2010 San Diego Padres season

The 2010 San Diego Padres season was the 42nd season in franchise history. On August 25, the Padres had a 6.5-game lead over the second-place San Francisco Giants, but ended up missing the playoffs as the Giants passed them in September. This was the last winning season the Padres would have until 2020.

2010 San Diego Padres
Major League affiliations
Location
Results
Record90–72 (.556)
Divisional place2nd
Other information
Owner(s)Jeff Moorad
General manager(s)Jed Hoyer
Manager(s)Bud Black
Local television4SD
(Dick Enberg, Mark Grant, Tony Gwynn, Mark Neely)
Cablemas (Spanish)
Local radioXX Sports Radio
(Ted Leitner, Jerry Coleman, Andy Masur)
XEMO-AM (Spanish)
(Eduardo Otega, Juan Angel Avila)
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Regular season
Cardinals at Padres, May 25

Many preseason predictions picked the Padres to finish the season in last place in the NL West.[1]

On April 12, 2010, (Padres home opener) the Padres scored 17 runs against the Atlanta Braves as they went on to win 17–2. (Including a 10 run 4th inning, making it the most runs in one half inning of baseball in Petco Park's history)

In the Padres' 1–0 win over the San Francisco Giants on April 20, San Diego won despite San Francisco's Jonathan Sánchez and Sergio Romo limiting them to just one hit, one of the very rare occasions that a team won with just one hit.

Even though the Padres never had a pitcher who threw a perfect game, Mat Latos threw a one hitter in a 1–0 win over the Giants on May 13.

On May 29, the Giants signed free agent outfielder Pat Burrell.[2] Padres CEO Jeff Moorad, Burrell's friend and his former agent, would later say he regretted not recruiting Burrell to the Padres.[3]

On May 31, the Padres played 51 games and are 2.0 games ahead of the Los Angeles Dodgers. They had one of the highest winning percentages in the National League despite having poor attendance and one of the worst payrolls in the MLB. The Padres had one of the lowest ERA in the National League.[4]

On June 11, the Padres had 36 wins and 25 losses. They were tied with the Los Angeles Dodgers in first place.

On June 14, in the Padres' 6–3 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays, an earthquake shook Petco Park. Many fans and Cito Gaston, the Blue Jays' manager, felt it, but most of the players didn't feel it. Gaston reported that he felt the dugout move side from side a little.

On June 23, the Padres have the first two games in the series against the Tampa Bay Rays. They placed 2.5 games ahead of the San Francisco Giants for first place.

On June 25, the Padres won the first game of a three-game series against the Florida Marlins. Giving them 43 wins and 30 losses. In contrast, the Padres record after 73 games in 2009 was 32 wins with 41 losses.[5] There were constant rumors and talks about the possible trade of All-Star first baseman and Gold Glove winner Adrián González.

On August 18, the Padres moved 6 games ahead of the San Francisco Giants giving them their biggest division lead of the season

On August 23, the Giants acquired outfielder Cody Ross off waivers from the Florida Marlins to block him from going to the Padres.[6][7]

On August 25, the Padres were 76–49 and in first place with a ​6  1⁄2 game lead.[8]

On August 26 The Padres started a 10-game losing streak by losing to the Arizona Diamondbacks 5–11. The losing streak went into the month of September and ended on September 6 when they beat the LA Dodgers 4–2.[9]

On September 26, the Padres (87–67) had a ​1⁄2-game lead over the Giants (87–68).

On September 30, the Padres fell 3 games behind the San Francisco Giants after losing 3 out of 4 games to the Chicago Cubs, putting them on the brink of elimination. With a 3–0 loss on October 3, the final game of the season, the Padres were officially eliminated from playoff contention and the Giants won the division.[8] The Padres led the NL West for 148 days in 2010.[9] They set team records for the fewest errors (72) and highest fielding percentage (.988) in a season.[10]

Season standings
NL West W L Pct. GB Home Road
San Francisco Giants 9270 0.568 — 49–32 43–38
San Diego Padres 9072 0.556 2 45–36 45–36
Colorado Rockies 8379 0.512 9 52–29 31–50
Los Angeles Dodgers 8082 0.494 12 45–36 35–46
Arizona Diamondbacks 6597 0.401 27 40–41 25–56

