1997 San Diego Padres Starters
(76-86) 
Starters
Starter Date Vs. IP BF W/L ER R H K BB HR Pit Str Ball Str%
Joey Hamilton Apr 1 @NYM 6.0 32 W 4 4 8 6 6 1 119 66 53 .55
Andy Ashby Apr 2 @NYM 7.0 27 3 4 3 2 3 2 97 60 37 .62
Fernando Valenzuela Apr 3 @NYM 5.0 23 L 2 4 5 2 4 1 86 47 39 .55
Tim Worrell Apr 4 @PHI 7.0 27 W 2 2 4 2 2 2 86 51 35 .59
Sterling Hitchcock Apr 5 @PHI 8.0 26 W 1 1 1 5 1 0 90 62 28 .69
Joey Hamilton Apr 6 @PHI 7.0 28 L 3 3 7 5 1 3 115 77 38 .67
Andy Ashby Apr 7 @PIT 8.0 27 1 1 3 6 2 0 94 62 32 .66
Fernando Valenzuela Apr 8 @PIT 6.0 27 0 0 6 5 3 0 101 60 41 .59
Tim Worrell Apr 9 @PIT 6.2 28 L 3 3 5 3 3 1 101 64 37 .63
Sterling Hitchcock Apr 11 PHI 6.2 29 W 3 3 8 5 2 0 120 73 47 .61
Joey Hamilton Apr 13 PHI 7.0 25 1 1 5 7 2 0 92 55 37 .60
Andy Ashby Apr 15 PIT 8.1 35 L 2 3 7 6 3 0 101 67 34 .66
Fernando Valenzuela Apr 16 PIT 7.0 27 W 1 1 5 8 2 1 109 66 43 .61
Sterling Hitchcock Apr 19 @STL 8.0 33 L 0 1 6 6 3 0 111 63 48 .57
Tim Worrell Apr 19 (2) @STL 6.0 24 L 2 2 5 6 1 0 90 61 29 .68
Andy Ashby Apr 20 @STL 7.0 29 W 2 2 7 6 2 1 92 55 37 .60
Fernando Valenzuela Apr 22 @HOU 5.0 23 L 2 5 6 3 1 0 88 50 38 .57
Joey Hamilton Apr 23 @HOU 3.2 20 4 4 8 3 2 0 70 40 30 .57
Sterling Hitchcock Apr 25 ATL 6.0 24 4 4 7 3 1 2 79 49 30 .62
Andy Ashby Apr 26 ATL 8.0 31 1 1 5 3 2 0 116 74 42 .64
Fernando Valenzuela Apr 27 ATL 4.1 21 L 2 2 7 3 2 0 71 42 29 .59
Tim Worrell Apr 28 FLA 5.0 25 4 4 4 1 7 1 91 48 43 .53
Sean Bergman Apr 29 FLA 6.0 22 0 0 2 5 3 0 93 53 40 .57
Sterling Hitchcock Apr 30 NYM 7.1 30 L 4 4 8 6 2 0 116 71 45 .61
Andy Ashby May 1 NYM 9.0 36 W 2 3 8 3 1 0 None None None None
Fernando Valenzuela May 2 @MON 7.0 30 4 4 7 5 3 2 112 68 44 .61
Tim Worrell May 3 @MON 7.2 28 W 0 0 3 8 1 0 93 67 26 .72
Sterling Hitchcock May 4 @MON 4.1 23 L 5 5 8 5 2 4 92 62 30 .67
Andy Ashby May 6 @CHC 7.0 25 L 2 2 5 6 1 0 83 58 25 .70
Sean Bergman May 7 @CHC 4.1 20 2 2 7 4 0 1 75 48 27 .64
Fernando Valenzuela May 8 @CHC 5.0 24 L 4 5 10 2 1 2 95 57 38 .60
Tim Worrell May 9 @CIN 5.0 25 L 5 5 8 2 2 2 82 54 28 .66
Sterling Hitchcock May 10 @CIN 6.1 29 W 5 5 7 4 4 1 111 66 45 .59
Andy Ashby May 11 @CIN 8.0 35 3 4 8 6 2 0 110 73 37 .66
Fernando Valenzuela May 13 MON 4.0 20 L 6 6 7 2 2 1 76 47 29 .62
Tim Worrell May 14 MON 1.2 9 1 1 3 0 1 0 29 16 13 .55
Sterling Hitchcock May 15 CHC 6.0 26 L 3 3 5 5 2 0 98 61 37 .62
Tim Worrell May 16 CHC 2.0 14 L 5 5 6 2 3 0 49 29 20 .59
Joey Hamilton May 17 CIN 5.0 21 W 1 1 5 2 1 0 None None None None
