1978 San Diego Padres season

The 1978 San Diego Padres season was the tenth in franchise history. They finished in fourth place in the National League West with a record of 84–78, eleven games behind the first-place Los Angeles Dodgers. This was the Padres' first-ever winning season.

1978 San Diego Padres
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Ray Kroc
General manager(s)Bob Fontaine
Manager(s)Roger Craig
Local televisionXETV
(Jerry Gross, Al Schuff)
Local radioKOGO
(Jerry Coleman, Bob Chandler)
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Pitcher Randy Jones in 1978

Offseason

Regular season

In 1978, the Padres achieved their first winning season in team history, finishing 84–78 (.519), six games over .500. On June 9, the one-third point of the season, the team stood at 23–31 (.426). The last two-thirds of the season, they went 61–47 (.565), which included a ten-game winning streak from July 25 to August 4. The Padres were also extremely impressive at home that season, going 51–30 (.630).

Notable contributing players:

Gaylord Perry became the second Padre in three seasons to win the National League Cy Young Award, leading the league in wins (21) and Winning Pct (.778). Rollie Fingers won the leagues Rolaids Relief Award, leading the league in saves (37). As for position players, OF Dave Winfield lead the team with his best offensive season to date (.308, 24 HR, 97 RBI, 21 SB, 151 OPS+). SS Ozzie Smith finished 2nd in the National League Rookie of the Year voting (40 SB). Along with their notable contributions, all 4 players have been inducted into the baseball Hall of Fame. Along with the 1979 season, this is the only time in franchise history that the Padres had 4 future Hall-of-Famers on their roster.

Season standings
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 9567 0.586 — 54–27 41–40
Cincinnati Reds 9269 0.571 2½ 49–31 43–38
San Francisco Giants 8973 0.549 6 50–31 39–42
San Diego Padres 8478 0.519 11 50–31 34–47
Houston Astros 7488 0.457 21 50–31 24–57
Atlanta Braves 6993 0.426 26 39–42 30–51

Record vs. opponents
1978 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —5–76–128–105–135–76–68–42–108–1011–75–7
Chicago 7–5—7–56–64–87–1111–74–147–117–54–815–3
Cincinnati 12–65–7—11–79–98–47–57–54–79–912–68–4
Houston 10–86–67–11—7–116–67–56–64–88–106–127–5
Los Angeles 13–58–49–911–7—8–47–57–57–59–911–75–7
Montreal 7–511–74–86–64–8—8–109–97–116–65–79–9
New York 6–67–115–75–75–710–8—6–127–115–73–97–11
Philadelphia 4-814–45–76–65–79–912–6—11–78–46–610–8
Pittsburgh 10–211–77–48–45–711–711–77–11—5–74–89–9
San Diego 10–85–79–910–89–96–67–54–87–5—8–109–3
San Francisco 7–118–46–1212–67–117–59–36–68–410–8—9–3
St. Louis 7–53–154–85–77–59–911–78–109–93–93–9—

Notable transactions

Roster
1978 San Diego Padres
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CRick Sweet8822650.221111
1BGene Tenace14240190.2241661
2BFernando González10132080.250229
SSOzzie Smith159590152.258146
3BBill Almon138405102.252021
LFGene Richards154555171.308445
CFDerrel Thomas12835280.227326
RFDave Winfield158587181.3082497

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
Oscar Gamble126375103.275747
Jerry Turner10622563.280837
Broderick Perkins6221752.240233
Tucker Ashford7515538.245326
George Hendrick3611127.24338
Dave Roberts549721.21617
Barry Evans249024.26704
Don Reynolds578722.253010
Chuck Baker445812.20703
Mike Champion325312.22604
Bob Davis19408.20002
Jim Beswick17201.05000
Jim Wilhelm10197.36804
Tony Castillo581.12501

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
Gaylord Perry37260.22162.73154
Randy Jones3725313142.8871
Bob Owchinko36202.110133.5694
Eric Rasmussen27146.112104.0659

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
Bob Shirley501668113.69102
Dave Freisleben1226.2036.0816
Mark Wiley47.2105.871
Steve Mura57.20211.745

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
Rollie Fingers67613372.5272
Mark Lee565123.2831
John D'Acquisto4543102.13104
Mickey Lolich202111.5613
Dan Spillner171004.5616
Dennis Kinney70106.432
Dave Wehrmeister41006.142
Juan Eichelberger300010.802

Awards and honors

All-Stars

1978 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Hawaii Islanders Pacific Coast League Dick Phillips
AA Amarillo Gold Sox Texas League Glenn Ezell
A Reno Silver Sox California League Eddie Watt
A-Short Season Walla Walla Padres Northwest League Cliff Ditto

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References
  1. Oscar Gamble page at Baseball Reference
  2. Mike Martin page at Baseball Reference
  3. Gaylord Perry page at Baseball Reference
  4. Mickey Lolich page at Baseball Reference
  5. Eric Rasmussen page at Baseball Reference
  6. Gary Lance page at Baseball Reference
  7. Andy Hawkins page at Baseball Reference
  8. Doug Gwosdz page at Baseball Reference
  9. Steve Fireovid page at Baseball Reference
  10. Dan Spillner page at Baseball Reference
  11. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
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