1969 Padres - From VA to CA

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1971 All Star Break

Power has not been a problem in San Diego this year. At the all star break we find ourselves with 5 players in double digits in homeruns. Some of them suprising, some of them not. SS Rico Petrocelli has an amazing 28 homeruns through 81 games. We expected some power from him, but this is beyond any of our wildest dreams.

3B Bob Bailey has played extremely well for us as well and the trade that was pulled off to obtain him has gained GM Barr a lot of favor with the fans of San Diego. With his OBP up to .376, he could find himself in the lead off spot before the return from the all star break. GM James Barr had this to say about the trade involving Bailey.

"It is very important that we show the people of San Diego that we are continually trying to improve the team. When you are offered a trade like the one that Montral brought to the table you have to take it. We were able to upgrade our offense without giving up anything that really factored in to our future plans. The kids we traded were great kids, and we hope that have a lot of success in their careers, but lets be honest, they just weren't going to be much of a factor if they stayed here."

The starting pitching for San Diego has been pretty good as of late. Randy Jones has even found himself back in the major leagues and part of the starting 5. He still hasn't played up to his potential, yet, but there are signs of things getting better with Jones and his mental make up.

"I've just been working real hard. When I got sent down to AAA a light went off in my head. I figured out that I just needed to work hard and shut my mouth. Once I did that, things started coming together. I can't place blame on my teammates anymore. I have to take it all on my shoulders. When I pitch bad it isn't anyone's fault but my own."

Despite a rough stretch right before the break the Padres still find themselves at .500 going in to the mid point of the season. Mike Caldwell is building on his great rookie season by having a Cy Young quality season thus far. He hasn't been ringing up the wins, but he has certainly been giving the Padres every chance to win when he goes out to the mound.

1971 Pitching            Team     IP   ERA    G  GS   W   L  SV    K   BB   R/9
Caldwell, Mike            SDP  158.0  3.08   22  22   7   4   0   86   32 10.37
Sisk, Tommie              SDP  144.1  4.49   22  22   7  11   0   97   75 14.15
Arlin, Steve              SDP  135.0  4.67   21  21  10   6   0   93   71 14.60
Jones, Randy              SDP   87.0  4.45   12  12   4   3   0   37   30 12.93
Roberts, Dave             SDP   47.2  3.21   26   0   2   2   5   30   23 13.03
McBean, Al                SDP   44.1  3.25   25   0   4   1   1   20   16 11.17
Dukes, Tom                SDP   40.1  6.47   33   0   6   5   2   35   16 15.62
Selma, Dick               SDP   38.2  5.59    7   7   1   2   0   27   19 15.13
Kirby, Clay               SDP   35.0  5.40   11   4   1   2   1   18   13 11.06
Reberger, Frank           SDP   23.2  6.46   10   0   0   1   0   20   18 19.77
Corkins, Mike             SDP   22.0  8.59   20   0   2   6   9    9   17 19.23
Kelley, Dick              SDP    8.2  7.27    6   0   0   1   1    7    6 13.50
Franklin, Jay             SDP    5.2  6.35    3   1   0   1   0    4    4 14.29

1971 Batting             Team    G   AVG    AB    H  2B  3B  HR   BB    K   SB  CS    R  RBI   SLG   OBP
Clarke, Horace            SDP   86  .256   356   91  11   3   2   31   39    5   5   49   30  .320  .320
Gonzalez, Tony            SDP   88  .267   333   89   9   1  11   27   54    4   3   50   47  .399  .339
Morales, Jerry            SDP   86  .241   315   76  15   1  13   36   34    2   1   50   45  .419  .322
Petrocelli, Rico          SDP   81  .257   303   78  11   0  28   50   60    0   0   56   71  .571  .363
Colbert, Nate             SDP   85  .231   299   69  13   3  19   25   72    0   3   43   46  .485  .290
Ruberto, Sonny            SDP   82  .259   297   77  15   0   0   25   60    1   0   22   28  .310  .319
Gaston, Cito              SDP   72  .253   289   73   8   3  13   12   75    2   0   40   45  .436  .282
Bailey, Bob               SDP   65  .273   231   63   9   3   4   36   45    1   9   27   26  .390  .376
Kelly, Van                SDP   62  .238   214   51   9   1   0   15   32    4   0   19   15  .290  .287
Brown, Ollie              SDP   60  .336   137   46   6   0   9   15   20    2   1   21   35  .577  .405
Stahl, Larry              SDP   50  .254    67   17   0   0   3   12   16    0   1   17    8  .388  .367
Davanon, Jerry            SDP   25  .250    60   15   0   2   0   14    8    0   1   13    5  .317  .387
Caldwell, Mike            SDP   22  .140    50    7   1   0   0    4   20    0   0    6    5  .160  .204
Arlin, Steve              SDP   21  .143    42    6   3   0   0    4   11    0   0    4    5  .214  .217
Sisk, Tommie              SDP   22  .162    37    6   1   0   0    5   18    0   0    5    2  .189  .262
Ferrara, Al               SDP   28  .306    36   11   1   0   4    8    6    0   0    8   11  .667  .432
Slocum, Ron               SDP   20  .313    32   10   2   0   1    2    6    0   0    5    2  .469  .353
Jones, Randy              SDP   12  .179    28    5   0   0   0    0   13    0   0    1    1  .179  .179
Roberts, Dave             SDP   26  .182    11    2   0   0   0    0    3    0   0    0    0  .182  .182
Selma, Dick               SDP    7  .100    10    1   0   0   0    2    4    0   0    1    0  .100  .250
Reberger, Frank           SDP   10  .250     8    2   2   0   0    1    3    0   0    1    0  .500  .333
Robles, Rafael            SDP    3  .286     7    2   0   0   0    2    1    0   0    1    1  .286  .444
Kirby, Clay               SDP   11  .000     7    0   0   0   0    2    3    0   0    1    0  .000  .222
McBean, Al                SDP   25  .000     3    0   0   0   0    0    0    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Kelley, Dick              SDP    6  .000     1    0   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Franklin, Jay             SDP    3  .000     1    0   0   0   0    0    0    0   0    0    0  .000  .000

