San Diego Padres Hall of Fame

The San Diego Padres are an American professional baseball team based in San Diego. The Padres compete in Major League Baseball (MLB). The club was founded in 1969 as part of the league's expansion. The team's hall of fame, created in 1999 to honor the club's 30th anniversary, recognizes players, coaches, and executives who have made key contributions to the franchise. Voting is conducted by a 35-member committee. Candidates typically must wait at least two years after retiring to be eligible for induction, though Tony Gwynn was selected during his final season in 2001 before the last game of the year. He was also the Hall of Fame's first ever unanimous selection. There are 19 members in the team's Hall of Fame, the most recent inductees being John Moores and Jake Peavy in 2023. The inductees are featured in an exhibit at the team's home stadium, Petco Park.

Cy Young Award winner Randy Jones, power-hitting first baseman Nate Colbert, and former owner Ray Kroc were elected to the founding class of the Padres Hall of Fame by a 24-panel committee that included 18 media members who had covered the Padres for at least seven years, four Padres representatives and one representative from the San Diego Baseball Historical Society and the Madres—a San Diego organization that promotes baseball. When Trevor Hoffman's induction was announced in 2014, Padres president Mike Dee stated that the hall's membership needed to be expanded "for those who may have not had [National Baseball] Hall of Fame careers like Trevor." Hoffman's induction was the first since manager Dick Williams' in 2009, as former club owners John Moores and Jeff Moorad had neglected the hall. New Padres ownership led by Ron Fowler placed a renewed organizational emphasis on the Hall of Fame, which included Hoffman's induction as well as future plans to relocate and redesign the hall's exhibit at Petco Park.

The exhibit opened on July 1, 2016, at Padres Hall of Fame Plaza, which is located near the left field entrance of the park at the back of the Western Metal Supply Company building. The new facilities were part of the festivities for the 2016 MLB All-Star Game, which was hosted at Petco Park. The plaza is a tribute to not only the history of the major league club, but also the history of baseball in San Diego, including the Padres from the Pacific Coast League (PCL). On the same day the plaza opened, the Padres inducted San Diego native Ted Williams into their hall of fame. He played for the PCL Padres in 1936 and 1937, and is also a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame Plaza at Petco originally was to be named in honor of then-MLB commissioner Bud Selig, but the Padres reconsidered after negative reaction from the media and fans. Plans for the plaza also included eventual statues of Padres greats.

Inductees

Inducted Year officially inductedName Name of inducteePosition Player position or other role of inducteeYears Years with the San Diego PadresNo. Jersey number with Padres (players only) Member of National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Number retired by the Padres Posthumously inducted

InductedNamePositionYearsNo. Ref1999 Pitcher 1973–1980 35^ First baseman 1969–1974 17 † Owner 1974–1984 – 2000 * Outfielder 1973–1980 31^ 2001 President 1969–1977 – Announcer / Manager 1972–2013 2 2002 * Outfielder 1982–2001 19^ 2009 * Manager 1982–1985 23 2014 * Pitcher 1994–2008 51^ 2015 Catcher 1986-1992 9, 09 Shortstop 1982–1991 1 2016 †* Outfielder 1936–1937 19 † Third baseman 1995–1998 21 2017 General manager / Manager 1980–1990 15 2018 † General manager 1995–2009 — 2022 President / CEO 1995–2001 — Broadcaster 1980–2020 — 2023 Pitcher 2002–2009 44 Owner 1994–2009 —

San Diego Padres Hall of Fame

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