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The 1969 San Diego Padres season was the inaugural season in franchise history. They joined the National League along with the Montreal Expos via the 1969 Major League Baseball expansion . In their inaugural season, the Padres went 52–110 (the same record as their expansion counterpart), finishing last in the newly created National League ...
The following is a list of players, both past and current, who appeared in at least one game for the San Diego Padres franchise. Players in Bold are members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame . Players in Italics have had their numbers retired by the team.
April 11, 1969, for the San Diego Padres: ... Stats at Baseball Reference ... and was a member of their first Opening Day roster in 1969. ...
The 1969 Major League Baseball season was contested from April 7 to October 16, 1969. It included the third Major League Baseball expansion of the decade, with the Kansas City Royals , Montreal Expos , San Diego Padres , and Seattle Pilots each beginning play this season.
The San Diego Padres are an American professional baseball team based in San Diego. The Padres compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West Division. The Padres first played their home games at San Diego Stadium until 2004, when they moved into Petco Park. [1]
The Padres matched the expansion 1969 Montreal Expos as the only teams to go 0-12 in extra innings as the St. Louis Cardinals ended San Diego’s season-high, eight-game winning streak with a 5-2 ...
Petco Park, home field of the Padres since the 2004 season. The San Diego Padres are an American professional baseball team based in San Diego. The Padres compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West Division. The team has won two NL pennants, in 1984 and 1998, losing in the World Series both years.
In 1967, C. Arnholt Smith, owner of the PCL San Diego Padres (PCL), won a bid for an expansion team in the National League for the 1969 season. On May 27, 1968, the National League officially awarded a franchise to San Diego to commence play in the 1969 season [ 27 ] for a fee of $12.5 million for the team. [ 30 ]