San Diego Padres

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The San Diego Padres are a Major League Baseball team based in San Diego, California. The team was founded in 1969 as an expansion team in the National League. [1] [2] [3]

Championships

The team has never had a championship-winning season where they won the World Series. They were National League champions, but lost in the World Series, 2 times, in 1984 and 1998. [4]

Retired Numbers

The following uniform numbers are retired in that players, managers, and coaches of the team will no longer use them. For non-players, the person's role in the organization is also listed. [5] [6]

  • (No number) Jerry Coleman (broadcaster)
  • (No number) Ray Kroc (owner)
  • 6 Steve Garvey
  • 19 Tony Gwynn
  • 31 Dave Winfield
  • 35 Randy Jones
  • 42 Jackie Robinson (retired across major league baseball)
  • 51 Trevor Hoffman

Notes

  1. ↑ https://www.mlb.com/padres/history/timeline-1960s
  2. ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SDP/
  3. ↑ https://www.baseball-almanac.com/teams/padr.shtml
  4. ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/world-series.shtml
  5. ↑ https://www.mlb.com/padres/history/retired-numbers
  6. ↑ https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SDP/#all_teams_retired_unis_SDP
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