1978 San Diego Padres season

1978 San Diego Padres
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) Ray Kroc
General manager(s) Bob Fontaine
Manager(s) Roger Craig
Local television XETV
(Jerry Gross, Al Schuff)
Local radio KOGO
(Jerry Coleman, Bob Chandler)
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The 1978 San Diego Padres season was the tenth in franchise history. The team finished in fourth place in the National League West with a record of 84-78, 11 games behind the first-place Los Angeles Dodgers. This was the Padres' first winning season in franchise history.

Offseason

Regular season

The Padres wore this uniform as an alternate jersey in 1978 and features a sleeve patch commemorating the 1978 All-Start Game played in San Diego that summer

In 1978, the Padres achieved their first winning season in team history, finishing 84-78 (.519), 6 games over .500. On June 9, the one-third point of the season, the team stood at 23-31 (.426). The last two-thirds of the season, they went 61-47 (.565), which included a 10-game winning streak from July 25 to August 4. The Padres were also extremely impressive at home that season, going 51-30 (.617).

Notable contributing players:

Gaylord Perry became the 2nd Padre in 3 seasons to win the National League Cy Young Award, leading the league in wins (21) and Winning Pct (.778). Rollie Fingers won the leagues Rolaids Relief Award, leading the league in saves (37). As for position players, OF Dave Winfield lead the team with his best offensive season to date (.308, 24 HR, 97 RBI, 21 SB, 151 OPS+). SS Ozzie Smith finished 2nd in the National League Rookie of the Year voting (40 SB). Along with their notable contributions, all 4 players have been inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame. Along with the 1979 season, this is the only time in franchise history that the Padres had 4 future Hall-of-Famers on their roster.

Season standings

NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 9567 0.586 — 54–27 41–40
Cincinnati Reds 9269 0.571 2½ 49–31 43–38
San Francisco Giants 8973 0.549 6 50–31 39–42
San Diego Padres 8478 0.519 11 50–31 34–47
Houston Astros 7488 0.457 21 50–31 24–57
Atlanta Braves 6993 0.426 26 39–42 30–51

Record vs. opponents

1978 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —5–76–128–105–135–76–68–42–108–1011–75–7
Chicago 7–5—7–56–64–87–1111–74–147–117–54–815–3
Cincinnati 12–65–7—11–79–98–47–57–54–79–912–68–4
Houston 10–86–67–11—7–116–67–56–64–88–106–127–5
Los Angeles 13–58–49–911–7—8–47–57–57–59–911–75–7
Montreal 7–511–74–86–64–8—8–109–97–116–65–79–9
New York 6–67–115–75–75–710–8—6–127–115–73–97–11
Philadelphia 4-814–45–76–65–79–912–6—11–78–46–610–8
Pittsburgh 10–211–77–48–45–711–711–77–11—5–74–89–9
San Diego 10–85–79–910–89–96–67–54–87–5—8–109–3
San Francisco 7–118–46–1212–67–117–59–36–68–410–8—9–3
St. Louis 7–53–154–85–77–59–911–78–109–93–93–9—

Notable transactions

Roster

1978 San Diego Padres
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

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
CRick Sweet8822650.221111
2BFernando González10132080.250229
CFDave Winfield158587181.3082497
RFOscar Gamble126375103.275747

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
Broderick Perkins6221752.240233
George Hendrick3611127.24338
Dave Roberts549721.21617
Barry Evans249024.26704
Mike Champion325312.22604
Bob Davis19408.20002
Tony Castillo581.12501

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
Gaylord Perry37260.22162.73154
Eric Rasmussen27146.112104.0659

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 Shirley501668113.69102
Dave Freisleben1226.2036.0816
Mark Wiley47.2105.871

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 Fingers67613372.5272
Mark Lee565123.2831
John D'Acquisto4543102.13104
Mickey Lolich202111.5613
Dan Spillner171004.5616
Dennis Kinney70106.432
Dave Wehrmeister41006.142
Juan Eichelberger300010.802

Awards and honors

All-Stars

1978 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

Level Team League Manager
AAA Hawaii Islanders Pacific Coast League Dick Phillips
AA Amarillo Gold Sox Texas League Glenn Ezell
A Reno Silver Sox California League Eddie Watt
A-Short Season Walla Walla Padres Northwest League Cliff Ditto

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References

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