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1972 San Diego Padres season

Field	Value
name	San Diego Padres
season	1972
league	National League
division	West
ballpark	San Diego Stadium
city	San Diego, California
record
divisional_place	6h
owners	C. Arnholdt Smith
general_managers	Buzzie Bavasi
managers	Preston Gómez, Don Zimmer
television	KCST
radio	KOGO
(Jerry Coleman, Bob Chandler)

(Jerry Coleman, Bob Chandler) |}} The 1972 San Diego Padres season was the fourth season in franchise history.

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

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.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

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

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		151	563	141	.250	38	111
2B	Derrel Thomas	130	500	115	.230	5	36
SS		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
	33	100	24	.240	0	3
	29	88	17	.193	0	9
Fred Stanley	39	85	17	.200	0	2
Ollie Brown	23	70	12	.171	0	3
	14	49	10	.204	0	6
	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
	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
	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
	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

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.

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

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/t/troedri01.shtml Rich Troedson] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19720719&id=0KxVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=QOEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2833,4705912 Arlin misses no-hitter by a strike as ball bounces over Roberts' head]
"1972 San Diego Padres Roster by Baseball Almanac".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/blefacu01.shtml Curt Blefary] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/j/jonesra01.shtml Randy Jones] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cromawa01.shtml Warren Cromartie] at ''Baseball Reference''
"1972 All-Star Game Box Score, July 25".
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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