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1979 San Diego Padres
Record: 97-63
Finish: 2nd in NL West Division
Runs Scored: 846
Runs Allowed: 641
Exp W-L: 100-60
 
Ballpark: Jack Murphy Field
Attendance: 2,326,103
Manager: Jamie D'Agostini

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 69-68, 7th in the National League
AA: 60-77, 7th in the National League
A: 72-65, 2nd in the National League
 
 
 
 
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Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
3B  Mike Schmidt 29 153 574 117 158 27 2 40 107 10 4 108 116 .275 .392 .538 .930 115.2 29.3 0.0
CF  Mike Adams 30 156 558 114 161 17 0 25 73 0 0 131 81 .289 .428 .453 .882 113.9 31.0 2.2
CF *Ken Griffey Sr. 29 151 572 85 187 26 7 15 109 15 5 41 42 .327 .368 .476 .843 94.2 24.1 3.1
C  Gene Tenace 32 145 475 65 119 16 5 9 69 2 0 93 75 .251 .373 .362 .735 68.9 14.4 6.2
3B *Steve Braun 31 130 450 78 122 20 2 8 58 1 1 70 29 .271 .369 .378 .746 63.0 13.7 3.8
LF *Mike Hargrove 29 139 468 75 164 19 5 8 87 3 7 56 20 .350 .419 .464 .883 81.6 22.8 1.2
2B  Jerry Terrell 32 151 480 58 125 13 3 2 47 16 4 19 45 .260 .292 .313 .604 41.7 4.8 6.8
SS *Tom Matchick 35 152 453 56 100 12 1 3 41 2 4 17 99 .221 .251 .272 .523 25.5 0.0 5.2
LF *Champ Summers 33 123 389 47 95 14 3 14 66 2 0 40 58 .244 .317 .404 .720 50.4 8.9 1.3
C  Buck Martinez 30 106 276 38 73 10 1 7 45 0 1 19 37 .264 .311 .384 .695 33.9 5.8 1.6
3B  Kurt Bevacqua 32 91 222 30 54 12 1 2 22 1 2 29 27 .243 .332 .333 .665 21.8 2.6 1.2
1B  Nate Colbert 33 83 185 19 38 7 0 7 30 0 3 24 41 .205 .300 .357 .657 18.5 2.0 0.7
C *Paul Ratliff 35 64 151 21 39 3 1 10 31 0 0 18 36 .258 .337 .490 .827 25.7 6.0 1.5
LF  Sam Mejias 27 65 144 21 37 8 2 2 22 4 0 3 14 .257 .272 .382 .654 15.3 2.7 0.9
2B  Larvell Blanks 29 84 111 14 27 4 1 0 9 3 0 7 3 .243 .283 .297 .581 9.9 0.9 1.4
C  Jack Hiatt 36 23 38 7 9 2 0 1 3 0 0 7 9 .237 .356 .368 .724 4.5 0.8 0.1
  Team Totals 31.4 1816 5546 845 1508 210 34 153 819 59 31 682 732 .272 .352 .405 .757 783.9 169.8 37.3
  Rank among 12 NL teams 6 2 5 11 8 2 1 6 8 1 8 4 1 5 2 1  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Alan Foster 32 18 12 .600 32 32 0 254.7 268 92 16 38 90 3.25 16.0
 Al Fitzmorris 33 13 9 .591 32 32 0 230.3 238 91 19 106 50 3.56 11.2
*Jim Shellenback 35 14 12 .538 32 32 0 220.7 228 97 18 60 81 3.96 9.4
 Jim Kern 30 14 9 .609 32 32 0 213.3 189 94 5 128 142 3.97 9.1
 Greg Minton 27 10 10 .500 26 26 0 173.0 178 71 6 81 78 3.69 8.3
 Dan Quisenberry 26 6 6 .500 74 0 13 99.0 116 38 4 12 21 3.45 7.9
 Bob Moose 31 12 2 .857 46 5 9 98.0 109 39 3 46 36 3.58 7.1
*Ron Cook 31 6 0 1.000 67 0 9 96.0 91 23 4 18 30 2.16 11.6
 Jim Palmer 33 4 3 .571 28 1 5 46.7 47 17 4 20 13 3.28 3.3
 Ron Schueler 31 0 0 .000 6 0 2 11.0 14 9 3 1 4 7.36 0.0
Team Totals 30.9 97 63 .606 375 160 38 1442.6 1478 571 82 510 545 3.56 83.9
Rank among 12 NL teams 4 4 10 4 6 12 2 1 6 12 1  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .989 33.5
