Peter Bavasi

Peter Bavasi

Biographical Information

Peter Bavasi was the GM of the Albuquerque Dodgers in 1967. He was farm director for the San Diego Padres from 1969 to 1972. He then replaced his father, Buzzie Bavasi as General Manager of the Padres from 1973 to 1976. Peter later went on to become the first GM of the Toronto Blue Jays in 1977. He was president of the Blue Jays from 1978 to 1981. He was also president of the Cleveland Indians in 1986. His brother Bill was General Manager of the Seattle Mariners in 2004-2008.

Preceded by Buzzie Bavasi

San Diego Padres General Manager 1973-1976

Succeeded by Bob Fontaine

Preceded by N/A

Toronto Blue Jays General Manager 1977

Succeeded by Pat Gillick

Record as a General Manager

Draft Picks

1st Round - Padres

• 1973: 4th overall OF Dave Winfield - University of Minnesota
• 1974: 1st overall SS Bill Almon - Brown University
• 1975: 2nd overall P Mike Lentz - Juanita High School
• 1976: 5th overall P Bob Owchinko - Eastern Michigan University

Other Notable Selections - Padres

• 1976: 19th round (437th overall) P Gary Lucas - Chapman College

1st Round - Blue Jays

• 1977: 25th overall SS Tom Goffena - Sidney High School

Other Notable Selections - Blue Jays

• 1977: 9th round (233rd overall) OF Jesse Barfield - Joliet Central High School
• 1977: 15th round (389th overall) SS Danny Ainge - North Eugene High School
• 1977 Expansion Draft

Significant Trades

Padres

• June 12, 1973 traded Fred Norman to the Cincinnati Reds for Gene Locklear, Mike Johnson and cash
• October 25, 1973 traded Mike Caldwell to the San Francisco Giants for Willie McCovey and Bernie Williams
• November 9, 1973 traded Clay Kirby to the Cincinnati Reds for Bobby Tolan and Dave Tomlin
• November 18, 1974 in a three-team trade sent Nate Colbert to the Detroit Tigers and Danny Breeden to the St. Louis Cardinals for Bob Strampe and Dick Sharon from Detroit and Alan Foster, Rich Folkers and Sonny Siebert from St. Louis
• December 11, 1975 traded Joe McIntosh and Larry Hardy to the Houston Astros for Doug Rader

Blue Jays

• December 6, 1976 traded Rico Carty to the Cleveland Indians for Rick Cerone and John Lowenstein
• May 9, 1977 traded Steve Hargan, Jim Mason and cash to the Texas Rangers for Roy Howell