This Date In Padre Baseball - January 6

 Transactions of January 6

1984

Signed Rich Gossage as a free agent.

• P Gossage would go on to appear in 197 games over 4 seasons, posting a 25-20 record with a 2.99 ERA including 83 saves. Selected to the 1984 & 1985 All-Star games. Traded to the Chicago Cubs in February 1988.

ALL TIME PADRE LEADER BOARD

#36 WAR - 4.4

T38 WINS - 25

T23 GAMES - 197

#4 SAVES - 83

2004

Signed David Wells as a free agent.

• P Wells would make 31 starts during the 2004 season. Granted free agency in November 2004. Would return via trade with the Boston Red Sox in August 2006 and be released in August 2007. Overall, made 58 starts over 3 seasons, posting a 18-18 record with a 4.33 ERA.

ALL TIME PADRE LEADER BOARD

T44 STARTS - 58

#45 HR - 41

Traded Vince Faison, Wiki Gonzalez, Dave Hansen and Kevin Jarvis to the Seattle Mariners. Received Jeff Cirillo, Brian Sweeney and cash.

• OF Faison, selected by the Padres in the 1st round of the 1999 draft, appeared only at the minor league levels, reaching AA Mobile in 2003.
• C Gonzalez, first selected as a rule 5 draft pick from the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1996, and then later signed as a free agent in 1998. Made his MLB debut as a Padre on August 14, 1999. Appeared in 269 games over 5 seasons, hitting .238 with 17 HR and 99 RBI.
• 1B/3B Hansen, signed as a free agent in December 2002, appeared in 139 games over 2 seasons, hitting .227 with 2 HR and 15 RBI.
• P Jarvis, signed as a free agent in January 2001, made 55 starts over 3 seasons, posting a 18-23 record with a 5.06 ERA including 1 complete game shut out.

ALL TIME PADRE LEADER BOARD

#49 STARTS - 55

T36 SHUTOUTS - 1

T28 HR - 57

• 1B/3B Cirillo would go on to appear in 33 games during the 2004 season, hitting .213 with 1 HR and 7 RBI. Released in August 2004.
• P Sweeney would go on to appear in 44 games (2 starts) over 2 seasons, posting a 3-0 record with a 3.69 ERA including 2 saves. Granted free agency in October 2006.

2006

Traded Billy Killian, Adam Eaton and Akinori Otsuka to the Texas Rangers. Received Adrian Gonzalez, Terrmel Sledge and Chris Young.

• C/RF Killian, selected by the Padres in the 3rd round of the 2004 draft, appeared only at the minor league levels, reaching A level Fort Wayne in 2005.
• P Eaton, acquired from the Philadelphia Phillies via trade in November 1999, made his MLB debut as a Padre on May 30, 2000. Appeared in 133 games (131 starts) over 6 seasons, posting a 47-41 record with a 4.34 ERA. 

ALL TIME PADRE LEADER BOARD

T28 WAR - 5.3

#30 ERA - 4.34

#16 WINS - 47

T50 GAMES - 133

#16 IP - 796.0

#12 K's - 623

T12 STARTS - 131

T47 CG - 3

#16 WP - 25

#8 HBP - 31

• P Otsuka, signed as a free agent in December 2003, made his MLB debut as a Padre on April 6, 2004. Appeared in 139 games over 2 seasons, posting a 9-10 record with a 2.57 ERA including 3 saves.
• 1B Gonzalez would go on to appear in 799 games over 5 seasons, hitting .288 with 161 HR and 501 RBI. Selected to the All Star Game in 2008,2009,2010. Won the Gold Glove in 2008, 2009. Finished 20th (2007), 18th (2008), 12th (2009), and 4th (2010) in the NL MVP voting. Traded to the Boston Red Sox in December 2010.

