1979_San_Diego_Padres_season

1979 San Diego Padres
1979 San Diego Padres
League	National League
Division	West
Ballpark	San Diego Stadium
City	San Diego, California
Record	68–93 (.422)
Divisional place	5th
Owners	Ray Kroc
General managers	Bob Fontaine
Managers	Roger Craig
Television	XETV
Radio	KFMB; (Jerry Coleman, Dave Campbell)

1979 San Diego Padres season

Major League Baseball team season

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

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v t e NL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Cincinnati Reds	90	71	0.559	—	48–32	42–39
Houston Astros	89	73	0.549	1½	52–29	37–44
Los Angeles Dodgers	79	83	0.488	11½	46–35	33–48
San Francisco Giants	71	91	0.438	19½	38–43	33–48
San Diego Padres	68	93	0.422	22	39–42	29–51
Atlanta Braves	66	94	0.412	23½	34–45	32–49

1979 National League record v t e Sources:
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	4–8	6–12	7–11	12–6	1–9	4–8	7–5	4–8	6–12	11–7	4–8
Chicago	8–4	—	7–5	6–6	5–7	6–12	8–10	9–9	6–12	9–3	8–4	8–10
Cincinnati	12–6	5–7	—	8–10	11–7	6–6	8–4	8–4	8–4	10–7	6–12	8–4
Houston	11–7	6–6	10–8	—	10–8	7–5	9–3	5–7	4–8	14–4	7–11	6–6
Los Angeles	6–12	7–5	7–11	8–10	—	6–6	9–3	3–9	4–8	9–9	14–4	6–6
Montreal	9–1	12–6	6–6	5–7	6–6	—	15–3	11–7	7–11	7–5	7–5	10–8
New York	8–4	10–8	4–8	3–9	3–9	3–15	—	5–13	8–10–1	4–8	8–4	7–11
Philadelphia	5-7	9–9	4–8	7–5	9–3	7–11	13–5	—	8–10	9–3	6–6	7–11–1
Pittsburgh	8–4	12–6	4–8	8–4	8–4	11–7	10–8–1	10–8	—	7–5	9–3	11–7
San Diego	12–6	3–9	7–10	4–14	9–9	5–7	8–4	3–9	5–7	—	8–10	4–8
San Francisco	7–11	4–8	12–6	11–7	4–14	5–7	4–8	6–6	3–9	10–8	—	5–7
St. Louis	8–4	10–8	4–8	6–6	6–6	8–10	11–7	11–7–1	7–11	8–4	7–5	—

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Gene Tenace	151	463	122	.263	20	67
1B	Dan Briggs	104	227	47	.207	8	30
2B	Fernando González	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	Jerry Turner	138	448	111	.248	9	61
CF	Gene Richards	150	545	152	.279	4	41
RF	Dave Winfield	159	597	184	.308	34	118

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Kurt Bevacqua	114	297	75	.253	1	34
Bill Fahey	73	209	60	.287	3	19
Jay Johnstone	75	201	59	.294	0	32
Bill Almon	100	198	45	.227	1	8
Barry Evans	56	162	35	.216	1	14
Mike Hargrove	52	125	24	.192	0	8
Jim Wilhelm	39	103	25	.243	0	8
Fred Kendall	46	102	17	.167	1	6
Broderick Perkins	57	87	23	.264	0	8
Tim Flannery	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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Randy Jones	39	263.0	11	12	3.63	112
Gaylord Perry	32	232.2	12	11	3.06	140
Juan Eichelberger	3	21.0	1	1	3.43	12

1979 San Diego Padres season

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Bob Shirley	49	205.0	8	16	3.38	117
Eric Rasmussen	45	156.2	6	9	3.27	54
Bob Owchinko	42	149.1	6	12	3.74	66
John D'Acquisto	51	133.2	9	13	4.92	137

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Rollie Fingers	54	9	9	13	4.52	65
Mark Lee	46	2	4	5	4.29	25
Steve Mura	38	4	4	2	3.08	59
Mickey Lolich	27	0	2	0	4.74	20
Dennis Kinney	13	0	0	0	3.50	11
Tom Tellmann	1	0	0	0	16.88	1

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