1975 San Diego Padres season

Major League Baseball team season

1975 San Diego Padres

League| National League
Division| West
Ballpark| San Diego Stadium
City| San Diego, California
Record| 71–91 (.438)
Divisional place| 4th
Owners| Ray Kroc
General managers| Peter Bavasi
Managers| John McNamara
Radio| KOGO
(Jerry Coleman, Bob Chandler)
| <- 1974 | Seasons | 1976 ->

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The 1975 San Diego Padres season was the seventh in franchise history. The Padres finished in fourth place in the National League West, the first time that they did not finish last in the division.

## Offseason

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* October 3, 1974: Horace Clarke was released by the Padres.[1]
* November 8, 1974: Cito Gaston was traded by the Padres to the Atlanta Braves for Danny Frisella.[2]
* November 18, 1974: Nate Colbert was traded by the Padres to the Detroit Tigers as part of a 3-team trade. The Padres sent a player to be named later to the St. Louis Cardinals. The Tigers sent Bob Strampe and Dick Sharon to the Padres, and the Cardinals sent Alan Foster, Rich Folkers, and Sonny Siebert to the Padres. The Tigers sent Ed Brinkman to the Cardinals. The Padres completed the deal by sending Danny Breeden to the Cardinals on December 12, 1974.[3]
* December 6, 1974: Derrel Thomas was traded by the Padres to the San Francisco Giants for Tito Fuentes and Butch Metzger.[4]

### Draft picks

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* January 9, 1975: 1975 Major League Baseball draft
* Gene Richards was drafted by the Padres in the 1st round (1st pick).[5]
* Rick Sweet was drafted in the 3rd round of the Secondary Phase.[6]

## Regular season

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### Season standings

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NL West Team  | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road

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Cincinnati Reds | 108 | 54  | .667  | —  | 64‍–‍17  | 44‍–‍37
Los Angeles Dodgers | 88 | 74  | .543  | 20  | 49‍–‍32  | 39‍–‍42
San Francisco Giants | 80 | 81  | .497  | 27½  | 46‍–‍35  | 34‍–‍46
San Diego Padres | 71 | 91  | .438  | 37  | 38‍–‍43  | 33‍–‍48
Atlanta Braves | 67 | 94  | .416  | 40½  | 37‍–‍43  | 30‍–‍51
Houston Astros | 64 | 97  | .398  | 43½  | 37‍–‍44  | 27‍–‍53

### Record vs. opponents

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1975 National League record

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Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]

Team  | ATL  | CHC  | CIN  | HOU  | LAD  | MTL  | NYM  | PHI  | PIT  | SD  | SF  | STL
Atlanta | — | 5–7 | 3–15 | 12–6 | 8–10 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 7–11 | 8–9 | 3–9
Chicago | 7–5 | — | 1–11 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 9–9 | 7–11 | 12–6 | 6–12 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 11–7
Cincinnati | 15–3 | 11–1 | — | 13–5 | 8–10 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 11–7 | 13–5 | 8–4
Houston | 6–12 | 5–7 | 5–13 | — | 6–12 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 6–6 | 6–5 | 9–9 | 5–13 | 4–8–1
Los Angeles | 10–8 | 7–5 | 10–8 | 12–6 | — | 5–7 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 11–7 | 10–8 | 5–7
Montreal | 4–8 | 9–9 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 7–5 | — | 10–8 | 7–11 | 7–11 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 11–7
New York | 8–4 | 11–7 | 4–8 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 8–10 | — | 7–11 | 5–13 | 8–4 | 8–4 | 9–9
Philadelphia | 7-5 | 6–12 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 11–7 | 11–7 | — | 11–7 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 10–8
Pittsburgh | 8–4 | 12–6 | 6–6 | 5–6 | 7–5 | 11–7 | 13–5 | 7–11 | — | 8–4 | 5–7 | 10–8
San Diego | 11–7 | 7–5 | 7–11 | 9–9 | 7–11 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 4–8 | — | 8–10 | 4–8
San Francisco | 9–8 | 7–5 | 5–13 | 13–5 | 8–10 | 7–5 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 7–5 | 10–8 | — | 5–7
St. Louis | 9–3 | 7–11 | 4–8 | 8–4–1 | 7–5 | 7–11 | 9–9 | 8–10 | 8–10 | 8–4 | 7–5 | —

