This Date In Padre Baseball - June 15

THIS DATE IN PADRE BASEBALL

1998 SEASON

FIRST PLACE PADRES ENJOY DAY OFF

The third place Los Angeles Dodgers are coming to town for a quick 2 game series, then it's off to San Francisco for 4 games.

  

News and Notes -  On the off day, the Padres extended their NL West lead to 3.5 games, but the Astros won, drawing them 1.5 games within the #2 seed in the NL. The Padres trail the Braves by 3.

Standings:

SDP	44	25	.638	--
SFG	41	29	.586	3.5
LAD	34	34	.500	9.5
COL	30	40	.429	14.5
ARI	22	47	.319	22.0

HOT FRIAR:  Trevor Hoffman, 20 consecutive saves, leads MLB 
COLD FRIAR:  The bench as a whole. Sweeney, Giovanola, Mouton, and Romero are not filling the need at pinch hitter, nor in the spot start role. Someone needs to get hot.

Notable games of June 15 

PADRES FRANCHISE RECORD ON THIS DATE = 18-27 .400

Game 60 1983 - Padres 5 Reds 1

Ed Whitson allows only three hits and an unearned run in a complete game as the Padres defeat the Reds 5–1 at San Diego Jack Murphy Stadium. Whitson earned his first victory of the season, and had 2 RBI.

Game 59 1990 - Padres 3 @ Dodgers 1

Center fielder Joe Carter hits a two-run homer in the top of the 13th to give the Padres a 3–1 win over the Dodgers in Los Angeles.

Game 66 2015 - A's 9 Padres 1

Dave Roberts only game as Padres manager as Bud Black is fired after 8 ½ seasons as the Padres manager. He was the 16th manager in Padres history with the second-longest tenure.

GAME OF THE DATE

Game 71 2019 - @Rockies 14 Padres 8

But, of course it's Coors Field, where the 2019 Padres all the most runs allowed. A day after a wild 16-12 win, the Padres are on the losing end of a wild game. 

Padres Making MLB Debuts on June 15

1982

Dave Dravecky

Age -  26

Position - RP

Stat Line - 1 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K in a 3-0 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers at the Murph.

Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the San Diego Padres for Bobby Mitchell (minors)(April 5, 1981)

Traded by the San Diego Padres with Craig Lefferts and Kevin Mitchell to the San Francisco Giants for Chris Brown, Keith Comstock, Mark Davis and Mark Grant.(July 5, 1987)

Padre Career: 199 games (119 starts) posting a 53-50 record with a 3.13 ERA, including 23 completed games, 6 shut outs and 10 saves. (6 seasons)

ALL TIME PADRE LEADER BOARD

#11 WAR - 12.3

#4 ERA - 3.12

#12 WINS - 53

#21 GAMES- 199

#15 STARTS - 119

T30 SAVES- 10

#21 K's - 456

#6 CG - 23

T8 Shut Outs - 6

2007

Chase Headley

Age -  23

Position - 3B

Stat Line - 0 for 3, GIDP in 4-1 loss to the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field.

Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 2nd round of the 2005 amateur draft. (June 7, 2005)

Traded by the San Diego Padres with cash to the New York Yankees for Jose Rafael De Paula (minors) and Yangervis Solarte.(July 22, 2014)

Traded by the New York Yankees with Bryan Mitchell and cash to the San Diego Padres for Jabari Blash.(December 12, 2017)

Released on May 17, 2018.

Padre Career: 935 games, hitting .263 with 87 HR and 405 RBI (9 seasons)

ALL TIME PADRE LEADER BOARD

T27 AVG - .263

#6 GAMES - 935

#11 RUNS - 400

#5 HITS - 879

#4 DOUBLES - 187

T26 TRIPLES - 13

#10 HR - 87

#10 RBI - 405

#7 BB - 383

#1 K - 864

#19 SB - 73

#5 SINGLES - 592

#1 HBP - 38

#20 SAC FLY - 19

T21 IBB - 24

Transactions of June 15

1970

Sold Bobby Etheridge to the St. Louis Cardinals.

• 3B Etheridge, acquired via trade from the San Francisco Giants on December 5, 1969, played for the AAA Salt Lake City Bees at the time of the transactions.

Purchased Ron Willis from the St. Louis Cardinals.

• P Willis would go on to appear in 42 games during the 1970 season, posting a 2-2 record with a 4.02 ERA, including 4 saves. 

ALL TIME PADRE LEADER BOARD

T50 SAVES - 4

1974

Traded Steve Arlin to the Cleveland Indians. Received players to be named later.

• P Arlin, originally drafted as the 57th pick of the expansion draft, and a member of the inaugural Padres, appeared in 130 games (113 starts) posting a 32-62 record with a 4.19 ERA, including 31 complete games, 11 shut outs, and 1 save. 

ALL TIME PADRE LEADER BOARD

#27 ERA - 4.19

T26 WINS - 32

#17 IP - 745.0

#23 K's - 443

#16 STARTS - 113

#4 CG - 31

T2 Shutouts - 11

#2 WP - 40

T20 HBP - 18

1977

Traded Paul Siebert and Bobby Valentine to the New York Mets. Received Dave Kingman.

• P Siebert appeared in 4 games during the 1977 season, with no decisions and a 2.45 ERA.
• UTL Valentine appeared in 66 games over 3 seasons, hitting .244 with 2 HR and 15 RBI.
• OF/1B Kingman would go on to appear in 56 games during the 1977 season, hitting .238 with 11 HR and 39 RBI. Selected off waivers by the California Angels on September 6. 

1979

Traded Dave Wehrmeister to the New York Yankees. Received Jay Johnstone.

• P Wehrmesiter had made his MLB debut as a Padre on April 16, 1976. Appeared in 41 games (10 starts) over 3 seasons, posting a 2-7 record with a 6.35 ERA.
• OF Johnstone would go on to appear in 75 games during the 1979 season, hitting .294 with 0 HR and 32 RBI. Granted free agency on November 1, 1979.

1993

Signed Domingo Guzman as an amateur free agent.

• P Guzman would make his MLB debut as a Padre on September 9, 1999. Appeared in 8 games over 2 seasons, posting a 0-1 record with a 19.50 ERA.

Signed Juan Melo as an amateur free agent.

• P 2B Melo would be traded to the Toronto Blue Jays on July 8, 1999. He would make his MLB debut as a member of the San Francisco Giants on September 2, 2000.

2005

Released Kerry Robinson.

• OF Robinson appeared in 80 games in 2004, hitting .293 with 0 HR and 5 RBI.

2006

Signed Steve Andrade as a free agent.

• P Andrade would pitch at AAA Portland before being granted free agency on October 15, 2006.

2013

John Baker selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers off waivers.

• C baker appeared in 16 games during the 2013 season, hitting .238 with 0 HR and 14 RBI.