1997 San Diego Padres

76-86 • .469 Win% • 4th in NL W

The 1997 San Diego Padres went 76-86 (.469) finishing 4th in the NL W division. The club scored 795 runs, allowed 891, and played home games at Qualcomm Stadium. Team leaders included Steve Finley (28 HR, 92 RBI) and Joey Hamilton (12-7, 4.25 ERA).

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
RS (Runs Scored (team)):
Total runs a team scored across the season.
RA (Runs Allowed):
Total runs a team allowed across the season.

Data updated

📊 Season Record

76 Wins
86 Losses
.469 Win %
4th Rank
795 R 891 RA
Diff -96

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⚡ Quick Stats

795 Runs Scored
891 Runs Allowed
-96 Run Diff
2,011K Attendance

📈 vs. 1997 NL Average

Batting Avg .270 3% above the 1997 league average (.262)
OBP .342 3% above the 1997 league average (.333)
SLG .406 1% below the 1997 league average (.410)
Team ERA 4.98 18% worse than the 1997 league average (4.20)
Runs Scored 795 7% above the 1997 league average (746 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumQualcomm Stadium
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Home Games 78
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Total Attendance 2,011,901
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Avg per Game 25,793

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1997

Batting Avg

1 Tony Gwynn 0.372 2 Wally Joyner 0.327 3 Mark Sweeney 0.320 4 Carlos Hernandez 0.313 5 Ken Caminiti 0.290

Home Runs

1 Steve Finley 28 2 Ken Caminiti 26 3 Greg Vaughn 18 4 Tony Gwynn 17 5 Wally Joyner 13

RBI

1 Tony Gwynn 119 2 Steve Finley 92 3 Ken Caminiti 90 4 Wally Joyner 83 5 Greg Vaughn 57
1997 San Diego Padres — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Tony Gwynn 149 592 97 220 49 2 17 119 43 28 12 0.372
Steve Finley 143 560 101 146 26 5 28 92 43 92 15 0.261
Quilvio Veras 145 539 74 143 23 1 3 45 72 84 33 0.265
Chris Gomez 150 522 62 132 19 2 5 54 53 114 5 0.253
Ken Caminiti 137 486 92 141 28 0 26 90 80 118 11 0.290
Wally Joyner 135 455 59 149 29 2 13 83 51 51 3 0.327
John Flaherty 129 439 38 120 21 1 9 46 33 62 4 0.273
Greg Vaughn 120 361 60 78 10 0 18 57 56 110 7 0.216
Rickey Henderson 88 288 63 79 11 0 6 27 71 62 29 0.274
Archi Cianfrocco 89 220 25 54 12 0 4 26 25 80 7 0.245
Chris Jones 92 152 24 37 9 0 7 25 16 45 7 0.243
Craig Shipley 63 139 22 38 9 0 5 19 7 20 1 0.273
Carlos Hernandez 50 134 15 42 7 1 3 14 3 27 0 0.313
Mark Sweeney 71 103 11 33 4 0 2 19 11 18 2 0.320
Trey Beamon 43 65 5 18 3 0 0 7 2 17 1 0.277
Andy Ashby 31 60 1 4 1 0 0 1 2 24 0 0.067
Joey Hamilton 31 54 4 7 0 0 2 6 1 26 0 0.130
Derrek Lee 22 54 9 14 3 0 1 4 9 24 0 0.259
Sterling Hitchcock 32 50 4 5 0 0 0 1 3 30 0 0.100
Mandy Romero 21 48 7 10 0 0 2 4 2 18 1 0.208
Terry Shumpert 13 33 4 9 3 0 1 6 3 4 0 0.273
Pete Smith 38 30 2 5 1 1 0 3 1 16 0 0.167
Jorge Velandia 14 29 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 7 0 0.103
Scott Livingstone 23 26 1 4 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 0.154
George Arias 11 22 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0.227
Ruben Rivera 17 20 2 5 1 0 0 1 2 9 2 0.250
Don Slaught 20 20 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 0.000
Fernando Valenzuela 14 17 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0.176
Tim Worrell 60 15 3 3 0 0 0 1 2 8 0 0.200
Will Cunnane 55 14 4 5 0 1 0 4 2 4 0 0.357
Sean Bergman 44 13 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 7 0 0.231
Danny Jackson 13 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0.077
Paul Menhart 9 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.000
Phil Plantier 10 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0.125
Jim Bruske 29 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.167
Heath Murray 17 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Trevor Hoffman 70 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0.333
Todd Erdos 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Rich Batchelor 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Doug Bochtler 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Terry Burrows 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Marc Kroon 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Joey Long 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tim Scott 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dario Veras 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1997

