This Date In Padre Baseball - February 28

          Transactions of February 28

1978

Traded Mike Ivie to the San Francisco Giants. Received Derrel Thomas.

• 1B/3B/OF Ivie, selected by the Padres in the 1st round of the 1970 draft, made his MLB debut as a Padre on September 4, 1971. Appeared in 403 games over 5 seasons, hitting .269 with 25 HR and 188 RBI.

ALL TIME PADRE LEADER BOARD

T50 HITS - 356

T50 DOUBLES - 64

T46 TRIPLES - 9

#36 RBI - 188

T42 HBP - 12

T32 SAC FLY - 13

T40 IBB - 15

T44 GIDP - 31

• IF/OF Thomas would go on to appear in 128 games during the 1978 season to add to his Padre career (1972-1974) before being granted free agency in November. Overall, appeared in 512 games over 4 seasons, hitting .236 with 11 HR and 125 RBI.

ALL TIME PADRE LEADER BOARD

#48 AVG - .236

T41 OBA - .301

#50 SLG - .302

#35 GAMES - 512

#50 RUNS - 173

#40 HITS - 420

T23 TRIPLES - 14

#37 WALKS - 161

#36 STOLEN BASES - 42

T22 SAC HIT - 28

T43 IBB - 14

1983

Signed Jerry Turner as a free agent.

• OF Turner returns to San Diego for 25 games in 1983 after originally being selected by the Padres in the 10th round of the 1972 draft. Made his MLB debut as a Padre on September 2, 1974. Appeared in 638 games over 9 seasons, hitting .259 with 37 HR and 209 RBI. Released in July.

ALL TIME PADRE LEADER BOARD

#31 AVG - .259

#23 GAMES - 638

#40 RUNS - 200

#43 HITS - 394

T40 DOUBLES - 70

T46 TRIPLES -   9

T46 HOME RUNS - 37

T28 RBI - 209

T48 WALKS - 138

#32 SB - 44

T43 SINGLES - 278

T32 SAC FLY - 13

T37 IBB - 16

1992

Signed Kurt Stillwell as a free agent.

• 2B/SS Stillwell would go on to appear in 171 games over 2 seasons, hitting .224 with 3 HR and 35 RBI. Released in July 1993.

Signed Mark Knudson as a free agent (February 29)

• P Knudson would go on to appear only at AAA Las Vegas during the 1992 season. Granted free agency in October.

1993

Signed Dave Eiland as a free agent.

• P Eiland re-signs with the Padres after joining as a free agent in 1992. Appeared in 17 games (16 starts) over 2 seasons, posting a 0-5 record with a 5.38 ERA. Granted free agency in May.

2000

Signed Alberto Castillo as a free agent. (February 29)

• P Castillo would not appear at any level during the 2000 season and be released in March.

2016

Signed Justin Sellers as a free agent.

• IF Sellers would not appear at any level during the 2016 season and be released in March.

2018

Signed Cole Gillespie as a free agent.

• OF Gillespie would not appear at any level during the 2018 season and be released in March.

2019

Signed Chris Rowley as a free agent.

• P Rowley would go on to appear only at AAA El Paso during the 2019 season. Granted free agency in November.