# 2010 San Diego Padres season

The 2010 San Diego Padres season was the 42nd season in franchise history. On August 25, the Padres had a 6+1⁄2-game lead over the second-place San Francisco Giants, but ended up missing the playoffs as the Giants passed them in September. This was the last winning season the Padres would have until 2020, as well as their last 90 win season until 2024.

## Regular season

Many preseason predictions picked the Padres to finish the season in last place in the NL West.
On April 12, 2010, (Padres home opener) the Padres scored 17 runs—including a ten run 4th inning, making it the most runs in one half inning of baseball in Petco Park's history—against the Atlanta Braves as they went on to win 17–2. In the Padres' 1–0 win over the San Francisco Giants on April 20, San Diego won despite San Francisco's Jonathan Sánchez and Sergio Romo limiting them to just one hit, one of the very rare occasions that a team won with just one hit.
On May 13, Mat Latos threw a one hitter in a 1–0 win over the Giants.
On May 29, the Giants signed free agent outfielder Pat Burrell. Padres CEO Jeff Moorad, Burrell's friend and his former agent, would later say he regretted not recruiting Burrell to the Padres.
On May 31, the Padres played 51 games and were 2 games ahead of the Los Angeles Dodgers. They had one of the highest winning percentages in the National League despite having poor attendance and one of the worst payrolls in Major League Baseball. The Padres had one of the lowest ERA in the National League.
On June 11, the Padres had 36 wins and 25 losses. They were tied with the Los Angeles Dodgers in first place.
On June 14, in the Padres' 6–3 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays, an earthquake shook Petco Park. Many fans and Cito Gaston, the Blue Jays' manager, felt the 5.7 M$_w$ earthquake, but most of the players did not feel it. Gaston reported that he felt the dugout move side from side a little.
On June 23, the Padres won the first two games in the series against the Tampa Bay Rays. They placed 2+1⁄2 games ahead of the San Francisco Giants for first place.
On June 25, the Padres won the first game of a three-game series against the Florida Marlins, giving them 43 wins and 30 losses. In contrast, the Padres record after 73 games in 2009 was 32 wins with 41 losses. There were constant rumors and talks about the possible trade of All-Star first baseman and Gold Glove winner Adrián González, but he remained in San Diego throughout the season.
On August 18, the Padres moved 6 games ahead of the San Francisco Giants giving them their biggest division lead of the season
On August 23, the Giants acquired outfielder Cody Ross off waivers from the Florida Marlins to block him from going to the Padres.
On August 25, the Padres were 76–49 and in first place with a 6+1⁄2 game lead. On August 26, the Padres started a 10-game losing streak by losing to the Arizona Diamondbacks 5–11. The losing streak went into the month of September and ended on September 6 when they beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4–2.
On September 26, the Padres (87–67) had a 1⁄2-game lead over the Giants (87–68).
On September 30, the Padres fell 3 games behind the San Francisco Giants after losing 3 out of 4 games to the Chicago Cubs, putting them on the brink of elimination. With a 3–0 loss on October 3, the final game of the season, with the Braves beating the Phillies, the Padres were officially eliminated from playoff contention and the Giants won the division, while the Braves won the wild card spot. The Padres led the NL West for 148 days in 2010. They set team records for the fewest errors (72) and highest fielding percentage (.988) in a season.

### Season standings
#### National League West

vteNL West :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| San Francisco Giants | 92 | 70 | .568 | — | 49‍–‍32 | 43‍–‍38 |
| San Diego Padres | 90 | 72 | .556 | 2 | 45‍–‍36 | 45‍–‍36 |
| Colorado Rockies | 83 | 79 | .512 | 9 | 52‍–‍29 | 31‍–‍50 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 80 | 82 | .494 | 12 | 45‍–‍36 | 35‍–‍46 |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 65 | 97 | .401 | 27 | 40‍–‍41 | 25‍–‍56 |

#### National League Wild Card

vteDivision leaders :
| Team | W | L | Pct. |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 97 | 65 | .599 |
| San Francisco Giants | 92 | 70 | .568 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 91 | 71 | .562 |
vteWild Card team (Top team qualifies for postseason) :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB |
| Atlanta Braves | 91 | 71 | .562 | — |
| San Diego Padres | 90 | 72 | .556 | 1 |
| St. Louis Cardinals | 86 | 76 | .531 | 5 |
| Colorado Rockies | 83 | 79 | .512 | 8 |
| Florida Marlins | 80 | 82 | .494 | 11 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 80 | 82 | .494 | 11 |
| New York Mets | 79 | 83 | .488 | 12 |
| Milwaukee Brewers | 77 | 85 | .475 | 14 |
| Houston Astros | 76 | 86 | .469 | 15 |
| Chicago Cubs | 75 | 87 | .463 | 16 |
| Washington Nationals | 69 | 93 | .426 | 22 |
| Arizona Diamondbacks | 65 | 97 | .401 | 26 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates | 57 | 105 | .352 | 34 |