ERA

1 Trevor Hoffman 2.66 2 Jim Bruske 3.63 3 Andy Ashby 4.13 4 Joey Hamilton 4.25 5 Paul Menhart 4.70

Wins

1 Joey Hamilton 12 2 Sterling Hitchcock 10 3 Andy Ashby 9 4 Pete Smith 7 5 Will Cunnane 6

Strikeouts

1 Andy Ashby 144 2 Joey Hamilton 124 3 Trevor Hoffman 111 4 Sterling Hitchcock 106 5 Tim Worrell 81
1997 San Diego Padres — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Andy Ashby 9 11 4.13 30 30 0 200.2 207 92 49 144
Joey Hamilton 12 7 4.25 31 29 0 192.2 199 91 69 124
Sterling Hitchcock 10 11 5.20 32 28 0 161.0 172 93 55 106
Pete Smith 7 6 4.81 37 15 1 118.0 120 63 52 68
Tim Worrell 4 8 5.16 60 10 3 106.1 116 61 50 81
Sean Bergman 2 4 6.09 44 9 0 99.0 126 67 38 74
Will Cunnane 6 3 5.81 54 8 0 91.1 114 59 49 79
Trevor Hoffman 6 4 2.66 70 0 37 81.1 59 24 24 111
Fernando Valenzuela 2 8 4.75 13 13 0 66.1 84 35 32 51
Doug Bochtler 3 6 4.77 54 0 2 60.1 51 32 50 46
Danny Jackson 1 7 7.53 13 9 0 49.0 72 41 20 19
Jim Bruske 4 1 3.63 28 0 0 44.2 37 18 25 32
Paul Menhart 2 3 4.70 9 8 0 44.0 42 23 13 22
Heath Murray 1 2 6.75 17 3 0 33.1 50 25 21 16
Dario Veras 2 1 5.11 23 0 0 24.2 28 14 12 21
Tim Scott 1 1 7.85 14 0 0 18.1 25 16 5 14
Todd Erdos 2 0 5.27 11 0 0 13.2 17 8 4 13
Rich Batchelor 2 0 7.82 13 0 0 12.2 19 11 7 10
Marc Kroon 0 1 6.35 12 0 0 11.1 14 8 5 12
Joey Long 0 0 8.18 10 0 0 11.0 17 10 8 8
Terry Burrows 0 2 10.45 13 0 0 10.1 12 12 8 8

👥 Roster (45)

George Arias Andy Ashby Rich Batchelor Trey Beamon Sean Bergman Doug Bochtler Jim Bruske Terry Burrows Ken Caminiti Archi Cianfrocco Will Cunnane Todd Erdos +33 more

45 players

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The 1997 San Diego Padres in brief

The 1997 San Diego Padres finished 76-86, a .469 winning percentage, placing 4th in the NL West. Runs came in at 795 scored against 891 allowed (-96). Against a league average of .262, the 1997 San Diego Padres batted .270. The staff ERA of 4.98 was 18% worse than the league average of 4.20. The 1997 San Diego Padres outscored the average club by 7% (795 against 746).

The home park, Qualcomm Stadium, recorded 2,011,901 in attendance, about 25,793 a game. The home run leader was Steve Finley, who hit 28. Tony Gwynn drove in a team-high 119 runs. On the mound, Joey Hamilton won 12 games to lead the staff. The strikeout leader was Andy Ashby with 144. Trevor Hoffman closed out 37 saves.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 1997 San Diego Padres

What was the 1997 San Diego Padres record?
The 1997 San Diego Padres finished 76-86 (.469 win pct).
Who led the 1997 San Diego Padres in home runs?
Steve Finley led the 1997 San Diego Padres with 28 home runs.
What was the 1997 San Diego Padres team ERA?
The 1997 San Diego Padres posted a team ERA of 4.98.
Did the 1997 San Diego Padres win the World Series?
No. The 1997 San Diego Padres did not win the World Series.
Where did the 1997 San Diego Padres play?
The 1997 San Diego Padres played home games at Qualcomm Stadium.
Who led the 1997 San Diego Padres in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Steve Finley (28 HR, 92 RBI) and Joey Hamilton (12-7, 4.25 ERA).
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