The most memorable moment of that 1978 season occurred on May 28, 1978, when pinch hitter Mike Ivie, acquired from the San Diego Padres during the offseason for Darrel Thomas, hit a towering grand slam off of Dodgers pitching ace Don Sutton in front of Candlestick Park's highest paid attendance of 58, 545.

The Padres suffered an off-year in 1997, plagued by a pitching slump.

The Padres went on to defeat the Houston Astros in the 1998 NLDS, 3 games to 1, behind solid pitching by Brown, Sterling Hitchcock and Hoffman, and home runs by Greg Vaughn, Wally Joyner and Jim Leyritz ( who homered in 3 of the 4 games ).

The 2006 Padres would attribute their success largely to the team's pitching staff.

The 2007 Rascals finished last in the league in both fielding and pitching and offense suffered after the team lost first baseman Bobby Mosby in a trade to the Northern League and outfielder Phil Laurent, who was signed by the San Diego Padres.

After his retirement from baseball, Sutcliffe became a color commentator for the San Diego Padres on Channel 4 San Diego ( 1997 – 2004 ), ESPN ( 1998 – present ) and DirecTV / MLB International ( 1997 – 2002 and since 2010, as well as a minor-league pitching coach in the San Diego Padres system for a couple of seasons.

Perry retired in 1983 after pitching for eight teams ( the San Francisco Giants, Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers ( twice ), San Diego Padres, New York Yankees, Atlanta Braves, Seattle Mariners and Kansas City Royals ).

On July 9, 2011, five Padres pitchers combined for innings of no-hit pitching against the Los Angeles Dodgers before Juan Uribe hit a double, which was followed by a Dioner Navarro single that won the game, which had been scoreless up to that point.

Just as quickly, Gibson returned to form, starting a streak of seven wins on July 28, and pitching all 14 innings of a 5 – 4 win against the San Diego Padres on August 12.

He returned to the majors in 1970, pitching for the Athletics, Padres and Cubs in the same season.

When his playing career ended after stints with the Detroit Tigers and San Diego Padres, Podres served as the pitching coach for the Padres, Boston Red Sox, Minnesota Twins and Philadelphia Phillies for 13 seasons between and.

After his playing days, Dobson became a respected pitching coach with the Brewers, Padres, Royals and Orioles.

Stewart has served as pitching coach for the San Diego Padres, Milwaukee Brewers, and Toronto Blue Jays.

Hawkins earned a victory pitching in relief in Game 2 of the 1984 World Series, which the Padres lost to Detroit in five games.

The Padres sent third baseman Gary Sheffield and pitcher Rich Rodriguez to the Marlins for Hoffman and pitching prospects José Martínez and Andres Berumen.

He is currently the rehab pitching coach for the Peoria Padres.

After his playing career ended, he briefly served as a pitching coach for the San Diego Padres.

He made his major league debut on August 24, 2004 pitching two scoreless innings with three strikeouts against the San Diego Padres.

He followed by pitching a complete game win against the San Diego Padres on April 29.

Richard evened out his record at seven wins and seven losses by pitching a complete game three-hit shutout against the Padres on June 30.

Stauffer was called up to the Padres again on August 21, 2006 in order to temporarily fill a spot in a pitching rotation hampered by injuries.

Michael Eugene Couchee ( born December 4, 1957 in San Jose, California ) is a former relief pitcher in Major League Baseball and a current minor league pitching coach with the San Diego Padres.

On December 1, 2009, the Padres announced Kennedy and his coaching staff would be promoted to the Triple-A Portland Beavers of the Pacific Coast League for the 2010 season, and the Missions would be managed by Doug Dascenzo, who managed the Single-A Fort Wayne TinCaps to the best regular-season record in minor league baseball and a Midwest League title in 2009.

After going 14-15 with 185 strikeouts and a 3. 76 earned run average as the staff ace for the last-place Padres, he was traded to Baltimore on December 1 as part of a six-player swap.

He will join the Padres as a special assistant to the baseball operations staff.

He moved back to the Giants as a coach in, then to the San Diego Padres from-before rejoining the Cubs as a member of Herman Franks ' staff in and.

After being let go by the Royals, Muser was named to the San Diego Padres coaching staff for.

This critical error helped the Padres win the game 6 – 3, with a 4-run 7th inning and keep Chicago out of the 1984 World Series against the Detroit Tigers.

During July of the 1984 season, Smith went on the disabled list with a broken wrist after being hit by a pitch during a game against the Padres.

Founded in 1969, the Padres have won the National League Pennant twice, in 1984 and 1998, losing in the World Series both times.

San Diego Padres Cap ( 1974 – 1984 )

Cub-Busters T-shirts were popular with Padres fans in 1984 postseason.