[jcbarr]

San Diego Padres Send
P Ralph Garcia

Milwaukee Brewers Send
P Jerry Bell

Pretty good trade here for the Padres. We ship off a young promising pitcher for a young pitcher who is already putting up good numbers. This should help us strengthen the bullpen which is having some issues so far this season.




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1971 Review

The season has come and gone. The positive outlook at the all star break was once again setting us up for failure. We arrived at the half way point with a .500 record for the second year in a row, but were unable to make a run when it counted the most. Overall the season was a success as we saw several youngsters and new guys contribute greatly to the team in many ways.

Cito Gaston found himself in the OF taking over for the often injured Al Ferrara. Gaston put together a good year as did second year Jerry Morales. Both of these men look to have a bright future in San Diego.

Rico Petrocelli continued doing what he's been known for; hitting the ball out of the park as he belted 47 HR this year to lead the team. Bob Bailey who we obtained through a trade worked out well in the leadoff spot.

Team Stats

1971 Batting             Team    G   AVG    AB    H  2B  3B  HR   BB    K   SB  CS    R  RBI   SLG   OBP
Clarke, Horace            SDP  155  .258   589  152  23   4   5   51   60   10   9   73   52  .336  .318
Petrocelli, Rico          SDP  155  .285   565  161  29   1  47   86  111    0   1  108  118  .589  .380
Morales, Jerry            SDP  147  .258   550  142  25   4  22   58   62    3   2   92   75  .438  .330
Gaston, Cito              SDP  137  .242   541  131  17   5  20   33  127    2   0   62   77  .403  .285
Bailey, Bob               SDP  139  .284   532  151  25   4  14   88   97    3  13   73   58  .425  .389
Colbert, Nate             SDP  152  .213   520  111  22   5  25   44  124    1   3   62   72  .419  .275
Ruberto, Sonny            SDP  147  .258   485  125  22   0   1   34  101    1   0   39   38  .309  .309
Kelly, Van                SDP   74  .227   225   51   9   1   0   16   34    4   0   20   15  .276  .277
Davanon, Jerry            SDP   50  .252   111   28   1   2   0   18   14    0   2   15    6  .297  .354
Slocum, Ron               SDP   56  .268    97   26   5   0   2    8   20    0   0   16    6  .381  .321
Caldwell, Mike            SDP   40  .093    86    8   1   0   0    9   36    0   0    8    5  .105  .179
Arlin, Steve              SDP   40  .134    82   11   3   0   0    6   23    0   0    9    7  .171  .193
Sisk, Tommie              SDP   40  .135    74   10   1   0   0    8   31    0   0    7    4  .149  .217
Jones, Randy              SDP   28  .148    61    9   0   0   0    0   23    0   0    2    2  .148  .148
Grubb, Johnny             SDP   26  .250    44   11   1   0   2    3    7    0   1    6    8  .409  .292
Iorg, Dane                SDP   16  .313    32   10   3   0   1    0    4    0   0    3    5  .500  .333
Kirby, Clay               SDP   17  .125    16    2   0   0   0    2    7    0   0    3    1  .125  .222
Roberts, Dave             SDP   52  .133    15    2   0   0   0    0    4    0   0    0    0  .133  .133
Sipin, John               SDP    9  .167    12    2   1   0   0    1    2    0   0    2    0  .250  .231
Bell, Jerry               SDP   33  .167    12    2   0   0   0    0    4    0   0    0    3  .167  .167
Robinson, Dave            SDP   11  .300    10    3   1   1   0    1    1    0   0    2    3  .600  .364
Selma, Dick               SDP    7  .100    10    1   0   0   0    2    4    0   0    1    0  .100  .250
Reberger, Frank           SDP   11  .222     9    2   2   0   0    1    4    0   0    1    0  .444  .300
Robles, Rafael            SDP    9  .250     8    2   0   0   0    2    2    0   0    1    1  .250  .400
McBean, Al                SDP   55  .000     8    0   0   0   0    0    3    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Spiezio, Ed               SDP    2  .500     2    1   1   0   0    0    1    0   0    0    2 1.000  .500
Williams, Jim             SDP    1  .000     1    0   0   0   0    0    0    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Dukes, Tom                SDP   58  .000     1    0   0   0   0    0    0    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Kelley, Dick              SDP    6  .000     1    0   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Franklin, Jay             SDP    3  .000     1    0   0   0   0    0    0    0   0    0    0  .000  .000

