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The 1997 Toronto Blue Jays season was the franchise's twenty-first season of Major League Baseball. It resulted in the Blue Jays finishing fifth in the American League East with a record of 76 wins and 86 losses. With a massive re-design of their logos and uniforms, the Blue Jays attempted to re-establish themselves in the American League East by signing Roger Clemens via Free Agency and bringing All-Stars Carlos García and Orlando Merced through trade. Although Clemens rejuvenated himself with the Blue Jays (en route to one of the best-ever single seasons by a starting pitcher, winning the Cy Young Award and the pitchers' triple crown), both Garcia and Merced ended up being flops as dismal overall hitting and an inconsistent bullpen doomed the Blue Jays once again to a last-place finish. 1997 also marked the end of the road for manager Cito Gaston, being fired near the end of the season (Gaston would eventually return to the team in 2008). Longtime fan-favourite Joe Carter also played in his final season for the Blue Jays, as he was released at the end of the season. ==Offseason== *October 2, 1996: Dane Johnson was selected off waivers by the Oakland Athletics from the Toronto Blue Jays.〔http://www.baseball-reference.com/j/johnsda05.shtml〕 * November 14, 1996: Dan Plesac was traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Carlos Garcia and Orlando Merced to the Toronto Blue Jays for players to be named later, Jose Silva, Brandon Cromer (minors), and Jose Pett (minors). The Toronto Blue Jays sent Mike Halperin (minors) (December 11, 1996), Abraham Nunez (December 11, 1996), and Craig Wilson (December 11, 1996) to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade.〔(Dan Plesac Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com )〕 *November 27, 1996: Jeff Ware was selected off waivers by the Milwaukee Brewers from the Toronto Blue Jays.〔(Jeff Ware Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com )〕 * December 9, 1996: Benito Santiago signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays. * December 13, 1996: Roger Clemens signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.〔(Roger Clemens Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com )〕 *December 18, 1996: Juan Samuel was signed as a Free Agent with the Toronto Blue Jays.〔(Juan Samuel Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com )〕 * December 20, 1996: John Olerud was traded by the Toronto Blue Jays with cash to the New York Mets for Robert Person.〔(John Olerud Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1997 Toronto Blue Jays season」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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