1984 San Diego Padres season

Offseason

• October 21, 1983: Sandy Alomar Jr. was signed by the Padres as an amateur free agent.
• December 6, 1983: Joe Pittman and a player to be named later were traded by the Padres to the San Francisco Giants for Champ Summers. The Padres completed the deal by sending Tommy Francis (minors) to the Giants on December 7.
• December 7: Gary Lucas was traded by the Padres to the Montreal Expos as part of a three-team trade. The Expos sent Al Newman to the Padres, and the Chicago Cubs sent Carmelo Martínez, Craig Lefferts, and Fritzie Connally to the Padres. The Expos traded Scott Sanderson to the Cubs.
• January 6, 1984: Rich Gossage was signed as a free agent by the Padres.
• January 14: Owner Ray Kroc dies. Ownership passes to his wife, Joan B. Kroc.
• January 17: Rodney McCray was drafted by the Padres in the 9th round of the 1984 amateur draft.
• March 25: Second baseman Juan Bonilla waived.
• March 30: Dennis Rasmussen and a player to be named later were traded by the Padres to the New York Yankees for Graig Nettles. The Padres completed the deal by sending Darin Cloninger (minors) to the Yankees on April 26.

Regular season

After spending $6 million to acquire free-agent first baseman Steve Garvey in 1983, the Padres signed free-agent reliever Goose Gossage to a five-year contract for $6.25 million in January 1984. The deal made Gossage the highest-salaried pitcher in baseball at the time. Eight days after signing Gossage, Padres owner Ray Kroc died at the age of 81. Ownership of the team passed to his wife, Joan Kroc.

In February, All-Star catcher Terry Kennedy underwent arthroscopic surgery on his left knee after being bothered by continuous inflammation since the middle of 1983. During spring training, Alan Wiggins was named the team's new second baseman over incumbent Juan Bonilla, who was subsequently waived. The Padres were hoping to bolster their starting outfield, which produced just 23 homers in 1983. The rookie Martinez and center fielder Kevin McReynolds, whose 140 at-bats during the prior season disqualified him from being considered a rookie in 1984, were hyped by the media as the M&M Boys, alluding to the Yankees' 1960s power-hitting duo of Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris. The two Padre outfielders along with Garvey, Nettles, and Kennedy supplied San Diego with five regulars who had the potential to hit at least 20 home runs. Third-year right fielder Tony Gwynn entered the season with a .302 lifetime batting average, the highest on the club. Templeton was also projected to bat leadoff for the Padres, Three days before the season opener, 39-year-old third baseman Graig Nettles, a San Diego native, approved a trade from the New York Yankees to the Padres. A left-handed batter who had hit 333 career home runs, he was open to platooning with incumbent Luis Salazar, although Nettles was expected to get the majority of playing time given the larger number of right-handed starting pitchers in the majors. Heading into the season, Williams' biggest concern was their pitching. The starters largely relied on finesse and off-speed pitches, and none of them had ever won more than 16 games.

The Padres won their first four games of the season, and were 9–2 before leaving on their first road trip. They were tied for first in the West at the end of May, and were games up by the end of June. San Diego clinched the division on September 20, when they beat San Francisco 5–4 behind a three-run homer by pitcher Tim Lollar, and Houston lost to Los Angeles 6–2 three hours later. The Padres finished the season with a 92–70 record, winning the NL West division by 12 games. It was just the second winning season in the franchise's history. The acquisition of Gossage, who finished the season 10–6 with a 2.90 ERA and 25 saves, was a strong factor in San Diego's 34–24 record in one-run games.

The team relied on small ball and moving runners from base to base. McReynolds led the team with a .465 slugging percentage and was tied with Nettles for the team lead in home runs with 20. Offensively as the leadoff hitter, he batted .258 and drew 75 walks for an on-base percentage of .342, while setting club records by stealing 70 bases and scoring 106 runs. Gwynn batted above .400 when his speedy teammate was on base. No longer a .300 hitter like in his earlier days with St. Louis, Templeton enjoyed his most successful season since 1981. Hitting eighth in the lineup, he did not receive many pitches to hit. He batted .258 with 24 extra-base hits and six game-winning RBI, and was praised by Williams for his defense. Both Templeton and Gwynn were honored by The Sporting News with Silver Slugger Awards, and Martinez (.249, 13 HR, 68 walks) was named to the Topps All-Star Rookie Team. Martinez however, hit only three homers in the second half, and just one after July 18, after hitting 10 in the first half. Troubled by his knees, Kennedy slumped to .240 while his RBIs fell to 57 from 98 a year earlier. Nettles hit .222, which was 29 points below his career average, and most of his homers came in two hot streaks. However, his averages of .252/.355/.469 against right-handed pitching were near his career norms.