1971 Pitching            Team     IP   ERA    G  GS   W   L  SV    K   BB   R/9
Caldwell, Mike            SDP  279.0  3.26   40  40  12  11   0  147   62 10.81
Sisk, Tommie              SDP  266.0  4.26   40  40  12  17   0  168  125 13.87
Arlin, Steve              SDP  259.0  4.59   40  40  16  14   0  166  129 13.80
Jones, Randy              SDP  193.0  4.62   28  28   6  11   0   82   67 12.96
McBean, Al                SDP  102.1  3.17   55   0  11   3   2   51   47 11.96
Roberts, Dave             SDP   84.0  3.43   52   0   4   4   6   47   35 12.00
Dukes, Tom                SDP   72.0  6.63   58   0   9   8   4   57   36 15.88
Bell, Jerry               SDP   69.1  3.38   33   0   5   1   0   27   25 12.46
Kirby, Clay               SDP   61.0  3.69   17   6   2   2   1   31   26 10.77
Corkins, Mike             SDP   40.0  6.98   36   0   3  12  16   16   25 18.45
Selma, Dick               SDP   38.2  5.59    7   7   1   2   0   27   19 15.13
Reberger, Frank           SDP   30.1  5.64   11   1   0   1   0   28   21 17.51
Kelley, Dick              SDP    8.2  7.27    6   0   0   1   1    7    6 13.50
Franklin, Jay             SDP    5.2  6.35    3   1   0   1   0    4    4 14.29

Standings / Playoffs

AMERICAN LEAGUE (1971)

 EAST                   W   L   PCT    GB   AVG    HR    SB   ERA
 Baltimore            101  61  .623    --  .269   172    68  4.30
 Boston                85  77  .525  16.0  .274   200    34  4.62
 New York              85  77  .525  16.0  .264   134    58  3.99
 Detroit               76  86  .469  25.0  .276   162    57  5.31
 Washington            74  88  .457  27.0  .264   112    79  4.84
 Cleveland             62 100  .383  39.0  .257   145   100  5.41

 WEST                   W   L   PCT    GB   AVG    HR    SB   ERA
 Oakland              106  56  .654    --  .282   190    76  3.79
 Minnesota             90  72  .556  16.0  .278   148    70  4.40
 Kansas City           88  74  .543  18.0  .270    99   106  3.86
 California            85  77  .525  21.0  .269   116    81  3.79
 Chicago               68  94  .420  38.0  .267   151    59  4.75
 Milwaukee             52 110  .321  54.0  .245   127    54  4.94


NATIONAL LEAGUE (1971)

 EAST                   W   L   PCT    GB   AVG    HR    SB   ERA
 New York              92  70  .568    --  .259   107    88  3.88
 Philadelphia          86  76  .531   6.0  .262   215    41  4.69
 St. Louis             83  79  .512   9.0  .264   118   117  4.07
 Chicago               79  83  .488  13.0  .250   117    77  4.07
 Pittsburgh            75  87  .463  17.0  .270   145   118  4.92
 Montreal              49 113  .302  43.0  .256    80    49  5.14

 WEST                   W   L   PCT    GB   AVG    HR    SB   ERA
 San Francisco         93  69  .574    --  .266   206    69  3.82
 Houston               91  71  .562   2.0  .259   149    83  3.99
 Los Angeles           85  77  .525   8.0  .267   155    61  4.24
 Atlanta               82  80  .506  11.0  .268   155    85  4.08
 Cincinnati            81  81  .500  12.0  .284   155    76  5.23
 San Diego             76  86  .469  17.0  .250   174    33  4.33

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LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS
 Athletics defeat Orioles, 3-0
 Giants defeat Mets, 3-2

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
 Athletics defeat Giants, 4-1

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Awards

AMERICAN LEAGUE (1971)

Cy Young                  Wally Bunker (KCR)
Player of the Year:       Carlton Fisk (BOS)
Rookie Of The Year:       Doug DeCinces (BAL)

Gold Glove (P):           Mel Stottlemyre (NYY)
Gold Glove (C):           Carlton Fisk (BOS)
Gold Glove (1B):          Jim Spencer (CAL)
Gold Glove (2B):          Steve Huntz (CLE)
Gold Glove (3B):          Aurelio Rodriguez (MIN)
Gold Glove (SS):          Jim Fregosi (CAL)
Gold Glove (LF):          Carlos May (CHW)
Gold Glove (CF):          Ken Berry (CHW)
Gold Glove (RF):          Ken Harrelson (MIL)

NATIONAL LEAGUE (1971)

Cy Young                  Juan Marichal (SFG)
Player of the Year:       Johnny Bench (CIN)
Rookie Of The Year:       Bake McBride (STL)

Gold Glove (P):           Mike Caldwell (SDP)
Gold Glove (C):           Johnny Bench (CIN)
Gold Glove (1B):          Nate Colbert (SDP)
Gold Glove (2B):          Tommy Helms (NYM)
Gold Glove (3B):          Ron Santo (CHC)
Gold Glove (SS):          Dave Concepcion (CIN)
Gold Glove (LF):          Pete Rose (CIN)
Gold Glove (CF):          Tommy Harper (NYM)
Gold Glove (RF):          Curt Blefary (HOU)

