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1981 San Diego Padres Season
The 1981 San Diego Padres season was the 13th season in franchise history. Offseason * December 8, 1980: Rollie Fingers, Bob Shirley, Gene Tenace and a player to be named later were traded by the Padres to the St. Louis Cardinals for Terry Kennedy, Steve Swisher, Mike Phillips, John Littlefield, John Urrea, Kim Seaman, and Al Olmsted. The Padres completed the deal by sending Bob Geren to the Cardinals on December 10. * December 8, 1980: Chuck Baker was traded by the Padres to the Minnesota Twins for Dave Edwards. * December 8, 1980: Mario Ramírez was selected by the Padres from the New York Mets in the rule 5 draft. * December 15, 1980: Randy Jones was traded by the Padres to the New York Mets for John Pacella and José Moreno. * December 15, 1980: Rick Sweet was purchased from the Padres by the Seattle Mariners. * January 13, 1981: Eric Bullock was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1981 amateur draft (secondary phase), but did not sig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National League West
The National League West is one of Major League Baseball's six divisions. This division was formed for the 1969 season when the National League expanded to 12 teams by adding the San Diego Padres and the Montreal Expos. For purpose of keeping a regular-season of 162 games, half of the teams were put into the new National League East, East Division and half into the new West Division. Within each division, the teams played 18 games each against their five division mates (90 games), and also 12 games against the teams in the opposite division (72 games), totaling 162 games. Geography Despite the geography, the owners of the Chicago Cubs insisted that their team be placed into the East Division along with the teams in New York City, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh. Also, the owners of the St. Louis Cardinals wanted that team to be in the same division with their natural rivals of the Cubs. The league could have insisted on a purely geographical alignment like the American League did. But ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Swisher
Steven Eugene Swisher (born August 9, 1951) is an American former professional baseball player and minor league manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals, and San Diego Padres from 1974 to 1982. Swisher was elected to the 1976 National League All-Star team with the Cubs but did not play in the game. He is the father of former MLB first baseman Nick Swisher. College Swisher attended Ohio University for a degree in education and played baseball. During his freshman season, the team went to the College World Series. Swisher was named an all-Mid-American Conference player for three of his seasons. Major league career Swisher was drafted in the first round in June 1973 by the Chicago White Sox. He spent his first year of professional baseball with the Knoxville Sox and six games with the Iowa Oaks, batting .211 and .286 respectively. He was traded along with Steve Stone and Ken Frailing from the White Sox to the crosstown Cubs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Randy Jones (baseball)
Randall Leo Jones (born January 12, 1950), nicknamed "Junkman", is an American former professional baseball left-handed pitcher. He pitched in Major League Baseball for the San Diego Padres and New York Mets. Jones won the Cy Young Award in 1976. Jones attended Brea-Olinda High School in Brea, California, and Chapman University in Orange, California. He was known for his sinker and the large number of ground-ball outs he induced. Professional baseball career Jones was selected by the San Diego Padres in the fifth round of the 1972 Major League Baseball draft. He made his major league debut on June 16, 1973. In 1974, Jones went 8–22 with a 4.45 ERA. He was able to turn it around in 1975 when he won 20 games and led the National League with a 2.24 ERA, earning ''The Sporting News'' Comeback Player of the Year Award. His best season was in 1976, when he went 22–14 with a 2.74 ERA, started the All-Star Game, won the National League Cy Young Award, and was named ''The Sporti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York Mets
The New York Mets are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of Queens. The Mets compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the National League (NL) East division. They are one of two major league clubs based in New York City, the other being the American League's (AL) New York Yankees. One of baseball's first expansion teams, the Mets were founded in 1962 to replace New York's departed NL teams, the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants. The team's colors evoke the blue of the Dodgers and the orange of the Giants. For the 1962 and 1963 seasons, the Mets played home games at the Polo Grounds in Manhattan before moving to Queens. From 1964 to 2008, the Mets played their home games at Shea Stadium, named after William Shea, the founder of the Continental League, a proposed third major league, the announcement of which prompted their admission as an NL expansion team. Since 2009, the Mets have played their home games at Citi Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Ramírez (baseball)
Mario Ramírez Torres was a Puerto Rican shortstop in Major League Baseball. He played six seasons from through , all coming off the bench. Known mainly for his defensive prowess, Ramírez had a career batting average of .192. Career Ramírez was signed as an amateur free agent by the New York Mets in . He played five seasons in their minor league system, getting his first shot at the majors in April 1980. He played 18 games in two different stints in New York, going 5-for-24. He was left off the Mets' major league roster that winter, and was selected by the San Diego Padres in the Rule 5 Draft. After two brief major league appearances in and , Ramírez spent and as the Padres' primary reserve at shortstop, often coming in as a defensive replacement for Garry Templeton. He was released during spring training in , ending his major league career. He later played for the Leones de Yucatán of the Mexican League during the season. Ramírez died in 2013 in his homeland of Yau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Edwards (baseball)
