1987 San Diego Padres season

1987 San Diego Padres
1987 San Diego Padres
Division	Western Division
Ballpark	Jack Murphy Stadium
City	San Diego, California
Owners	Joan Kroc
Managers	Larry Bowa
Television	KUSI-TV; SD Cable Sports Net; (Dave Campbell, Jerry Coleman, Bob Chandler, Ted Leitner)
Radio	KFMB (AM); (Dave Campbell, Jerry Coleman); XEXX; (Gustavo Lopez, Mario Thomas Zapiain, Eduardo Ortega)

The 1987 San Diego Padres season was the 19th in franchise history. Rookie catcher Benito Santiago hit in 34 straight games, and later won the NL Rookie of the Year Award. The Padres were the only team not to hit a grand slam in 1987.^[1]

Offseason

October 9, 1986: Dane Iorg was released by the Padres.^[2]
December 11, 1986: Kevin McReynolds, Gene Walter, and Adam Ging (minors) were traded by the Padres to the New York Mets for Kevin Mitchell, Shawn Abner, Stan Jefferson, Kevin Armstrong (minors) and Kevin Brown (minors).^[3]
December 18, 1986: Graig Nettles was released by the Padres.^[4]
January 13, 1987: Tom Gorman was signed as a free agent by the Padres.^[5]

1987 National League record v t e Sources: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
Team	ATL	CHC	CIN	HOU	LAD	MON	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL
Atlanta	—	6–5	8–10	8–10	6–12	3–9	7–5	7–5	7–5	6–12	8–10	3–9
Chicago	5–6	—	6–6	8–4	6–6	10–8	9–9	8–10	4–14	9–3	5–7	6–12
Cincinnati	10–8	6–6	—	13–5	10–8	6–6	7–5	5–7	4–8	12–6	7–11	4–8
Houston	10–8	4–8	5–13	—	12–6	7–5	6–6	6–6	6–6	5–13	10–8	5–7
Los Angeles	12–6	6–6	8–10	6–12	—	3–9	6–6	2–10	6–6	11–7	10–8	3–9
Montreal	9–3	8–10	6–6	5–7	9–3	—	8–10	10–8	11–7	9–3	5–7	11–7
New York	5–7	9–9	5–7	6–6	6–6	10–8	—	13–5	12–6	8–4	9–3	9–9
Philadelphia	5-7	10–8	7–5	6–6	10–2	8–10	5–13	—	11–7	8–4	2–10	8–10
Pittsburgh	5–7	14–4	8–4	6–6	6–6	7–11	6–12	7–11	—	8–4	6–6	7–11
San Diego	12–6	3–9	6–12	13–5	7–11	3–9	4–8	4–8	4–8	—	5–13	4–8
San Francisco	10–8	7–5	11–7	8–10	8–10	7–5	3–9	10–2	6–6	13–5	—	7–5
St. Louis	9–3	12–6	8–4	7–5	9–3	7–11	9–9	10–8	11–7	8–4	5–7	—

April 25, 1987: Mark Wasinger and Tim Meagher (minors) were traded by the Padres to the San Francisco Giants for Colin Ward and Steve Miller (minors).^[6]
June 4, 1987: Tom Gorman was traded by the Padres to the Minnesota Twins for Dave Blakely (minors).^[5]
July 5, 1987: Kevin Mitchell, Dave Dravecky and Craig Lefferts were traded by the Padres to the San Francisco Giants for Chris Brown, Keith Comstock, Mark Davis, and Mark Grant.^[3]
August 30, 1987: Storm Davis was traded by the Padres to the Oakland Athletics for players to be named later. The Athletics completed the deal by sending Dave Leiper to the Padres on August 31 and sending Rob Nelson to the Padres on September 8.^[7]

1987 San Diego Padres

Roster

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

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
C	Benito Santiago	146	546	164	.300	18	79
1B	John Kruk	138	447	140	.313	20	91
2B	Tim Flannery	106	276	63	.228	0	20
3B	Kevin Mitchell	62	196	48	.245	7	26
SS	Garry Templeton	148	510	113	.222	5	48
LF	Carmelo Martínez	139	447	122	.273	15	70
CF	Stan Jefferson	116	422	97	.230	8	29
RF	Tony Gwynn	157	589	218	.370	7	54

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Steve Garvey	27	76	16	.211	1	9
Shawn Abner	16	47	13	.277	2	7
Mark Parent	12	25	2	.080	0	2
Rob Nelson	10	11	1	.083	0	1

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Ed Whitson	36	206	10	13	4.73	135
Andy Hawkins	24	117.2	3	10	5.05	51

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
Greg Booker	44	1	1	1	3.16	17
Mark Davis	43	5	3	2	3.18	47
Tom Gorman	6	0	0	0	4.09	8

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Las Vegas Stars	Pacific Coast League	Jack Krol
AA	Wichita Pilots	Texas League	Steve Smith
A	Reno Padres	California League	Pat Kelly
A	Charleston Rainbows	South Atlantic League	Tony Torchia
A-Short Season	Spokane Indians	Northwest League	Rob Picciolo

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Spokane^[8]

^ "Team Batting Event Finder: 1987, All Teams, Home Runs, With Runners on 123". Baseball Reference. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
^ Dane Iorg at Baseball Reference
^ ^a ^b Kevin Mitchell at Baseball Reference
^ Graig Nettles at Baseball Reference
^ ^a ^b Tom Gorman at Baseball Reference
^ Mark Wasinger at Baseball Reference
^ Dave Leiper at Baseball Reference
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007