The 2016 San Diego Padres season was their 48th season in MLB, and their 12th at Petco Park. The Padres finished with a record of 68 win and 94 losses, and spent most of the season trading with the Arizona Diamondbacks for the last-place spot in the National League West. The Padres set multiple records for offensive futility, becoming the first team in MLB history to fail to score a run in their opening series, being outscored 25-0 in their first three games to the Los Angeles Dodgers. They also set the record for most times shutout in their first ten games (5), as well as the largest opening day shutout loss at home in MLB history (15-0 against the Los Angeles Dodgers). The Padres also hosted the All-Star Game on July 12.
Offseason November 2: Josh Johnson, Shawn Kelley, Ian Kennedy, Brandon Morrow, Bud Norris and Justin Upton all elect free agency. November 3: Clint Barmes elects free agency. Joaquín Benoit gets his option picked up. November 4: Cory Luebke elects free agency. Padres sent Cory Decker outright to Triple-A El Paso. November 11: Yankees traded 2B Jose Pirela to Padres for RHP Ronald Herrera. November 12: Padres traded Joaquín Benoit to Mariners for RHP Enyal De Los Santos and SS Nelson Ward. November 13: Padres traded Craig Kimbrel to Red Sox for 3B Carlos Asuaje, SS Javier Guerra, LHP Logan Allen, and CF Manuel Margot. November 20: Padres claimed Josmil Pinto off waivers from Minnesota. Agreed to terms with César Vargas on a one-year contract. Selected the contracts of Manuel Margot from Portland and José Rondón from San Antonio. December 3: Named Mark McGwire bench coach, Alan Zinter hitting coach, Tarrik Brock first base coach, Doug Bochtler bullpen coach and Eddie Rodríguez assistant coach. Signed Brett Wallace to a one-year contract. Did not tender a 2016 contract to Rocky Gale, Frank Garces and Will Middlebrooks. December 10: Acquired Jabari Blash from Oakland to complete an earlier trade. Acquired Christian Bethancourt from Atlanta for Casey Kelly and Ricardo Rodriguez. December 21: Agreed to terms with Buddy Baumann on a one-year contract. Designated Josmil Pinto for assignment. January 9: Selected the contract of Ryan Buchter from El Paso. January 15: Agreed to terms with Carlos Villanueva, Derek Norris, Andrew Cashner, Alexei Ramírez, Tyson Ross and Drew Pomeranz to one-year contracts. Selected the contract of Ryan Buchter to the 40-man roster. Designated Rymer Liriano for assignment. January 29: Traded Rymer Liriano to Milwaukee for Trevor Seidenberger. February 2: Agreed to terms with Brandon Morrow on a minor league contract. February 4: Agreed to terms with Fernando Rodney on a one-year contract. Traded Odrisamer Despaigne to Baltimore for Jean Cosme. February 2: Agreed to terms with Skip Schumaker on a minor league contract. March 2–18: Agreed to terms with Matt Thornton, Mike Olt, Christian Friedrich, Angel Acevedo and Janigson Villalobos on minor league contracts. March 29: Acquired Dan Straily from Houston for Erik Kratz. Reassigned Jose Dominguez, Philip Humber and Daniel McCutchen and Rocky Gale to their minor league camp.
Season standings
National League West
National League Wildcard
Record vs. opponents
Regular season
Team Home Away Total Win % Gms Left National League East Atlanta Braves 2–1 0–3 2–4 0 23 33 Miami Marlins 1–2 2–1 3–3 0 22 29 New York Mets 2–2 1–2 3–4 0 24 27 Philadelphia Phillies 1–2 1–3 2–5 0 23 29 Washington Nationals 2–2 2–1 4–3 0 40 33 8–9 6–10 14–19 0 132 151 National League Central Chicago Cubs 0–3 2–1 2–4 0 22 28 Cincinnati Reds 1–2 3–1 4–3 0 27 21 Milwaukee Brewers 2–1 2–2 4–3 0 34 20 Pittsburgh Pirates 2–1 1–2 3–3 0 22 27 St. Louis Cardinals 1–2 0–4 1–6 0 22 43 6–9 8–10 14–19 0 127 139 National League West Arizona Diamondbacks 6–4 3–6 9–10 0 102 86 Colorado Rockies 6–4 3–6 9–10 0 95 79 Los Angeles Dodgers 4–5 4–6 8–11 0 67 92 San Francisco Giants 5–5 3–6 8–11 0 68 73 21–18 13–24 34–42 0 332 330 American League Baltimore Orioles 0–2 1–1 1–3 0 25 37 Boston Red Sox 1–2 N/A 1–2 0 5 13 New York Yankees 2–1 N/A 2–1 0 12 13 Seattle Mariners 1–1 0–2 1–3 0 34 47 Tampa Bay Rays N/A 0–3 0–3 0 3 25 Toronto Blue Jays N/A 1–2 1–2 0 16 15 4–6 2–8 6–14 0 95 150 Season Total 39–42 29–52 68–94 0 686 770
Season summary Most Runs Scored in a game: 16 (4/9 at COL) Most Runs Allowed in a game: 16 (2 times) Longest Winning Streak: 3 games (6 times) Longest Losing Streak: 5 games (2 times) Longest Game (Innings): 17 (5/22 vs. LAD) Times Shutout by Opponent: 15 Times Opponent Shutout: 9 Walkoff Wins: 8 Walkoff Losses: 8
