Yes, we know that this is taking a while!
As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team. We have a new one to unveil today, that of the San Diego Padres.
Founded in 1969, the San Diego Padres have had their share of star players, but it has yet to result in a World Series win, though they have won the National League Pennant twice (1984 & 1998).
The team has lost far more Games than they have won but has a unique history, solid fan base, and hopefully, unlike the Chargers, are not going anywhere.
This list is up to the end of the 2021 regular season.
Our Top 50 lists in Baseball look at the following:
1. Advanced Statistics.
2. Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National League.
3. Playoff accomplishments.
4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.
Remember, this is ONLY based on what a player does on that particular team and not what he accomplished elsewhere and also note that we have placed an increased importance on the first two categories.
This list is updated up until the end of the 2021 Season.
The complete list can be found here, but as always, we announce our top five in this article. They are:
1. Tony Gwynn
2. Trevor Hoffman
3. Jake Peavy
5. Randy Jones
We will continue our adjustments on our existing lists and will continue developing our new lists.
Look for our more material coming soon!
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After two years with the Texas Rangers, Chris Young was traded to the San Diego Padres, the team he had his longest tenure.
Young threw over 170 Innings and struck out at least 160 batters in both of his first two seasons as a Padre, going to the All-Star Game in 2007 when he had a 9-8 Record with a 3.12 ERA. Young dealt with injuries over the next three seasons and only appeared in 36 Games in this stretch. He left San Diego for the Mets as a Free Agent in 2011.
With San Diego, Young went 33-25 with a 3.60 ERA and 489 Strikeouts.