1997 San Diego Padres season

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1997  San Diego Padres
League National League
Division West
Ballpark Qualcomm Stadium
City San Diego, California
Record76–86 (.469)
Divisional place4th
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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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.

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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

Transactions

Season standings

NL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
San Francisco Giants 9072.556—48‍–‍3342‍–‍39
Los Angeles Dodgers 8874.543247‍–‍3441‍–‍40
Colorado Rockies 8379.512747‍–‍3436‍–‍45
San Diego Padres 7686.4691439‍–‍4237‍–‍44

Record vs. opponents

1997 National League record
Source: MLB Standings Grid – 1997
TeamATLCHCCINCOLFLAHOULADMONNYMPHIPITSDSFSTLAL
Atlanta —9–29–25–64–87–46–510–25–710–25–68–37–48–38–7
Chicago 2–9—7–52–92–93–95–64–76–56–57–56–55–64–89–6
Cincinnati 2–95–7—5–65–65–76–56–52–98–38–45–64–76–69–6
Colorado 6–59–26–5—7–45–65–77–46–54–74–74–84–87–49–7
Florida 8–49–26–54–7—7–47–47–54–86–67–45–65–65–612–3
Houston 4–79–37–56–54–7—7–48–37–44–76–66–53–89–34–11
Los Angeles 5–66–55–67–54–74–7—7–46–510–19–25–76–65–69–7
Montreal 2–107–45–64–75–73–84–7—5–76–65–68–36–56–512–3
New York 7–55–69–25–68–44–75–67–5—7–57–45–63–89–27–8
Philadelphia 2–105–63–87–46–67–41–106–65–7—5–67–43–86–55–10
Pittsburgh 6–55–74–87–44–76–62–96–54–76–5—5–68–39–37–8
San Diego 3–85–66–58–46–55–67–53–86–54–76–5—4–85–68–8
San Francisco 4–76–57–48–46–58–36–65–68–38–33–88–4—3–810–6
St. Louis 3–88–46–64–76–53–96–55–62–95–63–96–58–3—8–7

Roster

1997 San Diego Padres
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

OutfieldersManager

Coaches

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

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C John Flaherty 129439120.273946
1B Wally Joyner 135455149.3271383
2B Quilvio Veras 145539143.265345
SS Chris Gomez 150522132.253554
3B Ken Caminiti 137486141.2902690
LF Greg Vaughn 12036178.2161857
CF Steve Finley 143560146.2612892
RF Tony Gwynn 149592220.37217119

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Rickey Henderson 8828879.274627
Archi Cianfrocco 8922054.245426
Chris Jones 9215237.243725
Craig Shipley 6313938.273519
Carlos Hernández 5013442.313314
Mark Sweeney 7110333.320219
Trey Beamon 436518.27707
Derrek Lee 225414.25914
Mandy Romero 214810.20824
Terry Shumpert 13339.27316
Jorge Velandia 14293.10300
Scott Livingstone 23264.15403
George Arias 11225.22702
Don Slaught 20200.00000
Rubén Rivera 17205.25001
Phil Plantier 1081.12500

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Andy Ashby 30200.29114.13144
Joey Hamilton 31192.21274.25124
Sterling Hitchcock 32161.010115.20106
Fernando Valenzuela 1366.1284.7551
Paul Menhart 944.0234.7022

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Pete Smith 37118.0764.8168
Tim Worrell 60106.1485.1681
Sean Bergman 4499.0246.0974
Will Cunnane 5491.1635.8179
Danny Jackson 1349.0177.5319
Heath Murray 1733.1126.7516
Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Trevor Hoffman 7064372.66111
Doug Bochtler 543624.7746
Jim Bruske 284103.6332
Dario Veras 232105.1121
Tim Scott 141107.8514
Rich Batchelor 132007.8210
Terry Burrows 1302010.458
Marc Kroon 120106.3512
Todd Erdos 112005.2713
Joey Long 100008.188

League Honors

All-Stars

Awards

Statistical Leaders

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
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 Werner

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References

  1. ↑ "Box Score Cardinals @ Padres April 19 Game 1". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Box Score Cardinals @ Padres April 19 Game 2". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Box Score Cardinals @ Padres April 20". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  4. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007
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