This Date In Padre Baseball - November 8

 THIS DATE IN PADRE BASEBALL

Transactions of November 8

1974

Traded Cito Gaston to the Atlanta Braves. Received Danny Frisella.

• OF Gaston, selected from the Atlanta Braves with the 59th pick of the 1968 expansion draft, appeared in 766 games over 6 seasons, hitting .257 with 77 HR and 316 RBI. Selected for the 1970 All-Star game. Finished 24th in MVP voting in 1974.

ALL TIME PADRE LEADER BOARD

#33 AVG - .257

T43 OBA - .298

T27 SLG - .403

#17 GAMES - 766

#21 RUNS - 269

#15 HITS - 672

#24 DOUBLES - 93

#6 TRIPLES - 29

#19 HOME RUNS - 77

T16 RBI - 316

#44 WALKS - 147

#8 K's - 595

#13 GIDP - 65

• P Frisella, would appear in 65 games during the 1975 season, posting a 1-6 record with a 3.13 ERA including 9 saves. Traded to the St. Louis Cardinals in April 1976.

ALL TIME PADRE LEADER BOARD

T32 SAVES - 9

1984

Champ Summers granted Free Agency.

• 1B/OF Summers, acquired from the San Francisco Giants via trade in December 1983, appeared in 47 games during the 1984 season, hitting .185 with 1 HR and 12 RBI.

Ed Whitson granted Free Agency.

• P Whitson, acquired from the Cleveland Indians via trade in November 1982, appeared in 62 games (52 starts) over 2 seasons. Later would be acquired from the New York Yankees via trade in July 1986. Overall appeared in 227 games (208 starts) over 8 seasons, posting a 77-72 record with a 3.69 ERA including 22 complete games, 6 shut outs, and 1 save. 

ALL TIME PADRE LEADER BOARD

#6 WAR - 16.3

#17 ERA - 3.69

#4 WINS - 77

#17 GAMES - 227

#3 IP - 1,354.1

#7 K's - 767

#4 STARTS - 208

#7 CG - 22

T8 SHUT OUTS - 6

#2 HR - 148

#9 WALKS - 350

#3 HITS - 1314

T42 WP - 15

T27 HBP - 14

2004

Traded Terrence Long, Dennis Tankersley and cash to the Kansas City Royals. Received Ryan Bukvich and Darrell May.

• OF Long, acquired from the Oakland A's via trade in November 2003, appeared in 136 games during the 2004 season, hitting .295 with 3 HR and 28 RBI.
• P Tankersley, acquired from the Boston Red Sox via trade in June 2000, made his MLB debut as a Padre on May 10, 2002 and would go on to appear in 27 games (16 starts) over 3 seasons, posting a 1-10 record with a 7.61 ERA.
• P Bukvich would be selected off waivers by the Texas Rangers in February 2005 without appearing at any level of the Padre organization.
• P May would appear in 22 games (8 starts) during the 2005 season, posting a 1-3 record with a 5.61 ERA. Traded to the New York Yankees in July 2005.

2005

Eric Young Sr. granted Free Agency.

• 2B/LF Young, signed as a free agent in December 2004, appeared in 112 games over 2 seasons, hitting .241 with 5 HR and 15 RBI.

2006

Signed Frank Brooks as a free agent.

• P Brooks, appeared only at the minor league levels and granted free agency in October 2007.

Traded Josh Barfield to the Cleveland Indians. Received Andrew Brown and Kevin Kouzmanoff.

• 2B Barfield, selected by the Padres in 4th round of the 2001 draft, made his MLB debut on April 3, 2006 and appeared in 150 games during the 2006 season, hitting .280 with 13 HR and 58 RBI.
• P Brown, appeared only at AAA Portland before being traded to the Oakland A's in June 2007.
• 3B Kouzmanoff would go on to appear in 440 games over 3 seasons, hitting .263 with 59 HR and 246 RBI. Traded to the Oakland A's in January 2010. 

ALL TIME PADRE LEADER BOARD

T27 AVG - .263

T38 OBA - .309

#13 SLG - .436

#47 GAMES - 440

#46 RUNS - 178

T36 HITS - 430

#25 DOUBLES - 92

#24 HOME RUNS - 59

#24 RBI - 246

#28 K's - 339

#2 HBP - 36

#21 SAC FLY - 18

#20 GIDP - 48

2012

Signed Eddy Rodriguez as a free agent.

• C Rodriguez re-signs after making his MLB debut as a Padre on August 2, 2012. Appeared in 2 games during the 2012 season, going 1 for 5 with 1 HR. Released in November 2013.