1969 Padres - From VA to CA

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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:

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

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

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

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

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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.

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Contract Negotiations

Its time to talk money with the following players;

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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.

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1969 Season Awards

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)

1969 Retirements

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

1969 Finances

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.

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

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

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

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

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

1970 Individual Awards

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)

1970 Retirements

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

1970 Finances

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.

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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.

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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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