Retirements

Bill Short (P)             (1965-1971)    7-13   4.18 ERA
Jerry Adair (SS)           (1958-1971)  .252 AVG   55 HR   30 SB
Charley Smith (3B)         (1960-1971)  .238 AVG   70 HR    7 SB
Gary Geiger (CF)           (1959-1971)  .248 AVG   79 HR   65 SB
Ted Abernathy (P)          (1959-1971)   47-60   4.01 ERA 117 SV
J.C. Martin (C)            (1959-1971)  .224 AVG   26 HR    7 SB
Ken Johnson (P)            (1958-1971)  110-114  3.50 ERA
Ken Boyer (3B)             (1955-1971)  .287 AVG  307 HR  109 SB
Steve Jones (P)            (1970-1971)    3-4    4.71 ERA
Dick Radatz (P)            (1964-1971)   50-37   3.05 ERA 119 SV
Luis Aparicio (SS)         (1956-1971)  .260 AVG   69 HR  492 SB
Turk Farrell (P)           (1956-1971)  113-115  3.44 ERA  92 SV
Lee Stange (P)             (1961-1971)   55-51   3.57 ERA
Bob Aspromonte (3B)        (1959-1971)  .257 AVG   53 HR   20 SB
Hawk Taylor (C)            (1961-1971)  .218 AVG   13 HR    0 SB
Jimmy Stewart (LF)         (1964-1971)  .238 AVG    4 HR   30 SB
Bob Tillman (C)            (1962-1971)  .231 AVG   84 HR    2 SB
Manny Jimenez (LF)         (1963-1971)  .272 AVG   28 HR    0 SB
Al Weis (SS)               (1962-1971)  .224 AVG    4 HR   61 SB
Bart Zeller (C)            (1969-1971)  .500 AVG    0 HR    0 SB
George Thomas (LF)         (1959-1971)  .247 AVG   44 HR   13 SB
Ed Stroud (RF)             (1966-1971)  .237 AVG    9 HR   33 SB
Don Bryant (C)             (1970-1971)  .324 AVG    0 HR    1 SB
Mike de la Hoz (2B)        (1961-1971)  .243 AVG   29 HR    3 SB
Hank Allen (RF)            (1966-1971)  .245 AVG    5 HR    4 SB
Juan Rios (2B)             (1970-1971)  .238 AVG    0 HR    1 SB
Jackie Hernandez (SS)      (1966-1971)  .174 AVG    4 HR    7 SB
Gordy Lund (SS)            (1970-1971)  .240 AVG    3 HR    6 SB
Gary Kolb (RF)             (1964-1971)  .219 AVG    6 HR   10 SB
Joe Nossek (LF)            (1966-1971)  .231 AVG    3 HR    8 SB
Tommie Reynolds (LF)       (1967-1971)  .216 AVG    5 HR   10 SB
Danny Murphy (LF)          (1970-1971)  .167 AVG    3 HR    0 SB
Mel Queen (LF)             (1968-1971)  .182 AVG    2 HR    2 SB
Garry Roggenburk (P)       (1966-1971)    5-6    2.80 ERA   7 SV
Fred Rath (P)              (1970-1971)    0-0    1.59 ERA
Dick Hall (P)              (1956-1971)   96-75   3.30 ERA  81 SV
George Brunet (P)          (1957-1971)   70-84   3.44 ERA
Ron Kline (P)              (1954-1971)  126-150  3.67 ERA 126 SV
Chuck Hinton (1B)          (1961-1971)  .268 AVG  131 HR  158 SB
Bucky Brandon (P)          (1967-1971)   13-19   3.84 ERA
Vic Roznovsky (C)          (1965-1971)  .227 AVG    6 HR    3 SB
Al Jackson (P)             (1960-1971)   67-100  3.96 ERA
Steve Hamilton (P)         (1961-1971)   35-26   3.13 ERA  57 SV
Tony Taylor (3B)           (1958-1971)  .258 AVG   52 HR  185 SB
John Boozer (P)            (1964-1971)   22-20   4.27 ERA  14 SV
Bo Belinsky (P)            (1963-1971)   37-73   4.89 ERA
Ron Herbel (P)             (1963-1971)   35-36   3.69 ERA
Russ Snyder (RF)           (1959-1971)  .278 AVG   45 HR   62 SB
Bob Humphreys (P)          (1962-1971)   30-18   3.79 ERA
Frank Kreutzer (P)         (1965-1971)    8-20   4.46 ERA

Finances

AMERICAN LEAGUE (1971)       Tickets  Revenue  Payroll   Profit     Cash
 Baltimore Orioles            40,332    $4.7M    $3.7M    $146K    $1.0M
 Boston Red Sox               35,958    $3.9M    $3.2M    $168K    $945K
 California Angels            35,744    $3.8M    $3.1M -$82,000    $810K
 Chicago White Sox            31,563    $3.5M    $2.7M -$19,000    $634K
 Cleveland Indians            30,592    $3.3M    $2.0M    $116K    $912K
 Detroit Tigers               34,561    $3.8M    $3.5M   -$320K    $398K
 Kansas City Royals           35,334    $3.8M    $3.0M    $154K    $1.2M
 Milwaukee Brewers            27,908    $3.0M    $1.9M  $47,000    $845K
 Minnesota Twins              39,378    $4.2M    $3.1M    $385K    $1.1M
 New York Yankees             35,181    $4.0M    $3.8M   -$294K    $506K
 Oakland Athletics            44,453    $5.0M    $4.6M    $527K    $857K
 Washington Senators          30,900    $3.4M    $2.6M  $84,000    $805K

NATIONAL LEAGUE (1971)       Tickets  Revenue  Payroll   Profit     Cash
 Atlanta Braves               34,580    $3.8M    $3.6M   -$114K    $731K
 Chicago Cubs                 35,522    $3.9M    $3.1M  $95,000    $858K
 Cincinnati Reds              35,191    $3.8M    $3.3M -$56,000    $649K
 Houston Astros               38,175    $4.1M    $3.5M  $78,000    $964K
 Los Angeles Dodgers          37,111    $4.3M    $3.7M   -$128K    $843K
 Montreal Expos               31,802    $3.1M    $2.4M    $302K    $453K
 New York Mets                37,238    $4.1M    $3.8M   -$237K    $468K
 Philadelphia Phillies        36,083    $3.9M    $3.2M    $101K    $902K
 Pittsburgh Pirates           33,380    $3.6M    $2.4M  $57,000    $1.2M
 SAN DIEGO PADRES             42,720    $3.9M    $1.9M    $901K    $3.2M
 San Francisco Giants         40,669    $4.7M    $3.6M    $532K    $1.0M
 St. Louis Cardinals          37,112    $4.2M    $3.6M   -$137K    $974K

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Contract Negotiations

C Sonny Ruberto
Sonny has been a solid catcher for us, and we saw no reason not to extend his contract for the price that he was asking.

