1972 San Diego Padres
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkSan Diego Stadium
CitySan Diego, California
Record58–95 (.379)
Divisional place6h
OwnersC. Arnholdt Smith
General managersBuzzie Bavasi
ManagersPreston Gómez, Don Zimmer
TelevisionKCST
RadioKOGO
(Jerry Coleman, Bob Chandler)
Seasons

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 9559 0.617 — 42–34 53–25
Houston Astros 8469 0.549 10½ 41–36 43–33
Los Angeles Dodgers 8570 0.548 10½ 41–34 44–36
Atlanta Braves 7084 0.455 25 36–41 34–43
San Francisco Giants 6986 0.445 26½ 34–43 35–43
San Diego Padres 5895 0.379 36½ 26–54 32–41

Record vs. opponents

1972 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —5–7–19–97–77–84–87–56–66–66–117–116–6
Chicago 7–5–1—8–43–98–410–510–810–73–129–37–510–8
Cincinnati 9–94–8—11–69–58–48–410–28–48–1010–510–2
Houston 7–79–36–11—7–118–46–69–33–912–213–54–8
Los Angeles 8–74–85–911–7—6–67–57–57–513–59–98–4
Montreal 8–45–104–84–86–6—6–1210–66–126–66–69–8
New York 5–78–104–86–65–712–6—13–58–67–58–47–9
Philadelphia 6-67–102–103–95–76–105–13—5–136–66–68–7
Pittsburgh 6–612–34–89–35–712–66–813–5—10–29–310–8
San Diego 11–63–910–82–125–136–65–76–62–10—4–104–8
San Francisco 11–75–75–105–139–96–64–86–63–910–4—5–7
St. Louis 6–68–102–108–44–88–99–77–88–108–47–5—

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
CFred Kendall9127359.216618
1BNate Colbert151563141.25038111
2BDerrel Thomas130500115.230536
SSEnzo Hernández11432964.195115
3BDave Roberts100418102.244533
LFLeron Lee101370111.3001247
CFJohnny Jeter11032672.221721
RFCito Gaston111379102.269744

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 Morales11534783.239418
Larry Stahl10729767.226720
Garry Jestadt9225663.246622
Pat Corrales4411723.19306
Curt Blefary7410220.19639
Dave Campbell3310024.24003
Bob Barton298817.19309
Fred Stanley398517.20002
Ollie Brown237012.17103
Randy Elliott144910.20406
Dave Hilton134710.21305
Joe Goddard12357.20002
Ed Spezio20294.13804
Rafael Robles18244.16700
Johnny Grubb7217.33301
Don Mason9112.18200
Ivan Murrell571.14301
Mike Fiore760.00000

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 Arlin38250.010213.60159
Clay Kirby34238.212143.13175
Fred Norman42211.29113.44167
Tom Phoebus15.2017.948

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 Caldwell42163.27114.01102
Mike Corkins47140.0693.54108
Bill Greif34125.15165.6091

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 Ross604332.4546
Ed Acosta463604.4553
Mark Schaeffer412014.6125
Al Severinsen170112.539
Steve Simpson90224.769
Mike Kilkenny50008.315
Ron Taylor400012.600
Ralph Garcia30001.803

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

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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