One-Hit Wonders: Steve Fireovid to Charlie Haeger

This is Part 5 of a 13-part series examining the 65 men who have collected exactly one hit as a member of the San Diego Padres. Our current installment features four right-handers (one of whom earned 139 minor-league victories, one who once was traded for Cito Gaston, one who threw the knuckleball, and one about whom I can think of nothing interesting to say) and a left-hander who attended the same school as Khalil Greene. Steve Fireovid Pos: RHP Years: 1981-1983 G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K BA OBP SLG OPS+ 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 .143 .143 .143 -16 Taken by the Padres in the seventh round of the 1978 June draft that netted them several members of the ‘84 championship team (Andy Hawkins, Tim Flannery, Eric Show, Mark Thurmond), Fireovid enjoyed considerable success in the minor leagues, notching 139 wins over 16 seasons. He won just three games in the big leagues, none with the Padres. On September 12, 1981, Fireovid made his first career start, in front of 3950 fans at...