1976 San Diego Padres season

Major League Baseball team season

1976 San Diego Padres

League| National League
Division| West
Ballpark| San Diego Stadium
City| San Diego, California
Record| 73–89 (.451)
Divisional place| 5th
Owners| Ray Kroc
General managers| Peter Bavasi
Managers| John McNamara
Radio| KOGO
(Jerry Coleman, Bob Chandler)
| <- 1975 | Seasons | 1977 ->

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The 1976 San Diego Padres season was the eighth season in franchise history.

## Offseason[edit]

* February 26, 1976: Randy Elliott was released by the Padres.[1]

## Regular season[edit]

### Season standings[edit]

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

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Cincinnati Reds | 102 | 60  | 0.630  | —  | 49–32  | 53–28
Los Angeles Dodgers | 92 | 70  | 0.568  | 10  | 49–32  | 43–38
Houston Astros | 80 | 82  | 0.494  | 22  | 46–36  | 34–46
San Francisco Giants | 74 | 88  | 0.457  | 28  | 40–41  | 34–47
San Diego Padres | 73 | 89  | 0.451  | 29  | 42–38  | 31–51
Atlanta Braves | 70 | 92  | 0.432  | 32  | 34–47  | 36–45

### Record vs. opponents[edit]

1976 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  | MON  | NYM  | PHI  | PIT  | SD  | SF  | STL
Atlanta | — | 6–6 | 6–12 | 7–11 | 8–10 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 5–7 | 3–9 | 10–8 | 9–9 | 4–8
Chicago | 6–6 | — | 3–9 | 5–7 | 3–9 | 11–7 | 5–13 | 8–10 | 8–10 | 6–6 | 8–4 | 12–6
Cincinnati | 12–6 | 9–3 | — | 12–6 | 13–5 | 9–3 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 8–4 | 13–5 | 9–9 | 6–6
Houston | 11–7 | 7–5 | 6–12 | — | 5–13 | 10–2 | 6–6 | 4–8 | 2–10 | 10–8 | 10–8 | 9–3
Los Angeles | 10–8 | 9–3 | 5–13 | 13–5 | — | 10–2 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 9–3 | 6–12 | 8–10 | 10–2
Montreal | 4–8 | 7–11 | 3–9 | 2–10 | 2–10 | — | 8–10 | 3–15 | 8–10 | 4–8 | 7–5 | 7–11
New York | 8–4 | 13–5 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 10–8 | — | 5–13 | 10–8 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 9–9
Philadelphia | 7-5 | 10–8 | 7–5 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 15–3 | 13–5 | — | 8–10 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 12–6
Pittsburgh | 9–3 | 10–8 | 4–8 | 10–2 | 3–9 | 10–8 | 8–10 | 10–8 | — | 7–5 | 9–3 | 12–6
San Diego | 8–10 | 6–6 | 5–13 | 8–10 | 12–6 | 8–4 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 5–7 | — | 8–10 | 4–8
San Francisco | 9–9 | 4–8 | 9–9 | 8–10 | 10–8 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 3–9 | 10–8 | — | 5–7
St. Louis | 8–4 | 6–12 | 6–6 | 3–9 | 2–10 | 11–7 | 9–9 | 6–12 | 6–12 | 8–4 | 7–5 | —

### Opening Day starters[edit]

* Bob Davis
* Willie Davis
* Tito Fuentes
* Johnny Grubb
* Mike Ivie
* Randy Jones
* Doug Rader
* Héctor Torres
* Dave Winfield[2]

### Notable transactions[edit]

* April 5, 1976: Rudy Meoli was traded by the Padres to the Cincinnati Reds for Merv Rettenmund.[3]
* April 29, 1976: Tom Dettore was signed as a free agent by the Padres.[4]
* May 19, 1976: Bill Greif was traded by the Padres to the St. Louis Cardinals for Luis Meléndez.[5]
* May 29, 1976: Diego Seguí was signed as a free agent by the Padres.[6]
* June 8, 1976: 1976 Major League Baseball draft
* Bob Owchinko was drafted by the Padres in the 1st round (5th pick).[7]
* Craig Stimac was drafted by the Padres in the 9th round.[8]
* Mark Lee was drafted by the Padres in the 13th round.[9]
* Broderick Perkins was drafted by the Padres in the 15th round.[10]
* July 10, 1976: Gene Locklear was traded by the Padres to the New York Yankees for a player to be named later. The Yankees completed the deal by sending Rick Sawyer to the Padres on July 31.[11]
* August 30, 1976: Willie McCovey was purchased from the Padres by the Oakland Athletics.[12]

### Roster[edit]

1976 San Diego Padres

Roster
Pitchers

* 43 Mike Dupree
* 26 Rich Folkers
* 21 Alan Foster
* 14 Dave Freisleben
* 27 Bill Greif
* 34 Tom Griffin
* 40 Jerry Johnson
* 35 Randy Jones
* 36 Butch Metzger
* 44 Bob Owchinko
* 34 Ken Reynolds
* 27 Rick Sawyer
* 48 Dan Spillner
* 22 Brent Strom
* 37 Dave Tomlin
* 24 Dave Wehrmeister

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* 7 Bob Davis
* 16 Fred Kendall