Home attendance
Year Attendance (games) AVG/game NL Rank W-L2016 2,351,422 (81) 29,030 8th of 15 39–42 2015 2,459,752 (81) 30,367 10th of 15 39–422014 2,195,373 (81) 27,103 12th of 15 48–332013 2,166,691 (81) 26,749 12th of 15 45–36 Highest Home Attendance: 4/4 vs. LAD (44,317) Lowest Home Attendance: 5/2 vs. COL (19,013)
Game log
Legend Padres win Padres loss PostponementBoldPadres team member
|- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 1 || April 4 || Dodgers || 0–15 || Kershaw (1–0) || Ross (0–1) || — || 44,317 || 0–1 || L1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 2 || April 5 || Dodgers || 0–3 || Kazmir (1–0) || Shields (0–1) || Jansen (1) || 28,329 || 0–2 || L2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 3 || April 6 || Dodgers || 0–7 || Maeda (1–0) || Cashner (0–1) || — || 30,054 || 0–3 || L3 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 4 || April 8 || @ Rockies || 13–6 || Erlin (1–0) || Lyles (0–1) || — || 49,630 || 1–3 || W1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 5 || April 9 || @ Rockies || 16–3 || Pomeranz (1–0) || De la Rosa (0–1) || — || 35,177 || 2–3 || W2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 6 || April 10 || @ Rockies || 3–6 || Bettis (1–0) || Shields (0–2) || McGee (2) || 27,587 || 2–4 || L1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 7 || April 11 || @ Phillies || 4–3 || Quackenbush (1–0) || Nola (0–1) || Rodney (1) || 45,229 || 3–4 || W1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 8 || April 12 || @ Phillies || 0–3 || Morton (1–1) || Erlin (1–1) || Gómez (3) || 21,043 || 3–5 || L1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 9 || April 13 || @ Phillies || 1–2 || Eickhoff (1–1) || Rea (0–1) || Gómez (4) || 17,638 || 3–6 || L2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 10 || April 14 || @ Phillies || 0–3 || Velasquez (2–0) || Pomeranz (1–1) || — || 18,079 || 3–7 || L3 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 11 || April 15 || D-backs || 2–3 || Hudson (1–0) || Rodney (0–1) || Brad Ziegler (2) || 28,955 || 3–8 || L4 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 12 || April 16 || D-backs || 5–3 (14) || Perdomo (1–0) || De La Rosa (0–3) || — || 34,051 || 4–8 || W1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 13 || April 17 || D-backs || 3–7 || Corbin (1–1) || Erlin (1–2) || — || 30,520 || 4–9 || L1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 14 || April 19 || Pirates || 5–4 || Rea (1–1) || Liriano (1–1) || Rodney (2) || 19,449 || 5–9 || W1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 15 || April 20 || Pirates || 8–2 || Pomeranz (2–1) || Locke (0–2) || — || 20,681 || 6–9 || W2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 16 || April 21 || Pirates || 1–11 || Cole (1–2) || Shields (0–3) || — || 20,387 || 6–10 || L1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 17 || April 22 || Cardinals || 4–1 || Cashner (1–1) || Wainwright (0–3) || Rodney (3) || 30,074 || 7–10 || W1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 18 || April 23 || Cardinals || 2–11 || Wacha (2–0) || Quackenbush (1–1) || — || 31,688 || 7–11 || L1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 19 || April 24 || Cardinals || 5–8 || Siegrist (3–0) || Maurer (0–1) || Rosenthal (5) || 37,395 || 7–12 || L2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 20 || April 25 || @ Giants || 4–5 || Bumgarner (2–2) || Pomeranz (2–2) || Casilla (4) || 41,266 || 7–13 || L3 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 21 || April 26 || @ Giants || 0–1 || Cueto (4–1) || Shields (0–4) || — || 41,413 || 7–14 || L4 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 22 || April 27 || @ Giants || 9–13 || Samardzija (3–1) || Cashner (1–2) || — || 41,357 || 7–15 || L5 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 23 || April 29 || @ Dodgers || 5–1 || Buchter (1–0) || Hatcher (2–3) || — || 49,686 || 8–15 || W1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 24 || April 30 || @ Dodgers || 5–2 || Rea (2–1) || Stripling (0–2) || Rodney (4) || 45,740 || 9–15 || W2
|- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 25 || May 1 || @ Dodgers || 0–1 || Kershaw (3–1) || Pomeranz (2–3) || — || 49,271 || 9–16 || L1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 26 || May 2 || Rockies || 2–1 || Shields (1–4) || Gray (0–1)|| Rodney (5)|| 19,013 || 10–16 || W1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 27 || May 3 || Rockies || 6–3 || Cashner (2–2) || Butler (0–1) || Rodney (6) || 20,394 || 11–16 || W2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 28 || May 4 || Rockies || 0–2 || Chatwood (4–2) || Vargas (0–1) || McGee (7) || 20,038 || 11–17 || L1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 29 || May 5 || Mets || 5–3 || Rea (3–1) || deGrom (3–1) || Rodney (7) || 21,608 || 12–17 || W1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 30 || May 6 || Mets || 2–0 || Pomeranz (3–3) || Syndergaard (2–2) || Rodney (8) || 30,108 || 13–17 || W2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 31 || May 7 || Mets || 3–6 || Colón (3–1) || Shields (1–5) || Familia (9) || 41,028 || 13–18 || L1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 32 || May 8 || Mets || 3–4 || Harvey (3–4) || Cashner (2–3) || Familia (10) || 27,461 || 13–19 || L2 |-style="text-align:center; background:#bbb" | — || May 9 || @ Cubs |colspan="7" | Postponed (inclement weather) (Makeup date: May 11) |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 33 || May 10 || @ Cubs || 7–8 || Lester (4–1) || Vargas (0–2) || Rondon (7) ||34,680|| 13–20 || L3 |-bgcolor="bbffbb" | 34 || May 11 (1) || @ Cubs || 7–4 || Villanueva (1–0) || Strop (1–1) || Rodney (9)|| 34,508 || 14–20 || W1 |-bgcolor="bbffbb" | 35 || May 11 (2) || @ Cubs || 1–0 || Pomeranz (4–3) || Lackey (4–2) || Rodney (10) || 37,828 || 15–20 || W2 |-bgcolor="bbffbb" | 36 || May 12 || @ Brewers || 3–0 || Shields (2–5) || Nelson (4–3) || Buchter (1) || 17,374 || 16–20 || W3 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 37 || May 13 || @ Brewers || 0–1 || Guerra (2–0) || Friedrich (0–1) || Jeffress (9) || 35,291 || 16–21 || L1 |-bgcolor="bbffbb" | 38 || May 14 || @ Brewers || 8–7 (12) || Campos (1–0) || Capuano (1–1) || Villanueva (1) || 28,896 || 17–21 || W1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 39 || May 15 || @ Brewers || 2–3 || Boyer (1–0) || Quackenbush (1–2) || Jeffress (10) || 26,306 || 17–22 || L1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 40 || May 17 || Giants || 1–5 || Bumgarner (5–2) || Rea (3–2) || — || 24,433 || 17–23 || L2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 41 || May 18 || Giants || 1–2 || Cueto (6–1) || Pomeranz (4–4) || — || 23,518 || 17–24 || L3 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 42 || May 19 || Giants || 1–3 || Samardzija (6–2) || Shields (2–6) || Casilla (10) || 26,417 || 17–25 || L4 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 43 || May 20 || Dodgers || 7–6 || Quackenbush (2–2) || Jansen (1–1) || — || 31,836 || 18–25 || W1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 44 || May 21 || Dodgers || 3–2 || Hand (1–0) || Tsao (0–1) || — || 40,221 || 19–25 || W2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 45 || May 22 || Dodgers || 5–9 (17) || Stripling (2–3) || Perdomo (1–1) || — || 43,100 || 19–26 || L1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 46 || May 23 || @ Giants || 0–1 || Cueto (7–1) || Hand (1–1) || — || 42,099 || 19–27 || L2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 47 || May 24 || @ Giants || 2–8 || Samardzija (7–2) || Cashner (2–4) || — || 41,772 || 19–28 || L3 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 48 || May 25 || @ Giants || 3–4 || Kontos (1–1) || Hand (1–2) || — || 41,772 || 19–29 || L4 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 49 || May 27 || @ D-backs || 10–3 || Friedrich (1–1) || Ray (2–4) || — || 24,935 || 20–29 || W1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 50 || May 28 || @ D-backs || 7–8 || Greinke (6–3) || Vargas (0–3) || — || 23,927 || 20–30 || L1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 51 || May 29 || @ D-backs || 3–6 || Bradley (2–0) || Pomeranz (4–5) || Ziegler (9) || 21,458 || 20–31 || L2 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 52 || May 30 || @ Mariners || 3–9 || Karns (5–1) || Cashner (2–5) || — || 29,764 || 20–32 || L3 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 53 || May 31 || @ Mariners || 4–16 || Iwakuma (4–4) || Shields (2–7) || — || 16,815 || 20–33 || L4
|- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 54 || June 1 || Mariners || 14–6 || Friedrich (2–1) || Paxton (0–1) || — || 20,557 || 21–33 || W1 |- bgcolor="ffbbbb" | 55 || June 2 || Mariners || 13–16 || Martin (1–0) || Maurer (0–2) || Cishek (13) ||22,588 || 21–34 || L1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb" | 56 || June 3 || Rockies || 4–0 || Pomeranz (5–5) || Rusin (1–4) || — || 21,588 || 22–34 || W1 |- bgcolor="bbffbb"