1977 San Diego Padres season

1977 San Diego Padres
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1969)
Western Division (since 1969)
Location
San Diego Stadium (since 1969)
San Diego, California (since 1969)
Other information
Owner(s)	Ray Kroc
General manager(s)	Bob Fontaine
Manager(s)	John McNamara, Alvin Dark
Local television	XETV
Local radio	KOGO (Jerry Coleman, Bob Chandler)
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Offseason

October 22, 1976: Diego Seguí was purchased from the Padres by the Seattle Mariners.^[1]
November 5, 1976: Chuck Hartenstein was purchased from the Padres by the Toronto Blue Jays.^[2]
December 14, 1976: Rollie Fingers was signed as a free agent by the Padres.^[3]
December 14, 1976: Gene Tenace was signed as a free agent by the Padres.^[4]
January 25, 1977: Mike Allen (minors) was traded by the Padres to the Houston Astros for Paul Siebert.^[5]

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Season standings

NL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Los Angeles Dodgers	98	64	0.605	—	51–30	47–34
Cincinnati Reds	88	74	0.543	10	48–33	40–41
Houston Astros	81	81	0.500	17	46–35	35–46
San Francisco Giants	75	87	0.463	23	38–43	37–44
San Diego Padres	69	93	0.426	29	35–46	34–47
Atlanta Braves	61	101	0.377	37	40–41	21–60

Record vs. opponents

1977 National League Records Sources:
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	5–7	4–14	9–9	5–13	6–6	7–5	2–10	3–9	11–7	8–10	1–11
Chicago	7–5	—	7–5	6–6	6–6	10–8	9–9	6–12	7–11	7–5	9–3	7–11
Cincinnati	14–4	5–7	—	5–13	10–8	7–5	10–2	8–4	3–9	11–7	10–8	5–7
Houston	9–9	6–6	13–5	—	9–9	8–4	6–6	4–8	4–8	8–10	9–9	5–7
Los Angeles	13–5	6–6	8–10	9–9	—	7–5	8–4	6–6	9–3	12–6	14–4	6–6
Montreal	6–6	8–10	5–7	4–8	5–7	—	10–8	7–11	7–11	5–7	6–6	12–6
New York	5–7	9–9	2–10	6–6	4–8	8–10	—	5–13	4–14	6–6	7–5	8–10
Philadelphia	10-2	12–6	4–8	8–4	6–6	11–7	13–5	—	8–10	9–3	9–3	11–7
Pittsburgh	9–3	11–7	9–3	8–4	3–9	11–7	14–4	10–8	—	10–2	2–10	9–9
San Diego	7–11	5–7	7–11	10–8	6–12	7–5	6–6	3–9	2–10	—	8–10	8–4
San Francisco	10–8	3–9	8–10	9–9	4–14	6–6	5–7	3–9	10–2	10–8	—	7–5
St. Louis	11–1	11–7	7–5	7–5	6–6	6–12	10–8	7–11	9–9	4–8	5–7	—

Notable transactions

May 17, 1977: Butch Metzger was traded by the Padres to the St. Louis Cardinals for John D'Acquisto and Pat Scanlon.^[6]
June 7, 1977: 1977 Major League Baseball draft
- Barry Evans was drafted by the Padres in the 2nd round.^[7]
- Ozzie Smith was drafted by the Padres in the 4th round.^[8]
June 15, 1977: Bobby Valentine and Paul Siebert were traded by the Padres to the New York Mets for Dave Kingman.^[5]
September 29, 1977: Rick Sawyer was selected off waivers from the Padres by the Montreal Expos.^[9]

Roster

1977 San Diego Padres

Roster

Pitchers

39 Victor Bernal

16 John D'Acquisto

34 Rollie Fingers

14 Dave Freisleben

32 Tom Griffin

35 Randy Jones

36 Butch Metzger

44 Bob Owchinko

27 Rick Sawyer

47 Bob Shirley

46 Paul Siebert

48 Dan Spillner

22 Brent Strom

37 Dave Tomlin

24 Dave Wehrmeister

Catchers

7 Bob Davis

3 Dave Roberts

18 Gene Tenace

Infielders

6 Bill Almon

46 Tucker Ashford

10 Mike Champion

11 Enzo Hernández

15 Mike Ivie

12 Doug Rader

8 Pat Scanlon

21 Gary Sutherland

13 Bobby Valentine

Outfielders

25 George Hendrick

26 Dave Kingman

2 Luis Meléndez

16 Merv Rettenmund

29 Gene Richards

20 Jerry Turner

31 Dave Winfield

Other batters

36 Brian Greer

Manager

1 Alvin Dark

1 John McNamara

4 Bob Skinner

Coaches

5 Joey Amalfitano

38 Roger Craig

4 Bob Skinner

19 Whitey Wietelmann

28 Don Williams

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	Tenace, GeneGene Tenace	147	437	102	.233	15	61
1B	Ivie, MikeMike Ivie	134	489	133	.272	9	66
2B	Champion, MikeMike Champion	150	507	116	.229	1	43
SS	Almon, BillBill Almon	155	613	160	.261	2	43
CF	Hendrick, GeorgeGeorge Hendrick	152	541	168	.311	23	81
RF	Winfield, DaveDave Winfield	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
Rader, DougDoug Rader	52	170	46	.271	5	27
Kingman, DaveDave Kingman	56	168	40	.238	11	39
Scanlon, PatPat Scanlon	47	79	15	.190	1	11
Valentine, BobbyBobby Valentine	44	67	12	.179	1	10
Meléndez, LuisLuis Meléndez	8	3	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
Jones, RandyRandy Jones	27	147.1	6	12	4.58	44
Freisleben, DaveDave Freisleben	33	138.2	7	9	4.61	72

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
Griffin, TomTom Griffin	38	151.1	6	9	4.46	79
Sawyer, RickRick Sawyer	56	111	7	6	5.84	45
Wehrmeister, DaveDave Wehrmeister	30	69.2	1	3	6.07	32
D'Acquisto, JohnJohn D'Acquisto	17	44	1	2	6.95	45

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
Fingers, RollieRollie Fingers	78	8	9	35	2.99	113
Bernal, VictorVictor Bernal	15	1	1	0	5.31	6
Siebert, PaulPaul Siebert	4	0	0	0	2.45	1

Award winners

1977 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Dave Winfield

Farm system

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

References

↑ Diego Seguí at Baseball-Reference
↑ Chuck Hartenstein at Baseball-Reference
↑ Rollie Fingers at Baseball-Reference
↑ Gene Tenace at Baseball-Reference
1 2 Paul Siebert at Baseball-Reference
↑ Pat Scanlon at Baseball-Reference
↑ Barry Evans at Baseball-Reference
↑ Ozzie Smith at Baseball-Reference
↑ Rick Sawyer at Baseball-Reference
↑ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

External links

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

1977 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston Cleveland Detroit Milwaukee New York Toronto

AL West	California Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Chicago Montréal New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Atlanta Cincinnati Houston Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

1977 MLB draft 1977 All-Star Game 1977 World Series

San Diego Padres

Based in San Diego, California

Franchise

Ballparks

Qualcomm Stadium
Petco Park
Spring training
- Desert Sun Stadium
- Peoria Sports Complex

Culture and lore

Key personnel

Owner: Ron Fowler
General Manager: A. J. Preller
Sr. VP of Baseball Operations: Omar Minaya
Manager: Andy Green

League pennants (2)

1984
1998

Division titles (5)

Minor league affiliates

Seasons (49)

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