Infielders

* 6 Bill Almon
* 4 Tucker Ashford
* 18 Mike Champion
* 23 Tito Fuentes
* 11 Enzo Hernández
* 15 Mike Ivie
* 8 Ted Kubiak
* 44 Willie McCovey
* 12 Doug Rader
* 30 Héctor Torres

|  | Outfielders

* 3 Willie Davis
* 2 Johnny Grubb
* 32 Gene Locklear
* 25 Luis Meléndez
* 16 Merv Rettenmund
* 42 Jerry Turner
* 13 Bobby Valentine
* 31 Dave Winfield

|  | Manager

* 1 John McNamara

Coaches

* 5 Joey Amalfitano
* 38 Roger Craig
* 9 Dick Sisler
* 19 Whitey Wietelmann

## Player stats[edit]

### Batting[edit]

#### Starters by position[edit]

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 | 146 | 456 | 112 | .246 | 2 | 39
1B | Mike Ivie | 140 | 405 | 118 | .291 | 7 | 70
2B | Tito Fuentes | 135 | 520 | 137 | .263 | 2 | 36
3B | Doug Rader | 139 | 471 | 121 | .257 | 9 | 55
SS | Enzo Hernández | 113 | 340 | 87 | .256 | 1 | 24
LF | Jerry Turner | 105 | 281 | 75 | .267 | 5 | 37
CF | Willie Davis | 141 | 493 | 132 | .268 | 5 | 46
RF | Dave Winfield | 137 | 492 | 139 | .283 | 13 | 69

#### Other batters[edit]

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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Johnny Grubb | 109 | 384 | 109 | .284 | 5 | 27
Héctor Torres | 74 | 215 | 42 | .195 | 4 | 15
Ted Kubiak | 96 | 212 | 50 | .236 | 0 | 26
Willie McCovey | 71 | 202 | 41 | .203 | 7 | 36
Merv Rettenmund | 86 | 140 | 32 | .229 | 2 | 11
Luis Meléndez | 72 | 119 | 29 | .244 | 0 | 5
Bob Davis | 51 | 83 | 17 | .205 | 0 | 5
Gene Locklear | 43 | 67 | 15 | .224 | 0 | 8
Bill Almon | 14 | 57 | 14 | .246 | 1 | 6
Bobby Valentine | 15 | 49 | 18 | .367 | 0 | 4
Mike Champion | 11 | 38 | 9 | .237 | 1 | 2
Tucker Ashford | 4 | 5 | 3 | .600 | 0 | 0

### Pitching[edit]

#### Starting pitchers[edit]

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 | 40 | 315.1 | 22 | 14 | 2.74 | 93
Brent Strom | 36 | 210.2 | 12 | 16 | 3.29 | 103
Dave Freisleben | 34 | 172.0 | 10 | 13 | 3.51 | 81
Rick Sawyer | 13 | 81.2 | 5 | 3 | 2.53 | 33
Tom Griffin | 11 | 70.1 | 4 | 3 | 2.94 | 36
Bill Greif | 5 | 22.1 | 1 | 3 | 8.06 | 5
Bob Owchinko | 2 | 4.1 | 0 | 2 | 16.62 | 4

#### Other pitchers[edit]

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 | 32 | 106.2 | 2 | 11 | 5.06 | 57
Alan Foster | 26 | 86.2 | 3 | 6 | 3.22 | 22
Dave Wehrmeister | 7 | 19.1 | 0 | 4 | 7.45 | 10

#### Relief pitchers[edit]

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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Butch Metzger | 77 | 11 | 4 | 16 | 2.92 | 89
Dave Tomlin | 49 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.84 | 43
Rich Folkers | 33 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5.28 | 26
Jerry Johnson | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5.31 | 27
Ken Reynolds | 19 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6.40 | 18
Mike Dupree | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.19 | 5

## Award winners[edit]

* Randy Jones, National League Cy Young Award
* Butch Metzger, Rookie of the Year

1976 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

## Farm system[edit]

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level  | Team  | League  | Manager

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AAA | Hawaii Islanders | Pacific Coast League | Roy Hartsfield
AA | Amarillo Gold Sox | Texas League | Bob Miller
A | Reno Silver Sox | California League | Johnny Goryl
A-Short Season | Walla Walla Padres | Northwest League | Cliff Ditto

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Hawaii, Amarillo, Reno, Walla Walla
Reno affiliation shared with Minnesota Twins[13]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Randy Elliott at Baseball Reference
2. ^ "1976 San Diego Padres Roster by Baseball Almanac".
3. ^ Merv Rettenmund at Baseball Reference
4. ^ Tom Dettore at Baseball Reference
5. ^ Luis Meléndez at Baseball Reference
6. ^ Diego Seguí at Baseball Reference
7. ^ Bob Owchinko at Baseball-Reference
8. ^ Craig Stimac at Baseball Reference
9. ^ Mark Lee at Baseball Reference
10. ^ Broderick Perkins at Baseball Reference
11. ^ Gene Locklear at Baseball Reference
12. ^ Willie McCovey at Baseball Reference
13. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

## External links[edit]

* 1976 San Diego Padres at Baseball Reference
* 1976 San Diego Padres at Baseball Almanac

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1976 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

* 1976 MLB draft
* 1976 All-Star Game
* 1976 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

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
* Padres-Braves bean-brawl
* Roseanne Barr sings national anthem
* Padres Paradise Series
* 2007 NL Wild Card tie-breaker game
* MLB China Series
* MLB Mexico City Series

Rivalries|

* Los Angeles Dodgers

Key personnel|

* Chairman: vacant
* General Manager: A. J. Preller
* Manager: Mike Shildt

League pennants (2)|

* 1984
* 1998

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* 1984
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* 1998
* 2005
* 2006

Wild card berths (2)|

* 2020
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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

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