1987 San Diego Padres season

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]

1987 San Diego Padres
Major League affiliations
Location
Other information
Owner(s)Joan Kroc
General manager(s)Jack McKeon
Manager(s)Larry Bowa
Local televisionKUSI-TV
SD Cable Sports Net
(Dave Campbell, Jerry Coleman, Bob Chandler, Ted Leitner)
Local radioKFMB (AM)
(Dave Campbell, Jerry Coleman)
XEXX
(Gustavo Lopez, Mario Thomas Zapiain, Eduardo Ortega)
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Offseason

Regular season

Season standings
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
San Francisco Giants 9072 0.556 — 46–35 44–37
Cincinnati Reds 8478 0.519 6 42–39 42–39
Houston Astros 7686 0.469 14 47–34 29–52
Los Angeles Dodgers 7389 0.451 17 40–41 33–48
Atlanta Braves 6992 0.429 20½ 42–39 27–53
San Diego Padres 6597 0.401 25 37–44 28–53

Record vs. opponents
1987 National League Records

Sources:
Team ATL CHC CIN HOU LAD MON NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL
Atlanta —6–58–108–106–123–97–57–57–56–128–103–9
Chicago 5–6—6–68–46–610–89–98–104–149–35–76–12
Cincinnati 10–86–6—13–510–86–67–55–74–812–67–114–8
Houston 10–84–85–13—12–67–56–66–66–65–1310–85–7
Los Angeles 12–66–68–106–12—3–96–62–106–611–710–83–9
Montreal 9–38–106–65–79–3—8–1010–811–79–35–711–7
New York 5–79–95–76–66–610–8—13–512–68–49–39–9
Philadelphia 5-710–87–56–610–28–105–13—11–78–42–108–10
Pittsburgh 5–714–48–46–66–67–116–127–11—8–46–67–11
San Diego 12–63–96–1213–57–113–94–84–84–8—5–134–8
San Francisco 10–87–511–78–108–107–53–910–26–613–5—7–5
St. Louis 9–312–68–47–59–37–119–910–811–78–45–7—

Opening Day starters

Notable transactions

Roster
1987 San Diego Padres
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

 Outfielders Manager

Coaches

Player stats

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
CBenito Santiago146546164.3001879
1BJohn Kruk138447140.3132091
2BTim Flannery10627663.228020
3BKevin Mitchell6219648.245726
SSGarry Templeton148510113.222548
LFCarmelo Martínez139447122.2731570
CFStan Jefferson11642297.230829
RFTony Gwynn157589218.370754

Other batters
Player G AB H Avg. HR RBI
Steve Garvey277616.21119
Shawn Abner164713.27727
Mark Parent12252.08002
Rob Nelson10111.08301

Starting pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO
Ed Whitson3620610134.73135
Andy Hawkins24117.23105.0551

Other pitchers
Player G IP W L ERA SO

Relief pitchers
Player G W L SV ERA SO
Greg Booker441113.1617
Mark Davis435323.1847
Tom Gorman60004.098

Awards and honors

1987 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
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]

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