1997 San Diego Padres season

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
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)John Moores
General manager(s)Kevin Towers
Manager(s)Bruce Bochy
Local televisionKUSI-TV
4SD
(Mark Grant, Mel Proctor, Rick Sutcliffe, Glenn Geffner)
Local radioKFMB (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 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 (games 1 & 2)[2] and 40,050 (game 3).[3]

Regular season

Transactions

Season standings
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
San Francisco Giants 9072 0.556 — 48–33 42–39
Los Angeles Dodgers 8874 0.543 2 47–34 41–40
Colorado Rockies 8379 0.512 7 47–34 36–45
San Diego Padres 7686 0.469 14 39–42 37–44

Record vs. opponents
1997 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LA MTL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL AL
Atlanta—9–29–25–64–87–46–510–25–710–25–68–37–48–37–5
Chicago2–9—7–52–92–93–95–64–76–56–57–56–55–64–89–6
Cincinnati2–95–7—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
Florida8–49–26–54–7—7–47–47–54–86–67–45–65–65–612–3
Houston4–79–37–56–54–7—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
Montreal2–107–45–64–75–73–84–7—5–76–65–68–36–56–512–3
New York7–55–69–25–68–44–75–67–5—7–57–45–63–89–27–8
Philadelphia2-105–63–87–46–67–41–106–65–7—5–67–43–86–55–10
Pittsburgh6–55–74–87–44–76–62–96–54–76–5—5–68–39–37–8
San Diego3–85–66–58–46–55–67–53–86–54–76–5—4–85–68–8
San Francisco4–76–57–48–46–58–36–65–68–38–33–88–4—3–810–6
St. Louis3–88–46–64–76–53-96–55–62–95–63–96–58–3—8–7

Roster
1997 San Diego Padres
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
CJohn Flaherty
1BWally Joyner
2BQuilvio Veras
SSChris Gomez
3BKen Caminiti
LFGreg Vaughn
CFSteve Finley
RFTony Gwynn

Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Rickey Henderson

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Andy Ashby
Joey Hamilton
Sterling Hitchcock

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA
Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Trevor Hoffman

League Honors

All-Stars

Awards

Statistical Leaders

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
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 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. "Box Score Cardinals @ Padres April 19 Game 2". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  3. "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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