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1976 Season Preview
Here we go again in San Diego. This year we hope we aren't left saying "Wait 'til next year" AGAIN. We have a squad that should certainly contend for the division crown. Once again we are a little weak at catcher, but Joe Goddard offers us a defensive upgrade at the least and his ability to handle the pitching staff has been extraordinary through spring training.
The lineup is as strong as ever coming in to the year. Enzo Hernandez will once again be the starting second baseman and he showed last year that he has the ability to lead off for this team. He still has some room to grow and it is scary how good of a contact hitter this kid could become. Dane Iorg will hit second and he is coming off of a great year last year where he hit over .300. Dwight Evans continues to bring the power in the three hole and he is followed up by MVP candidate Johnny Grubb who combines awesome power with outstanding contact.
Morales, Petrocelli and Bailey anchor the bottom half of the lineup with Goddard batting 8th. There isn't much offense expected to come from the catcher spot, so anything that he gives will be an added bonus.
The pitching staff should be solid this year. Jones and Caldwell will go number one and number two in the rotation. Randy Sterling will come in the third spot, Jimmy Freeman as number four and veteran Dave Roberts will take his spot as the fifth starter. Dave has been terribly inconsistent over the past few years which is why he finds himself mired in the bottom of the rotation.
The pen should be a solid part of the staff once more, with veterans Corkins, Troedson and rookie Al Autry moving in to the pen this year.
The minors look pretty good on the position player side of things. We have several good looking prospects in Tim Wallach, Johnny Ray, and Tommy Herr to name a few. On the pitching side we don't have anyone that really pops out at you, but we should be looking pretty solid for the future.
Projected Record: 86-76
Cash: $2,430,760
Payroll: $2,843,400
Payroll Budget: $4,690,779
Farm System: 2nd
Scouting: 2nd
Medical: 4th
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1976 Amateur Draft Rounds 4-6
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1976 All Star Break
Well, it doesn't quite look like this year is our year. Despite our 52-36 record we find ourselves currently 9.5 games out of first place. Our attempts to find a starting catcher have been futile. We have offered up several of our younger players but it seems like teams around the league just aren't willing to give up their catchers. We have found a few that would be offensive upgrades, but we really want to have a good all around player at that position to make sure that our pitching staff is not hurt during the process.
At this point I'm really kind of lost. That is a bad place for a GM to be. I'm not sure that I can ask much more of my offense, and the pitching staff has been outstanding so far, much like they have been for the last few seasons. We really need something to kick start the team, but to be honest, I have no idea what that "something" might be. I fear that if I don't come away with at least a division title soon the fans of San Diego are going to become ever closer to the breaking point. I'm not just worried about the fans at this point, I'm slightly worried about my job.
On offense Johnny Grubb has been playing like the MVP type of player that we have been selling him as to the media. He has 28 HR and 80 RBI at the break which is just amazing. Dane Iorg is hitting .347 and has an OBP of .430. Dwight Evans has 23 HR and Jerry Morales is hitting .326. There isn't all that much more room for improvement, except for possibly picking up an upgrade at 3B and Catcher.
The pitching staff has been superb. Randy Jones is looking like he could be up for another Cy Young award and Mike Caldwell continues to be the consistent workhorse that he has been for years. We could use a little more consistency out of our number four and five starters, but even they haven't been terrible.
Something has to change, but at this point we really aren't sure what that is going to be.
