1987 San Diego Padres season

Offseason

• October 9, 1986: Dane Iorg was released by the Padres.
• December 11, 1986: Kevin McReynolds, Gene Walter, and Adam Ging were traded by the Padres to the New York Mets for Kevin Mitchell, Shawn Abner, Stan Jefferson, Kevin Armstrong and Kevin Brown.
• December 18, 1986: Graig Nettles was released by the Padres.
• January 13, 1987: Tom Gorman was signed as a free agent by the Padres.

  Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

Opening Day starters

• Tim Flannery
• Steve Garvey
• Tony Gwynn
• Andy Hawkins
• John Kruk
• Kevin Mitchell
• Benito Santiago
• Garry Templeton
• Marvell Wynne

  Notable transactions

• April 25, 1987: Mark Wasinger and Tim Meagher were traded by the Padres to the San Francisco Giants for Colin Ward and Steve Miller.
• June 4, 1987: Tom Gorman was traded by the Padres to the Minnesota Twins for Dave Blakely.
• July 5, 1987: Kevin Mitchell, Dave Dravecky and Craig Lefferts were traded by the Padres to the San Francisco Giants for Chris Brown, Keith Comstock, Mark Davis, and Mark Grant.
• August 30, 1987: Storm Davis was traded by the Padres to the Oakland Athletics for players to be named later. The Athletics completed the deal by sending Dave Leiper to the Padres on August 31 and sending Rob Nelson to the Padres on September 8.

  Roster

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Other batters

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Other pitchers

Relief pitchers

Awards and honors

• Benito Santiago, Rookie of the Year
• Tony Gwynn, National League Batting Champion,.370

Farm system