1978 San Diego Padres Roster (40-man)

1977 Season 1979 Season

Record: 84-78-0, Finished 4th in NL_West (Schedule and Results)

Manager: Roger Craig (84-78)

Farm Director: Jim Weigel

Ballpark: San Diego Stadium

Attendance: 1,670,107 (5th of 12)

Park Factors: (Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.)
Multi-year: Batting - 91, Pitching - 92
One-year: Batting - 92, Pitching - 92

Pythagorean W-L: 80-82, 591 Runs, 598 Runs Allowed

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Full-Season Roster & Games by Position

Full-Season Roster & Games by Position
Name	Age	Birth	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary
Bill Almon	25	us US	R	R	6' 3"	180	Nov 21, 1952	5	138	109	138	126	0	0	0	7	114	15	0	0	0	0	5	15	0.0
Tucker Ashford	23	us US	R	R	6' 1"	195	Dec 4, 1954	3	75	35	75	59	0	0	14	18	32	0	0	0	0	0	23	0	-0.8
Chuck Baker	25	us US	R	R	5' 11"	180	Dec 6, 1952	1st	44	13	44	36	0	0	0	24	0	12	0	0	0	0	9	4	0.2
Jim Beswick	20	us US	B	R	6' 1"	180	Feb 12, 1958	1st	17	2	17	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	6	7	5	-0.4
Tony Castillo	21	us US	R	R	6' 4"	190	Jun 14, 1957	1st	5	3	5	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1
Mike Champion	23	us US	R	R	6' 0"	185	Feb 10, 1955	3	32	12	32	23	0	0	0	20	4	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0.0
John D'Acquisto	26	us US	R	R	6' 2"	205	Dec 24, 1951	6	45	3	45	45	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.7
Bob Davis	26	us US	R	R	6' 0"	180	Mar 1, 1952	5	19	10	19	16	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	-0.5
Juan Eichelberger	24	us US	R	R	6' 2"	195	Oct 21, 1953	1st	3	0	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1
Barry Evans	22	us US	R	R	6' 1"	180	Nov 30, 1955	1st	24	23	24	24	0	0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.1
Rollie Fingers HOF	31	us US	R	R	6' 4"	190	Aug 25, 1946	11	67	0	67	67	67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	$266,667	All-Star
Dave Freisleben	26	us US	R	R	5' 11"	195	Oct 31, 1951	5	12	4	12	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1.0
Oscar Gamble	28	us US	L	R	5' 11"	160	Dec 20, 1949	10	126	106	126	107	0	0	0	0	0	0	39	0	71	107	19	1	1.8	$475,000
Fernando González	28	pr PR	R	R	5' 10"	165	Jun 19, 1950	5	101	86	101	94	0	0	0	94	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0.4
George Hendrick	28	us US	R	R	6' 3"	195	Oct 18, 1949	8	36	28	36	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	26	6	33	5	0	-0.2
Randy Jones	28	us US	R	L	6' 0"	178	Jan 12, 1950	6	38	36	38	37	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3.0	$135,000
Dennis Kinney	26	us US	L	L	6' 1"	175	Feb 26, 1952	1st	7	0	7	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Mark Lee	25	us US	R	R	6' 4"	225	Jun 14, 1953	1st	56	0	56	56	56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.6
Mickey Lolich	37	us US	B	L	6' 1"	170	Sep 12, 1940	15	20	2	20	20	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0
Steve Mura	23	us US	R	R	6' 2"	188	Feb 12, 1955	1st	5	2	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.4
Bob Owchinko	23	us US	L	L	6' 2"	190	Jan 1, 1955	3	36	33	36	36	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.9
Broderick Perkins	23	us US	L	L	5' 10"	180	Nov 23, 1954	1st	62	52	62	59	0	0	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	0.0
Gaylord Perry HOF	39	us US	R	R	6' 4"	205	Sep 15, 1938	17	37	37	37	37	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.8
Eric Rasmussen	26	us US	R	R	6' 3"	205	Mar 22, 1952	4	27	24	27	27	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5
Don Reynolds	25	us US	R	R	5' 8"	178	Apr 16, 1953	1st	57	15	57	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	0	3	25	38	2	-0.2
Gene Richards	24	us US	L	L	6' 0"	175	Sep 29, 1953	2	154	136	154	144	0	0	26	0	0	0	115	26	0	125	11	5	3.3
Dave Roberts	27	us US	R	R	6' 3"	215	Feb 17, 1951	6	54	31	54	50	0	41	8	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	4	4	-0.1
Bob Shirley	24	us US	R	L	5' 11"	180	Jun 25, 1954	2	50	20	50	50	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	$50,000
Ozzie Smith HOF	23	us US	B	R	5' 11"	150	Dec 26, 1954	1st	159	154	159	159	0	0	0	0	0	159	0	0	0	0	0	2	3.3
Dan Spillner	26	us US	R	R	6' 1"	190	Nov 27, 1951	5	17	0	17	17	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Rick Sweet	25	us US	B	R	6' 1"	200	Sep 7, 1952	1st	88	63	88	76	0	76	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0	0.6
Gene Tenace	31	us US	R	R	6' 0"	190	Oct 10, 1946	10	142	123	142	136	0	71	81	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	5.2	$310,000
Derrel Thomas	27	us US	B	R	6' 0"	160	Jan 14, 1951	8	128	92	128	121	0	0	14	39	26	0	10	69	1	78	7	8	0.9
Jerry Turner	24	us US	L	L	5' 9"	180	Jan 17, 1954	5	106	46	106	58	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	17	23	58	52	0	0.2
Dave Wehrmeister	25	us US	R	R	6' 4"	195	Nov 9, 1952	3	4	0	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Mark Wiley	30	us US	R	R	6' 1"	200	Feb 28, 1948	2	4	1	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.2
Jim Wilhelm	25	us US	R	R	6' 3"	190	Sep 20, 1952	1st	10	5	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	0	10	0	1	0.1
Dave Winfield HOF	26	us US	R	R	6' 6"	220	Oct 3, 1951	6	158	152	158	155	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	82	113	154	5	1	4.3		All-Star
Name	Age	Birth	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Yrs	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR	WAR	Salary

Coaching Staff

Coaching Staff
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date
Roger Craig	48	us US	Feb 17, 1930	Manager	Apr 7	Oct 1
Chuck Estrada	40	us US	Feb 15, 1938		Apr 7	Oct 1
Whitey Wietelmann	59	us US	Mar 15, 1919		Apr 7	Oct 1
Don Williams	40	us US	Dec 24, 1937		Apr 7	Oct 1
Billy Herman	68	us US	Jul 7, 1909	Coach	Apr 7	Oct 1
Doug Rader	33	us US	Jul 30, 1944	Coach	Apr 7	Oct 1
Phil Roof	37	us US	Mar 5, 1941	Coach	Apr 7	Oct 1
Name	Age	Birth	DoB	Role	Start Date	End Date