1989 San Diego Padres season

1989 San Diego Padres
1989 San Diego Padres
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1969) Western Division (since 1969); ;
Location
	Jack Murphy Stadium (since 1969); San Diego, California (since 1969);
Other information
Owner(s)	Joan Kroc
General manager(s)	Jack McKeon
Manager(s)	Jack McKeon
Local television	KUSI-TV; San Diego Cable Sports Network
Local radio	KFMB (AM); (Rick Monday, Jerry Coleman, Bob Chandler, Ted Leitner); XEXX; (Gustavo Lopez, Mario Thomas Zapiain, Eduardo Ortega)
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The 1989 San Diego Padres season was the 21st season in franchise history.

Offseason[]

October 24, 1988: Lance McCullers, Jimmy Jones, and Stan Jefferson were traded by the Padres to the New York Yankees for Jack Clark and Pat Clements.^[1]
December 8, 1988: Bruce Hurst was signed as a free agent by the Padres.^[2]
March 30, 1989: Billy Taylor was signed as a free agent by the Padres.^[3]

Regular season[]

Opening Day starters[]

Season standings[]

v t NL West	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
San Francisco Giants	92	70	0.568	—	53–28	39–42
San Diego Padres	89	73	0.549	3	46–35	43–38
Houston Astros	86	76	0.531	6	47–35	39–41
Los Angeles Dodgers	77	83	0.481	14	44–37	33–46
Cincinnati Reds	75	87	0.463	17	38–43	37–44
Atlanta Braves	63	97	0.394	28	33–46	30–51

Record vs. opponents[]

1989 National League Records v t Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	5–7	8–10	8–10	6–10	6–6	2–10	8–4	4–8	7–11	6–12	3–9
Chicago	7–5	—	7–5	5–7	7–5	10–8	10–8	10–8	12–6	8–4	6–6	11–7
Cincinnati	10–8	5–7	—	8–10	8–10	4–8	4–8	4–8	7–5	9–9	8–10	8–4
Houston	10–8	7–5	10–8	—	10–8	4–8	6–6	9–3	7–5	8–10	8–10	7–5
Los Angeles	10–6	5–7	10–8	8–10	—	7–5	5–7	6–6	7–5	6–12	10–8	3–9
Montreal	6–6	8–10	8–4	8–4	5–7	—	9–9	9–9	11–7	5–7	7–5	5–13
New York	10–2	8–10	8–4	6–6	7–5	9–9	—	12–6	9–9	5–7	3–9	10–8
Philadelphia	4-8	8–10	8–4	3–9	6–6	9–9	6–12	—	10–8	2–10	4–8	7–11
Pittsburgh	8–4	6–12	5–7	5–7	5–7	7–11	9–9	8–10	—	3–9	5–7	13–5
San Diego	11–7	4–8	9–9	10–8	12–6	7–5	7–5	10–2	9–3	—	8–10	2–10
San Francisco	12–6	6–6	10–8	10–8	8–10	5–7	9–3	8–4	7–5	10–8	—	7–5
St. Louis	9–3	7–11	4–8	5–7	9–3	13–5	8–10	11–7	5–13	10–2	5–7	—

Notable transactions[]

April 24, 1989: Randy Byers was traded by the Padres to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jeremy Hernandez.^[4]
June 2, 1989: John Kruk and Randy Ready were traded by the Padres to the Philadelphia Phillies for Chris James.^[5]
June 5, 1989: Darrell Sherman was drafted by the Padres in the 6th round of the 1989 Major League Baseball draft.^[6]
June 29, 1989: Greg Booker was traded by the Padres to the Minnesota Twins for Freddie Toliver.^[7]
July 22, 1989: Walt Terrell and a player to be named later were traded by the Padres to the New York Yankees for Mike Pagliarulo and Don Schulze. The Padres completed the deal by sending Freddie Toliver to the Yankees on September 27.^[8]
August 30, 1989: Calvin Schiraldi, Darrin Jackson and a player to be named later were traded by the Cubs to the San Diego Padres for Marvell Wynne and Luis Salazar. The Cubs completed the deal by sending Phil Stephenson to the Padres on September 5.^[9]

Roster[]

1989 San Diego Padres

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

17 Sandy Alomar, Jr.
27 Mark Parent
9 Benito Santiago

Infielders

12 Roberto Alomar
25 Jack Clark
5 Joey Cora
11 Tim Flannery
20 Gary Green
7 Rob Nelson
13 Mike Pagliarulo
5 Randy Ready
4 Luis Salazar
21 Phil Stephenson
1 Garry Templeton

Outfielders

28 Shawn Abner
24,28 Jerald Clark
19 Tony Gwynn
4 Darrin Jackson
18 Chris James
8 John Kruk
14 Carmelo Martínez
10 Bip Roberts
16 Marvell Wynne

