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San Diego Padres Best Single Seasons

Dave Franks
2–3 minutes

This is a list of the San Diego Padres best single seasons. I decided to select two players for each infield position, six outfielders (regardless of specific position), and one designated hitter for each AL team. Hitters had to play at least 51% of games at their position. For pitching, we selected seven starting pitchers, three non-closers, and two closers. Starting pitchers had to start at least 20 games during the selected season. Relief pitchers were deemed non-closers if they saved less than 10 games. Closers are pitchers that save more than 10 games.


  • Catcher – Gene Tenace, 1979

    • Gene Tenace
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    144 .382 5.9 151 582 61 122 16 4 20 67 2 105 106 .263 .403 .445 .848

  • First Base – Adrian Gonzalez, 2009

    • Adrian Gonzalez
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    156 .404 6.9 160 681 90 153 27 2 40 99 1 119 109 .277 .407 .551 .958

  • Second Base – Mark Loretta, 2004

    • Mark Loretta
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    137 .380 6.0 154 707 108 208 47 2 16 76 5 58 45 .335 .391 .495 .886

  • Third Base – Ken Caminiti, 1996

    • Ken Caminiti
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    169 .426 7.6 146 639 109 178 37 2 40 130 11 78 99 .326 .408 .621 1.028

  • Shortstop – Khalil Greene, 2004

    • Khalil Greene
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    110 .339 3.2 139 554 67 132 31 4 15 65 4 53 94 .273 .349 .446 .795

  • Outfield – Dave Winfield, 1979

    • Dave Winfield
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    161 .407 8.3 159 686 97 184 27 10 34 118 15 85 71 .308 .395 .558 .953

  • Outfield – Tony Gwynn, 1987

    • Tony Gwynn
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    154 .409 8.5 157 680 119 218 36 13 7 54 56 82 35 .370 .447 .511 .958

  • Outfield – Greg Vaughn, 1998

    • Greg Vaughn
    wRC+ wOBA WAR G PA R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS
    151 .403 6.3 158 661 112 156 28 4 50 119 11 79 121 .272 .363 .597 .960

  • Starting Pitcher – Kevin Brown, 1998

    • Kevin Brown
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    60 8.6 36 35 18 7 2.38 257 7 3 0 77 68 49 257 9.0 1.066

  • Starting Pitcher – Randy Jones, 1975

    • Randy Jones
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    65 7.5 37 36 20 12 2.24 285 18 6 0 94 71 56 103 3.3 1.046

  • Starting Pitcher – Dave Roberts, 1971

    • Dave Roberts
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    63 7.4 37 34 14 17 2.10 269.2 14 2 0 79 63 61 135 4.5 1.109

  • Starting Pitcher – Jake Peavy, 2007

    • Jake Peavy
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    63 6.2 34 34 19 6 2.54 223.1 0 0 0 67 63 68 240 9.7 1.061

  • Starting Pitcher – Ed Whitson, 1990

    • Ed Whitson
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    68 7.0 32 32 14 9 2.60 228.2 6 3 0 73 66 47 127 5.0 1.146

  • Relief Pitcher – Mike Adams, 2009

    • Mike Adams
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    19 1.1 37 0 0 0 0.73 37 0 0 0 9 3 8 45 10.9 0.595

  • Relief Pitcher – Cla Meredith, 2014

    • Cla Meredith
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    26 2.5 45 0 5 1 1.07 50.2 0 0 0 6 6 6 37 6.6 0.711

  • Closer – Trevor Hoffman, 1998

    • Trevor Hoffman
    ERA- WAR G GS W L ERA IP CG SHO SV R ER BB SO SO/9 WHIP
    37 4.1 66 0 4 2 1.48 73 0 0 53 12 12 21 86 10.6 0.849

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