This Date In Padre Baseball - October 25

                               

THIS DATE IN PADRE BASEBALL

Transactions of October 25

1973

Purchased Matty Alou from the St. Louis Cardinals.

• OF Alou would appear in 48 games during the 1974 season, hitting .198 with 3 RBI. Released on July 11, 1974.

Traded Mike Caldwell to the San Francisco Giants. Received Willie McCovey and Bernie Williams.

• P Caldwell, selected by the Padres in the 12th round of the 1971 draft, made his MLB debut as a Padre on September 4, 1971. Appeared in 103 games (33 starts) over 3 seasons, posting a 13-25 record with a 3.80 ERA including 7 complete games, 3 shut outs and 12 saves.

ALL TIME PADRE LEADER BOARD

T27 SAVES - 12

T28 CG - 7

T18 SHUT OUTS - 3

T47 LOSSES - 25

T34 WP - 17

• 1B McCovey would appear in 321 games over 3 seasons, hitting .242 with 52 HR and 167 RBI. Sold to the Oakland A's on August 30, 1976.

ALL TIME PADRE LEADER BOARD

T45 oWAR - 5.9

T26 HR - 52

#44 RBI - 167

#33 WALKS - 174

T21 IBB - 24

• OF Williams would appear in 14 games during the 1974 season, hitting .133. Retired after the 1974 season.

1978

Traded Oscar Gamble, Dave Roberts and $300,000 to the Texas Rangers. Received Kurt Bevacqua, Bill Fahey and Mike Hargrove.

• OF Gamble, signed as a free agent in 1977, appeared in 126 games during the 1978 season, hitting .275 with 7 HR and 47 RBI.
• 3B Roberts, originally drafted by the Padres in 1972 and sold to the Toronto Blue Jays in 1976, returned to the Padres in 1977 via a trade with the Blue Jays. Appeared in 509 games over 6 seasons, hitting .240 with 35 HR and 157 RBI.

ALL TIME PADRE LEADER BOARD

#45 AVG - .240

T49 OBA - .287

#41 SLG - .354

#38 GAMES - 509

#45 HITS - 386

T44 DOUBLES - 67

#11 TRIPLES - 23

T48 RBI - 157

#38 K's - 292

#20 STOLEN BASES - 72

T32 SAC FLY - 23

#26 IBB - 20

• 3B Bevacqua would be traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1980. Signed as a free agent in 1982 and granted free agency in 1985. Overall he appeared in 444 games over 6 seasons, hitting .245 with 7 HR and 128 RBI.

ALL TIME PADRE LEADER BOARD

#46 GAMES - 444

T26 SAC FLY - 15

T46 IBB - 13

T44 GIDP - 44

• C Fahey would appear in 166 games over 2 seasons, hitting .271 with 4 HR and 4 RBI. Purchased by the Detroit Tigers in 1981.
• 1B/OF Hargrove would appear in 52 games during the 1979 season, hitting .192 with 8 RBI. Traded to the Cleveland Indians in June 1979.

1999

Signed Matt Whiteside as a free agent.

• P Whiteside would appear in 38 games over 2 seasons, posting a 3-3 record with a 6.38 ERA. Granted free agency after the 2000 season.

2000

Brian Boehringer granted Free Agency.

• P Boehringer, acquired from the Tampa Bay Devil Rays via trade in 1997, appeared in 96 games (15 starts) over 3 seasons, posting a 11-10 record with a 3.91 ERA.

2011

Rob Johnson granted Free Agency.

• C Johnson, purchased from the Seattle Mariners in 2010, appeared in 67 games during the 2011 season, hitting .190 with 3 HR and 16 RBI.

Cedric Hunter selected by the Oakland Athletics off waivers.

• OF Hunter , selected by the Padres in the 3rd round of the 2006 draft,  made his MLB debut as a Padre on March 31, 2011. Appeared in 6 games during the 2011 season going 1 for 4. 

Evan Scribner selected by the Oakland Athletics off waivers.

• P Scribner, acquired from the Arizona Diamondbacks via trade in 2008, made his MLB debut as a Padre on April 26, 2011. Appeared in 10 games during the 2011 season, posting no record with a 7.07 ERA.

2012

Ali Solis selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates off waivers.

• C Solis, signed a free agent in 2005, made his MLB debut as a Padre on September 16, 2012. Appeared in 5 games during the 2012 season, going 0 for 4.

2016

Jose Dominguez granted Free Agency.

• P Dominguez, signed as a free agent in 2015, appeared in 34 games during the 2016 season, posting a 1-0 record with a 5.05 ERA.