1969 Padres - From VA to CA

End of season 1969

Well we won 65 games which is 9 games better than the prediction of 56. The season wasn't a total loss. Randy Jones got some much needed experience, even if it was during a 20 game losing season.

Al Ferrara and Ollie Brown had promising seasons. Each one of them hit 20 homeruns. Tony Gonzalez, the Padres best all around player lead the team in average at a .269 clip. The offense certainly had it's struggles and the pitching staff wasn't too good either. The hopes are that some of the young guys on the squad will develop through spring training and that the Padres will be back for 1970 ready to compete.

Season Stats:

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1969 Pitching            Team    IP  ERA    G  GS  W  L  SV    K  BB  R/9
Sisk, Tommie              SDP  266.1  3.41  39  39  10  16  0  156  125 12.50
Kirby, Clay              SDP  245.0  4.15  38  38  9  17  0  176  133 13.15
Jones, Randy              SDP  231.1  5.21  34  34  6  21  0  94  89 13.93
Roberts, Dave            SDP  159.0  4.92  29  18  5  9  0  86  50 13.36
Selma, Dick              SDP  154.1  4.96  25  25  8  12  0  138  86 14.58
Dukes, Tom                SDP  85.0  3.92  56  0  6  6  2  77  40 13.55
Kelley, Dick              SDP  77.2  3.13  51  0  11  4  2  48  33 11.82
McCool, Billy            SDP  75.1  2.51  62  0  5  2  5  64  49 11.47
Podres, Johnny            SDP  53.1  6.75  27  0  1  1  2  34  22 17.04
Arlin, Steve              SDP  46.0  3.33    7  7  1  2  0  33  26 11.74
McBean, Al                SDP  42.0  5.36  35  1  3  7  19  16  20 14.36
Reberger, Frank          SDP  10.2  4.22    5  0  0  0  0  12    4 10.97
Caldwell, Mike            SDP    4.0  4.50    1  0  0  0  0    1    2 15.75

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1969 Batting            Team    G  AVG    AB    H  2B  3B  HR  BB    K  SB  CS    R  RBI  SLG  OBP
Gonzalez, Tony            SDP  157  .269  587  158  29  3  11  49  90    5  7  73  58  .385  .331
Kelly, Van                SDP  149  .234  559  131  22  1  2  40  127    2  0  41  45  .288  .286
Colbert, Nate            SDP  146  .235  537  126  22  4  19  54  131    5  1  61  74  .397  .303
Brown, Ollie              SDP  132  .269  528  142  24  1  22  47  104    2  1  68  64  .443  .330
Cannizzaro, Chris        SDP  147  .229  462  106  22  3  1  42  95    0  2  40  33  .297  .300
Davanon, Jerry            SDP  136  .226  434  98  15  2  0  47  82    1  5  46  24  .270  .305
Arcia, Jose              SDP  117  .226  434  98  20  3  0  22  94  13  9  41  21  .286  .268
Ferrara, Al              SDP  116  .260  407  106  22  0  23  54  98    0  0  62  65  .484  .351
Stahl, Larry              SDP  129  .257  276  71  18  0  11  28  62    4  1  35  40  .442  .327
Pena, Roberto            SDP  95  .214  243  52  10  1  1  11  37    2  1  24  16  .276  .252
Gaston, Cito              SDP  80  .284  183  52  8  0  5    9  40    0  2  20  28  .410  .325
Davis, Bill              SDP  128  .279  179  50  8  0  1  23  38    2  0  17  23  .341  .369
Ruberto, Sonny            SDP  62  .286    91  26  4  0  0    8  19    0  0    5    4  .330  .350
Robles, Rafael            SDP  52  .167    84  14  3  0  0    3  25    0  0    5    0  .202  .195
Sisk, Tommie              SDP  39  .096    73    7  0  0  0    3  34    0  0    1    4  .096  .130
Kirby, Clay              SDP  38  .101    69    7  0  0  0    6  25    0  0    1    2  .101  .171
Jones, Randy              SDP  34  .164    67  11  0  0  0    0  22    0  0    1    4  .164  .164
Sipin, John              SDP  17  .219    64  14  2  0  0    3  19    2  0    9    3  .250  .254
Roberts, Dave            SDP  29  .115    52    6  0  0  0    0  17    0  0    3    2  .115  .115
Selma, Dick              SDP  25  .128    47    6  0  0  0    3  17    0  0    3    8  .128  .176
Morales, Jerry            SDP    9  .250    20    5  1  0  1    3    4    0  0    4    3  .450  .348
Grubb, Johnny            SDP  19  .412    17    7  3  1  0    1    2    0  0    1    2  .706  .444
Spiezio, Ed              SDP  11  .133    15    2  0  0  0    3    3    0  0    2    1  .133  .278
Arlin, Steve              SDP    7  .182    11    2  1  0  0    1    4    0  0    0    1  .273  .250
Podres, Johnny            SDP  27  .000    10    0  0  0  0    1    1    0  0    0    0  .000  .091
Kelley, Dick              SDP  51  .125    8    1  0  0  0    1    3    0  0    1    0  .125  .222
McCool, Billy            SDP  62  .000    5    0  0  0  0    1    1    0  0    0    1  .000  .143
Hilton, Dave              SDP    9  .250    4    1  0  0  0    0    0    0  0    0    0  .250  .250
Dukes, Tom                SDP  56  .000    3    0  0  0  0    0    1    0  0    0    0  .000  .000
Murrell, Ivan            SDP    2  .000    2    0  0  0  0    0    0    0  0    0    0  .000  .000
Dean, Tommy              SDP    2  .000    2    0  0  0  0    0    1    0  0    0    0  .000  .000
McBean, Al                SDP  35  .000    2    0  0  0  0    0    2    0  0    0    0  .000  .000
Caldwell, Mike            SDP    1  .000    2    0  0  0  0    0    1    0  0    0    0  .000  .000
Williams, Jim            SDP    1  .000    1    0  0  0  0    0    1    0  0    0    0  .000  .000
Reberger, Frank          SDP    5  .000    1    0  0  0  0    1    1    0  0    0    0  .000  .500

