1972 Tri-City Padres Statistics
Northwest League (NWL) - Class: Short Season A
Team Record: 38-42
Finished 2nd in the NWL's South Division
Manager: Cliff Ditto (38-42)
Affiliation: San Diego Padres
Location: Kennewick, Washington; Pasco, Washington; Richland, Washington
Ballpark: Sanders-Jacobs Field
Attendance: 36,919, Avg. 923
1972 Tri-City Padres RosterTeam Record: 38-42
Finished 2nd in the NWL's South Division
Manager: Cliff Ditto (38-42)
Affiliation: San Diego Padres
Location: Kennewick, Washington; Pasco, Washington; Richland, Washington
Ballpark: Sanders-Jacobs Field
Attendance: 36,919, Avg. 923
The Tri-City Padres of the Northwest League ended the 1972 season with a record of 38 wins and 42 losses, finishing second in the league's South Division.
The Padres scored 433 runs and allowed 411 runs. Jerry Turner drove in 47 runs. Edward Evilsizor paced hitters with significant playing time by hitting .291. Rich Troedson topped the team with 8 wins and a team-best 3.19 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1972 Tri-City Padres who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Rich Troedson, Rusty Gerhardt, Randy Jones and Jerry Turner.
Cliff Ditto served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rich Troedson | 8 | 5 | .615 | 3.19 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 124.0 | 106 | 52 | 44 | 6 | 58 | 1 | 127 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Clifton Butcher | 6 | 6 | .500 | 3.62 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 112.0 | 120 | 67 | 45 | 2 | 38 | 2 | 100 | 3 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Peter Stare | 5 | 4 | .556 | 3.49 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 80.0 | 93 | 51 | 31 | 6 | 49 | 1 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mike Hefftner | 5 | 5 | .500 | 5.83 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 71.0 | 79 | 55 | 46 | 2 | 54 | 0 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||
| Rusty Gerhardt | 5 | 6 | .455 | 3.24 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 86.0 | 92 | 46 | 31 | 4 | 34 | 1 | 77 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Craig Bromann | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.85 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 41.0 | 36 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 5 | ||
| John Sturgeon | 2 | 4 | .333 | 4.50 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30.0 | 30 | 22 | 15 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Randy Jones | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Edward Arkema | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 9.90 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mike Allen | 1 | 8 | .111 | 5.28 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 75.0 | 74 | 61 | 44 | 5 | 46 | 1 | 57 | 7 | 1 | 15 | ||
| Greg Werdick | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| William Dorsey | 0 | 0 | 11.08 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Dale Deener | 0 | 1 | .000 | 18.00 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 38 | 42 | .475 | 4.18 | 142 | 80 | 0 | 35 | 5 | 12 | 652.0 | 670 | 411 | 303 | 33 | 347 | 8 | 544 | 26 | 2 | 57 | 0 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Turner | 66 | 253 | 199 | 44 | 75 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 47 | 18 | 11 | 45 | 32 | .377 | .486 | .533 | 1.019 | 106 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Edward Evilsizor | 71 | 253 | 220 | 48 | 64 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 41 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 69 | .291 | .371 | .500 | .871 | 110 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Richard Arendell | 72 | 269 | 239 | 31 | 62 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 21 | 4 | 25 | 48 | .259 | .335 | .305 | .640 | 73 | 3 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Craig Settles | 68 | 278 | 227 | 43 | 58 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 21 | 6 | 43 | 70 | .256 | .383 | .383 | .766 | 87 | 5 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Melvin Lord | 59 | 205 | 169 | 29 | 48 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 62 | .284 | .400 | .485 | .885 | 82 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Gary Walls | 65 | 257 | 228 | 40 | 48 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 39 | 23 | 9 | 25 | 42 | .211 | .284 | .346 | .631 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Bill Hall | 67 | 280 | 221 | 42 | 45 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 31 | 7 | 51 | 52 | .204 | .354 | .276 | .630 | 61 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Don Elliott | 53 | 195 | 160 | 27 | 42 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 24 | .262 | .380 | .312 | .693 | 50 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Gary Phillips | 47 | 142 | 121 | 20 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 34 | .298 | .394 | .372 | .766 | 45 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Sterling Roux | 46 | 159 | 136 | 17 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 42 | .213 | .310 | .250 | .560 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Thomas Armstrong | 50 | 177 | 144 | 22 | 28 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 25 | .194 | .331 | .278 | .609 | 40 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| William Winchester | 37 | 112 | 92 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 17 | .207 | .339 | .293 | .633 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Mark Servais | 26 | 70 | 46 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 15 | .326 | .500 | .543 | 1.043 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Don Leege | 24 | 79 | 67 