| 1997 Atlanta Braves | ||
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| National League East Champions | ||
| League | National League | |
| Division | East | |
| Ballpark | Turner Field | |
| City | Atlanta | |
| Record | 101–61 (.623) | |
| Divisional place | 1st | |
| Owners | Time Warner | |
| General managers | John Schuerholz | |
| Managers | Bobby Cox | |
| Television | WTBS TBS Superstation (Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson) SportSouth (Tim Brando, Ernie Johnson, Bob Rathbun) | |
| Radio | WSB (AM) (Pete Van Wieren, Skip Caray, Don Sutton, Joe Simpson) | |
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The 1997 Atlanta Braves season marked the franchise's 32nd season in Atlanta and 127th overall. The Braves entered the season as defending National League champions, having lost the 1996 World Series to the Yankees in 6 games. They won their seventh consecutive division title, taking the National League East by 9 games over the second place Florida Marlins. However, the Marlins would later defeat the Braves in the NLCS. 1997 was the first year that the Braves played their home games in Turner Field, a reconstruction of the former Centennial Olympic Stadium, which originally served as the main venue for the 1996 Summer Olympics.