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AMERICAN LEAGUE (1969)

 EAST                  W  L  PCT    GB  AVG    HR    SB  ERA
 Baltimore            96  66  .593    --  .266  162    90  3.88
 New York              92  70  .568  4.0  .267  144    72  3.73
 Detroit              89  73  .549  7.0  .268  173    35  4.46
 Boston                85  77  .525  11.0  .259  211    42  4.37
 Cleveland            84  78  .519  12.0  .266  134  109  4.44
 Washington            77  85  .475  19.0  .263  162    44  4.20

 WEST                  W  L  PCT    GB  AVG    HR    SB  ERA
 Oakland              95  67  .586    --  .268  176  106  4.02
 Chicago              87  75  .537  8.0  .275  129  118  4.41
 Minnesota            84  78  .519  11.0  .271  121    93  4.37
 California            76  86  .469  19.0  .253  111    45  4.07
 Seattle              59 103  .364  36.0  .251  111    76  4.76
 Kansas City          48 114  .296  47.0  .240    64  100  4.92


NATIONAL LEAGUE (1969)

 EAST                  W  L  PCT    GB  AVG    HR    SB  ERA
 Chicago              91  71  .562    --  .277  165    55  3.76
 New York              90  72  .556  1.0  .251    94  119  3.58
 St. Louis            87  75  .537  4.0  .275  105  136  4.19
 Philadelphia          75  87  .463  16.0  .260  141    67  4.51
 Pittsburgh            68  94  .420  23.0  .269  101    87  4.38
 Montreal              63  99  .389  28.0  .255    75  100  4.61

 WEST                  W  L  PCT    GB  AVG    HR    SB  ERA
 San Francisco        98  64  .605    --  .266  178    64  3.12
 Los Angeles          91  71  .562  7.0  .258  132    95  3.43
 Houston              87  75  .537  11.0  .252  132  120  3.87
 Atlanta              79  83  .488  19.0  .267  166    75  4.28
 Cincinnati            78  84  .481  20.0  .272  146    79  4.45
 San Diego            65  97  .401  33.0  .237    97    38  4.31

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It's playoff time right now, and sadly the Padres will be watching from home.

1969 Playoffs

Baltimore Orioles (96-66)
vs.
Oakland Athletics (95-67)
Oakland wins 4-1
Oakland wins 9-5
Orioles win 6-1
Oakland wins 7-3

San Francisco Giants (98-64)
vs.
Chicago Cubs (91-71)
Chicago wins 2-1
San Francisco wins 9-2
San Francisco wins 9-8 (11)
San Francisco wins 5-3

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WORLD SERIES

Oakland Athletics
vs.
San Francisco Giants
San Francisco wins 6-3
Oakland wins 11-5
San Francisco wins 9-2
Oakland wins 2-0
Oakland wins 5-2
San Francisco wins 10-2
Oakland wins 3-2

The 1969 season ended in dramatic fashion as the Oakland Athletics win the series in 7 games against a tough and favored San Francisco Giants squad.

Contract Negotiations

Its time to talk money with the following players;

CF Tony Gonzales
We were able to sign Tony through 1971 at a discounted price due to his off season by his standards. 3 years $155,000

Al McBean
Al didn't have a great season but it wasn't bad either. We don't like to just ditch players, especially when they are willing to take a paycut. 3 years $90,000

Jack Baldschun
Jack is just going to waste away in someone's minor league system. It isn't going to be ours though. We let Jack go and we wish him nothing but success in the future.

Chris Cannizzaro
Chris had an off season and we just couldn't justify giving him a pay raise that he didn't earn. Cut.

Ollie Brown
Ollie was arguably our best offensive player this year. He lead the team in homeruns and was a close second in average. Ollie is only 25 so we signed him for 3 years at $85,000

Roberto Pena
Pena was a bench player for us that saw some significant playing time due to injuries to both John Sipin and Jerry Davanon. 2 years $16,000

Al Ferrara
Al was our biggest power threat in the lineup and played realitively well. He is injury prone though. 3 years $72,000

Larry Stahl
Larry played well coming off the bench, but I'm not sure how much we can afford to pay our bench players. We did make a pretty good profit during the year though. 3 years $40,000

Dick Selma
Dick is young and was decent for us this year. He pitched better than his numbers suggest. We got Dick to take a paycut and sign for 4 years $78,000

Billy McCool
Billy missed 5 weeks during the season but was a reliable bullpen arm, which you can never have too many of. 4 years $110,000

Dick Kelley
Dick pitched very well for us out of the pen and was rewarded with a 5 year deal at $75,000

Tom Dukes
Dukes came up for arbitration as we were going to free agency. He was resigned for one year at $25,000

Johnny Podres
Podres decided to retire at the ripe old age of 37. He had a sub par season and wasn't exactly happy about being in the pen in San Diego. At his age he was not willing to play on a team that was several years away from contention. It was mentioned that he might be offered a spot on the coaching staff.

