1974 San Diego Padres season

The 1974 San Diego Padres season was the sixth in franchise history. The team finished last in the National League West with a record of 60–102, 42 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers.

1974 San Diego Padres
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)C. Arnholt Smith, Ray Kroc
General manager(s)Peter Bavasi
Manager(s)John McNamara
Local televisionnone
Local radioKOGO
(Jerry Coleman, Bob Chandler)
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Offseason

Regular season

In his first home game as the Padres' new owner in 1974, Ray Kroc grabbed the public address system microphone and apologized to fans for the poor performance of the team, saying, "I've never seen such stupid ballplaying in my life." At the same time, a streaker raced across the field, eluding security personnel. Kroc shouted, "Throw him in jail!"

Opening Day starters

Season standings
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Los Angeles Dodgers 10260 0.630 — 52–29 50–31
Cincinnati Reds 9864 0.605 4 50–31 48–33
Atlanta Braves 8874 0.543 14 46–35 42–39
Houston Astros 8181 0.500 21 46–35 35–46
San Francisco Giants 7290 0.444 30 37–44 35–46
San Diego Padres 60102 0.370 42 36–45 24–57

Record vs. opponents
1974 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta—4–87–11–16–128–109–38–48–44–817–18–109–3
Chicago8–4—5–74–82–105–138–108–109–96–66–65–13
Cincinnati11–7–17–5—14–46–126–69–38–48–412–611–76–6
Houston12–68–44–14—5–136–66–66–65–77–1110–88–4
Los Angeles 10–810–212–613–5—8–45–76–64–816–212–66–6
Montreal3–913–56–66–64–8—9–911–79–96–64–88–9
New York4–810–83–96–67–59–9—7–117–116–66–66–12
Philadelphia4-810–84–86–66–67–1111–7—10–85–78–49–9
Pittsburgh8–49–94–87–58–49–911–78–10—9–38–47–11
San Diego1–176–66–127–112–166–66–67–53–9—11–75–7
San Francisco10–86–67–118–106–128–46–64–84–87–11—6–6
St. Louis3–913–56–64–86–69–812–69–911–77–56–6—

Notable transactions

Roster
1974 San Diego Padres
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats
= Indicates team leader

Starters by position

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
CFred Kendall14142498.231845
1BWillie McCovey12834487.2532263
2BDerrel Thomas141523129.247341
SSEnzo Hernández147512119.232034
LFDave Winfield145498132.2652075
CFJohnny Grubb140444127.286842
RFBobby Tolan9535795.266840

Other batters

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
Nate Colbert11936876.2071454
Dave Hilton7421752.240112
Glenn Beckert6417244.25607
Horace Clarke429017.18904
Gene Locklear397420.27013
Randy Elliott13337.21212
Bernie Williams14152.13300

Starting pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Bill Greif432269194.66137
Dave Freisleben33211.29143.66130
Randy Jones40208.18224.45124
Steve Arlin1664175.9118

Other pitchers

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

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Lowell Palmer2273255.6752

Relief pitchers

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

Player G W L SV ERA SO
Larry Hardy769424.6957
Vicente Romo545594.5626
Bill Laxton300104.0340
Mike Corkins252204.7941
Rusty Gerhardt232117.0722
Mike Johnson180204.6415
Ralph Garcia80006.109

Awards and honors

1974 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Hawaii Islanders Pacific Coast League Roy Hartsfield
AA Alexandria Aces Texas League Jackie Brandt and Ken Bracey
A-Short Season Walla Walla Padres Northwest League Cliff Ditto

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References
  1. Willie McCovey at Baseball Reference
  2. Glenn Beckert at Baseball Reference
  3. http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1974&t=SDN
  4. Horace Clarke at Baseball-Reference
  5. Lowell Palmer at Baseball-Reference
  6. Bill Almon at Baseball Reference
  7. Lenn Sakata at Baseball-Reference
  8. Bump Wills at Baseball Reference
  9. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/asgbox/1974_all_star_game_play_by_play.shtml
  10. 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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