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(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1975 / 1977)
73-89, Finished 5th in NL West
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Scored 570 runs, Allowed 662 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 70-92
Manager: John McNamara (73-89)
Ballpark: Jack Murphy Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,458,478 (4th of 12)
Park Factors Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
multi-year: Batting - 92, Pitching - 94; one-year: Batting - 90, Pitching - 91
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1975 / 1977 Trades and Transactions
Transactions listed are from November 1 of previous year to April 1 of the following year.
October 20, 1975
Traded Dick Sharon to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Willie Davis.
November 4, 1975
Traded Gary Ross to the California Angels. Received a player to be named later and Bobby Valentine. The California Angels sent Rudy Meoli (November 4, 1975) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.
December 11, 1975
Traded Larry Hardy and Joe McIntosh to the Houston Astros. Received Doug Rader.
January 7, 1976
Drafted Bob Shirley in the 1st round (8th pick) of the 1976 amateur draft (January Secondary).
Drafted Danny Boone in the 2nd round of the 1976 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.
Drafted Roger Slagle in the 4th round of the 1976 amateur draft (January Secondary), but did not sign the player.
February 12, 1976
Released Bobby Tolan.
February 26, 1976
Released Randy Elliott.
April 5, 1976 (Standings)
Traded Rudy Meoli to the Cincinnati Reds. Received Merv Rettenmund.
April 8, 1976 (Standings)
Traded Danny Frisella to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Bob Stewart (minors) and Ken Reynolds.
April 13, 1976 (Standings)
Sold Randy Hundley to the Chicago Cubs.
April 29, 1976 (Standings)
Signed Tom Dettore as a free agent.
May 19, 1976 (Standings)
Traded Bill Greif to the St. Louis Cardinals. Received Luis Melendez.
May 29, 1976 (Standings)
Signed Diego Segui as a free agent.
June 8, 1976 (Standings)
Drafted Bob Owchinko in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1976 amateur draft.
Drafted Steve Mura in the 2nd round of the 1976 amateur draft.
Drafted Jim Beswick in the 5th round of the 1976 amateur draft.
Drafted Craig Stimac in the 9th round of the 1976 amateur draft.
Drafted Tom Tellmann in the 11th round of the 1976 amateur draft.
Drafted Mark Lee in the 13th round of the 1976 amateur draft.
Drafted Broderick Perkins in the 15th round of the 1976 amateur draft.
Drafted Gary Lucas in the 19th round of the 1976 amateur draft.
July 10, 1976 (Standings)
Traded Gene Locklear to the New York Yankees. Received a player to be named later. The New York Yankees sent Rick Sawyer (July 31, 1976) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.
August 3, 1976 (Standings)
Selected Tom Griffin off waivers from the Houston Astros.
August 30, 1976 (Standings)
Sold Willie McCovey to the Oakland Athletics.
October 22, 1976
Sold Diego Segui to the Seattle Mariners.
Sold Dave Hilton, Dave Roberts and John Scott to the Toronto Blue Jays.
November 5, 1976
Sold Chuck Hartenstein to the Toronto Blue Jays.
December 1, 1976
Tito Fuentes granted Free Agency.
December 8, 1976
Traded Johnny Grubb, Fred Kendall and Hector Torres to the Cleveland Indians. Received George Hendrick.
December 14, 1976
Signed Rollie Fingers as a free agent.
Signed Gene Tenace as a free agent.
1977
Released Jim Shellenback.
January 22, 1977
Released Willie Davis.
January 25, 1977
Traded Mike Allen (minors) to the Houston Astros. Received Paul Siebert.
February 16, 1977
Traded Jerry Johnson to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Dave Roberts.
March 22, 1977
Sold Ken Reynolds to the Toronto Blue Jays.
March 23, 1977
Rich Folkers selected by the Milwaukee Brewers off waivers.
March 29, 1977
Released Alan Foster.
April 1, 1977
Signed Gary Sutherland as a free agent.
