1979 San Diego Padres season

The 1979 San Diego Padres season was the 11th season in franchise history.

1979 San Diego Padres
Major League affiliations
Location
  • San Diego Stadium (since 1969)
  • San Diego, California (since 1969)
Other information
Owner(s)Ray Kroc
General manager(s)Bob Fontaine
Manager(s)Roger Craig
Local televisionXETV
Local radioKFMB
(Jerry Coleman, Dave Campbell)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 9071 0.559 — 48–32 42–39
Houston Astros 8973 0.549 1½ 52–29 37–44
Los Angeles Dodgers 7983 0.488 11½ 46–35 33–48
San Francisco Giants 7191 0.438 19½ 38–43 33–48
San Diego Padres 6893 0.422 22 39–42 29–51
Atlanta Braves 6694 0.412 23½ 34–45 32–49

Record vs. opponents
1979 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta—4–86–127–1112–61–94–87–54–86–1211–74–8
Chicago8–4—7–56–65–76–128–109–96–129–38–48–10
Cincinnati12–65–7—8–1011–76–68–48–48–410–76–128–4
Houston11–76–610–8—10–87–59–35–74–814–47–116–6
Los Angeles 6–127–57–118–10—6–69–33–94–89–914–46–6
Montreal9–112–66–65–76–6—15–311–77–117–57–510–8
New York8–410–84–83–93–93–15—5–138–10–14–88–47–11
Philadelphia5-79–94–87–59–37–1113–5—8–109–36–67–11–1
Pittsburgh8–412–64–88–48–411–710–8–110–8—7–59–311–7
San Diego12–63–97–104–149–95–78–43–95–7—8–104–8
San Francisco7–114–812–611–74–145–74–86–63–910–8—5–7
St. Louis8–410–84–86–66–68–1011–711–7–17–118–47–5—

Opening Day lineup

Notable transactions

Roster
1979 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
1BDan Briggs10422747.207830
2BFernando González11432370.217934
LFJerry Turner138448111.248961
CFGene Richards150545152.279441
RFDave Winfield159597184.30834118

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 Bevacqua11429775.253134
Bill Fahey7320960.287319
Jay Johnstone7520159.294032
Barry Evans5616235.216114
Mike Hargrove5212524.19208
Broderick Perkins578723.26408
Tim Flannery226510.15404

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 Jones3926311123.63112
Gaylord Perry32232.212113.06140
Juan Eichelberger321113.4312

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
Eric Rasmussen45156.2693.2754
John D'Acquisto51133.29134.92137

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 Fingers5499134.5265
Mickey Lolich270204.7420
Mark Lee462454.2925
Dennis Kinney130003.5011

Awards and honors

1979 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
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 Daniels

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References
  1. Oscar Gamble page at Baseball Reference
  2. Fred Kuhaulua page at Baseball Reference
  3. Bob Geren page at Baseball Reference
  4. Yanks fall, 9-5
  5. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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