1989 San Diego Padres season explained

San Diego Padres
Season:	1989
League:	National League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Jack Murphy Stadium
City:	San Diego, California
Divisional Place:	2nd
Owners:	Joan Kroc
General Managers:	Jack McKeon
Managers:	Jack McKeon
Television:	KUSI-TV San Diego Cable Sports Network
Radio:	KFMB (AM) (Rick Monday, Jerry Coleman, Bob Chandler, Ted Leitner) XEXX (Gustavo Lopez, Mario Thomas Zapiain, Eduardo Ortega)

The 1989 San Diego Padres season was the 21st season in franchise history. The Padres improved on their previous season record of 83–78, and were in contention for the National League West title until the final week of the regular season. However, a 2-1 loss to the Cincinnati Reds on September 27 ended their postseason hopes. The Padres finished in second place at 89–73, three games behind the San Francisco Giants.

This was the Padres' last full season under the ownership of Joan Kroc, who had inherited the franchise following the death of her husband Ray in 1984. Kroc sold the team to a consortium led by Tom Werner the following year.

Offseason

• October 24, 1988: Lance McCullers, Jimmy Jones, and Stan Jefferson were traded by the Padres to the New York Yankees for Jack Clark and Pat Clements.^[1]
• December 8, 1988: Bruce Hurst was signed as a free agent by the Padres.^[2]
• March 30, 1989: Billy Taylor was signed as a free agent by the Padres.^[3]

Regular season

Notable transactions

• April 24, 1989: Randy Byers was traded by the Padres to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jeremy Hernandez.^[4]
• June 2, 1989: John Kruk and Randy Ready were traded by the Padres to the Philadelphia Phillies for Chris James.^[5]
• June 5, 1989: Darrell Sherman was drafted by the Padres in the 6th round of the 1989 Major League Baseball draft.^[6]
• June 29, 1989: Greg Booker was traded by the Padres to the Minnesota Twins for Freddie Toliver.^[7]
• July 22, 1989: Walt Terrell and a player to be named later were traded by the Padres to the New York Yankees for Mike Pagliarulo and Don Schulze. The Padres completed the deal by sending Freddie Toliver to the Yankees on September 27.^[8]
• August 30, 1989: Calvin Schiraldi, Darrin Jackson and a player to be named later were traded by the Cubs to the San Diego Padres for Marvell Wynne and Luis Salazar. The Cubs completed the deal by sending Phil Stephenson to the Padres on September 5.^[9]

Roster

1989 San Diego Padres
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		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		129	462	109	.236	16	62
1B		142	455	110	.242	26	94
2B		158	623	184	.295	7	56
3B		95	246	66	.268	8	22
SS		142	506	129	.255	6	40
LF		111	267	59	.221	6	39
CF		158	604	203	.336	4	62
RF		87	303	80	.264	11	46

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
	117	329	99	.301	3	25
	105	294	74	.252	6	35
	50	148	29	.196	3	14
	52	141	27	.191	7	21
	73	130	30	.231	0	8
	57	102	18	.176	2	14
	25	87	18	.207	3	12
	42	82	16	.195	3	7
	31	76	14	.184	3	6
	28	67	17	.254	0	5
	17	41	8	.195	1	7
	15	27	7	.259	0	0
	7	19	4	.211	1	6
	12	19	6	.316	0	1
	10	17	6	.353	2	2

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
	33	244.2	15	11	2.69	179
	33	227.0	16	11	2.66	117
	33	183.2	10	10	4.26	87
	19	123.1	5	13	4.01	63
	16	106.1	8	6	4.23	66
	10	66.2	6	3	3.51	66
	5	21.1	3	1	2.53	17

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
	56	135.0	8	9	2.60	106
	7	24.1	2	1	5.55	15
	3	11.0	0	0	11.00	8

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
	70	92.2	4	3	44	1.85	92
	50	116.1	8	2	2	3.33	69
	23	39.0	4	1	0	3.92	18
	22	28.2	0	1	0	5.02	7
	11	19.0	0	1	0	4.26	8
	9	14.0	0	0	0	7.07	14
	7	6.1	0	0	0	5.68	1

Award winners

• Mark Davis, Cy Young Award Winner
• Jack Clark, National League Leader Walks (132)
• Tony Gwynn, National League Batting Champion (.336)
• Tony Gwynn, National League Leader Hits (203)
• Bruce Hurst, National League Leader Complete Games (10)

1989 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Spokane^[10]

External links

• 1989 San Diego Padres at Baseball Reference
• 1989 San Diego Padres at Baseball Almanac

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/clarkja01.shtml Jack Clark
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hurstbr01.shtml Bruce Hurst
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/taylobi04.shtml Billy Taylor
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hernaje02.shtml Jeremy Hernandez page at Baseball Reference
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/krukjo01.shtml John Kruk
6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/shermda02.shtml Darrell Sherman
7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/bookegr01.shtml Greg Booker
8. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/schuldo01.shtml Don Schulze
9. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/stephph01.shtml Phil Stephenson
10. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007