G.Tenace 1137.7 125 136 451 64 8 2 .985 38.0
P.Ratliff 252.0 31 32 119 9 1 0 .992 40.0
B.Martinez 36.0 2 10 12 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
J.Hiatt 17.0 2 2 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.0
Team Total 1442.7 160 180 586 73 9 2 .987 37.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 12.02
M.Hargrove 948.3 100 124 1295 90 10 144 .993 13.14
K.Bevacqua 351.3 46 47 473 43 1 56 .998 13.22
P.Ratliff 66.0 7 13 112 8 0 8 1.000 16.36
J.Hiatt 41.0 5 6 67 6 0 7 1.000 16.02
G.Tenace 16.0 1 3 19 0 1 2 .950 10.69
N.Colbert 15.0 1 4 17 0 1 1 .944 10.20
T.Matchick 3.0 0 3 8 0 1 1 .889 24.00
S.Braun 2.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1442.7 160 202 1993 147 14 219 .994 13.35
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .979 6.00
J.Terrell 1206.3 147 149 313 635 14 154 .985 7.07
K.Bevacqua 154.0 8 46 45 69 5 16 .958 6.66
L.Blanks 60.7 5 19 18 30 1 10 .980 7.12
S.Mejias 14.7 0 8 4 8 0 1 1.000 7.37
T.Matchick 6.0 0 3 2 4 0 2 1.000 9.00
M.Schmidt 1.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 18.00
Team Total 1442.7 160 226 384 746 20 183 .983 7.05
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .954 2.92
S.Braun 971.7 108 119 60 290 10 30 .972 3.24
B.Martinez 432.3 50 58 29 118 5 14 .967 3.06
K.Bevacqua 17.0 2 4 1 5 0 2 1.000 3.18
L.Blanks 12.0 0 5 1 6 0 0 1.000 5.25
P.Ratliff 5.7 0 4 0 3 0 1 1.000 4.77
M.Schmidt 2.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
T.Matchick 2.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1442.7 160 194 91 423 15 47 .972 3.21
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .969 5.51
T.Matchick 1178.7 145 147 214 624 28 133 .968 6.40
L.Blanks 247.0 15 60 42 122 8 23 .953 5.98
J.Terrell 11.0 0 7 3 9 0 2 1.000 9.82
C.Summers 3.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00
B.Martinez 2.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50
N.Colbert 1.0 0 1 0 2 1 0 .667 18.00
Team Total 1442.7 160 217 261 758 37 158 .965 6.36
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 1.94
C.Summers 932.7 110 118 154 8 5 3 .970 1.56
N.Colbert 440.0 47 63 74 4 1 2 .987 1.60
S.Mejias 32.0 3 9 8 1 0 0 1.000 2.53
M.Hargrove 24.0 0 10 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.88
S.Braun 11.0 0 6 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64
K.Griffey Sr. 3.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1442.7 160 207 244 13 6 5 .977 1.60
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .987 2.55
K.Griffey Sr. 1295.3 146 149 324 7 1 2 .997 2.30
S.Mejias 144.3 14 27 32 4 0 1 1.000 2.24
P.Ratliff 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
M.Adams 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1442.7 160 178 357 11 1 3 .997 2.30
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .983 1.99
M.Adams 1283.0 146 152 252 5 4 2 .985 1.80
S.Mejias 135.7 14 23 35 1 0 1 1.000 2.39
C.Summers 9.0 0 4 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