Manager

15 Jack McKeon

Coaches

2 Sandy Alomar, Sr. (third base)
36 Pat Dobson (pitching)
26 Amos Otis (hitting)
3 Greg Riddoch (first base)
34 Denny Sommers (bullpen)

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	Benito Santiago	129	462	109	.236	16	62
1B	Jack Clark	142	455	110	.242	26	94
2B	Roberto Alomar	158	623	184	.295	7	56
3B	Luis Salazar	95	246	66	.268	8	22
SS	Garry Templeton	142	506	129	.255	6	40
LF	Carmelo Martínez	111	267	59	.221	6	39
CF	Tony Gwynn	158	604	203	.336	4	62
RF	Chris James	87	303	80	.264	11	46

Other batters[]

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Bip Roberts	117	329	99	.301	3	25
Marvell Wynne	105	294	74	.252	6	35
Mike Pagliarulo	50	148	29	.196	3	14
Mark Parent	52	141	27	.191	7	21
Tim Flannery	73	130	30	.231	0	8
Shawn Abner	57	102	18	.176	2	14
Darrin Jackson	25	87	18	.207	3	12
Rob Nelson	42	82	16	.195	3	7
John Kruk	31	76	14	.184	3	6
Randy Ready	28	67	17	.254	0	5
Jerald Clark	17	41	8	.195	1	7
Gary Green	15	27	7	.259	0	0
Sandy Alomar, Jr.	7	19	4	.211	1	6
Joey Cora	12	19	6	.316	0	1
Phil Stephenson	10	17	6	.353	2	2

Pitching[]

Starting pitchers[]

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Bruce Hurst	33	244.2	15	11	2.69	179
Ed Whitson	33	227	16	11	2.66	117
Dennis Rasmussen	33	183.2	10	10	4.26	87
Walt Terrell	19	123.1	5	13	4.01	63
Eric Show	16	106.1	8	6	4.23	66
Andy Benes	10	66.2	6	3	3.51	66
Calvin Schiraldi	5	21.1	3	1	2.53	17

Other pitchers[]

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Greg Harris	56	135	8	9	2.60	106
Don Schulze	7	24.1	2	1	5.55	15
Eric Nolte	3	11	0	0	11.00	8

Relief pitchers[]

Player	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Mark Davis	70	92.2	4	3	44	1.85	92
Mark Grant	50	116.1	8	2	2	3.33	69
Pat Clements	23	39	4	1	0	3.92	18
Dave Leiper	22	28.2	0	1	0	5.02	7
Greg Booker	11	19	0	1	0	4.26	8
Freddie Toliver	9	14	0	0	0	7.07	14
Dan Murphy	7	6.1	0	0	0	5.68	1

Award winners[]

Mark Davis, Cy Young Award Winner
Jack Clark, National League Leader Walks (132)
Tony Gwynn, National League Batting Champion (.336)
Tony Gwynn, National League Leader Hits (203)
Bruce Hurst, National League Leader Complete Games (10)

1989 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system[]

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Las Vegas Stars	Pacific Coast League	Steve Smith
AA	Wichita Pilots	Texas League	Pat Kelly
A	Riverside Red Wave	California League	Steve Lubratich
A	Charleston Rainbows	South Atlantic League	Jack Krol
A-Short Season	Spokane Indians	Northwest League	Bruce Bochy
Rookie	AZL Padres	Arizona League

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Spokane^[10]

References[]

^ Jack Clark at Baseball Reference
^ Bruce Hurst at Baseball Reference
^ Billy Taylor at Baseball Reference
^ Jeremy Hernandez page at Baseball Reference
^ John Kruk at Baseball Reference
^ Darrell Sherman at Baseball Reference
^ Greg Booker at Baseball Reference
^ Don Schulze at Baseball Reference
^ Phil Stephenson 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

External links[]

1989 San Diego Padres at Baseball Reference
1989 San Diego Padres at Baseball Almanac

[1] Jack Clark at Baseball Reference

[2] Bruce Hurst at Baseball Reference

[3] Billy Taylor at Baseball Reference

[4] Jeremy Hernandez page at Baseball Reference

[5] John Kruk at Baseball Reference

[6] Darrell Sherman at Baseball Reference

[7] Greg Booker at Baseball Reference

[8] Don Schulze at Baseball Reference

[9] Phil Stephenson at Baseball Reference

[10] 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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1989 San Diego Padres
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1969) Western Division (since 1969)
Location
Jack Murphy Stadium (since 1969) San Diego, California (since 1969)
Other information
Owner(s)	Joan Kroc
General manager(s)	Jack McKeon
Manager(s)	Jack McKeon
Local television	KUSI-TV San Diego Cable Sports Network
Local radio	KFMB (AM) (Rick Monday, Jerry Coleman, Bob Chandler, Ted Leitner) XEXX (Gustavo Lopez, Mario Thomas Zapiain, Eduardo Ortega)
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