### Opening Day starters

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* Glenn Beckert
* Tito Fuentes
* Johnny Grubb
* Enzo Hernández
* Randy Hundley
* Randy Jones
* Willie McCovey
* Bobby Tolan
* Dave Winfield[7]

### Notable transactions

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* April 7, 1975: Bill Laxton was released by the Padres.[8]
* April 28, 1975: Glenn Beckert was released by the Padres.[9]
* May 23, 1975: Chuck Hartenstein was signed as a free agent by the Padres.[10]
* September 17, 1975: Gary Ross was traded by the Padres to the California Angels for Bobby Valentine and a player to be named later. The Angels completed the deal by sending Rudy Meoli to the Padres on November 4.[11]

### Roster

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1975 San Diego Padres

Roster
Pitchers

* 26 Rich Folkers
* 21 Alan Foster
* 14 Dave Freisleben
* 34 Danny Frisella
* 27 Bill Greif
* 25 Larry Hardy
* 40 Jerry Johnson
* 35 Randy Jones
* 24 Joe McIntosh
* 36 Butch Metzger
* 40 Sonny Siebert
* 48 Dan Spillner
* 22 Brent Strom
* 37 Dave Tomlin

|  | Catchers

* 7 Bob Davis
* 4 Randy Hundley
* 16 Fred Kendall
* 17 Jerry Moses

Infielders

* 5 Bill Almon
* 18 Glenn Beckert
* 23 Tito Fuentes
* 11 Enzo Hernández
* 10 Dave Hilton
* 18 Steve Huntz
* 15 Mike Ivie
* 8 Ted Kubiak
* 44 Willie McCovey
* 20 Dave Roberts
* 30 Héctor Torres

|  | Outfielders

* 2 Johnny Grubb
* 6 Don Hahn
* 32 Gene Locklear
* 6 John Scott
* 13 Dick Sharon
* 28 Bobby Tolan
* 42 Jerry Turner
* 3 Bobby Valentine
* 31 Dave Winfield

|  | Manager

* 1 John McNamara

Coaches

* 12 Jim Davenport
* 29 Tom Morgan
* 9 Dick Sisler
* 19 Whitey Wietelmann

## Player stats

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### Batting

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#### Starters by position

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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

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C | Fred Kendall | 103 | 286 | 57 | .199 | 0 | 24
1B | Willie McCovey | 122 | 413 | 104 | .252 | 23 | 68
2B | Tito Fuentes | 146 | 565 | 158 | .280 | 4 | 43
SS | Enzo Hernández | 116 | 344 | 75 | .218 | 0 | 19
3B | Mike Ivie | 111 | 377 | 94 | .249 | 8 | 46
LF | Bobby Tolan | 147 | 506 | 129 | .255 | 5 | 43
CF | Johnny Grubb | 144 | 553 | 149 | .269 | 4 | 38
RF | Dave Winfield | 143 | 509 | 136 | .267 | 15 | 76

#### Other batters

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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

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Héctor Torres | 112 | 352 | 91 | .259 | 5 | 26
Gene Locklear | 100 | 237 | 76 | .321 | 5 | 27
Ted Kubiak | 87 | 196 | 44 | .224 | 0 | 14
Randy Hundley | 74 | 180 | 37 | .206 | 2 | 14
Dick Sharon | 91 | 160 | 31 | .194 | 4 | 20
Bob Davis | 43 | 128 | 30 | .234 | 0 | 7
Dave Roberts | 33 | 113 | 32 | .283 | 2 | 12
Steve Huntz | 22 | 53 | 8 | .151 | 0 | 4
Don Hahn | 34 | 26 | 6 | .231 | 0 | 3
Jerry Turner | 11 | 22 | 6 | .273 | 0 | 0
Jerry Moses | 13 | 19 | 3 | .158 | 0 | 1
Glenn Beckert | 9 | 16 | 6 | .375 | 0 | 0
Bobby Valentine | 7 | 15 | 2 | .133 | 1 | 1
Bill Almon | 6 | 10 | 4 | .400 | 0 | 0
John Scott | 25 | 9 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0
Dave Hilton | 4 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0

