1979 San Diego Padres season explained

San Diego Padres
Season:	1979
League:	National League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	San Diego Stadium
City:	San Diego, California
Divisional Place:	5th
Owners:	Ray Kroc
General Managers:	Bob Fontaine
Managers:	Roger Craig
Television:	XETV
Radio:	KFMB (Jerry Coleman, Dave Campbell)

The 1979 San Diego Padres season was the 11th season in franchise history.

Offseason

• October 25, 1978: Oscar Gamble, Dave Roberts and $300,000 were traded by the Padres to the Texas Rangers for Mike Hargrove, Kurt Bevacqua, and Bill Fahey.^[1]
• March 1, 1979: Fred Kuhaulua was signed as a free agent by the Padres.^[2]

Regular season

Notable transactions

• June 5, 1979: Bob Geren was drafted by the Padres in the 1st round (24th pick) of the 1979 Major League Baseball Draft.^[3]
• June 15, 1979: Dave Wehrmeister was traded by the Padres to the Yankees for Jay Johnstone.^[4]

Roster

1979 San Diego Padres
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches (Pitching) (Hitting) (assistant coach) (assistant coach) (assistant coach)

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		151	463	122	.263	20	67
1B		104	227	47	.207	8	30
2B		114	323	70	.217	9	34
SS		156	587	124	.211	0	27
3B		76	283	78	.276	1	19
LF		138	448	111	.248	9	61
CF		150	545	152	.279	4	41
RF		159	597	184	.308	34	118

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
	114	297	75	.253	1	34
	73	209	60	.287	3	19
	75	201	59	.294	0	32
	100	198	45	.227	1	8
	56	162	35	.216	1	14
	52	125	24	.192	0	8
	39	103	25	.243	0	8
	46	102	17	.167	1	6
	57	87	23	.264	0	8
	22	65	10	.154	0	4
	30	45	10	.222	0	6
	22	21	4	.190	0	2
	4	3	0	.000	0	0
	2	2	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	263.0	11	12	3.63	112
	32	232.2	12	11	3.06	140
	3	21.0	1	1	3.43	12

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
	49	205.0	8	16	3.38	117
	45	156.2	6	9	3.27	54
	42	149.1	6	12	3.74	66
	51	133.2	9	13	4.92	137

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
	54	9	9	13	4.52	65
	46	2	4	5	4.29	25
	38	4	4	2	3.08	59
	27	0	2	0	4.74	20
	13	0	0	0	3.50	11
	1	0	0	0	16.88	1

Awards and honors

1979 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

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External links

• 1979 San Diego Padres team page at Baseball Reference
• 1979 San Diego Padres team page at Baseball Almanac

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gamblos01.shtml Oscar Gamble page at Baseball Reference
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kuhaufr01.shtml Fred Kuhaulua page at Baseball Reference
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gerenbo01.shtml Bob Geren page at Baseball Reference
4. https://www.nytimes.com/1979/06/16/archives/yanks-fall-95-johnson-traded-yanks-fall-johnson-is-traded-white-sox.html Yanks fall, 9-5
5. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007