1978 San Diego Padres

84-78 • 0.519 Win% • 4th in NL W

📊 Season Record

84 Wins
78 Losses
0.519 Win %
4th Rank
591 R 598 RA
Diff -7

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⚡ Quick Stats

591 Runs Scored
598 Runs Allowed
-7 Run Diff
1,669K Attendance

📈 vs. 1978 NL Average

Batting Avg .251 1% below the 1978 league average (.254)
OBP .319 equal to the 1978 league average (.319)
SLG .293 6% below the 1978 league average (.312)
Team ERA 3.28 8% better than the 1978 league average (3.57)
Runs Scored 591 8% below the 1978 league average (645 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumJack Murphy Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,669,349
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Avg per Game 20,609

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Dave Winfield 0.308 2 Gene Richards 0.308 3 Jerry Turner 0.280 4 Oscar Gamble 0.275 5 Barry Evans 0.267

Home Runs

1 Dave Winfield 24 2 Gene Tenace 16 3 Jerry Turner 8 4 Oscar Gamble 7 5 Gene Richards 4

RBI

1 Dave Winfield 97 2 Gene Tenace 61 3 Oscar Gamble 47 4 Ozzie Smith 46 5 Gene Richards 45
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Ozzie Smith 159 590 69 152 0 0 1 46 47 43 40 0.258
Dave Winfield 158 587 88 181 0 0 24 97 55 81 21 0.308
Gene Richards 154 555 90 171 0 0 4 45 64 80 37 0.308
Bill Almon 138 405 39 102 0 0 0 21 33 74 17 0.252
Gene Tenace 142 401 60 90 0 0 16 61 101 98 6 0.224
Oscar Gamble 126 375 46 103 0 0 7 47 51 45 1 0.275
Derrel Thomas 128 352 36 80 0 0 3 26 35 37 11 0.227
Fernando Gonzalez 101 320 27 80 0 0 2 29 18 32 4 0.250
Rick Sweet 88 226 15 50 0 0 1 11 27 22 1 0.221
Jerry Turner 106 225 28 63 0 0 8 37 21 32 6 0.280
Broderick Perkins 62 217 14 52 0 0 2 33 5 29 4 0.240
Tucker Ashford 75 155 11 38 0 0 3 26 14 31 1 0.245
George Hendrick 36 111 9 27 0 0 3 8 12 16 1 0.243
Dave Roberts 54 97 7 21 0 0 1 7 12 25 0 0.216
Barry Evans 24 90 7 24 0 0 0 4 4 10 0 0.267
Gaylord Perry 37 87 5 8 0 0 0 3 2 31 0 0.092
Don Reynolds 57 87 8 22 0 0 0 10 15 14 1 0.253
Randy Jones 38 82 6 15 0 0 0 4 2 32 0 0.183
Bob Owchinko 36 63 3 11 0 0 0 4 2 26 0 0.175
Chuck Baker 44 58 8 12 0 0 0 3 2 15 0 0.207
Mike Champion 32 53 3 12 0 0 0 4 5 13 0 0.226
Eric Rasmussen 27 46 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 10 0 0.152
Bob Davis 19 40 3 8 0 0 0 2 1 5 0 0.200
Bob Shirley 50 40 4 5 0 0 0 2 4 16 0 0.125
John D'Acquisto 45 21 1 4 0 0 0 4 2 8 0 0.190
Jim Beswick 17 20 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 0.050
Jim Wilhelm 10 19 2 7 0 0 0 4 0 2 1 0.368
Rollie Fingers 67 12 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0.167
Tony Castillo 5 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.125
Dave Freisleben 12 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.000
Mark Lee 56 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Mickey Lolich 20 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.000
Mark Wiley 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Dennis Kinney 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Steve Mura 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Juan Eichelberger 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Dan Spillner 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Dave Wehrmeister 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Mickey Lolich 1.56 2 John D'Acquisto 2.13 3 Rollie Fingers 2.52 4 Gaylord Perry 2.73 5 Randy Jones 2.88

Wins

1 Gaylord Perry 21 2 Randy Jones 13 3 Eric Rasmussen 12 4 Bob Owchinko 10 5 Bob Shirley 8

Strikeouts

1 Gaylord Perry 154 2 John D'Acquisto 104 3 Bob Shirley 102 4 Bob Owchinko 94 5 Rollie Fingers 72
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Gaylord Perry 21 6 2.73 37 37 0 260.2 66 154
Randy Jones 13 14 2.88 37 36 0 253.0 64 71
Bob Owchinko 10 13 3.56 36 33 0 202.1 78 94
Bob Shirley 8 11 3.69 50 20 5 166.0 61 102
Eric Rasmussen 12 10 4.06 27 24 0 146.1 43 59
Rollie Fingers 6 13 2.52 67 0 37 107.1 29 72
John D'Acquisto 4 3 2.13 45 3 10 93.0 56 104
Mark Lee 5 1 3.28 56 0 2 85.0 36 31
Mickey Lolich 2 1 1.56 20 2 1 34.2 11 13
Dave Freisleben 0 3 6.08 12 4 0 26.2 15 16
Dan Spillner 1 0 4.56 17 0 0 25.2 7 16
Steve Mura 0 2 11.74 5 2 0 7.2 5 5
Mark Wiley 1 0 5.87 4 1 0 7.2 1 1
Dave Wehrmeister 1 0 6.14 4 0 0 7.1 5 2
Dennis Kinney 0 1 6.43 7 0 0 7.0 4 2
Juan Eichelberger 0 0 10.80 3 0 0 3.1 2 2

👥 Roster (38)

Bill Almon Tucker Ashford Chuck Baker Jim Beswick Tony Castillo Mike Champion John D'Acquisto Bob Davis Juan Eichelberger Barry Evans Rollie Fingers Dave Freisleben +26 more

38 players

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