#### Record vs. opponents

2010 National League recordvte Source: :
| Team | AZ | ATL | CHC | CIN | COL | FLA | HOU | LAD | MIL | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL | WSH | AL |
| Arizona | – | 3–4 | 1–6 | 2–5 | 9–9 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 5–13 | 3–4 | 5–1 | 2–4 | 2–4 | 8–10 | 5–13 | 4–5 | 3–4 | 6–9 |
| Atlanta | 4–3 | – | 4–2 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 11–7 | 5–1 | 5–3 | 5–2 | 11–7 | 8–10 | 6–3 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 2–6 | 8–10 | 9–6 |
| Chicago | 6–1 | 2–4 | – | 4–12 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 7–11 | 3–4 | 9–6 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 5–10 | 3–5 | 2–5 | 9–6 | 4–2 | 8–10 |
| Cincinnati | 5–2 | 2–3 | 12–4 | – | 2–5 | 5–2 | 10–5 | 5–4 | 11–3 | 4–2 | 2–5 | 10–6 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 6–12 | 4–3 | 8–7 |
| Colorado | 9–9 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 5–2 | – | 3–4 | 2–4 | 7–11 | 5–4 | 3–3 | 1–6 | 3–4 | 12–6 | 9–9 | 3–4 | 5–3 | 9–6 |
| Florida | 3–3 | 7–11 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 4–3 | – | 3–3 | 4–2 | 4–4 | 12–6 | 5–13 | 6–2 | 3–6 | 2–5 | 3–2 | 13–5 | 7–8 |
| Houston | 3–4 | 1–5 | 11–7 | 5–10 | 4–2 | 3–3 | – | 2–4 | 8–7 | 3–4 | 4–3 | 11–4 | 2–5 | 2–7 | 10–5 | 4–4 | 3–12 |
| Los Angeles | 13–5 | 3–5 | 4–3 | 4–5 | 11–7 | 2–4 | 4–2 | – | 4–2 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 4–3 | 8–10 | 8–10 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 4–11 |
| Milwaukee | 4–3 | 2–5 | 6–9 | 3–11 | 4–5 | 4–4 | 7–8 | 2–4 | – | 5–2 | 1–5 | 13–5 | 3–4 | 2–5 | 8–7 | 4–2 | 9–6 |
| New York | 1–5 | 7–11 | 4–3 | 2–4 | 3–3 | 6–12 | 4–3 | 4–3 | 2–5 | – | 9–9 | 6–1 | 3–3 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 9–9 | 13–5 |
| Philadelphia | 4–2 | 10–8 | 2–4 | 5–2 | 6–1 | 13–5 | 3–4 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 9–9 | – | 2–4 | 5–2 | 3–3 | 4–4 | 12–6 | 10–8 |
| Pittsburgh | 4–2 | 3–6 | 10–5 | 6–10 | 4–3 | 2–6 | 4–11 | 3–4 | 5–13 | 1–6 | 4–2 | – | 0–6 | 2–4 | 6–9 | 1–5 | 2–13 |
| San Diego | 10–8 | 2–4 | 5–3 | 4–2 | 6–12 | 6–3 | 5–2 | 10–8 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 2–5 | 6–0 | – | 12–6 | 3–4 | 3–3 | 9–6 |
| San Francisco | 13–5 | 3–4 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 9–9 | 5–2 | 7–2 | 10–8 | 5–2 | 4–3 | 3–3 | 4–2 | 6–12 | – | 3–3 | 4–2 | 7–8 |
| St. Louis | 5–4 | 6–2 | 6–9 | 12–6 | 4–3 | 2–3 | 5–10 | 4–3 | 7–8 | 3–3 | 4–4 | 9–6 | 4–3 | 3–3 | – | 3–3 | 9–6 |
| Washington | 4–3 | 10–8 | 2–4 | 3–4 | 3–5 | 5–13 | 4–4 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 9–9 | 6–12 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 2–4 | 3–3 | – | 5–13 |

