1977 San Diego Padres season explained

San Diego Padres
Season:	1977
League:	National League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	San Diego Stadium
City:	San Diego, California
Divisional Place:	5th
Owners:	Ray Kroc
General Managers:	Bob Fontaine
Managers:	John McNamara, Alvin Dark
Television:	XETV
Radio:	KOGO (Jerry Coleman, Bob Chandler)

The 1977 San Diego Padres season was the ninth season in franchise history.

Offseason

• October 22, 1976: Diego Seguí was purchased from the Padres by the Seattle Mariners.^[1]
• November 5, 1976: Chuck Hartenstein was purchased from the Padres by the Toronto Blue Jays.^[2]
• December 14, 1976: Rollie Fingers was signed as a free agent by the Padres.^[3]
• December 14, 1976: Gene Tenace was signed as a free agent by the Padres.^[4]
• January 25, 1977: Mike Allen (minors) was traded by the Padres to the Houston Astros for Paul Siebert.^[5]

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Opening Day Starters

	Name	Position
29		LF
10		2B
31		RF
25		CF
18		C
15		1B
12		3B
6	Bill Almon	SS
35		P

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Notable transactions

• May 17, 1977: Butch Metzger was traded by the Padres to the St. Louis Cardinals for John D'Acquisto and Pat Scanlon.^[8]
• June 7, 1977: 1977 Major League Baseball draft
  • Barry Evans was drafted by the Padres in the 2nd round.^[9]
  • Ozzie Smith was drafted by the Padres in the 4th round.^[10]
• June 15, 1977: Bobby Valentine and Paul Siebert were traded by the Padres to the New York Mets for Dave Kingman.^[5]
• September 29, 1977: Rick Sawyer was selected off waivers from the Padres by the Montreal Expos.^[11]

Roster

1977 San Diego Padres
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C		147	437	102	.233	15	61
1B		134	489	133	.272	9	66
2B		150	507	116	.229	1	43
SS		155	613	160	.261	2	43
3B		81	249	54	.217	3	24
LF		146	525	152	.290	5	32
CF		152	541	168	.311	23	81
RF		157	615	169	.275	25	92

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
	118	289	71	.246	10	48
	82	186	41	.220	1	23
	52	170	46	.271	5	27
	56	168	40	.238	11	39
	107	126	36	.286	4	17
	80	103	25	.243	1	11
	48	94	17	.181	1	10
	47	79	15	.190	1	11
	44	67	12	.179	1	10
	8	3	0	.000	0	0
	7	3	0	.000	0	0
	1	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	39	214.0	12	18	3.70	146
	30	170.0	9	12	4.45	101
	27	147.1	6	12	4.58	44

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	38	151.1	6	9	4.46	79
	33	138.2	7	9	4.61	72
	56	111.0	7	6	5.84	45
	30	69.2	1	3	6.07	32
	17	44.0	1	2	6.95	45
	8	16.2	0	2	12.42	8

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
	78	8	9	35	2.99	113
	76	7	6	6	3.73	74
	76	4	4	3	3.01	55
	17	0	0	0	5.56	6
	15	1	1	0	5.31	6
	4	0	0	0	2.45	1

Award winners

1977 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

• Dave Winfield

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

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External links

• 1977 San Diego Padres team at Baseball-Reference
• 1977 San Diego Padres team page at Baseball Almanac

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/seguidi01.shtml Diego Seguí
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hartech01.shtml Chuck Hartenstein
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/fingero01.shtml Rollie Fingers
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/tenacge01.shtml Gene Tenace
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/siebepa01.shtml Paul Siebert
6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CIN/CIN197704060.shtml 1977 Opening Day Lineup
7. Web site: 1977 San Diego Padres Roster by Baseball Almanac.
8. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/scanlpa02.shtml Pat Scanlon
9. https://www.baseball-reference.com/e/evansba01.shtml Barry Evans
10. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/smithoz01.shtml Ozzie Smith
11. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sawyeri01.shtml Rick Sawyer
12. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007