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 20 | .194 | .304 | .299 | .602 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Clifton Butcher | 20 | 38 | 32 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | .281 | .368 | .531 | .900 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Charles Brown | 28 | 53 | 48 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 15 | .146 | .226 | .167 | .393 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rusty Gerhardt | 13 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | .278 | .381 | .444 | .825 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greg Werdick | 10 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .214 | .312 | .429 | .741 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Peter Stare | 16 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | .143 | .250 | .143 | .393 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rich Troedson | 15 | 33 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 9 | .095 | .321 | .095 | .417 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Randy Jones | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 2.000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mike Hefftner | 15 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | .059 | .111 | .059 | .170 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mike Allen | 16 | 25 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 | .056 | .292 | .056 | .347 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| John Sturgeon | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .000 | .400 | .000 | .400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| William Dorsey | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dale Deener | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Craig Bromann | 22 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Edward Arkema | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 936 | 2965 | 2463 | 433 | 613 | 76 | 38 | 40 | 358 | 147 | 51 | 429 | 627 | .249 | .361 | .359 | .720 | 885 | 0 | 18 | 25 | 30 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melvin Lord | 1B | 54 | 364 | 28 | 9 | 37 | .978 | 7.259 | ||||
| Gary Walls | 1B | 22 | 129 | 7 | 3 | 9 | .978 | 6.182 | ||||
| William Winchester | 1B | 8 | 51 | 2 | 3 | 5 | .946 | 6.625 | ||||
| Gary Phillips | 1B | 6 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 2 | .949 | 6.167 | ||||
| Greg Werdick | 1B | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Edward Evilsizor | 2B | 29 | 69 | 61 | 10 | 13 | .929 | 4.483 | ||||
| Thomas Armstrong | 2B | 24 | 54 | 52 | 6 | 10 | .946 | 4.417 | ||||
| Mark Servais | 2B | 15 | 29 | 29 | 5 | 1 | .921 | 3.867 | ||||
| Don Elliott | 2B | 13 | 35 | 32 | 5 | 7 | .931 | 5.154 | ||||
| Bill Hall | 2B | 7 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 4 | .952 | 2.857 | ||||
| Greg Werdick | 2B | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Bill Hall | 3B | 57 | 48 | 99 | 17 | 7 | .896 | 2.579 | ||||
| Thomas Armstrong | 3B | 23 | 15 | 45 | 10 | 4 | .857 | 2.609 | ||||
| Edward Evilsizor | 3B | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .700 | 3.500 | ||||
| Sterling Roux | C | 43 | 266 | 22 | 5 | 1 | .983 | 6.698 | 12 | |||
| Don Leege | C | 24 | 161 | 11 | 3 | 1 | .983 | 7.167 | 2 | |||
| William Winchester | C | 18 | 121 | 9 | 3 | 2 | .977 | 7.222 | 10 | |||
| Greg Werdick | C | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .857 | 6.000 | 2 | |||
| Craig Settles | C | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .800 | 4.000 | 1 | |||
| Craig Settles | OF | 65 | 149 | 6 | 4 | 2 | .975 | 2.385 | ||||
| Richard Arendell | OF | 63 | 80 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .935 | 1.365 | ||||
| Jerry Turner | OF | 61 | 69 | 10 | 12 | 3 | .868 | 1.295 | ||||
| Edward Evilsizor | OF | 32 | 41 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .955 | 1.312 | ||||
| Gary Phillips | OF | 28 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .941 | 1.143 | ||||
| Charles Brown | OF | 8 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.500 | ||||
| William Winchester | OF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Craig Bromann | P | 22 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .227 | ||||
| Peter Stare | P | 16 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 0 | .857 | 1.125 | ||||
| Clifton Butcher | P | 16 | 5 | 24 | 3 | 0 | .906 | 1.812 | ||||
| Rich Troedson | P | 15 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 2 | .920 | 1.533 | ||||
| John Sturgeon | P | 15 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .733 | ||||
| Mike Hefftner | P | 15 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .929 | .867 | ||||
| Mike Allen | P | 14 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | .909 | .714 | ||||
| Rusty Gerhardt | P | 13 | 3 | 18 | 6 | 2 | .778 | 1.615 | ||||
| William Dorsey | P | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Edward Arkema | P | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 | .200 | ||||
| Dale Deener | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Greg Werdick | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Randy Jones | P | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.000 | ||||
| Gary Walls | SS | 42 | 79 | 99 | 19 | 20 | .904 | 4.238 | ||||
| Don Elliott | SS | 40 | 50 | 113 | 13 | 22 | .926 | 4.075 | ||||
| Greg Werdick | SS | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Thomas Armstrong | SS | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 5.000 | ||||
| Totals | 834 | 1940 | 768 | 163 | 155 | .943 | 3.247 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.
Persons data from the Chadwick Baseball Bureau are Copyright Chadwick Baseball Bureau, and are made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
