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.
1997 San Diego Padres | ||
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League | National League | |
Division | West | |
Ballpark | Qualcomm Stadium | |
City | San Diego, California | |
Record | 76–86 (.469) | |
Divisional place | 4th | |
Owners | John Moores | |
General managers | Kevin Towers | |
Managers | Bruce Bochy | |
Television | KUSI-TV 4SD (Mark Grant, Mel Proctor, Rick Sutcliffe, Glenn Geffner) | |
Radio | KFMB (AM) (Jerry Coleman, Ted Leitner, Bob Chandler, Glenn Geffner) | |
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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 1-0[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 (games 1 and 2)[2] and 40,050 (game 3).[3]
Regular season
editTransactions
edit- 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.
Opening Day Starters
editSeason standings
editNL West | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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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
editSources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] | |||||||||||||||||
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Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LA | MTL | 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
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
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Outfielders
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Manager
Coaches
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Player stats
editBatting
editStarters by position
editNote: 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 |
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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
editNote: 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 |
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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
editStarting pitchers
editNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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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
editNote: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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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
editNote: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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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
editAll-Stars
edit- Ken Caminiti, starting 3B
- Steve Finley
- Tony Gwynn, starting DH
Awards
edit- Gold Glove: Ken Caminiti (3B)
- Silver Slugger Award: Tony Gwynn (OF)
Statistical Leaders
edit- Tony Gwynn: Batting Champion (.372)
Farm system
editReferences
edit- ^ "Box Score Cardinals @ Padres April 19 Game 1". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
- ^ a b "Box Score Cardinals @ Padres April 19 Game 2". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
- ^ a b "Box Score Cardinals @ Padres April 20". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
- ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
External links
edit- 1997 San Diego Padres at Baseball Reference
- 1997 San Diego Padres at Baseball Almanac