SS Rafael Robles
Raffy has been a good player for us. He provides very good depth for us in the IF and can play a variety of positions which makes him even more valuable to us in the long run.

SS Jerry Davanon
Jerry has excellent potential. He hasn't yet produced to the extent that we think he can, but once again, the price was just too much of a bargain for what this guy could turn in to.

LF Al Ferrara
It was finally time for Al to move on. He had played very well for us, but he was often injured and not in the lineup. The money that he was making was just too much to invest in a guy that you aren't sure can even be in the lineup every day.

CF Larry Stahl
Larry had been a good bench player and actually saw a lot of playing time due to the injuries of Brown and Ferrara, but with the young guys we have coming up, we saw no need to renew his contract.

P Dave Roberts
Roberts has kind of been on again off again as far as his production but he shows excellent growth potential and has been one of our best pitchers when he is on. We are hoping that he can bring that kind of ablity to the mound each time now that he won't have to worry about his contract.

CF Tony Gonzalez
Tony was another casualty of our youth movement. He has been very good for us the last few years, but it is now time to give the young guys a chance to shine.

CF Cito Gaston
Gaston was the youngest of the OF'ers that was up for renewal and he was coming off a pretty good year. He will probably find himself starting in the OF next to two younger players.

RF Ollie Brown
Brown is another guy that when healthy played well, but he just wasn't healthy enough to make him worth the money.

P Al McBean
Al has been very consistent out of the pen for us the last two years and he was rewarded for his good play and leadership abilities.

P Clay Kirby
Kirby has all the potential in the world and is ready for a breakout season. We are sure of it, so it was nice to lock him up for the next 5 years.

P Steve Arlin
Arlin has quietly been a staple of our starting 5. He doesn't get all the headlines, but we were quick to lock him in for the 3 years at a decent rate.

1B Nate Colbert
Nate hasn't been what we thought he was going to be. He has given us some power out of the 1B spot which is a must. Resigning him was up in the air, but when we talked about the price, it was a bargain we couldn't pass up.

Once again this year there was nothing really in the free agent market that we could afford at any position and in the pitching department there was nothing that would give us a considerable upgrade.


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[jcbarr]

1972 Preview

Things certainly look promising for the 1972 season. The offense is starting to come in to it's own and looks like they will certainly be able to put up some runs this season. If the pitching can hold its own then the Padres should surely win some games. I'm thinking we might even win more than we lose for the first time in team history.

Sisk is starting to decline in his old age, but it looks like Randy Jones might be ready to turn in to that pitcher that everyone thought he would be. Mike Caldwell is poised to have another great season as he starts off as the ACE of the staff in every sense of the word.

Newcomer Jerry Bell will be playing his first full season for the Padres and we expect big things from him. The bullpen is still a bit shaky, but should be able to hold up enough to win some games for us.

Two rookies will find themselves in the starting lineup for us this year. With the release of Al Ferrara and Ollie Brown, OF's Johnny Grubb and Dwight Evans will get their chance to shine. Both should be just fine at the major league level.

Jerry Morales continues to get better and this should be a big year for him now that he has some real protection behind him. Rico still anchors the middle of the lineup and Nate Colbert finds himself a little bit further down in the lineup this year.

Projected W/L: 70-92

Cash: 3,225,665
Payroll: 1,958,025
Payroll Budget: 2,224,117

Farm System: 4th
Scouting: 4th
Medical: 3rd


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[jcbarr]

1972 Amateur Draft


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[jcbarr]

One more

[jcbarr]

1972 All Star Break

The season has been good to San Diego thus far. We are playing far better than anyone could have imagined. The team is currently in first place. This doesn't seem to be any kind of fluke either.

The Padres have a 7 game lead over Houston and have gone 8-2 in their last 10 games. Johnny Grubb is playing spectacular ball and Dwight Evans leads the team in home runs at the all star break. At this point both of them have to be in the running for rookie of the year.

The pitching staff hasn't been what we expected though. Randy Jones still struggles and many believe it is because he doesn't have that one dominant pitch that he can throw when he HAS to get someone out.

1972 Pitching            Team     IP   ERA    G  GS   W   L  SV    K   BB   R/9
Caldwell, Mike            SDP  141.2  3.37   20  20   8   5   0   75   24 10.16
Sisk, Tommie              SDP  134.1  3.82   20  20   7   6   0   76   74 13.27
Arlin, Steve              SDP  132.0  4.70   20  20   8   3   0   89   68 14.45
Jones, Randy              SDP  122.0  5.16   19  19   8   6   0   52   53 14.90
Bell, Jerry               SDP   52.0  3.12   23   0   3   1   1   13   19 10.90
Dukes, Tom                SDP   51.1  3.16   36   0   0   6   2   34   29 12.45
Kirby, Clay               SDP   47.1  5.13    8   8   4   2   0   36   27 13.50
Roberts, Dave             SDP   45.2  3.55   28   0   4   1   2   24   22 14.39
Schaeffer, Mark           SDP   31.2  4.55   21   0   4   3   1   24   13 12.51
McBean, Al                SDP   29.0  4.97   12   1   2   1   0   20   13 11.79
Corkins, Mike             SDP   28.2  1.88   28   0   2   4  16   16    8  7.53