Record vs. opponents
2010 National League Records

Source: [11]
Team ARI ATL CHC CIN COL FLA HOU LAD MIL NYM PHI PIT SD SF STL WSH AL
Arizona–3–41–62–59–93–34–35–133–45–12–42–48–105–134–53–46–9
Atlanta4–3–4–23–22–411–75–15–35–211–78–106–34–24–32–68–109–6
Chicago6–12–4–4–122–34–27–113–49–63–44–25–103–52–59–64–28–10
Cincinnati5–22–312–4–2–55–210–55–411–34–22–510–62–43–46–124–38–7
Colorado9–94–23–25–2–3–42–47–115–43–31–63–412–69–93–45–39–6
Florida3–37–112–42–54–3–3–34–24–412–65–136–23–62–53–213–57–8
Houston3–41–511–75–104–23–3–2–48–73–44–311–42–52–710–54–43–12
Los Angeles13–53–54–34–511–72–44–2–4–23–42–44–38–108–103–43–34–11
Milwaukee4–32–56–93–114–54–47–82–4–5–21–513–53–42–58–74–29–6
New York1–57–114–32–43–36–124–34–32–5–9–96–13–33–43–39–913–5
Philadelphia4–210–82–45–26–113–53–44–25–19–9–2–45–23–34–412–610–8
Pittsburgh4–23–610–56–104–32–64–113–45–131–64–2–0–62–46–91–52–13
San Diego10–82–45–34–26–126–35–210–84–33–32–56–0–12–63–43–39–6
San Francisco13–53–45–24–39–95–27–210–85–24–33–34–26–12–3–34–27–8
St. Louis5–46–26–912–64–32–35–104–37–83–34–49–64–33–3–3–39–6
Washington4–310–82–43–43–55–134–43–32–49–96–125–13–32–43–3–5–13

Game log
2010 Game Log
Final games legend
Padres Win Padres Loss All-Star Game Game Postponed
"GB" Legend
1st (NL West) Not in Playoff Position 1st (NL Wild Card) Tied for 1st (NL West)

Regular Season Schedule (calendar style)
Regular Season Schedule (sortable text)

Roster
2010 San Diego Padres
Roster
Pitchers Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

 Manager

Coaches

Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; AVG = Batting average; SB = Stolen bases

Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AVG SB

Pitching

Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts

Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB K

Farm system
See also: Minor League Baseball
Level Team League Manager
AAA Portland Beavers Pacific Coast League Terry Kennedy
AA San Antonio Missions Texas League Doug Dascenzo
A Lake Elsinore Storm California League Carlos Lezcano
A Fort Wayne TinCaps Midwest League José Flores
A-Short Season Eugene Emeralds Northwest League Greg Riddoch
Rookie AZL Padres Arizona League Iván Cruz

References
  1. Oh, Stephen (August 16, 2010). "AccuScore: Padres gain a sizable cushion". Yahoo! Sports. Accuscore. Archived from the original on July 13, 2011. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
  2. "Giants recall C Posey, sign Burrell to minor deal". ESPN.com. Associated Press. May 29, 2010. Archived from the original on March 10, 2011.
  3. Sullivan, Tim (October 7, 2010). "Moorad wishes he'd spoken up about Burrell". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on March 4, 2011.
  4. 2010 San Diego Padres Batting, Pitching, & Fielding Statistics Baseball-Reference.com
  5. 2009 San Diego Padres Schedule by Baseball Almanac
  6. Baggarly, Andrew (September 20, 2010). "Giants notebook: Looking to block Padres, Giants wind up with Cody Ross". Contra Costa Times. Archived from the original on March 4, 2011. Retrieved July 13, 2011.
  7. "Giants awarded OF Cody Ross on waiver claim from Florida; INF Matt Downs designated for assignment" (Press release). San Francisco Giants. August 23, 2010. Archived from the original on March 10, 2011.
  8. Center, Bill (October 3, 2010). "Padres lose to Giants, miss playoffs". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on July 13, 2011.
  9. Baggarly, Andrew (March 12, 2011). "Giants expect the Padres to be motivated this season". San Jose Mercury News. p. D1. Archived from the original on March 12, 2011.
  10. Center, Bill (August 3, 2011). "On Deck: Defense has played a role in Padres reversal of fortunes". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on August 5, 2011.
  11. BASEBALL-REFERENCE.com Head-to-Head Records
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