Payroll: $1,151,160
Payroll Budget: $2,040,403
Cash: $1,414,493

Next up is free agency. GM Barr is looking to find some promising young guys to fill out the roster and take over some spots of need. We'll see what we can come up with.

1969 Season Awards

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AMERICAN LEAGUE (1969)

Cy Young                  Jim Palmer (BAL)
Player of the Year:      Harmon Killebrew (MIN)
Rookie Of The Year:      Bill Melton (CHW)

Gold Glove (P):          Mel Stottlemyre (NYY)
Gold Glove (C):          Thurman Munson (NYY)
Gold Glove (1B):          Danny Cater (OAK)
Gold Glove (2B):          Luis Alcaraz (KCR)
Gold Glove (3B):          Bill Melton (CHW)
Gold Glove (SS):          Mark Belanger (BAL)
Gold Glove (LF):          Frank Robinson (BAL)
Gold Glove (CF):          Al Kaline (DET)
Gold Glove (RF):          Mickey Stanley (DET)

NATIONAL LEAGUE (1969)

Cy Young                  Tom Seaver (NYM)
Player of the Year:      Willie Mays (SFG)
Rookie Of The Year:      Mike Schmidt (PHI)

Gold Glove (P):          Randy Jones (SDP)
Gold Glove (C):          Johnny Bench (CIN)
Gold Glove (1B):          Wes Parker (LAD)
Gold Glove (2B):          Tommy Helms (CIN)
Gold Glove (3B):          Ron Santo (CHC)
Gold Glove (SS):          Hal Lanier (SFG)
Gold Glove (LF):          Pete Rose (CIN)
Gold Glove (CF):          Ron Fairly (LAD)
Gold Glove (RF):          Johnny Callison (PHI)

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1969 Retirements

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Jack Baldschun (P)        (1962-1969)  40-39  3.42 ERA  59 SV
Johnny Podres (P)          (1955-1969)  144-111  3.73 ERA
Bubba Morton (RF)          (1963-1969)  .273 AVG  11 HR    7 SB
Lou Johnson (LF)          (1962-1969)  .261 AVG  49 HR  45 SB
Hoyt Wilhelm (P)          (1952-1969)  135-113  2.48 ERA 217 SV
Bill Henry (P)            (1954-1969)  47-50  3.29 ERA  90 SV
Al Worthington (P)        (1956-1969)  78-90  3.38 ERA 112 SV
Howie Reed (P)            (1962-1969)  12-14  3.35 ERA
Ray Oyler (SS)            (1965-1969)  .184 AVG    9 HR    1 SB
Bob Meyer (P)              (1968-1969)    2-8    4.37 ERA

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1969 Finances

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AMERICAN LEAGUE (1969)      Tickets  Revenue  Payroll  Profit    Cash
 Baltimore Orioles            36,074    $3.5M    $2.5M    $424K    $759K
 Boston Red Sox              34,473    $3.4M    $3.0M    $131K    $462K
 California Angels            33,766    $3.3M    $2.5M    $325K    $657K
 Chicago White Sox            35,209    $3.4M    $2.7M    $322K    $654K
 Cleveland Indians            32,062    $3.2M    $2.9M -$16,000    $313K
 Detroit Tigers              37,963    $3.7M    $3.2M    $172K    $509K
 Kansas City Royals          27,192    $2.8M    $995K    $754K    $1.1M
 Minnesota Twins              34,987    $3.4M    $2.5M    $334K    $674K
 New York Yankees            33,986    $3.4M    $2.5M    $340K    $669K
 Oakland Athletics            36,634    $3.7M    $3.0M    $526K    $851K
 Seattle Pilots              29,112    $2.9M    $1.2M    $670K    $1.0M
 Washington Senators          32,068    $3.2M    $1.8M    $590K    $918K

NATIONAL LEAGUE (1969)      Tickets  Revenue  Payroll  Profit    Cash
 Atlanta Braves              34,082    $3.4M    $2.5M    $297K    $637K
 Chicago Cubs                37,049    $3.6M    $3.2M  -$1,000    $335K
 Cincinnati Reds              30,959    $3.1M    $2.2M    $215K    $544K
 Houston Astros              35,160    $3.5M    $1.9M    $742K    $1.0M
 Los Angeles Dodgers          35,609    $3.5M    $2.7M    $391K    $727K
 Montreal Expos              29,610    $3.0M    $2.0M    $282K    $613K
 New York Mets                34,055    $3.4M    $2.1M    $497K    $822K
 Philadelphia Phillies        33,393    $3.3M    $2.1M    $459K    $791K
 Pittsburgh Pirates          32,335    $3.2M    $1.2M    $698K    $1.0M
 SAN DIEGO PADRES            35,263    $3.3M    $1.1M    $1.0M    $1.4M
 San Francisco Giants        38,885    $3.9M    $3.0M    $308K    $653K
 St. Louis Cardinals          37,186    $3.6M    $2.8M    $185K    $525K

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1970 Free Agent Signings

Just to let you know, I am limiting myself to 2 free agent signings when my team finishes under .500 and only one is allowed when finishing over .500 for the season.

There wasn't much out there in the way of pitching, so the Padres and GM Barr decided to upgrade the offense somewhat with some signings of relatively young infielders.

Rico will add some much needed power to the middle of the lineup and Horace should fill in nicely at the leadoff spot.



