1975 San Diego Padres season

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1975 San Diego Padres
LeagueNational League
DivisionWest
BallparkSan Diego Stadium
CitySan Diego, California
Record71–91 (.438)
Divisional place4th
OwnersRay Kroc
General managersPeter Bavasi
ManagersJohn McNamara
RadioKOGO
(Jerry Coleman, Bob Chandler)
← 1974 Seasons 1976 →

The 1975 San Diego Padres season was the seventh in franchise history. The Padres finished in fourth place in the National League West, the first time that they did not finish last in the division.

Offseason[edit]

Draft picks[edit]

Regular season[edit]

Season standings[edit]

NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 108 54 0.667 64–17 44–37
Los Angeles Dodgers 88 74 0.543 20 49–32 39–42
San Francisco Giants 80 81 0.497 27½ 46–35 34–46
San Diego Padres 71 91 0.438 37 38–43 33–48
Atlanta Braves 67 94 0.416 40½ 37–43 30–51
Houston Astros 64 97 0.398 43½ 37–44 27–53

Record vs. opponents[edit]


Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta 5–7 3–15 12–6 8–10 8–4 4–8 5–7 4–8 7–11 8–9 3–9
Chicago 7–5 1–11 7–5 5–7 9–9 7–11 12–6 6–12 5–7 5–7 11–7
Cincinnati 15–3 11–1 13–5 8–10 8–4 8–4 7–5 6–6 11–7 13–5 8–4
Houston 6–12 5–7 5–13 6–12 8–4 4–8 6–6 6–5 9–9 5–13 4–8–1
Los Angeles 10–8 7–5 10–8 12–6 5–7 6–6 7–5 5–7 11–7 10–8 5–7
Montreal 4–8 9–9 4–8 4–8 7–5 10–8 7–11 7–11 7–5 5–7 11–7
New York 8–4 11–7 4–8 8–4 6–6 8–10 7–11 5–13 8–4 8–4 9–9
Philadelphia 7-5 6–12 5–7 6–6 5–7 11–7 11–7 11–7 7–5 7–5 10–8
Pittsburgh 8–4 12–6 6–6 5–6 7–5 11–7 13–5 7–11 8–4 5–7 10–8
San Diego 11–7 7–5 7–11 9–9 7–11 5–7 4–8 5–7 4–8 8–10 4–8
San Francisco 9–8 7–5 5–13 13–5 8–10 7–5 4–8 5–7 7–5 10–8 5–7
St. Louis 9–3 7–11 4–8 8–4–1 7–5 7–11 9–9 8–10 8–10 8–4 7–5


Opening Day starters[edit]

Notable transactions[edit]

Roster[edit]

1975 San Diego Padres
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats[edit]

Batting[edit]

Starters by position[edit]

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
C Fred Kendall 103 286 57 .199 0 24
1B Willie McCovey 122 413 104 .252 23 68
2B Tito Fuentes 146 565 158 .280 4 43
SS Enzo Hernández 116 344 75 .218 0 19
3B Mike Ivie 111 377 94 .249 8 46
LF Bobby Tolan 147 506 129 .255 5 43
CF Johnny Grubb 144 553 149 .269 4 38
RF Dave Winfield 143 509 136 .267 15 76

Other batters[edit]

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Héctor Torres 112 352 91 .259 5 26
Gene Locklear 100 237 76 .321 5 27
Ted Kubiak 87 196 44 .224 0 14
Randy Hundley 74 180 37 .206 2 14
Dick Sharon 91 160 31 .194 4 20
Bob Davis 43 128 30 .234 0 7
Dave Roberts 33 113 32 .283 2 12
Steve Huntz 22 53 8 .151 0 4
Don Hahn 34 26 6 .231 0 3
Jerry Turner 11 22 6 .273 0 0
Jerry Moses 13 19 3 .158 0 1
Glenn Beckert 9 16 6 .375 0 0
Bobby Valentine 7 15 2 .133 1 1
Bill Almon 6 10 4 .400 0 0
John Scott 25 9 0 .000 0 0
Dave Hilton 4 8 0 .000 0 0

Pitching[edit]

Starting pitchers[edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Randy Jones 37 285.0 20 12 2.24 103
Joe McIntosh 37 183.0 8 15 3.69 71
Dave Freisleben 36 181.0 5 14 4.28 77
Brent Strom 18 120.1 8 8 2.54 56
Sonny Siebert 6 26.2 3 2 4.39 10

Other pitchers[edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Dan Spillner 37 166.2 5 13 4.27 104
Rich Folkers 45 142.0 6 11 4.18 87
Jerry Johnson 21 54.0 3 1 5.17 18
Alan Foster 17 44.2 3 1 2.42 20

Relief pitchers[edit]

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Danny Frisella 65 1 6 9 3.13 67
Bill Greif 59 4 6 9 3.88 43
Dave Tomlin 67 4 2 1 3.25 48
Butch Metzger 4 1 0 0 7.71 6
Larry Hardy 3 0 0 0 13.50 3

Awards and honors[edit]

  • Randy Jones, The Sporting News NL Comeback Player of the Year honors
  • Randy Jones, ERA Champion (2.24)

All-Stars[edit]

1975 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

  • Randy Jones

Farm system[edit]

Level Team League Manager
AAA Hawaii Islanders Pacific Coast League Roy Hartsfield
AA Alexandria Aces Texas League Pat Corrales
A Reno Silver Sox California League Harry Warner
A-Short Season Walla Walla Padres Northwest League Cliff Ditto

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Hawaii, Reno

Reno affiliation shared with Minnesota Twins[12]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Horace Clarke at Baseball Reference
  2. ^ Cito Gaston at Baseball Reference
  3. ^ Nate Colbert at Baseball Reference
  4. ^ Tito Fuentes at Baseball Reference
  5. ^ Gene Richards at Baseball Reference
  6. ^ Rick Sweet at Baseball Reference
  7. ^ "1975 San Diego Padres Roster by Baseball Almanac".
  8. ^ Bill Laxton at Baseball Reference
  9. ^ Padres release veteran Beckert
  10. ^ Craig Hartenstein at Baseball-Reference
  11. ^ Bobby Valentine at Baseball Reference
  12. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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