1999 San Diego Padres season

Major League Baseball team season

1999 San Diego Padres

League| National League
Division| West
Ballpark| Qualcomm Stadium
City| San Diego, California
Record| 74–88 (.457)
Divisional place| 4th
Owners| John Moores
General managers| Kevin Towers
Managers| Bruce Bochy
Television| KUSI-TV
4SD
(Mark Grant, Mel Proctor, Rick Sutcliffe)
Radio| KFMB (AM)
(Jerry Coleman, Ted Leitner, Bob Chandler)
KURS
(Rene Mora, Juan Avila, Eduardo Ortega)
| <- 1998 | Seasons | 2000 ->

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The 1999 San Diego Padres season was the 31st season in franchise history. They finished fourth in the National League West. They had lost several key players after their 1998 pennant-winning season, most notably pitching ace Kevin Brown.

## Offseason

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### Acquisitions

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* November 13, 1998: John Vander Wal was signed as a free agent with the San Diego Padres.[1]
* November 17, 1998: Archi Cianfrocco was released by the San Diego Padres.[2]
* February 2, 1999: Mark Sweeney was traded by the San Diego Padres with Greg Vaughn to the Cincinnati Reds for Damian Jackson, Reggie Sanders, and Josh Harris (minors).[3]
* Starting pitcher Joey Hamilton traded to the Toronto Blue Jays for starting pitchers Woody Williams and reliever Carlos Almanzar[4]

### Free agent losses

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* Kevin Brown[4]
* Ken Caminiti[4]
* Steve Finley[4]

## Regular season

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The Padres played in the first game ever at Safeco Field on July 15, 1999. The Mariners lost to the Padres by a score of 3 to 2. It was the first park in Major League history to host an interleague game on its inaugural day.[5]

### Opening Day starters

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* George Arias
* Andy Ashby
* Chris Gomez
* Tony Gwynn
* Wally Joyner
* Greg Myers
* Rubén Rivera
* Reggie Sanders
* Quilvio Veras[6]

### Season standings

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NL West Team  | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road

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Arizona Diamondbacks | 100 | 62  | .617  | —  | 52‍–‍29  | 48‍–‍33
San Francisco Giants | 86 | 76  | .531  | 14  | 49‍–‍32  | 37‍–‍44
Los Angeles Dodgers | 77 | 85  | .475  | 23  | 37‍–‍44  | 40‍–‍41
San Diego Padres | 74 | 88  | .457  | 26  | 46‍–‍35  | 28‍–‍53
Colorado Rockies | 72 | 90  | .444  | 28  | 39‍–‍42  | 33‍–‍48

### Record vs. opponents

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1999 National League record

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Source: NL Standings Head-to-Head

