1987 San Diego Padres season

March 2026 November 2013 San Diego Padres 1987 National League West Jack Murphy Stadium San Diego, California 65 97 y 6th Joan Kroc Jack McKeon Larry Bowa KUSI-TVSan Diego Cable Sports Network(Dave Campbell, Jerry Coleman, Bob Chandler, Ted Leitner) 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.https://www.baseball-reference.com/tiny/IpbTy Team Batting Event Finder: 1987, All Teams, Home Runs, With Runners on 123 Baseball Reference July 3, 2018 Offseason October 9, 1986: Dane Iorg was released by the Padres.Dane Iorg at Baseball Reference 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).Kevin Mitchell at Baseball Reference December 18, 1986: Graig Nettles was released by the Padres.Graig Nettles at Baseball Reference January 13, 1987: Tom Gorman was signed as a free agent by the Padres.Tom Gorman at Baseball Reference Regular season Season standings Record vs. opponents SD Opening Day starters Tim Flannery Steve Garvey Tony Gwynn Andy Hawkins John Kruk Kevin Mitchell Benito Santiago Garry Templeton Marvell Wynne Notable transactions 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).Mark Wasinger at Baseball Reference June 4, 1987: Tom Gorman was traded by the Padres to the Minnesota Twins for Dave Blakely (minors). 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. 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.Dave Leiper at Baseball Reference Roster 1987 San Diego Padres Roster Pitchers 51 Greg Booker 32 Keith Comstock 13 Mark Davis 34 Storm Davis 43 Dave Dravecky 39 Tom Gorman 54 Goose Gossage 55 Mark Grant 40 Andy Hawkins 25 Ray Hayward 45 Jimmy Jones 37 Craig Lefferts 43 Dave Leiper 41 Lance McCullers 37 Eric Nolte 30 Eric Show 31 Ed Whitson 26 Ed Wojna Catchers 15 Bruce Bochy 27 Mark Parent  9 Benito Santiago Infielders 35 Chris Brown  4 Joey Cora 11 Tim Flannery  6 Steve Garvey 8,44 John Kruk  7 Kevin Mitchell  7 Rob Nelson  5 Randy Ready 24 Luis Salazar  1 Garry Templeton Outfielders 28 Shawn Abner 47 Randy Byers 19 Tony Gwynn 22 Stan Jefferson 23 Shane Mack 14 Carmelo Martínez 21 Jim Steels  7 Marvell Wynne Manager 10 Larry Bowa Coaches  2 Sandy Alomar Sr. (Third base) 36 Galen Cisco (Pitching) 33 Harry Dunlop (Bullpen) 29 Deacon Jones (First base & hitting) 38 Greg Riddoch (Bench) Player stats Batting Starters by position 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 Tim Flannery (baseball) 106 276 63 .228 0 20 3B Kevin Mitchell Kevin Mitchell (baseball) 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 Other batters 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 Randy Ready 124 350 108 .309 12 54 Joey Cora 77 241 57 .237 0 13 Shane Mack 105 238 57 .239 4 25 Luis Salazar 84 189 48 .254 3 17 Marvell Wynne 98 188 47 .250 2 24 Chris Brown 44 155 36 .232 6 23 Steve Garvey 27 76 16 .211 1 9 Bruce Bochy 38 75 12 .160 2 11 Jim Steels 62 68 13 .191 0 6 Shawn Abner 16 47 13 .277 2 7 Mark Parent Mark Parent (baseball) 12 25 2 .080 0 2 Randy Byers 10 16 5 .313 0 1 Rob Nelson Rob Nelson (baseball) 10 11 1 .083 0 1 Pitching Starting pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Eric Show 34 206.1 8 16 3.84 117 Ed Whitson 36 205.2 10 13 4.73 135 Andy Hawkins 24 117.2 3 10 5.05 51 Mark Grant 17 102.1 6 7 4.66 58 Eric Nolte 12 67.1 2 6 3.21 44 Other pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G IP W L ERA SO Jimmy Jones 30 145.2 9 7 4.14 51 Dave Dravecky 30 79.0 3 7 3.76 60 Storm Davis 21 62.2 2 7 6.18 37 Ed Wojna 5 18.1 0 3 5.89 13 Relief pitchers Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts Player G W L SV ERA SO Lance McCullers 78 8 10 16 3.72 126 Rich Gossage 40 5 4 11 3.12 44 Greg Booker 44 1 1 1 3.16 17 Mark Davis Mark Davis (pitcher) 43 5 3 2 3.18 47 Craig Lefferts 33 2 2 2 4.38 39 Keith Comstock 26 0 1 0 5.50 38 Dave Leiper 12 1 0 1 4.50 10 Tom Gorman Tom Gorman (1980s pitcher) 6 0 0 0 4.09 8 Ray Hayward 4 0 0 0 16.50 2 Luis Salazar 2 0 0 0 4.50 0 Awards and honors Benito Santiago, Rookie of the Year Tony Gwynn, National League Batting Champion, .370 1987 Major League Baseball All-Star Game Farm system Minor League Baseball 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 PiccioloLEAGUE CHAMPIONS: SpokaneJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007 References 2 External links 1987 San Diego Padres at Baseball Reference 1987 San Diego Padres at Baseball Almanac Category:San Diego Padres seasons Category:1980s in San Diego San Diego Padres season San Diego Padres