1987 San Diego Padres season

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1987 San Diego Padres
Major league affiliations
Location
1987 Information
Owner(s) Joan Kroc
Manager(s) Larry Bowa
Local television KUSI-TV
SD Cable Sports Net
(Dave Campbell, Jerry Coleman, Bob Chandler, Ted Leitner, Dave Campbell)
Local radio KFMB (AM)
(Dave Campbell, Jerry Coleman)
XEXX
(Gustavo Lopez, Mario Thomas Zapiain, Eduardo Ortega)

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[edit] Offseason

December 11, 1986: Kevin Mitchell was traded by the New York Mets with Kevin Armstrong (minors), Kevin Brown (minors), Shawn Abner, and Stan Jefferson to the San Diego Padres for Kevin McReynolds, Gene Walter, and Adam Ging (minors). [1]

[edit] Regular season

[edit] Opening Day Starters

[edit] Season standings

NL West W L GB Pct.
San Francisco Giants 90 72 -- .556
Cincinnati Reds 84 78 6.0 .519
Houston Astros 76 86 14.0 .469
Los Angeles Dodgers 73 89 17.0 .451
Atlanta Braves 69 92 20.5 .429
San Diego Padres 65 97 25.0 .401

[edit] Roster

1987 San Diego Padres roster
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Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

[edit] Notable Transactions

  • July 5, 1987: Kevin Mitchell was traded by the San Diego Padres with Dave Dravecky and Craig Lefferts to the San Francisco Giants for Chris Brown, Keith Comstock, Mark Davis, and Mark Grant. [2]
  • September 8, 1987: Rob Nelson was sent by the Oakland Athletics to the San Diego Padres to complete an earlier deal made on August 30, 1987. The Oakland Athletics sent players to be named later to the San Diego Padres for Storm Davis. The Oakland Athletics sent Dave Leiper (August 31, 1987) and Rob Nelson (September 8, 1987) to the San Diego Padres to complete the trade.

[edit] Player stats

[edit] Batting

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
Benito Santiago 146 546 164 .300 18 79
Garry Templeton 148 510 113 .222 5 48

[edit] Other batters

Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Shawn Abner 16 47 13 .277 2 7
Mark Parent 12 25 2 .080 0 2

[edit] Starting pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ed Whitson 36 206 10 13 4.73 135

[edit] Other pitchers

Player G IP W L ERA

[edit] Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO

[edit] Award Winners

  • Benito Santiago, Rookie of the Year
  • Tony Gwynn, National League Batting Champion, .370

1987 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

[edit] References

  1. ^ Kevin Mitchell Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
  2. ^ Kevin Mitchell Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
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