### Game log

2010 Game Log :
April (15–8)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStadiumBoxGB
1April 5@ Diamondbacks6–3Haren (1–0)Garland (0–1)49,1920–1Chase FieldL1-1
2April 6@ Diamondbacks6–3Young (1–0)Jackson (0–1)Bell (1)19,1771–1Chase FieldW1-1
3April 7@ Diamondbacks5–3Boyer (1–0)Correia (0–1)Qualls (1)17,6731–2Chase FieldL1-2
4April 9@ Rockies7–0de la Rosa (1–0)Richard (0–1)49,5091–3Coors FieldL2-3
5April 10@ Rockies5–4Stauffer (1–0)Corpas (0–1)Bell (2)36,0902–3Coors FieldW1-2
6April 11@ Rockies4–2Jiménez (2–0)Garland (0–2)Morales (2)39,5762–4Coors FieldL1-3
7April 12Braves17–2Correia (1–1)Jurrjens (0–1)42,8433–4Petco ParkW1-3
8April 14Braves6–1Hanson (1–1)Richard (0–2)24,9693–5Petco ParkL1-3½
9April 15Braves6–2Hudson (1–0)Latos (0–1)16,3563–6Petco ParkL2-4
10April 16Diamondbacks6–3Bell (1–0)Gutiérrez (0–1)26,6324–6Petco ParkW1-3
11April 17Diamondbacks5–0Correia (2–1)Benson (0–1)31,3245–6Petco ParkW2-3
12April 18Diamondbacks5–3Mujica (1–0)Heilman (0–1)Bell (3)20,6346–6Petco ParkW3-2
13April 19Giants3–2 (10)Stauffer (2–0)Affeldt (2–2)17,0877–6Petco ParkW4-1
14April 20Giants1–0Latos (1–1)Sánchez (1–1)Bell (4)17,8228–6Petco ParkW50
15April 21Giants5–2Garland (1–2)Wellemeyer (0–3)14,9069–6Petco ParkW6+1
16April 23@ Reds10–4Correia (3–1)Arroyo (0–2)15,18310–6Great American Ball ParkW7+1
17April 24@ Reds5–0LeBlanc (1–0)Cueto (0–1)19,99911–6Great American Ball ParkW8+1
18April 25@ Reds5–4Rhodes (1–1)Adams (0–1)Cordero (7)17,69411–7Great American Ball ParkL1+1
19April 26@ Marlins10–1Johnson (2–1)Latos (1–2)10,92411–8Sun Life StadiumL20
20April 27@ Marlins4–1Garland (2–2)Sánchez (1–2)Bell (5)11,61312–8Sun Life StadiumW10
21April 28@ Marlins6–4Correia (4–1)Robertson (2–2)Bell (6)16,31013–8Sun Life StadiumW2+1
22April 29Brewers9–0LeBlanc (2–0)Davis (0–3)16,69614–8Petco ParkW3+1½
23April 30Brewers3–0Richard (1–2)Bush (1–2)Bell (7)29,36615–8Petco ParkW4+1½ :
May (16–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStadiumBoxGB
24May 1Brewers2–1Gallardo (3–2)Latos (1–3)Hoffman (4)25,61915–9Petco ParkL1+½
25May 2Brewers8–0Garland (3–2)Wolf (2–2)20,07416–9Petco ParkW1+1½
26May 3Rockies5–2Jiménez (6–0)Correia (4–2)15,05216–10Petco ParkL1+1
27May 4Rockies3–2Bell (2–0)Morales (0–3)16,32917–10Petco ParkW1+1
28May 5Rockies6–5Corpas (1–1)Stauffer (2–1)17,12117–11Petco ParkL10
29May 7@ Astros7–0Latos (2–3)Norris (1–4)25,58618–11Minute Maid ParkW1+½
30May 8@ Astros2–1Garland (4–2)Paulino (0–5)Bell (8)27,03819–11Minute Maid ParkW2+1½
31May 9@ Astros4–3Lyon (2–1)Webb (0–1)23,52619–12Minute Maid ParkL1+½
32May 11@ Giants3–2Webb (1–1)Zito (5–1)Bell (9)33,24920–12AT&T ParkW1+1½
33May 12@ Giants5–2Richard (2–2)Cain (2–2)Bell (10)30,92421–12AT&T ParkW2+2½
34May 13@ Giants1–0Latos (3–3)Sánchez (2–3)32,86122–12AT&T ParkW3+3½
35May 14Dodgers4–3Weaver (2–1)Gregerson (0–1)Broxton (5)42,05622–13Petco ParkL1+2½
36May 15Dodgers4–1Kershaw (3–2)Correia (4–3)Broxton (6)42,43622–14Petco ParkL2+1½
37May 16Dodgers1–0Billingsley (4–2)LeBlanc (2–1)Broxton (7)42,32722–15Petco ParkL3+½
38May 17Giants3–1Richard (3–2)Cain (2–3)Bell (11)20,55823–15Petco ParkW1+1½
39May 18Giants7–6 (12)Runzler (2–0)Ramos (0–1)Wilson (10)19,56523–16Petco ParkL1+½
40May 19@ Dodgers10–5Garland (5–2)Ortiz (1–2)40,13824–16Dodger StadiumW1+1½
41May 20@ Dodgers4–1Kershaw (4–2)Correia (4–4)Broxton (8)38,85624–17Dodger StadiumL1+1
42May 21@ Mariners15–8Lee (2–2)LeBlanc (2–2)24,13924–18Safeco FieldL20
43May 22@ Mariners2–1Richard (4–2)Snell (0–3)Bell (12)28,67025–18Safeco FieldW10
44May 23@ Mariners8–1Latos (4–3)Hernández (2–4)33,31526–18Safeco FieldW2+1
