 5 2 0 99 63 36 .64
Tom Gordon Aug 15 @MIN 7.0 26 2 2 4 5 1 0 92 58 34 .63
Tim Wakefield Aug 16 @MIN 5.1 28 W 1 4 8 4 1 0 119 80 39 .67
Aaron Sele Aug 17 @MIN 7.0 28 W 2 2 4 4 4 0 None None None None
Tim Wakefield Aug 20 OAK 5.0 23 W 5 5 8 4 2 1 92 56 36 .61
Jeff Suppan Aug 20 (2) OAK 3.0 16 4 4 7 3 0 1 54 38 16 .70
Steve Avery Aug 21 OAK 2.0 16 L 8 8 7 2 3 3 66 41 25 .62
Bret Saberhagen Aug 22 ANA 4.0 19 L 4 4 4 3 3 0 83 50 33 .60
Aaron Sele Aug 23 ANA 4.0 21 L 4 4 6 1 3 1 79 45 34 .57
Tim Wakefield Aug 24 ANA 8.0 31 W 2 2 4 4 3 1 120 74 46 .62
Jeff Suppan Aug 25 SEA 5.0 24 5 5 8 1 3 2 84 51 33 .61
Steve Avery Aug 26 SEA 5.1 28 L 7 7 10 5 2 1 91 53 38 .58
Bret Saberhagen Aug 27 SEA 4.0 20 2 3 5 3 2 1 82 54 28 .66
Aaron Sele Aug 29 @ATL 5.1 23 L 4 4 6 3 2 1 78 51 27 .65
Tim Wakefield Aug 30 @ATL 3.2 21 L 7 7 8 2 2 2 None None None None
Steve Avery Aug 31 @ATL 3.1 22 L 5 5 6 2 6 2 111 58 53 .52
Butch Henry Sep 1 MON 5.0 18 1 1 2 4 2 1 75 48 27 .64
Bret Saberhagen Sep 2 MON 4.0 20 5 5 7 2 1 2 73 49 24 .67
Aaron Sele Sep 3 MON 7.0 25 L 1 1 1 4 4 1 96 58 38 .60
Jeff Suppan Sep 5 @MIL 1.1 11 L 6 6 6 1 2 0 31 18 13 .58
Tim Wakefield Sep 6 @MIL 8.0 32 W 2 2 7 4 4 0 128 83 45 .65
Butch Henry Sep 7 @MIL 5.0 20 W 1 1 6 1 2 0 68 41 27 .60
Bret Saberhagen Sep 9 @NYY 5.0 19 3 3 5 4 0 0 79 50 29 .63
Aaron Sele Sep 10 @NYY 6.2 27 W 2 2 4 4 1 1 108 68 40 .63
Jeff Suppan Sep 12 MIL 5.0 22 W 2 2 4 4 2 0 90 54 36 .60
Tim Wakefield Sep 13 MIL 7.1 29 W 1 1 4 4 5 0 117 71 46 .61
Butch Henry Sep 14 MIL 7.0 26 W 0 1 6 5 1 0 87 60 27 .69
Bret Saberhagen Sep 15 NYY 4.0 21 5 5 5 1 3 2 74 44 30 .59
Aaron Sele Sep 16 NYY 6.0 27 0 0 5 7 5 0 112 60 52 .54
Robinson Checo Sep 16 (2) NYY 4.1 19 L 4 4 6 6 0 0 78 47 31 .60
Jeff Suppan Sep 17 @TOR 7.0 30 1 1 5 3 3 1 102 63 39 .62
Tim Wakefield Sep 18 @TOR 8.1 36 2 2 9 5 2 1 115 80 35 .70
Butch Henry Sep 19 @CWS 7.2 26 0 0 5 2 0 0 91 59 32 .65
Bret Saberhagen Sep 20 @CWS 5.0 21 0 0 4 1 1 0 74 50 24 .68
Aaron Sele Sep 21 @CWS 6.0 27 2 2 9 4 1 0 86 57 29 .66
Jeff Suppan Sep 23 DET 4.0 22 L 6 6 9 6 1 0 85 54 31 .64
Tim Wakefield Sep 24 DET 7.0 29 W 2 2 4 7 4 1 111 68 43 .61
Steve Avery Sep 25 DET 5.0 19 0 0 2 3 2 0 70 40 30 .57
Butch Henry Sep 26 TOR 5.2 25 L 3 3 6 2 2 0 81 51 30 .63
Aaron Sele Sep 27 TOR 1.1 10 2 4 4 1 1 0 None None None None
Robinson Checo Sep 28 TOR 6.0 24 1 1 5 6 2 0 93 60 33 .65