1972 San Diego Padres
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)C. Arnholdt Smith
General manager(s)Buzzie Bavasi
Manager(s)Preston Gómez, Don Zimmer
Local televisionKCST
Local radioKOGO
(Jerry Coleman, Bob Chandler)
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The 1972 San Diego Padres season was the fourth season in franchise history.

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 		W L Pct. GB Home Road
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

Record vs. opponents

1972 National League Records

Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
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 —


Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

Roster

1972 San Diego Padres
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

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

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
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

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
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

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
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

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
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.

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
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

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

See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
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

[8]

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

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