45May 25Cardinals1–0Garland (6–2)Wainwright (6–3)Bell (13)18,23627–18Petco ParkW3+2
46May 26Cardinals2–1 (13)Mujica (2–0)Boggs (0–2)19,75228–18Petco ParkW4+2
47May 27Cardinals8–3Walters (1–0)LeBlanc (2–3)20,58328–19Petco ParkL1+2
48May 28Nationals5–3Lannan (2–2)Richard (4–3)Capps (17)23,46828–20Petco ParkL2+1
49May 29Nationals4–2Latos (5–3)Martin (0–1)Bell (14)25,95629–20Petco ParkW1+2
50May 30Nationals3–2Gregerson (1–1)Burnett (0–3)28,59130–20Petco ParkW2+2
51May 31Mets18–6Correia (5–4)Takahashi (4–2)20,02331–20Petco ParkW3+2 :
June (15–12)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStadiumBoxGB
52June 1Mets4–2Pelfrey (8–1)LeBlanc (2–4)Rodríguez (10)17,39331–21Petco ParkL1+1
53June 2Mets5–1 (11)Webb (2–1)Valdés (2–2)15.88032–21Petco ParkW1+1
54June 4@ Phillies3–2Halladay (8–3)Latos (5–4)Lidge (2)45,08032–22Citizens Bank ParkL1+½
55June 5@ Phillies6–2Moyer (6–5)Garland (6–3)45,35332–23Citizens Bank ParkL2+½
56June 6@ Phillies6–5 (10)Adams (1–1)Báez (2–2)Bell (15)44,85233–23Citizens Bank ParkW1+½
57June 7@ Phillies3–1LeBlanc (3–4)Hamels (5–5)Bell (16)45,39834–23Citizens Bank ParkW2+½
58June 8@ Mets2–1 (11)Dessens (1–1)Mujica (2–1)30,08634–24Citi FieldL1-½
June 9@ MetsPostponed (rain); Rescheduled for June 10Citi Field-1
59June 10@ Mets4–2Latos (6–4)Santana (4–3)Bell (17)32,36535–24Citi FieldW1-½
60June 10@ Mets3–0Niese (3–2)Garland (6–4)28,07235–25Citi FieldL1-1
61June 11Mariners4–3Thatcher (1–0)Aardsma (0–4)20,04936–25Petco ParkW10
62June 12Mariners7–1LeBlanc (4–4)Lee (4–3)30,01937–25Petco ParkW2+1
63June 13Mariners4–2Hernández (4–5)Gregerson (1–2)Aardsma (13)23,42937–26Petco ParkL1+1
64June 14Blue Jays6–3Marcum (6–3)Garland (6–5)Gregg (16)16,54237–27Petco ParkL2+½
65June 15Blue Jays8–2Latos (7–4)Cecil (7–3)15,26638–27Petco ParkW1+½
66June 16Blue Jays7–1Romero (6–3)Correia (5–5)16,05038–28Petco ParkL1-½
67June 18Orioles3–2Bell (3–0)Hernandez (2–6)25,16739–28Petco ParkW1+1
68June 19Orioles5–4Millwood (1–8)Richard (4–4)Simón (7)28,13839–29Petco ParkL1+1
69June 20Orioles9–4Garland (7–5)Arrieta (2–1)28,02940–29Petco ParkW1+1½
70June 22@ Rays2–1Latos (8–4)Davis (5–8)Bell (18)14,65041–29Tropicana FieldW2+1½
71June 23@ Rays5–4Gregerson (2–2)Shields (6–7)Bell (19)15,80942–29Tropicana FieldW3+2½
72June 24@ Rays5–3Garza (8–5)LeBlanc (4–5)Soriano (17)21,87742–30Tropicana FieldL1+2½
73June 25@ Marlins3–0Richard (5–4)Volstad (4–7)Bell (20)16,71843–30Sun Life StadiumW1+2½
74June 26@ Marlins2–1Garland (8–5)Johnson (8–3)Bell (21)22,49544–30Sun Life StadiumW2+3½
75June 27@ Marlins4–2Webb (3–1)Sanches (0–1)Gregerson (1)16,04445–30Sun Life StadiumW3+4½
76June 28Rockies10–6Jiménez (14–1)Correia (5–6)21,01845–31Petco ParkL1+4
77June 29Rockies6–3Hammel (6–3)LeBlanc (4–6)Street (1)21,19645–32Petco ParkL2+3
78June 30Rockies13–3Richard (6–4)Francis (2–3)24,51946–32Petco ParkW1+3 :
July (14–10)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStadiumBoxGB
79July 1Astros6–3 (10)Sampson (1–0)Gregerson (2–3)Lindstrom (19)18,61846–33Petco ParkL1+2½
80July 2Astros3–0Latos (9–4)Lyon (5–2)Bell (22)30,69147–33Petco ParkW1+1½
81July 3Astros1–0Adams (2–1)Chacín (1–1)Bell (23)40,04248–33Petco ParkW2+3½
82July 4Astros3–2Bell (4–0)Lyon (5–3)23,49849–33Petco ParkW3+3½
83July 6@ Nationals6–5Capps (3–3)Gregerson (2–4)14,03949–34Nationals ParkL1+3
84July 7@ Nationals7–6Martin (1–4)Garland (8–6)Capps (23)13,76249–35Nationals ParkL2+3
85July 8@ Nationals7–1Latos (10–4)Atilano (6–6)17,36450–35Nationals ParkW1+3
86July 9@ Rockies10–8Belisle (4–3)Gregerson (2–5)Street (4)36,12350–36Coors FieldL1+2
