San Diego Padres

The San Diego Padres are a Major League Baseball team in San Diego, California. The Padres play their home games in a stadium called Petco Park. They have won the National League Pennant twice, in 1984 and 1998. They lost the World Series both times.

San Diego Padres
2024 San Diego Padres season
Established in 1969
Team logo
Major league affiliations


Retired numbers6, 19, 31, 35, 42, 51
Colors
  • Brown, gold, white
         
Name
  • San Diego Padres (1969–present)
Other nicknames
  • The Pad Squad, The Pads, My Padres, The Friars
Ballpark
  • Qualcomm Stadium (1969–2003)
    • a.k.a. Jack Murphy Stadium (1980–1997)
    • a.k.a. San Diego Stadium (1969–1980)
Major league titles
World Series titles (0)None
NL Pennants (2)1998 • 1984
West Division titles (5)2006 • 2005 • 1998 • 1996 • 1984
Wild card berths (0)None
Front office
Owner(s)John Moores, Jeff Moorad Group,
Troy Aikman
ManagerBud Black
General ManagerJosh Byrnes

Team name

The word "padre" means "father" in Spanish, and is also something that Roman Catholics often call priests. The Padres baseball team is named after the "priest" meaning. There had once been a minor league baseball team called the San Diego Padres. The major league team was named for the old team. [1]

References
  1. "Inside Pulse | How Did Baseball teams They Get Their Name – Part Six of Six". Archived from the original on 2010-01-09. Retrieved 2010-03-17.

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