the last time the padres made the playoffs was 2017.
the last time the padres made the playoffs was 2017.
when is the last time the padres made the playoffs?
2017
founded in 1969, the padres are one of seven major league baseball franchises that have never won the world series. of those teams, only the texas rangers (1961) have been in existence longer than san diego. the padres have twice advanced to the world series, losing 4–1 to the detroit tigers in 1984 and being swept 4–0 by the new york yankees in 1998. asides from those 2 world series appearances, the padres have only made the playoffs 3 other times, and in each appearance, they lost the nlds to the st. louis cardinals. as of 2019, the last time the padres made the playoffs was in 2006, and their last winning season was in 2010. since their last playoff appearance, the padres are 775-892 (.465). the padres streak of 12 consecutive seasons without a playoff appearance is the 3rd longest current streak in the league, only behind the florida/miami marlins (15) and the seattle mariners (17).
sports-related curses
under werner, the old brown that remained in padres uniforms since their inception were supplanted by navy blue, a nod to the vintage 1940s pcl franchise colors. a trade was also made with the toronto blue jays where joe carter and roberto alomar were traded for fred mcgriff and tony fernández. in 1992, the padres lineup featured the "four tops": gary sheffield, fred mcgriff, tony fernández, and tony gwynn. however, fernandez would go to the new york mets, mcgriff went to the division-winning atlanta braves, and sheffield would go to the expansion florida marlins. although extremely unpopular at the time, it was the sheffield trade that brought in pitcher trevor hoffman, who was virtually unknown to padres fans. while sheffield led florida to a world championship in 1997, hoffman would be the next franchise player behind dave winfield and tony gwynn. the padres would finish dead last in the strike-shortened 1994 season, but gwynn hit .394 that year (the most since ted williams hit over .400 in 1941). after that season, the padres made a mega-trade with houston reeling in ken caminiti, steve finley, and others. in november 1995, kevin towers was promoted from scouting director to general manager.
history of the san diego padres