This Date In Padre Baseball - July 26

THIS DATE IN PADRE BASEBALL

1998 SEASON

HOFFMAN STREAK ENDS, BUT PADRES RALLY FOR VICTORY

PADRES 6 ASTROS 5

Trevor Hoffman’s franchise-record streak of 41 straight converted saves ends on Moises Alou homer. The Padres defeat Houston 5–4 in the bottom of the 10th.

Kevin Brown pitched another strong 8 innings, striking out 10 before handing the ball over to Trevor Hoffman, who was rudely greeted by Moises Alou with the first pitch in the 9th, ending his consecutive save streak.

With 2 outs in the 10th, Ruben Rivera would double off the wall, missing a game winning home run by a few inches. Carlos Hernandez would be intentionally walked to set up the force at every base. Struggling Andy Sheets then sharply singled to left and Rivera would beat the throw home for the walk off victory.

News and Notes - The comeback win allows the Padres to remain tied with the Braves for the best record in the NL.

Standings:

SDP	69	36	.657	--
SFG	56	49	.533	13.0
LAD	54	51	.514	15.0
COL	46	59	.438	23.0
ARI	37	67	.356	31.5

HOT FRIAR:  Ken Caminiti, 2 for 4, 3 RBI, HR to bring his average to .275

COLD FRIAR: Jim Leyritz 0 for 3, in a 0 for 15 slump.

Notable games of July 26

PADRES FRANCHISE RECORD ON THIS DATE =  22-22 .500

Game 101 1970-  Padres 16 Phillies 2

Left fielder Al Ferrara drives in five runs with two homers in 16–2 Padres win at Philadelphia.

Game 98 1980-  Padres 4 Cardinals 3 (11 innings)

Paul Dade draws a bases loaded walk to win in a literal walk-off and spark a season high 8 game winning streak. 

GAME OF THE DATE

Game 102 1977- Expos 5 Padres 2 (15 innings)  

Left fielder Gene Richards goes 6-for-7 with five singles and a double in a 15-inning, 5–2 loss to Montreal in the second game of a doubleheader at San Diego Stadium. The six hits in a game is a Padres record tied by Tony Gwynn, Adrian Gonzalez and Joe Lefebvre but never broken.

Padres Making MLB Debuts on July 26

2007

Joe Thatcher

Age -  25

Position - RP

Stat Line - ND, 1 IP, 1 K (Morgan Ensberg)  in a 7-1 loss to the Astros in Houston.

Traded by the Milwaukee Brewers with Will Inman (minors) and Steve Garrison to the San Diego Padres for Scott Linebrink.(July 25, 2007)

Traded by the San Diego Padres with Matt Stites to the Arizona Diamondbacks for Ian Kennedy.(July 31, 2013)

Padre Career:  287 games (7 seasons) posting a 8-11 record with a 3.18 ERA including 1 save.

ALL TIME PADRE LEADER BOARD

#7 GAMES - 287

T43 HBP - 10

Transactions of July 26

1983

Released Jerry Turner.

• LF Turner, signed as a free agent on February 28 for his second tour with the Padres, appeared in 25 games, hitting .130 (3 for 23) to conclude his Padre career with 638 games over 9 seasons, hitting .259 with 37 HR and 209 RBI.

ALL TIME PADRE LEADER BOARD

#31 AVG - .259

#23 GAMES - 638

#40 RUNS - 200

#43 HITS - 394

T40 DOUBLES - 70

T46 TRIPLES -   9

T46 HOME RUNS - 37

T28 RBI - 209

T48 WALKS - 138

#32 SB - 44

T43 SINGLES - 278

T32 SAC FLY - 13

T37 IBB - 16

  

1993

Released Kurt Stillwell.

• SS/2B Stillwell, signed as a free agent in February 28, 1992, appeared in 171 games over 2 seasons, hitting .224 with 3 HR and 35 RBI.

Traded Greg Harris and Bruce Hurst to the Colorado Rockies. Received a player to be named later, Brad Ausmus and Doug Bochtler.

• P Harris, drafted in the 10th round of the 1985 draft, would make his MLB debut as a Padre on September 19, 1988. Appeared in 194 games (71 starts) posting a 2.95 ERA including 9 complete games, 2 shut outs, and 15 saves. Finished 7th in Rookie Of The Year voting in 1989. 

ALL TIME PADRE LEADER BOARD

T8 WAR - 15.8

#2 ERA - 2.95

T18 WINS - 41

#26 GAMES - 194

T22 SAVES - 15

#22 IP - 673.1

#20 K's - 462

#32 STARTS - 71

T20 CG - 9

T30 SHUT OUTS - 2

• P Hurst, signed as a free agent on December 8, 1988, making 131 starts, posting a 55-38 record with a 3.27 ERA, including 29 complete games and 10 shut outs.

ALL TIME PADRE LEADER BOARD

#10 WAR - 15.0

#6 ERA - 3.27

T9 WINS - 55

#13 IP - 911.2

#13 K's - 616

T12 STARTS - 131

#5 CG - 29

#17 HR - 76

#24 WALKS - 242

#13 HITS - 835

T17 WP - 24

• C Ausmus would make his MLB debut as a Padre on July 28, 1993. He would go on to appear in 303 games, hitting .255 with 18 HR and 83 RBI. Traded to the Detroit Tigers on June 18, 1996.

ALL TIME PADRE LEADER BOARD

T13 DEF WAR - 2.7

T40 IBB - 15

• P Bochtler would make his MLB debut as a Padre on May 5, 1995. He would go on to appear in 151 games over 3 seasons, posting a 9-14 record with a 3.78 ERA including 6 saves.

ALL TIME PADRE LEADER BOARD

#44 GAMES - 151

T45 SAVES - 6

T45 WP - 14

1999

Traded Greg Myers to the Atlanta Braves. Received Doug Dent (minors).

• C Myers, signed as free agent on November 25, 1997, appeared in 119 games over 2 seasons, hitting .264 with 7 HR and 35 RBI.
• P Dent would only get as high AA Mobile in 2001 before his release after the 2001 season.

2005

Signed Ryan Snare as a free agent.

• P Snare would go on to appear at both AA and AAA in 2005 and granted free agency after the 2005 season.

2016

Traded Melvin Upton Jr. and cash to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Hansel Rodriguez (minors).

• OF Upton Jr, acquired from the Atlanta Braves via a trade on April 5, 2015. Would appear in 179 games over 2 seasons, hitting .257 with 21 HR and 62 RBI.

ALL TIME PADRE LEADER BOARD

T45 SB - 29

• P Rodriguez is currently in the Padre organization, rehabbing after Tommy John surgery in 2019.