ALL TIME PADRE LEADER BOARD

#3 WAR - 20.4

T7 AVG - .288

#9 OBA - .374

#3 SLG - .514

#14 GAMES - 799

#9 AT BATS - 2,975

#5 RUNS - 464

#7 HITS - 856

T6 DOUBLES - 176

#2 HR - 161

#4 RBI - 501

#6 WALKS - 403

#7 K's - 618

T11 HBP - 20

#17 SAC FLY - 22

T3 IBB - 93

#3 GIDP - 92

• LF Sledge would go on to appear in 138 games over 2 seasons, hitting .215 with 9 HR and 30 RBI. Purchased by the Nippon Ham Fighters in December 2007.
• P Young would go on to make 97 starts over 5 seasons, posting a 33-25 record with a 3.60 ERA including 1 complete game. Selected to the 2007 All-Star Game. Granted free agency in November 2010. 

ALL TIME PADRE LEADER BOARD

#18 WAR - 8.3

#14 ERA - 3.60

T24 WINS - 33

#1 HITS/9 - 6.799

#30 IP - 550.2

T18 K's - 489

T22 STARTS - 97

T19 HR - 64

#25 WALKS - 240

T29 WP - 18

#23 HBP - 16

2007

Signed Shawn Estes as a free agent.

• P Estes re-signs with the Padres after making 1 start during the 2006 season. Granted free agency in October 2008. Overall appeared in 10 games (9 starts) over 2 seasons, posting a 2-4 record with a 4.71 ERA. 

2012

Traded Zach Cates and Anthony Rizzo to the Chicago Cubs. Received Kyung-Min Na and Andrew Cashner.

• P Cates, selected by the Padres in the 3rd round of the 2010 draft, appeared only at A level Fort Wayne.
• 1B Rizzo, acquired from the Boston Red Sox via trade in December 2010, made his MLB debut as a Padre on June 9, 2011. Appeared in 49 games during the 2011 season, hitting .141 with 1 HR and 9 RBI.
• OF Na would appear only at the minor league levels in 2012 and would return to the Korean Baseball League.
• P Cashner would appear in 130 games (97 starts) over 5 seasons, posting a 28-43 record with a 3.67 ERA including 3 complete game shutouts. Traded to the Miami Marlins in July 2016. 

ALL TIME PADRE LEADER BOARD

T15 ERA - 3.67

#32 WINS - 28

#27 IP - 608.2

#17 K's - 505

T22 STARTS - 97

T47 CG - 3

T18 SHUT OUTS - 3

T30 HR - 56

T34 WALKS - 191

T20 LOSSES - 43

T50 WP - 13

T20 HBP - 18

2014

Signed Zach Braddock as a free agent.

• P Braddock would not appear at any level and be released in March 2014.

2018

Signed Craig Stammen as a free agent.

• P Stammen re-signs with the Padres to continue his tenure. Currently on the 40-man roster, he has appeared in 233 games over 4 seasons, posting a 22-15 record with a 3.29 ERA including 4 saves.

ALL TIME PADRE LEADER BOARD

T41 WAR - 4.0

T45 WINS - 22

T12 GAMES - 233

T50 SAVES - 4

Signed Kazuhisa Makita as a free agent.

• P Makita would make his MLB debut as a Padre on March 30, 2018. Appeared in 27 games during the 2018 season, posting a 0-1 record with a 5.40 ERA. Granted free agency in September 2019.

Traded Yangervis Solarte to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Jared Carkuff and Edward Olivares.

• UTL Solarte, acquired from the New York Yankees via trade in July 2014, appeared in 445 games over 4 seasons, hitting .270 with 51 HR and 215 RBI. 

ALL TIME PADRE LEADER BOARD

T39 WAR - 6.7

T23 AVG - .270

#45 GAMES - 445

#41 RUNS - 197

#35 HITS - 435

T28 DOUBLES - 85

T28 HR - 51

#27 RBI - 215

#41 SINGLES - 293

#18 HBP - 17

T32 SAC FLY - 13

• P Carkuff would appear only at the minor league levels, reaching AAA El Paso in 2018. Released after the 2018 season.
• OF Olivares would make his MLB debut as a Padre on July 25, 2020. Appeared in 13 games during the 2020 season, hitting .176 with 1 HR and 3 RBI. Traded to the Kansas City Royals in August 2020.