1979 San Diego Padres season
The 1979 San Diego Padres season was the 11th season in franchise history.Offseason
Season standings
Record vs. opponents
Notable transactions
Player stats
Batting
Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
1B | | 104 | 227 | 47 | .207 | 8 | 30 |
2B | | 114 | 323 | 70 | .217 | 9 | 34 |
LF | | 138 | 448 | 111 | .248 | 9 | 61 |
CF | | 150 | 545 | 152 | .279 | 4 | 41 |
RF | | 159 | 597 | 184 | .308 | 34 | 118 |
Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| 114 | 297 | 75 | .253 | 1 | 34 |
| 73 | 209 | 60 | .287 | 3 | 19 |
| 75 | 201 | 59 | .294 | 0 | 32 |
| 56 | 162 | 35 | .216 | 1 | 14 |
| 52 | 125 | 24 | .192 | 0 | 8 |
| 57 | 87 | 23 | .264 | 0 | 8 |
| 22 | 65 | 10 | .154 | 0 | 4 |
Pitching
Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| 39 | 263 | 11 | 12 | 3.63 | 112 |
| 32 | 232.2 | 12 | 11 | 3.06 | 140 |
| 3 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 3.43 | 12 |
Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| 45 | 156.2 | 6 | 9 | 3.27 | 54 |
| 51 | 133.2 | 9 | 13 | 4.92 | 137 |
Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| 54 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 4.52 | 65 |
| 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.74 | 20 |
| 46 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4.29 | 25 |
| 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.50 | 11 |
Awards and honors
1979 Major League Baseball All-Star GameFarm system