1977 San Diego Padres season

Major League Baseball team season

1977 San Diego Padres

League| National League
Division| West
Ballpark| San Diego Stadium
City| San Diego, California
Record| 69–93 (.426)
Divisional place| 5th
Owners| Ray Kroc
General managers| Bob Fontaine
Managers| John McNamara, Alvin Dark
Television| XETV
Radio| KOGO
(Jerry Coleman, Bob Chandler)
| <- 1976 | Seasons | 1978 ->

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The 1977 San Diego Padres season was the ninth season in franchise history.

## Offseason

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* October 22, 1976: Diego Seguí was purchased from the Padres by the Seattle Mariners.[1]
* November 5, 1976: Chuck Hartenstein was purchased from the Padres by the Toronto Blue Jays.[2]
* December 14, 1976: Rollie Fingers was signed as a free agent by the Padres.[3]
* December 14, 1976: Gene Tenace was signed as a free agent by the Padres.[4]
* January 25, 1977: Mike Allen (minors) was traded by the Padres to the Houston Astros for Paul Siebert.[5]

## Regular season

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### Opening Day starters

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Opening Day Starters

# | Name | Position
29 | Gene Richards | LF
10 | Mike Champion | 2B
31 | Dave Winfield | RF
25 | George Hendrick | CF
18 | Gene Tenace | C
15 | Mike Ivie | 1B
12 | Doug Rader | 3B
6 | Bill Almon | SS
35 | Randy Jones | P

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### Season standings

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NL West Team  | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road

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Los Angeles Dodgers | 98 | 64  | .605  | —  | 51‍–‍30  | 47‍–‍34
Cincinnati Reds | 88 | 74  | .543  | 10  | 48‍–‍33  | 40‍–‍41
Houston Astros | 81 | 81  | .500  | 17  | 46‍–‍35  | 35‍–‍46
San Francisco Giants | 75 | 87  | .463  | 23  | 38‍–‍43  | 37‍–‍44
San Diego Padres | 69 | 93  | .426  | 29  | 35‍–‍46  | 34‍–‍47
Atlanta Braves | 61 | 101  | .377  | 37  | 40‍–‍41  | 21‍–‍60

### Record vs. opponents

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1977 National League record

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]

Team  | ATL  | CHC  | CIN  | HOU  | LAD  | MON  | NYM  | PHI  | PIT  | SD  | SF  | STL
Atlanta | — | 5–7 | 4–14 | 9–9 | 5–13 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 2–10 | 3–9 | 11–7 | 8–10 | 1–11
Chicago | 7–5 | — | 7–5 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 10–8 | 9–9 | 6–12 | 7–11 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 7–11
Cincinnati | 14–4 | 5–7 | — | 5–13 | 10–8 | 7–5 | 10–2 | 8–4 | 3–9 | 11–7 | 10–8 | 5–7
Houston | 9–9 | 6–6 | 13–5 | — | 9–9 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 8–10 | 9–9 | 5–7
Los Angeles | 13–5 | 6–6 | 8–10 | 9–9 | — | 7–5 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 12–6 | 14–4 | 6–6
Montreal | 6–6 | 8–10 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 5–7 | — | 10–8 | 7–11 | 7–11 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 12–6
New York | 5–7 | 9–9 | 2–10 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 8–10 | — | 5–13 | 4–14 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 8–10
Philadelphia | 10-2 | 12–6 | 4–8 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 11–7 | 13–5 | — | 8–10 | 9–3 | 9–3 | 11–7
Pittsburgh | 9–3 | 11–7 | 9–3 | 8–4 | 3–9 | 11–7 | 14–4 | 10–8 | — | 10–2 | 2–10 | 9–9
San Diego | 7–11 | 5–7 | 7–11 | 10–8 | 6–12 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 3–9 | 2–10 | — | 8–10 | 8–4
San Francisco | 10–8 | 3–9 | 8–10 | 9–9 | 4–14 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 3–9 | 10–2 | 10–8 | — | 7–5
St. Louis | 11–1 | 11–7 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 6–12 | 10–8 | 7–11 | 9–9 | 4–8 | 5–7 | —

