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1979 San Diego Padres

1979 > Class Major League > 1979 National League (West)
Overall: 68-93
Scored 603 runs, Allowed 681 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 72-89

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Roger Craig
Represented: San Diego, CA
Ballpark: San Diego Stadium (San Diego, CA)
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1978 / 1980

Team Batting

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1 Bill Almon 26 100 226 198 20 45 3 0 1 8 6 5 21 48 .227 .299 .258 .556 51 1 0 5 2 7
2 Kurt Bevacqua 32 114 346 297 23 75 12 4 1 34 2 5 38 25 .253 .331 .330 .661 98 13 0 5 6 2
3 Dan Briggs* 26 104 254 227 34 47 4 3 8 30 2 1 18 45 .207 .277 .357 .634 81 3 5 1 3 5
4 John D'Acquisto 27 51 38 31 0 4 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 21 .129 .229 .194 .422 6 0 2 3 0 0
5 Paul Dade 27 76 309 283 38 78 19 2 1 19 13 5 14 48 .276 .311 .367 .679 104 6 2 7 3 0
6 Juan Eichelberger 25 3 7 5 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .400 .500 .600 1.100 3 0 0 1 0 0
7 Barry Evans 23 56 174 162 9 35 5 0 1 14 0 2 5 16 .216 .237 .265 .502 43 2 0 5 2 0
8 Bill Fahey* 29 73 236 209 14 60 8 1 3 19 1 1 21 17 .287 .348 .378 .726 79 4 0 3 3 5
9 Rollie Fingers 32 54 13 12 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .083 .083 .083 .167 1 0 0 1 0 0
10 Tim Flannery* 21 22 73 65 2 10 0 1 0 4 0 0 4 5 .154 .222 .185 .407 12 3 2 1 1 1
11 Fernando Gonzalez 29 114 341 323 22 70 13 3 9 34 0 0 18 34 .217 .258 .359 .617 116 8 0 0 0 11
12 Brian Greer 20 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Mike Hargrove* 29 52 151 125 15 24 5 0 0 8 0 2 25 15 .192 .325 .232 .557 29 1 0 0 1 3
14 Jay Johnstone* 33 75 225 201 10 59 8 2 0 32 1 3 18 21 .294 .348 .353 .702 71 6 0 4 2 3
15 Randy Jones 29 41 94 86 8 15 2 0 0 5 1 0 0 29 .174 .172 .198 .370 17 0 0 7 1 0
16 Fred Kendall 30 46 114 102 8 17 2 0 1 6 0 0 11 7 .167 .248 .216 .463 22 4 0 1 0 2
17 Dennis Kinney* 27 13 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Mark Lee 26 46 7 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 2 0 0 1 0 0
19 Mickey Lolich# 38 27 8 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .143 .000 .143 0 0 0 1 0 0
20 Steve Mura 24 38 13 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 3 0 0
21 Bob Owchinko* 24 42 43 33 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 14 .121 .194 .121 .316 4 0 0 7 0 0
22 Broderick Perkins* 24 57 97 87 8 23 0 0 0 8 0 0 8 12 .264 .323 .264 .587 23 3 0 1 1 2
23 Sam Perlozzo 28 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Gaylord Perry 40 32 84 71 2 6 2 0 1 2 0 0 2 19 .085 .110 .155 .265 11 2 0 11 0 0
25 Eric Rasmussen 27 46 45 36 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 .056 .128 .056 .184 2 0 0 6 0 0
26 Don Reynolds 26 30 53 45 6 10 1 2 0 6 0 1 7 6 .222 .321 .333 .654 15 3 0 0 1 1
27 Gene Richards* 25 150 606 545 77 152 17 9 4 41 24 8 47 62 .279 .343 .365 .708 199 7 8 3 3 6
28 Bob Shirley 25 49 63 55 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 17 .091 .138 .109 .247 6 1 0 5 0 0
29 Ozzie Smith# 24 156 649 587 77 124 18 6 0 27 28 7 37 37 .211 .260 .262 .522 154 11 2 22 1 5
30 Tom Tellmann 25 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 Gene Tenace 32 151 582 463 61 122 16 4 20 67 2 6 105 106 .263 .403 .445 .848 206 7 7 1 6 4
32 Bobby Tolan* 33 22 25 21 2 4 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 .190 .190 .286 .476 6 2 0 4 0 0
33 Jerry Turner* 25 138 490 448 55 111 23 2 9 61 4 2 34 58 .248 .301 .368 .670 165 8 2 2 4 0
34 Jim Wilhelm 26 39 108 103 8 25 4 3 0 8 1 1 2 12 .243 .255 .340 .595 35 0 0 2 1 0
35 Dave Winfield 27 159 686 597 97 184 27 10 34 118 15 9 85 71 .308 .395 .558 .953 333 9 2 0 2 24
35 Players 27.4 161 6168 5446 603 1316 193 53 93 559 100 58 534 770 .242 .311 .348 .659 1894 104 32 113 43 81
Only players for whom we have stats are shown. See roster for more complete team list.

