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1969 San Diego Padres season

Field	Value
name	San Diego Padres
season	1969
league	National League
division	West
ballpark	San Diego Stadium
city	San Diego, California
record
divisional_place	6th
owners	C. Arnholdt Smith
general_managers	Buzzie Bavasi
managers	Preston Gómez
television	KOGO
radio	KOGO
(Duke Snider, Frank Sims, Jerry Gross)

(Duke Snider, Frank Sims, Jerry Gross) |}} The 1969 San Diego Padres season was the inaugural season in franchise history. They joined the National League along with the Montreal Expos via the 1969 Major League Baseball expansion. In their inaugural season, the Padres went 52–110 (the same record as their expansion counterpart), finishing last in the newly created National League West, 41 games behind the division champion Atlanta Braves. The Padres finished last in the majors as a team in runs scored (468), hits (1,203) and batting average (225).

Offseason

Expansion draft

Main article: 1968 MLB expansion draft

The 1968 MLB expansion draft was held on October 14, 1968. Below is a list of players drafted by the Padres. "Pick" refers to the overall draft position of a pick.

Player	Former Team	Pick
Ollie Brown	San Francisco Giants	1st
Dave Giusti	St. Louis Cardinals	3rd
Dick Selma	New York Mets	5th
Al Santorini	Atlanta Braves	7th
José Arcia	Chicago Cubs	9th
Clay Kirby	St. Louis Cardinals	12th
Fred Kendall	Cincinnati Reds	14th
Jerry Morales	New York Mets	16th
Nate Colbert	Houston Astros	18th
Zoilo Versalles	Los Angeles Dodgers	20th
Frank Reberger	Chicago Cubs	22nd
Jerry DaVanon	St. Louis Cardinals	24th
Larry Stahl	New York Mets	26th
Dick Kelley	Atlanta Braves	28th
Al Ferrara	Los Angeles Dodgers	30th
Mike Corkins	San Francisco Giants	31st
Tom Dukes	Houston Astros	33rd
Rick James	Chicago Cubs	35th
Tony González	Philadelphia Phillies	37th
Dave Roberts	Pittsburgh Pirates	39th
Don Shaw	New York Mets	40th
Ivan Murrell	Houston Astros	42nd
Jim Williams	Los Angeles Dodgers	44th
Billy McCool	Cincinnati Reds	46th
Roberto Peña	Philadelphia Phillies	48th
Al McBean	Pittsburgh Pirates	50th
Rafael Robles	San Francisco Giants	51st
Fred Katawczik	Cincinnati Reds	53rd
Ron Slocum	Pittsburgh Pirates	55th
Steve Arlin	Philadelphia Philles	57th
Cito Gaston	Atlanta Braves	59th

Other transactions

December 3, 1968: Dave Giusti was traded by the Padres to the St. Louis Cardinals for Ed Spiezio, Danny Breeden, Ron Davis and Phil Knuckles (minors).
March 28, 1969: Ron Davis and Bobby Klaus were traded by the Padres to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Chris Cannizzaro and Tommie Sisk.

1968 MLB June amateur draft

The Padres and Montreal Expos, along with the two American League expansion teams set to debut in 1969, the Kansas City Royals and Seattle Pilots, were allowed to participate in the June 1968 MLB first-year player draft, although the new teams were barred from the lottery's first three rounds. The Padres drafted only 16 players in the 1968 June draft, and of the players the Padres were able to sign, one (outfielder Dave Robinson) reached the major leagues.

Regular season

The first game

Scorecard

Batting

Houston Astros	AB	R	H	RBI	San Diego Padres	AB	R	H	RBI
Alou rf	4	1	3	0	Robles ss	4	0	0	0
Morgan 2b	3	0	0	0	Peña 2b	3	1	0	0
Miller cf	4	0	0	0	González cf	4	0	0	0
Rader 3b	4	0	1	1	Brown rf	4	0	1	1
Blefary 1b	4	0	1	0	Davis 1b	3	0	0	0
Watson lf	4	0	0	0	Colbert 1b	0	0	0	0
Menke ss	3	0	0	0	Stahl lf	3	0	0	0
Edwards c	3	0	0	0	Spiezio 3b	3	1	1	0
Wilson p	2	0	0	0	Cannizzaro c	2	0	0	0
Geiger ph	1	0	0	0	Selma p	2	0	2	0
Billingham p	0	0	0	0	NONE	0	0	0	0
Totals	32	1	5	1	Totals	28	2	4	2

