List of San Diego Padres managers - wikipedia List of San Diego Padres managers The San Diego Padres are a professional baseball franchise based in San Diego, California. They are a member of the National League ( NL ) West in Major League Baseball ( MLB ). The team joined MLB in 1969 as an expansion team and have won two NL Championships in 1984 and 1998. The team played their home games at Qualcomm Stadium ( formerly known as San Diego Stadium and Jack Murphy Stadium ) from 1969 to 2003. Starting with the 2004 season, they moved to PETCO Park, where they have played since. The team is owned by Ron Fowler, and Josh Byrnes is their general manager. There have been 18 managers for the Padres franchise. The team 's first manager was Preston Gómez, who managed for four seasons. Bruce Bochy is the franchise 's all - time leader for the most regular - season games managed ( 1926 ), the most regular - season game wins ( 951 ), the most playoff games managed ( 24 ), and the most playoff - game wins ( 8 ). Bob Skinner is the Padres ' all - time leader for the highest regular - season winning percentage, as he has only managed one game, which he won. Of the managers who have managed a minimum of 162 games ( one season ), Jack McKeon has the highest regular - season winning percentage with. 541, having managed for 357 games. Dick Williams, the only Padres manager to have been elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame, is the franchise 's all - time leader for the highest playoff winning percentage with. 400. Williams and Bochy are the only managers to have won an NL Championship with the Padres, in 1984 and 1998 respectively. Bochy and Black are the only managers to have won a Manager of the Year Award with the Padres, in 1996 and 2010. Greg Riddoch and Jerry Coleman have spent their entire managing careers with the Padres. Contents 1 Key 2 Managers 3 Notes 4 References Key PETCO Park has been the home of the Padres since 2004. # Number of managers GM Regular - season games managed Regular - season wins Regular - season losses Win % Regular - season winning percentage PGM Playoff games managed PW Playoff wins PL Playoff losses PWin % Playoff winning percentage * Spent entire MLB managing career with the Padres † Elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame as a manager Managers Note : Statistics are correct as through October 1, 2017. # Name Term GM Win % PGM PW PL PWin % Achievements 01 ! 1 Gómez, Preston Preston Gómez 1969 -- 1972 496 180 316. 363 00 ! -- 00 ! -- 00 ! -- 00 ! -- 02 ! 2 Zimmer, Don Don Zimmer 1972 -- 1973 304 114 190. 375 00 ! -- 00 ! -- 00 ! -- 00 ! -- 03 ! 3 McNamara, John John McNamara 1974 -- 1977 534 224 310. 419 00 ! -- 00 ! -- 00 ! -- 00 ! -- 04 ! 4 Skinner, Bob Bob Skinner 1977 0 1.000 00 ! -- 00 ! -- 00 ! -- 00 ! -- 05 ! 5 Dark, Alvin Alvin Dark 1977 113 48 65. 425 00 ! -- 00 ! -- 00 ! -- 00 ! -- 06 ! 6 Craig, Roger Roger Craig 1978 -- 1979 323 152 171. 471 00 ! -- 00 ! -- 00 ! -- 00 ! -- 07 ! 7 Coleman, Jerry Jerry Coleman * 1980 163 73 89. 451 00 ! -- 00 ! -- 00 ! -- 00 ! -- 08 ! 8 Howard, Frank Frank Howard 1981 110 41 69. 373 00 ! -- 00 ! -- 00 ! -- 00 ! -- 09 ! 9 Williams, Dick Dick Williams † 1982 -- 1985 649 337 311. 520 10 ! 10 04 ! 4 06 ! 6 02 !. 400 1984 NL Champions 10 ! 10 Boros, Steve Steve Boros 1986 162 74 88. 457 00 ! -- 00 ! -- 00 ! -- 00 ! -- 11 ! 11 Bowa, Larry Larry Bowa 1987 -- 1988 208 81 127. 389 00 ! -- 00 ! -- 00 ! -- 00 ! -- 12 ! 12 McKeon, Jack Jack McKeon 1988 -- 1990 357 193 164. 541 00 ! -- 00 ! -- 00 ! -- 00 ! -- 13 ! 13 Riddoch, Greg Greg Riddoch * 1990 -- 1992 394 200 194. 508 00 ! -- 00 ! -- 00 ! -- 00 ! -- 14 ! 14 Riggleman, Jim Jim Riggleman 1992 -- 1994 291 112 179. 385 00 ! -- 00 ! -- 00 ! -- 00 ! -- 15 ! 15 Bochy, Bruce Bruce Bochy 1995 -- 2006 1926 951 975. 494 24 ! 24 08 ! 8 16 ! 16 01 !. 333 1996 NL Manager of the Year 1998 NL Champions 16 ! 16 Black, Bud Bud Black 2007 -- 2015 1362 649 713. 477 00 ! -- 00 ! -- 00 ! -- 00 ! -- 2010 NL Manager of the Year 17 ! 17 Roberts, Dave Dave Roberts 2015 0. 000 00 ! -- 00 ! -- 00 ! -- 00 ! -- 18 ! 18 Murphy, Pat Pat Murphy * 2015 96 42 54. 438 00 ! -- 00 ! -- 00 ! -- 00 ! -- 19 ! 19 Green, Andy Andy Green * 2016 -- present 324 139 185. 