San Diego's pitching staff was last in the league in strikeouts per nine innings, and were among the team leaders in most home runs allowed and walks allowed. Still, they were adept at forcing fly balls and had a low ground ball/fly ball ratio. In addition to Show, the starting rotation included fellow 28-year-old Mark Thurmond (14–8, 2.97), as well as veterans Ed Whitson (14–8, 3.24) and Lollar (11–13, 3.91). Andy Hawkins (8–9, 4.68) and Dave Dravecky (9–8, 2.93) split time as the fifth starter. In the bullpen, Gossage and Craig Lefferts (2.13 ERA and 10 saves) each appeared in 62 games and logged over 100 innings apiece. Unlike modern closers, Gossage often entered games in the seventh or eighth innings, with Lefferts filling in as the stopper when Gossage needed a game off after working successive long stints. Dravecky also recorded eight saves. At age 33, Gossage experienced a decline in his fastball, and did not record a save after August 25.

Williams led the team with a tough, no-nonsense approach. Prior to joining the Padres, Garvey and Nettles had advanced to the World Series four times, while Gossage had participated in two. Throughout the season, they stressed the value of consistency and an even temperament to youngsters like Gwynn, McReynolds, and Martinez, who were among the 11 players on the team with less than four years of major league experience. Gossage and Nettles, in particular, would stay after games and talk baseball and have a beer with the youngsters. Additionally, Templeton befriended Wiggins, helping his transition from the outfield to second base.

Brawl with the Atlanta Braves

Main article: 1984 Braves–Padres bean brawl

The Padres' regular season is most remembered for an August 12 Sunday afternoon game at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium against the Atlanta Braves. From the start, the game was tense and erupted into a series of brawls which ended with a total of 13 ejections and 5 arrests. All fans who participated in the taunting and brawls were detained and arrested. The Braves eventually won the game by a score of 5–3.

Fines and suspensions were issued four days later on August 16 to Williams ($10,000, ten days) and Summers, Brown, Torre ($1,000), Perry ($700), Bedrosian ($600) and Mahler ($700) who each received three-day suspensions. Virgil, Krol, Whitson, Booker, Lefferts, Bevacqua, Flannery, Nettles and Gossage for the Padres (all undisclosed) and Moore ($350) and Pérez ($300) for the Braves were all fined but not suspended.

Opening Day starters

• Steve Garvey
• Tony Gwynn
• Terry Kennedy
• Carmelo Martínez
• Kevin McReynolds
• Graig Nettles
• Eric Show
• Garry Templeton
• Alan Wiggins

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Notable transactions

• July 20, 1984: Al Newman was traded by the San Diego Padres to the Montreal Expos for Greg Harris.