### Pitching

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#### Starting pitchers

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

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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Randy Jones | 37 | 285.0 | 20 | 12 | 2.24 | 103
Joe McIntosh | 37 | 183.0 | 8 | 15 | 3.69 | 71
Dave Freisleben | 36 | 181.0 | 5 | 14 | 4.28 | 77
Brent Strom | 18 | 120.1 | 8 | 8 | 2.54 | 56
Sonny Siebert | 6 | 26.2 | 3 | 2 | 4.39 | 10

#### Other pitchers

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

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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Dan Spillner | 37 | 166.2 | 5 | 13 | 4.27 | 104
Rich Folkers | 45 | 142.0 | 6 | 11 | 4.18 | 87
Jerry Johnson | 21 | 54.0 | 3 | 1 | 5.17 | 18
Alan Foster | 17 | 44.2 | 3 | 1 | 2.42 | 20

#### Relief pitchers

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

Player  | G  | W  | L  | SV  | ERA  | SO

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Danny Frisella | 65 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 3.13 | 67
Bill Greif | 59 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 3.88 | 43
Dave Tomlin | 67 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3.25 | 48
Butch Metzger | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.71 | 6
Larry Hardy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 3

## Awards and honors

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

### All-Stars

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1975 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

* Randy Jones

## Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball

Level  | Team  | League  | Manager

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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

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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. ^ "1975 San Diego Padres Roster by Baseball Almanac".
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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* 1975 San Diego Padres at Baseball Reference
* 1975 San Diego Padres at Baseball Almanac

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1975 MLB season by team

| AL East|

* Baltimore
* Boston
* Cleveland
* Detroit
* Milwaukee
* New York

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AL West|

* California
* Chicago
* Kansas City
* Minnesota
* Oakland
* Texas

| NL East|

* Chicago
* Montréal
* New York
* Philadelphia
* Pittsburgh
* St. Louis

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NL West|

* Atlanta
* Cincinnati
* Houston
* Los Angeles
* San Diego
* San Francisco

* 1975 MLB draft
* 1975 All-Star Game
* 1975 World Series

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San Diego Padres

* Established in 1969
* Based in San Diego, California

Franchise|

* History
* Expansion and draft
* Seasons
* Players
* Managers
* Owners and executives
* Division
* Hall of Fame
* Award winners and league leaders
* Broadcasters
* First-round draft picks
* Opening Day starting pitchers
* Records
* No-hitters

Ballparks|

* Qualcomm Stadium
* Petco Park

Spring training|

Keegan Field
Desert Sun Stadium
Peoria Sports Complex

Culture|

* The Kid from Left Field
* An American Journey
* Pitch
* Gallagher Square
* San Diego Chicken
* San Diego Padres (PCL)
* Swinging Friar
* Trevor Time
* Rally Goose

Lore|

* "Oh, doctor!"
* 1984 NLCS Game 4
* 1984 Braves–Padres bean brawl
* Roseanne Barr sings national anthem
* Padres Paradise Series
* 2007 NL Wild Card tie-breaker game
* MLB China Series
* MLB Mexico City Series
* Juan Soto trade

Rivalries|

* Los Angeles Dodgers

Retired numbers|

* 6
* 19
* 31
* 35
* 42
* 51

Key personnel|

* Chairman: John Seidler
* General Manager: A. J. Preller
* Manager: Mike Shildt

League pennants (2)|

* 1984
* 1998

Division titles (5)|

* 1984
* 1996
* 1998
* 2005
* 2006

Wild card berths (3)|

* 2020
* 2022
* 2024

Minor league affiliates|

* Player overview
* Triple-A: El Paso Chihuahuas
* Double-A: San Antonio Missions
* High-A: Fort Wayne TinCaps
* Single-A: Lake Elsinore Storm
* Rookie: ACL Padres
* DSL Padres Brown
* DSL Padres Gold

Broadcasting|

| Television|

* MLB-produced

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Radio|

* La Poderosa 860 AM
* 97.3 FM The Fan

Seasons (57)

1960s|

* 1960 · 1961 · 1962 · 1963 · 1964 · 1965 · 1966 · 1967 · 1968 ·  1969

1970s|

* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* 1973
* 1974
* 1975
* 1976
* 1977
* 1978
* 1979

1980s|

* 1980
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* 1982
* 1983
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* 1985
* 1986
* 1987
* 1988
* 1989

1990s|

* 1990
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* 1992
* 1993
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* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999

2000s|

* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009

2010s|

* 2010
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* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
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* 2018
* 2019

2020s|

* 2020
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* 2022
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