1972 Batting             Team    G   AVG    AB    H  2B  3B  HR   BB    K   SB  CS    R  RBI   SLG   OBP
Clarke, Horace            SDP   81  .285   337   96  18   4   2   30   24   10   4   54   23  .380  .347
Evans, Dwight             SDP   88  .248   326   81  21   6  16   38   64    1   2   44   56  .497  .323
Petrocelli, Rico          SDP   88  .302   324   98  18   0  17   49   60    1   0   50   76  .515  .393
Morales, Jerry            SDP   81  .253   316   80  16   0   9   45   47    1   0   50   34  .389  .351
Colbert, Nate             SDP   86  .208   312   65  15   1  15   23   74    2   1   39   44  .407  .262
Grubb, Johnny             SDP   83  .313   304   95  17   2   9   64   48    1   1   57   44  .470  .432
Ruberto, Sonny            SDP   84  .276   290   80  18   0   1   21   72    0   1   26   21  .348  .324
Bailey, Bob               SDP   66  .264   242   64   8   3  10   39   52    3   0   37   39  .446  .366
Gaston, Cito              SDP   64  .222   117   26   5   1   2    5   27    0   0   11   15  .333  .254
Davanon, Jerry            SDP   45  .165   109   18   3   1   0   20   15    0   1   21    6  .211  .290
Robinson, Dave            SDP   63  .260   104   27  11   0   4    7   22    0   0   12   20  .481  .298
Sipin, John               SDP   33  .282    71   20   3   0   0    0   13    3   0    7    4  .324  .282
Caldwell, Mike            SDP   20  .068    44    3   0   0   0    1   23    0   0    2    1  .068  .089
Arlin, Steve              SDP   20  .182    44    8   2   0   0    2   22    0   0    7    2  .227  .217
Sisk, Tommie              SDP   20  .119    42    5   0   0   0    1   17    0   0    1    3  .119  .140
Jones, Randy              SDP   19  .098    41    4   0   0   0    2   12    0   0    0    1  .098  .140
Slocum, Ron               SDP   29  .235    34    8   4   0   0    4    8    0   0    4    7  .353  .316
Robles, Rafael            SDP   12  .214    14    3   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    2    1  .214  .200
Kirby, Clay               SDP    8  .071    14    1   0   0   0    2    7    0   0    0    0  .071  .188
Bell, Jerry               SDP   23  .000     9    0   0   0   0    0    5    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
McBean, Al                SDP   12  .143     7    1   0   0   0    0    3    0   0    0    0  .143  .143
Roberts, Dave             SDP   28  .200     5    1   0   0   0    0    3    0   0    0    0  .200  .200
Schaeffer, Mark           SDP   21  .000     4    0   0   0   0    0    0    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Dukes, Tom                SDP   36  .000     2    0   0   0   0    0    0    0   0    0    0  .000  .000

[jcbarr]

1972 Review

The Padres finished 1972 over .500. This was the first time in team history that this has happened. San Diego found themselves in first place for a long time during the season and held an 8 game lead over Houston at one point. The youth and inexperience caught up with them and they subsequently lost the lead. It was a disappointment not to win the division but finishing 85-77 was very promising for the future.

The young guys played well during the year. Johnny Grubb batted over .300 and Dwight Evans showed some impressive power. Mike Caldwell continued to pitch well and Randy Jones is getting better every day. His stints in the minors appear to be over.

When most of the veterans were let go to begin the year there were some doubts in San Diego as to what direction the team was headed. GM James Barr silenced those critics though with the 1972 season and hopes to continue the progress.

So far the Padres have been a profitable team as well as a progressive team. Rumor is that a new stadium, or at least upgrades to the current stadium might be in the works.

1972 Results

AMERICAN LEAGUE (1972)

 EAST                   W   L   PCT    GB   AVG    HR    SB   ERA
 Boston                99  63  .611    --  .280   236    27  4.28
 Baltimore             92  70  .568   7.0  .269   153    66  4.35
 New York              79  83  .488  20.0  .264   129    75  4.50
 Detroit               78  84  .481  21.0  .271   152    76  4.63
 Milwaukee             61 101  .377  38.0  .262    99    61  5.53
 Cleveland             50 112  .309  49.0  .259   138    87  5.18

 WEST                   W   L   PCT    GB   AVG    HR    SB   ERA
 Oakland              113  49  .698    --  .271   223    50  3.47
 California            87  75  .537  26.0  .279   124    85  3.82
 Kansas City           86  76  .531  27.0  .264   120   108  4.21
 Minnesota             83  79  .512  30.0  .280   113    84  4.60
 Texas                 81  81  .500  32.0  .256   103    92  4.03
 Chicago               63  99  .389  50.0  .248   130    44  4.93


NATIONAL LEAGUE (1972)

 EAST                   W   L   PCT    GB   AVG    HR    SB   ERA
 St. Louis             91  71  .562    --  .282   121   119  4.14
 Pittsburgh            87  75  .537   4.0  .299   139   102  4.66
 Philadelphia          84  78  .519   7.0  .263   198    33  4.54
 Chicago               81  81  .500  10.0  .255   178    60  4.13
 Montreal              75  87  .463  16.0  .268   120    45  5.02
 New York              70  92  .432  21.0  .249   102    84  4.13

