» December 28, 1994: The Astros obtain OF Derek Bell, IF Ricky Gutierrez, P Pedro Martinez, OF Phil Plantier, and IF Craig Shipley from the Padres in exchange for 3B Ken Caminiti, SS Andujar Cedeno, OF Steve Finley, 1B Roberto Petagine, P Brian Williams, and a player to be named. P Sean Fesh will go to the Padres next May to complete the 12-player deal, the biggest in the major leagues since 1957.

» May 23, 1996: San Diego tops Philadelphia by a score of 7-5, as OF Steve Finley stroke five hits for the Padres, including a double and home run.

» August 16, 1996: San Diego OF Steve Finley homers in the Padres game against the Mets in Monterrey, Mexico. By doing so, he becomes the 1st major league player to have homered in three different countries, having previously hit four-baggers in the US and Canada. The Padres win the 1st regular season game to be played outside of the US or Canada, 15–10, belting four homers. Leadoff batter Tony Gwynn is 3-for-5 and will repeat it tomorrow in the 7–3 loss to the Mets.

» September 16, 1996: Steve Finley's lead off home run in the 11th gives the Padres a 2–1 over the host Giants. SF's only run is Barry Bonds 40th, and he joins Hank Aaron and Jose Canseco as the only players with 40 home runs and 30 stolen bases in a season.

» November 1, 1996: The major league All-Star team opens their 8-game series in Japan with a 6–5 loss to the Japan All-Stars. Players include Cal Ripken, Sammy Sosa, Steve Finley, Brady Anderson, Barry Bonds, Mike Piazza, Hideo Nomo, Gary Sheffield, Alex Rodriguez, and Shane Reynolds.

» November 10, 1996: At Tokyo, in the finale of the Japanese vs. ML All Stars, the Japanese rally for three runs to earn an 8–8 tie. The Americans hit .302 in the series with 11 homers, and come away with four wins, two losses, and two ties. None of the games go extra innings. Steve Finley, 8-for-20 with nine RBI, is named MVP.

» April 8, 1997: The Pirates defeat the Padres, 2-0, as Steve Cooke, Rich Loiselle, and John Ericks combine to hold SD to one hit, a single off Cooke by Steve Finley.

» May 19, 1997: At Cincinnati, OF Steve Finley belts three of San Diego's five homers and the Padres pull off their first triple play in eight years to win, 13–6.

» June 23, 1997: Steve Finley cracks three homers and Wally Joyner adds two more as the visiting Padres beat the San Francisco Giants, 11–6. Jim Bruske gets his first major league win allowing three hits in five scoreless innings of relief.

» April 10, 1998: Mo Vaughn of the Red Sox and Steve Finley of the Padres each hit game–ending grand slams, the first time two players accomplished the feat on the same day since 1982. Vaughn's gives Boston a 9–7 win over Seattle, while Finley's powers San Diego to a 6–4 victory over Arizona.

» June 7, 1998: Tied with the Rangers at 6–6 after seven innings, the Padres erupt for six runs in the 8th and five more in the 9th to take a 17–8 decision. Steve Finley leads the way for SD, getting three doubles among his four hits and bringing home five runs.

» December 7, 1998: The Diamondbacks lure Padres free agent OF Steve Finley with a 4-year contract.

» June 1, 1999: Montreal's Shane Andrews has two home runs and a double to drive in five runs in Montreal's 10-8 win over 1st-place Arizona. The DBacks Steve Finley tops him with six RBIs on two home runs.

» September 8, 1999: Arizona defeats Milwaukee, 9-1, as OF Steve Finley strokes three home runs and drives home six runs.

» October 6, 1999: The Diamondbacks defeat the Mets, 7-1, to even their National League division series at one game each. Todd Stottlemyre gets the win for Arizona, while OF Steve Finley drives home five of his team's runs.

» September 1, 2000: The Baltimore Orioles turn the season's fifth triple play and the first triple-killing in Jacobs Field history in the second inning against the Cleveland Indians. On a pop up to short the infield fly rule is not called. With runners at first and second and no outs, O's SS Melvin Mora lets Sandy Alomar's pop fly drop, apparently intentionally, and throws to 2B Jerry Hairston who tags the runner at second as well as the runner coming from first. Alomar, believing the infield fly rule had been called, retreated to the dugout and was called out for leaving the basepath resulting in a 6-4-3 triple play. Charlie Manuel doesn't agree and gets tossed. Cleveland overcomes the TP to win, 5–2, behind Steve Finley.

» April 26, 2001: Luis Gonzalez bangs two home runs in Arizona's 13-6 win over Atlanta to tie the major-league record for home runs in the month of April with 13 held by Ken Griffey, Jr. His first home run, off Greg Maddux, ties the NL record. Steve Finley also homers off Maddux, a 3-run shot, and adds a triple and single to drive in five runs. Damian Miller has two homers, including a back-to-back shots with Erubiel Durazo in the 8th. Robert Ellis (3–0) is the winner.

» May 29, 2001: The Diamondbacks defeat the Giants, 1-0 in 18 innings with the game lasting five hours and 53 minutes. Erubiel Durazo throws out a runner at home in the 17th, then drives in Steve Finley with a double in the 18th. The loss goes to Ryan Vogelsong, making his ML debut. Vogelsong almost redeems himself with a double in his first ML at bat in the 18th. The two teams combine for 139 plate appearances and their 14 pitchers throw a total of 503 pitches (301 strikes and 202 balls).

» August 12, 2001: The Braves fall to the Diamondbacks, 9–1, as Greg Maddux's NL record streak for innings without allowing a walk is ended at 72–and–one–third. Maddux intentionally walks Steve Finley in the 3rd inning to end the streak. Arizona 2B Junior Spivey gets five singles in the contest, becoming the 5th rookie in 50 years to have a pair of 5–hit games in his first season. His other 5–hit contest was on June 21.

» October 9, 2001: The Diamondbacks take the 1st game of their Divisional Series as Curt Schilling outpitches Matt Morris in hurling a 3-hit, 1-0 shutout. Steve Finley gets three hits for Arizona and drives home the game's only run.

» October 19, 2001: Curt Schilling's 4-hitter gives the Diamondbacks the lead in the NLCS as Arizona defeats Atlanta, 5-1. Schilling fans 12 for Atlanta as Craig Counsell gets three hits and Steve Finley drives home three runs.

» November 1, 2001: In an amazing case of history repeating itself, the Yankees again come from two runs down with two outs in the 9th inning to defeat the Diamondbacks, 3-2 in 12 innings. Byung-Hyun Kim is again victimized, this time by Scott Brosius' 2-run home run in the 9th. Alfonso Soriano's single wins it in the 12th. Steve Finley and Rod Barajas homer in the 5th for Arizona's runs.

» September 28, 2002: The Diamondbacks clinch the NL West title by virtue of a 17–8 win over the Rockies. The 17 runs ties a club mark. Matt Williams and Steve Finley each homer twice and Rod Barajas has four hits and four RBIs.