Fernando Valenzuela May 18 CIN 3.0 19 L 2 3 5 4 3 0 82 41 41 .50
Andy Ashby May 19 CIN 1.0 7 1 2 5 0 0 0 17 12 5 .71
Sterling Hitchcock May 20 @LAD 8.0 29 W 1 1 5 4 0 1 90 62 28 .69
Tim Worrell May 21 @LAD 7.0 29 4 4 8 5 0 1 85 57 28 .67
Joey Hamilton May 22 @LAD 7.0 26 W 1 1 4 5 3 1 98 60 38 .61
Fernando Valenzuela May 23 @FLA 5.2 24 W 0 0 5 4 2 0 99 55 44 .56
Sean Bergman May 24 @FLA 2.1 14 5 5 7 1 1 0 48 29 19 .60
Sterling Hitchcock May 25 @FLA 7.0 28 L 3 4 4 4 3 0 107 63 44 .59
Tim Worrell May 26 @ATL 3.2 22 L 4 6 9 4 2 0 79 48 31 .61
Joey Hamilton May 27 @ATL 6.0 25 L 5 5 5 4 1 2 90 61 29 .68
Fernando Valenzuela May 29 HOU 2.2 18 L 3 3 5 2 3 0 72 36 36 .50
Will Cunnane May 30 HOU 6.0 23 W 1 1 3 6 3 0 92 54 38 .59
Sterling Hitchcock May 31 HOU 7.0 29 W 5 5 8 3 2 1 95 59 36 .62
Joey Hamilton Jun 1 HOU 7.0 32 W 3 3 6 5 5 0 111 68 43 .61
Heath Murray Jun 2 ATL 6.1 28 W 4 4 7 4 4 0 100 54 46 .54
Fernando Valenzuela Jun 3 ATL 6.0 28 2 2 6 8 4 0 116 65 51 .56
Will Cunnane Jun 4 COL 6.0 27 W 4 4 7 5 2 1 99 62 37 .63
Sterling Hitchcock Jun 5 COL 5.0 24 5 5 9 4 2 2 94 48 46 .51
Joey Hamilton Jun 6 @HOU 4.0 24 L 7 7 9 1 3 0 91 48 43 .53
Heath Murray Jun 7 @HOU 6.0 29 4 4 6 3 5 1 114 64 50 .56
Fernando Valenzuela Jun 8 @HOU 5.2 29 L 7 7 10 3 2 3 102 62 40 .61
Will Cunnane Jun 9 @STL 4.2 22 L 4 4 6 4 3 3 94 52 42 .55
Sean Bergman Jun 10 @STL 6.1 26 1 1 3 5 4 0 108 63 45 .58
Joey Hamilton Jun 11 @STL 6.0 29 2 3 7 3 4 0 100 63 37 .63
Heath Murray Jun 12 ANA 6.0 33 L 6 6 14 3 1 2 109 73 36 .67
Will Cunnane Jun 13 ANA 3.2 23 5 7 8 1 5 0 94 49 45 .52
Danny Jackson Jun 14 TEX 5.0 25 L 7 7 7 1 5 2 97 50 47 .52
Andy Ashby Jun 15 TEX 5.0 27 L 6 7 10 1 1 1 82 52 30 .63
Joey Hamilton Jun 17 @OAK 5.0 21 3 3 4 4 3 1 88 52 36 .59
Will Cunnane Jun 18 @OAK 5.0 21 5 5 6 4 0 3 80 48 32 .60
Danny Jackson Jun 19 @COL 6.0 25 L 2 6 8 3 1 1 89 53 36 .60
Andy Ashby Jun 20 @COL 8.0 32 W 2 2 9 4 1 1 111 71 40 .64
Sean Bergman Jun 21 @COL 6.0 28 L 5 5 10 3 0 2 91 57 34 .63
Joey Hamilton Jun 22 @COL 7.0 27 2 2 3 7 5 1 117 67 50 .57
Will Cunnane Jun 23 SFG 1.1 14 6 6 7 1 3 1 57 33 24 .58
Danny Jackson Jun 24 SFG 6.0 27 L 4 4 8 4 1 1 93 53 40 .57
Andy Ashby Jun 25 SFG 6.0 34 L 7 8 12 4 4 0 109 66 43 .61
Sean Bergman Jun 26 LAD 6.0 27 W 4 4 8 4 2 0 95 61 34 .64
Joey Hamilton Jun 27 LAD 7.0 28 W 2 2 8 4 1 1 113 69 44 .61
Pete Smith Jun 28 LAD 5.0 20 W 2 2 3 4 2 0 85 52 33 .61
Danny Jackson Jun 29 LAD 4.2 26 L 5 7 8 4 3 1 87 60 27 .69
