Padres for Gary Sheffield, a key member of the 1997 Florida Marlins. However, other key players to the Marlins' World Series championship were signed as free agents. The 1997 Marlins set records by reaching and winning the World Series in the team's fifth year (these records were broken by the 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks, who won the World Series in their fourth year of existence) and were the first wild card team to win the World Series. See also 1993 Major League Baseball expansion References Footnotes Bibliography Expansion draft Expansion draft Expansion draft Major League Baseball expansion drafts Major League Baseball expansion draft Baseball in New York City Sporting events in New York City