1972 San Diego Padres season

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1972  San Diego Padres
League National League
Division West
Ballpark San Diego Stadium
City San Diego, California
Record58–95 (.379)
Divisional place6h
Owners C. Arnholdt Smith
General managers Buzzie Bavasi
Managers Preston Gómez, Don Zimmer
Television KCST
Radio KOGO
(Jerry Coleman, Bob Chandler)
  1971 Seasons 1973  

The 1972 San Diego Padres season was the fourth season in franchise history.

Contents

Offseason

Regular season

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]

Season standings

NL West
Team W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 9559.61742345325
Houston Astros 8469.54910½41364333
Los Angeles Dodgers 8570.54810½41344436
Atlanta Braves 7084.4552536413443
San Francisco Giants 6986.44526½34433543
San Diego Padres 5895.37936½26543241

Record vs. opponents


Sources:
TeamATLCHCCINHOULADMONNYMPHIPITSDSFSTL
Atlanta 5–7–19–97–77–84–87–56–66–66–117–116–6
Chicago 7–5–18–43–98–410–510–810–73–129–37–510–8
Cincinnati 9–94–811–69–58–48–410–28–48–1010–510–2
Houston 7–79–36–117–118–46–69–33–912–213–54–8
Los Angeles 8–74–85–911–76–67–57–57–513–59–98–4
Montreal 8–45–104–84–86–66–1210–66–126–66–69–8
New York 5–78–104–86–65–712–613–58–67–58–47–9
Philadelphia 6-67–102–103–95–76–105–135–136–66–68–7
Pittsburgh 6–612–34–89–35–712–66–813–510–29–310–8
San Diego 11–63–910–82–125–136–65–76–62–104–104–8
San Francisco 11–75–75–105–139–96–64–86–63–910–45–7
St. Louis 6–68–102–108–44–88–99–77–88–108–47–5

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

Roster

1972 San Diego Padres
Roster
PitchersCatchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

Manager

Coaches

Player stats

= Indicates team leader

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PosPlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
C Fred Kendall 9127359.216618
1B Nate Colbert 151563141.25038111
2B Derrel Thomas 130500115.230536
SS Enzo Hernández 11432964.195115
3B Dave Roberts 100418102.244533
LF Leron Lee 101370111.3001247
CF Johnny Jeter 11032672.221721
RF Cito Gaston 111379102.269744

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

PlayerGABHAvg.HRRBI
Jerry Morales 11534783.239418
Larry Stahl 10729767.226720
Garry Jestadt 9225663.246622
Pat Corrales 4411723.19306
Curt Blefary 7410220.19639
Dave Campbell 3310024.24003
Bob Barton 298817.19309
Fred Stanley 398517.20002
Ollie Brown 237012.17103
Randy Elliott 144910.20406
Dave Hilton 134710.21305
Joe Goddard 12357.20002
Ed Spezio 20294.13804
Rafael Robles 18244.16700
Johnny Grubb 7217.33301
Don Mason 9112.18200
Ivan Murrell 571.14301
Mike Fiore 760.00000

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Steve Arlin 38250.010213.60159
Clay Kirby 34238.212143.13175
Fred Norman 42211.29113.44167
Tom Phoebus 15.2017.948

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGIPWLERASO
Mike Caldwell 42163.27114.01102
Mike Corkins 47140.0693.54108
Bill Greif 34125.15165.6091

Mike Corkins was the team leader in saves with 6.

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

PlayerGWLSVERASO
Gary Ross 604332.4546
Ed Acosta 463604.4553
Mark Schaeffer 412014.6125
Al Severinsen 170112.539
Steve Simpson 90224.769
Mike Kilkenny 50008.315
Ron Taylor 400012.600
Ralph Garcia 30001.803

Awards and honors

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.

Farm system

LevelTeamLeagueManager
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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References

  1. Rich Troedson at Baseball-Reference
  2. Arlin misses no-hitter by a strike as ball bounces over Roberts' head
  3. "1972 San Diego Padres Roster by Baseball Almanac".
  4. Curt Blefary at Baseball Reference
  5. Randy Jones at Baseball Reference
  6. Warren Cromartie at Baseball Reference
  7. "1972 All-Star Game Box Score, July 25".
  8. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007