Roster

Game log

|- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 1 || April 3 || Pirates || 5–1 || Show (1-0) || Rhoden (0-1) || || 44,553 || 1-0 || W1 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 2 || April 5 || Pirates || 8–6 || DeLeón (1-0) || Scurry (0-1) || Gossage (1) || 19,361 || 2-0 || W2 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 3 || April 6 || Cubs || 3–2 (wo) || Monge (1-0) || Smith (0-1) || || 15,834 || 3-0 || W3 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 4 || April 7 || Cubs || 7–6 || Dravecky (1-0) || Trout (0-1) || Gossage (2) || 27,799 || 4-0 || W4 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 5 || April 8 || Cubs || 5–8 || Smith (1-1) || Thurmond (0-1) || || 24,285 || 4-1 || L1 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 6 || April 10 || Cardinals || 7–3 || Hawkins (1-0) || Forsch (0-1) || Dravecky (1) || 15,115 || 5-1 || W1 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 7 || April 11 || Cardinals || 7–5 || Lollar (1-0) || Andújar (1-1) || || 15,835 || 6-1 || W2 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 8 || April 12 || Braves || 6–1 || Whitson (1-0) || Falcone (0-2) || Dravecky (2) || 12,419 || 7-1 || W3 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 9 || April 13 || Braves || 5–2 || Show (2-0) || Barker (1-2) || Gossage (3) || 22,614 || 8-1 || W4 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 10 || April 14 || Braves || 1–5 || Camp (1-0) || Thurmond (0-2) || Dedmon (1) || 46,322 || 8-2 || L1 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 11 || April 15 || Braves || 6–4 || Monge (2-0) || McMurtry (1-2) || Gossage (4) || 27,973 || 9-2 || W1 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 12 || April 17 || @ Giants || 2–1 || Lollar (2-0) || Davis (0-3) || Gossage (5) || 13,998 || 10-2 || W2 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 13 || April 19 || @ Dodgers || 0–4 || Peña (2-1) || Whitson (1-1) || || 46,595 || 10-3 || L1 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 14 || April 20 || @ Dodgers || 2–8 || Valenzuela (1-2) || Show (2-1) || || 50,916 || 10-4 || L2 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 15 || April 21 || @ Dodgers || 9–6 || Thurmond (1-2) || Reuss (1-1) || Gossage (6) || 43,784 || 11-4 || W1 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 16 || April 22 || @ Dodgers || 7–15 || Honeycutt (3-0) || Lollar (2-1) || || 47,938 || 11-5 || L1 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 17 || April 23 || Giants || 8–2 || Hawkins (2-0) || Robinson (2-2) || || 25,569 || 12-5 || W1 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 18 || April 24 || Giants || 6–1 || Whitson (2-1) || Krukow (1-3) || || 12,341 || 13-5 || W2 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 19 || April 25 || Giants || 3–0 || Show (3-1) || Laskey (0-2) || Gossage (7) || 13,059 || 14-5 || W3 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 20 || April 26 || Dodgers || 5–6 || Diaz (1-0) || Dravecky (1-1) || Niedenfuer (4) || 39,609 || 14-6 || L1 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 21 || April 27 || Dodgers || 0–1 (7) || Honeycutt (4-0) || Lollar (2-2) || || 34,222 || 14-7 || L2 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 22 || April 28 || Dodgers || 5–1 || Hawkins (3-0) || Welch (2-3) || || 42,576 || 15-7 || W1 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 23 || April 29 || Dodgers || 0–6 || Peña (4-1) || Whitson (2-2) || || 36,147 || 15-8 || L1 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 24 || May 1 || @ Braves || 3–2 || Show (4-1) || McMurtry (2-3) || Gossage (8) || 10,748 || 16-8 || W1 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 25 || May 3 || @ Braves || 5–6 || Bedrosian (2-1) || Gossage (0-1) || Forster (2) || 8,072 || 16-9 || L1 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 26 || May 4 || @ Cubs || 6–7 (wo) || Smith (2-2) || Monge (2-1) || || 6,533 || 16-10 || L2 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 27 || May 5 || @ Cubs || 5–6 (10/wo) || Brusstar (1-0) || Lefferts (0-1) || || 28,441 || 16-11 || L3 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 28 || May 6 || @ Cubs || 8–5 || Show (5-1) || Ruthven (2-3) || || 31,700 || 17-11 || W1 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 29 || May 9 || @ Cardinals || 3–2 || Thurmond (2-2) || Stuper (0-2) || Gossage (9) || 14,734 || 18-11 || W2 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 30 || May 10 || @ Cardinals || 0–7 || Andújar (5-3) || Lollar (2-3) || || 20,926 || 18-12 || L1 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 31 || May 11 || Phillies || 4–6 || Holland (1-2) || Dravecky (1-2) || || 18,009 || 18-13 || L2 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 32 || May 12 || Phillies || 2–3 || Campbell (3-0) || Hawkins (3-1) || Holland (6) || 36,916 || 18-14 || L3 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 33 || May 13 || Phillies || 3–8 || Denny (3-3) || Whitson (2-3) || || 38,645 || 18-15 || L4 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 34 || May 14 || Expos || 6–7 (10) || Reardon (1-1) || Dravecky (1-3) || || 9,389 || 18-16 || L5 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 35 || May 15 || Expos || 4–6 || Smith (5-2) || Lollar (2-4) || Schatzeder (1) || 11,025 || 18-17 || L6 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 36 || May 16 || Expos || 2–3 || Lea (6-2) || Show (5-2) || Reardon (6) || 11,462 || 18-18 || L7 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 37 || May 17 || Expos || 5–4 || Gossage (1-1) || McGaffigan (2-2) || Lefferts (1) || 17,066 || 19-18 || W1 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 38 || May 18 || Mets || 5–4 || Whitson (3-3) || Gooden (3-3) || Gossage (10) || 17,319 || 20-18 || W2 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 39 || May 19 || Mets || 8–3 || Thurmond (3-2) || Lynch (4-1) || Dravecky (3) || 20,017 || 21-18 || W3 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 40 || May 20 || Mets || 2–4 (10) || Orosco (4-1) || Lefferts (0-2) || || 20,263 || 21-19 || L1 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 41 || May 22 || @ Expos || 2–3 || Lea (7-2) || Show (5-3) || || 19,847 || 21-20 || L2 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 42 || May 23 || @ Expos || 2–1 (11) || Dravecky (2-3) || McGaffigan (3-3) || || 8,573 || 22-20 || W1 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 43 || May 25 || @ Phillies || 7–3 || Whitson (4-3) || Hudson (5-3) || || 25,964 || 23-20 || W2 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 44 || May 26 || @ Phillies || 2–7 || Bystrom (2-1) || Thurmond (3-3) || || 32,898 || 23-21 || L1 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 45 || May 27 || @ Phillies || 4–0 || Lollar (3-4) || Koosman (4-6) || Lefferts (2) || 34,352 || 24-21 || W1 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 46 || May 28 || @ Mets || 5–4 || Show (6-3) || Gaff (0-1) || Gossage (11) || 36,204 || 25-21 || W2 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 47 || Jun 1 || @ Giants || 7–11 || Williams (2-0) || Hawkins (3-2) || Minton (2) || 10,087 || 25-22 || L1 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 48 || Jun 2 || @ Giants || 3–2 || Gossage (2-1) || Garrelts (1-1) || || 12,662 || 26-22 || W1 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 49 || Jun 3 (1) || @ Giants || 7–5 || Lollar (4-4) || Cornell (0-1) || Dravecky (4) || || 27-22 || W2 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 50 || Jun 3 (2) || @ Giants || 7–6 || Show (7-3) || Lavelle (2-2) || Gossage (12) || 22,863 || 28-22 || W3 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 51 || Jun 4 || Astros || 3–0 || Whitson (5-3) || Scott (2-4) || Dravecky (5) || 9,922 || 29-22 || W4 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 52 || Jun 5 || Astros || 3–0 || Hawkins (4-2) || Ruhle (0-4) || || 11,799 || 30-22 || W5 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 53 || Jun 6 || Astros || 4–3 (10/wo) || Gossage (3-1) || Smith (0-2) || || 11,087 || 31-22 || W6 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 54 || Jun 7 || Reds || 1–12 || Berenyi (3-6) || Show (7-4) || Cato (1) || 15,507 || 31-23 || L1 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 55 || Jun 8 || Reds || 6–0 || Lollar (5-4) || Price (2-4) || || 14,002 || 32-23 || W1 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 56 || Jun 9 || Reds || 12–2 || Whitson (6-3) || Russell (2-7) || Lefferts (3) || 48,805 || 33-23 || W2 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 57 || Jun 10 || Reds || 7–5 || Chiffer (1-0) || Hume (3-6) || Dravecky (6) || 18,723 || 34-23 || W3 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 58 || Jun 11 || Braves || 5–4 (wo) || Dravecky (3-3) || Bedrosian (4-3) || || 9,271 || 35-23 || W4 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 59 || Jun 12 || Braves || 7–6 (12/wo) || Lefferts (1-2) || Bedrosian (4-4) || || 19,920 || 36-23 || W5 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 60 || Jun 14 || Giants || 2–5 || Davis (3-6) || Lollar (5-5) || Lavelle (7) || 17,310 || 36-24 || L1 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 61 || Jun 15 || Giants || 3–2 || Whitson (7-3) || Robinson (3-7) || Gossage (13) || 20,353 || 37-24 || W1 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 62 || Jun 16 || Giants || 3–6 || Laskey (3-6) || Hawkins (4-3) || Minton (4) || 48,375 || 37-25 || L1 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 63 || Jun 17 || Giants || 3–5 (15) || Williams (4-0) || Lefferts (1-3) || || 24,183 || 37-26 || L2 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 64 || Jun 19 || @ Astros || 2–0 || Show (8-4) || Knepper (6-7) || || 12,765 || 38-26 || W1 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 65 || Jun 20 || @ Astros || 6–2 || Lollar (6-5) || Madden (2-2) || Dravecky (7) || 12,543 || 39-26 || W2 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 66 || Jun 21 || @ Astros || 5–11 || Niekro (6-7) || Whitson (7-4) || LaCoss (3) || 12,934 || 39-27 || L1 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 67 || Jun 22 || @ Reds || 7–8 (wo) || Franco (3-0) || Gossage (3-2) || || 23,552 || 39-28 || L2 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 68 || Jun 23 || @ Reds || 5–2 || Thurmond (4-3) || Puleo (0-1) || || 22,192 || 40-28 || W1 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 69 || Jun 24 || @ Reds || 8–3 (13) || Dravecky (4-3) || Hume (3-7) || || 19,183 || 41-28 || W2 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 70 || Jun 25 || @ Dodgers || 9–4 || Lollar (7-5) || Zachry (4-2) || || 36,629 || 42-28 || W3 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 71 || Jun 26 || @ Dodgers || 5–0 || Whitson (8-4) || Welch (6-8) || || 48,287 || 43-28 || W4 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 72 || Jun 27 || @ Dodgers || 4–5 || Valenzuela (8-8) || Dravecky (4-4) || Niedenfuer (9) || 49,132 || 43-29 || L1 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 73 || Jun 28 || Cardinals || 7–3 || Thurmond (5-3) || Dayley (0-5) || || 14,097 || 44-29 || W1 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 74 || Jun 29 || Cardinals || 0–5 || Horton (4-1) || Show (8-5) || || 45,468 || 44-30 || L1 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 75 || Jun 30 || Cardinals || 1–4 || Andújar (13-6) || Lollar (7-6) || Sutter (19) || 31,432 || 44-31 || L2 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 76 || Jul 1 || Cardinals || 3–1 || Whitson (9-4) || LaPoint (6-8) || Gossage (14) || 17,664 || 45-31 || W1 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 77 || Jul 2 || Cubs || 5–1 || Dravecky (5-4) || Reuschel (4-4) || || 13,444 || 46-31 || W2 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 78 || Jul 3 || Cubs || 2–3 || Trout (9-3) || Thurmond (5-4) || Stoddard (5) || 20,287 || 46-32 || L1 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 79 || Jul 4 || Cubs || 1–2 || Sutcliffe (7-6) || Show (8-6) || Smith (16) || 52,134 || 46-33 || L2 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 80 || Jul 5 || Pirates || 2–1 (wo) || Gossage (4-2) || Scurry (1-5) || || 14,907 || 47-33 || W1 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 81 || Jul 6 || Pirates || 7–3 || Whitson (10-4) || Rhoden (6-7) || || 18,368 || 48-33 || W2 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 82 || Jul 7 || Pirates || 1–0 || Dravecky (6-4) || McWilliams (4-8) || Gossage (15) || 28,995 || 49-33 || W3 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 83 || Jul 8 || Pirates || 3–4 || Candelaria (7-6) || Thurmond (5-5) || Tekulve (7) || 17,950 || 49-34 || L1 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 84 || Jul 12 || @ Cardinals || 4–1 || Show (9-6) || Andújar (13-7) || Lefferts (4) || 27,419 || 50-34 || W1 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 85 || Jul 13 || @ Cardinals || 4–7 (10/wo) || Allen (5-3) || DeLeón (1-1) || || 29,954 || 50-35 || L1 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 86 || Jul 14 || @ Cardinals || 6–7 || LaPoint (7-8) || Lollar (7-7) || Sutter (22) || 41,260 || 50-36 || L2 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 87 || Jul 15 || @ Cardinals || 6–1 || Dravecky (7-4) || Kepshire (1-1) || || 33,205 || 51-36 || W1 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 88 || Jul 16 || @ Cubs || 4–0 || Thurmond (6-5) || Ruthven (2-6) || || 23,642 || 52-36 || W2 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 89 || Jul 17 || @ Cubs || 6–5 || Show (10-6) || Trout (9-4) || Gossage (16) || 29,499 || 53-36 || W3 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 90 || Jul 18 || @ Cubs || 1–4 || Sutcliffe (10-6) || Whitson (10-5) || || 27,471 || 53-37 || L1 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 91 || Jul 19 || @ Pirates || 1–5 || Candelaria (9-6) || Lollar (7-8) || || 10,048 || 53-38 || L2 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 92 || Jul 20 (1) || @ Pirates || 3–4 || Rhoden (8-7) || Dravecky (7-5) || Robinson (5) || || 53-39 || L3 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 93 || Jul 20 (2) || @ Pirates || 3–2 || Hawkins (5-3) || Tudor (5-8) || Gossage (17) || 18,007 || 54-39 || W1 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 94 || Jul 21 || @ Pirates || 6–4 || Thurmond (7-5) || Walk (1-1) || Gossage (18) || 11,593 || 55-39 || W2 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 95 || Jul 22 (1) || @ Pirates || 5–1 || Whitson (11-5) || DeLeón (6-6) || || || 56-39 || W3 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 96 || Jul 22 (2) || @ Pirates || 2–3 (11/wo) || Winn (1-0) || Gossage (4-3) || || 22,971 || 56-40 || L1 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 97 || Jul 24 || Reds || 2–4 || Soto (11-3) || Lollar (7-9) || || 18,381 || 56-41 || L2 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 98 || Jul 25 || Reds || 6–5 (wo) || Gossage (5-3) || Owchinko (3-5) || || 