2011 San Diego Padres season

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2011  San Diego Padres
League National League
Division West
Ballpark Petco Park
City San Diego, California
Record71–91 (.438)
Divisional place5th
Owners Jeff Moorad
General managers Jed Hoyer
Managers Bud Black
Television 4SD
(Dick Enberg, Mark Grant, Tony Gwynn, Mark Neely)
Cablemas (Spanish)
Radio XX Sports Radio
(Ted Leitner, Jerry Coleman, Andy Masur)
XEMO-AM (Spanish)
(Eduardo Otega, Juan Angel Avila)
  2010 Seasons 2012  

The 2011 San Diego Padres season was the 43rd season in franchise history.

Contents

2010–2011 offseason

Adrián González would have been in the last year of his contract in 2011, but the Padres were not going to meet González's open market value especially with Jeff Moorad's purchase of the Padres from John Moores not completing until around 2013. [1] [2] On December 6, 2010, González was traded to the Boston Red Sox for a package of right-handed pitcher Casey Kelly, first baseman Anthony Rizzo, outfielder Reymond Fuentes, and a player to be named later, later determined to be Eric Patterson. [3] [4]

The Padres also acquired outfielder Cameron Maybin from the Florida Marlins for relievers Ryan Webb and Edward Mujica. [5]

Among the players that left San Diego were:

Spring training

Game log

The Padres played at Peoria Sports Complex in Peoria, AZ. The Padres' spring training schedule is on the website below.

Regular season

The Padres offense started the season being shut out seven times in April, a major league record according to the Elias Sports Bureau. [6] Heath Bell converted his first seven save opportunities of the season, which tied him with Trevor Hoffman for the club record of 41 consecutive successful save conversions. The streak also tied him with Hoffman and Rod Beck for fourth-longest in MLB history. [7] Bell blew his next save opportunity, a 3–0 lead, after he opened the ninth inning by walking the first two batters, and third baseman Chase Headley made a two-out, two-run throwing error to tie the game. [8] On May 14, Bell recorded his 100th career save in a 9–7 win over the Colorado Rockies. [9]

Mat Latos lost his first four starts, extending his losing streak to nine consecutive starts dating back to 2010. The streak ties the longest streak in Padres history, held by Andy Benes and Dennis Rasmussen. [10] Latos had a no-decision in his next start after the bullpen blew a save opportunity, preventing him from earning a win. [11] He would lose another decision for a 10-game losing streak that was one shy of the club record held by Gary Ross. Latos won on May 15 against the Colorado Rockies to end his losing streak. [12]

On June 20, former Padres first baseman Adrián González went 3 for 5 with a double and 3 RBI (all in the 10-run Boston 7th inning) in his first career game against San Diego in a 14–5 Red Sox victory in Fenway Park. The Padres were 6-9 in interleague play in 2011.

In May The San Diego Union-Tribune wrote that star minor league first baseman Anthony Rizzo's debut with the Padres might be delayed despite the club's hitting deficiencies due to cost considerations created by the "Super Two" exception for salary arbitration eligibility. The Padres cited Rizzo's lack of experience above Double-A and his limited exposure to left-handed pitching as benefits of his continuing to play in Tucson. [13] [14] He was called up to the majors after hitting .365 with 16 homers and 63 RBI in 200 at-bats in Tucson. [15] In his debut on June 9, against the Washington Nationals, Rizzo struck out in his first at bat, but then proceeded to hit a triple and score a run, helping the Padres to a 7–3 victory. [16] He hit his first home run on June 11 against John Lannan. [17] After three games he was 3-for-7 with a double, triple and a home run, while demonstrated patience in drawing four walks for a .667 on-base percentage (OBP). [14]

The Padres' pitcher Cory Luebke was added to the rotation on June 22, 2011 as a previous 5-spot pitcher. Wade LeBlanc was optioned after a loss to the Red Sox. He went 5 innings and struck out 6 in his first start of 2011 in an eventual 4-1 win.

On July 9 against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Luke Gregerson entered the game in the ninth inning after Aaron Harang, Josh Spence, Chad Qualls, and Mike Adams combined to pitch eight innings without allowing a hit. Gregerson retired the first two hitters before a double by Juan Uribe on a one ball and two strike count broke up the no hitter. Dioner Navarro then hit a single off Gregerson to score the winning run for the Dodgers. This was the closest the Padres have come to pitching a no-hitter since Steve Arlin in 1972. [18] The Padres are the only team that has never pitched a no-hitter in their history.

