Baseball Roster for 1997 San Diego Padres
| # | Player Name | Pos | Age | B | T | Ht | Wt | Born | Place | High Level | mlbYears | Salary |
| 14 | George Arias | 3B | 25 | R | R | 5-11 | 190 | 3/12/1972 | Tucson,Arizona | MLB | 1996-1999 | 150,000 |
| 43 | Andy Ashby | P | 29 | R | R | 6-5 | 202 | 7/11/1967 | Kansas City,Missouri | MLB | 1991-2004 | 3,400,000 |
| 46 | Rich Batchelor | P | 30 | R | R | 6-1 | 195 | 4/8/1967 | Florence,South Carolina | MLB | 1993-1997 | 157,500 |
| 31 | Trey Beamon | LF-RF | 23 | L | R | 6-0 | 192 | 2/11/1974 | Dallas,Texas | MLB | 1996-1998 | 150,000 |
| 40,44 | Sean Bergman | P | 27 | R | R | 6-4 | 225 | 4/11/1970 | Joliet,Illinois | MLB | 1993-2000 | 275,000 |
| 45 | Doug Bochtler | P | 26 | R | R | 6-3 | 215 | 7/5/1970 | West Palm Beach,Florida | MLB | 1995-2000 | 250,000 |
| 55 | Jim Bruske | P | 32 | R | R | 6-1 | 185 | 10/7/1964 | East St. Louis,Illinois | MLB | 1995-2000 | 185,000 |
| 33 | Terry Burrows | P | 28 | L | L | 6-1 | 185 | 11/28/1968 | Lake Charles,Louisiana | MLB | 1994-1997 | 150,000 |
| 21 | Ken Caminiti | 3B | 34 | B | R | 6-0 | 200 | 4/21/1963 | Hanford,California | MLB | 1987-2001 | 3,150,000 |
| 29 | Archi Cianfrocco | 1B-3B | 30 | R | R | 6-5 | 215 | 10/6/1966 | Rome,New York | MLB | 1992-1998 | 400,000 |
| 39 | Will Cunnane | P | 23 | R | R | 6-2 | 200 | 4/24/1974 | Suffern,New York | MLB | 1997-2004 | 150,000 |
| 44 | Todd Erdos | P | 23 | R | R | 6-1 | 190 | 11/21/1973 | Washington,Pennsylvania | MLB | 1997-2001 | 150,000 |
| 12 | Steve Finley | CF | 32 | L | L | 6-2 | 180 | 3/12/1965 | Union City,Tennessee | MLB | 1989-2007 | 2,986,672 |
| 23 | John Flaherty | C | 29 | R | R | 6-1 | 200 | 10/21/1967 | New York,New York | MLB | 1992-2005 | 900,000 |
| 10 | Chris Gomez | SS | 26 | R | R | 6-1 | 195 | 6/16/1971 | Los Angeles,California | MLB | 1993-2008 | 850,000 |
| 19 | Tony Gwynn | RF-OF | 37 | L | L | 5-11 | 220 | 5/9/1960 | Los Angeles,California | MLB | 1982-2001 | 4,575,000 |
| 50 | Joey Hamilton | P | 26 | R | R | 6-4 | 230 | 9/9/1970 | Statesboro,Georgia | MLB | 1994-2003 | 675,000 |
| 24 | Rickey Henderson | LF-OF | 38 | R | L | 5-10 | 190 | 12/25/1958 | Chicago,Illinois | MLB | 1979-2003 | 3,045,000 |
| 9,65 | Carlos Hernandez | C | 30 | R | R | 5-11 | 215 | 5/24/1967 | San Felix,Venezuela | MLB | 1990-2000 | 425,000 |
| 41 | Sterling Hitchcock | P | 26 | L | L | 6-1 | 192 | 4/29/1971 | Fayetteville,North Carolina | MLB | 1992-2004 | 1,200,000 |
| 51 | Trevor Hoffman | P | 29 | R | R | 6-0 | 205 | 10/13/1967 | Bellflower,California | MLB | 1993-2010 | 1,500,000 |
| 34 | Danny Jackson | P | 35 | R | L | 6-0 | 195 | 1/5/1962 | San Antonio,Texas | MLB | 1983-1997 | 4,600,000 |
