The

San Diego Padres 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 (baseball), National League (NL) National League West, West Division. ...

are an American professional

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team based in

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. The Padres compete in

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(MLB) as a member club of the

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(NL) West Division. The team joined MLB in 1969 as an

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and have won two NL Championships, in 1984 and 1998. The team played their home games at

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from 1969 to 2003. Starting with the 2004 season, they moved to

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, where they have played since. The team is owned by the estate of

Peter Seidler Peter Seidler (November 7, 1960 – November 14, 2023) was an American businessman. He was the chairman of the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB). Early life Seidler was born in Alhambra, California, on November 7, 1960, to Roland ...

, and A. J. Preller is their

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. There have been 21

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s for the Padres franchise. The team is currently managed by

Mike Shildt Michael Timothy Shildt (born August 9, 1968) is an American professional baseball manager and coach who is the manager of the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously managed and coached for the St. Louis Cardinals. Af ...

. The first manager of the Padres was

Preston Gómez Preston Gómez (born Pedro Gómez Martínez; April 20, 1923 – January 13, 2009) was a Cuban-born infielder, manager, coach and front-office official in Major League Baseball (MLB), best known for managing three major league clubs: the San Dieg ...

, who managed for four seasons.

Bruce Bochy Bruce Douglas Bochy (; born April 16, 1955) is an American professional baseball Manager (baseball), manager and former catcher who is the manager of the Texas Rangers (baseball), Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB). During his playing ...

is the franchise's all-time leader for the most regular-season games managed (1926), the most regular-season game wins (951), the most playoff games managed (24), and the most playoff-game wins (8).

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is the Padres' all-time leader for the highest regular-season

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, as he has only managed one game, which he won. Of the managers who have managed a minimum of 162 games (one season),

Jack McKeon John Aloysius McKeon (; born November 23, 1930), nicknamed "Trader Jack," is an American former manager and front-office executive in Major League Baseball (MLB). In , at age 72, he won a World Series as manager of the Florida Marlins. Two ful ...

has the highest regular-season winning percentage with .541, having managed for 357 games.

Dick Williams Richard Hirschfeld Williams (May 7, 1929 – July 7, 2011) was an American left fielder, third baseman, manager (baseball), manager, coach (baseball), coach and front-office consultant in Major League Baseball (MLB). Known especially as a hard-d ...

, the only Padres manager to have been elected into the

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, is the franchise's all-time leader for the highest playoff winning percentage with .400. Williams and Bochy are the only managers to have won an NL Championship with the Padres, in 1984 and 1998 respectively. Bochy and Black are the only managers to have won a

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with the Padres, in 1996 and 2010.

Greg Riddoch Gregory Lee Riddoch (born July 17, 1945) is an American former professional baseball player, manager and coach who served as the manager for the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1990 to 1992, compiling a career win–loss recor ...

and

Jerry Coleman Gerald Francis Coleman (September 14, 1924 – January 5, 2014) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) second baseman for the New York Yankees and manager of the San Diego Padres for one year. Coleman was named the rookie of the year in 19 ...

have spent their entire managing careers with the Padres.

Key

Managers

''Note: Statistics are correct as through October 11, 2024.''

Notes

* A running total of the number of managers of the Padres. Thus, any manager who has two or more separate terms as a manager is only counted once. * Each year is linked to an article about that particular MLB season.

References

;General * * * * ;Specific {{DEFAULTSORT:San Diego Padres managers Lists of Major League Baseball managers

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