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1976 Batting Team G AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS R RBI SLG OBP
Hernandez, Enzo SDP 86 .272 335 91 14 1 1 37 24 24 6 54 15 .328 .348
Evans, Dwight SDP 88 .245 322 79 12 3 23 78 62 2 1 61 59 .516 .389
Grubb, Johnny SDP 88 .281 310 87 19 1 28 63 40 1 2 59 80 .619 .403
Goddard, Joe SDP 85 .215 284 61 13 0 0 16 62 0 0 19 15 .261 .257
Petrocelli, Rico SDP 80 .242 281 68 10 1 15 41 55 0 0 31 54 .445 .336
Iorg, Dane SDP 68 .347 274 95 19 2 5 39 26 0 1 50 42 .485 .430
Morales, Jerry SDP 66 .326 233 76 13 3 10 32 28 0 1 38 45 .536 .399
Bailey, Bob SDP 69 .264 227 60 10 1 7 42 37 2 1 29 27 .410 .382
Kelly, Van SDP 74 .261 180 47 9 1 1 25 27 0 0 19 11 .339 .346
Robinson, Dave SDP 63 .237 169 40 9 0 3 10 45 1 0 18 19 .343 .282
Sipin, John SDP 32 .257 74 19 4 0 0 8 16 4 0 7 3 .311 .333
Jones, Randy SDP 18 .115 52 6 0 0 0 1 21 0 0 4 0 .115 .132
Caldwell, Mike SDP 19 .125 48 6 0 0 0 1 21 0 0 6 1 .125 .143
Sterling, Randy SDP 18 .103 39 4 0 0 0 3 19 0 0 1 3 .103 .167
Freeman, Jimmy SDP 16 .114 35 4 1 0 0 0 10 0 0 2 2 .143 .114
Hilton, Dave SDP 30 .206 34 7 3 0 1 1 3 0 0 3 5 .382 .229
Kendall, Fred SDP 24 .242 33 8 2 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 2 .303 .265
Roberts, Dave SDP 15 .167 30 5 1 0 0 0 10 0 0 1 2 .200 .161
Williams, Jim SDP 31 .138 29 4 0 0 0 2 8 0 0 1 7 .138 .212
Autry, Al SDP 15 .000 7 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Bell, Jerry SDP 16 .000 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Troedson, Rich SDP 43 .000 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .200
Tatum, Ken SDP 23 .000 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 .000 .200
Toms, Tommy SDP 12 .000 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 .000 .000
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1976 Pitching Team IP ERA G GS W L SV K BB R/9
Caldwell, Mike SDP 135.2 3.65 19 19 10 5 0 59 25 10.48
Jones, Randy SDP 132.2 2.71 18 18 11 3 0 52 44 11.67
Sterling, Randy SDP 121.2 3.92 18 18 5 8 0 85 49 11.91
Freeman, Jimmy SDP 100.1 5.02 16 16 7 4 0 77 39 14.53
Roberts, Dave SDP 94.1 5.25 15 15 6 4 0 53 49 15.84
Troedson, Rich SDP 62.0 4.21 43 0 7 6 7 49 20 12.19
Tatum, Ken SDP 40.2 4.20 23 0 3 2 1 28 21 12.39
Autry, Al SDP 36.0 2.75 15 0 0 0 1 22 14 11.25
Bell, Jerry SDP 27.2 4.23 16 0 0 0 1 11 14 12.69
Toms, Tommy SDP 26.1 2.05 12 2 1 2 1 19 5 9.23
Corkins, Mike SDP 18.2 3.38 20 0 2 2 12 11 10 12.54
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Contract Negotiations
P Mike Caldwell
We had to keep this guy. Every single year he is in the running for the Cy Young. Not one day goes by that he isn't prepared to win and we always have a very good shot at beating anyone when he is on the mound.
P Randy Jones
See above explanation. This kid has turned out to be one of the best pitchers in the game. For some time it looked like Caldwell would steal his thunder, those days are long gone.
P Jimmy Freeman
He is still getting better and even though his ERA looked bad last year, he still had a very solid year for us. He should offer some stability in the rotation this year.
P Randy Sterling
He has been great ever since he came to the big leagues. It was time to reward him for his great service.
P Mike Corkins
One of the best closers in the game and we want to make sure he stays with us for a while.
3B Bob Bailey
He hasn't been great but he has been good for us over the years. He wasn't asking for a big pay increase so we felt he was worth keeping.
P Dave Roberts
Too inconsistent for what he was asking.
P Ken Tatum
Age was catching up with this guy and it was time for him to move on.
P Gary Gentry
He gave us a quality arm for a few years, but it was time to let him go and let some of our younger guys get a shot.
P Jerry Bell
The last few years have been tough for Jerry. A change of scenery might do him well.
2B John Sipin
The playing time just wasn't going to be there. We have three quality second baggers coming up from the farm in the next few years and the small chance he had of playing was going to be totally gone.
1B Dane Iorg
A master with the bat, but he is injury prone. We signed him short term to see how it works out.
3B Van Kelly
He will likely challenge Bailey for the starting job. He has been so close to becoming an every day player for us for quite a while now.
LF Dave Robinson
He came up for arbitration and he has been a very good bench player for us so we gave him what he wanted just to make things easy.
C Ted Simmons
We finally got our catcher. It wasn't cheap, but Simmons will be around for a while and he is durable, good defensively and arguably the best offensive catcher in the game today.
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Expansion Draft
We lost quite a few prospects and players in the expansion draft, which was to be expected. Here is a quick run down of the guys that we lost.
