1989 San Diego Padres season

Major League Baseball team season

1989 San Diego Padres

League| National League
Division| West
Ballpark| Jack Murphy Stadium
City| San Diego, California
Record| 89–73 (.549)
Divisional place| 2nd
Owners| Joan Kroc
General managers| Jack McKeon
Managers| Jack McKeon
Television| KUSI-TV
San Diego Cable Sports Network
Radio| KFMB (AM)
(Rick Monday, Jerry Coleman, Bob Chandler, Ted Leitner)
XEXX
(Gustavo Lopez, Mario Thomas Zapiain, Eduardo Ortega)
| <- 1988 | Seasons | 1990 ->

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The 1989 San Diego Padres season was the 21st season in franchise history. The Padres improved on their previous season record of 83–78, and were in contention for the National League West title until the final week of the regular season. However, a 2-1 loss to the Cincinnati Reds on September 27 ended their postseason hopes. The Padres finished in second place at 89–73, three games behind the San Francisco Giants.

This was the Padres' last full season under the ownership of Joan Kroc, who had inherited the franchise following the death of her husband Ray in 1984. Kroc sold the team to a consortium led by Tom Werner the following year.

## Offseason

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* October 24, 1988: Lance McCullers, Jimmy Jones, and Stan Jefferson were traded by the Padres to the New York Yankees for Jack Clark and Pat Clements.[1]
* December 8, 1988: Bruce Hurst was signed as a free agent by the Padres.[2]
* March 30, 1989: Billy Taylor was signed as a free agent by the Padres.[3]

## Regular season

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### Season standings

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

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San Francisco Giants | 92 | 70  | .568  | —  | 53‍–‍28  | 39‍–‍42
San Diego Padres | 89 | 73  | .549  | 3  | 46‍–‍35  | 43‍–‍38
Houston Astros | 86 | 76  | .531  | 6  | 47‍–‍35  | 39‍–‍41
Los Angeles Dodgers | 77 | 83  | .481  | 14  | 44‍–‍37  | 33‍–‍46
Cincinnati Reds | 75 | 87  | .463  | 17  | 38‍–‍43  | 37‍–‍44
Atlanta Braves | 63 | 97  | .394  | 28  | 33‍–‍46  | 30‍–‍51

### Record vs. opponents

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1989 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 | 8–10 | 8–10 | 6–10 | 6–6 | 2–10 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 7–11 | 6–12 | 3–9
Chicago | 7–5 | — | 7–5 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 12–6 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 11–7
Cincinnati | 10–8 | 5–7 | — | 8–10 | 8–10 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 9–9 | 8–10 | 8–4
Houston | 10–8 | 7–5 | 10–8 | — | 10–8 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 8–10 | 8–10 | 7–5
Los Angeles | 10–6 | 5–7 | 10–8 | 8–10 | — | 7–5 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 6–12 | 10–8 | 3–9
Montreal | 6–6 | 8–10 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 5–7 | — | 9–9 | 9–9 | 11–7 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 5–13
New York | 10–2 | 8–10 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 9–9 | — | 12–6 | 9–9 | 5–7 | 3–9 | 10–8
Philadelphia | 4–8 | 8–10 | 8–4 | 3–9 | 6–6 | 9–9 | 6–12 | — | 10–8 | 2–10 | 4–8 | 7–11
Pittsburgh | 8–4 | 6–12 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 7–11 | 9–9 | 8–10 | — | 3–9 | 5–7 | 13–5
San Diego | 11–7 | 4–8 | 9–9 | 10–8 | 12–6 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 10–2 | 9–3 | — | 8–10 | 2–10
San Francisco | 12–6 | 6–6 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 8–10 | 5–7 | 9–3 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 10–8 | — | 7–5
St. Louis | 9–3 | 7–11 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 9–3 | 13–5 | 8–10 | 11–7 | 5–13 | 10–2 | 5–7 | —

### Notable transactions

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* April 24, 1989: Randy Byers was traded by the Padres to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jeremy Hernandez.[4]
* June 2, 1989: John Kruk and Randy Ready were traded by the Padres to the Philadelphia Phillies for Chris James.[5]
* June 5, 1989: Darrell Sherman was drafted by the Padres in the 6th round of the 1989 Major League Baseball draft.[6]
* June 29, 1989: Greg Booker was traded by the Padres to the Minnesota Twins for Freddie Toliver.[7]
* July 22, 1989: Walt Terrell and a player to be named later were traded by the Padres to the New York Yankees for Mike Pagliarulo and Don Schulze. The Padres completed the deal by sending Freddie Toliver to the Yankees on September 27.[8]
* August 30, 1989: Calvin Schiraldi, Darrin Jackson and a player to be named later were traded by the Cubs to the San Diego Padres for Marvell Wynne and Luis Salazar. The Cubs completed the deal by sending Phil Stephenson to the Padres on September 5.[9]

### Roster

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1989 San Diego Padres

Roster
Pitchers

* 40 Andy Benes
* 51 Greg Booker
* 38 Pat Clements
* 48 Mark Davis
* 55 Mark Grant
* 46 Greg W. Harris
* 47 Bruce Hurst
* 52 Dave Leiper
* 39 Dan Murphy
* 37 Eric Nolte
* 43 Dennis Rasmussen
* 32 Calvin Schiraldi
* 51 Don Schulze
* 30 Eric Show
* 35 Walt Terrell
* 41 Freddie Toliver
* 31 Ed Whitson

|  | Catchers

* 17 Sandy Alomar Jr.
* 27 Mark Parent
* 9 Benito Santiago

Infielders

* 12 Roberto Alomar
* 25 Jack Clark
* 5 Joey Cora
* 11 Tim Flannery
* 20 Gary Green
* 7 Rob Nelson
* 13 Mike Pagliarulo
* 5 Randy Ready
* 4 Luis Salazar
* 21 Phil Stephenson
* 1 Garry Templeton

|  | Outfielders

* 28 Shawn Abner
* 24,28 Jerald Clark
* 19 Tony Gwynn
* 4 Darrin Jackson
* 18 Chris James
* 8 John Kruk
* 14 Carmelo Martínez
* 10 Bip Roberts
* 16 Marvell Wynne

|  | Manager

* 15 Jack McKeon

Coaches

* 2 Sandy Alomar Sr. (third base)
* 36 Pat Dobson (pitching)
* 26 Amos Otis (hitting)
* 3 Greg Riddoch (first base)
* 34 Denny Sommers (bullpen)

