1971 San Diego Padres season

1971 San Diego Padres
Major League affiliations
	National League (since 1969);
	Western Division (since 1969);
Location
	San Diego Stadium (since 1967);
	San Diego, California (since 1969);
Other information
Owner(s)	C. Arnholdt Smith
Manager(s)	Preston Gómez
Local television	KCST; (Duke Snider, Bob Chandler)
Local radio	KOGO; (Duke Snider, Jerry Gross)
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Offseason

October 20, 1970: Sonny Ruberto was sent by the Padres to the Cincinnati Reds in a conditional deal.^[1]
November 30, 1970: Bill Laxton was drafted by the Padres from the Philadelphia Phillies in the rule 5 draft.^[2]

Regular season

Opening Day starters

Ollie Brown
Dave Campbell
Chris Cannizzaro
Nate Colbert
Tommy Dean
Cito Gaston
Tom Phoebus
Ed Spiezio
Larry Stahl^[3]

Season standings

NL West	W	L	GB	Pct.
San Francisco Giants	90	72	--	.556
Los Angeles Dodgers	89	73	1	.549
Atlanta Braves	82	80	8	.506
Cincinnati Reds	79	83	11	.488
Houston Astros	79	83	11	.488
San Diego Padres	61	100	28.5	.379

Notable transactions

June 11, 1971: Al Santorini was traded by the Padres to the St. Louis Cardinals for Leron Lee and Fred Norman.^[4]

Roster

1971 San Diego Padres

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Other batters

34 Dave Robinson
13 Ray Webster

Manager

18 Preston Gómez

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
SS	Hernández, EnzoEnzo Hernández	143	549	122	.222	0	12
RF	Brown, OllieOllie Brown	145	484	132	.273	9	55

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
Campbell, DaveDave Campbell	108	365	83	.227	7	29
Bravo, ÁngelÁngel Bravo	52	58	9	.155	0	6

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
Arlin, SteveSteve Arlin	36	227.2	9	19	3.48	156
Acosta, EdEd Acosta	8	46	3	3	2.74	16

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
Franklin, JayJay Franklin	3	5.2	0	1	6.35	4

Relief pitchers

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

Player	G	W	L	ERA	SO
Santorini, AlAl Santorini	18	0	2	3.76	21
Laxton, BillBill Laxton	18	0	2	6.83	23
Caldwell, MikeMike Caldwell	6	1	0	0.00	5

Award winners

1971 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system

Level	Team	League	Manager

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Tri-City^[5]

References

^ Sonny Ruberto page at Baseball Reference
^ Bill Laxton page at Baseball Reference
^ http://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1971&t=SDN
^ Al Santorini page at Baseball-Reference
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

External links

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[1] Sonny Ruberto page at Baseball Reference

[2] Bill Laxton page at Baseball Reference

[3] ttp://baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1971&t=SDN

[4] Al Santorini page at Baseball-Reference

[5] Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, N.C.: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

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