P Roy Branch (68/93)
Great prospect. It certainly was hard to lose him, but we just couldn't find a way to protect him.
P Jeff Schneider (69/94)
Another guy that we hated to lose. We still have some good looking guys coming up though.
LF Gary Cooper (54/95)
He was tough to lose, but he still has several years to go before he is going to be ready for the major leagues. You still don't like to lose a guy that has talent like that.
1B Dane Iorg (83/84)
This one hurt because we had just signed him and now we don't really have a starting first baseman.
P Rick Mahler (74/77)
Not too upset about this one. He didn't have a whole lot of growth potential and he was seldom used. I'm actually quite happy that he is going to get a chance to play.
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Did I miss something, or did you forget to post the end of 1976 results?
You also lost a lot of talent in the expansion draft. How are you going to help plug the gaps?
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No, you didn't miss anything, I'm just building the suspense :)
Yeah I got a little ahead of myself and posted this before I posted the results. They are coming in a few minutes.
As far as losing the talent, it wasn't that bad, none of those guys were starters, but it does kind of put a dent in the future a tad. We have been drafting pretty good and we still have some talent in the minors at the moment. There are rumors that Petrocelli might be going on the block here soon to pick up some prospects, especially if we are out of first when the trade deadline comes around.
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1976 Season Review
It didn't happen. Everything pointed to this being the year, but it just didn't work out that way. We had several minor injuries throughout the year that certainly didn't help us at all. 102 wins and we still finished 6 games behind the Giants. Something has to give and soon. We picked up Ted Simmons in the off season and that should make our lineup even that more potent. Here we come 1977!!
We had some great play from a lot of guys and we can't be more happy with the way that the team is playing these days. There are quite a bit of rumors swirling around about what I am going to do to get us to the playoffs. Some of them that may have some truth is that Rico Petrocelli may be looking for a new home in the future, especially if we find ourselves out of the race come time for the trade deadline. We really need to restock our minor league system and he is the most attractive person to trade, so to speak.
I wouldn't look for much else to change to be honest. The Giants can't keep up this pace for too much longer and we have too good of a team to not be able to poke in there at least some time in the very near future. We have been drafting very well and it is only a matter of time before we get our chance.
Standings / Playoffs
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AMERICAN LEAGUE (1976)
EAST W L PCT GB AVG HR SB ERA
Boston 110 52 .679 -- .314 244 63 4.26
Baltimore 99 63 .611 11.0 .277 130 77 3.97
Milwaukee 88 74 .543 22.0 .289 140 88 5.16
Detroit 81 81 .500 29.0 .291 175 58 5.49
New York 54 108 .333 56.0 .258 106 45 5.76
Cleveland 53 109 .327 57.0 .268 75 89 5.59
WEST W L PCT GB AVG HR SB ERA
Minnesota 98 64 .605 -- .296 99 96 4.24
Oakland 96 66 .593 2.0 .259 234 38 4.26
Kansas City 94 68 .580 4.0 .293 141 69 4.54
Texas 69 93 .426 29.0 .263 102 110 5.40
California 69 93 .426 29.0 .275 108 75 4.94
Chicago 61 101 .377 37.0 .272 152 59 5.18
NATIONAL LEAGUE (1976)
EAST W L PCT GB AVG HR SB ERA
Pittsburgh 100 62 .617 -- .287 178 85 4.46
New York 93 69 .574 7.0 .272 124 53 3.69
Philadelphia 75 87 .463 25.0 .271 162 40 5.11
Chicago 73 89 .451 27.0 .247 129 52 4.14
Montreal 69 93 .426 31.0 .256 112 60 4.44
St. Louis 58 104 .358 42.0 .260 110 59 4.47
WEST W L PCT GB AVG HR SB ERA
San Francisco 108 54 .667 -- .279 161 56 3.58
San Diego 102 60 .630 6.0 .256 174 66 3.60