Team  | AZ  | ATL  | CHC  | CIN  | COL  | FLA  | HOU  | LA  | MIL  | MTL  | NYM  | PHI  | PIT  | SD  | SF  | STL  | AL
Arizona | — | 4–5 | 7–2 | 1–8 | 6–7 | 8–1 | 5–4 | 7–6 | 5–4 | 6–3 | 7–2 | 8–1 | 5–2 | 11–2 | 9–3 | 4–4 | 7–8
Atlanta | 5–4 | — | 2–5 | 8–1 | 5–4 | 9–4 | 6–1 | 5–4 | 5–2 | 9–4 | 9–3 | 8–5 | 6–3 | 5–4 | 4–5 | 8–1 | 9–9
Chicago | 2–7 | 5–2 | — | 5–8 | 4–5 | 6–3 | 3–9 | 2–7 | 6–6 | 2–5 | 3–6 | 2–7 | 7–6 | 6–3 | 1–7 | 7–5 | 6–9
Cincinnati | 8–1 | 1–8 | 8–5 | — | 7–2 | 6–1 | 9–4 | 4–3 | 6–6 | 4–3 | 5–5 | 6–3 | 7–6 | 6–3 | 4–5 | 8–4 | 7–8
Colorado | 7–6 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 2–7 | — | 5–4 | 2–6 | 8–5 | 6–3 | 6–3 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 2–7 | 4–9 | 4–9 | 4–5 | 4–8
Florida | 1–8 | 4–9 | 3–6 | 1–6 | 4–5 | — | 2–7 | 7–2 | 5–4 | 8–4 | 3–10 | 2–11 | 3–4 | 3–6 | 4–5 | 3–4 | 11–7
Houston | 4–5 | 1–6 | 9–3 | 4–9 | 6–2 | 7–2 | — | 6–3 | 8–5 | 7–2 | 4–5 | 6–1 | 5–7 | 8–1 | 5–4 | 5–7 | 12–3
Los Angeles | 6–7 | 4–5 | 7–2 | 3–4 | 5–8 | 2–7 | 3–6 | — | 7–2 | 5–4 | 4–4 | 6–3 | 3–6 | 3–9 | 8–5 | 3–6 | 8–7
Milwaukee | 4–5 | 2–5 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 3–6 | 4–5 | 5–8 | 2–7 | — | 5–4 | 2–5 | 5–4 | 8–4 | 3–5 | 4–5 | 7–6 | 8–6
Montreal | 3–6 | 4–9 | 5–2 | 3–4 | 3–6 | 4–8 | 2–7 | 4–5 | 4–5 | — | 5–8 | 6–6 | 3–6 | 5–3 | 4–5 | 5–4 | 8–10
New York | 2–7 | 3–9 | 6–3 | 5–5 | 5–4 | 10–3 | 5–4 | 4–4 | 5–2 | 8–5 | — | 6–6 | 7–2 | 7–2 | 7–2 | 5–2 | 12–6
Philadelphia | 1–8 | 5–8 | 7–2 | 3–6 | 4–5 | 11–2 | 1–6 | 3–6 | 4–5 | 6–6 | 6–6 | — | 3–4 | 6–3 | 2–6 | 4–5 | 11–7
Pittsburgh | 2–5 | 3–6 | 6–7 | 6–7 | 7–2 | 4–3 | 7–5 | 6–3 | 4–8 | 6–3 | 2–7 | 4–3 | — | 3–6 | 4–5 | 7–5 | 7–8
San Diego | 2–11 | 4–5 | 3–6 | 3–6 | 9–4 | 6–3 | 1–8 | 9–3 | 5–3 | 3–5 | 2–7 | 3–6 | 6–3 | — | 5–7 | 2–7 | 11–4
San Francisco | 3–9 | 5–4 | 7–1 | 5–4 | 9–4 | 5–4 | 4–5 | 5–8 | 5–4 | 5–4 | 2–7 | 6–2 | 5–4 | 7–5 | — | 6–3 | 7–8
St. Louis | 4–4 | 1–8 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 5–4 | 4–3 | 7–5 | 6–3 | 6–7 | 4–5 | 2–5 | 5–4 | 5–7 | 7–2 | 3–6 | — | 7–8

### Notable transactions

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* July 31, 1999: Jim Leyritz was traded by the San Diego Padres to the New York Yankees for Geraldo Padua (minors).[7]

### Roster

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1999 San Diego Padres

Roster
Pitchers

* 40 Carlos Almanzar
* 43 Andy Ashby
* 37 Brian Boehringer
* 58 Buddy Carlyle
* 31 Matt Clement
* 39 Will Cunnane
* 46 Domingo Guzmán
* 41 Sterling Hitchcock
* 51 Trevor Hoffman
* 33 Dan Miceli
* 27 Heath Murray
* 44 Carlos Reyes
* 32 Roberto Rivera
* 34 Stan Spencer
* 52 Ed Vosberg
* 36 Donne Wall
* 50 Matt Whisenant
* 49 Matt Whiteside
* 18 Woody Williams

|  | Catchers

* 25 Ben Davis
* 7 Wiki González
* 13 Jim Leyritz
* 20 Greg Myers

Infielders

* 14 George Arias
* 1 Carlos Baerga
* 1 Carlos García
* 17 Ed Giovanola
* 10 Chris Gomez
* 2 Damian Jackson
* 22 Wally Joyner
* 12 Dave Magadan
* 23 Phil Nevin
* 24 David Newhan
* 4 Quilvio Veras

|  | Outfielders

* 26 Mike Darr
* 19 Tony Gwynn
* 21 Gary Matthews Jr.
* 3 Eric Owens
* 28 Rubén Rivera
* 16 Reggie Sanders
* 29 John Vander Wal

|  | Manager

* 15 Bruce Bochy

Coaches

* 38 Greg Booker (bullpen)
* 11 Tim Flannery (third base)
* 30 Davey Lopes (first base)
* 5 Rob Picciolo (bench)
* 8 Merv Rettenmund (hitting)
* 45 Dave Smith (pitching)

