This Date In Padre Baseball - January 9

Transactions of January 9

1974

Drafted Tucker Ashford in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1974 amateur draft (January).

• IF Ashford would go on to make his MLB debut as a Padre on September 21, 1976. Appeared in 160 games over 3 seasons, hitting .232 with 6 HR and 50 RBI. Traded to the Texas Rangers in February 1980.

Drafted Gil Patterson in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

• P Patterson would be drafted by the New York Yankees in 1975.

1975

Drafted Gene Richards in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (January).

• LF/1B Richards would go on to make his MLB debut as a Padre on April 6, 1977. Appeared in 939 games over 7 seasons, hitting .291 with 26 HR and 255 RBI. Granted free agency in November 1983.

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

Drafted Juan Eichelberger in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (January Secondary).

• P Eichelberger would go on to make his MLB debut as a Padre on September 7, 1978. Appeared in 77 games (64 starts) over 5 seasons, posting a 20-25 record with a 3.88 ERA. Traded to the Cleveland Indians in November 1982.

ALL TIME PADRE LEADER BOARD

T50 WINS - 20

#38 IP - 432.0

T35 GAMES - 64

#17 CG - 12

T36 SHUT OUT - 1

T49 HR - 37

#30 WALKS - 214

T41 HITS - 399

T47 LOSSES - 25

T38 WP - 16

Drafted Chuck Baker in the 2nd round of the 1975 amateur draft (January Secondary).

• SS/2B Baker would make his MLB debut as a Padre on April 7, 1978. Appeared in 53 games over 2 seasons, hitting .188 with 3 RBI. Traded to the Minnesota Twins in December 1980.

Drafted Rick Sweet in the 3rd round of the 1975 amateur draft (January Secondary).

• C Sweet would make 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. Purchased by the New York Mets in December 1980.

Drafted Al Holland in the 4th round of the 1975 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.

• P Holland would sign with the Pittsburgh Pirates as a free agent in June 1975.

1991

Signed Dennis Rasmussen as a free agent.

• P Rasmussen re-signs with the Padres for one more season. Granted free agency after the 1991 season. Overall he appeared in 113 games (110 starts) over 5 seasons, posting a 41-42 record with a 3.80 ERA including 11 complete games and 2 shut outs.

ALL TIME PADRE LEADER BOARD

T42 WAR - 3.8

#19 ERA - 3.80

T18 WINS - 41

#21 IP - 680.0

T34 K's - 346

#17 STARTS - 110

#18 CG - 11

T30 SHUT OUTS - 2

#18 HR - 68

#26 WALKS - 227

#20 HITS - 703

T21 LOSSES - 42

#21 WP - 21

T44 HBP - 10

1997

Traded Leroy McKinnis to the Baltimore Orioles. Received Mark Smith.

• C/1B/RF McKinnis, selected by the Padres in the 32nd round of the 1993 draft, appeared only at the minor league levels, reaching A level Rancho Cucamonga in 1996.
• OF/1B Smith would not appear at any level before being traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates in March 1997.

2009

Selected Virgil Vasquez off waivers from the Boston Red Sox.

• P Vasquez would not appear at any level before being selected off waivers by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

2014

Signed Blaine Boyer as a free agent.

• P Boyer would go on to appear in 32 games during the 2014 season, posting a 0-1 record with a 3.57 ERA. Granted free agency in November 2014.

2015

Signed Daniel McCutchen as a free agent.

• P McCutchen would only appear at the minor league levels and granted free agency in November 2016.