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Who are San Diego Padres?
The San Diego Padres are a San Diego, California based American professional baseball team. The Padres compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the National League (NL) West division. The San Diego Padres was founded in 1969 and they have won two NL pennants in the years 1984 and 1998, but lost in the World Series both years. They have had 14 winning seasons in franchise history as of 2018. The Padres are one of two Major League Baseball teams along with the Los Angeles Angels to originate from that state.
They are the only MLB team in the four major American professional sports league that does not share its city with another franchise. The Padres are the only major professional sports franchise that is located in San Diego since Chargers relocated to Los Angeles in 2017. They are also the only franchise in the MLB history to not have a no-hitter, although having gone 8020 games, which is a major league record to begin a franchise.
Although Famous Chicken is mistaken to be the Mascot of the San Diego Padres, the mascot for the team is the Swinging Friar.
San Diego Padres roster
Active roster
Pitchers
Starting rotation
- 29 Dinelson Lamet, as well as
- 46 Eric Lauer, as well as
- 37 Joey Lucchesi, as well as
- 59 Chris Paddack, as well as
- 40 Cal Quantrill
Bullpen
- 49 Michel Báez, as well as
- 12 Carl Edwards Jr., as well as
- 52 Andrés Muñoz, as well as
- 61 Luis Perdomo, as well as
- 34 Craig Stammen, as well as
- 55 Matt Strahm, as well as
- 58 Trey Wingenter
Closer
- 39 Kirby Yates
Catchers
- 18 Austin Hedges, as well as
- 27 Francisco Mejía
Infielders
- 5 Greg Garcia, as well as
- 30 Eric Hosmer, as well as
- 3 Ian Kinsler, as well as
- 13 Manny Machado, as well as
- 23 Fernando Tatís Jr., as well as
- 9 Luis Urías
Outfielders
- 7 Manuel Margot, as well as
- 4 Wil Myers, as well as
- 22 Josh Naylor, as well as
- 10 Hunter Renfroe
INACTIVE ROSTER
Pitchers
- 44 Pedro Ávila
- 65 José Castillo
- 41 Robbie Erlin
- 70 Anderson Espinoza
- 25 Nick Margevicius
- 50 Adrian Morejón
- 64 Gerardo Reyes
- 66 Robert Stock
Catchers
- 62 Austin Allen
- 21 Luis Torrens
Infielders
- 11 Ty France
- 8 Javy Guerra
Outfielders
- 16 Travis Jankowski
- 71 Edward Olivares
Manager of San Diego Padres
- 14 Andy Green
Coaches of San Diego Padres
- 36 Darren Balsley (pitching)
- 20 Rod Barajas (bench)
- 81 Griffin Benedict (bullpen catcher)
- 45 Doug Bochtler (bullpen)
- 15 Damion Easley (assistant hitting/infielders)
- 26 Glenn Hoffman (third base)
- 56 Skip Schumaker (first base)
- 83 Peter Summerville (bullpen catcher)
- 28 Johnny Washington (hitting)
- 82 Keith Werman (development coordinator)
60-day injured list
- 33 Franchy Cordero
- 47 Miguel Díaz
- 60 Brett Kennedy
- 38 Aaron Loup
- 63 Jacob Nix
- 43 Garrett Richards
- 17 Adam Warren
