1972 San Diego Padres season

1972 San Diego Padres
Major League affiliations
National League (since 1969)
Western Division (since 1969)
Location
San Diego Stadium (since 1969)
San Diego, California (since 1969)
Other information
Owner(s)	C. Arnholdt Smith
General manager(s)	Buzzie Bavasi
Manager(s)	Preston Gómez, Don Zimmer
Local television	KCST
Local radio	KOGO (Jerry Coleman, Bob Chandler)
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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.

Regular season

As of 2016, no Padres pitcher has ever thrown a no-hitter. The closest any has come to date came on July 18 against the Philadelphia Phillies, when Steve Arlin came within one out of a no-hitter before a Denny Doyle single broke up the bid.

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

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

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.
• June 6, 1972: 1972 Major League Baseball Draft
  • Randy Jones was drafted by the Padres in the 5th round.
  • Warren Cromartie was drafted by the Padres in the 1st round (5th pick) of the Secondary Phase, but did not sign.

Roster

1972 San Diego Padres
Roster
Pitchers 37 Ed Acosta 22 Steve Arlin 23 Mike Caldwell 30 Mike Corkins 13 Ralph Garcia 27 Bill Greif 25 Mike Kilkenny 43 Clay Kirby 35 Fred Norman 36 Tom Phoebus 33 Gary Ross 44 Mark Schaeffer 42 Al Severinsen 36 Steve Simpson 42 Ron Taylor		Catchers  1 Bob Barton  3 Curt Blefary 28 Pat Corrales  7 Joe Goddard 16 Fred Kendall Infielders 10 Dave Campbell 17 Nate Colbert 11 Enzo Hernández 18 Dave Hilton 12 Garry Jestadt  6 Don Mason 20 Dave Roberts 31 Rafael Robles  7 Ed Spiezio  6 Fred Stanley 30 Derrel Thomas		Outfielders 26 Ollie Brown 10 Randy Elliott 21 Cito Gaston  1 Johnny Grubb  8 Johnny Jeter 24 Leron Lee 32 Jerry Morales 20 Ivan Murrell 14 Larry Stahl Other batters  1 Mike Fiore		Manager 18 Preston Gómez  9 Don Zimmer Coaches 38 Roger Craig  2 Dave Garcia  4 Bob Skinner 19 Whitey Wietelmann  9 Don Zimmer

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
1B	Nate Colbert	151	563	141	.250	38	111
SS	Enzo Hernández	114	329	64	.195	1	15

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
Dave Campbell	33	100	24	.240	0	3
Bob Barton	29	88	17	.193	0	9
Randy Elliott	14	49	10	.204	0	6
Dave Hilton	13	47	10	.213	0	5

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	10	21	3.60	159

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

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
Ed Acosta	46	3	6	0	4.45	53

Awards and honors

1972 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

• Nate Colbert, reserve

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.

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
Short-Season A	Tri-City Padres	Northwest League	Cliff Ditto

External links

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