16,248 || 57-41 || W1 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 99 || Jul 26 || Reds || 8–2 || Thurmond (8-5) || Russell (4-12) || || 20,924 || 58-41 || W2 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 100 || Jul 27 || Astros || 7–3 || Whitson (12-5) || Ruhle (1-8) || Lefferts (5) || 28,868 || 59-41 || W3 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 101 || Jul 28 (1) || Astros || 1–3 || Niekro (11-8) || Hawkins (5-4) || || || 59-42 || L1 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 102 || Jul 28 (2) || Astros || 1–0 || Show (11-6) || Ryan (8-7) || Gossage (19) || 34,730 || 60-42 || W1 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 103 || Jul 29 || Astros || 9–0 || Lollar (8-9) || LaCoss (5-2) || || 23,084 || 61-42 || W2 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 104 || Jul 30 || Dodgers || 12–0 || Dravecky (8-5) || Valenzuela (9-12) || || 40,568 || 62-42 || W3 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 105 || Jul 31 || Dodgers || 1–0 || Thurmond (9-5) || Honeycutt (8-6) || Gossage (20) || 35,704 || 63-42 || W4 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 106 || Aug 1 || Dodgers || 4–3 || Lefferts (2-3) || Peña (11-6) || Gossage (21) || 39,076 || 64-42 || W5 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 107 || Aug 3 || @ Astros || 2–6 || Ryan (9-7) || Show (11-7) || || 16,456 || 64-43 || L1 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 108 || Aug 4 || @ Astros || 5–2 || Lollar (9-9) || LaCoss (5-3) || Lefferts (6) || 19,482 || 65-43 || W1 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 109 || Aug 5 || @ Astros || 9–5 || Hawkins (6-4) || Niekro (11-9) || || 11,637 || 66-43 || W2 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 110 || Aug 6 || @ Reds || 1–0 || Gossage (6-3) || Price (5-8) || || 10,798 || 67-43 || W3 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 111 || Aug 7 || @ Reds || 7–8 (wo) || Power (7-5) || Harris (0-2) || || 11,767 || 67-44 || L1 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 112 || Aug 8 || @ Reds || 2–4 (wo) || Soto (12-5) || Gossage (6-4) || || 11,222 || 67-45 || L2 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 113 || Aug 9 || @ Reds || 0–8 || Russell (5-12) || Lollar (9-10) || || 10,881 || 67-46 || L3 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 114 || Aug 10 (1) || @ Braves || 1–3 || Bedrosian (8-6) || Dravecky (8-6) || Moore (14) || || 67-47 || L4 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 115 || Aug 10 (2) || @ Braves || 10–4 || Hawkins (7-4) || Falcone (5-7) || Gossage (22) || 41,287 || 68-47 || W1 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 116 || Aug 11 || @ Braves || 4–1 || Thurmond (10-5) || Mahler (8-7) || Lefferts (7) || 45,099 || 69-47 || W2 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 117 || Aug 12 || @ Braves || 3–5 || Pérez (11-4) || Whitson (12-6) || || 23,912 || 69-48 || L1 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 118 || Aug 14 || Phillies || 3–2 || Show (12-7) || Koosman (12-10) || Lefferts (8) || 23,799 || 70-48 || W1 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 119 || Aug 15 || Phillies || 4–3 (wo) || Gossage (7-4) || Holland (5-7) || || 21,078 || 71-48 || W2 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 120 || Aug 16 || Phillies || 3–8 || Denny (5-3) || Hawkins (7-5) || || 23,125 || 71-49 || L1 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 121 || Aug 17 || Expos || 4–8 || Rogers (4-12) || Thurmond (10-6) || Reardon (17) || 17,136 || 71-50 || L2 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 122 || Aug 19 || Expos || 0–3 || Hesketh (1-0) || Whitson (12-7) || Reardon (18) || 21,697 || 71-51 || L3 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 123 || Aug 20 || Mets || 3–1 || Show (13-7) || Fernandez (4-2) || Gossage (23) || 50,869 || 72-51 || W1 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 124 || Aug 21 || Mets || 7–4 || Lollar (10-10) || Lynch (8-8) || Gossage (24) || 20,998 || 73-51 || W2 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 125 || Aug 22 || Mets || 2–5 || Gooden (12-8) || Hawkins (7-6) || || 25,250 || 73-52 || L1 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 126 || Aug 24 (1) || @ Expos || 1–4 || Rogers (5-12) || Thurmond (10-7) || Reardon (19) || x || 73-53 || L2 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 127 || Aug 24 (2) || @ Expos || 5–4 || Gossage (8-4) || Reardon (5-5) || Harris (3) || 34,626 || 74-53 || W1 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 128 || Aug 25 || @ Expos || 4–3 (13) || Harris (1-2) || Reardon (5-6) || Gossage (25) || 29,665 || 75-53 || W2 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 129 || Aug 26 || @ Expos || 2–1 || Show (14-7) || Schatzeder (6-5) || || 31,778 || 76-53 || W3 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 130 || Aug 27 || @ Phillies || 1–9 || Koosman (14-10) || Lollar (10-11) || || 26,302 || 76-54 || L1 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 