David Leonard Edwards (born February 24, 1954) is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played all or parts of five seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), from until . Edwards has two siblings who also played in the major leagues, twin brothers Mike and Marshall Edwards. In 321 games over five seasons, Edwards posted a .238 batting average Batting average is a statistic in cricket, baseball, and softball that measures the performance of batters. The development of the baseball statistic was influenced by the cricket statistic. Cricket In cricket, a player's batting average is ... (152-for-640) with 95 runs, 14 home runs and 73 RBI. He finished his career with a .958 fielding percentage playing at all three outfield positions. External links , oRetrosheet oPura Pelota (Venezuelan Winter League) 1954 births Living people African-American baseball players American expatriate baseball players in Mexico Fort Lauderdale Yankees players Gulf C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minnesota Twins
The Minnesota Twins are an American professional baseball team based in Minneapolis. The Twins compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central Division. The team is named after the Twin Cities area which includes the two adjoining cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. The franchise was founded in Washington, D.C., in 1901 as the Washington Senators. The team moved to Minnesota and was renamed the Minnesota Twins for the start of the 1961 season. The Twins played in Metropolitan Stadium from 1961 to 1981 and in the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome from 1982 to 2009. The team played its inaugural game at Target Field on April 12, 2010. The franchise won the World Series in 1924 as the Senators, and in 1987 and 1991 as the Twins. From 1901 to 2021, the Senators/Twins franchise's overall regular-season win–loss–tie record is 9,012–9,716–109 (); as the Twins (through 2021), it is 4,789–4,852–8 (). Team history Washington Nati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chuck Baker
Charles Joseph Baker (born December 6, 1952) is a former middle infielder and third baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the San Diego Padres and Minnesota Twins in parts of three seasons spanning 1978–1981. Listed at 5' 11", 180 lb., he batted and threw right handed. Born in Seattle, Washington, Baker was signed by the San Diego organization out of Loyola Marymount University, where he earned a degree in engineering. He was selected in the second round of the 1975 MLB Draft with the 43rd overall pick. Previously, he had been drafted by the Twins (1971), Kansas City Royals (1973) and Houston Astros (1974), but was never able to come to terms on a contract. Baker entered the Majors in 1978 with the Padres, returning with them in 1979 before joining the Twins (1981) as part of a transaction for Dave Edwards. In a three-year career, Baker posted a batting average of .185 (27-for-146) in 93 games, including two doubles and three triples, driving in nine runs while s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Geren
Robert Peter Geren (born September 22, 1961) is an American former professional baseball catcher and manager, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees (–) and San Diego Padres (). Geren managed the Oakland Athletics from through . He served in various coaching capacities for the A's and New York Mets, and is currently the Los Angeles Dodgers’ bench coach. Playing career Geren was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the first round with the 24th pick of the 1979 draft. After spending 10 years in the minor leagues, he made his major league debut for the New York Yankees in 1988, playing with New York through 1991. He spent the first two seasons backing up Don Slaught. In 1990, he had his statistically best season as the starting Yankees' catcher. In 110 games, he had a .213 batting average with 8 home runs and 31 runs batted in. On July 1 of that year, he was the catcher when Andy Hawkins no-hit the Chicago White Sox but lost 4–0, the White Sox sco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Olmsted
Alan Ray Olmsted (born March 18, 1957) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in 5 games for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1980. Pre-MLB baseball The Cardinals drafted Olmsted in the June 1975 amateur draft (13th round) out of Hazelwood High School (Florissant, Missouri). He spent the next 4 seasons (1976–1979) working his way through the Cardinals' minor league system from the rookie leagues through the AA level. Olmsted began the 1980 season with the AA Arkansas Travelers in the Texas League before being promoted to the AAA Springfield Redbirds of the American Association. He was promoted to the major league level in September 1980 as a September call-up. September 1980 Olmsted made his MLB debut on September 12 starting the second game of a double-header against the Philadelphia Phillies at Veterans Stadium. Pitching shutout baseball for 9 innings, he yielded to the bullpen as the Cardinals eventually won, 5–0, in 11 innings. Olmsted's second start c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Seaman
Kim Michael Seaman (born May 6, 1957) is an American former professional baseball pitcher who appeared in 27 games for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB) during the 1979 and 1980 baseball seasons. Early career Seaman attended and played high school baseball with Live Oak Academy before attending Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College. Seaman was drafted by the Houston Astros in the June 1975 Major League Baseball draft, but did not sign. Seven months later he was drafted by the New York Mets in the 4th round of the January 1976 Major League Baseball draft. He played in the Mets' minor leagues for the 1976–1978 seasons. St. Louis Cardinals Seaman was traded along with Tom Grieve from the Mets to the St. Louis Cardinals for Pete Falcone at the Winter Meetings on December 5, 1978. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
