The 1973 San Diego Padres season was the fifth season in franchise history. Offseason December 27, 1972: Curt Blefary was released by the Padres.Curt Blefary at Baseball Reference January 10, 1973: Dave Wehrmeister was drafted by the Padres in the 1st round (3rd pick) of the 1973 Major League Baseball draft.Dave Wehrmeister at Baseball Reference

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.Dave Winfield at Baseball Reference

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day starters Nate Colbert Bob Davis Cito Gaston Johnny Grubb Enzo Hernández Dave Hilton Clay Kirby Leron Lee Dave Roberts

Notable transactions June 5, 1973: Dave Winfield was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1973 Major League Baseball draft. June 12, 1973: Fred Norman was traded by the Padres to the Cincinnati Reds for Gene Locklear and Mike Johnson.Gene Locklear at Baseball Reference

Roster 1973 San Diego Padres Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders 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 145 507 143 .282 10 59 1B 145 529 153 .270 22 80 2B Rich Morales 90 244 40 .164 0 16 SS Derrel Thomas 113 404 96 .238 0 22 3B Dave Roberts 127 479 137 .286 21 64 LF Leron Lee 118 333 79 .237 3 30 CF Johnny Grubb 113 389 121 .311 8 37 RF 133 476 119 .250 16 57

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 122 388 109 .281 9 34 Enzo Hernández 70 247 55 .223 0 9 70 234 46 .197 5 16 Ivan Murrell 93 210 48 .229 9 21 67 154 37 .240 3 25 56 141 39 .277 3 12 Dwain Anderson 53 107 13 .121 0 3 Dave Campbell 33 98 22 .224 0 8 Pat Corrales 29 72 15 .208 0 3 Dave Marshall 39 49 14 .286 0 4 5 11 1 .091 0 0 Don Mason 8 8 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 Bill Greif 36 199.1 10 17 3.21 120 Clay Kirby 34 191.2 8 18 4.79 129 34 180.0 11 14 5.10 98 Randy Jones 20 139.2 7 6 3.16 77 12 74.0 1 7 4.26 49

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 Troedson 50 152.1 7 9 4.25 81 55 149.0 5 14 3.74 86 47 122.0 5 8 4.50 82 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 Ross 58 4 4 0 5.42 44 Vicente Romo 49 2 3 7 3.70 51 Bob Miller 18 0 0 0 4.11 15 Frank Snook 18 0 2 1 3.62 13

Award winners

1973 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Walla WallaJohnson, 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 1973 San Diego Padres at Baseball Reference 1973 San Diego Padres at Baseball Almanac