# 1977 San Diego Padres season

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

Opening Day Starters :
| # | Name | Position |
| 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

vteNL West :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 98 | 64 | .605 | — | 51‍–‍30 | 47‍–‍34 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 88 | 74 | .543 | 10 | 48‍–‍33 | 40‍–‍41 |
| Houston Astros | 81 | 81 | .500 | 17 | 46‍–‍35 | 35‍–‍46 |
| San Francisco Giants | 75 | 87 | .463 | 23 | 38‍–‍43 | 37‍–‍44 |
| San Diego Padres | 69 | 93 | .426 | 29 | 35‍–‍46 | 34‍–‍47 |
| Atlanta Braves | 61 | 101 | .377 | 37 | 40‍–‍41 | 21‍–‍60 |

### Record vs. opponents

1977 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL |
| Atlanta | — | 5–7 | 4–14 | 9–9 | 5–13 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 2–10 | 3–9 | 11–7 | 8–10 | 1–11 |
| Chicago | 7–5 | — | 7–5 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 10–8 | 9–9 | 6–12 | 7–11 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 7–11 |
| Cincinnati | 14–4 | 5–7 | — | 5–13 | 10–8 | 7–5 | 10–2 | 8–4 | 3–9 | 11–7 | 10–8 | 5–7 |
| Houston | 9–9 | 6–6 | 13–5 | — | 9–9 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 8–10 | 9–9 | 5–7 |
| Los Angeles | 13–5 | 6–6 | 8–10 | 9–9 | — | 7–5 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 12–6 | 14–4 | 6–6 |
| Montreal | 6–6 | 8–10 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 5–7 | — | 10–8 | 7–11 | 7–11 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 12–6 |
| New York | 5–7 | 9–9 | 2–10 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 8–10 | — | 5–13 | 4–14 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 8–10 |
| Philadelphia | 10-2 | 12–6 | 4–8 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 11–7 | 13–5 | — | 8–10 | 9–3 | 9–3 | 11–7 |
| Pittsburgh | 9–3 | 11–7 | 9–3 | 8–4 | 3–9 | 11–7 | 14–4 | 10–8 | — | 10–2 | 2–10 | 9–9 |
| San Diego | 7–11 | 5–7 | 7–11 | 10–8 | 6–12 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 3–9 | 2–10 | — | 8–10 | 8–4 |
| San Francisco | 10–8 | 3–9 | 8–10 | 9–9 | 4–14 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 3–9 | 10–2 | 10–8 | — | 7–5 |
| St. Louis | 11–1 | 11–7 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 6–12 | 10–8 | 7–11 | 9–9 | 4–8 | 5–7 | — |

### 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
## Player stats
### 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 | Gene Tenace | 147 | 437 | 102 | .233 | 15 | 61 |
| 1B | Mike Ivie | 134 | 489 | 133 | .272 | 9 | 66 |
| 2B | Mike Champion | 150 | 507 | 116 | .229 | 1 | 43 |
| SS | Bill Almon | 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 | George Hendrick | 152 | 541 | 168 | .311 | 23 | 81 |
| RF | Dave Winfield | 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 |
| Doug Rader | 52 | 170 | 46 | .271 | 5 | 27 |
| Dave Kingman | 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 |
| Pat Scanlon | 47 | 79 | 15 | .190 | 1 | 11 |
| Bobby Valentine | 44 | 67 | 12 | .179 | 1 | 10 |
| Luis Meléndez | 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 |
| Randy Jones | 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 |
| Tom Griffin | 38 | 151.1 | 6 | 9 | 4.46 | 79 |
| Dave Freisleben | 33 | 138.2 | 7 | 9 | 4.61 | 72 |
| Rick Sawyer | 56 | 111.0 | 7 | 6 | 5.84 | 45 |
| Dave Wehrmeister | 30 | 69.2 | 1 | 3 | 6.07 | 32 |
| John D'Acquisto | 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 |
| Rollie Fingers | 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 |
| Victor Bernal | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.31 | 6 |
| Paul Siebert | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.45 | 1 |

## Award winners

1977 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
* Dave Winfield

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Hawaii Islanders | Pacific Coast League | Dick Phillips |
| AA | Amarillo Gold Sox | Texas League | Dave Campbell |
| A | Reno Silver Sox | California League | Glenn Ezell |
| A-Short Season | Walla Walla Padres | Northwest League | Cliff Ditto |