This Date In Padre Baseball - December 15

                 

            THIS DATE IN PADRE BASEBALL

         

Transactions of December 15

1973

Traded Ron Clark to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Gene Martin.

• IF Clark, acquired from the California Angels via trade in June 1973, and appeared only at AAA Hawaii.
• 1B/LF Martin would only appear at AAA Hawaii before being sold to the Chunichi Dragons in Japan.

1980

Sold Rick Sweet to the New York Mets.

• C Sweet, selected in the 3rd round of the 1975 draft, and made his MLB debut as a Padre on April 8, 1978. Appeared in 88 games during the 1978 season, hitting .221 with 1 HR and 11 RBI. 

Traded Randy Jones to the New York Mets. Received Jose Moreno and John Pacella.

• P Jones, selected in the 5th round of the 1972 draft, and made his MLB debut as a Padre on June 16, 1973. Appeared in 264 games (253 starts) over 8 seasons, posting a 92-105 record with a 3.30 ERA including 71 complete games, 18 shut outs and 2 saves. Was selected to the 1975 & 1976 All-Star Game. Finished 10th in the MVP voting in 1975 & 1976. Was 2nd in the 1975 Cy Young Award voting and was the 1976 Cy Young award winner.

ALL TIME PADRE LEADER BOARD

#5 WAR - 20.7

#8 ERA - 3.30

T2 WINS - 92

#9 GAMES - 264

#1 IP - 1766.0

#9 K's - 677

#1 STARTS - 253

#1 CG - 71

#1 SHUT OUTS - 18

T38 WP - 16

T30 HBP - 13

• OF/2B Moreno would go on to appear in 34 games during the 1981 season, hitting .229 with 6 RBI. Selected by the California Angels as a Rule 5 draft pick in December 1981.
• P Pacella would not appear at any level before being traded to the New York Yankees in March 1981.

1982

Received Ray Searage from the Cleveland Indians as part of a conditional deal.

• P Searage would not appear at any level before being returned to Cleveland in March 1983.

1992

Signed Bill Bean as a free agent.

• OF/1B Bean would go on to appear in 176 games over 3 seasons, hitting .235 with 5 HR and 46 RBI. Granted free agency in October 1995.

1995

Traded Pedro Martinez to the New York Mets. Received Jeff Barry.

• P Martinez, not that one, signed as a free agent in September 1986 and made his MLB debut as a Padre on June 29, 1993. Traded to the Houston Astros in December 1994. Returned via trade with Houston in October 1995. Overall, appeared in 80 games over 2 seasons, posting a 6-3 record with a 2.73 ERA including 3 saves.
• OF Barry would appear only at the minor league levels in 1996. Granted free agency in October 1996.

1997

Sean Runyan drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1997 rule 5 draft.

• P Runyan, acquired from the Houston Astros via trade in March 1997, appeared only at AA Mobile during the 1997 season.

Traded Steve Hoff, Derrek Lee and Rafael Medina to the Florida Marlins. Received Kevin Brown.

• P Hoff, selected by the Padre in the 15th round of the 1995 draft, appeared only at the minor league levels, rising to A level Clinton in 1997.
• 1B Lee, selected in the 1st round of the 1993 draft, made his MLB debut as a Padre on April 28, 1997. Appeared in 22 games during the 1997 season, hitting .259 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.
• P Medina, acquired from the New York Yankees via trade in April 1997, appeared only at the minor league levels, rising to AAA Las Vegas in 1997.
• P Brown would go on to appear in 36 games (35 starts) in 1998, posting a 18-7 record with a 2.38 ERA including 7 complete games and 3 shut outs. Granted free agency in October 1998.

ALL TIME PADRE LEADER BOARD

T14 WAR - 8.6

T28 CG - 7

T18 SHUT OUTS - 3

T44 HBP - 10

2000

Signed Adam Riggs as a free agent.

• 2B/OF Riggs would go on to appear in 12 games during the 2000 season, hitting .194 with 1 RBI. Granted free agency in October 2001.

The San Diego Padres sent Will Cunnane to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade of December 1st. The Milwaukee Brewers sent Chad Green to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade of December 1st.

• P Cunnane, selected from the Florida Marlins during the 1996 rule 5 draft, made his MLB debut as a Padre on April 3, 1997. Appeared in 108 games (11 starts) over 4 seasons, posting a 9-5 record with a 5.33 ERA. 
• CF Green would go on to appear only at the minor league levels before being released during the 2001 season.

2002

Traded Brett Tomko to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received a player to be named later and Luther Hackman. 

• P Tomko, acquired from the Seattle Mariners via trade in December 2001, made 32 starts during the 2002 season, posting a 10-10 record with a 4.49 ERA including 3 complete games. Would later return for 2 more seasons, giving him a Padre career total of 45 games (36 starts) over 3 seasons, posting12-11 record with a 4.41 ERA including 3 complete games.

ALL TIME PADRE LEADER BOARD

T47 CG - 3

• P Hackman would go on to appear in 65 games during the 2003 season, posting a 2-2 record with a 5.17 ERA. Granted free agency in September 2003.

2003

Alex Pelaez selected by the Anaheim Angels in the 2003 minor league draft.

• 1B/2B Pelaez, selected in the 42nd round of the 1998 draft, made his MLB debut as a Padre on May 16, 2002. Appeared in 3 games during the 2002 season, going 2 for 8.

Drafted Rich Thompson from the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2003 rule 5 draft.

Traded Rich Thompson to the Kansas City Royals. Received Jason Szuminski and cash.

• P Szuminksi would go on to make his MLB debut as a Padre on April 11, 2004. Appeared in 7 games during the 2004 season, posting no record and a 7.20 ERA. Returned to the Chicago Cubs in May 2004.

2004

Released Mike Bynum.

• P Bynum, selected in the 1st round of the 1999 draft, made his MLB debut as a Padre on August 17, 2002. Appeared in 29 games (8 starts) over 3 seasons, posting a 2-5 record with a 7.73 ERA. 

2005

Received Mario Ramos from the Oakland Athletics as part of a conditional deal.

• P Ramos would go on to appear only at the minor league levels in 2006. Granted free agency in October 2006.

2014

Signed Brett Wallace as a free agent.

• 1B/3B Wallace would go on to appear in 183 games over 2 seasons, hitting .224 with 11 HR and 36 RBI. Released in April 2017.

2015

Signed Fabio Castillo as a free agent.

• P Castillo would appear only at the minor league levels during the 2016 season. Released in June 2016.

2017

Traded Enyel De Los Santos to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Freddy Galvis.

• P De Los Santos, acquired from the Seattle Mariners via trade in November 2015, appeared only at the minor league levels. Rising to AA San Antonio in 2017.
• SS Galvis would appear in 162 games during the 2018 season, hitting .248 with 13 HR and 67 RBI. Granted free agency in October 2018.