| 20 | Chris Jones | RF-LF | 31 | R | R | 6-2 | 210 | 12/16/1965 | Utica,New York | MLB | 1991-2000 | 380,000 |
| 22 | Wally Joyner | 1B | 35 | L | L | 6-2 | 200 | 6/16/1962 | Atlanta,Georgia | MLB | 1986-2001 | 3,800,000 |
| 32 | Marc Kroon | P | 24 | R | R | 6-2 | 195 | 4/2/1973 | Bronx,New York | MLB | 1995-2004 | 150,000 |
| 27 | Derrek Lee | 1B | 21 | R | R | 6-5 | 225 | 9/6/1975 | Sacramento,California | MLB | 1997-2011 | 150,000 |
| 8 | Scott Livingstone | 3B-1B | 31 | L | R | 6-0 | 190 | 7/15/1965 | Dallas,Texas | MLB | 1991-1998 | 600,000 |
| 52 | Joey Long | P | 26 | R | L | 6-2 | 220 | 7/15/1970 | Sidney,Ohio | MLB | 1997-1997 | 150,000 |
| 54 | Paul Menhart | P | 28 | R | R | 6-2 | 190 | 3/25/1969 | St. Louis,Missouri | MLB | 1995-1997 | 175,000 |
| 48 | Heath Murray | P | 24 | L | L | 6-4 | 215 | 4/19/1973 | Troy,Ohio | MLB | 1997-2002 | 150,000 |
| 7 | Phil Plantier | LF-RF | 28 | L | R | 5-11 | 195 | 1/27/1969 | Manchester,New Hampshire | MLB | 1990-1997 | 150,000 |
| 28 | Ruben Rivera | CF-RF | 23 | R | R | 6-3 | 200 | 11/14/1973 | La Chorrera,Panama | MLB | 1995-2003 | 158,800 |
| 3 | Mandy Romero | C | 29 | B | R | 6-0 | 180 | 10/29/1967 | Miami,Florida | MLB | 1997-2003 | 150,000 |
| 54 | Tim Scott | P | 30 | R | R | 6-2 | 205 | 11/16/1966 | Hanford,California | MLB | 1991-1997 | 415,000 |
| 18 | Craig Shipley | 3B-SS | 34 | R | R | 6-1 | 190 | 1/7/1963 | Sydney,Australia | MLB | 1986-1998 | 500,000 |
| 26 | Terry Shumpert | 2B-3B | 30 | R | R | 6-2 | 195 | 8/16/1966 | Paducah,Kentucky | MLB | 1990-2003 | 150,000 |
| 14 | Don Slaught | C | 38 | R | R | 6-1 | 190 | 9/11/1958 | Long Beach,California | MLB | 1982-1997 | 150,000 |
| 47 | Pete Smith | P | 31 | R | R | 6-2 | 200 | 2/27/1966 | Weymouth,Massachusetts | MLB | 1987-1998 | 435,000 |
| 8 | Mark Sweeney | RF-1B | 27 | L | L | 6-1 | 195 | 10/26/1969 | Framingham,Massachusetts | MLB | 1995-2008 | 185,000 |
| 34 | Fernando Valenzuela | P | 36 | L | L | 5-11 | 195 | 11/1/1960 | Etchohuaquila,Mexico | MLB | 1980-1997 | 1,650,000 |
| 25 | Greg Vaughn | LF | 31 | R | R | 6-0 | 202 | 7/3/1965 | Sacramento,California | MLB | 1989-2003 | 4,000,000 |
| 13 | Jorge Velandia | 2B-SS | 22 | R | R | 5-9 | 185 | 1/12/1975 | Caracas,Venezuela | MLB | 1997-2008 | 150,000 |
| 53 | Dario Veras | P | 24 | R | R | 6-1 | 155 | 3/13/1973 | Santiago,Dominican Republic | MLB | 1996-1998 | 172,000 |
| 4 | Quilvio Veras | 2B | 26 | B | R | 5-9 | 166 | 4/3/1971 | Santo Domingo,Dominican Republic | MLB | 1995-2001 | 310,000 |
| 36 | Tim Worrell | P | 29 | R | R | 6-4 | 215 | 7/5/1967 | Pasadena,California | MLB | 1993-2006 | 835,000 |
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