131 || Aug 28 || @ Phillies || 8–11 || Rawley (9-6) || Hawkins (7-7) || Holland (28) || 25,679 || 76-55 || L2 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 132 || Aug 29 || @ Phillies || 2–0 || Thurmond (11-7) || Denny (6-5) || Lefferts (9) || 25,131 || 77-55 || W1 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 133 || Aug 31 (1) || @ Mets || 5–1 || Whitson (13-7) || Fernandez (4-3) || || || 78-55 || W2 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 134 || Aug 31 (2) || @ Mets || 0–4 || Berenyi (10-13) || Dravecky (8-7) || || 38,323 || 78-56 || L1 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 135 || Sep 1 (1) || @ Mets || 4–7 || Gooden (14-8) || Hawkins (7-8) || Orosco (28) || || 78-57 || L2 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 136 || Sep 1 (2) || @ Mets || 6–10 || Gorman (4-0) || Show (14-8) || Orosco (29) || 35,688 || 78-58 || L3 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 137 || Sep 2 || @ Mets || 2–3 (12/wo) || Gaff (3-2) || Gossage (8-5) || || 36,915 || 78-59 || L4 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 138 || Sep 3 || @ Dodgers || 4–3 || Thurmond (12-7) || Reuss (2-7) || Lefferts (10) || 43,176 || 79-59 || W1 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 139 || Sep 4 || @ Dodgers || 1–2 (wo) || Howell (3-4) || Hawkins (7-9) || || 31,988 || 79-60 || L1 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 140 || Sep 5 || Reds || 15–11 || Lefferts (3-3) || Hume (4-13) || || 17,759 || 80-60 || W1 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 141 || Sep 6 || Reds || 3–10 || Price (7-11) || Show (14-9) || Owchinko (2) || 11,986 || 80-61 || L1 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 142 || Sep 7 || Astros || 4–6 || Niekro (14-10) || Lollar (10-12) || DiPino (13) || 23,713 || 80-62 || L2 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 143 || Sep 9 || Astros || 8–4 || Thurmond (13-7) || LaCoss (7-4) || || 14,153 || 81-62 || W1 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 144 || Sep 11 || Dodgers || 2–5 || Valenzuela (12-15) || Whitson (13-8) || || 24,505 || 81-63 || L1 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 145 || Sep 12 || Dodgers || 1–8 || Hooton (3-4) || Dravecky (8-8) || || 28,560 || 81-64 || L2 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 146 || Sep 14 || @ Astros || 4–2 || Gossage (9-5) || DiPino (4-9) || || 13,119 || 82-64 || W1 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 147 || Sep 15 || @ Astros || 2–3 || Dawley (9-4) || Lefferts (3-4) || || 15,456 || 82-65 || L1 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 148 || Sep 16 || @ Astros || 9–10 || Smith (4-3) || Gossage (9-6) || || 10,397 || 82-66 || L2 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 149 || Sep 17 || @ Reds || 3–2 (11) || Gossage (10-6) || Power (8-6) || || 7,728 || 83-66 || W1 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 150 || Sep 18 || @ Reds || 2–0 || Dravecky (9-8) || Price (7-12) || || 10,414 || 84-66 || W2 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 151 || Sep 19 || Giants || 5–4 (10/wo) || Hawkins (8-9) || Garrelts (1-3) || || 32,964 || 85-66 || W3 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 152 || Sep 20 || Giants || 5–4 || Lollar (11-12) || Krukow (10-12) || Dravecky (8) || 15,766 || 86-66 || W4 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 153 || Sep 21 || Braves || 1–3 || Mahler (12-9) || Thurmond (13-8) || || 46,137 || 86-67 || L1 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 154 || Sep 22 || Braves || 2–5 || Pérez (13-7) || DeLeón (1-2) || Garber (10) || 47,217 || 86-68 || L2 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 155 || Sep 23 || Braves || 2–1 (11/wo) || Booker (1-0) || Moore (4-5) || || 40,910 || 87-68 || W1 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 156 || Sep 24 (1) || @ Giants || 7–1 || Harris (2-2) || Robinson (7-15) || || || 88-68 || W2 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 157 || Sep 24 (2) || @ Giants || 8–6 (11) || DeLeón (2-2) || Lacey (1-3) || || 3,296 || 89-68 || W3 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 158 || Sep 25 || @ Giants || 3–4 || Krukow (11-12) || Lollar (11-13) || Minton (19) || 4,199 || 89-69 || L1 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 159 || Sep 26 || @ Giants || 4–0 || Show (15-9) || Laskey (9-14) || || 5,634 || 90-69 || W1 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 160 || Sep 28 || @ Braves || 4–2 || Thurmond (14-8) || Murtry (9-17) || || 15,733 || 91-69 || W2 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 161 || Sep 29 || @ Braves || 6–2 || Whitson (14-8) || Mahler (13-10) || || 30,131 || 92-69 || W3 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 162 || Sep 30 || @ Braves || 3–4 || Pérez (14-7) || Booker (1-1) || Garber (11) || 13,489 || 92-70 || L1 |- style="text-align:center;" | Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement Bold = Padres team member

