1976 San Diego Padres season

The 1976 San Diego Padres season was the 8th season in franchise history.

1976 San Diego Padres
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record73–89 (.451)
Divisional place5th
Other information
OwnersRay Kroc
General managersPeter Bavasi
ManagersJohn McNamara
Local televisionnone
Local radioKOGO
(Jerry Coleman, Bob Chandler)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
Cincinnati Reds 10260 0.630 — 49–32 53–28
Los Angeles Dodgers 9270 0.568 10 49–32 43–38
Houston Astros 8082 0.494 22 46–36 34–46
San Francisco Giants 7488 0.457 28 40–41 34–47
San Diego Padres 7389 0.451 29 42–38 31–51
Atlanta Braves 7092 0.432 32 34–47 36–45

Record vs. opponents
1976 National League record

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —6–66–127–118–108–44–85–73–910–89–94–8
Chicago 6–6—3–95–73–911–75–138–108–106–68–412–6
Cincinnati 12–69–3—12–613–59–36–65–78–413–59–96–6
Houston 11–77–56–12—5–1310–26–64–82–1010–810–89–3
Los Angeles 10–89–35–1313–5—10–27–55–79–36–128–1010–2
Montreal 4–87–113–92–102–10—8–103–158–104–87–57–11
New York 8–413–56–66–65–710–8—5–1310–87–57–59–9
Philadelphia 7-510–87–58–47–515–313–5—8–108–46–612–6
Pittsburgh 9–310–84–810–23–910–88–1010–8—7–59–312–6
San Diego 8–106–65–138–1012–68–45–74–85–7—8–104–8
San Francisco 9–94–89–98–1010–85–75–76–63–910–8—5–7
St. Louis 8–46–126–63–92–1011–79–96–126–128–47–5—

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

Roster
1976 San Diego Padres
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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 Kendall146456112.246239
1BMike Ivie140405118.291770
2BTito Fuentes135520137.263236
3BDoug Rader139471121.257955
SSEnzo Hernández11334087.256124
LFJerry Turner10528175.267537
CFWillie Davis141493132.268546
RFDave Winfield137492139.2831369

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
Johnny Grubb109384109.284527
Héctor Torres7421542.195415
Ted Kubiak9621250.236026
Willie McCovey7120241.203736
Merv Rettenmund8614032.229211
Luis Meléndez7211929.24405
Bob Davis518317.20505
Gene Locklear436715.22408
Bill Almon145714.24616
Bobby Valentine154918.36704
Mike Champion11389.23712
Tucker Ashford453.60000

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
Randy Jones40315.122142.7493
Brent Strom36210.212163.29103
Dave Freisleben34172.010133.5181
Rick Sawyer1381.2532.5333
Tom Griffin1170.1432.9436
Bill Greif522.1138.065
Bob Owchinko24.10216.624

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
Dan Spillner32106.22115.0657
Alan Foster2686.2363.2222
Dave Wehrmeister719.1047.4510

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
Butch Metzger77114162.9289
Dave Tomlin490102.8443
Rich Folkers332305.2826
Jerry Johnson241305.3127
Ken Reynolds190316.4018
Mike Dupree120009.195

Award winners

1976 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
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
  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
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