1997 San Diego Padres Trades and Transactions

Transactions listed are from October 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.

• November 4, 1996

  Signed Chris Jones as a free agent.

  Signed Terry Shumpert as a free agent.

• November 5, 1996

  Fernando Valenzuela granted Free Agency.

• November 21, 1996

  Traded Dustin Hermanson to the Florida Marlins. Received Quilvio Veras.

• December 2, 1996

  Signed Bryan Eversgerd as a free agent.

  Signed Rene Gonzales as a free agent.

  Signed Carlos Hernández as a free agent.

• December 3, 1996

  Signed Jim Bruske as a free agent.

• December 5, 1996

  Signed Terry Burrows as a free agent.

• December 6, 1996

  Traded Scott Sanders to the Seattle Mariners. Received Sterling Hitchcock.

• December 7, 1996

  Craig Shipley granted Free Agency.

• December 9, 1996

  Drafted Will Cunnane from the Florida Marlins in the 1996 rule 5 draft.

  Drafted Wiki González from the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1996 rule 5 draft.

• December 16, 1996

  Traded Willie Blair and Brian Johnson to the Detroit Tigers. Received Cam Smith (minors) and Joey Eischen.

• December 19, 1996

  Signed Greg Vaughn as a free agent.

• December 23, 1996

  Signed Craig Shipley as a free agent.

  Signed Don Slaught as a free agent.

• January 7, 1997

  Signed Fernando Valenzuela as a free agent.

  Released Jason Thompson.

• January 9, 1997

  Traded Leroy McKinnis (minors) to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Mark Smith.

• January 12, 1997

  Signed Pete Smith as a free agent.

• January 13, 1997

  Purchased Hideki Irabu from Chiba Lotte Marines (Japan Pacific).

• January 17, 1997

  Signed Phil Plantier as a free agent.

• January 22, 1997

  Sean Mulligan player rights sold to the Cleveland Indians.

• January 30, 1997

  Signed Tim Scott as a free agent.

• February 7, 1997

  Signed Stan Spencer as a free agent.

• March 13, 1997

  Traded Antonio Fernandez (minors) to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Brian Tollberg.

• March 15, 1997

  Traded Joey Eischen to the Cincinnati Reds. Received a player to be named later. The Cincinnati Reds sent Ray Brown (minors) (March 19, 1997) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.

  Traded Luis López to the Houston Astros. Received Sean Runyan.

• March 22, 1997

  Released Bryan Eversgerd.

  Traded Jody Reed to the Detroit Tigers. Received Mike Darr and Matt Skrmetta.

• March 29, 1997

  Traded Hal Garrett (minors) and Mark Smith to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Received Trey Beamon and Angelo Encarnación.

• April 22, 1997

  Released Rene Gonzales.

  Traded players to be named later, Gordie Amerson (minors) and Homer Bush to the New York Yankees. Received Rafael Medina, Rubén Rivera and $3,000,000. The San Diego Padres sent Hideki Irabu (May 29, 1997) and Vernon Maxwell (minors) (June 9, 1997) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

• May 18, 1997

  Released Tim Scott.

• May 20, 1997

  Signed Steve Scarsone as a free agent.

• May 27, 1997

  Released Don Slaught.

• May 29, 1997

  Signed Bob Scanlan as a free agent.

• May 30, 1997

  Signed Steve Mintz as a free agent.

• June 1, 1997

  Signed Bobby Muñoz as a free agent.

• June 3, 1997

  Drafted Kevin Nicholson in the 1st round (27th pick) of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed July 15, 1997.

  Drafted Ben Howard in the 2nd round of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed June 25, 1997.

  Drafted Tim Hummel in the 5th round of the 1997 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.

  Drafted Junior Herndon in the 9th round of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed June 5, 1997.

  Drafted Dave Maurer in the 11th round of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed June 4, 1997.

  Drafted Shawn Camp in the 16th round of the 1997 amateur draft. Player signed June 4, 1997.

• June 10, 1997

  Traded Andrés Berumen to the Seattle Mariners. Received Paul Menhart.

• June 13, 1997

  Traded Scott Livingstone, Phil Plantier and Fernando Valenzuela to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Rich Batchelor, Danny Jackson and Mark Sweeney.

• July 15, 1997

  Released Terry Burrows.

  Released Bobby Muñoz.

• July 16, 1997

  Traded Earl Johnson (minors) to the Detroit Tigers. Received Dave Hajek.

• August 5, 1997

  Released Terry Shumpert.

• August 13, 1997

  Traded Rickey Henderson to the Anaheim Angels. Received a player to be named later, Stevenson Agosto (minors) and Ryan Hancock. The Anaheim Angels sent George Arias (August 19, 1997) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.

• August 19, 1997

  Signed Mike Maddux as a free agent.

• August 23, 1997

  Traded Angelo Encarnación to the Anaheim Angels. Received Aaron Guiel.

• October 6, 1997

  Chris Jones granted Free Agency.

  Jim Bruske selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers off waivers.

• October 13, 1997

  Selected Ed Giovanola off waivers from the Atlanta Braves.

• October 15, 1997

  Joey Long granted Free Agency.

  Mike Maddux granted Free Agency.

  Steve Mintz granted Free Agency.

  Bob Scanlan granted Free Agency.

  Steve Scarsone granted Free Agency.

  Stan Spencer granted Free Agency.

  Jim Tatum granted Free Agency.

• October 17, 1997

  Cameron Cairncross granted Free Agency.

• October 30, 1997

  Pete Smith granted Free Agency.

• October 31, 1997

  Carlos Hernández granted Free Agency.

  Purchased Daniel Garibay from Mexico City Tigers (Mexican).

• November 6, 1997

  Craig Shipley granted Free Agency.

• November 7, 1997

  Signed Archie Corbin as a free agent.

  Signed Carlos Reyes as a free agent.

• November 12, 1997

  Signed Carlos Hernández as a free agent.

  Signed Alan Newman as a free agent.

• November 18, 1997

  Traded John Flaherty to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Received Brian Boehringer and Andy Sheets.

  Gabe Alvarez selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks as the 5th pick in the 1997 expansion draft.

  Todd Erdos selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks as the 41st pick in the 1997 expansion draft.

• November 19, 1997

  Traded Trey Beamon and Tim Worrell to the Detroit Tigers. Received Ryan Balfe (minors), Dan Miceli and Donne Wall.

• November 20, 1997

  Signed Creighton Gubanich as a free agent.

  Traded Chris Clark (minors) to the Florida Marlins. Received Ed Vosberg.

• November 25, 1997

  Signed Greg Myers as a free agent.

  Released Rich Batchelor.

• November 26, 1997

  Traded Doug Bochtler and Jorge Velandia to the Oakland Athletics. Received David Newhan and Don Wengert.

• December 15, 1997

  Sean Runyan drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1997 rule 5 draft.

  Traded Steve Hoff (minors), Derrek Lee and Rafael Medina to the Florida Marlins. Received Kevin Brown.

• December 16, 1997

  Signed Pete Smith as a free agent.

• December 29, 1997

  Signed Stan Spencer as a free agent.

• January 7, 1998

  Signed Mark Langston as a free agent.

• January 13, 1998

  Signed Eddie Williams as a free agent.

• January 14, 1998

  Traded Sean Bergman to the Houston Astros. Received James Mouton.