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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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

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• 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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Bench

• Catcher – Terry Kennedy, 1982
• First Base – Fred McGriff, 1992
• Second Base – Roberto Alomar, 1989
• Third Base – Gary Sheffield, 1992
• Shortstop – Everth Cabrera, 2013
• Outfield – Cito Gaston, 1970
• Outfield – George Hendrick, 1977
• Outfield – Brian Giles, 2005
• Starting Pitcher – Bruce Hurst, 1989
• Starting Pitcher – Andy Ashby, 1995
• Relief Pitcher – Akinori Otsuka, 2004
• Closer – Mark Davis, 1989

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