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1972 San Diego Padres
Record: 42-120
Finish: 5th in NL Federal Division Division
Runs Scored: 574
Runs Allowed: 1004
Exp W-L: 43-119
 
Ballpark: Jack Murphy Field
Attendance: 1,321,679
Manager: Jamie D'Agostini

Statistics / Schedule

 Minor League Records:
AAA: 86-51, 1st in the National League
AA: 62-75, 8th in the National League
A: 56-81, 8th in the National League
 
 
 
 
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Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
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Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
3B  Buddy Bell 20 151 582 74 169 29 1 11 60 1 3 37 30 .290 .335 .400 .736 68.3 11.7 3.6
1B *Mike Jorgensen 23 154 558 67 144 25 4 9 67 0 2 71 86 .258 .341 .366 .706 67.4 11.2 0.0
RF *Ted Uhlaender 31 153 574 61 158 18 7 3 54 2 3 46 60 .275 .329 .347 .675 59.7 8.8 2.4
SS *Wayne Causey 35 151 560 54 155 17 6 5 51 1 4 54 59 .277 .340 .355 .695 65.8 11.2 3.1
LF *Manny Jimenez 33 151 524 49 113 15 1 13 64 0 1 33 72 .216 .270 .323 .593 40.9 1.0 1.7
DH *Larry Biittner 26 152 521 43 128 20 3 3 51 1 2 24 45 .246 .279 .313 .592 40.8 2.3 1.5
CF #Rod Gaspar 26 147 489 49 98 19 1 6 30 3 1 50 32 .200 .277 .280 .557 38.3 0.8 2.5
SS  Rico Petrocelli 29 145 476 50 95 16 0 20 61 2 3 51 130 .200 .278 .359 .637 47.3 3.6 2.4
C  Rick Dempsey 22 125 387 36 71 13 1 6 40 0 0 45 54 .183 .268 .269 .536 29.5 0.0 3.9
CF *Vic Davalillo 35 109 252 21 67 9 1 1 17 4 2 12 25 .266 .297 .321 .618 20.9 1.7 0.6
2B  Rich Severson 27 79 176 13 36 5 0 2 13 0 1 11 34 .205 .253 .267 .520 12.2 0.0 1.0
C *Gary Kolb 32 95 160 23 38 8 2 1 13 20 3 19 40 .238 .317 .331 .648 19.3 2.9 1.2
3B  Mike Schmidt 22 27 84 12 14 4 0 3 10 1 0 18 24 .167 .320 .321 .642 9.7 1.1 0.8
C  Bob Tillman 35 51 80 8 16 1 0 2 11 0 0 10 19 .200 .289 .288 .576 7.5 0.7 0.4
SS  Danny Thompson 25 31 65 8 17 3 1 0 5 1 0 2 5 .262 .284 .338 .622 5.1 0.5 0.3
C  Joe Azcue 32 20 61 3 9 3 0 0 3 0 0 6 15 .148 .224 .197 .421 2.0 0.0 0.6
RF  Bob Allison 37 26 21 1 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 .333 .364 .381 .745 2.8 0.6 0.1
LF *Tom Shopay 27 10 8 2 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 0 .500 .600 .875 1.475 3.3 1.2 0.0
  Team Totals 28.7 1777 5578 574 1339 206 28 86 554 36 25 492 735 .240 .303 .333 .636 540.8 59.5 26.0
  Rank among 10 NL teams 5 8 8 9 5 9 8 8 4 7 1 8 8 9 8 8  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Joe Sparma 30 7 16 .304 32 32 0 220.0 187 100 24 121 178 4.09 14.7
*Sam McDowell 29 7 20 .259 32 32 0 218.3 213 154 36 149 174 6.35 2.2
 Phil Niekro 33 7 18 .280 33 27 0 212.7 229 118 24 81 114 4.99 10.4
 Dick Tidrow 25 9 16 .360 35 27 0 199.7 245 132 40 62 86 5.95 5.3
*George Brunet 37 0 14 .000 47 8 5 113.7 142 85 15 68 37 6.73 0.0
 Fred Beene 29 4 5 .444 49 3 2 108.3 123 71 20 53 42 5.90 2.5
 Jim Nelson 24 1 11 .083 15 15 0 84.7 90 58 17 36 59 6.17 0.1
 Bob Locker 34 2 5 .286 39 0 2 65.7 88 49 5 32 17 6.72 0.0
*Jim Roland 29 2 4 .333 44 0 1 63.0 91 57 8 50 35 8.14 0.0
 Elias Sosa 22 1 4 .200 6 6 0 43.7 56 26 5 10 15 5.36 1.7
 Don Nottebart 36 0 2 .000 20 2 0 41.7 56 44 5 32 30 9.51 0.0
 Lynn McGlothen 22 2 2 .500 5 5 0 40.7 36 21 2 12 26 4.65 2.7
