1993 San Diego Padres season explained

San Diego Padres
Season:	1993
League:	National League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Jack Murphy Stadium
City:	San Diego, California
Divisional Place:	7th
Owners:	Tom Werner
General Managers:	Joe McIlvaine, Randy Smith
Managers:	Jim Riggleman
Television:	KUSI-TV San Diego Cable Sports Network(Jerry Coleman, Ted Leitner, Bob Chandler) XHBJ-TV (Rafael Munoz Oretga, Victor Villa Silvas)
Radio:	KFMB (AM) (Bob Chandler, Jerry Coleman, Ted Leitner) XEXX (Mario Thomas Zapiain, Matias Santos, Eduardo Ortega)

The 1993 San Diego Padres season was the 25th season in franchise history.

Offseason

• October 8, 1992: Phil Stephenson was released by the Padres.^[1]
• October 26, 1992: Tony Fernández was traded by the Padres to the New York Mets for Wally Whitehurst, D. J. Dozier, and a player to be named later. The Mets completed the deal by sending Raul Casanova to the Padres on December 7.^[2]
• November 20, 1992: Jarvis Brown was signed as a free agent by the Padres.^[3]
• December 2, 1992: Bob Geren was signed as a free agent by the Padres.^[4]
• December 9, 1992: José Meléndez was traded by the Padres to the Boston Red Sox for Phil Plantier.^[5]
• December 10, 1992: Jim Pena was traded by the San Francisco Giants to the San Diego Padres for Paul Faries.^[6]
• December 17, 1992: Roger Mason was traded by the New York Mets with Mike Freitas (minors) to the San Diego Padres for Mike Maddux.^[7]
• March 30, 1993: Darrin Jackson was traded by the Padres to the Toronto Blue Jays for Derek Bell.^[8]

Regular season

Opening Day starters

• Derek Bell
• Tony Gwynn
• Greg Harris
• Fred McGriff
• Phil Plantier
• Gary Sheffield
• Craig Shipley
• Tim Teufel
• Dan Walters^[9]

Notable transactions

• June 1, 1993: Jeremy Hernandez was traded by the Padres to the Cleveland Indians for Fernando Hernández and Tracy Sanders (minors).^[10]
• June 3, 1993: Derrek Lee was drafted by the Padres in the 1st round (14th pick) of the 1993 Major League Baseball draft. Player signed July 20, 1993.^[11]
• June 23, 1993: Tim Scott was traded by the Padres to the Montreal Expos for Archi Cianfrocco.^[12]
• June 24, 1993: Gary Sheffield and Rich Rodriguez were traded by the Padres to the Florida Marlins for Trevor Hoffman, José Martínez, and Andrés Berumen.^[13]
• July 3, 1993: Roger Mason was traded by the Padres to the Philadelphia Phillies for Tim Mauser.^[14]
• July 10, 1993: Mark Davis was signed as a free agent by the Padres.^[15]
• July 18, 1993: Fred McGriff was traded by the Padres to the Atlanta Braves for Melvin Nieves, Donnie Elliott, and Vince Moore (minors).^[16]
• July 26, 1993: Bruce Hurst and Greg Harris were traded by the Padres to the Colorado Rockies for Brad Ausmus, Doug Bochtler and a player to be named later. The Rockies completed the deal by sending Andy Ashby to the Padres on July 27.^[17]

Roster

1993 San Diego Padres
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches (bullpen) (third base) (bench) (first base) (hitting)

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C		71	181	17	40	.221	0	13	0
1B		83	302	52	83	.275	18	46	4
2B		140	404	53	106	.262	1	24	2
3B		68	258	34	76	.295	10	36	5
SS		133	438	76	110	.251	5	26	4
LF		138	462	67	111	.240	34	100	4
CF		150	542	73	142	.262	21	72	26
RF		122	489	70	175	.358	7	59	14

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Other batters

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

Player	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
	84	279	27	68	.244	11	47	2
	102	240	33	75	.313	9	33	2
	105	230	25	54	.235	4	22	12
	96	200	26	50	.250	7	31	2
	88	177	19	46	.260	5	32	2
	49	160	18	41	.256	5	12	2
	58	145	8	31	.214	3	6	0
	79	143	7	30	.210	3	20	0
	47	133	21	31	.233	0	8	3
	57	121	9	26	.215	1	11	4
	27	94	6	19	.202	1	10	0
	37	63	8	14	.222	0	2	2
	19	47	4	9	.191	2	3	0
	17	43	1	5	.116	0	1	0
	17	42	7	11	.262	5	9	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
	34	230.2	15	15	3.78	179
	22	152.0	10	9	3.67	83
	24	128.1	4	13	4.56	70
	21	105.2	4	7	3.83	57
	21	100.2	2	7	4.92	52
	12	69.0	3	6	5.48	44
	9	52.1	3	3	4.13	37
	10	48.1	0	3	5.21	14
	2	4.1	0	1	12.46	3

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
	36	68.1	0	5	6.45	45
	18	46.1	3	3	4.47	22

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
	59	6	6	23	3.03	39
	39	2	4	3	4.31	53
	35	0	3	4	3.52	42
	34	0	7	0	3.24	39
	34	2	3	2	3.30	22
	32	3	1	0	2.43	32
	28	0	1	0	3.58	32
	27	1	2	0	5.12	26
	24	2	0	0	2.39	30
	21	0	2	0	4.72	26
	14	1	0	0	6.50	9
	3	0	0	0	13.50	1

Award winners

1993 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

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References

• 1993 San Diego Padres team at Baseball-Reference
• 1993 San Diego Padres at Baseball Almanac

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/stephph01.shtml Phil Stephenson
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/whitewa02.shtml Wally Whitehurst
3. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/brownja03.shtml Jarvis Brown
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gerenbo01.shtml Bob Geren
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/p/plantph01.shtml Phil Plantier
6. Web site: Jim Pena Stats.
7. Web site: Roger Mason Stats.
8. https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/jacksda03.shtml Darrin Jackson
9. Web site: 1993 San Diego Padres Roster by Baseball Almanac.
10. https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hernaje02.shtml Jeremy Hernandez
11. https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/leede02.shtml Derrek Lee
12. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cianfar01.shtml Archi Cianfrocco
13. https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sheffga01.shtml Gary Sheffield
14. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mauseti01.shtml Tim Mauser
15. https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/davisma01.shtml Mark Davis
16. https://www.baseball-reference.com/n/nieveme01.shtml Melvin Nieves
17. https://www.baseball-reference.com/h/hurstbr01.shtml Bruce Hurst
18. Web site: 1993 San Diego Padres Statistics.
19. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007