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1970 Opening Day

The 1970 season is coming up. The Padres still don't have the pitching staff that they would like, but the offense has been upgraded. The organization is hoping that the decision made by GM Barr to dump extra money in to the scouting and fam team development will pay off in the near future. The success of the Padres relies heavily on the development of many of their younger players.

P Randy Jones how enjoyed a horrible season last year will start this one on the DL. He suffered a severed knee ligament at the end of last year and finds hmself out for the next 2-3 months. Jerry Davanon will miss the next two weeks with a broken wrist. Davanon has lost his starting position to Rico Petrocelli during the offseason.

1B Nate Colbert hasn't shown the improvement that was hoped from him this offseason, but the future still looks very bright for him with the Padres. Youngsters Morales and Grubb continue to develop and Dwight Evans looks as if he may be able to make the big league club within the next two years if everything moves as planned with him.

Rookie Mike Caldwell finds himself in the starting rotation this year. He will begin as the number 5 starter and should see limited action during the year. It is hoped that bringing him along slowly will lessen the chance of him burning out.

Cash: $1,414,493
Payroll: $1,637,720
Paryoll Budget: $1,992,335

Farm System: $474,000 (5th)
Scouting: $535,000 (5th)
Medical: $275,000 (1st)

Projected Record: 58-104 (two games better than last season!)



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1970 Ammy Draft:

Lots of pitching, because right now that is what we need the most. Andujar should become one of our aces in the future. The rest look to be good prospects but we won't know for quite some time. Reynolds was the best position player left in the 6th round and he also sported the best projected helath rating which is big for a SS.

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1970 All Star Break

It has been an outstanding season up to this point. The San Diego Padres find themselves over .500 through half of the season and only 5 games back of first place. GM James Barr is being hailed as a genius with what he has done with the team, but he still says that he has done nothing. Barr says that all the credit needs to be given to the players and the managers for the job that they have done.

One can only imagine where the Padres might be in the standings if they had not gone through so many injuries so far this year. OF Al Ferrara, a big part of the offense last year, has missed most of the first half of the season. He went down with a broken him very early on in the season and has just now gotten back in to the lineup.

Tommie Sisk has beenon the DL this year as well as multiple stints for the young pitcher Mike Caldwell. Randy Jones was just recently called back up from AAA to fill in for Sisk while he is injured. In his only start this year Jones went eight innings giving up 6 hits and 2 earned runs to get the win. At the moment it appears that his stint in AAA for rehab is doing him well at this point.

Rico Petrocelli is doing exactly whathe was brought to San Diego to do. Currently he is hitting .269 with 18 home runs at the break. Nate Colbert is hitting just a hair over .200 but has still managed to knock 9 balls out of the park.

CF Tony Gonzalez has been playing great so far this year. With Rico hitting behind him he finally has the protection he needs to see some good pitches to hit, and he is hitting them. He's hitting .318 with 13 HR and 49 RBI.

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1970 Batting            Team    G  AVG    AB    H  2B  3B  HR  BB    K  SB  CS    R  RBI  SLG  OBP
Clarke, Horace            SDP  86  .270  363  98  22  3  1  25  33    6  3  48  21  .355  .318
Gonzalez, Tony            SDP  80  .318  305  97  20  7  13  22  63    5  4  54  49  .557  .377
Kelly, Van                SDP  87  .251  295  74  10  0  2  32  55    4  0  25  34  .305  .325
Petrocelli, Rico          SDP  83  .269  290  78  15  0  18  39  48    1  1  50  62  .507  .358
Brown, Ollie              SDP  77  .321  274  88  14  1  10  21  48    0  2  38  46  .489  .370
Colbert, Nate            SDP  75  .212  269  57  17  0  9  21  62    2  2  28  32  .375  .270
Gaston, Cito              SDP  76  .207  246  51  4  0  10  19  44    2  0  36  34  .346  .264
Ruberto, Sonny            SDP  69  .272  235  64  7  0  3  22  44    0  0  16  15  .340  .333
Ferrara, Al              SDP  42  .219  151  33  8  0  4  11  28    0  1  20  12  .351  .298
Stahl, Larry              SDP  67  .259  116  30  6  0  4  14  31    1  1  18  13  .414  .338
Slocum, Ron              SDP  30  .191    68  13  1  0  1    8  17    0  0    7    8  .250  .282
Davis, Bill              SDP  48  .232    56  13  4  0  1  10  13    0  0    6    4  .357  .358
Arcia, Jose              SDP  42  .061    49    3  0  0  0    4    9    0  1    2    3  .061  .145
Davanon, Jerry            SDP  23  .043    46    2  2  0  0  11  10    1  0    5    3  .087  .228
Sisk, Tommie              SDP  19  .047    43    2  0  0  0    2  15    0  0    1    0  .047  .089
Kirby, Clay              SDP  18  .143    42    6  0  0  0    2  19    0  0    2    1  .143  .182
Arlin, Steve              SDP  19  .132    38    5  0  0  0    1  13    0  0    2    2  .132  .154
Selma, Dick              SDP  18  .118    34    4  1  0  0    1  11    0  0    0    3  .147  .139
Caldwell, Mike            SDP    7  .143    14    2  1  0  0    0    1    0  0    0    0  .214  .143
Robles, Rafael            SDP    9  .231    13    3  1  0  0    1    2    1  0    1    1  .308  .286
Reberger, Frank          SDP  14  .100    10    1  0  0  0    0    2    0  0    0    1  .100  .100
McBean, Al                SDP  27  .000    5    0  0  0  0    0    0    0  0    1    0  .000  .000
Roberts, Dave            SDP  15  .000    5    0  0  0  0    0    2    0  0    0    0  .000  .000
Kelley, Dick              SDP  31  .667    3    2  0  0  0    0    0    0  0    0    1  .667  .667
Sipin, John              SDP    2 1.000    2    2  1  0  0    0    0    0  0    1    0 1.500 1.000
Jones, Randy              SDP    1  .000    2    0  0  0  0    0    2    0  0    0    0  .000  .000
Dukes, Tom                SDP  34 1.000    1    1  0  0  0    0    0    0  0    1    0 1.000 1.000