In the 1984 NLCS, the Padres faced the NL East champion Chicago Cubs, who were making their first post-season appearance since 1945 and featured NL Most Valuable Player Ryne Sandberg and Cy Young Award winner Rick Sutcliffe.

The Padres swept the final three games at then San Diego Jack Murphy Stadium ( the highlight arguably being Steve Garvey's dramatic, game-winning home run off of Lee Smith in Game 4 ) to win the 1984 National League pennant.

In the 1984 World Series, the Padres faced the powerful Detroit Tigers, who steamrolled through the regular season with 104 victories ( and had started out with a 35 – 5 record, the best ever through the first 40 games ).

After the Padres won the pennant in 1984, they had some tough times.

In 1996, under new owner John Moores ( a software tycoon who purchased controlling ownership in the team in 1994 from Tom Werner, who subsequently formed a syndicate that purchased the Boston Red Sox ) and team president Larry Lucchino, and with a team managed by former Padres catcher Bruce Bochy ( a member of the 1984 NL championship squad ), the team won the NL West in an exciting race, sweeping the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium in the final series of the regular season.

Either manager in the 1984 Series would have been the first to win in both leagues, since San Diego Padres ( NL ) manager Dick Williams had previously won the series with the Oakland Athletics ( AL ) in 1972 and 1973.

* Eric Show, baseball pitcher, started for San Diego Padres in 1984 season

He owned the San Diego Padres baseball team from 1974 until his death in 1984.

Eighteen teams have all hosted an all-star game at least twice since the Mets last did: Atlanta Braves ( 1972 and 2000 ), Chicago White Sox ( 1983 and 2003 ), Cincinnati Reds ( 1970 and 1988 ), Cleveland Indians ( 1981 and 1997 ), Detroit Tigers ( 1971 and 2005 ), Houston Astros ( 1968, 1986, and 2004 ), Kansas City Royals ( 1973 and 2012 ), Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim ( 1967, 1989, and 2010 ), Milwaukee Brewers ( 1975 and 2002 ), Minnesota Twins ( 1965, 1985, and 2014 ), New York Yankees ( 1977 and 2008 ), Philadelphia Phillies ( 1976 and 1996 ), Pittsburgh Pirates ( 1974, 1994, and 2006 ), San Diego Padres ( 1978 and 1992 ), San Francisco Giants ( 1984 and 2007 ), Seattle Mariners ( 1979 and 2001 ), and St. Louis Cardinals ( 1966 and 2009 ), and Washington Senators / Texas Rangers ( 1969 and 1995 ).

On October 2, 1984, he started the first game of the NLCS against the San Diego Padres, giving up two hits and no runs, not only gaining the victory, but also hitting a home run in the third inning.

Fredric Michael " Fred " Lynn ( born February 3, 1952 ) is a former center fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox ( 1974 – 1980 ), California Angels ( 1981 – 1984 ), Baltimore Orioles ( 1985 – 1988 ), Detroit Tigers ( 1988 – 1989 ) and San Diego Padres ( 1990 ).

In 1984, Drysdale did play-by-play ( alongside Reggie Jackson and Earl Weaver ) for the National League Championship Series between the San Diego Padres and Chicago Cubs.

On October 6, 1984 at San Diego's Jack Murphy Stadium, Game 4 of the NLCS ended when Padres first baseman Steve Garvey hit a two run home run off Lee Smith.

He scored a win over the Kansas City Royals in the ALCS, and added two more complete-game victories in the World Series against the San Diego Padres as the Tigers concluded their wire-to-wire 1984 campaign with the World Championship.

In 1984, Gossage clinched another title, earning the save in Game 5 of the NL Championship Series and sending the Padres to their first World Series ; after San Diego had scored four runs in the seventh inning to take a 6-3 lead against the Chicago Cubs, Gossage pitched the final two innings, getting Keith Moreland to hit into a force play for the final out.

* On August 12, 1984, during a game between the Atlanta Braves and San Diego Padres that degenerated into a beanball war:

* On August 12, 1984, a game between the Atlanta Braves and San Diego Padres turned into what writers Bruce Nash and Allan Zullo later called " one of the worst beanball wars of modern times ", starting with Braves pitcher Pascual Pérez hitting Alan Wiggins with the game's first pitch, followed by four attempts by Padres pitchers to hit Pérez in retaliation, and ending in Braves reliever Donnie Moore hitting Graig Nettles.

He pitched for the Seattle Mariners ( 1984 – 1989 ), Montreal Expos ( 1989 ), California and Anaheim Angels ( 1990 – 1997 ), San Diego Padres ( 1998 ), and Cleveland Indians ( 1999 ).