The 1979 San Diego Padres season was the 11th season in franchise history. Offseason October 25, 1978: Oscar Gamble, Dave Roberts and $300,000 were traded by the Padres to the Texas Rangers for Mike Hargrove, Kurt Bevacqua, and Bill Fahey.Oscar Gamble page at Baseball Reference March 1, 1979: Fred Kuhaulua was signed as a free agent by the Padres.Fred Kuhaulua page at Baseball Reference
Regular season
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Opening Day lineup
Notable transactions June 5, 1979: Bob Geren was drafted by the Padres in the 1st round (24th pick) of the 1979 Major League Baseball draft.Bob Geren page at Baseball Reference June 15, 1979: Dave Wehrmeister was traded by the Padres to the Yankees for Jay Johnstone.Yanks fall, 9-5
Roster 1979 San Diego Padres Roster Pitchers Catchers
Infielders Outfielders Manager
Coaches (Pitching) (Hitting) (assistant coach) (assistant coach) (assistant coach)
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 C Gene Tenace 151 463 122 .263 20 67 1B 104 227 47 .207 8 30 2B 114 323 70 .217 9 34 SS Ozzie Smith 156 587 124 .211 0 27 3B Paul Dade 76 283 78 .276 1 19 LF 138 448 111 .248 9 61 CF 150 545 152 .279 4 41 RF 159 597 184 .308 34 118
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 114 297 75 .253 1 34 73 209 60 .287 3 19 75 201 59 .294 0 32 Bill Almon 100 198 45 .227 1 8 56 162 35 .216 1 14 52 125 24 .192 0 8 Jim Wilhelm 39 103 25 .243 0 8 Fred Kendall 46 102 17 .167 1 6 57 87 23 .264 0 8 22 65 10 .154 0 4 Don Reynolds 30 45 10 .222 0 6 Bobby Tolan 22 21 4 .190 0 2 Brian Greer 4 3 0 .000 0 0 Sam Perlozzo 2 2 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 39 263.0 11 12 3.63 112 32 232.2 12 11 3.06 140 3 21.0 1 1 3.43 12
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 Shirley 49 205.0 8 16 3.38 117 45 156.2 6 9 3.27 54 Bob Owchinko 42 149.1 6 12 3.74 66 51 133.2 9 13 4.92 137
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 54 9 9 13 4.52 65 46 2 4 5 4.29 25 Steve Mura 38 4 4 2 3.08 59 27 0 2 0 4.74 20 13 0 0 0 3.50 11 Tom Tellmann 1 0 0 0 16.88 1
Awards and honors 1979 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
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 1979 San Diego Padres team page at Baseball Reference 1979 San Diego Padres team page at Baseball Almanac