This Date In Padre Baseball - October 2

        

THIS DATE IN PADRE BASEBALL

1998 SEASON

Travel Day - back home to San Diego

Game 3 - Kevin Brown vs Mike Hampton

MLB PLAYOFFS -

Indians 4 Red Sox 3 (Indians lead 2-1)

Yankees 4 Rangers 0 (Yankees win series 3-0)

Notable games of October 2

PADRES FRANCHISE RECORD ON THIS DATE =  10-15 .400

Game 162 1969 - Padres 3 @Giants 2

The inaugural season ends with a victory at San Francisco. The Padres would finish in last place, 41 games back of the Atlanta Braves, with a record of 52-110.

Game 162 1974 - Padres 9 @Giants 5

The 1974 season ends with a victory to give the Padres a record of 60-102, in last place, 42 games back of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Game 162 1977 - Padres 3 @Giants 1

The Padres conclude the 1977 season with a victory to end the year at 69-93, finishing in 5th place, 29 games back of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Game 163 1983 - Braves 4 Padres 3

The Padres finish at 81-81 , in 4th place, 10 games back of the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Game 161 1988 - Padres 5 @Astros 1

The Padres finish on a 5 game winning streak to finish at 83-78, in 3rd place, 11 games back of the Los Angeles Dodgers. 

Game 162 2005 - Padres 3 Dodgers 1

The regular season ends at 82-80, winning the NL West by one game. Moving on to the NLDS to face the St. Louis Cardinals.

Game 162 2016 - @Diamondbacks 3 Padres 2 

The Padres are walked off in the desert, finishing the season at 68-94, finishing in last in the NL West, 23 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers.

GAME OF THE DATE

Game 1 1984 NLCS -  Cubs 13 Padres 0

The 1st playoff game in franchise history does not go as planned, as the Cubs hit 5 home runs and rack up 16 hits in the rout at Wrigley.

Transactions of October 2

2000

Matt Whiteside granted Free Agency.

• P Whiteside , signed as a free agent in 1998, appeared in 38 games over 2 seasons, posting a 3-3 with a 6.38 ERA.

2002

Released Matt DeWitt.

• P DeWitt, signed as a free agent in 2001, appeared in 5 games during the 2002 season, posting an 0-1 record with a 1.23 ERA.

Jason Shiell selected by the Boston Red Sox off waivers.

• P Shiell, acquired from the Atlanta Braves via trade in 1999, made his MLB debut as a Padre on September 8, 2002 and would go on to appear in 3 games, posting no record and a 27.00 ERA during the 2002 season.

2003

The San Diego Padres sent Cory Stewart to the Pittsburgh Pirates to complete the trade of August 26th.

• P Stewart, signed as a free agent in 2002, appeared only in the minor leagues prior to the trade.

2006

Pete LaForest granted Free Agency.

• C LaForest, acquired off waivers from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 2005, and did not appear above rookie level. Would sign as a free agent in 2007 and appear in 10 games during the 2007 season, hitting .360 with 1 HR and 3 RBI. 

2017

Dusty Coleman granted Free Agency.

• SS/3B Coleman , signed as a free agent in 2016, appeared in 27 games during the 2017 season, hitting .227 with 4 HR and 9 RBI.

Kevin Quackenbush granted Free Agency.

• P Quakenbush, drafted by the Padres in the 8th round of the 2011 draft. He would make his MLB debut as a Padre on April 25, 2014 and would go on to appear in 193 games over 4 seasons, posting a 13-14 record with a 4.08 ERA with 8 saves.

ALL TIME PADRE LEADER BOARD

#27 GAMES - 193

T36 SAVES - 8