 WEST                   W   L   PCT    GB   AVG    HR    SB   ERA
 San Francisco         87  75  .537    --  .271   187    61  4.64
 Houston               85  77  .525   2.0  .262   163    48  4.52
 San Diego             85  77  .525   2.0  .254   149    37  4.12
 Los Angeles           83  79  .512   4.0  .278   164    61  4.51
 Cincinnati            74  88  .457  13.0  .280   163    74  5.43
 Atlanta               70  92  .432  17.0  .271   153    44  4.51

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LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIPS
 Athletics defeat Red Sox, 3-1
 Cardinals defeat Giants, 3-1

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
 Athletics defeat Cardinals, 4-1

Awards

AMERICAN LEAGUE (1972)

Cy Young                  Blue Moon Odom (OAK)
Player of the Year:       Rick Monday (OAK)
Rookie Of The Year:       Don Newhauser (BOS)

Gold Glove (P):           Tommy John (TEX)
Gold Glove (C):           Gene Tenace (OAK)
Gold Glove (1B):          John Ellis (NYY)
Gold Glove (2B):          Billy Parker (CAL)
Gold Glove (3B):          Bill Melton (CHW)
Gold Glove (SS):          Mark Belanger (BAL)
Gold Glove (LF):          Rick Monday (OAK)
Gold Glove (CF):          Roy White (NYY)
Gold Glove (RF):          Fred Rico (KCR)

NATIONAL LEAGUE (1972)

Cy Young                  Gaylord Perry (SFG)
Player of the Year:       Johnny Bench (CIN)
Rookie Of The Year:       Johnny Grubb (SDP)

Gold Glove (P):           Mike Caldwell (SDP)
Gold Glove (C):           Bob Boone (PHI)
Gold Glove (1B):          Nate Colbert (SDP)
Gold Glove (2B):          Steve Huntz (PHI)
Gold Glove (3B):          Garry Jestadt (MON)
Gold Glove (SS):          Dave Concepcion (CIN)
Gold Glove (LF):          Jerry Morales (SDP)
Gold Glove (CF):          Pete Rose (CIN)
Gold Glove (RF):          Tommy Harper (NYM)

Finances

AMERICAN LEAGUE (1972)       Tickets  Revenue  Payroll   Profit     Cash
 Baltimore Orioles            35,963    $4.8M    $4.4M   $5,000    $1.0M
 Boston Red Sox               39,027    $4.6M    $3.8M    $291K    $1.2M
 California Angels            37,811    $4.4M    $3.7M    $238K    $1.0M
 Chicago White Sox            29,646    $3.6M    $3.1M  $39,000    $674K
 Cleveland Indians            28,330    $3.2M    $2.8M   -$266K    $645K
 Detroit Tigers               35,926    $4.2M    $3.0M    $477K    $876K
 Kansas City Royals           34,779    $4.2M    $3.6M   -$156K    $1.1M
 Milwaukee Brewers            29,550    $3.3M    $2.2M    $285K    $1.1M
 Minnesota Twins              36,131    $4.4M    $3.7M   -$172K    $976K
 New York Yankees             33,369    $4.2M    $3.3M  $47,000    $553K
 Oakland Athletics            42,105    $5.7M    $5.4M   -$346K    $510K
 Texas Rangers                34,137    $3.9M    $3.6M   -$127K    $677K

NATIONAL LEAGUE (1972)       Tickets  Revenue  Payroll   Profit     Cash
 Atlanta Braves               34,328    $4.1M    $3.6M   -$104K    $626K
 Chicago Cubs                 36,867    $4.4M    $4.0M   -$115K    $743K
 Cincinnati Reds              34,200    $4.0M    $3.9M -$14,000    $634K
 Houston Astros               35,074    $4.3M    $4.4M -$94,000    $869K
 Los Angeles Dodgers          35,407    $4.6M    $4.4M   -$366K    $476K
 Montreal Expos               36,985    $3.9M    $3.7M  $66,000    $519K
 New York Mets                31,905    $4.1M    $3.9M  $75,000    $543K
 Philadelphia Phillies        36,934    $4.4M    $3.9M   -$118K    $784K
 Pittsburgh Pirates           37,411    $4.3M    $3.6M   -$146K    $1.1M
 SAN DIEGO PADRES             44,992    $4.4M    $1.8M    $1.2M    $4.4M
 San Francisco Giants         38,714    $5.0M    $4.1M    $128K    $1.2M
 St. Louis Cardinals          40,858    $4.9M    $4.3M    $128K    $1.1M

[jcbarr]

