1974 San Diego Padres season

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1974 San Diego Padres
Major league affiliations
Location
1974 Information
Owner(s) C. Arnholt Smith and Ray Kroc
Manager(s) John McNamara
Local television none
Local radio KOGO
(Jerry Coleman, Bob Chandler)

Contents

[edit] Offseason

  • October 25, 1973: Willie McCovey was traded by the San Francisco Giants with Bernie Williams to the San Diego Padres for Mike Caldwell.

[edit] Washington Padres?

Before the 1974 season began, the Padres were on the verge of being sold to Joseph Danzansky, who was planning to move the franchise to Washington, D.C. by the beginning of the 1974 season. People were so convinced the transfer would happen that new uniforms were designed. Even the baseball card companies were fooled. About half of the Padres' player cards printed by Topps that season displayed "Washington National League" as the team name. But C. Arnholt Smith changed his mind, and instead sold the Padres to McDonald's' co-founder Ray Kroc, who scuttled the planned move and kept the team in San Diego. The nation's capital would have to wait until after the 2004 season, when the Montreal Expos, the Padres' sister National League expansion team in 1969, transferred to the District of Columbia and became the Washington Nationals.

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Opening Day Starters

[edit] Season standings

NL West W L GB Pct.
Los Angeles Dodgers 102 60 -- .630
Cincinnati Reds 98 64 4 .605
Atlanta Braves 88 74 14 .543
Houston Astros 81 81 21 .500
San Francisco Giants 72 90 30 .444
San Diego Padres 60 102 42 .370

[edit] Roster

1974 San Diego Padres roster
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Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

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
Dave Winfield 145 498 132 .265 20 75

[edit] Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Willie McCovey 128 344 87 .253 22 63

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO

[edit] Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO

[edit] Award Winners

1974 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

[edit] References

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