1987 San Diego Padres season

Updated on Dec 14, 2023

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Owner(s) Joan Kroc Manager(s) Larry Bowa		General manager(s) Jack McKeon
Local television KUSI-TV SD Cable Sports Net (Dave Campbell, Jerry Coleman, Bob Chandler, Ted Leitner) Local radio 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.

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.

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.