Houston 83 79 .512 25.0 .258 104 53 4.40
Cincinnati 81 81 .500 27.0 .287 84 88 4.62
Los Angeles 77 85 .475 31.0 .258 90 93 3.99
Atlanta 53 109 .327 55.0 .267 153 43 5.32
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LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Red Sox defeat Twins, 3-2
Giants defeat Pirates, 3-0
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Red Sox defeat Giants, 4-2
Player Awards
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AMERICAN LEAGUE (1976)
Cy Young Jim Hughes (BOS)
Player of the Year: Toby Harrah (BOS)
Rookie Of The Year: Butch Hobson (DET)
Gold Glove (P): Mel Stottlemyre (NYY)
Gold Glove (C): Gene Tenace (OAK)
Gold Glove (1B): John Ellis (NYY)
Gold Glove (2B): Phil Garner (OAK)
Gold Glove (3B): Toby Harrah (BOS)
Gold Glove (SS): Dave Concepcion (BOS)
Gold Glove (LF): Al Bumbry (BAL)
Gold Glove (CF): Ben Oglivie (BOS)
Gold Glove (RF): Mike Poepping (MIN)
NATIONAL LEAGUE (1976)
Cy Young Dick Ruthven (SFG)
Player of the Year: Johnny Grubb (SDP)
Rookie Of The Year: Eduardo Rodriguez (PIT)
Gold Glove (P): Randy Jones (SDP)
Gold Glove (C): Johnny Bench (NYM)
Gold Glove (1B): Dane Iorg (SDP)
Gold Glove (2B): Enzo Hernandez (SDP)
Gold Glove (3B): Bruce Miller (SFG)
Gold Glove (SS): Tim Foli (NYM)
Gold Glove (LF): Jerry Martin (PHI)
Gold Glove (CF): Dusty Baker (ATL)
Gold Glove (RF): Cesar Cedeno (CIN)
Finances
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AMERICAN LEAGUE (1976) Tickets Revenue Payroll Profit Cash
Baltimore Orioles 39,870 $8.0M $7.5M $20,000 $1.0M
Boston Red Sox 42,821 $9.0M $8.0M $155K $1.6M
California Angels 32,288 $5.8M $5.4M -$150K $840K
Chicago White Sox 30,993 $5.4M $4.9M -$170K $910K
Cleveland Indians 32,306 $5.2M $4.5M $245K $525K
Detroit Tigers 34,816 $6.2M $5.6M $510K $1.1M
Kansas City Royals 35,793 $6.6M $5.6M $120K $1.1M
Milwaukee Brewers 33,901 $6.0M $5.4M -$505K $890K
Minnesota Twins 38,440 $7.3M $6.6M $475K $1.6M
New York Yankees 30,601 $5.5M $5.4M -$245K $600K
Oakland Athletics 40,687 $8.1M $7.5M $90,000 $955K
Texas Rangers 32,881 $5.6M $4.3M $400K $1.2M
NATIONAL LEAGUE (1976) Tickets Revenue Payroll Profit Cash
Atlanta Braves 28,857 $5.0M $5.0M -$55,000 $400K
Chicago Cubs 35,408 $6.3M $5.6M $245K $945K
Cincinnati Reds 35,868 $6.0M $5.6M -$45,000 $955K
Houston Astros 35,997 $6.6M $5.5M $310K $1.0M
Los Angeles Dodgers 35,738 $6.5M $6.5M -$690K $560K
Montreal Expos 32,019 $5.4M $4.4M $630K $1.0M
New York Mets 38,238 $7.4M $6.5M -$135K $1.6M
Philadelphia Phillies 32,788 $6.2M $5.4M $110K $1.2M
Pittsburgh Pirates 38,083 $7.4M $6.5M $405K $1.6M
SAN DIEGO PADRES 45,172 $7.6M $4.0M $3.3M $5.7M
San Francisco Giants 44,022 $8.9M $8.7M -$285K $1.6M
St. Louis Cardinals 29,127 $5.8M $5.6M -$415K $415K
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1976 Statistics
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1976 Pitching Team IP ERA G GS W L SV K BB R/9
Caldwell, Mike SDP 248.2 3.22 34 34 19 7 0 113 52 10.13
Jones, Randy SDP 238.0 2.91 33 33 18 8 0 105 71 11.04
Sterling, Randy SDP 216.2 3.07 31 31 12 10 0 151 89 11.84
Freeman, Jimmy SDP 204.1 4.40 31 31 12 10 0 168 76 13.57
Troedson, Rich SDP 113.0 3.27 82 0 15 6 13 86 34 11.23
Autry, Al SDP 55.1 3.25 31 0 0 1 2 39 20 11.22
Corkins, Mike SDP 41.0 1.98 37 0 4 3 25 37 17 10.54
Toms, Tommy SDP 34.1 2.88 15 4 1 3 1 25 11 11.80
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1976 Batting Team G AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB K SB CS R RBI SLG OBP
Simmons, Ted SDP 162 .311 623 194 50 2 24 79 53 1 0 92 125 .514 .388
Evans, Dwight SDP 159 .263 586 154 26 4 46 132 116 4 1 118 118 .556 .397
Hernandez, Enzo SDP 154 .262 569 149 23 3 2 86 45 44 18 102 25 .323 .362
Grubb, Johnny SDP 155 .298 537 160 39 3 47 114 73 2 3 115 146 .644 .421
Petrocelli, Rico SDP 143 .249 497 124 15 1 20 64 89 1 0 54 79 .404 .334
Bailey, Bob SDP 143 .271 491 133 23 1 15 75 90 3 4 54 66 .413 .368
Goddard, Joe SDP 153 .213 488 104 17 0 2 32 105 1 2 35 22 .260 .264
