List of San Diego Padres managers

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 team joined MLB in 1969 as an expansion team and have won two NL Championships, in 1984 and 1998. The team played their home games at San Diego Stadium from 1969 to 2003. Starting with the 2004 season, they moved to Petco Park, where they have played since.{{Cite web|url=http://sandiego.padres.mlb.com/sd/history/index.jsp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070205020830/http://sandiego.padres.mlb.com/sd/history/index.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 5, 2007|title=Padres History|publisher=MLB Advanced Media, L.P|work=MLB.com|access-date=2008-12-16}} The team is owned by the estate of Peter Seidler, and A. J. Preller is their general manager.{{cite web|url=http://sandiego.padres.mlb.com/team/front_office.jsp?c_id=sd|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070205021134/http://sandiego.padres.mlb.com/team/front_office.jsp?c_id=sd|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 5, 2007|title=Front Office|publisher=MLB Advanced Media, L.P|work=MLB.com|access-date=2008-12-16}} There have been 21 managers for the Padres franchise. The team is currently managed by Mike Shildt.{{Cite web|date=2021-10-06|title=Padres fire manger Jayce Tingler after second-half collapse|url=https://apnews.com/article/mlb-sports-aj-preller-jayce-tingler-san-diego-padres-6354512af3338f04b70f1002d51a4c56|access-date=2021-10-29|website=AP NEWS|language=en}}

The first manager of the Padres was Preston Gómez, who managed for four seasons. Bruce Bochy 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). Bob Skinner is the Padres' all-time leader for the highest regular-season winning percentage, 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 has the highest regular-season winning percentage with .541, having managed for 357 games. Dick Williams, the only Padres manager to have been elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame, is the franchise's all-time leader for the highest playoff winning percentage with .400.{{cite web|url=http://sandiego.padres.mlb.com/sd/history/postseason_results.jsp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024121642/http://sandiego.padres.mlb.com/sd/history/postseason_results.jsp|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 24, 2007|title=Padres Postseason Results|publisher=MLB Advanced Media, L.P|work=MLB.com|access-date=2008-12-16}} 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 Manager of the Year Award with the Padres, in 1996 and 2010. Greg Riddoch and Jerry Coleman have spent their entire managing careers with the Padres.

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GM

|Regular-season games managed

W

|Regular-season wins

L

|Regular-season losses

Win%

|Regular-season winning percentage

PGM

|Playoff games managed

PW

|Playoff wins

PL

|Playoff losses

PWin%

|Playoff winning percentage

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| Spent entire MLB managing career with the Padres{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/SDP/managers.shtml|title=San Diego Padres Managerial Register|publisher=Sports Reference, LLC|work=Baseball-Reference|access-date=2008-12-16}}

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| Elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame as a manager{{cite web|url=http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/components/hofers/HallofFamersList.html |title=Members of the Baseball Hall of Fame and Their Year of Induction |publisher=National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc |work=BaseballHallofFame.com |access-date=2008-12-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206085653/http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/components/hofers/HallofFamersList.html |archive-date=December 6, 2008 }}

Managers

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

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List of San Diego Padres managers

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