*Doug Rau 23 0 3 .000 5 5 0 33.7 42 23 4 17 14 6.15 0.0
 Don Newhauser 24 0 0 .000 4 0 2 2.0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00 0.8
Team Totals 28.4 42 120 .259 366 162 12 1447.6 1598 938 205 723 830 5.83 40.5
Rank among 10 NL teams 10 10 10 10 6 9 10 10 10 7 10  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 33.0
R.Dempsey 954.0 111 113 561 42 3 1 .995 28.2
G.Kolb 187.0 18 24 123 7 0 0 1.000 41.7
J.Azcue 173.0 20 20 92 5 1 0 .990 23.1
B.Tillman 133.7 13 23 78 4 2 0 .976 20.0
Team Total 1447.7 162 180 854 58 6 1 .993 28.7
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .992 11.38
L.Biittner 1254.0 147 149 1399 106 13 157 .991 10.80
G.Kolb 120.3 11 25 125 9 0 15 1.000 10.02
B.Allison 38.7 3 11 37 2 2 2 .951 9.08
M.Jorgensen 17.0 0 7 22 0 0 1 1.000 11.65
R.Dempsey 14.7 1 6 13 3 0 1 1.000 9.82
W.Causey 3.0 0 2 4 1 0 0 1.000 15.00
Team Total 1447.7 162 200 1600 121 15 176 .991 10.70
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 5.81
W.Causey 1036.3 118 121 268 415 15 97 .979 5.93
M.Schmidt 207.0 24 25 63 95 1 27 .994 6.87
R.Severson 145.3 16 26 38 64 3 15 .971 6.32
D.Thompson 59.0 4 10 13 25 0 4 1.000 5.80
Team Total 1447.7 162 182 382 599 19 143 .981 6.10
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .959 2.96
B.Bell 1242.3 143 146 97 335 21 35 .954 3.13
R.Severson 151.7 15 27 16 35 1 3 .981 3.03
D.Thompson 40.7 4 6 4 10 1 2 .933 3.10
M.Schmidt 10.0 0 1 1 6 0 0 1.000 6.30
R.Petrocelli 3.0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00
Team Total 1447.7 162 182 118 387 23 40 .956 3.14
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .970 5.16
R.Petrocelli 1115.0 127 131 173 436 25 97 .961 4.92
W.Causey 213.0 23 26 33 92 3 18 .977 5.28
R.Severson 94.7 10 17 5 32 2 6 .949 3.52
D.Thompson 25.0 2 7 6 9 1 3 .938 5.40
Team Total 1447.7 162 181 217 569 31 124 .962 4.89
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .966 1.80
M.Jimenez 1232.0 146 147 264 8 12 5 .958 1.99
V.Davalillo 134.3 13 24 33 0 0 0 1.000 2.21
G.Kolb 35.0 3 8 3 1 0 0 1.000 1.03
B.Allison 15.0 0 7 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.20
T.Uhlaender 13.3 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.35
T.Shopay 7.0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
R.Gaspar 6.0 0 4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
L.Biittner 5.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1447.7 162 199 306 9 12 5 .963 1.96
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.47
R.Gaspar 1200.0 146 147 347 2 7 0 .980 2.62
V.Davalillo 166.7 12 41 38 0 1 0 .974 2.05
G.Kolb 55.0 3 18 17 0 0 0 1.000 2.78
T.Shopay 10.0 1 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.70
B.Allison 7.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Bell 5.0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.60
T.Uhlaender 2.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
B.Tillman 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1447.7 162 215 408 2 8 0 .981 2.55
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .981 1.96
T.Uhlaender 1275.0 146 149 323 8 3 1 .991 2.34
V.Davalillo 119.0 13 20 22 1 1 1 .958 1.74
G.Kolb 31.7 3 10 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.99
