This Date In Padre Baseball - November 7

                                            

THIS DATE IN PADRE BASEBALL

Transactions of November 7

1973

Traded Jerry Morales to the Chicago Cubs. Received Glenn Beckert and Bobby Fenwick

• OF Morales, selected by the Padres with the 16th pick of the 1968 expansion draft, made his MLB debut as a Padre on September 5, 1969. Appeared in 296 games over 5 seasons, hitting .248 with 15 HR and 63 RBI. 

ALL TIME PADRE LEADER BOARD

T42 TRIPLES - 10

• 2B Beckert would appear in 73 games over 2 seasons, hitting .266 with 7 RBI. Released in April 1975.
• 2B/SS Fenwick would appear only at AAA Hawaii in 1974. Retired after the 1974 season.

1983

Ruppert Jones granted Free Agency.

• CF Jones, acquired from the New York Yankees via trade in March 1981, appeared in 354 games over 3 seasons, hitting .257 with 28 HR and 149 RBI. Selected to the 1982 All-Star game.

ALL TIME PADRE LEADER BOARD

#37 WAR - 6.9

T47 DOUBLES - 66

#46 WALKS - 140

#40 STOLEN BASES - 36

T34 IBB - 17

Gene Richards granted Free Agency.

• OF Richards, selected by the Padres in the 1st round of the January 1975 draft, made his MLB debut as a Padre on April 6, 1977. Appeared in 939 games over 7 seasons, hitting .291 with 26 HR and 251 RBI.

ALL TIME PADRE LEADER BOARD

#5 WAR - 19.0

T5 AVG - .291

T14 OBA - .357

T34 SLG - .387

#5 GAMES - 939

#3 RUNS - 484

#4 HITS - 994

#16 DOUBLES - 123

#2 TRIPLES - 63

#23 RBI - 251

#9 WALKS - 338

T18 K's - 408

#2 STOLEN BASES - 242

T11 HBP - 20

T39 SAC - 20

T32 SAC FLY - 13

T9 IBB - 37

#17 GIDP - 53

Elias Sosa granted Free Agency.

• P Sosa, purchased from the Detroit Tigers in October 1982, appeared in 41 games (1 start) posting a record of 1-4 with a 4.35 ERA including 1 save.

1997

Signed Archie Corbin as a free agent.

• P Corbin would only appear at AAA Las Vegas during the 1998 season, released in May 1998.

Signed Carlos Reyes as a free agent.

• P Reyes would appear in 22 games during the 1998 season, traded to the Boston Red Sox in June. Would later sign as a free agent in 1999 & 2000. Overall, appeared in 99 games over 3 seasons, posting a 5-7 record with a 4.02 ERA including 3 saves.

1998

Signed Mark Langston as a free agent.

• P Langston, signed as a free agent in January 1997, appeared in 22 games (16 starts) during the 1998 season, posting a 4-6 with a 5.86 ERA. Released in March 1999.

2001

Signed Brandon Villafuerte as a free agent.

• P Villafuerte would appear in 62 games over 2 seasons, posting a 1-4 record with a 2.97 ERA including 3 saves. Released in January 2004.

2012

Traded Blake Tekotte to the Chicago White Sox. Received Brandon Kloess (minors).

• OF Tekotte, selected by the Padres in the 3rd round of the 2008 draft, making his MLB debut as a Padre on May 25, 2011. Appeared in 30 games over 2 seasons, hitting .163 with 1 RBI.
• P Kloess, would only appear at the minor league levels, rising to AAA El Paso before his release.

2016

Frank Garces granted Free Agency.

• P Garces, signed as a free agent in May 2011, made his MLB debut as a Padre on August 19, 2014. Would go on to appear in 55 games over 2 seasons, posting a 0-1 record with a 4.60 ERA.

Daniel McCutchen granted Free Agency.

• P McCutchen, signed as a free agent in January 2015, appeared only at the minor league levels.

Daniel Moskos granted Free Agency.

• P Moskos, signed as a free agent in February, appeared only at AAA El Paso.

Mike Olt granted Free Agency.

• 1B/3B Olt, signed as a free agent in March, appeared only at the minor league levels.

Seth Rosin granted Free Agency.

• P Rosin, signed as a free agent in January, appeared only at AAA El Paso.