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1978 San Diego Padres

Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977 / 1979

84-78, Finished 4th in NL West (Schedule and Results)
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Manager: Roger Craig (84-78)
Scored 591 runs, Allowed 598 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 80-82

Ballparks: San Diego Stadium · Attendance: 1,670,107 (5th of 12)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year:
Batting - 91, Pitching - 92 · one-year: Batting - 92, Pitching - 92

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1977 / 1979 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers

Team Roster & Games By Position

Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary
Bill Almon 25 R R 6' 3" 180 Nov 21, 1952 5 138 109 138 126 0 0 0 7 114 15 0 0 0 0 5 15 -0.2 $
Tucker Ashford 23 R R 6' 1" 195 Dec 4, 1954 3 75 35 75 59 0 0 14 18 32 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 -0.8 $
Chuck Baker 25 R R 5' 11" 180 Dec 6, 1952 1st 44 13 44 36 0 0 0 24 0 12 0 0 0 0 9 4 -0.1 $
Jim Beswick 20 B R 6' 1" 180 Feb 12, 1958 1st 17 2 17 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 6 7 5 -0.4 $
Tony Castillo 21 R R 6' 4" 190 Jun 14, 1957 1st 5 3 5 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 $
Mike Champion 23 R R 6' 0" 185 Feb 10, 1955 3 32 12 32 23 0 0 0 20 4 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 -0.1 $
John D'Acquisto 26 R R 6' 2" 205 Dec 24, 1951 6 45 3 45 45 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 $
Bob Davis 26 R R 6' 0" 180 Mar 1, 1952 5 19 10 19 16 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 -0.6 $
Juan Eichelberger 24 R R 6' 2" 195 Oct 21, 1953 1st 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Barry Evans 22 R R 6' 1" 180 Nov 30, 1955 1st 24 23 24 24 0 0 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Rollie Fingers HOF 31 R R 6' 4" 190 Aug 25, 1946 11 67 0 67 67 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 $266,667 All-Star
Dave Freisleben 26 R R 5' 11" 195 Oct 31, 1951 5 12 4 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.2 $
Oscar Gamble 28 L R 5' 11" 160 Dec 20, 1949 10 126 106 126 107 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 0 71 110 19 1 2.1 $475,000
Fernando Gonzalez 28 R R 5' 10" 165 Jun 19, 1950 5 101 86 101 94 0 0 0 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0.0 $
George Hendrick 28 R R 6' 3" 195 Oct 18, 1949 8 36 28 36 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 26 6 33 5 0 -0.3 $
Randy Jones 28 R L 6' 0" 178 Jan 12, 1950 6 38 36 38 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.5 $135,000
Dennis Kinney 26 L L 6' 1" 175 Feb 26, 1952 1st 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Mark Lee 25 R R 6' 4" 225 Jun 14, 1953 1st 56 0 56 56 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 $
Mickey Lolich 37 B L 6' 1" 170 Sep 12, 1940 15 20 2 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.8 $
Steve Mura 23 R R 6' 2" 188 Feb 12, 1955 1st 5 2 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 $
Bob Owchinko 23 L L 6' 2" 190 Jan 1, 1955 3 36 33 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 $
Broderick Perkins 23 L L 5' 10" 180 Nov 23, 1954 1st 62 52 62 59 0 0 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 -0.4 $
Gaylord Perry HOF 39 R R 6' 4" 205 Sep 15, 1938 17 37 37 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.8 $
Eric Rasmussen 26 R R 6' 3" 205 Mar 22, 1952 4 27 24 27 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 $
Don Reynolds 25 R R 5' 8" 178 Apr 16, 1953 1st 57 15 57 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 3 25 38 2 -0.2 $
Gene Richards 24 L L 6' 0" 175 Sep 29, 1953 2 154 136 154 144 0 0 26 0 0 0 115 26 0 141 11 5 3.5 $
Dave Roberts 27 R R 6' 3" 215 Feb 17, 1951 6 54 31 54 50 0 41 8 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 4 4 0.0 $
Bob Shirley 24 R L 5' 11" 180 Jun 25, 1954 2 50 20 50 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 $50,000
Ozzie Smith HOF 23 B R 5' 11" 150 Dec 26, 1954 1st 159 154 159 159 0 0 0 0 0 159 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.3 $
Dan Spillner 26 R R 6' 1" 190 Nov 27, 1951 5 17 0 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Rick Sweet 25 B R 6' 1" 200 Sep 7, 1952 1st 88 63 88 76 0 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0.3 $
Gene Tenace 31 R R 6' 0" 190 Oct 10, 1946 10 142 123 142 136 0 71 81 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 0 5.4 $310,000
Derrel Thomas 27 B R 6' 0" 160 Jan 14, 1951 8 128 92 128 121 0 0 14 39 26 0 10 69 1 80 7 8 0.6 $
Jerry Turner 24 L L 5' 9" 180 Jan 17, 1954 5 106 46 106 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 17 23 68 52 0 0.4 $
Dave Wehrmeister 25 R R 6' 4" 195 Nov 9, 1952 3 4 0 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.2 $
Mark Wiley 30 R R 6' 1" 200 Feb 28, 1948 2 4 1 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.3 $
Jim Wilhelm 25 R R 6' 3" 190 Sep 20, 1952 1st 10 5 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 0 10 0 1 0.1 $
Dave Winfield HOF 26 R R 6' 6" 220 Oct 3, 1951 6 158 152 158 155 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 82 113 196 5 1 5.0 $ All-Star
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR WAR Salary

Ozzie Smith

Rick Sweet

Dave Roberts

Bill Almon

Bob Davis

Barry Evans

Gene Richards

Mike Champion

Chuck Baker

Tucker Ashford

Fernando Gonzalez

Jim Beswick
Dave Freisleben

Broderick Perkins

John D'Acquisto

Oscar Gamble

Gene Tenace

Gene Richards

Jerry Turner

Chuck Baker

Dave Wehrmeister

George Hendrick
Jim Wilhelm

Don Reynolds

Tony Castillo
Mark Wiley

Mickey Lolich

Derrel Thomas

Dave Winfield

Bob Shirley

Juan Eichelberger

Rollie Fingers

Randy Jones

Gaylord Perry

Eric Rasmussen

Mark Lee

Bob Owchinko

Rick Sweet

Bob Shirley

Dennis Kinney
Dan Spillner

Steve Mura

1977 / 1979 Payroll, Roster, Uniform Numbers