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1970 Pitching            Team    IP  ERA    G  GS  W  L  SV    K  BB  R/9
Sisk, Tommie              SDP  132.2  3.53  19  19  3  9  0  73  49 11.06
Arlin, Steve              SDP  122.1  4.56  19  19  7  6  0  97  75 14.49
Selma, Dick              SDP  118.2  3.87  18  18  8  8  0  99  65 12.36
Kirby, Clay              SDP  113.2  4.83  18  18  7  4  0  76  69 14.57
Caldwell, Mike            SDP  51.2  4.35    7  7  3  2  0  25  12 11.67
McBean, Al                SDP  50.2  3.20  27  0  3  0  0  34  22 12.79
Reberger, Frank          SDP  47.0  5.36  14  6  3  3  0  35  21 13.40
Kelley, Dick              SDP  46.0  2.93  31  0  4  2  1  33  25 12.91
Dukes, Tom                SDP  45.0  3.40  34  0  3  7  6  35  16 10.20
Roberts, Dave            SDP  27.2  2.60  15  0  0  0  2  21    6 11.71
McCool, Billy            SDP  23.0  6.26  22  0  3  2  14  14  13 16.43
Jones, Randy              SDP    8.0  2.25    1  1  1  0  0    7    1  7.88

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1970 Season Recap

The year began well. The San Diego Padres found themselves above .500 at the halfway point of the year. At the time they were only 5 games back of first place and things looked very promising for the 1970 season.

Things changed however. The Padres suffered through many nagging injuries to their starting rotation and some poor play form a few guys that they were counting on to provide.

OF Al Ferrara found himself being benched in favor of rookie Jerry Morales. Morales showed that he truly is ready for the major leagues as he posted a .279 average in the 41 games that he played. he also added 5 HRs as well and provided some protection for leadoff hitter Horace Clarke.

Free Agent signing Horace Clarke, didn't turn out like most expected. He struggled through most of the year. Many believe that had to do with the fact that Ferrara who was behind him for most of the year, was not hitting and subsequently Horace wasn't getting anything to swing at.

Nate Colbert, who was bothered by minor injuries throughout the year, only managed to hit a shade above .200 and hit 16 HRs, both totals that were expected to be much higher going in to the season.

Team MVP, without a doubt was SS Rico Petrocelli. Rico hit .272 with 31 HR and 99 RBI. He provided leadership and protection for some of the other guys in the lineup like Tony Gonzalez. Tony also enjoyed a good year, he hit .285 with 20 HR and 73 RBI.

The pitching staff was once again lead by Tommie Sisk. He pitched well but was unable to come up with the win in most cases. Rookie Mike Caldwell posted a 4.01 ERA which is very promising to see. Randy Jones pitched sparingly in the major leagues this year but is showing some improvement in both the movement of his pitches and his command over their placement. I would look for him to be back in the majors for good at the start of 1971.

1970 Statistics

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1970 Batting            Team    G  AVG    AB    H  2B  3B  HR  BB    K  SB  CS    R  RBI  SLG  OBP
Clarke, Horace            SDP  157  .239  641  153  31  5  2  50  66  11  9  72  34  .312  .295
Gonzalez, Tony            SDP  152  .285  548  156  28  9  20  39  103    9  4  84  73  .478  .343
Petrocelli, Rico          SDP  157  .272  537  146  25  1  31  65  84    1  1  89  99  .495  .352
Colbert, Nate            SDP  141  .226  505  114  25  3  16  48  107    3  2  49  60  .382  .296
Brown, Ollie              SDP  144  .297  505  150  23  1  21  43  93    1  2  65  84  .471  .352
Kelly, Van                SDP  154  .232  504  117  19  0  3  51  91    5  0  41  48  .288  .305
Ruberto, Sonny            SDP  132  .254  429  109  15  0  4  45  78    0  0  28  20  .317  .324
Gaston, Cito              SDP  125  .209  349  73  5  0  11  26  65    2  0  45  54  .318  .262
Ferrara, Al              SDP  80  .201  274  55  12  1  5  22  66    0  1  31  19  .307  .279
Stahl, Larry              SDP  114  .236  182  43  10  0  4  16  47    1  1  24  21  .357  .297
Morales, Jerry            SDP  41  .279  172  48  7  2  5    9  19    2  1  18  14  .430  .317
Slocum, Ron              SDP  61  .252  115  29  4  0  1  10  24    0  0  11  12  .313  .320
Davanon, Jerry            SDP  47  .125  112  14  6  0  0  19  29    1  0  11    3  .179  .258
Sisk, Tommie              SDP  34  .087    69    6  0  0  0    2  25    0  0    2    0  .087  .113
Selma, Dick              SDP  33  .141    64    9  2  0  0    2  23    0  0    1    3  .172  .164
Arlin, Steve              SDP  32  .156    64  10  0  0  0    1  23    0  0    2    2  .156  .169
Kirby, Clay              SDP  28  .121    58    7  0  0  0    3  23    0  0    2    1  .121  .164
Davis, Bill              SDP  48  .232    56  13  4  0  1  10  13    0  0    6    4  .357  .358
Arcia, Jose              SDP  48  .096    52    5  0  0  0    4    9    0  1    3    3  .096  .172
Caldwell, Mike            SDP  19  .075    40    3  1  0  0    0  10    0  0    0    1  .100  .075
Spiezio, Ed              SDP  17  .270    37  10  1  0  2    8    6    0  0    5    8  .459  .400
Robles, Rafael            SDP  17  .233    30    7  1  1  0    1    4    1  0    2    1  .333  .258
Reberger, Frank          SDP  24  .158    19    3  0  0  0    0    6    0  0    1    1  .158  .158
Grubb, Johnny            SDP  20  .333    18    6  1  0  0    2    2    0  0    1    2  .389  .400
Jones, Randy              SDP    7  .083    12    1  0  0  0    0    6    0  0    0    0  .083  .083
Sipin, John              SDP    5  .364    11    4  2  0  0    0    1    0  0    1    0  .545  .364
Roberts, Dave            SDP  30  .100    10    1  0  0  0    0    3    0  0    0    0  .100  .100
McBean, Al                SDP  48  .000    8    0  0  0  0    0    1    0  0    1    0  .000  .000
Kelley, Dick              SDP  60  .429    7    3  0  0  0    0    2    0  0    0    1  .429  .429
Murrell, Ivan            SDP    1  .400    5    2  0  0  0    0    0    0  0    0    0  .400  .400
Robinson, Dave            SDP    5  .400    5    2  0  0  0    0    2    0  0    0    2  .400  .400
Dukes, Tom                SDP  63  .500    2    1  0  0  0    0    1    0  0    1    0  .500  .500

