1972 San Diego Padres season explained

San Diego Padres
Season:	1972
League:	National League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	San Diego Stadium
City:	San Diego, California
Divisional Place:	6h
Owners:	C. Arnholdt Smith
General Managers:	Buzzie Bavasi
Managers:	Preston Gómez, Don Zimmer
Television:	KCST
Radio:	KOGO (Jerry Coleman, Bob Chandler)

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

Offseason

• January 12, 1972: Rich Troedson was drafted by the Padres in the 1st round (6th pick) of the secondary phase of the 1972 Major League Baseball draft.^[1]

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]

Opening Day starters

• Bob Barton
• Dave Campbell
• Nate Colbert
• Enzo Hernández
• Clay Kirby
• Leron Lee
• Jerry Morales
• Larry Stahl
• Derrel Thomas^[3]

Notable transactions

• May 17, 1972: Ollie Brown was traded by the Padres to the Oakland Athletics for Curt Blefary, Mike Kilkenny and a player to be named later. The Athletics completed the deal by sending Greg Schubert (minors) to the Padres on September 11.^[4]
• June 6, 1972: 1972 Major League Baseball draft
  • Randy Jones was drafted by the Padres in the 5th round.^[5]
  • Warren Cromartie was drafted by the Padres in the 1st round (5th pick) of the Secondary Phase, but did not sign.^[6]

Roster

1972 San Diego Padres
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		OutfieldersOther batters		ManagerCoaches

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

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C		91	273	59	.216	6	18
1B		151	563	141	.250	38	111
2B		130	500	115	.230	5	36
SS		114	329	64	.195	1	15
3B		100	418	102	.244	5	33
LF		101	370	111	.300	12	47
CF		110	326	72	.221	7	21
RF		111	379	102	.269	7	44

Other batters

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
	115	347	83	.239	4	18
	107	297	67	.226	7	20
	92	256	63	.246	6	22
	44	117	23	.193	0	6
	74	102	20	.196	3	9
	33	100	24	.240	0	3
	29	88	17	.193	0	9
	39	85	17	.200	0	2
	23	70	12	.171	0	3
	14	49	10	.204	0	6
	13	47	10	.213	0	5
	12	35	7	.200	0	2
	20	29	4	.138	0	4
	18	24	4	.167	0	0
	7	21	7	.333	0	1
	9	11	2	.182	0	0
	5	7	1	.143	0	1
	7	6	0	.000	0	0

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	38	250.0	10	21	3.60	159
	34	238.2	12	14	3.13	175
	42	211.2	9	11	3.44	167
	1	5.2	0	1	7.94	8

Other pitchers

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

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
	42	163.2	7	11	4.01	102
	47	140.0	6	9	3.54		108
	34	125.1	5	16	5.60	91

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

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
	60	4	3	3	2.45	46
	46	3	6	0	4.45	53
	41	2	0	1	4.61	25
	17	0	1	1	2.53	9
	9	0	2	2	4.76	9
	5	0	0	0	8.31	5
	4	0	0	0	12.60	0
	3	0	0	0	1.80	3

Awards and honors

1972 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

• Nate Colbert, reserve^[7]

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

See also: Minor League Baseball.

^[8]

External links

• 1972 San Diego Padres at Baseball Reference
• 1972 San Diego Padres at Baseball Almanac

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/troedri01.shtml Rich Troedson
2. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19720719&id=0KxVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QOEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2833,4705912 Arlin misses no-hitter by a strike as ball bounces over Roberts' head
3. Web site: 1972 San Diego Padres Roster by Baseball Almanac.
4. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/blefacu01.shtml Curt Blefary
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/jonesra01.shtml Randy Jones
6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cromawa01.shtml Warren Cromartie
7. Web site: 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