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 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 on April 19, winning the first 1-0 and the second 2-1 before the Padres won game 3 on Sunday April 20 by a score of 8-2. Reported attendances were 37,382 and 40,050.

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. The Anaheim Angels sent George Arias to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.

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		129	439	120	.273	9	46
1B		135	455	149	.327	13	83
2B		145	539	143	.265	3	45
SS		150	522	132	.253	5	54
3B		137	486	141	.290	26	90
LF		120	361	78	.216	18	57
CF		143	560	146	.261	28	92
RF		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
	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
	30	200.2	9	11	4.13	144
	31	192.2	12	7	4.25	124
	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
	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

Statistical Leaders

Tony Gwynn: Batting Champion