Team Pitching

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer
Rk Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1 John D'Acquisto 27 9 13 .409 4.92 51 11 19 1 1 2 133.2 140 83 73 15 86 6 97 3 0 5 610 1.691 9.4 1.0 5.8 6.5 1.13
2 Juan Eichelberger 25 1 1 .500 3.43 3 3 0 1 0 0 21.0 15 10 8 1 11 1 12 0 2 1 83 1.238 6.4 0.4 4.7 5.1 1.09
3 Rollie Fingers 32 9 9 .500 4.52 54 0 41 0 0 13 83.2 91 47 42 7 37 8 65 1 2 2 372 1.530 9.8 0.8 4.0 7.0 1.76
4 Randy Jones* 29 11 12 .478 3.63 39 39 0 6 0 0 263.0 257 120 106 17 64 10 112 3 0 2 1088 1.221 8.8 0.6 2.2 3.8 1.75
5 Dennis Kinney* 27 0 0 3.50 13 0 4 0 0 0 18.0 17 8 7 2 8 3 11 1 0 0 78 1.389 8.5 1.0 4.0 5.5 1.38
6 Mark Lee 26 2 4 .333 4.29 46 1 18 0 0 5 65.0 88 34 31 3 25 5 25 2 0 1 302 1.738 12.2 0.4 3.5 3.5 1.00
7 Mickey Lolich* 38 0 2 .000 4.74 27 5 7 0 0 0 49.1 59 33 26 4 22 3 20 0 0 2 223 1.642 10.8 0.7 4.0 3.6 0.91
8 Steve Mura 24 4 4 .500 3.08 38 5 12 0 0 2 73.0 57 30 25 6 37 2 59 1 1 1 309 1.288 7.0 0.7 4.6 7.3 1.59
9 Bob Owchinko* 24 6 12 .333 3.74 42 20 7 2 0 0 149.1 144 73 62 16 55 6 66 2 0 3 631 1.333 8.7 1.0 3.3 4.0 1.20
10 Gaylord Perry 40 12 11 .522 3.06 32 32 0 10 0 0 232.2 225 90 79 12 67 10 140 4 0 6 963 1.255 8.7 0.5 2.6 5.4 2.09
11 Eric Rasmussen 27 6 9 .400 3.27 45 20 11 5 3 3 156.2 142 59 57 9 42 6 54 0 4 0 643 1.174 8.2 0.5 2.4 3.1 1.29
12 Bob Shirley* 25 8 16 .333 3.38 49 25 13 4 1 0 205.0 196 89 77 15 59 8 117 6 0 0 843 1.244 8.6 0.7 2.6 5.1 1.98
13 Tom Tellmann 25 0 0 16.88 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 7 5 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 2.625 23.6 3.4 0.0 3.4
13 Players 28.8 68 93 .422 3.69 161 161 132 29 7 25 1453.0 1438 681 596 108 513 68 779 23 9 23 6160 1.343 8.9 0.7 3.2 4.8 1.52

Team Fielding--By Pos

Bold indicates they played in the majors or are a HOFer

C

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO
Gene Tenace 94 413 51 1 10 .998 4.94 8 42 38 48%
Bill Fahey 68 277 33 2 5 .994 4.56 3 41 23 36%
Fred Kendall 40 154 18 4 3 .977 4.30 1 24 15 38%

