1976 San Diego Padres season explained

San Diego Padres
Season:	1976
League:	National League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	San Diego Stadium
City:	San Diego, California
Divisional Place:	5th
Owners:	Ray Kroc
General Managers:	Peter Bavasi
Managers:	John McNamara
Radio:	KOGO (Jerry Coleman, Bob Chandler)

The 1976 San Diego Padres season was the eighth season in franchise history.

Offseason

April 5, 1976: Rudy Meoli was traded by the Padres to the Cincinnati Reds for Merv Rettenmund.^[3]
April 29, 1976: Tom Dettore was signed as a free agent by the Padres.^[4]
May 19, 1976: Bill Greif was traded by the Padres to the St. Louis Cardinals for Luis Meléndez.^[5]
May 29, 1976: Diego Seguí was signed as a free agent by the Padres.^[6]
June 8, 1976: 1976 Major League Baseball draft
- Bob Owchinko was drafted by the Padres in the 1st round (5th pick).^[7]
- Craig Stimac was drafted by the Padres in the 9th round.^[8]
- Mark Lee was drafted by the Padres in the 13th round.^[9]
- Broderick Perkins was drafted by the Padres in the 15th round.^[10]
July 10, 1976: Gene Locklear was traded by the Padres to the New York Yankees for a player to be named later. The Yankees completed the deal by sending Rick Sawyer to the Padres on July 31.^[11]
August 30, 1976: Willie McCovey was purchased from the Padres by the Oakland Athletics.^[12]

1976 San Diego Padres
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches

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

Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	146	456	112	.246	2	39
1B	140	405	118	.291	7	70
2B	135	520	137	.263	2	36
3B	139	471	121	.257	9	55
SS	113	340	87	.256	1	24
LF	105	281	75	.267	5	37
CF	141	493	132	.268	5	46
RF	137	492	139	.283	13	69

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

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
109	384	109	.284	5	27
74	215	42	.195	4	15
96	212	50	.236	0	26
71	202	41	.203	7	36
86	140	32	.229	2	11
72	119	29	.244	0	5
51	83	17	.205	0	5
43	67	15	.224	0	8
14	57	14	.246	1	6
15	49	18	.367	0	4
11	38	9	.237	1	2
4	5	3	.600	0	0

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
40	315.1	22	14	2.74	93
36	210.2	12	16	3.29	103
34	172.0	10	13	3.51	81
13	81.2	5	3	2.53	33
11	70.1	4	3	2.94	36
5	22.1	1	3	8.06	5
2	4.1	0	2	16.62	4

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

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
32	106.2	2	11	5.06	57
26	86.2	3	6	3.22	22
7	19.1	0	4	7.45	10

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

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
77	11	4	16	2.92	89
49	0	1	0	2.84	43
33	2	3	0	5.28	26
24	1	3	0	5.31	27
19	0	3	1	6.40	18
12	0	0	0	9.19	5