The 1972 San Diego Padres season was the fourth season in franchise history.

Offseason January 12, 1972: Rich Troedson was drafted by the Padres in the 1st round (6th pick) of the secondary phase of the 1972 Major League Baseball draft.Rich Troedson at Baseball-Reference

Regular season Until 2021, no Padres pitcher had ever thrown a no-hitter. On July 18 against the Philadelphia Phillies, Steve Arlin came within one out of a no-hitter before a Denny Doyle single broke up the bid.Arlin misses no-hitter by a strike as ball bounces over Roberts' head

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day starters Bob Barton Dave Campbell Nate Colbert Enzo Hernández Clay Kirby Leron Lee Jerry Morales Larry Stahl Derrel Thomas

Notable transactions May 17, 1972: Ollie Brown was traded by the Padres to the Oakland Athletics for Curt Blefary, Mike Kilkenny and a player to be named later. The Athletics completed the deal by sending Greg Schubert (minors) to the Padres on September 11.Curt Blefary at Baseball Reference June 6, 1972: 1972 Major League Baseball draft Randy Jones was drafted by the Padres in the 5th round.Randy Jones at Baseball Reference Warren Cromartie was drafted by the Padres in the 1st round (5th pick) of the Secondary Phase, but did not sign.Warren Cromartie at Baseball Reference

Roster 1972 San Diego Padres Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders

Other batters Manager

Coaches

Player stats = Indicates team leader

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 C Fred Kendall 91 273 59 .216 6 18 1B 151 563 141 .250 38 111 2B Derrel Thomas 130 500 115 .230 5 36 SS 114 329 64 .195 1 15 3B Dave Roberts 100 418 102 .244 5 33 LF Leron Lee 101 370 111 .300 12 47 CF Johnny Jeter 110 326 72 .221 7 21 RF Cito Gaston 111 379 102 .269 7 44

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 Jerry Morales 115 347 83 .239 4 18 Larry Stahl 107 297 67 .226 7 20 Garry Jestadt 92 256 63 .246 6 22 Pat Corrales 44 117 23 .193 0 6 Curt Blefary 74 102 20 .196 3 9 33 100 24 .240 0 3 29 88 17 .193 0 9 Fred Stanley 39 85 17 .200 0 2 Ollie Brown 23 70 12 .171 0 3 14 49 10 .204 0 6 13 47 10 .213 0 5 Joe Goddard 12 35 7 .200 0 2 Ed Spezio 20 29 4 .138 0 4 Rafael Robles 18 24 4 .167 0 0 Johnny Grubb 7 21 7 .333 0 1 Don Mason 9 11 2 .182 0 0 Ivan Murrell 5 7 1 .143 0 1 Mike Fiore 7 6 0 .000 0 0

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 38 250.0 10 21 3.60 159 Clay Kirby 34 238.2 12 14 3.13 175 Fred Norman 42 211.2 9 11 3.44 167 Tom Phoebus 1 5.2 0 1 7.94 8

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 42 163.2 7 11 4.01 102 Mike Corkins 47 140.0 6 9 3.54 108 Bill Greif 34 125.1 5 16 5.60 91 Mike Corkins was the team leader in saves with 6.

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 Gary Ross 60 4 3 3 2.45 46 46 3 6 0 4.45 53 Mark Schaeffer 41 2 0 1 4.61 25 Al Severinsen 17 0 1 1 2.53 9 Steve Simpson 9 0 2 2 4.76 9 Mike Kilkenny 5 0 0 0 8.31 5 Ron Taylor 4 0 0 0 12.60 0 Ralph Garcia 3 0 0 0 1.80 3

Awards and honors

1972 Major League Baseball All-Star Game Nate Colbert, reserve Colbert scored the winning run, but he brought the wrong uniform with him to Atlanta. The San Diego Padres' slugger donned his road jersey with SAN DIEGO on it instead of his home one with PADRES on it.

One week later, Colbert returned to Atlanta Stadium and tied Stan Musial's Major League record with five home runs in a doubleheader vs. the Braves. Colbert also drove in 13 runs during the twinbill, which San Diego swept 9–0 and 11–7.

Farm system

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

External links 1972 San Diego Padres at Baseball Reference 1972 San Diego Padres at Baseball Almanac