Pitching

Houston Astros	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Wilson, L (0–1)	6.0	3	2	2	1	4
Billingham	2.0	1	0	0	0	3
Totals	8.0	4	2	2	1	7

San Diego Padres	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Selma, W (1–0)	9.0	5	1	1	2	12
Totals	9.0	5	1	1	2	12

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

April 14, 1969: Chris Krug was signed as a free agent by the Padres.
April 17, 1969: Al McBean was traded by the Padres to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Tommy Dean and Leon Everitt.
April 25, 1969: Dick Selma was traded by the Padres to the Chicago Cubs for Joe Niekro, Frankie Libran and Gary Ross.
May 22, 1969: Bill Davis and Jerry DaVanon were traded by the Padres to the St. Louis Cardinals for John Sipin and Sonny Ruberto.
May 23, 1969: Chris Krug was released by the Padres.
June 13, 1969: Tony González was traded by the Padres to the Atlanta Braves for Van Kelly, Walt Hriniak and Andy Finlay (minors).

Draft picks

June 5, 1969: 1969 Major League Baseball draft
- Randy Elliott was drafted by the Padres in the 1st round (24th pick).
- Doug DeCinces was drafted by the Padres in the 18th round, but did not sign.

Roster

1969 San Diego Padres
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

	= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

Pos	G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
C	134	418	23	92	.220	4	33	0
1B	139	483	64	123	.255	24	66	6
2B	120	302	35	65	.215	0	10	14
3B	121	355	29	83	.234	13	43	1
SS	101	273	14	48	.176	2	9	0
LF	138	366	39	95	.260	14	56	0
CF	129	391	20	90	.230	2	28	4
RF	151	568	76	150	.264	20	61	10

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases

G	AB	R	H	Avg.	HR	RBI	SB
139	472	44	118	.250	4	30	0
111	247	19	63	.255	3	25	3
68	229	22	51	.223	2	9	2
73	209	16	51	.244	3	15	0
53	182	17	41	.225	2	8	1
95	162	10	32	.198	3	10	3
31	66	4	15	.227	0	1	0
24	59	4	8	.136	0	3	0
31	57	1	10	.175	0	1	0
19	41	5	8	.195	1	6	0
10	26	2	4	.154	0	0	0
13	25	4	7	.280	0	2	0
13	24	6	7	.292	1	5	0
17	21	3	3	.143	0	0	0
6	20	1	2	.100	0	0	1
8	17	0	1	.059	0	0	0
10	10	1	1	.100	0	1	0

Pitching

	= Indicates league leader

Starting pitchers

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
35	215.2	7	20	3.80	113
37	202.0	8	17	3.70	55
32	184.2	8	14	3.95	111
27	136.0	4	8	3.57	96
4	22.0	2	2	4.09	20
1	7.0	0	1	5.14	1

Other pitchers

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
53	143.0	2	13	4.78	59
46	109.2	3	12	4.19	58
17	64.2	5	6	4.31	17
22	48.2	0	3	4.81	19
6	17.0	1	3	8.47	13
4	10.2	0	1	9.28	9

Relief pitchers

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
54	3	5	7	4.30	35
67	1	2	6	3.59	65
61	7	2	1	4.79	67
13	1	0	1	7.25	15
5	0	1	0	8.04	11

Award winners

1969 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Chris Cannizzaro, catcher, reserve

Farm system

References

[https://web.archive.org/web/20070419112715/http://sandiego.padres.mlb.com/sd/history/timeline1.jsp Padres Timeline. padres.com: History]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/santoal01.shtml Al Santorini] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/colbena01.shtml Nate Colbert] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/stahlla01.shtml Larry Stahl] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gastoci01.shtml Cito Gaston] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/spiezed01.shtml Ed Spiezio] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cannich01.shtml Chris Cannizzaro] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?team_ID=SDP&year_ID=1968&draft_type=junreg&query_type=franch_year&from_type_jc=0&from_type_hs=0&from_type_4y=0&from_type_unk=0 "1968 San Diego Padres Draft Picks in the June MLB Draft,"] [[Baseball Reference]]
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/krugch01.shtml Chris Krug] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/deanto01.shtml Tommy Dean] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/n/niekrjo01.shtml Joe Niekro] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/r/ruberso01.shtml Sonny Ruberto] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/k/kellyva01.shtml Van Kelly] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/e/elliora01.shtml Randy Elliott] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/d/decindo01.shtml Doug DeCinces] at ''Baseball Reference''
"1969 San Diego Padres Statistics".
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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