### Notable transactions

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* May 17, 1977: Butch Metzger was traded by the Padres to the St. Louis Cardinals for John D'Acquisto and Pat Scanlon.[8]
* June 7, 1977: 1977 Major League Baseball draft
* Barry Evans was drafted by the Padres in the 2nd round.[9]
* Ozzie Smith was drafted by the Padres in the 4th round.[10]
* June 15, 1977: Bobby Valentine and Paul Siebert were traded by the Padres to the New York Mets for Dave Kingman.[5]
* September 29, 1977: Rick Sawyer was selected off waivers from the Padres by the Montreal Expos.[11]

### Roster

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1977 San Diego Padres

Roster
Pitchers

* 39 Victor Bernal
* 16 John D'Acquisto
* 34 Rollie Fingers
* 14 Dave Freisleben
* 32 Tom Griffin
* 35 Randy Jones
* 36 Butch Metzger
* 44 Bob Owchinko
* 27 Rick Sawyer
* 47 Bob Shirley
* 46 Paul Siebert
* 48 Dan Spillner
* 22 Brent Strom
* 37 Dave Tomlin
* 24 Dave Wehrmeister

|  | Catchers

* 7 Bob Davis
* 3 Dave Roberts
* 18 Gene Tenace

Infielders

* 6 Bill Almon
* 46 Tucker Ashford
* 10 Mike Champion
* 11 Enzo Hernández
* 15 Mike Ivie
* 12 Doug Rader
* 8 Pat Scanlon
* 21 Gary Sutherland
* 13 Bobby Valentine

|  | Outfielders

* 25 George Hendrick
* 26 Dave Kingman
* 2 Luis Meléndez
* 16 Merv Rettenmund
* 29 Gene Richards
* 20 Jerry Turner
* 31 Dave Winfield

Other batters

* 36 Brian Greer

|  | Manager

* 1 Alvin Dark
* 1 John McNamara
* 4 Bob Skinner

Coaches

* 5 Joey Amalfitano
* 38 Roger Craig
* 4 Bob Skinner
* 19 Whitey Wietelmann
* 28 Don Williams

## Player stats

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### Batting

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#### Starters by position

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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 | Gene Tenace | 147 | 437 | 102 | .233 | 15 | 61
1B | Mike Ivie | 134 | 489 | 133 | .272 | 9 | 66
2B | Mike Champion | 150 | 507 | 116 | .229 | 1 | 43
SS | Bill Almon | 155 | 613 | 160 | .261 | 2 | 43
3B | Tucker Ashford | 81 | 249 | 54 | .217 | 3 | 24
LF | Gene Richards | 146 | 525 | 152 | .290 | 5 | 32
CF | George Hendrick | 152 | 541 | 168 | .311 | 23 | 81
RF | Dave Winfield | 157 | 615 | 169 | .275 | 25 | 92

#### Other batters

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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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Jerry Turner | 118 | 289 | 71 | .246 | 10 | 48
Dave Roberts | 82 | 186 | 41 | .220 | 1 | 23
Doug Rader | 52 | 170 | 46 | .271 | 5 | 27
Dave Kingman | 56 | 168 | 40 | .238 | 11 | 39
Merv Rettenmund | 107 | 126 | 36 | .286 | 4 | 17
Gary Sutherland | 80 | 103 | 25 | .243 | 1 | 11
Bob Davis | 48 | 94 | 17 | .181 | 1 | 10
Pat Scanlon | 47 | 79 | 15 | .190 | 1 | 11
Bobby Valentine | 44 | 67 | 12 | .179 | 1 | 10
Luis Meléndez | 8 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0
Enzo Hernández | 7 | 3 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0
Brian Greer | 1 | 1 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0

### Pitching

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#### Starting pitchers

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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 | 39 | 214.0 | 12 | 18 | 3.70 | 146
Bob Owchinko | 30 | 170.0 | 9 | 12 | 4.45 | 101
Randy Jones | 27 | 147.1 | 6 | 12 | 4.58 | 44