1B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Gene Tenace 72 582 32 7 55 .989 8.53
Dan Briggs 50 326 28 5 20 .986 7.08
Mike Hargrove 37 323 17 5 24 .986 9.19
Broderick Perkins 28 155 10 3 16 .982 5.89
Jay Johnstone 22 125 14 3 10 .979 6.32
Kurt Bevacqua 8 38 4 1 4 .977 5.25
Bobby Tolan 5 10 2 0 2 1.000 2.40
Fred Kendall 2 8 1 0 0 1.000 4.50

2B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Fernando Gonzalez 103 217 225 11 52 .976 4.29
Bill Almon 61 116 150 4 37 .985 4.36
Tim Flannery 21 45 60 1 16 .991 5.00
Kurt Bevacqua 16 27 32 2 4 .967 3.69
Sam Perlozzo 2 1 0 1 0 .500 0.50
Barry Evans 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00

3B

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Paul Dade 70 44 162 11 12 .949 2.94
Kurt Bevacqua 64 45 120 8 13 .954 2.58
Barry Evans 53 30 108 7 12 .952 2.60
Fernando Gonzalez 3 1 1 0 0 1.000 0.67

SS

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Ozzie Smith 155 256 555 20 86 .976 5.23
Bill Almon 25 26 43 3 11 .958 2.76
Barry Evans 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.50

LF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Jerry Turner 114 0.00
Jay Johnstone 35 0.00
Dan Briggs 25 0.00
Gene Richards 20 0.00
Kurt Bevacqua 8 0.00
Don Reynolds 7 0.00
Jim Wilhelm 4 0.00
Paul Dade 1 0.00

CF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Gene Richards 102 0.00
Jim Wilhelm 25 0.00
Dan Briggs 16 0.00
Jay Johnstone 7 0.00
Don Reynolds 5 0.00
Brian Greer 4 0.00
Paul Dade 3 0.00
Bill Almon 1 0.00

RF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Dave Winfield 157 0.00
Gene Richards 10 0.00
Jay Johnstone 4 0.00
Dan Briggs 3 0.00
Don Reynolds 2 0.00
Jerry Turner 2 0.00
Bobby Tolan 1 0.00
Jim Wilhelm 1 0.00

OF

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Dave Winfield 157 344 14 5 3 .986 2.28
Gene Richards 132 320 7 9 2 .973 2.48
Jerry Turner 115 197 7 9 2 .958 1.77
Jay Johnstone 45 60 4 1 0 .985 1.42
Dan Briggs 44 67 3 2 1 .972 1.59
Jim Wilhelm 30 61 4 1 0 .985 2.17
Don Reynolds 14 17 2 1 1 .950 1.36
Kurt Bevacqua 8 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.63
Paul Dade 4 3 1 0 0 1.000 1.00
Brian Greer 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.00
Bill Almon 1 0 0 0 0 0.00
Bobby Tolan 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