### Tony Gwynn's 3000th hit

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* August 6, 1999: Tony Gwynn of the San Diego Padres got the 3,000th hit of his career. After the hit, first base umpire Kerwin Danley personally congratulated Tony Gwynn after the hit because they were teammates at San Diego State. Gwynn had four singles in the game. Gwynn became the 22nd member of the 3,000 hit club and accomplished the feat on his mother's birthday.

#### Line score

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August 6, Olympic Stadium, Montréal, Québec

Team  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | R  | H  | E

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San Diego | 4 | 1 | 0  | 2 | 0 | 1  | 0 | 2 | 2  | 12 | 17 | 3
Montreal  | 2 | 0 | 0  | 1 | 0 | 0  | 4 | 0 | 3  | 10 | 9 | 3
W: Sterling Hitchcock  L: Dan Smith  SV: Trevor Hoffman
HRs: Phil Nevin (6), Vladimir Guerrero (15), Chris Widger (23), Orlando Cabrera (7)
Attendance: 13,540 Time:3:18

#### Batting

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San Diego Padres | AB  | R  | H  | RBI  | Montreal Expos | AB  | R  | H  | RBI

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Quilvio Veras, 2b  | 5  | 4  | 3  | 0  | Manny Martínez  | 4  | 0  | 0  | 0
Carlos Reyes, p  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | Guillermo Mota, p  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0
Trevor Hoffman, p  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | Anthony Telford, p  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0
Tony Gwynn, lf  | 5  | 1  | 4  | 0  | Wilton Guerrero, ph  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 2
Rubén Rivera, pr-cf  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 0  | Michael Barrett, 3b  | 5  | 1  | 1  | 0
Reggie Sanders, lf-rf  | 5  | 1  | 2  | 1  | Rondell White, lf  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 1
Phil Nevin, 3b  | 5  | 2  | 2  | 4  | Vladimir Guerrero, rf  | 4  | 2  | 2  | 1
Wally Joyner, 1b  | 4  | 0  | 1  | 0  | Chris Widger, c  | 4  | 2  | 2  | 1
Eric Owens, cf-lf  | 5  | 2  | 2  | 1  | Brad Fullmer, 1b  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 0
Ben Davis  | 5  | 1  | 2  | 1  | Bobby Ayala  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0
Damian Jackson, ss  | 4  | 0  | 1  | 0  | James Mouton, ph-cf  | 2  | 2  | 2  | 1
Damian Jackson, ss  | 4  | 0  | 1  | 0  | Orlando Cabrera, ss  | 3  | 1  | 1  | 3
Damian Jackson, ss  | 4  | 0  | 1  | 0  | Mike Mordecai, 2b  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 0
Sterling Hitchcock, p  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 0  | Orlando Merced, ph  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 0
Will Cunnane, p  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | Dan Smith  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0
John Vander Wal, ph  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 0  | J.D. Smart, p  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 0
Dan Miceli, p  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | Shane Andrews, 1b  | 3  | 1  | 0  | 0
Dave Magadan, ph  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 1  | NONE  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0
Ed Giovanola, 2b  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | NONE  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0
Totals | 42  | 12  | 17  | 9  | Totals | 36  | 10  | 9  | 9

#### Pitching

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San Diego Padres | IP  | H  | R  | ER  | BB  | SO

