each year from to 42 games behind the division leader. In 1969, the Padres' inaugural season and Colbert's first full season in the big leagues, San Diego began the season with Bill Davis at first base, and Colbert started only four of the first 15 games. However, Davis was traded midseason, and Colbert ended the season with a team-leading 24 home runs with 66 runs batted in (RBIs) and a .255 batting average. His homers led all MLB rookies that season. He hit 38 home runs in 1970, tying him for fifth with Hank Aaron in the NL. The next year, Colbert was named to his first All-Star Game. He led the Padres in home runs (27) and RBIs (84), and improved his batting average for the third straight season, hitting .264 after batting .259 in 1970. Colbert's best day in the majors was August 1, 1972, when he hit five home runs—matching Musial's record from 1954—and drove in 13 runs in a doubleheader, breaking the record of 11 RBIs, set previously by Earl Averill (1930), Jim Tabor (1939), and Boog Powell (1966). Colbert's 22 total bases also broke another doubleheader record by Musial. This helped the Padres sweep the Atlanta Braves, 9–0 and 11–7. Colbert hit 38 homers in 1972, matching his total from 1970, and batted .250 with a .508 slugging percentage and 111 RBIs, helping him finish eighth in voting for the NL Most Valuable Player Award. He finished second only to the Cincinnati Reds' Johnny Bench (40) in home runs that year. Colbert's RBIs also set a major-league record for driving in the highest percentage of his team's runs (22.75%). None of his teammates had as many as 50 that year, as the team scored a league-worst 3.19 runs per game. He was selected to the 1972 MLB All-Star Game, and scored the winning run in the tenth inning. In 1973, he had career-highs in batting average (.270) and on-base percentage (.343), while dropping to 22 home runs and 80 RBIs. It was his final productive season. In the five seasons from 1969 to 1973, he averaged 30 home runs and 85 RBIs. After three All-Star seasons at first base from 1971 to 1973, San Diego moved Colbert to left field after acquiring Willie McCovey in 1974. Colbert had agreed to the acquistition, and was also willing to move in the batting order from the cleanup