San Diego Padres April Review

MLB League Leaders - 2009 Season

Batting Average		BA	Home Runs		HR
	1. Johnny Damon	.396		1. Ryan Howard	9
	2. David DeJesus	.394		2. Carlos Pena	9
	3. Brian Roberts	.385		3. Mark Reynolds	9
	4. Carlos Gomez	.383		4. Ryan Ludwick	8
	5. Nate McLouth	.379		5. Carlos Quentin	8
Runs Batted In		RBI	Stolen Bases		SB
	1. Ryan Howard	34		1. Jacoby Ellsbury	13
	2. Nick Swisher	29		2. Johnny Damon	11
	3. Ryan Ludwick	25		3. Colby Rasmus	9
	4. Carlos Beltran	23		4. Emmanuel Burriss	8
	5. Ian Kinsler	23		5. Carl Crawford	7
Wins		W	Earned Run Average		ERA
	1. Erik Bedard	4		1. Joba Chamberlain	0.93
	2. Cole Hamels	4		2. Josh Johnson	0.98
	3. Brett Myers	4		3. Sean Gallagher	1.45
	4. Johan Santana	4		4. Jesse Litsch	1.54
	5. Todd Wellemeyer	4		5. Matt Cain	1.57
Strikeouts		K	Saves		SV
	1. Dan Haren	40		1. Brad Lidge	8
	2. Tim Lincecum	39		2. Jonathan Papelbon	8
	3. Johan Santana	38		3. Mariano Rivera	8
	4. Josh Beckett	37		4. Joe Nathan	7
	5. Cole Hamels	37		5. Rafael Soriano	7

Monthly Awards

American League Batter of the Month
Johnny Damon, NYY : .396, 2 HR, 16 RBI, 28 Runs

National League Batter of the Month
Ryan Ludwick, STL : .376, 8 HR, 25 RBI

American League Pitcher of the Month
Erik Bedard, SEA : 4-0, 2.08 ERA, 26 K's

National League Pitcher of the Month
Cole Hamels, PHI : 4-0, 1.67 ERA, 37 K's

American League Rookie of the Month
Matt Wieters, BAL : .296, 2 HR, 10 RBI

National League Rookie of the Month
Dexter Fowler, COL: .325, 3 HR, 11 RBI

San Diego Padre of the Month
Nick Hundley : .253, 4 HR, 14 RBI



Ron Burgundy's Thoughts
Well my first month as the general manager of the San Diego Padres is in the book. We got off to a nightmare start, but things are really starting to turn around for us now. Our offense has been sputtering all month, but all signs point to the situation being straightened out. Adrian Gonzalez is supposed to be our superstar but he didn't perform like it most of the month. A positive is that he is still getting on base via the walk and leads our team in on base percentage. Our superstar has been Nick Hundley, somebody who plays catcher, a position we thought would be the first to need to be upgraded to succeed. The biggest downside to the month has been Jake Peavy. We thought he would be our All-Star of old, but instead he's only won one game and given up a huge chunk of runs. If he doesn't improve in the future I really don't know where that will leave him as a Padre. We are paying him a ton of money to not produce right now, but I know he'll be able to turn it around.

Well I'm ready for May, how about all of you? It's time to jump some spots in the standings and make a little noise. Things aren't going to get easy though, the NL West is a proverbial bear pit. But gentlemen, the Padres will be going into the bear pit full steam, and we are going to come out winners! I hope....Anyways, as always, it's been a pleasure to run your hometown team up to this point, and you stay classy San Diego.