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1987 San Diego Padres season

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Owner(s)
  
Joan Kroc

Manager(s)
  
Larry Bowa

General manager(s)
  
Jack McKeon

Local television
  
KUSI-TVSD 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.

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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.

    • Starters by position

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

    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

    LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Spokane

    References

    1987 San Diego Padres season Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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