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(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1973 / 1975)
60-102, Finished 6th in NL West
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Scored 541 runs, Allowed 830 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 51-111
Manager: John McNamara (60-102)
Ballpark: Jack Murphy Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,075,399 (8th of 12)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 95, Pitching - 98; one-year: Batting - 92, Pitching - 96
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1973 / 1975 Trades and Transactions
Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.
October 25, 1973
Purchased Matty Alou from the St. Louis Cardinals.
Traded Mike Caldwell to the San Francisco Giants. Received Willie McCovey and Bernie Williams.
November 7, 1973
Traded Jerry Morales to the Chicago Cubs. Received Glenn Beckert and Bobby Fenwick.
November 9, 1973
Traded Clay Kirby to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Bobby Tolan and Dave Tomlin.
December 12, 1973
Traded Dwain Anderson to the Cleveland Indians. Received Lou Camilli.
December 15, 1973
Traded Ron Clark to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Gene Martin (minors).
December 20, 1973
Traded Steve Simpson to the New York Mets. Received Jim McAndrew.
1974
Brock Davis sent to the Chicago Cubs in an unknown transaction.
John Donaldson sent to the Oakland Athletics in an unknown transaction.
January 9, 1974
Drafted Tucker Ashford in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1974 amateur draft (January).
Drafted Gil Patterson in the 1st round (4th pick) of the 1974 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.
March 28, 1974
Leron Lee selected by the Cleveland Indians off waivers.
April 1, 1974 (Standings)
Ivan Murrell selected by the Atlanta Braves off waivers.
April 2, 1974 (Standings)
Signed Bob Barton as a free agent.
May 15, 1974 (Standings)
Signed Rich Chiles as a free agent.
May 31, 1974 (Standings)
Purchased Horace Clarke and Lowell Palmer from the New York Yankees.
June 1, 1974 (Standings)
Released Jim McAndrew.
June 5, 1974 (Standings)
Drafted Bill Almon in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1974 amateur draft.
Drafted Lenn Sakata in the 5th round of the 1974 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
Drafted Jim Wilhelm in the 7th round of the 1974 amateur draft.
Drafted Bump Wills in the 12th round of the 1974 amateur draft, but did not sign the player.
June 15, 1974 (Standings)
Traded Steve Arlin to the Cleveland Indians. Received players to be named later. The Cleveland Indians sent Brent Strom (June 21, 1974) and Terry Ley (June 21, 1974) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.
July 10, 1974 (Standings)
Purchased Steve Huntz from the Chicago White Sox.
July 11, 1974 (Standings)
Released Matty Alou.
August 1, 1974 (Standings)
Purchased Chris Cannizzaro from the Houston Astros.
September 27, 1974 (Standings)
Released Pat Corrales.
October 3, 1974 (Standings)
Released Bob Barton.
Released Horace Clarke.
Released Rich Morales.
November 8, 1974
Traded Cito Gaston to the Atlanta Braves. Received Danny Frisella.
November 18, 1974
Traded Nate Colbert to the Detroit Tigers. Received Ed Brinkman, Dick Sharon and Bob Strampe.
Traded a player to be named later and Ed Brinkman to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Rich Folkers, Alan Foster and Sonny Siebert. The San Diego Padres sent Danny Breeden (December 10, 1974) to the St. Louis Cardinals to complete the trade.
December 6, 1974
Traded Derrel Thomas to the San Francisco Giants. Received Tito Fuentes and Butch Metzger.
1975
Purchased Jim Shellenback from the Texas Rangers.
January 9, 1975
Drafted Gene Richards in the 1st round (1st pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (January).
Drafted Juan Eichelberger in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft (January Secondary).
Drafted Chuck Baker in the 2nd round of the 1975 amateur draft (January Secondary).
Drafted Rick Sweet in the 3rd round of the 1975 amateur draft (January Secondary).
Drafted Al Holland in the 4th round of the 1975 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.
February, 1975
Signed Frank Linzy as a free agent.
February 20, 1975
Signed Jerry Johnson as a free agent.
March 28, 1975
Released Vicente Romo.
March 29, 1975
Released Rich Chiles.
