This Date In Padre Baseball - March 30th

THIS DATE IN PADRE BASEBALL

1998 SEASON

The Padres visited their AA affiliate in Mobile, Alabama for their last exhibition game of the season. The Padres would win 5-3 behind Greg Vaughn and Quilvio Veras with 2 hits each, with one of Quilvio's being a home run.
Future Padres Ben Davis and Mike Darr also had 2 hits, with one of Darr's a home run.
Just as the Padres were feeling good about the 98 season, so were the Mobile BayBears, who would go on to win the AA title.

Notable games of March 30 

Notable by omission - what should be Game 5 of the 2020 season, the opener of a 3 game series versus the Atlanta Braves.

PADRES FRANCHISE RECORD ON THIS DATE = 1-2

Opening Day 2014

Padres defeat the Dodgers 3-1 at Petco Park.

Trailing 1-0 going into the 8th, Seth Smith takes Brian Wilson deep down the RF line for a game tying home run. A Yasmani Grandal walk, followed by Brian Wilson error on an Everth Cabrera sacrifice attempt, and the a Grandal steal of 3rd and Cabrera of 2nd, Wilson allows a Chris Denorfia ground ball up the middle scoring both to take a 3-1 lead. Huston Street takes down the Dodgers in order to secure an Opening Day win for the Padres for the first time since 2011.

2018
Padres lose 8-6 to the Milwaukee Brewers.

Once again, the family attends, and we have a great time, despite Brad Hand coughing up 5 runs in the top of the 9th. Blech.

Here is Carlos Asuaje hitting a double to right field, scoring Matt Szczur in the 7th inning.

Padres Making MLB Debuts on March 30

2018

Joey Lucchesi
Age - 24
Position - P
Stat Line - 4 2/3 IP, 7 H, 3ER, 1 K with no decision.


Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 4th round of the 2016 amateur draft.

Kazuhisa Makita
Age - 33
Position - P
Stat Line - 1.1 IP with 1 BB with no decision



Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres in 2018.


2019

Nick Margevicius
Age - 22
Position - P
Stat Line - 5 IP, 3H, 1ER, 5K and took the loss


Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 7th round of the 2017 amateur draft.

Transactions of March 30

1970
Traded Tommie Sisk to the Chicago White Sox. Received Jerry Nyman.

• After a wretched 1969, Sisk hoped to pitch better as a White Sox, but did not in 1970 and retired after the season.
• Nyman would start 2 games for the 1970 Padres, losing both with a 15.19 ERA in merely 5 1/3 inning pitched. He would be released during the 1971 while at AAA Hawaii.

1979

Traded a player to be named later to the Cleveland Indians. Received Dan Briggs. The San Diego Padres sent Mike Champion (April 3, 1979) to the Cleveland Indians to complete the trade.

• Player to be named later, Champion appeared in 193 games between 1976-1978 at second base. He hit .229 with 2 HR and 49 RBI. I believe I have his autograph somewhere.
• 1B/OF Briggs would appear in 104 games in 1979, hiting .207 with 8 HR and 30 RBI. He would be traded to Montreal in the off- season. He would play professionally until 1982, but never appeared in more than 48 games in a season again.

1984

Traded a player to be named later and Dennis Rasmussen to the New York Yankees. Received Graig Nettles. The San Diego Padres sent Darin Cloninger (minors) (April 26, 1984) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

• Rasmussen had made his MLB debut in 1983, appearing in 4 games. He was traded to the Padres from the Yankees in September 1983. He would return to the Padres via a trade with Cincinnati in 1988.
• Cloninger was a low A ball pitcher with the Spokane Indians. He would get as high as AA with the Yankees in 1985 before his release.
• 39 years old, San Diego native Nettles, having already played for 17 seasons and appearing in 44 postseason games, brought a steady hand at third and yet another veteran presence to the clubhouse. Hitting only .228 for the season, he still hit 20 HR and had 65 RBI. He would finish his Padre career in 1986, having hit .237 with 51 HR and 181 RBI and appearing in the 1985 All-Star game.
• T49 WAR = 5.9
• T28 HR = 51
• #38 RBI = 181

1985

Released Ron Roenicke.

• OF Roenicke played in 12 games for the 1984 Padres hitting .300 with 1 HR and 2 RBI. He even appeared as a defensive replacement in 2 World Series games. He would play 4 more seasons in MLB (SF,PHI,CIN.)

1989

Signed Billy Taylor as a free agent.

