1972 San Diego Padres | ||
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League | National League | |
Division | West | |
Ballpark | San Diego Stadium | |
City | San Diego, California | |
Record | 58–95 (.379) | |
Divisional place | 6h | |
Owners | C. Arnholdt Smith | |
General managers | Buzzie Bavasi | |
Managers | Preston Gómez, Don Zimmer | |
Television | KCST | |
Radio | KOGO (Jerry Coleman, Bob Chandler) | |
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The 1972 San Diego Padres season was the fourth season in franchise history.
Until 2021, no Padres pitcher had ever thrown a no-hitter. On July 18 against the Philadelphia Phillies, Steve Arlin came within one out of a no-hitter before a Denny Doyle single broke up the bid. [2]
NL West | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
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Cincinnati Reds | 95 | 59 | 0.617 | — | 42–34 | 53–25 |
Houston Astros | 84 | 69 | 0.549 | 10½ | 41–36 | 43–33 |
Los Angeles Dodgers | 85 | 70 | 0.548 | 10½ | 41–34 | 44–36 |
Atlanta Braves | 70 | 84 | 0.455 | 25 | 36–41 | 34–43 |
San Francisco Giants | 69 | 86 | 0.445 | 26½ | 34–43 | 35–43 |
San Diego Padres | 58 | 95 | 0.379 | 36½ | 26–54 | 32–41 |
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Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | |||||
Atlanta | — | 5–7–1 | 9–9 | 7–7 | 7–8 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 6–11 | 7–11 | 6–6 | |||||
Chicago | 7–5–1 | — | 8–4 | 3–9 | 8–4 | 10–5 | 10–8 | 10–7 | 3–12 | 9–3 | 7–5 | 10–8 | |||||
Cincinnati | 9–9 | 4–8 | — | 11–6 | 9–5 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 10–2 | 8–4 | 8–10 | 10–5 | 10–2 | |||||
Houston | 7–7 | 9–3 | 6–11 | — | 7–11 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 9–3 | 3–9 | 12–2 | 13–5 | 4–8 | |||||
Los Angeles | 8–7 | 4–8 | 5–9 | 11–7 | — | 6–6 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 13–5 | 9–9 | 8–4 | |||||
Montreal | 8–4 | 5–10 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 6–6 | — | 6–12 | 10–6 | 6–12 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 9–8 | |||||
New York | 5–7 | 8–10 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 12–6 | — | 13–5 | 8–6 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 7–9 | |||||
Philadelphia | 6-6 | 7–10 | 2–10 | 3–9 | 5–7 | 6–10 | 5–13 | — | 5–13 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 8–7 | |||||
Pittsburgh | 6–6 | 12–3 | 4–8 | 9–3 | 5–7 | 12–6 | 6–8 | 13–5 | — | 10–2 | 9–3 | 10–8 | |||||
San Diego | 11–6 | 3–9 | 10–8 | 2–12 | 5–13 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 2–10 | — | 4–10 | 4–8 | |||||
San Francisco | 11–7 | 5–7 | 5–10 | 5–13 | 9–9 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 3–9 | 10–4 | — | 5–7 | |||||
St. Louis | 6–6 | 8–10 | 2–10 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 8–9 | 9–7 | 7–8 | 8–10 | 8–4 | 7–5 | — |
1972 San Diego Padres | |||||||||
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Roster | |||||||||
Pitchers
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Infielders
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Other batters | Manager
Coaches
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= Indicates team leader |
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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C | Fred Kendall | 91 | 273 | 59 | .216 | 6 | 18 |
1B | Nate Colbert | 151 | 563 | 141 | .250 | 38 | 111 |
2B | Derrel Thomas | 130 | 500 | 115 | .230 | 5 | 36 |
SS | Enzo Hernández | 114 | 329 | 64 | .195 | 1 | 15 |
3B | Dave Roberts | 100 | 418 | 102 | .244 | 5 | 33 |
LF | Leron Lee | 101 | 370 | 111 | .300 | 12 | 47 |
CF | Johnny Jeter | 110 | 326 | 72 | .221 | 7 | 21 |
RF | Cito Gaston | 111 | 379 | 102 | .269 | 7 | 44 |
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
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Jerry Morales | 115 | 347 | 83 | .239 | 4 | 18 |
Larry Stahl | 107 | 297 | 67 | .226 | 7 | 20 |
Garry Jestadt | 92 | 256 | 63 | .246 | 6 | 22 |
Pat Corrales | 44 | 117 | 23 | .193 | 0 | 6 |
Curt Blefary | 74 | 102 | 20 | .196 | 3 | 9 |
Dave Campbell | 33 | 100 | 24 | .240 | 0 | 3 |
Bob Barton | 29 | 88 | 17 | .193 | 0 | 9 |
Fred Stanley | 39 | 85 | 17 | .200 | 0 | 2 |
Ollie Brown | 23 | 70 | 12 | .171 | 0 | 3 |
Randy Elliott | 14 | 49 | 10 | .204 | 0 | 6 |
Dave Hilton | 13 | 47 | 10 | .213 | 0 | 5 |
Joe Goddard | 12 | 35 | 7 | .200 | 0 | 2 |
Ed Spezio | 20 | 29 | 4 | .138 | 0 | 4 |
Rafael Robles | 18 | 24 | 4 | .167 | 0 | 0 |
Johnny Grubb | 7 | 21 | 7 | .333 | 0 | 1 |
Don Mason | 9 | 11 | 2 | .182 | 0 | 0 |
Ivan Murrell | 5 | 7 | 1 | .143 | 0 | 1 |
Mike Fiore | 7 | 6 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Steve Arlin | 38 | 250.0 | 10 | 21 | 3.60 | 159 |
Clay Kirby | 34 | 238.2 | 12 | 14 | 3.13 | 175 |
Fred Norman | 42 | 211.2 | 9 | 11 | 3.44 | 167 |
Tom Phoebus | 1 | 5.2 | 0 | 1 | 7.94 | 8 |
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
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Mike Caldwell | 42 | 163.2 | 7 | 11 | 4.01 | 102 |
Mike Corkins | 47 | 140.0 | 6 | 9 | 3.54 | 108 |
Bill Greif | 34 | 125.1 | 5 | 16 | 5.60 | 91 |
Mike Corkins was the team leader in saves with 6.
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
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Gary Ross | 60 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2.45 | 46 |
Ed Acosta | 46 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4.45 | 53 |
Mark Schaeffer | 41 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4.61 | 25 |
Al Severinsen | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2.53 | 9 |
Steve Simpson | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4.76 | 9 |
Mike Kilkenny | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.31 | 5 |
Ron Taylor | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.60 | 0 |
Ralph Garcia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.80 | 3 |
1972 Major League Baseball All-Star Game
Colbert scored the winning run, but he brought the wrong uniform with him to Atlanta. The San Diego Padres' slugger donned his road jersey with SAN DIEGO on it instead of his home one with PADRES on it.
One week later, Colbert returned to Atlanta Stadium and tied Stan Musial's Major League record with five home runs in a doubleheader vs. the Braves. Colbert also drove in 13 runs during the twinbill, which San Diego swept 9–0 and 11–7.
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AAA | Hawaii Islanders | Pacific Coast League | Rocky Bridges |
AA | Alexandria Aces | Texas League | Duke Snider |
A-Short Season | Tri-City Padres | Northwest League | Cliff Ditto |
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