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1970 Pitching            Team    IP  ERA    G  GS  W  L  SV    K  BB  R/9
Sisk, Tommie              SDP  226.0  3.46  34  34  5  15  0  112  84 11.67
Selma, Dick              SDP  219.1  4.06  33  33  12  17  0  191  108 12.64
Arlin, Steve              SDP  208.2  4.53  32  32  12  11  0  175  116 13.89
Kirby, Clay              SDP  174.1  5.01  28  28  10  9  0  116  101 14.56
Caldwell, Mike            SDP  137.0  4.01  19  19  6  11  0  65  29 12.68
McBean, Al                SDP  90.2  2.88  48  0  4  2  1  59  36 12.61
Kelley, Dick              SDP  87.2  3.80  60  0  6  4  1  60  52 13.14
Dukes, Tom                SDP  77.0  3.62  63  0  5  10  8  64  22 10.52
Reberger, Frank          SDP  76.1  6.37  24  9  3  5  0  56  47 15.68
Roberts, Dave            SDP  60.1  2.09  30  0  0  0  2  38  13 12.08
Jones, Randy              SDP  44.1  5.08    7  7  2  4  0  20  20 15.63
McCool, Billy            SDP  23.1  7.33  24  0  3  3  14  14  15 18.51
Corkins, Mike            SDP  12.0  3.75    8  0  2  1  4    7    8 11.25

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1970 Standings / Playoff Results

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AMERICAN LEAGUE (1970)

 EAST                  W  L  PCT    GB  AVG    HR    SB  ERA
 Baltimore            104  58  .642    --  .284  164    81  3.96
 New York              92  70  .568  12.0  .268  146    63  4.08
 Detroit              85  77  .525  19.0  .267  169    93  4.72
 Boston                82  80  .506  22.0  .283  192    31  4.51
 Washington            72  90  .444  32.0  .259  167    54  4.66
 Cleveland            67  95  .414  37.0  .256  111  113  4.56

 WEST                  W  L  PCT    GB  AVG    HR    SB  ERA
 Oakland              96  66  .593    --  .274  199    69  4.14
 Kansas City          91  71  .562  5.0  .274  110  111  4.09
 Minnesota            81  81  .500  15.0  .276  138    61  4.66
 California            77  85  .475  19.0  .260  137    65  4.26
 Chicago              72  90  .444  24.0  .253  111    75  4.50
 Milwaukee            53 109  .327  43.0  .238  127    50  4.98


NATIONAL LEAGUE (1970)

 EAST                  W  L  PCT    GB  AVG    HR    SB  ERA
 St. Louis            96  66  .593    --  .279  118  110  3.70
 New York              88  74  .543  8.0  .260  110    96  3.74
 Philadelphia          87  75  .537  9.0  .270  197    39  4.99
 Chicago              71  91  .438  25.0  .249  105    67  4.08
 Pittsburgh            70  92  .432  26.0  .282  132  113  5.26
 Montreal              54 108  .333  42.0  .258    98    77  4.97

 WEST                  W  L  PCT    GB  AVG    HR    SB  ERA
 Los Angeles          94  68  .580    --  .269  138    82  3.75
 San Francisco        91  71  .562  3.0  .259  210    64  3.90
 Houston              89  73  .549  5.0  .262  140    97  4.02
 Atlanta              82  80  .506  12.0  .271  169    67  4.80
 Cincinnati            80  82  .494  14.0  .286  132    69  4.92
 San Diego            70  92  .432  24.0  .239  126    37  4.15

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LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS
 Orioles defeat Athletics, 3-1
 Dodgers defeat Cardinals, 3-0

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
 Dodgers defeat Orioles, 4-3

