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1974 San Diego Padres season

Field	Value
name	San Diego Padres
season	1974
league	National League
division	West
ballpark	San Diego Stadium
city	San Diego, California
record
divisional_place	6th
owners	C. Arnholt Smith, Ray Kroc
general_managers	Peter Bavasi
managers	John McNamara
radio	KOGO
(Jerry Coleman, Bob Chandler)

(Jerry Coleman, Bob Chandler) |}}

The 1974 San Diego Padres season was the sixth in franchise history. The team finished last in the National League West with a record of 60–102, 42 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Offseason

October 25, 1973: Mike Caldwell was traded by the Padres to the San Francisco Giants for Willie McCovey and Bernie Williams.
November 7, 1973: Jerry Morales was traded by the Padres to the Chicago Cubs for Glenn Beckert and Bobby Fenwick.

Regular season

In his first home game as the Padres' new owner in 1974, Ray Kroc grabbed the public address system microphone and apologized to fans for the poor performance of the team, saying, "I've never seen such stupid ballplaying in my life." At the same time, a streaker raced across the field, eluding security personnel. Kroc shouted, "Throw him in jail!"

Opening Day starters

Steve Arlin
Glenn Beckert
Nate Colbert
Johnny Grubb
Enzo Hernández
Fred Kendall
Willie McCovey
Derrel Thomas
Bobby Tolan

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

May 31, 1974: Horace Clarke and Lowell Palmer was purchased by the Padres from the New York Yankees.
June 5, 1974: 1974 Major League Baseball draft
- Bill Almon was drafted by the Padres in the 1st round (1st pick).
- Lenn Sakata was drafted by the Padres in the 5th round, but did not sign.
- Bump Wills was drafted by the Padres in the 12th round, but did not sign.

Roster

1974 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		141	424	98	.231	8	45
1B		128	344	87	.253	22	63
2B		141	523	129	.247	3	41
SS		147	512	119	.232	0	34
3B	Dave Roberts	113	318	53	.167	5	18
LF		145	498	132	.265	20	75
CF		140	444	127	.286	8	42
RF		95	357	95	.266	8	40

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
	119	368	76	.207	14	54
Cito Gaston	106	267	57	.213	6	33
	74	217	52	.240	1	12
	64	172	44	.256	0	7
	42	90	17	.189	0	4
Bob Barton	30	81	19	.235	0	7
Matty Alou	48	81	16	.198	0	3
	39	74	20	.270	1	3
Rich Morales	54	61	12	.197	1	5
Chris Cannizzaro	26	60	11	.183	0	4
Jerry Turner	17	48	14	.292	0	2
Bill Almon	16	38	12	.316	0	3
Mike Ivie	12	34	3	.088	1	3
	13	33	7	.212	1	2
John Scott	14	15	1	.067	0	0
	14	15	2	.133	0	0
Rod Gaspar	33	14	3	.214	0	1

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
	43	226.0	9	19	4.66	137
	33	211.2	9	14	3.66	130
	40	208.1	8	22	4.45	124
Dan Spillner	30	148.0	9	11	4.01	95
	16	64.0	1	7	5.91	18

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
	22	73.0	2	5	5.67	52
Jim McAndrew	15	41.2	1	4	5.62	16
Joe McIntosh	10	37.1	0	4	3.62	22

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
	54	5	5	9	4.56	26
	76	9	4	2	4.69	57
Dave Tomlin	47	2	0	2	4.34	29
	30	0	1	0	4.03	40
	25	2	2	0	4.79	41
	23	2	1	1	7.07	22
	18	0	2	0	4.64	15
Rich Troedson	15	1	1	1	8.68	11
Gary Ross	9	0	0	0	4.50	11
	8	0	0	0	6.10	9

Awards and honors

1974 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Johnny Grubb, OF, reserve

Farm system

References

[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mccovwi01.shtml Willie McCovey] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/b/beckegl01.shtml Glenn Beckert] at ''Baseball Reference''
(April 10, 1974). "National League Has Own Version Of Charles Finley". [[Effingham Daily News]].
"1974 San Diego Padres Roster by Baseball Almanac".
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/clarkho01.shtml Horace Clarke] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/palmelo01.shtml Lowell Palmer] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/a/almonbi01.shtml Bill Almon] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/s/sakatle01.shtml Lenn Sakata] at ''Baseball-Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/willsbu01.shtml Bump Wills] at ''Baseball Reference''
"1974 All-Star Game Play by Play".
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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