429 00 ! -- 00 ! -- 00 ! -- 00 ! -- Don Zimmer managed the Padres for two seasons. Bruce Bochy managed the Padres for 12 consecutive seasons. Bud Black was the manager of the Padres from 2007 through June 2015 Notes A running total of the number of managers of the Padres. Thus, any manager who has two or more separate terms as a manager is only counted once. Each year is linked to an article about that particular MLB season. References General `` Padres All - Time Managers ''. MLB.com. MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Retrieved 2008 - 12 - 16. `` Padres Year - by - year Results ''. MLB.com. MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Retrieved 2008 - 12 - 16. `` San Diego Padres History & Encyclopedia ''. Baseball - Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008 - 12 - 21. `` San Diego Padres Managers ''. Baseball - Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2011 - 04 - 30. Specific Jump up ^ `` Padres History ''. MLB.com. MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Retrieved 2008 - 12 - 16. Jump up ^ `` Front Office ''. MLB.com. MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Retrieved 2008 - 12 - 16. ^ Jump up to : `` San Diego Padres Managerial Register ''. Baseball - Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008 - 12 - 16. ^ Jump up to : `` Members of the Baseball Hall of Fame and Their Year of Induction ''. BaseballHallofFame.com. National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc. Archived from the original on December 6, 2008. Retrieved 2008 - 12 - 16. ^ Jump up to : `` Padres Postseason Results ''. MLB.com. MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Retrieved 2008 - 12 - 16. ^ Jump up to : `` Manager of the Year Award Winners ''. Baseball - Reference. Sports Reference, LLC. Retrieved 2008 - 12 - 16. San Diego Padres managers Preston Gómez ( 1969 -- 1972 ) Don Zimmer ( 1972 -- 1973 ) John McNamara ( 1974 -- 1977 ) Bob Skinner ( 1977 ) Alvin Dark ( 1977 ) Roger Craig ( 1978 -- 1979 ) Jerry Coleman ( 1980 ) Frank Howard ( 1981 ) Dick Williams ( 1982 -- 1985 ) Steve Boros ( 1986 ) Larry Bowa ( 1987 -- 1988 ) Jack McKeon ( 1988 -- 1990 ) Greg Riddoch ( 1990 -- 1992 ) Jim Riggleman ( 1992 -- 1994 ) Bruce Bochy ( 1995 -- 2006 ) Bud Black ( 2007 -- 2015 ) Dave Roberts ( 2015 ) Pat Murphy ( 2015 ) Andy Green ( 2016 -- ) San Diego Padres Based in San Diego, California Franchise History Expansion and draft Seasons Players Managers Owners and executives Division Retired numbers Hall of Fame Award winners and league leaders Broadcasters First - round draft picks Opening Day starting pitchers Records Ballparks Qualcomm Stadium Petco Park Spring training Desert Sun Stadium Peoria Sports Complex Culture and lore Fox Sports San Diego Original Padres Swinging Friar San Diego Chicken Steve Garvey home run 2007 NL Wild Card tie - breaker game Trevor time Pitch Key personnel Owner : Ron Fowler General Manager : A.J. Preller Sr. VP of Baseball Operations : Omar Minaya Manager : Andy Green League pennants ( 2 ) 1984 1998 Division titles ( 5 ) 1984 1998 2005 2006 Minor league affiliates El Paso Chihuahuas ( AAA ) San Antonio Missions ( AA ) Lake Elsinore Storm ( A Adv. ) Fort Wayne TinCaps ( A ) Tri-City Dust Devils ( Short A ) AZL Padres ( Rookie ) AZL Padres 2 ( Rookie ) DSL Padres ( Rookie ) Seasons ( 50 ) 1960s 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970s 1970 1971 1972 1973 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980s 1980 1981 1982 1984 1985 1986 1988 1990s 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1998 1999 2000s 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010s 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Major League Baseball managers by team American League East Buck Showalter ( Baltimore Orioles ) Alex Cora ( Boston Red Sox ) Joe Girardi ( New York Yankees ) Kevin Cash ( Tampa Bay Rays ) John Gibbons ( Toronto Blue Jays ) Central Rick Renteria ( Chicago White Sox ) Terry Francona ( Cleveland Indians ) Ron Gardenhire ( Detroit Tigers ) Ned Yost ( Kansas City Royals ) Paul Molitor ( Minnesota Twins ) West A.J. 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Question: who was the san diego padres first manager
Answer: Preston Gómez