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.Dane Iorg at Baseball Reference 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).Kevin Mitchell at Baseball Reference December 18, 1986: Graig Nettles was released by the Padres.Graig Nettles at Baseball Reference January 13, 1987: Tom Gorman was signed as a free agent by the Padres.Tom Gorman at Baseball Reference

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

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).Mark Wasinger at Baseball Reference 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.Dave Leiper at Baseball Reference

Roster 1987 San Diego Padres Roster Pitchers Catchers

Infielders Outfielders Manager

Coaches (Third base) (Pitching) (Bullpen) (First base & hitting) (Bench)

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 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

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 27 76 16 .211 1 9 Bruce Bochy 38 75 12 .160 2 11 Jim Steels 62 68 13 .191 0 6 16 47 13 .277 2 7 12 25 2 .080 0 2 Randy Byers 10 16 5 .313 0 1 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 36 205.2 10 13 4.73 135 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 44 1 1 1 3.16 17 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 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

LEAGUE CHAMPIONS: SpokaneJohnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

References

External links 1987 San Diego Padres at Baseball Reference 1987 San Diego Padres at Baseball Almanac