List of San Diego Padres team records

This article is about the statistical records of the San Diego Padres. For their season-by-season win–loss records, see List of San Diego Padres seasons.

The San Diego Padres are an American professional baseball team based in San Diego. The Padres compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West Division. The Padres were granted a Major League team in 1968, taking their name from the minor-league San Diego Padres of the Pacific Coast League.^[1] Through the end of the 2022 regular season, they have played 8,520 games, winning 3,952, losing 4,568, and tying two for a winning percentage of .464.^[2] This list documents the superlative records and accomplishments of team members during their tenure as members of Major League Baseball's National League.

Trevor Hoffman, pictured pitching in relief for the Padres in 2008, holds four franchise records.

Tony Gwynn holds the most franchise records as of the end of the 2022 season, with 15, including best single-season batting average, most career hits, and most career triples. He is followed by Randy Jones, who holds thirteen records, including most career shutouts and the single-season loss record.

Trevor Hoffman is ranked fifth in Major League Baseball for most saves in a single season, while ranking second in all-time saves, recording 601 over his 18-year career (552 as a member of the Padres).^[3][4] Offensively, Gwynn has the 18th highest hit total in Major League history, recording 3,141 hits over a 19-year Major League career.^[5]

Table key

Table key

RBI	Run(s) batted in
ERA	Earned run average
OPS	On-base percentage plus slugging percentage
*	Tie between two or more players/teams

Individual career records

Batting statistics;^[6] pitching statistics^[7]

Individual career batting records
Statistic	Player	Record	Padres career	Ref
Batting average	Tony Gwynn	.338	1982–2001	[8]
On-base percentage	Gene Tenace	.403	1977–1980	[9]
Slugging percentage	Ken Caminiti	.540	1995–1998	[10]
OPS	Ken Caminiti	.924	1995–1998	[10]
Runs	Tony Gwynn	1,383	1982–2001	[8]
Hits	Tony Gwynn	3,141	1982–2001	[8]
Total bases	Tony Gwynn	4,259	1982–2001	[8]
Singles	Tony Gwynn	2,378	1982–2001	[8]
Doubles	Tony Gwynn	543	1982–2001	[8]
Triples	Tony Gwynn	85	1982–2001	[8]
Home runs	Nate Colbert	163	1969–1974	[11]
RBI	Tony Gwynn	1,138	1982–2001	[8]
Bases on balls	Tony Gwynn	790	1982–2001	[8]
Strikeouts	Chase Headley	864	2007–2014, 2018	[12]
Stolen bases	Tony Gwynn	319	1982–2001	[8]

Jake Peavy, the holder of the career strikeout record for the Padres

Individual career pitching records
Statistic	Player	Record	Padres career	Ref
Wins	Eric Show	100	1981–1990	[13]
Losses	Randy Jones	105	1973–1980	[14]
Win–loss percentage	Gaylord Perry	.660	1978–1979	[15]
ERA	Trevor Hoffman	2.76	1993–2008	[16]
Saves	Trevor Hoffman	552	1993–2008	[16]
Strikeouts	Jake Peavy	1,348	2002–2009	[17]
Shutouts	Randy Jones	18	1973–1980	[14]
Games	Trevor Hoffman	902	1993–2008	[16]
Innings	Randy Jones	1,766.0	1973–1980	[14]
Games started	Randy Jones	253	1973–1980	[14]
Complete games	Randy Jones	71	1973–1980	[14]
Walks	Eric Show	593	1981–1990	[13]
Hits allowed	Randy Jones	1,720	1973–1980	[14]
Wild pitches	Clay Kirby	48	1969–1973	[18]
Hit batsmen	Eric Show	46*	1981–1990	[13]
	Joey Hamilton		1994–1998	[19]

Individual single-season records

Batting statistics;^[6] pitching statistics^[7]

Tony Gwynn holds many Padres hitting records.

Single-season batting records
Statistic	Player	Record	Season	Ref(s)
Batting average	Tony Gwynn	.394	1994	[8]
Home runs	Greg Vaughn	50	1998	[20]
RBI	Ken Caminiti	130	1996	[10]
Runs	Steve Finley	126	1996	[21]
Hits	Tony Gwynn	220	1997	[8]
Singles	Tony Gwynn	177	1984	[8]
Doubles	Tony Gwynn	49	1997	[8]
Triples	Tony Gwynn	13*	1987	[8]
	Dave Roberts		2006	[22]
Stolen bases	Alan Wiggins	70	1984	[23]
Stolen base percentage	Everth Cabrera	91.7	2012	[24]
At bats	Steve Finley	655	1996	[21]
Slugging percentage	Ken Caminiti	.621	1996	[10]
Extra-base hits	Steve Finley	84	1996	[21]
Total bases	Steve Finley	348	1996	[21]
On-base percentage	Tony Gwynn	.454	1994	[8]
OPS	Ken Caminiti	1.028	1996	[10]
Walks	Jack Clark	132	1989	[25]
Strikeouts	Wil Myers	180	2017	[26]

Single-season pitching records
Statistic	Player	Record	Season	Ref(s)
Wins	Randy Jones	22	1976	[14]
Losses	Randy Jones	22	1974	[14]
Strikeouts	Kevin Brown	257	1998	[27]
ERA	Luis DeLeón	2.03	1982	[28]
Earned runs allowed	Matt Clement	117	2000	[29]
Hits allowed	Randy Jones	274	1976	[14]
Shutouts	Fred Norman	6*	1972	[30]
	Randy Jones		1975	[14]
Saves	Trevor Hoffman	53	1998	[16]
Games	Craig Lefferts	83	1986	[31]
Starts	Randy Jones	40	1976	[14]
Complete games	Randy Jones	25	1976	[14]
Innings	Randy Jones	315⅓	1976	[14]

Individual single-game records

Source:^[32]

Steve Finley (pictured) is tied with Ken Caminiti for the Padre single-game total bases record

Single-game batting records
Statistic	Player	Record	Date
RBI	Nate Colbert	8*	August 1, 1972
	Ken Caminiti		September 19, 1995
Runs	Al Martin	5	April 15, 2000
Singles	Bill Fahey	5*	September 5, 1979
	Kevin McReynolds		September 5, 1984
Total bases	Steve Finley	13*	May 19, 1997
	Ken Caminiti		July 12, 1998

Single-game pitching records
Statistic	Player	Record	Date
Walks allowed	Clay Kirby	10	July 15, 1969
Home runs allowed	Woody Williams	5	July 13, 2001
Innings pitched	Clay Kirby	15	September 24, 1971
Strikeouts	Jake Peavy	16	May 22, 2007

Team season records

Source:^[33]

Season batting records
Statistic	Record	Season
Home runs	219	2019
Runs	795	1997
Hits	1,519	1997
Batting average	.275	1994
Walks	678	2001
At bats	5,655	1996
Most runners left on base	1,239	1980
Strikeouts	1,273	2001
Stolen bases	239	1980

Season pitching records
Statistic	Record	Season
Hits allowed	1,581	1997
Runs allowed	891	1997
Home runs allowed	219	2001
Strikeouts	1,267	2016
Saves	59	1998

Team all-time records

Source:^[2]

Team all-time records
Statistic	Record
Home runs	5,069
Runs	27,161
Hits	57,577
Batting average	.252
ERA	3.94
Runs allowed	29,560

See also

• Baseball statistics
• San Diego Padres award winners and league leaders