87July 10@ Rockies4–2Hammel (7–3)LeBlanc (4–7)Street (5)45,06950–37Coors FieldL2+1
88July 11@ Rockies9–7Gregerson (3–5)Belisle (4–4)Bell (24)40,46051–37Coors FieldW1+2
July 13: All-Star Game (NL wins—Box)3–1Capps (WAS)Hughes (NYY)Broxton (LAD)45,408Angel Stadium of AnaheimAnaheim, CA
89July 16Diamondbacks12–1Garland (9–6)Haren (7–8)33,17752–37Petco ParkW1+3
90July 17Diamondbacks8–5Richard (7–4)López (5–8)Bell (25)40,01153–37Petco ParkW2+3½
91July 18Diamondbacks6–4Correia (6–6)Jackson (6–8)Bell (26)25,36354–37Petco ParkW3+4
92July 20@ Braves4–1Jurrjens (3–3)LeBlanc (4–8)Wagner (22)30,62154–38Turner FieldL1+3
93July 21@ Braves6–4 (12)Stauffer (3–3)Medlen (6–2)Bell (27)30,03955–38Turner FieldW1+4
94July 22@ Braves8–0Hudson (10–5)Richard (7–5)26,45055–39Turner FieldL1+3
95July 23@ Pirates5–3Correia (7–6)Maholm (6–8)Bell (28)18,61156–39PNC ParkW1+3
96July 24@ Pirates9–2Latos (11–4)Karstens (2–6)36,96757–39PNC ParkW2+3
97July 25@ Pirates6–3LeBlanc (5–8)Lincoln (1–4)Bell (29)18,80058–39PNC ParkW3+3
98July 27Dodgers2–0Billingsley (9–5)Garland (9–7)Broxton (20)38,42858–40Petco ParkL1+2½
99July 28Dodgers6–1Richard (8–5)Kuroda (8–9)40,18859–40Petco ParkW1+2½
100July 29Dodgers3–2Bell (5–0)Sherrill (1–2)
42,07560–40Petco ParkW2+3½
101July 30Marlins4–2Volstad (5–8)LeBlanc (5–9)Núñez (25)30,47860–41Petco ParkL1+2½
102July 31Marlins6–3Nolasco (12–7)Correia (7–7)Núñez (26)42,07260–42Petco ParkL2+1½ :
August (16–13)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStadiumBoxGB
103August 1Marlins5–4Garland (10–7)Johnson (10–4)Bell (30)27,56061–42Petco ParkW1+1½
104August 2@ Dodgers10–5Richard (9–5)Kuroda (8–10)40,86062–42Dodger StadiumW2+2
105August 3@ Dodgers2–1Lilly (4–8)Latos (11–5)Broxton (21)38,88662–43Dodger StadiumL1+1
106August 4@ Dodgers9–0Padilla (5–3)LeBlanc (5–10)48,98862–44Dodger StadiumL2+1
107August 5@ Dodgers5–0Correia (8–7)Billingsley (9–6)Bell (31)44,73963–44Dodger StadiumW1+2
108August 6@ Diamondbacks2–1Hudson (3–1)Garland (10–8)Heilman (5)22,16863–45Chase FieldL1+1
109August 7@ Diamondbacks6–5Heilman (3–3)Gregerson (3–6)48,94663–46Chase FieldL2+1
110August 8@ Diamondbacks10–1Latos (12–5)Saunders (7–11)27,85664–46Chase FieldW1+2
111August 10Pirates4–1LeBlanc (6–10)Karstens (2–8)Bell (32)23,24965–46Petco ParkW2+2½
112August 11Pirates8–5Correia (9–7)McDonald (1–2)Bell (33)28,33566–46Petco ParkW3+2½
113August 12Pirates3–0Garland (11–8) Duke (5–11)Bell (34)25,89767–46Petco ParkW4+2½
114August 13@ Giants3–2Richard (10–5)Sánchez (8–8)Bell (35)42,72268–46AT&T ParkW5+3½
115August 14@ Giants3–2 (11)Casilla (4–2)Stauffer (3–2)42,29368–47AT&T ParkL1+2½
116August 15@ Giants8–2LeBlanc (7–10)Lincecum (11–7)42,83469–47AT&T ParkW1+3½
117August 16@ Cubs9–5Correia (10–7)Gorzelanny (6–7)36,81470–47Wrigley FieldW2+4
118August 17@ Cubs1–0Garland (12–8)Wells (5–11)Bell (36)33,66471–47Wrigley FieldW3+5
119August 18@ Cubs5–1Richard (11–5)Coleman (0–1)33,26772–47Wrigley FieldW4+6
120August 19@ Cubs5–3Latos (13–5)Marshall (6–4)Bell (37)30,68773–47Wrigley FieldW5+6
121August 20@ Brewers10–6Capuano (2–2)LeBlanc (7–11)27,97673–48Miller ParkL1+5
122August 21@ Brewers6–5McClendon (1–0)Correia (10–8)Axford (19)40,05673–49Miller ParkL2+5
123August 22@ Brewers7–3Garland (13–8)Parra (3–10)32,12674–49Miller ParkW1+6
124August 24Diamondbacks5–0Richard (12-5)López (5–12)20,07575-49Petco ParkW2+5½
125August 25Diamondbacks9–3LeBlanc (8–11)Saunders (7–14)21,96676-49Petco ParkW3+6½
126August 26Diamondbacks11–5Kennedy (8–9)Correia (10–9)20,98376-50Petco ParkL1+6