Morales, Jerry SDP 129 .310 474 147 27 5 26 62 60 1 2 79 113 .553 .383
Robinson, Dave SDP 114 .241 295 71 12 2 5 22 75 4 2 34 34 .346 .294
Kelly, Van SDP 126 .260 223 58 11 1 2 31 32 0 0 27 17 .345 .346
Jones, Randy SDP 33 .128 86 11 0 0 0 1 33 0 0 4 2 .128 .138
Caldwell, Mike SDP 34 .131 84 11 3 0 0 2 33 0 0 9 1 .167 .151
Sterling, Randy SDP 31 .111 72 8 0 0 0 4 31 0 0 2 5 .111 .158
Freeman, Jimmy SDP 31 .097 72 7 2 0 0 1 17 0 0 3 2 .125 .110
Kendall, Fred SDP 51 .229 70 16 3 0 1 5 8 0 0 6 5 .314 .276
Williams, Jim SDP 52 .204 49 10 2 1 0 3 11 0 0 2 9 .286 .259
Hilton, Dave SDP 50 .271 48 13 5 0 1 2 4 0 1 7 10 .438 .300
Reynolds, Craig SDP 13 .175 40 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 3 1 .200 .250
Ireland, Tim SDP 6 .231 26 6 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 3 0 .231 .259
Autry, Al SDP 31 .000 9 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Troedson, Rich SDP 82 .000 6 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 .000 .143
Toms, Tommy SDP 15 .000 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 .000 .200
Sularz, Guy SDP 4 .333 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333
Reece, Bob SDP 1 .000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
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Pre Season Trade
I pulled the trigger this morning. I sent Rico Petrocelli to Montreal. I didn't want to do it, but it had to be done. His skills were diminishing and we could really use the defensive help up the middle. He had never been a gold glove type of guy, and we never expected him to be either. When his offense started to decline we let it slide. Now, he isn't anything more than an average offensive player. It was time for us to part ways. He will put some butts in the seats in Monreal and we get back a contact hitting, defensive minded SS, a prospect at catcher and a good looking young pitcher to help fill the holes left by the expansion draft. We gave up $1,000,000 in the deal as well. We had the money and these guys were worth it.
San Deigo Sends:
SS Rico Petrocelli (77/78)
SS Gary Sularz (53/86)
2B Johnny Ray (54/89)
$1,000,000
Montreal Sends:
SS Bucky Dent (82/83)
C Reggie Baldwin (58/85)
P Steve Baker (64/93)
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1977 Season Preview
1977 is going to be an interesting season. We made a pretty big deal right before opening day and I am eager to see how it turns out. Trading Rico was a very difficult thing for me to do. He had become a pretty big fan favorite around San Diego and the fans didn't want to see him go. Most of the people who have been following us over the years, although saddened, realized why it had to be done. Rico didn't offer us the flexibility that a player like Bucky Dent does. Bucky is also quite a bit younger, and to top it all off he gets paid less. To be honest, price wasn't really a factor in trading Rico, it was all about making this a better team.
This season could go one of two ways. We could overtake the Giants and finally get to the playoffs or we could flounder which would then lead to us making some more moves to retool to make a run in a few more years. To me, it feels like this might be our last real chance. We were depleted in the Expansion draft of some of our top prospects in the pitching department, so we can either hope we draft well or we can trade some of the other guys we have on offense for some pitching prospects. That decision will be made closer to the trade deadline.
Projected Record: 88-74
Cash: $4,792,478
Payroll: $4,548,750
Payroll Budget: $5,536,781
Farm System: 4th
Scouting: 3rd
Medical: 4th
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Wow, that's one heck of a defensive team! Let me know if they break any fielding records!
Also, Bucky [bleep]in' Dent for Rico Petrocelli? As a Red Sox fan, I have to say...
BLASPHEMY!!
Although I do like the prospects you got in return. Can't wait to see Baker in a few seasons.
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