1973 San Diego Padres season

The 1973 San Diego Padres season was the fifth season in franchise history.

1973 San Diego Padres
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record60–102 (.370)
Divisional place6th
Other information
OwnersC. Arnholt Smith
ManagersDon Zimmer
Local televisionnone
Local radioKOGO
(Jerry Coleman, Bob Chandler)
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Offseason

Regular season

Dave Winfield

Dave Winfield came to the Padres in 1973 from the University of Minnesota without having played a single game in the minor leagues. Winfield was also drafted by the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League, the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association and the Utah Stars of the American Basketball Association. Winfield made his Major League Baseball debut on June 19 against the Houston Astros. Winfield had 4 at bats and 1 hit.[3]

Season standings
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 9963 0.611 — 50–31 49–32
Los Angeles Dodgers 9566 0.590 3½ 50–31 45–35
San Francisco Giants 8874 0.543 11 47–34 41–40
Houston Astros 8280 0.506 17 41–40 41–40
Atlanta Braves 7685 0.472 22½ 40–40 36–45
San Diego Padres 60102 0.370 39 31–50 29–52

Record vs. opponents
1973 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —7–55–1311–72–15–16–66–66–67–512–68–106–6
Chicago 5–7—8–46–65–79–910–710–86–127–52–109–9
Cincinnati 13–54–8—11–711–78–48–48–47–513–510–86–6
Houston 7–116–67–11—11–76–66–67–56–610–811–75–7
Los Angeles 15–2–17–57–117–11—7–57–59–310–29–99–98–4
Montreal 6–69–94–86–65–7—9–913–56–127–56–68–10
New York 6–67–104–86–65–79–9—9–913–58–45–710–8
Philadelphia 6-68–104–85–73–95–139–9—8–109–35–79–9
Pittsburgh 5–712–65–76–62–1012–65–1310–8—8–45–710–8
San Diego 6–125–75–138–109–95–74–83–94–8—7–114–8
San Francisco 10–810–28–107–119–96–67–57–57–511–7—6–6
St. Louis 6–69–96–67–54–810–88–109–98–108–46–6—

Opening Day starters

[4]

Notable transactions

Roster
1973 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 Kendall145507143.2821059
1BNate Colbert145529153.2702280
2BRich Morales9024440.164016
SSDerrel Thomas11340496.238022
3BDave Roberts127479137.2862164
LFLeron Lee11833379.237330
CFJohnny Grubb113389121.311837
RFCito Gaston133476119.2501657

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 Morales122388109.281934
Enzo Hernández7024755.22309
Dave Hilton7023446.197516
Ivan Murrell9321048.229921
Gene Locklear6715437.240325
Dave Winfield5614139.277312
Dwain Anderson5310713.12103
Dave Campbell339822.22408
Pat Corrales297215.20803
Dave Marshall394914.28604
Bob Davis5111.09100
Don Mason880.00000

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 Greif36199.110173.21120
Clay Kirby34191.28184.79129
Steve Arlin34180.011145.1098
Randy Jones20139.2763.1677
Fred Norman1274.0174.2649

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 Troedson50152.1794.2581
Mike Caldwell55149.05143.7486
Mike Corkins47122.0584.5082

Mike Caldwell led the Padres in saves with 10.

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 Ross584405.4244
Vicente Romo492373.7051
Bob Miller180004.1115
Frank Snook180213.6213

Award winners

1973 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

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

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Walla Walla[6]

References
  1. Curt Blefary at Baseball Reference
  2. Dave Wehrmeister at Baseball Reference
  3. Dave Winfield at Baseball Reference
  4. "1973 San Diego Padres Roster by Baseball Almanac".
  5. Gene Locklear at Baseball Reference
  6. 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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