B.Martinez 6.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
J.Hiatt 5.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
N.Colbert 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
K.Griffey Sr. 1.3 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1442.0 160 183 291 6 4 3 .987 1.85
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .971 2.07
A.Foster 254.7 32 32 24 52 5 2 .938 2.69
A.Fitzmorris 230.3 32 32 24 36 1 6 .984 2.34
J.Shellenback 220.7 32 32 13 44 1 5 .983 2.32
J.Kern 213.3 32 32 14 45 2 4 .967 2.49
G.Minton 173.0 26 26 10 25 0 2 1.000 1.82
D.Quisenberry 99.0 0 74 1 18 0 3 1.000 1.73
B.Moose 98.0 5 46 8 12 2 1 .909 1.84
R.Cook 96.0 0 67 14 10 0 0 1.000 2.25
J.Palmer 46.7 1 28 4 8 1 0 .923 2.31
R.Schueler 11.0 0 6 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.45
Team Total 1442.6 160 375 112 253 12 23 .968 2.28
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Hargrove .350
On-Base Pct Adams .428
Slugging Pct Schmidt .538
OPS Schmidt .930
XR Schmidt 115.2
Games Adams 156
At-Bats Schmidt 574
Runs Schmidt 117
Hits Griffey Sr. 187
Total Bases Schmidt 309
Singles Griffey Sr. 139
Doubles Schmidt 27
Triples Griffey Sr. 7
Homeruns Schmidt 40
RBIs Griffey Sr. 109
Stolen Bases Terrell 16
Caught Stealing Hargrove 7
Walks Adams 131
Strikeouts Schmidt 116
ERA Foster 3.25
Wins Foster 18
Losses Foster, Shellenback 12
Winning Pct Kern .609
Saves Quisenberry 13
Games Pitched Quisenberry 74
Games Started Fitzmorris, Foster, Kern, Shellenback 32
Complete Games Foster 11
Shutouts Fitzmorris, Shellenback 2
Innings Pitched Foster 254.7
Hits Allowed Foster 268
Homeruns Allowed Fitzmorris 19
Strikeouts Kern 142
Walks Allowed Kern 128
Walks per 9IP Foster 1.3
Hits per 9IP Kern 8.0
Strikeouts per 9IP Kern 6.0
WHiP Foster 1.20
OAVG Kern .240
OOBP Foster .301
OSLG Kern .321
OOPS Kern .667
Team All-Stars
Mike Adams
Alan Foster
Ken Griffey Sr.
Mike Hargrove
Mike Schmidt
Player Salaries
Gene Tenace $ 11,000,000
Mike Schmidt $ 6,171,429
Steve Braun $ 4,600,000
Ron Cook $ 4,570,000
Mike Hargrove $ 4,028,571
Mike Adams $ 3,957,143
Jim Palmer $ 3,800,000
Jack Hiatt $ 3,000,001
Ken Griffey Sr. $ 2,350,000
Jim Kern $ 2,000,000
Bob Moose $ 2,000,000
Buck Martinez $ 1,832,143
Al Fitzmorris $ 1,700,000
Jim Shellenback $ 1,600,000
Larvell Blanks $ 1,305,000
Alan Foster $ 1,200,000
Jerry Terrell $ 975,000
Paul Ratliff $ 910,000
Nate Colbert $ 400,000
Tom Matchick $ 350,000
Sam Mejias $ 300,000
Greg Minton $ 300,000
Dan Quisenberry $ 300,000
Ron Schueler $ 300,000
Champ Summers $ 300,000
Kurt Bevacqua $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/22 Traded Rick Reichardt Cleveland (N) Kurt Bevacqua
Jim Shellenback
Nate Colbert
2/25 Signed     Paul Ratliff
4/3 Traded Don Hood Kansas City Cleon Jones
Craig Kusick
10/28 Released Craig Kusick    
10/28 Released Mike Kilkenny    
10/28 Released Dale Murray    
10/28 Released Cleon Jones    
 
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