#### Other pitchers

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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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Tom Griffin | 38 | 151.1 | 6 | 9 | 4.46 | 79
Dave Freisleben | 33 | 138.2 | 7 | 9 | 4.61 | 72
Rick Sawyer | 56 | 111.0 | 7 | 6 | 5.84 | 45
Dave Wehrmeister | 30 | 69.2 | 1 | 3 | 6.07 | 32
John D'Acquisto | 17 | 44.0 | 1 | 2 | 6.95 | 45
Brent Strom | 8 | 16.2 | 0 | 2 | 12.42 | 8

#### Relief pitchers

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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 | 78 | 8 | 9 | 35 | 2.99 | 113
Dan Spillner | 76 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3.73 | 74
Dave Tomlin | 76 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3.01 | 55
Butch Metzger | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.56 | 6
Victor Bernal | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.31 | 6
Paul Siebert | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.45 | 1

## Award winners

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1977 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

* Dave Winfield

## Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball

Level  | Team  | League  | Manager

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AAA | Hawaii Islanders | Pacific Coast League | Dick Phillips
AA | Amarillo Gold Sox | Texas League | Dave Campbell
A | Reno Silver Sox | California League | Glenn Ezell
A-Short Season | Walla Walla Padres | Northwest League | Cliff Ditto

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## References

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1. ^ Diego Seguí at Baseball-Reference
2. ^ Chuck Hartenstein at Baseball-Reference
3. ^ Rollie Fingers at Baseball-Reference
4. ^ Gene Tenace at Baseball-Reference
5. ^ a b Paul Siebert at Baseball-Reference
6. ^ 1977 Opening Day Lineup at Baseball-Reference
7. ^ "1977 San Diego Padres Roster by Baseball Almanac".
8. ^ Pat Scanlon at Baseball-Reference
9. ^ Barry Evans at Baseball-Reference
10. ^ Ozzie Smith at Baseball-Reference
11. ^ Rick Sawyer at Baseball-Reference
12. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

## External links

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* 1977 San Diego Padres team at Baseball-Reference
* 1977 San Diego Padres team page at Baseball Almanac

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1977 MLB season by team

| AL East|

* Baltimore
* Boston
* Cleveland
* Detroit
* Milwaukee
* New York
* Toronto

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AL West|

* California
* Chicago
* Kansas City
* Minnesota
* Oakland
* Seattle
* Texas

| NL East|

* Chicago
* Montréal
* New York
* Philadelphia
* Pittsburgh
* St. Louis

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NL West|

* Atlanta
* Cincinnati
* Houston
* Los Angeles
* San Diego
* San Francisco

* 1977 MLB draft
* 1977 All-Star Game
* 1977 World Series

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San Diego Padres

* Established in 1969
* Based in San Diego, California

Franchise|

* History
* Expansion and draft
* Seasons
* Players
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* Owners and executives
* Division
* Hall of Fame
* Award winners and league leaders
* Broadcasters
* First-round draft picks
* Opening Day starting pitchers
* Records
* No-hitters

Ballparks|

* Qualcomm Stadium
* Petco Park

Spring training|

Keegan Field
Desert Sun Stadium
Peoria Sports Complex

Culture|

* The Kid from Left Field
* An American Journey
* Pitch
* Gallagher Square
* San Diego Chicken
* San Diego Padres (PCL)
* Swinging Friar
* Trevor Time
* Rally Goose

Lore|

* "Oh, doctor!"
* 1984 NLCS Game 4
* Braves-Padres bean brawl
* Roseanne Barr sings national anthem
* Padres Paradise Series
* 2007 NL Wild Card tie-breaker game
* MLB China Series
* MLB Mexico City Series

Rivalries|

* Los Angeles Dodgers

Key personnel|

* Chairman: vacant
* General Manager: A. J. Preller
* Manager: Mike Shildt

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* 1984
* 1998

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* 2005
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Wild card berths (2)|

* 2020
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* Player overview
* Triple-A: El Paso Chihuahuas
* Double-A: San Antonio Missions
* High-A: Fort Wayne TinCaps
* Single-A: Lake Elsinore Storm
* Rookie: ACL Padres
* DSL Padres Brown
* DSL Padres Gold

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| Television|

* MLB-produced

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Radio|

* La Poderosa 860 AM
* 97.3 FM The Fan

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