HOF Outfielder Gwynn Has Tumor Removed : February 15, 2012

Tony Gwynn, former outfielder for the San Diego Padres, has undergone a surgical procedure to have a cancerous tumor inside his right cheek removed. This is the second tumor he...

Cashner Traded to Padres for Rizzo, Prospect : January 08, 2012

Right-handed pitcher Andrew Cashner has been traded from the Chicago Cubs, along with minor league outfielder Kyung-Min Na to the San Diego Padres in exchange for first baseman Anthony Rizzo...

Carlos Quentin Traded to Padres : December 31, 2011

The Chicago White Sox have traded All-Star left-fielder Carlos Quentin to the San Diego Padres in exchange for two prospects. Quentin, whose hometown is San Diego, was already in the...

Latos Traded to Reds for Four-Player Package : December 18, 2011

In their most significant off-season move so far, the Cincinnati Reds have acquired right-handed starting pitcher Mat Latos from the San Diego Padres in exchange for four players, two of...

San Diego Padres Unveil 2012 Spring Training Slate : November 24, 2011

The 19th season of San Diego Spring Training baseball in Peoria, Arizona will include 17 home games and will begin with an away game against the Seattle Mariners on March...

Cubs and Epstein May Target Jed Hoyer for GM : October 19, 2011

Once Theo Epstein is officially named as the president of the Chicago Cubs, the next move the team may make is to hire San Diego Padres general manager Jed Hoyer...

Bud Black to Remain in San Diego “as Long as he Wants to” : October 06, 2011

According to San Diego Padres CEO Jeff Moorad, the rumors that have Bud Black exiting Southern California to take one of a number of managerial or executive positions with another...

Santana Goes Seven Scoreless Innings Yet Mets Lose to Padres : June 02, 2010

On Wednesday night, while crouched beside the mound during the ninth inning and hearing all of the cheers emanating from Petco Park on Wednesday, Francisco Rodriquez had a blank...

san diego padres History

The Major League Baseball club San Diego Padres play in the Western Division of the National League and are based out of San Diego, California. The team was established in 1969. They won the National League's Pennant in 1984 as well as 1998. Both times they lost the World Series. The Los Angeles Angels and Padres are the only Major League Baseball teams to have originated in California. The Giants and Dodgers came from New York originally and the Oakland Athletics originated in Philadelphia.

The San Diego Padres became one of Major League Baseball's four new expansion teams in 1969, along with the Seattle Pilots (currently the Milwaukee Brewers) Kansas City Royals and Montreal Expos (currently the Washington Nationals). During their first six seasons, the Padres came in last place and lost at least 200 games four times. In 1984, the Padres won the National League pennant. The team was led by manager Dick Williams and star players Tony Gwynn, Alan Wiggins, Graig Nettles, Garry Templeton and Steve Garvey. They defeated the Chicago Cubs in the NLCS and faced the Detroit Tigers in the World Series. The Padres were defeated by the Tigers in five games.

In 1998, the Padres won their second National League pennant. The team was managed by Bruce Bochy and led by star players Tony Gwynn, Kevin Brown, Trevor Hoffman, Andy Ashby, Greg Vaughn, Wally Joyner, Ken Caminiti, and Steve Finley. In the NLCS, the Padres defeated a powerful Atlanta Braves team, which had won 106 games during the regular season. In the World Series they were swept by the New York Yankees in four games.