1997 San Diego Padres season

1997 San Diego Padres
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1876)
Western Division (since 1969)
Location
Qualcomm Stadium (since 1967)
San Diego, California (since 1969)
Other information
Owner(s)	John Moores
General manager(s)	Kevin Towers
Manager(s)	Bruce Bochy
Local television	KUSI-TV 4SD (Mark Grant, Mel Proctor, Rick Sutcliffe, Glenn Geffner)
Local radio	KFMB (AM) (Jerry Coleman, Ted Leitner, Bob Chandler, Glenn Geffner)
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The 1997 San Diego Padres season was a season in Major League Baseball. 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 double header) on April 19, winning the first 1-0^[1] and the second 2-1^[2] before the Padres won game 3 on Sunday April 20 by a score of 8-2.^[3] Reported attendances were 37,382 (game 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

NL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
San Francisco Giants	90	72	0.556	—	48–33	42–39
Los Angeles Dodgers	88	74	0.543	2	47–34	41–40
Colorado Rockies	83	79	0.512	7	47–34	36–45
San Diego Padres	76	86	0.469	14	39–42	37–44

Record vs. opponents

1997 National League Records Sources:
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	FLA	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	AL
Atlanta	—	9–2	9–2	5–6	4–8	7–4	6–5	10–2	5–7	10–2	5–6	8–3	7–4	8–3	7–5
Chicago	2–9	—	7–5	2–9	2–9	3–9	5–6	4–7	6–5	6–5	7–5	6–5	5–6	4–8	9–6
Cincinnati	2–9	5–7	—	5–6	5–6	5–7	6–5	6–5	2–9	8–3	8–4	5–6	4–7	6–6	9–6
Colorado	6–5	9–2	6–5	—	7–4	5–6	5–7	7–4	6–5	4–7	4–7	4–8	4–8	7–4	9–7
Florida	8–4	9–2	6–5	4–7	—	7–4	7–4	7–5	4–8	6–6	7–4	5–6	5–6	5–6	12–3
Houston	4–7	9–3	7–5	6–5	4–7	—	7–4	8–3	7–4	4–7	6–6	6–5	3–8	9–3	4–11
Los Angeles	5–6	6–5	5–6	7–5	4–7	4–7	—	7–4	6–5	10–1	9–2	5–7	6–6	5–6	9–7
Montreal	2–10	7–4	5–6	4–7	5–7	3–8	4–7	—	5–7	6–6	5–6	8–3	6–5	6–5	12–3
New York	7–5	5–6	9–2	5–6	8–4	4–7	5–6	7–5	—	7–5	7–4	5–6	3–8	9–2	7–8
Philadelphia	2-10	5–6	3–8	7–4	6–6	7–4	1–10	6–6	5–7	—	5–6	7–4	3–8	6–5	5–10
Pittsburgh	6–5	5–7	4–8	7–4	4–7	6–6	2–9	6–5	4–7	6–5	—	5–6	8–3	9–3	7–8
San Diego	3–8	5–6	6–5	8–4	6–5	5–6	7–5	3–8	6–5	4–7	6–5	—	4–8	5–6	8–8
San Francisco	4–7	6–5	7–4	8–4	6–5	8–3	6–6	5–6	8–3	8–3	3–8	8–4	—	3–8	10–6
St. Louis	3–8	8–4	6–6	4–7	6–5	3-9	6–5	5–6	2–9	5–6	3–9	6–5	8–3	—	8–7

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

Note: 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	Flaherty, JohnJohn Flaherty
1B	Joyner, WallyWally Joyner
2B	Veras, QuilvioQuilvio Veras
SS	Gomez, ChrisChris Gomez
3B	Caminiti, KenKen Caminiti
LF	Vaughn, GregGreg Vaughn
CF	Finley, SteveSteve Finley
RF	Gwynn, TonyTony Gwynn

Other batters

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Henderson, RickeyRickey Henderson

Starting pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Ashby, AndyAndy Ashby
Hamilton, JoeyJoey Hamilton
Hitchcock, SterlingSterling Hitchcock

Other pitchers

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA

Relief pitchers

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Hoffman, TrevorTrevor Hoffman

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

Level	Team	League	Manager
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 Lumber Kings	Midwest League	Tom LeVasseur
Rookie	AZL Padres	Arizona League	Randy Whisler
Rookie	Idaho Falls Braves	Pioneer League	Don Werner

^[4]

References

1. Box Score Cardinals @ Padres April 19 Game 1
2. Box Score Cardinals @ Padres April 19 Game 2
3. Box Score Cardinals @ Padres April 20
4. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

External links

• 1997 San Diego Padres at Baseball Reference
• 1997 San Diego Padres at Baseball Almanac