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1977 San Diego Padres season

Field	Value
name	San Diego Padres
season	1977
league	National League
division	West
ballpark	San Diego Stadium
city	San Diego, California
record
divisional_place	5th
owners	Ray Kroc
general_managers	Bob Fontaine
managers	John McNamara, Alvin Dark
television	XETV
radio	KOGO
(Jerry Coleman, Bob Chandler)

(Jerry Coleman, Bob Chandler) |}} The 1977 San Diego Padres season was the ninth season in franchise history.

Offseason

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

Regular season

Opening Day starters

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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

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

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

Roster

1977 San Diego Padres
Roster
Pitchers

Player stats

	= Indicates team leader

Batting

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
C		147	437	102	.233	15	61
1B		134	489	133	.272	9	66
2B		150	507	116	.229	1	43
SS		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		152	541	168	.311	23	81
RF		157	615	169	.275	25	92

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
Jerry Turner	118	289	71	.246	10	48
Dave Roberts	82	186	41	.220	1	23
	52	170	46	.271	5	27
	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
	47	79	15	.190	1	11
	44	67	12	.179	1	10
	8	3	0	.000	0	0
Enzo Hernández	7	3	0	.000	0	0
Brian Greer	1	1	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

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

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
	38	151.1	6	9	4.46	79
Dave Freisleben	33	138.2	7	9	4.61	72
	56	111.0	7	6	5.84	45
	30	69.2	1	3	6.07	32
	17	44.0	1	2	6.95	45
Brent Strom	8	16.2	0	2	12.42	8

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
	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
	15	1	1	0	5.31	6
	4	0	0	0	2.45	1

Award winners

1977 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Dave Winfield

Farm system

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/seguidi01.shtml Diego Seguí] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hartech01.shtml Chuck Hartenstein] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/f/fingero01.shtml Rollie Fingers] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/t/tenacge01.shtml Gene Tenace] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/siebepa01.shtml Paul Siebert] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CIN/CIN197704060.shtml 1977 Opening Day Lineup] at ''Baseball-Reference''
"1977 San Diego Padres Roster by Baseball Almanac".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/scanlpa02.shtml Pat Scanlon] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/e/evansba01.shtml Barry Evans] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/smithoz01.shtml Ozzie Smith] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/s/sawyeri01.shtml Rick Sawyer] at ''Baseball-Reference''
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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