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1970 Individual Awards

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AMERICAN LEAGUE (1970)

Cy Young                  Jim Palmer (BAL)
Player of the Year:      Reggie Jackson (OAK)
Rookie Of The Year:      Ron LeFlore (DET)

Gold Glove (P):          Mel Stottlemyre (NYY)
Gold Glove (C):          Thurman Munson (NYY)
Gold Glove (1B):          Greg Goossen (CAL)
Gold Glove (2B):          Rod Carew (MIN)
Gold Glove (3B):          Aurelio Rodriguez (CAL)
Gold Glove (SS):          Mark Belanger (BAL)
Gold Glove (LF):          Joe Rudi (OAK)
Gold Glove (CF):          Ken Berry (CHW)
Gold Glove (RF):          Graig Nettles (MIN)

NATIONAL LEAGUE (1970)

Cy Young                  Steve Carlton (STL)
Player of the Year:      Dick Allen (PHI)
Rookie Of The Year:      Bob Boone (PHI)

Gold Glove (P):          Joe Niekro (CHC)
Gold Glove (C):          Joe Torre (STL)
Gold Glove (1B):          Wes Parker (LAD)
Gold Glove (2B):          Horace Clarke (SDP)
Gold Glove (3B):          Ron Santo (CHC)
Gold Glove (SS):          Marty Martinez (HOU)
Gold Glove (LF):          Pete Rose (CIN)
Gold Glove (CF):          Amos Otis (NYM)
Gold Glove (RF):          Bobby Bonds (SFG)

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1970 Retirements

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Ruben Amaro (SS)          (1959-1970)  .233 AVG    9 HR  12 SB
Sandy Valdespino (LF)      (1965-1970)  .224 AVG    5 HR  13 SB
Freddie Velazquez (C)      (1969-1970)  .1000 AVG    0 HR    0 SB
Al Spangler (RF)          (1959-1970)  .270 AVG  19 HR  41 SB
Michael Aubrey (P)        (1969-1970)    5-9    4.21 ERA
Chuck Cottier (3B)        (1961-1970)  .222 AVG  20 HR  28 SB
Jose Pagan (3B)            (1959-1970)  .250 AVG  32 HR  44 SB
George Spriggs (LF)        (1969-1970)  .215 AVG    2 HR    7 SB
Dick Schofield (SS)        (1953-1970)  .227 AVG  17 HR  12 SB
Don McMahon (P)            (1957-1970)  65-57  2.98 ERA 118 SV
Pedro Ramos (P)            (1956-1970)  113-159  4.08 ERA
Leo Marentette (P)        (1969-1970)    0-0    0.00 ERA
Roberto Pena (SS)          (1966-1970)  .239 AVG    4 HR    6 SB
Ernie Banks (1B)          (1953-1970)  .276 AVG  496 HR  53 SB
Ted Savage (RF)            (1963-1970)  .226 AVG  20 HR  37 SB
Jose Vidal (RF)            (1969-1970)  .158 AVG    2 HR    3 SB
Tommie Aaron (LF)          (1965-1970)  .229 AVG  10 HR    9 SB
Billy Cowan (LF)          (1965-1970)  .221 AVG  27 HR  17 SB
Woodie Held (RF)          (1956-1970)  .242 AVG  191 HR  17 SB
Dick Stuart (1B)          (1960-1970)  .263 AVG  235 HR    2 SB
Gene Oliver (C)            (1960-1970)  .249 AVG  96 HR  25 SB
Rick Joseph (1B)          (1966-1970)  .224 AVG    4 HR    0 SB
Rich Barry (LF)            (1969-1970)  .362 AVG    0 HR    2 SB
Merritt Ranew (C)          (1965-1970)  .265 AVG    9 HR    3 SB
Jim Hicks (RF)            (1969-1970)  .185 AVG    1 HR    0 SB
Lou Klimchock (3B)        (1959-1970)  .206 AVG    7 HR    0 SB
Chuck Harrison (1B)        (1967-1970)  .248 AVG  12 HR    2 SB
Chris Krug (C)            (1968-1970)  .200 AVG    5 HR    0 SB
Hank Aguirre (P)          (1955-1970)  77-77  3.31 ERA
Dan Osinski (P)            (1963-1970)  35-30  3.45 ERA  24 SV
Joe Gibbon (P)            (1960-1970)  51-56  3.51 ERA
Joe Grzenda (P)            (1965-1970)    5-7    4.92 ERA
Maury Wills (3B)          (1959-1970)  .288 AVG  13 HR  537 SB
Ed Charles (3B)            (1962-1970)  .265 AVG  97 HR  93 SB
Jim Davenport (3B)        (1958-1970)  .258 AVG  75 HR  17 SB
John Wyatt (P)            (1961-1970)  44-48  3.47 ERA 116 SV
Del Bates (C)              (1969-1970)  .321 AVG    0 HR    0 SB
Mel Nelson (P)            (1964-1970)    6-11  4.02 ERA  9 SV

