Padres Monthly Recap: August

Record: (11-16)

Rankings for starters:

Hundley (C)—13/61 9 R 2 HR 9 RBI .213
A. Gonzalez (1B)—25/93 15 R 2 HR 11 RBI .269
Iguchi (2B)—8/64 4 R 0 HR 4 RBI .125
Rodriguez (SS)—27/89 9 R 0 HR 4 RBI .303
Kouzmanoff (3B)—28/107 13 R 5 HR 12 RBI .262
Gerut (OF)—28/82 14 R 7 HR 19 RBI 1 SB .341
Headley (OF)—25/90 14 R 2 HR 13 RBI 2 SB .278
Giles (OF)—32/92 15 R 5 HR 18 RBI .348

Off the bench:

E. Gonzalez (2B/3B)—11/51 8 R 0 HR 5 RBI 1 SB .216

Starting Pitchers:

Peavy—39 IP 1 W 40 K 2.77 ERA 1.13 WHIP
Baek—31 IP 1 W 24 K 4.35 ERA 1.35 WHIP
Reineke—18 IP 2 W 13 K 5.00 ERA 1.44 WHIP
Young—9.1 IP 0 W 7 K 8.68 ERA 1.93 WHIP
Maddux—24.2 IP 2 W 13 K 3.90 ERA 1.10 WHIP

Bullpen:

Bell—8 IP 0 W 7 K 2.25 ERA 1.12 WHIP
Hoffman—7 IP 2 W 5 SV 7 K 2.57 ERA .71 WHIP (1 BS)
Hampson—10.1 IP 1 W 7 K 2.61 ERA 1.16 WHIP

Analysis:

The Good—Dead weight was shed this month with the departure of Wil Ledezma and Iguchi. The Japanese second baseman was truly a bust, earning $4 million while hitting .231 and missing two months to injury.

San Diego swept the first place Diamondbacks in Petco Park (including a pounding of Cy Young candidate Brandon Webb) and then took two of three from Colorado. Believe it or not, it capped off the best home stand of the season for San Diego at 5-1.

The Bad—

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