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Hitchcock, W  | 6.0  | 6  | 6  | 6  | 0  | 5
Cunnane  | 1.0  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 1
Miceli  | 1.0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0
Reyes  | 0.2  | 1  | 3  | 0  | 1  | 0
Hoffman, SV  | 0.1  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0
Totals | 9.0  | 9  | 10  | 7  | 1  | 6
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Smith, L  | 0.2  | 5  | 4  | 4  | 1  | 0
J.D. Smart  | 3.1  | 6  | 3  | 3  | 1  | 1
Ayala  | 3.0  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 3
Mota  | 1.2  | 4  | 4  | 4  | 1  | 3
Telford  | 0.1  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0
Totals | 9.0  | 15  | 12  | 11  | 3  | 7

## Player stats

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### Batting

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#### Starters by position

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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

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C | Ben Davis | 76 | 266 | 65 | .244 | 5 | 30
1B | Wally Joyner | 110 | 323 | 80 | .248 | 5 | 43
2B | Quilvio Veras | 132 | 475 | 133 | .280 | 6 | 41
3B | Phil Nevin | 128 | 383 | 103 | .269 | 24 | 85
SS | Damian Jackson | 133 | 388 | 87 | .224 | 9 | 39
LF | Reggie Sanders | 133 | 478 | 136 | .285 | 26 | 72
CF | Rubén Rivera | 147 | 411 | 80 | .195 | 23 | 48
RF | Tony Gwynn | 111 | 411 | 139 | .338 | 10 | 62

#### Other batters

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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

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Eric Owens | 149 | 440 | 117 | .266 | 9 | 61
Dave Magadan | 116 | 248 | 68 | .274 | 2 | 30
John Vander Wal | 132 | 246 | 67 | .272 | 6 | 41
Chris Gomez | 76 | 234 | 59 | .252 | 1 | 15
George Arias | 55 | 164 | 40 | .244 | 7 | 20
Jim Leyritz | 50 | 134 | 32 | .239 | 8 | 21
Greg Myers | 50 | 128 | 37 | .289 | 3 | 15
Wiki González | 30 | 83 | 21 | .253 | 3 | 12
Carlos Baerga | 33 | 80 | 20 | .250 | 2 | 5
Ed Giovanola | 56 | 58 | 11 | .190 | 0 | 3
Mike Darr | 25 | 48 | 13 | .271 | 2 | 3
David Newhan | 32 | 43 | 6 | .140 | 2 | 6
Gary Matthews Jr. | 23 | 36 | 8 | .222 | 0 | 7
Carlos García | 6 | 11 | 2 | .182 | 0 | 0

### Pitching

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#### Starting pitchers

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

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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Woody Williams | 33 | 208.1 | 12 | 12 | 4.41 | 137
Andy Ashby | 31 | 206.0 | 14 | 10 | 3.80 | 132
Sterling Hitchcock | 33 | 205.2 | 12 | 14 | 4.11 | 194
Matt Clement | 31 | 180.2 | 10 | 12 | 4.48 | 135
Stan Spencer | 9 | 38.1 | 0 | 7 | 9.16 | 36
Buddy Carlyle | 7 | 37.2 | 1 | 3 | 5.97 | 29

#### Other pitchers

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

Player  | G  | IP  | W  | L  | ERA  | SO

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Brian Boehringer | 33 | 94.1 | 6 | 5 | 3.24 | 64
Heath Murray | 22 | 50.0 | 0 | 4 | 5.76 | 25

#### Relief pitchers

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

Player  | G  | W  | L  | SV  | ERA  | SO

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Trevor Hoffman | 64 | 2 | 3 | 40 | 2.14 | 73
Dan Miceli | 66 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4.46 | 59
Carlos Reyes | 65 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3.72 | 57
Donne Wall | 55 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3.07 | 53
Carlos Almanzar | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.47 | 30
Will Cunnane | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5.23 | 22
Matt Whisenant | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.68 | 10
Ed Vosberg | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.72 | 6
Roberto Rivera | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3.86 | 3
Matt Whiteside | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13.91 | 9
Domingo Guzmán | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21.60 | 4
Ed Giovanola | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0

## Award winners

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* Tony Gwynn, Outfield, Roberto Clemente Award

1999 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

* Tony Gwynn
* Andy Ashby
* Trevor Hoffman

## Farm system

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See also: Minor League Baseball