Andy Ashby Jun 30 OAK 7.0 31 W 2 5 6 6 2 0 None None None None
Sean Bergman Jul 1 OAK 4.1 25 1 1 6 4 5 0 104 60 44 .58
Joey Hamilton Jul 2 @SEA 7.0 32 W 3 3 9 3 3 2 108 67 41 .62
Sterling Hitchcock Jul 3 @SEA 2.2 15 4 4 4 0 2 1 68 40 28 .59
Danny Jackson Jul 4 @LAD 5.2 29 L 5 5 11 0 2 0 77 50 27 .65
Andy Ashby Jul 5 @LAD 7.1 34 L 4 5 11 3 2 0 96 62 34 .65
Sean Bergman Jul 6 @LAD 3.2 19 L 4 4 7 3 1 0 65 41 24 .63
Andy Ashby Jul 10 COL 6.0 27 W 5 5 9 2 1 1 103 69 34 .67
Sterling Hitchcock Jul 11 COL 5.1 22 1 2 5 4 4 0 69 39 30 .57
Joey Hamilton Jul 12 COL 6.1 33 W 6 7 13 5 3 1 115 71 44 .62
Sean Bergman Jul 13 COL 2.2 19 10 10 7 6 3 0 84 45 39 .54
Danny Jackson Jul 14 @SFG 6.0 25 W 2 2 5 2 2 0 None None None None
Andy Ashby Jul 15 @SFG 6.0 27 L 6 7 8 4 1 2 None None None None
Sterling Hitchcock Jul 16 STL 6.1 27 2 3 7 5 3 0 106 63 43 .59
Joey Hamilton Jul 17 STL 8.0 32 W 1 1 7 1 1 0 105 65 40 .62
Pete Smith Jul 18 FLA 5.0 21 W 1 1 6 6 2 1 78 47 31 .60
Danny Jackson Jul 19 FLA 3.2 21 L 6 6 8 0 3 1 73 41 32 .56
Andy Ashby Jul 20 FLA 7.0 28 W 0 0 4 6 4 0 102 54 48 .53
Sterling Hitchcock Jul 21 FLA 5.1 23 W 2 2 5 3 2 1 None None None None
Joey Hamilton Jul 22 @PIT 8.0 30 2 2 4 8 3 0 127 81 46 .64
Pete Smith Jul 23 @PIT 7.0 26 W 1 1 5 2 2 0 89 57 32 .64
Danny Jackson Jul 24 @PIT 5.1 23 5 5 8 3 1 0 74 50 24 .68
Andy Ashby Jul 25 @NYM 6.0 25 1 1 7 7 1 0 100 66 34 .66
Sterling Hitchcock Jul 26 @NYM 6.0 25 W 1 1 5 6 3 0 101 61 40 .60
Joey Hamilton Jul 27 @NYM 5.2 28 3 3 6 6 4 0 101 64 37 .63
Pete Smith Jul 28 @PHI 5.0 22 2 2 6 1 3 0 96 55 41 .57
Andy Ashby Jul 29 @PHI 6.0 26 L 5 5 8 3 1 1 88 54 34 .61
Sterling Hitchcock Jul 31 MON 4.0 23 L 6 9 7 2 2 3 86 56 30 .65
Joey Hamilton Aug 1 MON 9.0 31 W 2 2 4 2 1 1 82 55 27 .67
Pete Smith Aug 2 MON 4.1 22 L 4 5 6 2 2 2 67 47 20 .70
Andy Ashby Aug 3 MON 4.2 23 L 6 6 8 6 1 2 78 48 30 .62
Sterling Hitchcock Aug 5 CIN 3.0 16 L 6 6 7 2 1 2 58 35 23 .60
Joey Hamilton Aug 6 CIN 7.0 30 W 3 3 6 2 3 0 90 54 36 .60
Danny Jackson Aug 7 CIN 4.0 19 L 4 4 6 2 1 2 72 42 30 .58
Pete Smith Aug 8 CHC 6.2 28 1 1 9 6 1 1 94 65 29 .69
Andy Ashby Aug 9 CHC 4.1 23 5 5 8 2 1 0 62 38 24 .61
Sterling Hitchcock Aug 10 CHC 6.0 27 3 3 8 2 1 1 96 63 33 .66
Joey Hamilton Aug 11 @MON 6.2 32 L 6 6 11 6 0 3 115 82 33 .71
Paul Menhart Aug 12 @MON 6.0 22 2 2 5 4 0 1 72 50 22 .69
Pete Smith Aug 13 @CIN 6.0 23 L 2 2 5 4 1 0 77 47 30 .61
Andy Ashby Aug 14 @CIN 7.0 30 0 2 5 5 1 0 108 74 34 .69