P

G CG PO A E DP Fld% RF/G lgCS% PO
Rollie Fingers 54 3 9 1 0 .923 0.22
John D'Acquisto 51 3 9 1 0 .923 0.24
Bob Shirley 49 13 30 1 1 .977 0.88
Mark Lee 46 3 14 1 1 .944 0.37
Eric Rasmussen 45 6 24 1 1 .968 0.67
Bob Owchinko 42 2 24 2 2 .929 0.62
Randy Jones 39 15 60 3 2 .962 1.92
Steve Mura 38 5 8 1 0 .929 0.34
Gaylord Perry 32 11 41 2 2 .963 1.63
Mickey Lolich 27 0 9 0 0 1.000 0.33
Dennis Kinney 13 0 2 1 0 .667 0.15
Juan Eichelberger 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.67
Tom Tellmann 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Bill Almon 26 R R 6' 3.0" 180 Nov 21, 1952 Providence, RI, US 1979-04-05 1979-09-30
Kurt Bevacqua 32 R R 6' 0.0" 180 Jan 23, 1947 Miami Beach, FL, US 1979-04-05 1979-09-30
Dan Briggs 26 L L 6' 0.0" 180 Nov 18, 1952 Scotia, CA, US 1979-04-06 1979-09-29
John D'Acquisto 27 R R 6' 2.0" 205 Dec 24, 1951 San Diego, CA, US 1979-04-07 1979-09-22
Paul Dade 27 R R 6' 1.0" 185 Dec 7, 1951 Seattle, WA, US 1979-06-16 1979-09-23
Juan Eichelberger 25 R R 6' 2.0" 195 Oct 21, 1953 St. Louis, MO, US 1979-09-15 1979-09-29
Barry Evans 23 R R 6' 1.0" 180 Nov 30, 1955 Atlanta, GA, US 1979-04-05 1979-06-14
Bill Fahey 29 L R 6' 0.0" 200 Jun 14, 1950 Detroit, MI, US 1979-04-05 1979-09-30
Rollie Fingers 32 R R 6' 4.0" 190 Aug 25, 1946 Steubenville, OH, US 1979-04-05 1979-08-25
Tim Flannery 21 L R 5' 11.0" 175 Sep 29, 1957 Tulsa, OK, US 1979-09-03 1979-09-29
Fernando Gonzalez 29 R R 5' 10.0" 165 Jun 19, 1950 Arecibo, PR 1979-04-05 1979-09-23
Brian Greer 20 R R 6' 3.0" 210 May 14, 1959 Lynwood, CA, US 1979-09-04 1979-09-20
Mike Hargrove 29 L L 6' 0.0" 195 Oct 26, 1949 Perryton, TX, US 1979-04-05 1979-06-10
Jay Johnstone 33 L R 6' 1.0" 175 Nov 20, 1945 Manchester, CT, US 1979-06-18 1979-09-26
Randy Jones 29 R L 6' 0.0" 178 Jan 12, 1950 Fullerton, CA, US 1979-04-06 1979-09-26
Fred Kendall 30 R R 6' 1.0" 185 Jan 31, 1949 Torrance, CA, US 1979-04-06 1979-09-30
Dennis Kinney 27 L L 6' 1.0" 175 Feb 26, 1952 Toledo, OH, US 1979-05-06 1979-06-24
Mark Lee 26 R R 6' 4.0" 225 Jun 14, 1953 Inglewood, CA, US 1979-04-06 1979-09-30
Mickey Lolich 38 S L 6' 1.0" 170 Sep 12, 1940 Portland, OR, US 1979-04-08 1979-09-23
Steve Mura 24 R R 6' 2.0" 188 Feb 12, 1955 New Orleans, LA, US 1979-04-06 1979-09-30
Bob Owchinko 24 L L 6' 2.0" 190 Jan 1, 1955 Detroit, MI, US 1979-04-08 1979-09-30
Broderick Perkins 24 L L 5' 10.0" 180 Nov 23, 1954 Pittsburg, CA, US 1979-04-05 1979-09-28
Sam Perlozzo 28 R R 5' 9.0" 170 Mar 4, 1951 Cumberland, MD, US 1979-09-12 1979-09-13
Gaylord Perry 40 R R 6' 4.0" 205 Sep 15, 1938 Williamston, NC, US 1979-04-05 1979-09-03
Eric Rasmussen 27 R R 6' 3.0" 205 Mar 22, 1952 Racine, WI, US 1979-04-07 1979-09-28
Don Reynolds 26 R R 5' 8.0" 178 Apr 16, 1953 Arkadelphia, AR, US 1979-04-12 1979-09-30
Gene Richards 25 L L 6' 0.0" 175 Sep 29, 1953 Monticello, SC, US 1979-04-05 1979-09-30
Bob Shirley 25 R L 5' 11.0" 180 Jun 25, 1954 Cushing, OK, US 1979-04-07 1979-09-30
Ozzie Smith 24 S R 5' 11.0" 150 Dec 26, 1954 Mobile, AL, US 1979-04-05 1979-09-30
Tom Tellmann 25 R R 6' 3.0" 195 Mar 29, 1954 Warren, PA, US 1979-06-09 1979-06-09
Gene Tenace 32 R R 6' 0.0" 190 Oct 10, 1946 Russellton, PA, US 1979-04-05 1979-09-30
Bobby Tolan 33 L L 5' 11.0" 170 Nov 19, 1945 Los Angeles, CA, US 1979-07-06 1979-09-19
Jerry Turner 25 L L 5' 9.0" 180 Jan 17, 1954 Texarkana, AR, US 1979-04-05 1979-09-30
Jim Wilhelm 26 R R 6' 3.0" 190 Sep 20, 1952 San Rafael, CA, US 1979-07-06 1979-09-30
Dave Winfield 27 R R 6' 6.0" 220 Oct 3, 1951 St. Paul, MN, US 1979-04-05 1979-09-30

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