## 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 | Benito Santiago | 129 | 462 | 109 | .236 | 16 | 62
1B | Jack Clark | 142 | 455 | 110 | .242 | 26 | 94
2B | Roberto Alomar | 158 | 623 | 184 | .295 | 7 | 56
3B | Luis Salazar | 95 | 246 | 66 | .268 | 8 | 22
SS | Garry Templeton | 142 | 506 | 129 | .255 | 6 | 40
LF | Carmelo Martínez | 111 | 267 | 59 | .221 | 6 | 39
CF | Tony Gwynn | 158 | 604 | 203 | .336 | 4 | 62
RF | Chris James | 87 | 303 | 80 | .264 | 11 | 46

#### 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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Bip Roberts | 117 | 329 | 99 | .301 | 3 | 25
Marvell Wynne | 105 | 294 | 74 | .252 | 6 | 35
Mike Pagliarulo | 50 | 148 | 29 | .196 | 3 | 14
Mark Parent | 52 | 141 | 27 | .191 | 7 | 21
Tim Flannery | 73 | 130 | 30 | .231 | 0 | 8
Shawn Abner | 57 | 102 | 18 | .176 | 2 | 14
Darrin Jackson | 25 | 87 | 18 | .207 | 3 | 12
Rob Nelson | 42 | 82 | 16 | .195 | 3 | 7
John Kruk | 31 | 76 | 14 | .184 | 3 | 6
Randy Ready | 28 | 67 | 17 | .254 | 0 | 5
Jerald Clark | 17 | 41 | 8 | .195 | 1 | 7
Gary Green | 15 | 27 | 7 | .259 | 0 | 0
Sandy Alomar Jr. | 7 | 19 | 4 | .211 | 1 | 6
Joey Cora | 12 | 19 | 6 | .316 | 0 | 1
Phil Stephenson | 10 | 17 | 6 | .353 | 2 | 2

### 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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Bruce Hurst | 33 | 244.2 | 15 | 11 | 2.69 | 179
Ed Whitson | 33 | 227.0 | 16 | 11 | 2.66 | 117
Dennis Rasmussen | 33 | 183.2 | 10 | 10 | 4.26 | 87
Walt Terrell | 19 | 123.1 | 5 | 13 | 4.01 | 63
Eric Show | 16 | 106.1 | 8 | 6 | 4.23 | 66
Andy Benes | 10 | 66.2 | 6 | 3 | 3.51 | 66
Calvin Schiraldi | 5 | 21.1 | 3 | 1 | 2.53 | 17

#### 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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Greg Harris | 56 | 135.0 | 8 | 9 | 2.60 | 106
Don Schulze | 7 | 24.1 | 2 | 1 | 5.55 | 15
Eric Nolte | 3 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 | 11.00 | 8

#### Relief pitchers

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Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | SV  | ERA  | SO

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Mark Davis | 70 | 92.2 | 4 | 3 | 44 | 1.85 | 92
Mark Grant | 50 | 116.1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3.33 | 69
Pat Clements | 23 | 39.0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3.92 | 18
Dave Leiper | 22 | 28.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.02 | 7
Greg Booker | 11 | 19.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.26 | 8
Freddie Toliver | 9 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.07 | 14
Dan Murphy | 7 | 6.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.68 | 1

## Award winners

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* Mark Davis, Cy Young Award Winner
* Jack Clark, National League Leader Walks (132)
* Tony Gwynn, National League Batting Champion (.336)
* Tony Gwynn, National League Leader Hits (203)
* Bruce Hurst, National League Leader Complete Games (10)

1989 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

## Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball

Level  | Team  | League  | Manager

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AAA | Las Vegas Stars | Pacific Coast League | Steve Smith
AA | Wichita Pilots | Texas League | Pat Kelly
A | Riverside Red Wave | California League | Steve Lubratich
A | Charleston Rainbows | South Atlantic League | Jack Krol
A-Short Season | Spokane Indians | Northwest League | Bruce Bochy
Rookie | AZL Padres | Arizona League | Lonnie Keeter

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Spokane[10]

## References

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1. ^ Jack Clark at Baseball Reference
2. ^ Bruce Hurst at Baseball Reference
3. ^ Billy Taylor at Baseball Reference
4. ^ Jeremy Hernandez page at Baseball Reference
5. ^ John Kruk at Baseball Reference
6. ^ Darrell Sherman at Baseball Reference
7. ^ Greg Booker at Baseball Reference
8. ^ Don Schulze at Baseball Reference
9. ^ Phil Stephenson at Baseball Reference
10. ^ 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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* 1989 San Diego Padres at Baseball Reference
* 1989 San Diego Padres at Baseball Almanac

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1989 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

* 1989 MLB draft
* 1989 All-Star Game
* 1989 World Series

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San Diego Padres

* Established in 1969
* Based in San Diego, California

Franchise|

* History
* Expansion and draft
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* 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
* 1984 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

League pennants (2)|

* 1984
* 1998

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* 1984
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* 2005
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* 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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* La Poderosa 860 AM
* 97.3 FM The Fan

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