1979 San Diego Padres

68-93 • 0.422 Win% • 5th in NL W

📊 Season Record

68 Wins
93 Losses
0.422 Win %
5th Rank
603 R 681 RA
Diff -78

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⚡ Quick Stats

603 Runs Scored
681 Runs Allowed
-78 Run Diff
1,457K Attendance

📈 vs. 1979 NL Average

Batting Avg .241 7% below the 1979 league average (.260)
OBP .309 5% below the 1979 league average (.323)
SLG .292 10% below the 1979 league average (.325)
Team ERA 3.69 1% better than the 1979 league average (3.73)
Runs Scored 603 12% below the 1979 league average (682 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumJack Murphy Stadium
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 1,457,147
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Avg per Game 17,989

⚾ Batting Leaders

Batting Avg

1 Dave Winfield 0.308 2 Jay Johnstone 0.294 3 Bill Fahey 0.287 4 Gene Richards 0.279 5 Paul Dade 0.276

Home Runs

1 Dave Winfield 34 2 Gene Tenace 20 3 Fernando Gonzalez 9 4 Jerry Turner 9 5 Dan Briggs 8

RBI

1 Dave Winfield 118 2 Gene Tenace 67 3 Jerry Turner 61 4 Gene Richards 41 5 Kurt Bevacqua 34
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Dave Winfield 159 597 97 184 0 0 34 118 85 71 15 0.308
Ozzie Smith 156 587 77 124 0 0 0 27 37 37 28 0.211
Gene Richards 150 545 77 152 0 0 4 41 47 62 24 0.279
Gene Tenace 151 463 61 122 0 0 20 67 105 106 2 0.263
Jerry Turner 138 448 55 111 0 0 9 61 34 58 4 0.248
Fernando Gonzalez 114 323 22 70 0 0 9 34 18 34 0 0.217
Kurt Bevacqua 114 297 23 75 0 0 1 34 38 25 2 0.253
Paul Dade 76 283 38 78 0 0 1 19 14 48 13 0.276
Dan Briggs 104 227 34 47 0 0 8 30 18 45 2 0.207
Bill Fahey 73 209 14 60 0 0 3 19 21 17 1 0.287
Jay Johnstone 75 201 10 59 0 0 0 32 18 21 1 0.294
Bill Almon 100 198 20 45 0 0 1 8 21 48 6 0.227
Barry Evans 56 162 9 35 0 0 1 14 5 16 0 0.216
Mike Hargrove 52 125 15 24 0 0 0 8 25 15 0 0.192
Jim Wilhelm 39 103 8 25 0 0 0 8 2 12 1 0.243
Fred Kendall 46 102 8 17 0 0 1 6 11 7 0 0.167
Broderick Perkins 57 87 8 23 0 0 0 8 8 12 0 0.264
Randy Jones 41 86 8 15 0 0 0 5 0 29 1 0.174
Gaylord Perry 32 71 2 6 0 0 1 2 2 19 0 0.085
Tim Flannery 22 65 2 10 0 0 0 4 4 5 0 0.154
Bob Shirley 49 55 2 5 0 0 0 0 3 17 0 0.091
Don Reynolds 30 45 6 10 0 0 0 6 7 6 0 0.222
Eric Rasmussen 46 36 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 7 0 0.056
Bob Owchinko 42 33 1 4 0 0 0 0 3 14 0 0.121
John D'Acquisto 51 31 0 4 0 0 0 3 2 21 0 0.129
Bobby Tolan 22 21 2 4 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0.190
Rollie Fingers 54 12 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0.083
Steve Mura 38 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0.000
Mark Lee 46 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.333
Mickey Lolich 27 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0.000
Juan Eichelberger 3 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0.400
Brian Greer 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Sam Perlozzo 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.000
Dennis Kinney 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Tom Tellmann 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

ERA

1 Gaylord Perry 3.06 2 Steve Mura 3.08 3 Eric Rasmussen 3.27 4 Bob Shirley 3.38 5 Randy Jones 3.63

Wins

1 Gaylord Perry 12 2 Randy Jones 11 3 John D'Acquisto 9 4 Rollie Fingers 9 5 Bob Shirley 8

Strikeouts

1 Gaylord Perry 140 2 Bob Shirley 117 3 Randy Jones 112 4 John D'Acquisto 97 5 Bob Owchinko 66
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Randy Jones 11 12 3.63 39 39 0 263.0 64 112
Gaylord Perry 12 11 3.06 32 32 0 232.2 67 140
Bob Shirley 8 16 3.38 49 25 0 205.0 59 117
Eric Rasmussen 6 9 3.27 45 20 3 156.2 42 54
Bob Owchinko 6 12 3.74 42 20 0 149.1 55 66
John D'Acquisto 9 13 4.92 51 11 2 133.2 86 97
Rollie Fingers 9 9 4.52 54 0 13 83.2 37 65
Steve Mura 4 4 3.08 38 5 2 73.0 37 59
Mark Lee 2 4 4.29 46 1 5 65.0 25 25
Mickey Lolich 0 2 4.74 27 5 0 49.1 22 20
Juan Eichelberger 1 1 3.43 3 3 0 21.0 11 12
Dennis Kinney 0 0 3.50 13 0 0 18.0 8 11
Tom Tellmann 0 0 16.88 1 0 0 2.2 0 1

👥 Roster (35)

Bill Almon Kurt Bevacqua Dan Briggs John D'Acquisto Paul Dade Juan Eichelberger Barry Evans Bill Fahey Rollie Fingers Tim Flannery Fernando Gonzalez Brian Greer +23 more

35 players

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