All-time San Diego Padres
Throw in Mark Davis, who won the ’89 Cy Young, and I think you have the best collection of closers. The starting pitching, on the other hand, is awful.
Face of the Franchise:
Tony Gwynn
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Manager: Bruce Bochy
C – Terry Kennedy
1B – Nate Colbert
2B – Bip Roberts
3B – Phil Nevin
SS – Garry Templeton
OF – Tony Gwynn
OF – Dave Winfield
OF – Gene Richards
DH – Brian Giles
Bench: C Benito Santiago, 1B Ryan Klesko, 3B Ken Caminiti, OF Steve Finley
SP – Jake Peavy
SP – Eric Show
SP – Randy Jones
SP – Bruce Hurst
SP – Ed Whitson
P – Andy Ashby
P – Andy Benes
P – Gaylord Perry
P – Dave Dravecky
RP – Rollie Fingers
RP – Goose Gossage
RP – Trevor Hoffman
That’s the team I came up with. Do you have any changes you’d like to suggest? I’m always open to them.
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3rdStoneFromTheSun
May 5th, 2009 at 2:05 pm #
excellent research, as always
agreed their SP’s, as a whole, have been less than spectacular
I know Ozzie is mostly a Cardinal, but I always remember his being traded for Gary
LestersLegends
May 5th, 2009 at 2:11 pm #
yep, what could have been
Frank
May 6th, 2009 at 5:42 am #
Now I know the SD franchise is relatively short, but as a whole, I like the pitchers better than the position players.
LestersLegends
May 6th, 2009 at 7:01 am #
Agree. Playing in a pitcher’s park helps.