127August 27Phillies3–2 (12)Durbin (4-1)Frieri (0-1)34,23376-51Petco ParkL2+6
128August 28Phillies3–1Blanton (6-6)Garland (13-9)Lidge (18)37,42476-52Petco ParkL3+6
129August 29Phillies5–0Hamels (8-10)Richard (12-6)30,52876-53Petco ParkL4+5
130August 30@ Diamondbacks7–2Saunders (8-14)LeBlanc (8-12)17,82976-54Chase FieldL5+5
131August 31@ Diamondbacks7–4Kennedy (9-9)Correia (10-10)Gutiérrez (5)16,25076-55Chase FieldL6+4 :
September (12–16)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStadiumBoxGB
132September 1@ Diamondbacks5–2Enright (6-2)Gregerson (3-7)Gutiérrez (6)17,59976-56Chase FieldL7+3
133September 3Rockies4–3Cook (5-8)Luebke (0-1)Street (14)21,87776-57Petco ParkL8+3
134September 4Rockies6–2Hammel (10-7)Garland (13-10)26,16876-58Petco ParkL9+2
135September 5Rockies4–2de la Rosa (6-4)Stauffer (3-3)Street (15)23,25076-59Petco ParkL10+1
136September 6Dodgers4–2Adams (3-1)Padilla (6-5)Bell (38)23,57477-59Petco ParkW1+1
137September 7Dodgers2–1Latos (14-5)Kershaw (11-10)Bell (39)20,07178-59Petco ParkW2+1
138September 8Dodgers4–0Luebke (1-1)Billingsley (11-9)Gregerson (2)20,85179-59Petco ParkW3+2
139September 9Giants7–3Cain (11-10)Garland (13-11)28,45679-60Petco ParkL1+1
140September 10Giants1–0Casilla (7-2)Richard (12-7)Wilson (12)33,66279-61Petco ParkL20
141September 11Giants1–0Stauffer (4-3)Bumgarner (5-5)Bell (40)41,12380-61Petco ParkW1+1
142September 12Giants6–1Lincecum (14-9)Latos (14-6)33,87680-62Petco ParkL10
143September 13@ Rockies6–4Frieri (1-1)Francis (4-5)Bell (41)34,08981-62Coors FieldW1+½
144September 14@ Rockies7–6Garland (14-11)Hammel (10-8)Bell (42)40,53282-62Coors FieldW2+1½
145September 15@ Rockies9–6de la Rosa (8-4)Richard (12-8)Street (19)30,21882-63Coors FieldL1+½
146September 16@ Cardinals4–0Westbrook (8-10)Stauffer (4-4)38,25282-64Busch StadiumL2-½
147September 17@ Cardinals14–4Lohse (4-7)Latos (14-7)37,80682-65Busch StadiumL3-½
148September 18@ Cardinals8–4Adams (4-1)McClellan (1-4)40,20583-65Busch StadiumW1+½
149September 19@ Cardinals4–1Wainwright (19-11)Garland (14-12)Franklin (25)37,88583-66Busch StadiumL1-½
150September 21@ Dodgers6–0Richard (13-8)Billingsley (11-11)44,16684-66Dodger StadiumW1-½
151September 22@ Dodgers3–1Stauffer (5-4)Lilly (8-12)Bell (43)33,72885-66Dodger StadiumW2+½
152September 23@ Dodgers3–1Kuroda (11-13)Latos (14-8)Kuo (10)33,04085-67Dodger StadiumL1-½
153September 24Reds4–3Gregerson (4-7)Rhodes (4-4)Bell (44)35,31086-67Petco ParkW1-½
154September 25Reds4–3Bell (6-0)Chapman (1-2)35,12487-67Petco ParkW2+½
155September 26Reds12–2Bailey (4-3)Richard (13-9)26,13187-68Petco ParkL1-½
156September 27Cubs1–0Zambrano (10-6)Stauffer (5-5)Mármol (35)22,73987-69Petco ParkL2-1
157September 28Cubs5–2Dempster (15-11)Latos (14-9)Mármol (36)27,61987-70Petco ParkL3-2
158September 29Cubs3–0Young (2-0)Wells (8-14)Bell (45)29,40088-70Petco ParkW1-2
159September 30Cubs1–0Marshall (7-5)Bell (6-1)Mármol (37)28,57688-71Petco ParkL1-3 :
October (2–1)
#DateOpponentScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceRecordStadiumBoxGB
160October 1@ Giants6–4Richard (14-9)Cain (13-11)Heath Bell (46)42,40989-71AT&T ParkW1-2
161October 2@ Giants4–2Stauffer (6-5)Zito (9-14)Heath Bell (47)42,65390-71AT&T ParkW2-1
162October 3@ Giants3–0Sánchez (13-9)Latos (14-10)Wilson (48)42,82290-72AT&T ParkL1-2 :
Final games legend :
| Padres Win | Padres Loss | All-Star Game | Game Postponed |
"GB" Legend :
| 1st (NL West) | Not in Playoff Position | 1st (NL Wild Card) | Tied for 1st (NL West) |
Regular Season Schedule (calendar style)
Regular Season Schedule (sortable text)

