1974 San Diego Padres season explained

San Diego Padres
Season:	1974
League:	National League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	San Diego Stadium
City:	San Diego, California
Divisional Place:	6th
Owners:	C. Arnholt Smith, Ray Kroc
General Managers:	Peter Bavasi
Managers:	John McNamara
Radio:	KOGO (Jerry Coleman, Bob Chandler)

The 1974 San Diego Padres season was the sixth in franchise history. The team finished last in the National League West with a record of 60–102, 42 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Offseason

• October 25, 1973: Mike Caldwell was traded by the Padres to the San Francisco Giants for Willie McCovey and Bernie Williams.^[1]
• November 7, 1973: Jerry Morales was traded by the Padres to the Chicago Cubs for Glenn Beckert and Bobby Fenwick.^[2]

Regular season

In his first home game as the Padres' new owner in 1974, Ray Kroc grabbed the public address system microphone and apologized to fans for the poor performance of the team, saying, "I've never seen such stupid ballplaying in my life." At the same time, a streaker raced across the field, eluding security personnel. Kroc shouted, "Throw him in jail!"^[3]

Opening Day starters

• Steve Arlin
• Glenn Beckert
• Nate Colbert
• Johnny Grubb
• Enzo Hernández
• Fred Kendall
• Willie McCovey
• Derrel Thomas
• Bobby Tolan^[4]

Notable transactions

• May 31, 1974: Horace Clarke^[5] and Lowell Palmer^[6] was purchased by the Padres from the New York Yankees.
• June 5, 1974: 1974 Major League Baseball draft
  • Bill Almon was drafted by the Padres in the 1st round (1st pick).^[7]
  • Lenn Sakata was drafted by the Padres in the 5th round, but did not sign.^[8]
  • Bump Wills was drafted by the Padres in the 12th round, but did not sign.^[9]

Roster

1974 San Diego Padres
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		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		141	424	98	.231	8	45
1B		128	344	87	.253	22	63
2B		141	523	129	.247	3	41
SS		147	512	119	.232	0	34
3B		113	318	53	.167	5	18
LF		145	498	132	.265	20	75
CF		140	444	127	.286	8	42
RF		95	357	95	.266	8	40

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
	119	368	76	.207	14	54
	106	267	57	.213	6	33
	74	217	52	.240	1	12
	64	172	44	.256	0	7
	42	90	17	.189	0	4
	30	81	19	.235	0	7
	48	81	16	.198	0	3
	39	74	20	.270	1	3
	54	61	12	.197	1	5
	26	60	11	.183	0	4
	17	48	14	.292	0	2
	16	38	12	.316	0	3
	12	34	3	.088	1	3
	13	33	7	.212	1	2
	14	15	1	.067	0	0
	14	15	2	.133	0	0
	33	14	3	.214	0	1

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
	43	226.0	9	19	4.66	137
	33	211.2	9	14	3.66	130
	40	208.1	8	22	4.45	124
	30	148.0	9	11	4.01	95
	16	64.0	1	7	5.91	18

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
	22	73.0	2	5	5.67	52
	15	41.2	1	4	5.62	16
	10	37.1	0	4	3.62	22

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
	54	5	5	9	4.56	26
	76	9	4	2	4.69	57
	47	2	0	2	4.34	29
	30	0	1	0	4.03	40
	25	2	2	0	4.79	41
	23	2	1	1	7.07	22
	18	0	2	0	4.64	15
	15	1	1	1	8.68	11
	9	0	0	0	4.50	11
	8	0	0	0	6.10	9

Awards and honors

1974 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

• Johnny Grubb, OF, reserve^[10]

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball.

^[11]

External links

• 1974 San Diego Padres at Baseball Reference
• 1974 San Diego Padres at Baseball Almanac

Notes and References

1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mccovwi01.shtml Willie McCovey
2. https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/beckegl01.shtml Glenn Beckert
3. News: National League Has Own Version Of Charles Finley. Effingham Daily News. April 10, 1974. 14.
4. Web site: 1974 San Diego Padres Roster by Baseball Almanac.
5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/clarkho01.shtml Horace Clarke
6. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/palmelo01.shtml Lowell Palmer
7. https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/almonbi01.shtml Bill Almon
8. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sakatle01.shtml Lenn Sakata
9. https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/willsbu01.shtml Bump Wills
10. Web site: 1974 All-Star Game Play by Play.
11. Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007