1997 San Diego Padres season

March 2026 November 2013 San Diego Padres 1997 National League West Qualcomm Stadium San Diego, California 76 86 y 4th John Moores Kevin Towers Bruce Bochy KUSI-TV4SD(Mark Grant, Mel Proctor, Rick Sutcliffe, Glenn Geffner) KFMB (AM)(Jerry Coleman, Ted Leitner, Bob Chandler, Glenn Geffner) The 1997 San Diego Padres season was the 29th season in franchise history. The Padres finished last in the National League West. Right fielder (and future Hall of Famer) Tony Gwynn had the highest batting average in the majors, at .372. In April, the Padres played three home games at the Aloha Stadium in Hawaii against the St. Louis Cardinals. The Cardinals won the opening two games (a doubleheader) on April 19, winning the first 1-0https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SDN/SDN199704191.shtml Box Score Cardinals @ Padres April 19 Game 1 Baseball-Reference.com February 28, 2020 en and the second 2-1https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SDN/SDN199704192.shtml Box Score Cardinals @ Padres April 19 Game 2 Baseball-Reference.com February 28, 2020 en before the Padres won game 3 on Sunday April 20 by a score of 8–2.https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SDN/SDN199704200.shtml Box Score Cardinals @ Padres April 20 Baseball-Reference.com February 28, 2020 en Reported attendances were 37,382 (games 1 and 2) and 40,050 (game 3). Regular season Transactions June 13, 1997: Fernando Valenzuela was traded by the San Diego Padres with Scott Livingstone and Phil Plantier to the St. Louis Cardinals for Rich Batchelor, Danny Jackson, and Mark Sweeney. August 13, 1997: Rickey Henderson was traded by the San Diego Padres to the Anaheim Angels for a player to be named later, Ryan Hancock, and Stevenson Agosto (minors). The Anaheim Angels sent George Arias (August 19, 1997) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade. Season standings San Diego Padres Record vs. opponents SD Roster 1997 San Diego Padres Roster Pitchers 43 Andy Ashby 46 Rich Batchelor 40,44 Sean Bergman 45 Doug Bochtler 55 Jim Bruske 33 Terry Burrows 39 Will Cunnane 44 Todd Erdos 50 Joey Hamilton 41 Sterling Hitchcock 51 Trevor Hoffman 34 Danny Jackson 32 Marc Kroon 52 Joey Long 54 Paul Menhart 48 Heath Murray 54 Tim Scott 47 Pete Smith 34 Fernando Valenzuela 53 Darío Veras 36 Tim Worrell Catchers 23 John Flaherty 9,65 Carlos Hernández  3 Mandy Romero 14 Don Slaught Infielders 14 George Arias 21 Ken Caminiti 29 Archi Cianfrocco 10 Chris Gomez 22 Wally Joyner 27 Derrek Lee  8 Scott Livingstone 18 Craig Shipley 26 Terry Shumpert 13 Jorge Velandia  4 Quilvio Veras Outfielders 31 Trey Beamon 12 Steve Finley 19 Tony Gwynn 24 Rickey Henderson 20 Chris Jones  7 Phil Plantier 28 Rubén Rivera  8 Mark Sweeney 25 Greg Vaughn Manager 15 Bruce Bochy Coaches 38 Greg Booker (bullpen) 11 Tim Flannery (third base) 42 Davey Lopes (first base)  5 Rob Picciolo (bench) 16 Merv Rettenmund (hitting) 37 Dan Warthen (pitching) Player stats Batting Starters by position Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI C John Flaherty 129 439 120 .273 9 46 1B Wally Joyner 135 455 149 .327 13 83 2B Quilvio Veras 145 539 143 .265 3 45 SS Chris Gomez 150 522 132 .253 5 54 3B Ken Caminiti 137 486 141 .290 26 90 LF Greg Vaughn 120 361 78 .216 18 57 CF Steve Finley 143 560 146 .261 28 92 RF Tony Gwynn 149 592 220 .372 17 119 Other batters Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI Rickey Henderson 88 288 79 .274 6 27 Archi Cianfrocco 89 220 54 .245 4 26 Chris Jones 92 152 37 .243 7 25 Craig Shipley 63 139 38 .273 5 19 Carlos Hernández 50 134 42 .313 3 14 Mark Sweeney 71 103 33 .320 2 19 Trey Beamon 43 65 18 .277 0 7 Derrek Lee 22 54 14 .259 1 4 Mandy Romero 21 48 10 .208 2 4 Terry Shumpert 13 33 9 .273 1 6 Jorge Velandia 14 29 3 .103 0 0 Scott Livingstone 23 26 4 .154 0 3 George Arias 11 22 5 .227 0 2 Don Slaught 20 20 0 .000 0 0 Rubén Rivera 17 20 5 .250 0 1 Phil Plantier 10 8 1 .125 0 0 Pitching Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Andy Ashby 30 200.2 9 11 4.13 144 Joey Hamilton 31 192.2 12 7 4.25 124 Sterling Hitchcock 32 161.0 10 11 5.20 106 Fernando Valenzuela 13 66.1 2 8 4.75 51 Paul Menhart 9 44.0 2 3 4.70 22 Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Pete Smith 37 118.0 7 6 4.81 68 Tim Worrell 60 106.1 4 8 5.16 81 Sean Bergman 44 99.0 2 4 6.09 74 Will Cunnane 54 91.1 6 3 5.81 79 Danny Jackson 13 49.0 1 7 7.53 19 Heath Murray 17 33.1 1 2 6.75 16 Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO Trevor Hoffman 70 6 4 37 2.66 111 Doug Bochtler 54 3 6 2 4.77 46 Jim Bruske 28 4 1 0 3.63 32 Dario Veras 23 2 1 0 5.11 21 Tim Scott 14 1 1 0 7.85 14 Rich Batchelor 13 2 0 0 7.82 10 Terry Burrows 13 0 2 0 10.45 8 Marc Kroon 12 0 1 0 6.35 12 Todd Erdos 11 2 0 0 5.27 13 Joey Long 10 0 0 0 8.18 8 League Honors All-Stars Ken Caminiti, starting 3B Steve Finley Tony Gwynn, starting DH Awards Gold Glove: Ken Caminiti (3B) Silver Slugger Award: Tony Gwynn (OF) Statistical leaders Tony Gwynn: Batting Champion (.372) Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Las Vegas Stars Pacific Coast League Jerry Royster AA Mobile BayBears Southern League Mike Ramsey A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes California League Mike Basso A Clinton LumberKings Midwest League Tom LeVasseur Rookie AZL Padres Arizona League Randy Whisler Rookie Idaho Falls Braves Pioneer League Don WernerJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007 References External links 1997 San Diego Padres at Baseball Reference 1997 San Diego Padres at Baseball Almanac 100 Category:San Diego Padres seasons Category:1990s in San Diego San Diego Padres Season, 1997 San Diego Padres San Diego Padres