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1970 Finances

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AMERICAN LEAGUE (1970)      Tickets  Revenue  Payroll  Profit    Cash
 Baltimore Orioles            39,651    $4.3M    $3.8M    $162K    $921K
 Boston Red Sox              34,939    $3.5M    $2.7M    $314K    $777K
 California Angels            35,054    $3.5M    $3.2M    $236K    $893K
 Chicago White Sox            31,703    $3.3M    $2.3M      $0    $655K
 Cleveland Indians            32,448    $3.3M    $2.0M    $483K    $796K
 Detroit Tigers              37,625    $3.8M    $3.0M    $210K    $719K
 Kansas City Royals          34,762    $3.4M    $2.3M  $6,000    $1.1M
 Milwaukee Brewers            26,511    $2.7M    $1.7M  -$141K    $858K
 Minnesota Twins              34,941    $3.6M    $2.8M  $90,000    $765K
 New York Yankees            35,978    $3.6M    $3.0M    $132K    $801K
 Oakland Athletics            39,389    $4.0M    $4.0M  -$520K    $329K
 Washington Senators          30,328    $3.1M    $2.1M  -$196K    $721K

NATIONAL LEAGUE (1970)      Tickets  Revenue  Payroll  Profit    Cash
 Atlanta Braves              35,262    $3.6M    $3.1M    $209K    $846K
 Chicago Cubs                30,970    $3.3M    $2.2M    $429K    $763K
 Cincinnati Reds              33,374    $3.4M    $2.7M    $162K    $706K
 Houston Astros              34,893    $3.5M    $2.7M  -$181K    $885K
 Los Angeles Dodgers          39,433    $4.1M    $3.0M    $245K    $971K
 Montreal Expos              26,164    $2.7M    $2.6M  -$420K    $191K
 New York Mets                35,439    $3.6M    $3.0M  -$115K    $706K
 Philadelphia Phillies        35,240    $3.5M    $2.7M  $11,000    $802K
 Pittsburgh Pirates          32,868    $3.3M    $1.8M    $162K    $1.1M
 SAN DIEGO PADRES            41,226    $3.6M    $1.6M    $811K    $2.2M
 San Francisco Giants        38,197    $4.0M    $3.6M  -$108K    $544K
 St. Louis Cardinals          38,694    $3.9M    $2.8M    $587K    $1.1M

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1970 Contract Renewals / Free Agency

Tom Dukes was very effective for us in the pen and we felt the need to give him some job security. He may not have the best stuff in the world, but at this point we are more concerned about production and that is what we have been getting out of him.

What can we say about Tommie Sisk. He has been the most valuable player for the Padres for the last two years. He has pitched extremely well even though his record doesn't appear to show it.

No free agent signings this year. There just doesn't seem to be any big name pitchers out there with any youth. At this point we believe it is more wise to concentrate our finances towards scouting and the farm system. We have several quality youngsters in the farm system currently, and we ultimately hope to build our team in that manner. This will both help keep costs down as well as build up some fan support for the local guys.

1971 Season Preview

The lineup is pretty much the same as it was last year. Clarke will once again lead off and we can only hope that he can improve on what he was able to do last year. There really is no reason to believe that last year was anything other than an "off" year.

Big things are expected from second year man Morales in LF, and Rico and Gonzalez should continue to put up solid numbers as they have in the past. We are hoping that Colbert will finally come in to his own and put it all together for a break out season. If the offense plays well then we should be able to improve on our 70 wins from last season.

Sisk is back as the ace and should be able to be a solid figure for the starting rotation. Caldwell is looking to improve on his wonderful rookie season, and if he does that he could very well be on his way to being the ace of the staff. The bullpen remains the same as last year and should be solid again. Randy Jones will begin the season in AAA, but I would look for him to be called up some point before the all star break and should remain there for a good long time.

Cash: $2,225,088
Payroll: $1,698,825
Payroll Budget: $2,146,576

Farm System: 4th
Scouting: 4th
Medical: 5th


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1971 Amateur Draft

SP Rich Mahler (49/91)
The Padres went with pitching with the first pick in the 1971 draft. It was an obvious move. Rick was the best player available no doubt. His health is a bit of a concern and he does currently throw too many pitches. If we can get him to concentrate on just a few he should turn in to a very good major league pitcher.

SP Roy Branch (47/92)
Another starting pitcher is exactly what the Padres need. Some have voiced concern over the large numbers of pitchers that have been drafted in the last two years, but if the Padres can't use them, they can always trade them to pick up some other pieces.

1B Dave Revering (49/81)
Dave is a very durable player who should become an everyday first baseman in the league. He has good contact and power, and he seems to be pretty good with the glove as well. He may never win an MVP, but he should play in this league for quite some time.

RP Victor Bernal (46/82)
Victor has a good amount of velocity and he has outstanding control for a young guy. Currently he only throws two pitches, but that is something that can be overcome in spring training.

1B Tim Ireland (51/82)
Tim has a lot of power and contact already at 18 years old. He has a good bit of speed for a 1B, which could land him in the OF possibly in the future. He has an amazing eye and hits a changeup and curveball especially well in his early career.

RP Jay Franklin (46/77)
Jay is a bit of a mystery, as is any 6th round pick in the ammy draft. He works very hard and could find himself to be a producting major league pitcher. The Padres are willing to be patient with him and see just how he turns out.

The first trade of 1971 was one that we didn't see coming at all. After the ammy draft Montreal showed up at our door trying to offload some salary. We were more than willing to negotiate with them in this situation. Our starting 3B was a player that needed to be in AAA more than in the majors and we had a fair amount of prospects that we could deal. When the Expos offered up Bailey for three marginal prospects that we really had no future plans for, we jumped at the chance to upgrade our offensive lineup.

Another good thing is that if Bailey doesn't play well we aren't stuck with his contract for very long, and we can cut him if needed. If he does play well then we have the chance to sign him long term. At age 28 he is still in the good years of his career and should be able to help the Padres and provide some protection to some of the other guys in the lineup.



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