# 1987 San Diego Padres season

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. The Padres were the only team not to hit a grand slam in 1987.

## 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.

## Regular season
### Season standings

vteNL West :
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Home | Road |
| San Francisco Giants | 90 | 72 | .556 | — | 46‍–‍35 | 44‍–‍37 |
| Cincinnati Reds | 84 | 78 | .519 | 6 | 42‍–‍39 | 42‍–‍39 |
| Houston Astros | 76 | 86 | .469 | 14 | 47‍–‍34 | 29‍–‍52 |
| Los Angeles Dodgers | 73 | 89 | .451 | 17 | 40‍–‍41 | 33‍–‍48 |
| Atlanta Braves | 69 | 92 | .429 | 20½ | 42‍–‍39 | 27‍–‍53 |
| San Diego Padres | 65 | 97 | .401 | 25 | 37‍–‍44 | 28‍–‍53 |

### Record vs. opponents

1987 National League recordvte Sources: :
| Team | ATL | CHC | CIN | HOU | LAD | MON | NYM | PHI | PIT | SD | SF | STL |
| Atlanta | — | 6–5 | 8–10 | 8–10 | 6–12 | 3–9 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 7–5 | 6–12 | 8–10 | 3–9 |
| Chicago | 5–6 | — | 6–6 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 10–8 | 9–9 | 8–10 | 4–14 | 9–3 | 5–7 | 6–12 |
| Cincinnati | 10–8 | 6–6 | — | 13–5 | 10–8 | 6–6 | 7–5 | 5–7 | 4–8 | 12–6 | 7–11 | 4–8 |
| Houston | 10–8 | 4–8 | 5–13 | — | 12–6 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 5–13 | 10–8 | 5–7 |
| Los Angeles | 12–6 | 6–6 | 8–10 | 6–12 | — | 3–9 | 6–6 | 2–10 | 6–6 | 11–7 | 10–8 | 3–9 |
| Montreal | 9–3 | 8–10 | 6–6 | 5–7 | 9–3 | — | 8–10 | 10–8 | 11–7 | 9–3 | 5–7 | 11–7 |
| New York | 5–7 | 9–9 | 5–7 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 10–8 | — | 13–5 | 12–6 | 8–4 | 9–3 | 9–9 |
| Philadelphia | 5-7 | 10–8 | 7–5 | 6–6 | 10–2 | 8–10 | 5–13 | — | 11–7 | 8–4 | 2–10 | 8–10 |
| Pittsburgh | 5–7 | 14–4 | 8–4 | 6–6 | 6–6 | 7–11 | 6–12 | 7–11 | — | 8–4 | 6–6 | 7–11 |
| San Diego | 12–6 | 3–9 | 6–12 | 13–5 | 7–11 | 3–9 | 4–8 | 4–8 | 4–8 | — | 5–13 | 4–8 |
| San Francisco | 10–8 | 7–5 | 11–7 | 8–10 | 8–10 | 7–5 | 3–9 | 10–2 | 6–6 | 13–5 | — | 7–5 |
| St. Louis | 9–3 | 12–6 | 8–4 | 7–5 | 9–3 | 7–11 | 9–9 | 10–8 | 11–7 | 8–4 | 5–7 | — |

### 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.

### Roster
## Player stats
### Batting
#### Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Pos | Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| C | Benito Santiago | 146 | 546 | 164 | .300 | 18 | 79 |
| 1B | John Kruk | 138 | 447 | 140 | .313 | 20 | 91 |
| 2B | Tim Flannery | 106 | 276 | 63 | .228 | 0 | 20 |
| 3B | Kevin Mitchell | 62 | 196 | 48 | .245 | 7 | 26 |
| SS | Garry Templeton | 148 | 510 | 113 | .222 | 5 | 48 |
| LF | Carmelo Martínez | 139 | 447 | 122 | .273 | 15 | 70 |
| CF | Stan Jefferson | 116 | 422 | 97 | .230 | 8 | 29 |
| RF | Tony Gwynn | 157 | 589 | 218 | .370 | 7 | 54 |

#### Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in
| Player | G | AB | H | Avg. | HR | RBI |
| Randy Ready | 124 | 350 | 108 | .309 | 12 | 54 |
| Joey Cora | 77 | 241 | 57 | .237 | 0 | 13 |
| Shane Mack | 105 | 238 | 57 | .239 | 4 | 25 |
| Luis Salazar | 84 | 189 | 48 | .254 | 3 | 17 |
| Marvell Wynne | 98 | 188 | 47 | .250 | 2 | 24 |
| Chris Brown | 44 | 155 | 36 | .232 | 6 | 23 |
| Steve Garvey | 27 | 76 | 16 | .211 | 1 | 9 |
| Bruce Bochy | 38 | 75 | 12 | .160 | 2 | 11 |
| Jim Steels | 62 | 68 | 13 | .191 | 0 | 6 |
| Shawn Abner | 16 | 47 | 13 | .277 | 2 | 7 |
| Mark Parent | 12 | 25 | 2 | .080 | 0 | 2 |
| Randy Byers | 10 | 16 | 5 | .313 | 0 | 1 |
| Rob Nelson | 10 | 11 | 1 | .083 | 0 | 1 |

### Pitching
#### Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Eric Show | 34 | 206.1 | 8 | 16 | 3.84 | 117 |
| Ed Whitson | 36 | 205.2 | 10 | 13 | 4.73 | 135 |
| Andy Hawkins | 24 | 117.2 | 3 | 10 | 5.05 | 51 |
| Mark Grant | 17 | 102.1 | 6 | 7 | 4.66 | 58 |
| Eric Nolte | 12 | 67.1 | 2 | 6 | 3.21 | 44 |

#### Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | IP | W | L | ERA | SO |
| Jimmy Jones | 30 | 145.2 | 9 | 7 | 4.14 | 51 |
| Dave Dravecky | 30 | 79.0 | 3 | 7 | 3.76 | 60 |
| Storm Davis | 21 | 62.2 | 2 | 7 | 6.18 | 37 |
| Ed Wojna | 5 | 18.1 | 0 | 3 | 5.89 | 13 |

#### Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts
| Player | G | W | L | SV | ERA | SO |
| Lance McCullers | 78 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 3.72 | 126 |
| Rich Gossage | 40 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 3.12 | 44 |
| Greg Booker | 44 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3.16 | 17 |
| Mark Davis | 43 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3.18 | 47 |
| Craig Lefferts | 33 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4.38 | 39 |
| Keith Comstock | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.50 | 38 |
| Dave Leiper | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.50 | 10 |
| Tom Gorman | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.09 | 8 |
| Ray Hayward | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.50 | 2 |
| Luis Salazar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 0 |

## 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

| Level | Team | League | Manager |
| AAA | Las Vegas Stars | Pacific Coast League | Jack Krol |
| AA | Wichita Pilots | Texas League | Steve Smith |
| A | Reno Padres | California League | Pat Kelly |
| A | Charleston Rainbows | South Atlantic League | Tony Torchia |
| A-Short Season | Spokane Indians | Northwest League | Rob Picciolo |
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: Spokane