The 1977 San Diego Padres season was the ninth season in franchise history. Offseason October 22, 1976: Diego Seguí was purchased from the Padres by the Seattle Mariners.Diego Seguí at Baseball-Reference November 5, 1976: Chuck Hartenstein was purchased from the Padres by the Toronto Blue Jays.Chuck Hartenstein at Baseball-Reference December 14, 1976: Rollie Fingers was signed as a free agent by the Padres.Rollie Fingers at Baseball-Reference December 14, 1976: Gene Tenace was signed as a free agent by the Padres.Gene Tenace at Baseball-Reference January 25, 1977: Mike Allen (minors) was traded by the Padres to the Houston Astros for Paul Siebert.Paul Siebert at Baseball-Reference

Regular season

Opening Day starters +Opening Day Starters # Name Position29 Gene Richards LF10 Mike Champion 2B31 Dave Winfield RF25 George Hendrick CF18 Gene Tenace C15 Mike Ivie 1B12 Doug Rader 3B6 Bill Almon SS35 Randy Jones P 1977 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions May 17, 1977: Butch Metzger was traded by the Padres to the St. Louis Cardinals for John D'Acquisto and Pat Scanlon.Pat Scanlon at Baseball-Reference June 7, 1977: 1977 Major League Baseball draft Barry Evans was drafted by the Padres in the 2nd round.Barry Evans at Baseball-Reference Ozzie Smith was drafted by the Padres in the 4th round.Ozzie Smith at Baseball-Reference June 15, 1977: Bobby Valentine and Paul Siebert were traded by the Padres to the New York Mets for Dave Kingman. September 29, 1977: Rick Sawyer was selected off waivers from the Padres by the Montreal Expos.Rick Sawyer at Baseball-Reference

Roster 1977 San Diego Padres Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches

Player stats = Indicates team leader 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 C 147 437 102 .233 15 61 1B 134 489 133 .272 9 66 2B 150 507 116 .229 1 43 SS 155 613 160 .261 2 43 3B Tucker Ashford 81 249 54 .217 3 24 LF Gene Richards 146 525 152 .290 5 32 CF 152 541 168 .311 23 81 RF 157 615 169 .275 25 92

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 Jerry Turner 118 289 71 .246 10 48 Dave Roberts 82 186 41 .220 1 23 52 170 46 .271 5 27 56 168 40 .238 11 39 Merv Rettenmund 107 126 36 .286 4 17 Gary Sutherland 80 103 25 .243 1 11 Bob Davis 48 94 17 .181 1 10 47 79 15 .190 1 11 44 67 12 .179 1 10 8 3 0 .000 0 0 Enzo Hernández 7 3 0 .000 0 0 Brian Greer 1 1 0 .000 0 0

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 Bob Shirley 39 214.0 12 18 3.70 146 Bob Owchinko 30 170.0 9 12 4.45 101 27 147.1 6 12 4.58 44

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 38 151.1 6 9 4.46 79 Dave Freisleben 33 138.2 7 9 4.61 72 56 111.0 7 6 5.84 45 30 69.2 1 3 6.07 32 17 44.0 1 2 6.95 45 Brent Strom 8 16.2 0 2 12.42 8

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 78 8 9 35 2.99 113 Dan Spillner 76 7 6 6 3.73 74 Dave Tomlin 76 4 4 3 3.01 55 Butch Metzger 17 0 0 0 5.56 6 15 1 1 0 5.31 6 4 0 0 0 2.45 1

Award winners

1977 Major League Baseball All-Star Game Dave Winfield

Farm system

Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

External links 1977 San Diego Padres team at Baseball-Reference 1977 San Diego Padres team page at Baseball Almanac