Postseason game log

|- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 1 || Oct 2 || @ Cubs || 0–13 || Sutcliffe (1-0) || Show (0-1) || || 36,282 || 0–1 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 2 || Oct 3 || @ Cubs || 2–4 || Trout (1-0) || Thurmond (0-1) || Smith (1) || 36,282 || 0–2 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 3 || Oct 4 || Cubs || 7–1 || Whitson (1-0) || Eckersley (0-1) || || 58,346 || 1–2 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 4 || Oct 6 || Cubs || 7–5 (wo) || Lefferts (1-0) || Smith (0-1) || || 58,354 || 2-2 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 5 || Oct 7 || Cubs || 6–3 || Lefferts (2-0) || Sutcliffe (1-1) || Gossage (1) || 58,359 || 3–2 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 1 || Oct 9 || Tigers || 2–3 || Morris (2-0) || Thurmond (0-2) || || 57,908 || 0–1 |- bgcolor=#ccffcc | 2 || Oct 10 || Tigers || 5–3 || Hawkins (1-0) || Petry (0-1) || Lefferts (1) || 57,911 || 1-1 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 3 || Oct 12 || @ Tigers || 2–5 || Wilcox (2-0) || Lollar (0-1) || Hernández (2) || 51,970 || 1–2 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 4 || Oct 13 || @ Tigers || 2–4 || Morris (2-0) || Show (0-2) || || 52,130 || 1–3 |- bgcolor=#ffbbbb | 5 || Oct 14 || @ Tigers || 4–8 || López (2-0) || Hawkins (1-1) || Hernández (3) || 51,901 || 1–4 |- style="text-align:center;" | Legend: = Win = Loss = Postponement Bold = Padres team member

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

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pitching

Starting pitchers

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

Other pitchers

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

Relief pitchers

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

{{Anchor|cubbusters}}NLCS

Main article: 1984 National League Championship Series

In the 1984 NLCS, the Padres faced the NL East champion Chicago Cubs, who were making their first post-season appearance since 1945 and featured NL Most Valuable Player Ryne Sandberg and Cy Young Award winner Rick Sutcliffe. The Cubs would win the first two games at Wrigley Field, but the Padres swept the final three games at then-Jack Murphy Stadium (the highlight arguably being Steve Garvey's dramatic, game-winning home run off of Lee Smith in Game 4) to win the 1984 National League pennant. They became the first National League team to win a playoff series after being down 2–0. and was named the NLCS Most Valuable Player for the second time in his career.

After returning from Chicago on a delayed flight, the team boarded buses from the airport, and was boosted by the surprising 2,000 fans waiting to greet them at the Jack Murphy Stadium parking lot at about 9:45 P.M. Gwynn agreed as well. Jack Murphy Stadium played "Cub-Busters", a parody of the theme song from the 1984 movie Ghostbusters.

World Series

Main article: 1984 World Series

In the 1984 World Series, the Padres faced the powerful Detroit Tigers, who steamrolled through the regular season with 104 victories (and had started out with a 35–5 record, the best ever through the first 40 games). The Tigers were managed by Sparky Anderson and featured shortstop and native San Diegan Alan Trammell and outfielder Kirk Gibson, along with Lance Parrish and DH Darrell Evans. The pitching staff was bolstered by ace Jack Morris (19–11, 3.60 ERA), Dan Petry (18–8), Milt Wilcox (17–8), and closer Willie Hernández (9–3, 1.92 ERA with 32 saves). Jack Morris would win games 1 and 4 and the Tigers would go on to win the Series in five games.

San Diego's starting pitchers crumbled in the postseason with a combined ERA of 9.09, including 13.94 against Detroit, surpassing the Cubs mark of 9.50 in 1932 as the worst in the then-82-year history of the World Series. Show, Thurmond, Lollar, and Whitson combined to throw only innings versus the Tigers while surrendering 25 hits, eight walks, and 16 earned runs. Only once did a starter pitch at least five innings. Whitson (NLCS Game 3) was the only starter to earn a win in the playoffs. Out of the bullpen, Lefferts was excellent in the postseason with 10 scoreless innings in six appearances, while Hawkins and Dravecky pitched well in the playoffs as well.

After a disappointing season for 37-year-old journeyman Kurt Bevacqua, he hit .412 in the World Series as the Padres designated hitter, hitting the game-winning home run in Game 2 as well as an eighth-inning homer in the finale, which had cut San Diego's deficit to 5–4. Playing in place of the injured McReynolds, Bobby Brown had the team's only two RBIs by Padres outfielders against the Tigers, but he batted just 1-for-15.

Reporter Barry Bloom of MLB.com wrote in 2011 that "the postseason in '84 is still the most exciting week of Major League Baseball ever played in San Diego." Gossage, who is mostly remembered as a Yankee, called it "special being a part of turning on a city for the first time, going to the World Series for the first time".

Award winners

• Tony Gwynn, National League Batting Champion (.351)
• Tony Gwynn, National League Leader in Hits (213)

1984 Major League Baseball All-Star Game

• Steve Garvey, first baseman (starter) – 9th selection
• Tony Gwynn, left field (starter) – 1st selection
• Goose Gossage, pitcher (reserve) – 8th selection

Farm system

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