Level  | Team  | League  | Manager

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AAA | Las Vegas Stars | Pacific Coast League | Mike Ramsey
AA | Mobile BayBears | Southern League | Mike Basso
A | Rancho Cucamonga Quakes | California League | Tom LeVasseur
A | Fort Wayne Wizards | Midwest League | Dan Simonds
Rookie | AZL Padres | Arizona League | Randy Whisler
Rookie | Idaho Falls Braves | Pioneer League | Don Werner

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## References

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1. ^ John Vander Wal Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
2. ^ "Archi Cianfrocco Stats".
3. ^ "Mark Sweeney Stats".
4. ^ a b c d Fleming, David (March 29, 1999). "San Diego Padres: After heavy losses the league champs face a fate sadder than a Garth Brooks ballad". Sports Illustrated. pp. 152–3. Retrieved December 10, 2017.152-3&rft.date=1999-03-29&rft.aulast=Fleming&rft.aufirst=David&rft_id=https://www.si.com/vault/1999/03/29/258174/5-san-diego-padres-after-heavy-losses-the-league-champs-face-a-fate-sadder-than-a-garth-brooks-ballad&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:1999+San+Diego+Padres+season" class="Z3988">
5. ^ Great Baseball Feats, Facts and Figures, 2008 Edition, p.70, David Nemec and Scott Flatow, A Signet Book, Penguin Group, New York, ISBN 978-0-451-22363-0
6. ^ "1999 San Diego Padres Roster by Baseball Almanac".
7. ^ Jim Leyritz Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
8. ^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 3rd edition. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 2007

## External links

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* 1999 San Diego Padres at Baseball Reference
* 1999 San Diego Padres at Baseball Almanac

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1999 MLB season by team

| AL East|

* Baltimore
* Boston
* New York
* Tampa Bay
* Toronto

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AL Central|

* Chicago
* Cleveland
* Detroit
* Kansas City
* Minnesota

AL West|

* Anaheim
* Oakland
* Seattle
* Texas

| NL East|

* Atlanta
* Florida
* Montréal
* New York
* Philadelphia

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NL Central|

* Chicago
* Cincinnati
* Houston
* Milwaukee
* Pittsburgh
* St. Louis

NL West|

* Arizona
* Colorado
* Los Angeles
* San Diego
* San Francisco

* 1999 MLB draft
* 1999 All-Star Game
* 1999 World Series

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San Diego Padres

* Established in 1969
* Based in San Diego, California

Franchise|

* History
* Expansion and draft
* Seasons
* Players
* Managers
* Owners and executives
* Division
* Hall of Fame
* Award winners and league leaders
* Broadcasters
* First-round draft picks
* Opening Day starting pitchers
* Records
* No-hitters

Ballparks|

* Qualcomm Stadium
* Petco Park

Spring training|

Keegan Field
Desert Sun Stadium
Peoria Sports Complex

Culture|

* The Kid from Left Field
* An American Journey
* Pitch
* Gallagher Square
* San Diego Chicken
* San Diego Padres (PCL)
* Swinging Friar
* Trevor Time
* Rally Goose

Lore|

* "Oh, doctor!"
* 1984 NLCS Game 4
* 1984 Braves–Padres bean brawl
* Roseanne Barr sings national anthem
* Padres Paradise Series
* 2007 NL Wild Card tie-breaker game
* MLB China Series
* MLB Mexico City Series

Rivalries|

* Los Angeles Dodgers

Retired numbers|

* 6
* 19
* 31
* 35
* 42
* 51

Key personnel|

* Chairman: John Seidler
* General Manager: A. J. Preller
* Manager: Mike Shildt

League pennants (2)|

* 1984
* 1998

Division titles (5)|

* 1984
* 1996
* 1998
* 2005
* 2006

Wild card berths (3)|

* 2020
* 2022
* 2024

Minor league affiliates|

* Player overview
* Triple-A: El Paso Chihuahuas
* Double-A: San Antonio Missions
* High-A: Fort Wayne TinCaps
* Single-A: Lake Elsinore Storm
* Rookie: ACL Padres
* DSL Padres Brown
* DSL Padres Gold

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| Television|

* MLB-produced

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Radio|

* La Poderosa 860 AM
* 97.3 FM The Fan

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