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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 | ||
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League | National League | |
Division | West | |
Ballpark | San Diego Stadium | |
City | San Diego, California | |
Record | 84–78 (.519) | |
Divisional place | 4th | |
Owners | Ray Kroc | |
General managers | Bob Fontaine | |
Managers | Roger Craig | |
Television | XETV (Jerry Gross, Al Schuff) | |
Radio | KOGO (Jerry Coleman, Bob Chandler) | |
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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 percentage (.778). Rollie Fingers won the league's 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.
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Los Angeles Dodgers | 95 | 67 | .586 | — | 54–27 | 41–40 |
Cincinnati Reds | 92 | 69 | .571 | 2½ | 49–31 | 43–38 |
San Francisco Giants | 89 | 73 | .549 | 6 | 50–31 | 39–42 |
San Diego Padres | 84 | 78 | .519 | 11 | 50–31 | 34–47 |
Houston Astros | 74 | 88 | .457 | 21 | 50–31 | 24–57 |
Atlanta Braves | 69 | 93 | .426 | 26 | 39–42 | 30–51 |
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Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | |||||
Atlanta | — | 5–7 | 6–12 | 8–10 | 5–13 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 2–10 | 8–10 | 11–7 | 5–7 | |||||
Chicago | 7–5 | — | 7–5 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 7–11 | 11–7 | 4–14 | 7–11 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 15–3 | |||||
Cincinnati | 12–6 | 5–7 | — | 11–7 | 9–9 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 4–7 | 9–9 | 12–6 | 8–4 | |||||
Houston | 10–8 | 6–6 | 7–11 | — | 7–11 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 8–10 | 6–12 | 7–5 | |||||
Los Angeles | 13–5 | 8–4 | 9–9 | 11–7 | — | 8–4 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 9–9 | 11–7 | 5–7 | |||||
Montreal | 7–5 | 11–7 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 4–8 | — | 8–10 | 9–9 | 7–11 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 9–9 | |||||
New York | 6–6 | 7–11 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 10–8 | — | 6–12 | 7–11 | 5–7 | 3–9 | 7–11 | |||||
Philadelphia | 4-8 | 14–4 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 9–9 | 12–6 | — | 11–7 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 10–8 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 10–2 | 11–7 | 7–4 | 8–4 | 5–7 | 11–7 | 11–7 | 7–11 | — | 5–7 | 4–8 | 9–9 | |||||
San Diego | 10–8 | 5–7 | 9–9 | 10–8 | 9–9 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 7–5 | — | 8–10 | 9–3 | |||||
San Francisco | 7–11 | 8–4 | 6–12 | 12–6 | 7–11 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 10–8 | — | 9–3 | |||||
St. Louis | 7–5 | 3–15 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 9–9 | 11–7 | 8–10 | 9–9 | 3–9 | 3–9 | — |
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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 |
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C | Rick Sweet | 88 | 226 | 50 | .221 | 1 | 11 |
1B | Gene Tenace | 142 | 401 | 90 | .224 | 16 | 61 |
2B | Fernando González | 101 | 320 | 80 | .250 | 2 | 29 |
SS | Ozzie Smith | 159 | 590 | 152 | .258 | 1 | 46 |
3B | Bill Almon | 138 | 405 | 102 | .252 | 0 | 21 |
LF | Gene Richards | 154 | 555 | 171 | .308 | 4 | 45 |
CF | Derrel Thomas | 128 | 352 | 80 | .227 | 3 | 26 |
RF | Dave Winfield | 158 | 587 | 181 | .308 | 24 | 97 |
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 |
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Oscar Gamble | 126 | 375 | 103 | .275 | 7 | 47 |
Jerry Turner | 106 | 225 | 63 | .280 | 8 | 37 |
Broderick Perkins | 62 | 217 | 52 | .240 | 2 | 33 |
Tucker Ashford | 75 | 155 | 38 | .245 | 3 | 26 |
George Hendrick | 36 | 111 | 27 | .243 | 3 | 8 |
Dave Roberts | 54 | 97 | 21 | .216 | 1 | 7 |
Barry Evans | 24 | 90 | 24 | .267 | 0 | 4 |
Don Reynolds | 57 | 87 | 22 | .253 | 0 | 10 |
Chuck Baker | 44 | 58 | 12 | .207 | 0 | 3 |
Mike Champion | 32 | 53 | 12 | .226 | 0 | 4 |
Bob Davis | 19 | 40 | 8 | .200 | 0 | 2 |
Jim Beswick | 17 | 20 | 1 | .050 | 0 | 0 |
Jim Wilhelm | 10 | 19 | 7 | .368 | 0 | 4 |
Tony Castillo | 5 | 8 | 1 | .125 | 0 | 1 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Gaylord Perry | 37 | 260.2 | 21 | 6 | 2.73 | 154 |
Randy Jones | 37 | 253.0 | 13 | 14 | 2.88 | 71 |
Bob Owchinko | 36 | 202.1 | 10 | 13 | 3.56 | 94 |
Eric Rasmussen | 27 | 146.1 | 12 | 10 | 4.06 | 59 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Bob Shirley | 50 | 166.0 | 8 | 11 | 3.69 | 102 |
Dave Freisleben | 12 | 26.2 | 0 | 3 | 6.08 | 16 |
Mark Wiley | 4 | 7.2 | 1 | 0 | 5.87 | 1 |
Steve Mura | 5 | 7.2 | 0 | 2 | 11.74 | 5 |
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Rollie Fingers | 67 | 6 | 13 | 37 | 2.52 | 72 |
John D'Acquisto | 45 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 2.13 | 104 |
Mark Lee | 56 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3.28 | 31 |
Mickey Lolich | 20 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1.56 | 13 |
Dan Spillner | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.56 | 16 |
Dennis Kinney | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.43 | 2 |
Dave Wehrmeister | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6.14 | 2 |
Juan Eichelberger | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.80 | 2 |
Level | Team | League | Manager |
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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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