1987 San Diego Padres season explained

San Diego Padres
Season:	1987
League:	National League
Division:	West
Ballpark:	Jack Murphy Stadium
City:	San Diego, California
Divisional Place:	6th
Owners:	Joan Kroc
General Managers:	Jack McKeon
Managers:	Larry Bowa
Television:	KUSI-TV San Diego Cable Sports Network (Dave Campbell, Jerry Coleman, Bob Chandler, Ted Leitner)
Radio:	KFMB (AM) (Dave Campbell, Jerry Coleman) XEXX (Gustavo Lopez, Mario Thomas Zapiain, Eduardo Ortega)

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.^[1]

Offseason

October 9, 1986: Dane Iorg was released by the Padres.^[2]
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).^[3]
December 18, 1986: Graig Nettles was released by the Padres.^[4]
January 13, 1987: Tom Gorman was signed as a free agent by the Padres.^[5]

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).^[6]
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.^[7]

1987 San Diego Padres
Roster
Pitchers		CatchersInfielders		Outfielders		ManagerCoaches (Third base) (Pitching) (Bullpen) (First base & hitting) (Bench)

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	146	546	164	.300	18	79
1B	138	447	140	.313	20	91
2B	106	276	63	.228	0	20
3B	62	196	48	.245	7	26
SS	148	510	113	.222	5	48
LF	139	447	122	.273	15	70
CF	116	422	97	.230	8	29
RF	157	589	218	.370	7	54

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
124	350	108	.309	12	54
77	241	57	.237	0	13
105	238	57	.239	4	25
84	189	48	.254	3	17
98	188	47	.250	2	24
44	155	36	.232	6	23
27	76	16	.211	1	9
38	75	12	.160	2	11
62	68	13	.191	0	6
16	47	13	.277	2	7
12	25	2	.080	0	2
10	16	5	.313	0	1
10	11	1	.083	0	1

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
34	206.1	8	16	3.84	117
36	205.2	10	13	4.73	135
24	117.2	3	10	5.05	51
17	102.1	6	7	4.66	58
12	67.1	2	6	3.21	44

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
30	145.2	9	7	4.14	51
30	79.0	3	7	3.76	60
21	62.2	2	7	6.18	37
5	18.1	0	3	5.89	13

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
78	8	10	16	3.72	126
40	5	4	11	3.12	44
44	1	1	1	3.16	17
43	5	3	2	3.18	47
33	2	2	2	4.38	39
26	0	1	0	5.50	38
12	1	0	1	4.50	10
6	0	0	0	4.09	8
4	0	0	0	16.50	2
2	0	0	0	4.50	0