B.Allison 7.0 0 5 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57
B.Bell 7.0 0 3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
T.Shopay 4.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
R.Gaspar 4.0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1447.7 162 190 356 9 4 2 .989 2.27
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 1.96
J.Sparma 220.0 32 32 22 36 3 4 .951 2.37
S.McDowell 218.3 32 32 13 30 1 1 .977 1.77
P.Niekro 212.7 27 33 10 31 1 3 .976 1.74
D.Tidrow 199.7 27 35 15 27 2 2 .955 1.89
G.Brunet 113.7 8 47 5 24 0 4 1.000 2.30
F.Beene 108.3 3 49 7 12 0 0 1.000 1.58
J.Nelson 84.7 15 15 6 12 1 3 .947 1.91
B.Locker 65.7 0 39 4 18 2 0 .917 3.02
J.Roland 63.0 0 44 3 10 1 1 .929 1.86
E.Sosa 43.7 6 6 0 7 0 1 1.000 1.44
D.Nottebart 41.7 2 20 5 4 0 0 1.000 1.94
L.McGlothen 40.7 5 5 4 6 0 0 1.000 2.21
D.Rau 33.7 5 5 1 3 1 1 .800 1.07
D.Newhauser 2.0 0 4 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
Team Total 1447.6 162 366 96 220 12 20 .963 1.96
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Bell .290
On-Base Pct Jorgensen .341
Slugging Pct Bell .400
OPS Bell .736
XR Bell 68.3
Games Jorgensen 154
At-Bats Bell 582
Runs Bell 74
Hits Bell 169
Total Bases Bell 233
Singles Uhlaender 130
Doubles Bell 29
Triples Uhlaender 7
Homeruns Petrocelli 20
RBIs Jorgensen 67
Stolen Bases Kolb 20
Caught Stealing Causey 4
Walks Jorgensen 71
Strikeouts Petrocelli 130
ERA Sparma 4.09
Wins Tidrow 9
Losses McDowell 20
Winning Pct Tidrow .360
Saves Brunet 5
Games Pitched Beene 49
Games Started McDowell, Sparma 32
Complete Games Niekro 10
Shutouts McGlothen, Niekro 1
Innings Pitched Sparma 220.0
Hits Allowed Tidrow 245
Homeruns Allowed Tidrow 40
Strikeouts Sparma 178
Walks Allowed McDowell 149
Walks per 9IP Tidrow 2.8
Hits per 9IP Sparma 7.7
Strikeouts per 9IP Sparma 7.3
WHiP Sparma 1.40
OAVG Sparma .228
OOBP Sparma .329
OSLG Sparma .368
OOPS Sparma .697
Team All-Stars
No players selected to All-Star Team
Player Salaries
George Brunet $ 11,250,000
Wayne Causey $ 4,850,000
Phil Niekro $ 4,800,000
Manny Jimenez $ 2,010,000
Don Nottebart $ 1,900,000
Bob Locker $ 1,750,000
Vic Davalillo $ 1,380,000
Sam McDowell $ 1,300,000
Rico Petrocelli $ 1,150,000
Bob Allison $ 1,000,000
Joe Sparma $ 350,000
Fred Beene $ 350,000
Bob Tillman $ 325,000
Larry Biittner $ 300,000
Buddy Bell $ 300,000
Joe Azcue $ 300,000
Rod Gaspar $ 300,000
Mike Jorgensen $ 300,000
Rick Dempsey $ 300,000
Gary Kolb $ 300,000
Jim Nelson $ 300,000
Ted Uhlaender $ 300,000
Don Newhauser $ 300,000
Doug Rau $ 300,000
Jim Roland $ 300,000
Mike Schmidt $ 300,000
Rich Severson $ 300,000
Tom Shopay $ 300,000
Elias Sosa $ 300,000
Danny Thompson $ 300,000
Dick Tidrow $ 300,000
Lynn McGlothen $ 300,000
  
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/1 Traded Dave Adlesh Kansas City Wayne Causey
Don Nottebart
$3,250,000
2/1 Traded Frank Johnson
$3,000,000		 Detroit George Brunet
Bob Locker
Phil Niekro
2/7 Traded Dick Lemay Washington Ted Uhlaender
Joe Azcue
3/3 Traded Mike Davison Detroit Jeff James
3/3 Released Luis Alvarado    
3/3 Released Jim Panther    
3/3 Released Bill Wakefield    
3/3 Traded Woodie Fryman Washington Tom Shopay
 
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