1979 San Diego Padres season

March 2026 November 2013 San Diego Padres 1979 National League West San Diego Stadium San Diego, California 68 93 y 5th Ray Kroc Bob Fontaine Roger Craig XETV 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.Oscar Gamble page at Baseball Reference March 1, 1979: Fred Kuhaulua was signed as a free agent by the Padres.Fred Kuhaulua page at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents SD Opening Day lineup 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.Bob Geren page at Baseball Reference June 15, 1979: Dave Wehrmeister was traded by the Padres to the Yankees for Jay Johnstone.Yanks fall, 9-5 Roster 1979 San Diego Padres Roster Pitchers 16 John D'Acquisto 33 Juan Eichelberger 34 Rollie Fingers 35 Randy Jones 48 Dennis Kinney 42 Mark Lee 29 Mickey Lolich 27 Steve Mura 44 Bob Owchinko 36 Gaylord Perry 41 Eric Rasmussen 32 Bob Shirley 49 Tom Tellmann Catchers  3 Bill Fahey  5 Fred Kendall 18 Gene Tenace Infielders  6 Bill Almon  7 Kurt Bevacqua 24 Dan Briggs  4 Paul Dade  8 Barry Evans 30 Tim Flannery 13 Fernando González 21 Mike Hargrove 15 Broderick Perkins 40 Sam Perlozzo  1 Ozzie Smith 28 Bobby Tolan Outfielders  9 Brian Greer 21 Jay Johnstone 26 Don Reynolds 17 Gene Richards 20 Jerry Turner 25 Jim Wilhelm 31 Dave Winfield Manager 38 Roger Craig Coaches 23 Chuck Estrada (Pitching) 22 Billy Herman (Hitting)  4 Doug Rader (assistant coach) 19 Whitey Wietelmann (assistant coach) 28 Don Williams (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 Gene Tenace 151 463 122 .263 20 67 1B Dan Briggs Dan Briggs (baseball) 104 227 47 .207 8 30 2B Fernando González Fernando González (baseball) 114 323 70 .217 9 34 SS Ozzie Smith 156 587 124 .211 0 27 3B Paul Dade 76 283 78 .276 1 19 LF Jerry Turner Jerry Turner (baseball) 138 448 111 .248 9 61 CF Gene Richards Gene Richards (baseball) 150 545 152 .279 4 41 RF Dave Winfield 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 Kurt Bevacqua 114 297 75 .253 1 34 Bill Fahey 73 209 60 .287 3 19 Jay Johnstone 75 201 59 .294 0 32 Bill Almon 100 198 45 .227 1 8 Barry Evans Barry Evans (baseball) 56 162 35 .216 1 14 Mike Hargrove 52 125 24 .192 0 8 Jim Wilhelm 39 103 25 .243 0 8 Fred Kendall 46 102 17 .167 1 6 Broderick Perkins 57 87 23 .264 0 8 Tim Flannery Tim Flannery (baseball) 22 65 10 .154 0 4 Don Reynolds 30 45 10 .222 0 6 Bobby Tolan 22 21 4 .190 0 2 Brian Greer 4 3 0 .000 0 0 Sam Perlozzo 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 Randy Jones Randy Jones (baseball) 39 263.0 11 12 3.63 112 Gaylord Perry Gaylord Perry 32 232.2 12 11 3.06 140 Juan Eichelberger 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 Bob Shirley 49 205.0 8 16 3.38 117 Eric Rasmussen baseball 45 156.2 6 9 3.27 54 Bob Owchinko 42 149.1 6 12 3.74 66 John D'Acquisto 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 Rollie Fingers 54 9 9 13 4.52 65 Mark Lee Mark Lee (right-handed pitcher) 46 2 4 5 4.29 25 Steve Mura 38 4 4 2 3.08 59 Mickey Lolich 27 0 2 0 4.74 20 Dennis Kinney 13 0 0 0 3.50 11 Tom Tellmann 1 0 0 0 16.88 1 Awards and honors 1979 Major League Baseball All-Star Game Farm system Minor League Baseball AAA Hawaii Islanders Pacific Coast League Dick Phillips AA Amarillo Gold Sox Texas League Glenn Ezell and Rusty Gerhardt A Reno Silver Sox California League Eddie Watt A-Short Season Walla Walla Padres Northwest League Curt DanielsJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 References 2 External links 1979 San Diego Padres team page at Baseball Reference 1979 San Diego Padres team page at Baseball Almanac Category:San Diego Padres seasons Category:1970s in San Diego San Diego Padres season San Diego Padres