• P Taylor would play all of 1989 at AAA Las Vegas. He would be released at bounce around the minors until finally making his MLB debut in 1994 at age 32. He would pitch for 7 more seasons.

1991

Signed Mike Maddux as a free agent.

• P Maddux would appear in 114 games between 1991-1992 posting a 9-4 record with a 2.42 ERA. Mainly a middle reliever, he did notch 10 saves in his brief Padre career, good for a tie at 30th place on the all time Padre leader board.

Released Calvin Schiraldi.

• P Schiraldi was traded from the Cubs in the 1989 season. Appearing in 47 games with 12 starts, Schiraldi posted a 6-9 record with a 4.09 ERA. He also recorded one save in 1990. He would pitch just 3 times in 1991 for the Texas Rangers before being released.

1992

Released Craig Worthington.

• 3B traded from Baltimore to the Padres at the start of spring training 1992, he would play his way to his release. Finished 4th in ROY voting in 1989. Played until 1996 (CLE,CIN,TEX)

Traded Craig Bullock (minors) to the New York Mets. Received Terry Bross.

• 3B/P Bullock was a two-way player at single A Charleston in 1991. Rose to AA as a pitcher with the Mets before his release in 1996.
• P Bross pitched out of the bullpen for AAA Las Vegas before being traded to Texas in the off-season. 

1993

Traded Darrin Jackson to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Stoney Briggs (minors) and Derek Bell.

• Defensive OF Jackson played for the Padres from 1989-1992 appearing in 360 games while hitting .250 with 44 HR and 140 RBI. Originally traded to the Padres by the Cubs in 1989.
• T25 WAR = 9.1
• #37 HR = 44
• Single A OF who played in the Padres minors from 1993-1997, making it to AAA but never breaking through to the majors.
• OF Bell would only play in the 1993 & 1994 seasons for the Padres before being a key part of the huge off-season trade in December 1994 with the Astros that brought Caminiti, Finley and other to that special 1998 team. Bell had 2 productive seasons in San Diego, hitting .284 with 35 HR and 126 RBI, he also stole 50 bases.
• T49 HR = 35
• T27 SB = 50

2004

Sent J.J. Trujillo to the Kansas City Royals as part of a conditional deal.

• P Trujillo appeared in 4 games for the 2002 Padres posting a 0-1 record and a 10.13 ERA. He would pitch in the minors for the rest of his career, ending in 2007.

Signed Andy Ashby as a free agent.

• Former All-Star Pitcher Ashby returned to San Diego at age 36. Injured for most of the year, he would appear in 2 games as a reliever in 2004, striking out 2 and giving up one hit. Ashby's 8 year Padre career would see him post a 70-62 record and a 3.59 ERA. His name peppers the All Time Padre leader board:
• #3 WAR = 22.8
• T12 ERA = 3.59
• #5 WINS = 70
• #6 IP =1,212
• #5 K's = 829
• #6 GS = 165
• T9 CG = 18
• T8 Shutouts = 6

2005

Released Scott Mullen.

• Invited to Spring Training as a non-roster pitcher, his release would mark the end of his 4 year career in the majors (KC, LAD)

2006

Signed Brian Sikorski as a free agent.

• Sikorski would pitch in 13 games in 2006 with a 1-1 record and a 5.65 ERA. He was traded in July to the Cleveland Indians. 

2015

Traded Alex Torres to the New York Mets. Received a player to be named later and Cory Mazzoni. The New York Mets sent Brad Wieck (June 13, 2015) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.

• P Torres appeared in 70 games for the 2014 Padres going 2-1 with a 3.33 ERA. He would appear in 39 games for the Mets in 2015.
• A minor league starter, the Padres converted Mazzoni to a bullpen piece. He struggled with the transition, appearing in 8 games in 2015 and 6 more in 2017 before before selected off waivers by the Chicago Cubs in November 2017. His Padres career ended with him at 0-0 and a 17.28 ERA.
• P Wieck would make his MLB debut for the Padres in 2018, pitching in 5 games. He was traded to the Cubs in July 2019. His Padres career was a total of 35 games, going 0-1 with a 5.40 ERA

2016

Traded Nick Vincent to the Seattle Mariners. Received player to be named or cash.

• P Vincent was originally drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 18th round of the 2008 amateur draft. He would make his MLB debut in 2012 and pitch 4 seasons in San Diego. 161 appearances in relief for a record of 9-6 with a 2.63 ERA . His 161 appearance is good for a tie at 40th place on the All Time Padre leader board.