1975 San Diego Padres season

1975 San Diego Padres
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s) Ray Kroc
General manager(s) Peter Bavasi
Manager(s) John McNamara
Local television none
Local radio KOGO
(Jerry Coleman, Bob Chandler)
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The 1975 San Diego Padres season was the seventh in franchise history. It was the first season in which the Padres did not finish in the National League West cellar. The team finishing in fourth place.

Offseason

Draft picks

Regular season

Season standings

NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 10854 0.667 64–17 44–37
Los Angeles Dodgers 8874 0.543 20 49–32 39–42
San Francisco Giants 8081 0.497 27½ 46–35 34–46
San Diego Padres 7191 0.438 37 38–43 33–48
Atlanta Braves 6794 0.416 40½ 37–43 30–51
Houston Astros 6497 0.398 43½ 37–44 27–53

Record vs. opponents

1975 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta5–73–1512–68–108–44–85–74–87–118–93–9
Chicago7–51–117–55–79–97–1112–66–125–75–711–7
Cincinnati15–311–113–58–108–48–47–56–611–713–58–4
Houston6–125–75–136–128–44–86–66–59–95–134–8–1
Los Angeles 10–87–510–812–65–76–67–55–711–710–85–7
Montreal4–89–94–84–87–510–87–117–117–55–711–7
New York8–411–74–88–46–68–107–115–138–48–49–9
Philadelphia7-56–125–76–65–711–711–711–77–57–510–8
Pittsburgh8–412–66–65–67–511–713–57–118–45–710–8
San Diego11–77–57–119–97–115–74–85–74–88–104–8
San Francisco9–87–55–1313–58–107–54–85–77–510–85–7
St. Louis9–37–114–88–4–17–57–119–98–108–108–47–5

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

Roster

1975 San Diego Padres
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

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
1BWillie McCovey122413104.2522368
2BTito Fuentes146565158.280443
SSEnzo Hernández11634475.218019
RFDave Winfield143509136.2671576

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
Gene Locklear10023776.321527
Dick Sharon9116031.194420
Don Hahn34266.23103
Jerry Turner11226.27300
Dave Hilton480.00000

Pitching

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
Dave Freisleben361815144.2877
Sonny Siebert626.2324.3910

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
Rich Folkers451426114.1887
Alan Foster1744.2312.4220

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
Danny Frisella651693.1367
Bill Greif594693.8843
Jerry Johnson213105.1718
Butch Metzger41007.716
Larry Hardy300013.503

Awards and honors

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

All-Stars

1975 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

  • Randy Jones

Farm system

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

  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. http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1975&t=SDN
  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

References

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