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1987 San Diego Padres season

Field	Value
name	San Diego Padres
season	1987
league	National League
division	West
ballpark	Jack Murphy Stadium
city	San Diego, California
record
divisional_place	6th
owners	Joan Kroc
general_managers	Jack McKeon
managers	Larry Bowa
television	KUSI-TV
San Diego Cable Sports Network
(Dave Campbell, Jerry Coleman, Bob Chandler, Ted Leitner)
radio	KFMB (AM)
(Dave Campbell, Jerry Coleman)
XEXX
(Gustavo Lopez, Mario Thomas Zapiain, Eduardo Ortega)

San Diego Cable Sports Network (Dave Campbell, Jerry Coleman, Bob Chandler, Ted Leitner) (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.

Offseason

October 9, 1986: Dane Iorg was released by the Padres.
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).
December 18, 1986: Graig Nettles was released by the Padres.
January 13, 1987: Tom Gorman was signed as a free agent by the Padres.

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

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).
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.

Roster

1987 San Diego Padres
Roster
Pitchers

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	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	146	546	164	.300	18	79
1B	138	447	140	.313	20	91
2B	106	276	63	.228	0	20
3B	62	196	48	.245	7	26
SS	148	510	113	.222	5	48
LF	139	447	122	.273	15	70
CF	116	422	97	.230	8	29
RF	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
	27	76	16	.211	1	9
Bruce Bochy	38	75	12	.160	2	11
Jim Steels	62	68	13	.191	0	6
	16	47	13	.277	2	7
	12	25	2	.080	0	2
Randy Byers	10	16	5	.313	0	1
	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
	36	205.2	10	13	4.73	135
	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
	44	1	1	1	3.16	17
	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
	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

References

"Team Batting Event Finder: 1987, All Teams, Home Runs, With Runners on 123". Baseball Reference.
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/i/iorgda01.shtml Dane Iorg] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/m/mitchke01.shtml Kevin Mitchell] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/n/nettlgr01.shtml Graig Nettles] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gormato03.shtml Tom Gorman] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/w/wasinma01.shtml Mark Wasinger] at ''Baseball Reference''
[https://www.baseball-reference.com/l/leipeda01.shtml 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

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