Bell was the only Padre selected for the 2011 All-Star Game. With the team 12 games under .500 coming out of the All-Star break, general manager Jed Hoyer said the Padres would pursue a long-term contract with Bell if they did not get a desirable trade offer for him. [19] [20]

On July 22, Rizzo was demoted back to Triple-A, and Kyle Blanks was promoted. Rizzo had struggled with only a .143 batting average and 1 home run, striking out 36 times in 98 at-bats. [14] [21] Hoyer said Rizzo "worked hard, never made excuses, and endeared himself to his teammates" during his initial stint in the majors. [14]

At the non-waiver trade deadline on July 31, Adams was traded to the Texas Rangers for a pair of young Double-A starting pitchers—right-hander Joe Wieland and left-hander Robbie Erlin. Also, Ryan Ludwick was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates for a player to be named later or cash considerations. Adams had appeared in 33 of the Padres' first 46 wins with 23 holds as the setup man for Bell. Adams was 3-1 with a 1.13 ERA and opposing hitters were batting only .155 against him, striking out 49 times in 48 innings. Ludwick was hitting only .238, but he had 11 homers and 64 RBI and 42 runs scored and was accounting for 25.3 percent of the Padres' runs. By comparison, Adrián González accounted for 23.6 percent of the Padres' runs in 2010. Bell was not traded, but Hoyer admitted Bell's greatest value to the team might come as a free agent if Bell refuses salary arbitration in the offseason and signs elsewhere—the Padres would receive two first-round draft picks in June 2012 as compensation. [22] [23] [24]

The Padres retired number 51 in honor of Trevor Hoffman's at Petco Park in a pre-game ceremony on August 21, 2011, against the Florida Marlins. [25] [26] [27] The ceremony was patterned after the show This Is Your Life , featuring over 40 of Hoffman's former teammates and coaches. [28] [29] Brian Johnson, the lead singer on AC/DC's "Hells Bells", paid tribute in a video to Hoffman for "rocking the mound". [29] [30] In a nod to Hoffman's late father, Ed, the Padres presented Hoffman with a mint condition 1958 Cadillac convertible; his father loved driving his family in a convertible. For the National Anthem, the Padres played a video of Ed singing "The Star-Spangled Banner" at Fenway Park on Opening Day in 1981 when Trevor's brother, Glenn, was the starting shortstop for the Boston Red Sox. [29] [31] Following the ceremony, Bell blew a 3–2 lead against the Marlins after allowing a solo home run to Mike Cameron with two outs in the ninth. However, Nick Hundley hit a leadoff triple in the bottom of the ninth, and would eventually score on a Will Venable single. It was Hundley's fifth triple of the season, tying the Padres single season record for triples by a catcher set by Benito Santiago in 1990. It was also Hundley's fourth triple in his last six games. After the game, Bell said, "I guess it's one of those things, on Trevor Hoffman day, only he should get the save, I guess." [32]

The Padres finished with a 71–91 record while hitting a major league-low 91 home runs and finishing last in the National League (and next to last in MLB) in batting average (.237) and OPS (.653). They scored the third fewest runs in MLB. [33] [34] No player on their active roster in the season finale hit 10 major-league home runs in 2011. [35] The team led the Major Leagues in stolen bases, and Cameron Maybin was the ninth player in Padres history to steal 40 bases. [5] [34] He hit .264 with nine home runs and 40 RBIs and was the Padres' nominee for the Hank Aaron Award. [36] The Union-Tribune praised Maybin's defense and called his acquisition "[o]ne of the best trades in Padres history" and named him the team's MVP. [5] The Union-Tribune also wrote that Jesús Guzmán's line-drive hitting style was perfectly suited to the Padres' home at Petco Park, and he emerged as the team's best hitter. [5] [37] However, the Padres were shut out 19 times during the season. [37] Hitting coach Randy Ready was fired after the end of the season. Since moving to Petco Park in 2004, the Padres have fired four hitting coaches, and another resigned. [33] [34]

Season standings

National League West

NL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Arizona Diamondbacks 9468.58051304338
San Francisco Giants 8676.531846354041
Los Angeles Dodgers 8279.50911½42394040
Colorado Rockies 7389.4512138433546
San Diego Padres 7191.4382335463645

National League Wild Card

Division leaders
Team W L Pct.
Philadelphia Phillies 10260.630
Milwaukee Brewers 9666.593
Arizona Diamondbacks 9468.580
Wild Card team
(Top team qualifies for postseason)
Team W L Pct. GB
St. Louis Cardinals 9072.556
Atlanta Braves 8973.5491
San Francisco Giants 8676.5314
Los Angeles Dodgers 8279.509
Washington Nationals 8081.497
Cincinnati Reds 7983.48811
New York Mets 7785.47513
Colorado Rockies 7389.45117
Florida Marlins 7290.44418
Pittsburgh Pirates 7290.44418
Chicago Cubs 7191.43819
San Diego Padres 7191.43819
Houston Astros 56106.34634

