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|name         = Orlando Rays
|logo         = Orays-logo-9800.gif
|year         = 1997
|city         = [[Orlando, FL]]
|class        = Double-A
|league       = [[Southern League]]
|division     = East
|ballpark     = [[Tinker Field]]
|attendance   = 147,241<ref name="bbcube">{{cite web |title=1997 Orlando Rays |publisher=The Baseball Cube |work=thebaseballcube.com |url=http://www.thebaseballcube.com/stats.asp?Y=1997&T=10335 |accessdate=June 9, 2011}}</ref>
|record       = 63-75<ref name="bbcube" />
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|owner        = [[Tampa Bay Devil Rays]]
|gm           = [[Roger Wexelberg]]<ref name="trembley">{{cite web |last=Russo |first=Rick |title=Trembley Comes Back To Head Orlando Rays |publisher=Orlando Sentinel |work=orlandosentinel.com |date=January 12, 1997 |url=http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1997-01-12/news/9701100806_1_trembley-cubs-orlando-rays |accessdate=June 9, 2011}}</ref>
|manager      = [[Dave Trembley]]<ref name="trembley" />
|coaches      = [[Manny Trillo]]<ref name="trembley" /><br />[[Stan Kyles]]<ref name="kyles">{{cite web |last=Kauffman |first=Scott |title=Duncan Brings Heat As Rays Rout Smokies |publisher=Orlando Sentinel |work=orlandosentinel.com |date=July 23, 1997 |url=http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1997-07-23/sports/9707230150_1_duncan-pitcher-rays |accessdate=June 9, 2011}}</ref>
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In '''{{by|1997}}''', the '''Orlando Rays''' were officially affiliated with the [[Chicago Cubs]], although the team was owned and operated by [[Tampa Bay Devil Rays|Tampa Bay]], who had purchased the franchise from the Cubs during the previous offseason, changing the club's name in the process (from [[Orlando Cubs]]).<ref>{{cite web |last=Kauffman |first=Scott |title=New Era Begins As O-rays Open |publisher=Orlando Sentinel |work=orlandosentinel.com |date=April 3, 1997 |url=http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1997-04-03/sports/9704021143_1_daytona-cubs-chicago-cubs-tampa-bay-devil |accessdate=June 9, 2011}}</ref>  Operations as a full Devil Rays affiliate in the Double-A [[Southern League]] wouldn't begin until the {{by|1999}} season (the last classification to be on-board for Tampa Bay). However, under the terms of Orlando's player development contract with Chicago, the Devil Rays could assign up to two players to the O-Rays' roster at a time<ref name="number">{{cite web |last=Kauffman |first=Scott |title=Orlando Rays' Ownership Presents Unique Situation |publisher=Orlando Sentinel |work=orlandosentinel.com |date=April 20, 1997 |url=http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1997-04-20/sports/9704190923_1_bay-devil-devil-rays-tampa-bay |accessdate=June 9, 2011}}</ref>.

== Roster ==
The following players from the Tampa Bay organization spent time with Orlando during the 1997 season:

=== Pitchers ===
* [[Rick White]]<ref name="rwhite">{{cite web |last=Topkin |first=Marc |title=Show of health wins Rick White an Orlando job |publisher=St. Petersburg Times |work=sptimes.com |date=April 1, 1997 |archivedate=May 21, 1997 |accessdate=June 11, 2011 |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/19970521203043/http:/www.sptimes.com/baseball/BB.40197.extra.html}}</ref>

=== Position Players ===
* [[Juan Ballara]]<ref name="ballaracox">{{cite web |last=Hoggard |first=Rex |title=THIS WEEK - IN THE MINORS |publisher=Orlando Sentinel |work=orlandosentinel.com |date=May 11, 1997 |url=http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1997-05-11/sports/9705110226_1_knoxville-dunedin-tinker-field |accessdate=June 9, 2011}}</ref>
* [[Darron Cox]]<ref name="ballaracox" />
* [[Cesar Devarez]]<ref name="number" /><ref name="rwhite" />

== References ==
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== External Links ==
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/team.cgi?id=22c67588 1997 Orlando Rays] on Baseball-Reference
* [http://sabrpedia.org/wiki/1997_Orlando_Rays 1997 Orlando Rays] on SABR Encyclopedia

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