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1978 San Diego Padres Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1977 / 1979)
84-78, Finished 4th in NL West
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Scored 591 runs, Allowed 598 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 80-82
Manager: Roger Craig (84-78)
Ballpark: Jack Murphy Stadium (ballparks.com)
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 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF PH PR
Bill Almon 25 R R 6' 3" 190 Nov 21, 1952 5 138 109 138 126 0 0 0 7 114 15 0 0 0 0 5 15
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Juan Eichelberger 24 R R 6' 3" 205 Oct 21, 1953 1st 3 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Barry Evans 21 R R 6' 1" 180 Nov 30, 1956 1st 24 23 24 24 0 0 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Rollie Fingers HOF 31 R R 6' 4" 195 Aug 25, 1946 11 67 0 67 67 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 All-Star
Dave Freisleben 26 R R 5' 11" 200 Oct 31, 1951 5 12 4 12 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oscar Gamble 28 L R 5' 11" 165 Dec 20, 1949 10 126 106 126 107 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 0 71 107 19 1
Fernando Gonzalez 28 R R 5' 10" 170 Jun 19, 1950 5 101 86 101 94 0 0 0 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 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
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
Dennis Kinney 26 L L 6' 1" 190 Feb 26, 1952 1st 7 0 7 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
Mickey Lolich 37 B L 6' 0" 210 Sep 12, 1940 15 20 2 20 20 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Mura 23 R R 6' 2" 190 Feb 12, 1955 1st 5 2 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bob Owchinko 23 L L 6' 2" 195 Jan 1, 1955 3 36 33 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
Gaylord Perry HOF 39 R R 6' 4" 215 Sep 15, 1938 17 37 37 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
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
Gene Richards 24 L L 6' 0" 175 Sep 29, 1953 2 154 136 154 144 0 0 26 0 0 0 115 26 0 125 11 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
Bob Shirley 24 R L 5' 11" 185 Jun 25, 1954 2 50 20 50 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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
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
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
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
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 78 7 8
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 58 52 0
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
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
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
Dave Winfield HOF 26 R R 6' 6" 220 Oct 3, 1951 6 158 152 158 155 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 82 113 154 5 1 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

1977 / 1979 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played