Record vs. opponents


Source: [38]
TeamAZATLCHCCINCOLFLAHOULADMILNYMPHIPITSDSFSTLWSHAL
Arizona 2–33–44–213–55–26–110–84–33–33–33–311–79–93–45–310–8
Atlanta 3–24–33–36–212–65–12–55–39–96–124–24–56–11–59–910–5
Chicago 4–33–47–112–43–38–73–36–104–22–58–83–35–45–103–45–10
Cincinnati 2–43–311–73–43–39–64–28–82–51–75–104–25–29–64–26–12
Colorado 5–132–64–24–33–35–29–93–65–21–44–39–95–132–44–38–7
Florida 2–56–123–33–33–36–13–30–79–96–126–00–74–22–611–78–10
Houston 1–61–57–86–92–51–64–53–123–32–47–113–54–35–103–34–11
Los Angeles 8–105–23–32–49–93–35–42–42–51–56–213–59–94–34–26–9
Milwaukee 3–43–510–68–86–37–012–34–24–23–412–33–23–39–93–36–9
New York 3–39–92–45–22–59–93–35–22–47–114–44–32–43–38–109–9
Philadelphia 3–312–65–27–14–112–64–25–14–311–74–27–14–33–68–109–6
Pittsburgh 3–32–48–810–53–40–611–72–63–124–42–42–43–37–94–48–7
San Diego 7–115–43–32–49–97–05–35–132–33–41–74–26–123–33–46–9
San Francisco 9–91–64–52–513–52–43–49–93–34–23–43–312–65–23–410–5
St. Louis 4–35–110–56–94–26–210–53–49–93–36–39–73–32–52–48–7
Washington 3–59–94–32–43–47–113–32–43–310–810–84–44–34–34–28–7

Roster

2011 San Diego Padres
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; AVG = Batting average; SLG = Slugging average

PlayerGABRH2B3BHRRBISBBBAVGSLG
Jason Bartlett 139554611362232402348.245.307
Cameron Maybin 137516821362489404044.264.393
Orlando Hudson 11939854981537431949.246.352
Chase Headley 113381431102814441352.289.399
Ryan Ludwick 10137842901801164132.238.373
Will Venable 12137049911479442631.246.395
Chris Denorfia 11130738851325191128.277.381
Nick Hundley 822813481165929122.288.477
Jesús Guzmán 762473377222544922.312.478
Alberto González 1022471853102132113.215.283
Brad Hawpe 621951945100419019.231.344
Rob Johnson 6717993461316314.190.285
Kyle Blanks 55170213971726216.229.406
Logan Forsythe 62150123291012312.213.287
Jorge Cantú 571448284031607.194.285
Anthony Rizzo 491289188119221.141.242
Aaron Cunningham 52901216613919.178.367
Eric Patterson 47898162128812.180.292
Kyle Phillips 36769133021008.171.289
Luis Martinez 22597121111018.203.305
James Darnell 1845210201715.222.333
Andy Parrino 244438100419.182.205
Jeremy Hermida 204039211607.225.400
Blake Tekotte 193416110124.176.265
Everth Cabrera 2811000021.125.125
Cedric Hunter 6411000001.250.250
Pitcher Totals16228314393011107.138.159
Team Totals162541759312842474291563170501.237.349

Source:

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerWLERAGGSSVIPHRERBBSO
Mat Latos 9143.4731310194.1168827562185
Tim Stauffer 9123.7331310185.2180817753128
Aaron Harang 1473.6428280170.2175736958124
Cory Luebke 6103.2946170139.2105545144154
Dustin Moseley 3103.3020200120.011759443664
Clayton Richard 593.881818099.210452433853
Wade LeBlanc 564.631414079.28442412851
Chad Qualls 683.51770074.17330292043
Ernesto Frieri 122.71590063.05121193476
Heath Bell 342.446404362.25120172151
Luke Gregerson 332.75610055.25723171934
Anthony Bass 201.68273048.141992124
Mike Adams 311.13480148.02676949
Josh Spence 022.73400029.214991931
Pat Neshek 114.01250024.21912112220
Evan Scribner 007.07100014.0181111410
Erik Hamren 104.38140012.11076910
Joe Thatcher 004.50180010.085579
Brad Brach 025.149007.0954711
Andrew Carpenter 008.446005.165536
Sam Deduno 003.002003.051134
Jeff Fulchino 0016.203001.233342
Team Totals71913.42162162441449.113246115515211139

Source:

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
AAA Tucson Padres Pacific Coast League Terry Kennedy
AA San Antonio Missions Texas League Doug Dascenzo
A Lake Elsinore Storm California League Carlos Lezcano
A Fort Wayne TinCaps Midwest League Shawn Wooten
A-Short Season Eugene Emeralds Northwest League Pat Murphy
Rookie AZL Padres Arizona League Jim Gabella

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