This Date In Padre Baseball - November 9

  THIS DATE IN PADRE BASEBALL

Transactions of November 9

1973

Traded Clay Kirby to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Bobby Tolan and Dave Tomlin.

• P Kirby, selected from the St. Louis Cardinals as the 12th pick of the 1968 expansion draft, and made his MLB debut as a Padre on April 11, 1969. Appeared in 177 games (170 starts) over 5 seasons, posting a 52-81 record with a 3.73 ERA including 34 complete games and 7 shutouts. 

ALL TIME PADRE LEADER BOARD

#13 WAR - 9.9

#18 ERA - 3.73

#13 WINS - 52

T36 Games - 177

#7 IP - 1128.0

#6 Ks - 802

#3 CG - 34

T6 Shutouts - 7

#1 Wild Pitches - 48

• OF/1B Tolan would go on to appear in 264 games over 3 seasons, hitting .258 with 13 HR and 58 RBI. Released in February 1976.

ALL TIME PADRE LEADER BOARD

#15 HBP - 19

T28 SAC - 24

• P Tomlin would go on to appear in 239 games (1 start) over 4 seasons, posting a 10-7 record with a 3.28 ERA including 6 saves.

ALL TIME PADRE LEADER BOARD

#11 GAMES - 239

T45 SAVES - 6

1987

Bruce Bochy granted Free Agency.

• C Bochy, signed as a free agent in February 1983, appeared in 209 games over 5 seasons, hitting .232 with 20 HR and 64 RBI.

Steve Garvey granted Free Agency.

• 1B Garvey, signed as a free agent in December 1982, appeared in 605 games over 5 seasons, hitting .275 with 61 HR and 316 RBI. Represented the Padres at the 1984 and 1985 All-Star games.

ALL TIME PADRE LEADER BOARD

T17 AVG - .275

T38 OBA - .309

#22 SLG - .409

#25 GAMES - 605

#19 RUNS - 291

T17 HITS - 631

#19 DOUBLES - 107

#23 HOME RUNS - 61

T16 RBI - 316

#49 K's - 252

T12 SAC FLY - 24

#20 IBB - 26

#5 GIDP - 87

1990

Traded Brian Harrison (minors) to the Montreal Expos. Received John Costello.

• P Harrison, drafted in 1986, appeared only at the minor league levels, rising to A level Riverside at the time of the trade.
• P Costello would appear in 27 games during the 1991 season, posting a 1-0 record with a 3.09 ERA. Released in November 1991.

1993

Signed Denny Harriger as a free agent.

• P Harriger would appear only at AAA Las Vegas and granted free agency in October 1997.

2003

Signed Gene Kingsale as a free agent.

• OF Kingsale returns to the Padres after being selected off waivers from the Seattle Mariners in June 2002 and the traded to the Detroit Tigers in November 2002. Appeared in 89 games during the 2002 season, hitting .278 with 2 HR and 28 RBI. Released in Mat 2004.

2005

Signed Manny Alexander as a free agent.

• IF Alexander would appear in 32 games over 2 seasons, hitting .154 with 4 RBI. Traded to the Washington Nationals in April 2007.

2009

Russ Adams granted Free Agency.

• IF Adams, signed as a free agent in July, appeared only at AAA Portland.

Rocky Cherry granted Free Agency.

• P Cherry, signed as a free agent in August, appeared only at AAA Portland.

Edgar Gonzalez granted Free Agency.

• 2B/RF Gonzales, signed as a free agent in November 2007, making his MLB debut as a Padre on May 12, 2008, appeared in 193 games over 2 seasons, hitting .255 with 11 HR and 51 RBI.

Carlos Guevara granted Free Agency.

• P Guevara, purchased from the Florida Marlins in December 2007, making his MLB debut as a Padre on June 2, 2008, appeared in 10 games during the 2008 season, posting a 1-0 record with a 5.84 ERA.

Yamid Haad granted Free Agency.

• C Haad, most recently acquired from the Seattle Mariners via trade in July, appeared only at the minor league levels.

Drew Macias granted Free Agency.

• OF Macias, selected by the Padres in the 35th round of the 2002 draft, making his MLB debut as a Padre on September 29, 2007, appeared in 69 games over 3 seasons, hitting .198 with 3 HR and 12 RBI.

Val Pascucci granted Free Agency.

• RF/1B Pascucci, signed as a free agent in June, appeared only at AAA Portland.

2018

Signed Seth Mejias-Brean as a free agent.

• 1B Mejias-Brean would make his MLB debut as a Padre on September 4, 2019 and go on to appear in 14 games during the 2018 season, hitting .233 with 2 HR and 5 RBI. Released in August 2020.