Sterling Hitchcock Aug 15 @CHC 9.0 31 W 1 1 4 4 0 0 89 63 26 .71
Joey Hamilton Aug 16 @CHC 8.0 33 2 3 8 4 1 0 106 70 36 .66
Paul Menhart Aug 17 @CHC 4.2 21 L 4 4 8 2 0 0 69 44 25 .64
Pete Smith Aug 19 PIT 5.2 26 L 5 5 7 2 3 1 86 54 32 .63
Andy Ashby Aug 20 PIT 6.0 30 L 5 5 11 5 1 0 109 77 32 .71
Sterling Hitchcock Aug 21 PIT 5.0 22 W 4 4 5 3 2 1 87 56 31 .64
Joey Hamilton Aug 22 NYM 6.1 27 5 5 8 3 1 0 None None None None
Paul Menhart Aug 23 NYM 6.0 26 L 4 4 7 2 3 2 96 54 42 .56
Pete Smith Aug 24 NYM 6.0 25 W 1 1 2 2 5 1 101 61 40 .60
Will Cunnane Aug 25 PHI 4.0 21 L 4 4 6 2 4 0 72 43 29 .60
Andy Ashby Aug 25 (2) PHI 6.0 28 L 4 5 8 5 3 0 97 56 41 .58
Sterling Hitchcock Aug 26 PHI 6.0 25 L 3 3 6 3 0 0 88 58 30 .66
Joey Hamilton Aug 27 PHI 7.0 34 6 6 11 6 2 0 None None None None
Paul Menhart Aug 28 @ANA 7.2 29 W 2 2 4 4 2 1 100 66 34 .66
Pete Smith Aug 29 @ANA 5.0 19 L 2 2 4 1 2 0 78 51 27 .65
Andy Ashby Aug 30 @TEX 8.0 30 W 1 1 7 7 1 0 101 72 29 .71
Sterling Hitchcock Aug 31 @TEX 6.0 25 W 3 3 7 4 1 1 94 58 36 .62
Joey Hamilton Sep 1 SEA 3.1 21 L 5 6 8 1 3 2 73 39 34 .53
Paul Menhart Sep 3 SEA 4.0 14 1 1 2 2 1 0 48 30 18 .63
Pete Smith Sep 4 @ATL 5.0 26 5 5 10 5 2 1 87 52 35 .60
Andy Ashby Sep 5 @ATL 9.0 32 W 2 2 2 8 3 1 122 76 46 .62
Sterling Hitchcock Sep 6 @ATL 3.0 15 L 5 5 6 3 1 2 46 31 15 .67
Joey Hamilton Sep 7 @ATL 7.0 27 L 3 3 5 9 2 1 95 64 31 .67
Paul Menhart Sep 9 @FLA 3.1 17 5 5 5 2 3 0 66 41 25 .62
Pete Smith Sep 10 @FLA 7.0 27 2 2 6 7 0 1 94 64 30 .68
Andy Ashby Sep 12 STL 6.0 26 L 4 4 7 5 2 1 95 55 40 .58
Will Cunnane Sep 13 STL 3.2 19 2 2 4 2 4 0 68 38 30 .56
Joey Hamilton Sep 14 STL 7.0 28 2 3 4 2 3 1 99 56 43 .57
Pete Smith Sep 15 HOU 6.1 29 W 3 3 5 1 6 0 103 52 51 .50
Sterling Hitchcock Sep 16 HOU 1.1 13 L 6 7 5 1 4 0 41 23 18 .56
Andy Ashby Sep 17 @COL 8.0 30 W 3 4 4 11 1 2 112 74 38 .66
Paul Menhart Sep 18 @COL 6.0 25 W 1 1 3 2 4 0 94 53 41 .56
Joey Hamilton Sep 19 @SFG 5.2 27 L 2 5 9 4 1 1 102 62 40 .61
Pete Smith Sep 20 @SFG 7.0 26 W 0 1 4 5 1 0 91 59 32 .65
Sterling Hitchcock Sep 21 @SFG 5.1 24 5 5 9 4 2 1 80 49 31 .61
Andy Ashby Sep 22 @SFG 7.0 29 5 5 7 2 1 2 98 66 32 .67
Paul Menhart Sep 23 LAD 6.0 25 L 4 4 8 4 0 2 89 58 31 .65
Joey Hamilton Sep 24 LAD 8.0 30 W 1 1 5 3 1 0 119 73 46 .61
Pete Smith Sep 26 SFG 3.0 20 L 6 6 8 0 4 1 66 37 29 .56
Sterling Hitchcock Sep 27 SFG 5.0 23 L 2 3 5 5 3 0 86 49 37 .57
Andy Ashby Sep 28 SFG 7.0 27 2 2 5 10 0 0 100 63 37 .63