1972 Batting             Team    G   AVG    AB    H  2B  3B  HR   BB    K   SB  CS    R  RBI   SLG   OBP
Morales, Jerry            SDP  153  .263   597  157  26   2  16   78   87    3   3   82   63  .394  .349
Evans, Dwight             SDP  160  .225   587  132  36   9  24   78  118    2   3   68   95  .440  .315
Petrocelli, Rico          SDP  162  .305   567  173  35   0  32   86  102    2   0   99  127  .536  .396
Colbert, Nate             SDP  156  .241   544  131  29   4  27   46  129    2   2   63   79  .458  .300
Clarke, Horace            SDP  130  .260   538  140  26   5   2   46   51   14   7   74   30  .338  .322
Bailey, Bob               SDP  140  .290   527  153  20   4  21   72  112    4   0   82   92  .463  .375
Grubb, Johnny             SDP  138  .314   500  157  32   2  16   84   74    2   3   95   65  .482  .413
Ruberto, Sonny            SDP  154  .271   487  132  28   1   1   35  125    1   1   43   36  .339  .320
Robinson, Dave            SDP  124  .271   258   70  23   2   5   19   59    0   0   31   40  .434  .320
Gaston, Cito              SDP  108  .216   185   40   6   2   4   13   40    0   0   22   28  .335  .264
Sipin, John               SDP   68  .255   184   47  10   0   0    2   44    4   1   16    6  .310  .263
Davanon, Jerry            SDP   72  .204   167   34   7   1   0   29   26    0   2   27    8  .257  .318
Caldwell, Mike            SDP   34  .080    75    6   1   0   0    1   35    0   0    5    4  .093  .091
Jones, Randy              SDP   33  .095    74    7   0   0   0    3   30    0   0    2    3  .095  .130
Slocum, Ron               SDP   70  .254    71   18   6   0   1   10   14    0   0   10   11  .380  .346
Arlin, Steve              SDP   31  .152    66   10   4   0   0    3   33    0   1    8    2  .212  .188
Kirby, Clay               SDP   23  .053    38    2   0   0   0    4   14    0   0    0    1  .053  .140
Bell, Jerry               SDP   48  .095    21    2   0   0   0    0    9    0   0    1    1  .095  .095
Davis, Bill               SDP   12  .158    19    3   2   0   0    3    4    1   0    3    0  .263  .273
Kelly, Van                SDP   20  .222    18    4   0   0   0    2    2    1   0    2    0  .222  .300
Iorg, Dane                SDP   18  .278    18    5   2   0   0    0    4    0   0    2    3  .389  .278
Robles, Rafael            SDP   16  .200    15    3   0   0   0    0    1    0   0    2    1  .200  .188
Roberts, Dave             SDP   42  .273    11    3   0   0   0    0    4    0   0    1    0  .273  .273
Spiezio, Ed               SDP    4  .375     8    3   3   0   0    2    2    0   0    2    0  .750  .500
Schaeffer, Mark           SDP   44  .000     5    0   0   0   0    0    0    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Williams, Jim             SDP    4  .667     3    2   1   0   0    1    0    0   0    0    3 1.000  .750
Arcia, Jose               SDP    3  .500     2    1   1   0   0    1    0    1   0    1    0 1.000  .667
Dukes, Tom                SDP   67  .000     2    0   0   0   0    0    0    0   0    0    0  .000  .000
Hernandez, Enzo           SDP    1  .000     1    0   0   0   0    0    0    0   0    0    0  .000  .000

1972 Pitching            Team     IP   ERA    G  GS   W   L  SV    K   BB   R/9
Caldwell, Mike            SDP  234.2  3.64   34  34  12  11   0  124   56 10.93
Jones, Randy              SDP  222.2  4.65   33  33  12  12   0   95   86 13.90
Arlin, Steve              SDP  203.2  4.42   31  31  11   8   0  131  107 14.23
Kirby, Clay               SDP  134.2  5.55   23  23   8   7   0  101   88 14.24
Bell, Jerry               SDP  107.2  3.18   48   0   7   1   3   28   46 12.12
Dukes, Tom                SDP   87.1  4.23   67   0   6   6   3   62   42 13.29
Roberts, Dave             SDP   79.2  3.39   42   0   6   4   3   39   34 13.90
Schaeffer, Mark           SDP   64.2  3.48   44   0   6   4   3   53   25 11.69
Corkins, Mike             SDP   49.1  2.74   48   0   4   8  28   32   14  8.57

[jcbarr]

Contract Negotiations

SP Mike Caldwell
This was an easy call. You just don't let a guy like this walk away from the team. He has been everything that we could have hoped for and more. He has gotten better every year and shows no signs of slowing down.

C Ron Slocum
Ron is a valuable bench player and we were able to sign him to an extension at the league minimum. We couldn't pass that chance up.

P Randy Jones
The former face of the franchise, Randy has gotten better over the last two years and is finally starting to show why he was so touted coming up as a rookie in the majors. Randy still has some confidence issues but he has been working through those recently.

RP Jerry Bell
We picked up bell in a trade with the Brewers and he has been one of our most stable bullpen arms.

SP Tommie Sisk
Tommie's days had passed and his large salary was not one that we could hold on to without getting the production back. Sisk will be missed in the clubhouse and everything he did for the early days of the San Diego Padres will always be appreciated.

P Dick Selma
Selma was well liked but he failed to put up the numbers that the Padres were looking for. He has recently spent time down in AAA as well to try and get his "groove" back so to speak.

P Billy McCool
Billy was just making too much money for his talent level. His abilities had really started to fall lately and the Padres just grew impatient with him.

P Al McBean
Pretty much the same as McCool. GM James Barr isn't one to put up with dead space on the roster. These two were just sucking up payroll and there really was no reason to let it continue.

2B Horace Clarke
Clarke has picked up the pace recently and was rewarded with a new contract. He now becomes one of the highest paid Padres. Clarke will continue to set the pace for the offense.

3B Bob Bailey
Bob has been one of the most consistent offensive players since we singed him and he is very valuable to the offense. Van Kelly is waiting in the wings, but it still a few more years before he is ready. Locking up Bailey just seemed like the right thing to do.

P Gary Gentry
Gary is young and had a pretty good year last year. Teams are always in the market for good pitching and when you find some in free agency that is young and you can afford it, you have to jump at it.



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[thegreatbambino]

I have to admit, I just started reading your dynasty and absolutely love it. It's interesting to see another Padres dynasty too, as I have started one in 1970.

[jcbarr]

Thanks for the comments. I'm glad that someone is enjoying it.

[jcbarr]

1973 Amateur Draft

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