### Roster
## Player stats
### Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases
| Player | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | AVG | SB |
| Yorvit Torrealba | 95 | 325 | 31 | 88 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 37 | .271 | 7 |
| Adrián González | 160 | 591 | 87 | 176 | 33 | 0 | 31 | 101 | .298 | 0 |
| David Eckstein | 116 | 442 | 49 | 118 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 29 | .267 | 8 |
| Miguel Tejada | 59 | 235 | 31 | 63 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 32 | .268 | 2 |
| Chase Headley | 161 | 610 | 77 | 161 | 29 | 3 | 11 | 58 | .264 | 17 |
| Scott Hairston | 104 | 295 | 34 | 62 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 36 | .210 | 6 |
| Tony Gwynn Jr. | 117 | 289 | 30 | 59 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 20 | .204 | 17 |
| Will Venable | 131 | 392 | 60 | 96 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 51 | .245 | 29 |
| Jerry Hairston Jr. | 119 | 430 | 53 | 105 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 50 | .244 | 9 |
| Chris Denorfia | 99 | 284 | 41 | 77 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 36 | .271 | 8 |
| Nick Hundley | 85 | 273 | 33 | 68 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 43 | .249 | 0 |
| Everth Cabrera | 76 | 212 | 22 | 44 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 22 | .208 | 10 |
| Ryan Ludwick | 59 | 209 | 19 | 44 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 26 | .211 | 0 |
| Aaron Cunningham | 53 | 132 | 17 | 38 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 15 | .288 | 1 |
| Oscar Salazar | 85 | 131 | 19 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 19 | .237 | 1 |
| Kyle Blanks | 33 | 102 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 | .157 | 1 |
| Matt Stairs | 78 | 99 | 14 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 16 | .232 | 2 |
| Luis Durango | 28 | 48 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .250 | 5 |
| Lance Zawadzki | 20 | 35 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .200 | 1 |
| Mike Baxter | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .125 | 0 |
| Chris Stewart | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ---- | 0 |
| Pitcher Totals | 162 | 292 | 22 | 49 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .168 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 162 | 5434 | 665 | 1338 | 236 | 24 | 132 | 630 | .246 | 124 |

### Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts
| Player | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K |
| Clayton Richard | 14 | 9 | 3.75 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 201.2 | 206 | 89 | 84 | 78 | 153 |
| Jon Garland | 14 | 12 | 3.47 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 200.0 | 176 | 86 | 77 | 87 | 136 |
| Mat Latos | 14 | 10 | 2.92 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 184.2 | 150 | 63 | 60 | 50 | 189 |
| Wade LeBlanc | 8 | 12 | 4.25 | 26 | 25 | 0 | 146.0 | 157 | 69 | 69 | 51 | 110 |
| Kevin Correia | 10 | 10 | 5.40 | 28 | 26 | 0 | 145.0 | 152 | 89 | 87 | 64 | 115 |
| Heath Bell | 6 | 1 | 1.93 | 67 | 0 | 47 | 70.0 | 56 | 17 | 15 | 28 | 86 |
| Luke Gregerson | 4 | 7 | 3.22 | 80 | 0 | 2 | 78.1 | 47 | 30 | 28 | 18 | 89 |
| Edward Mujica | 2 | 1 | 3.62 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 69.2 | 59 | 29 | 28 | 6 | 72 |
| Mike Adams | 4 | 1 | 1.76 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 66.2 | 48 | 14 | 13 | 23 | 73 |
| Joe Thatcher | 1 | 0 | 1.29 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 35.0 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 45 |
| Tim Stauffer | 6 | 5 | 1.85 | 32 | 7 | 0 | 82.2 | 65 | 18 | 17 | 24 | 61 |
| Ryan Webb | 3 | 1 | 2.90 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 59.0 | 64 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 44 |
| Ernesto Frieri | 1 | 1 | 1.71 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 31.2 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 41 |
| Sean Gallagher | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 23.1 | 24 | 14 | 14 | 19 | 21 |
| Chris Young | 2 | 0 | 0.90 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 20.0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 15 |
| Cory Luebke | 1 | 1 | 4.08 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 17.2 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 18 |
| Adam Russell | 0 | 0 | 4.02 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 15.2 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 18 |
| Cesar Ramos | 0 | 1 | 11.88 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 8.1 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 9 |
| Luis Perdomo | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 90 | 72 | 3.39 | 162 | 162 | 49 | 1456.1 | 1305 | 581 | 549 | 517 | 1295 |

## Farm system

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Portland Beavers | Pacific Coast League | Terry Kennedy |
| AA | San Antonio Missions | Texas League | Doug Dascenzo |
| A | Lake Elsinore Storm | California League | Carlos Lezcano |
| A | Fort Wayne TinCaps | Midwest League | José Flores |
| A-Short Season | Eugene Emeralds | Northwest League | Greg Riddoch |
| Rookie | AZL Padres | Arizona League | Iván Cruz |