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1973 San Diego Padres season

Field	Value
name	San Diego Padres
season	1973
league	National League
division	West
ballpark	San Diego Stadium
city	San Diego, California
record
divisional_place	6th
owners	C. Arnholt Smith
managers	Don Zimmer
radio	KOGO
(Jerry Coleman, Bob Chandler)

(Jerry Coleman, Bob Chandler) |}} The 1973 San Diego Padres season was the fifth season in franchise history.

Offseason

December 27, 1972: Curt Blefary was released by the Padres.
January 10, 1973: Dave Wehrmeister was drafted by the Padres in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1973 Major League Baseball draft.

Regular season

Dave Winfield

Dave Winfield came to the Padres in 1973 from the University of Minnesota without having played a single game in the minor leagues. Winfield was also drafted by the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League, the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association and the Utah Stars of the American Basketball Association. Winfield made his Major League Baseball debut on June 19 against the Houston Astros. Winfield had 4 at bats and 1 hit.

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day starters

Nate Colbert
Bob Davis
Cito Gaston
Johnny Grubb
Enzo Hernández
Dave Hilton
Clay Kirby
Leron Lee
Dave Roberts

Notable transactions

June 5, 1973: Dave Winfield was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1973 Major League Baseball draft.
June 12, 1973: Fred Norman was traded by the Padres to the Cincinnati Reds for Gene Locklear and Mike Johnson.

Roster

1973 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	145	507	143	.282	10	59
1B		145	529	153	.270	22	80
2B	Rich Morales	90	244	40	.164	0	16
SS	Derrel Thomas	113	404	96	.238	0	22
3B	Dave Roberts	127	479	137	.286	21	64
LF	Leron Lee	118	333	79	.237	3	30
CF	Johnny Grubb	113	389	121	.311	8	37
RF		133	476	119	.250	16	57

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	122	388	109	.281	9	34
Enzo Hernández	70	247	55	.223	0	9
	70	234	46	.197	5	16
Ivan Murrell	93	210	48	.229	9	21
	67	154	37	.240	3	25
	56	141	39	.277	3	12
Dwain Anderson	53	107	13	.121	0	3
Dave Campbell	33	98	22	.224	0	8
Pat Corrales	29	72	15	.208	0	3
Dave Marshall	39	49	14	.286	0	4
	5	11	1	.091	0	0
Don Mason	8	8	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
Bill Greif	36	199.1	10	17	3.21	120
Clay Kirby	34	191.2	8	18	4.79	129
	34	180.0	11	14	5.10	98
Randy Jones	20	139.2	7	6	3.16	77
	12	74.0	1	7	4.26	49

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
Rich Troedson	50	152.1	7	9	4.25	81
	55	149.0	5	14	3.74	86
	47	122.0	5	8	4.50	82

Mike Caldwell led the Padres in saves with 10.

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	58	4	4	0	5.42	44
Vicente Romo	49	2	3	7	3.70	51
Bob Miller	18	0	0	0	4.11	15
Frank Snook	18	0	2	1	3.62	13

Award winners

1973 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/blefacu01.shtml Curt Blefary] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/wehrmda01.shtml Dave Wehrmeister] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/winfida01.shtml Dave Winfield] at ''Baseball Reference''
"1973 San Diego Padres Roster by Baseball Almanac".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/locklge01.shtml Gene Locklear] at ''Baseball Reference''
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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