1997 National League Division Series
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:
- (1) San Francisco Giants (Western Division champions, 90–72) vs. (4) Florida Marlins (Wild Card, 92–70): Marlins win series, 3–0.
- (2) Houston Astros (Central Division champions, 84–78) vs. (3) Atlanta Braves (Eastern Division champions, 101–61): Braves win series, 3–0.
| 1997 National League Division Series | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | September 30 – October 3 | ||||||||||||
| Television | ESPN (in Florida) NBC (in San Francisco) | ||||||||||||
| TV announcers | Chris Berman and Ray Knight (in Florida) Bob Costas, Joe Morgan, and Bob Uecker (in San Francisco) | ||||||||||||
| Radio | CBS | ||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | Jerry Coleman and Hank Greenwald | ||||||||||||
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| Dates | September 30 – October 3 | ||||||||||||
| Television | ESPN | ||||||||||||
| TV announcers | Jon Miller and Joe Morgan (Game 1) Jon Miller and Reggie Jackson (Games 2–3) | ||||||||||||
| Radio | CBS (National) WSB (Braves' broadcast) KILT (Astros' broadcast) | ||||||||||||
| Radio announcers | CBS: Gene Elston and Gary Cohen WSB: Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson KILT: Milo Hamilton, Vince Controneo | ||||||||||||
| Umpires | Mark 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) | ||||||||||||
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.
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