All-Time team: Tony, Trevor Time

The pennant-winning 1998 Padres lead the all-time team with three selections: Kevin Brown, Greg Vaughn and Trevor Hoffman. The 1996 division winners placed Ken Caminiti and Steve Finley. The 1984 Padres, who lost to the Tigers in the World Series, were shut out.
— Kevin Brewer

Catcher >> Terry Kennedy, 1982
>> 21 HRs, 97 RBIs, .295/.328/.486, 130 OPS+

First base >> Adrian Gonzalez, 2009
>> 40 HRs, 99 RBIs, .277/.407/.551, 162 OPS+

Second base >> Mark Loretta, 2004
>> 16 HRs, 76 RBIs, .335/.391/.495, 138 OPS+
   108 runs, 208 hits, 47 doubles

Third base >> Ken Caminiti, 1996
>> 40 HRs, 130 RBIs, .326/.408/.621, 174 OPS+

2. Manny Machado, 2022
3. Gary Sheffield, 1992
4. Chase Headley, 2012

Shortstop >> Fernando Tatis Jr., 2021
>> 42 HRs, 97 RBIs, .282/.364/.611, 166 OPS+



Left field >> Greg Vaughn, 1998
>> 50 HRs, 119 RBIs, .272/.363/.597, 158 OPS+

Center field >> Steve Finley, 1996
>> 30 HRs, 95 RBIs, .298/.354/.531, 136 OPS+

Right field >> Tony Gwynn, 1987
>> 7 HRs, 54 RBIs, .370/.447/.511, 158 OPS+
   119 runs, 218 hits, 13 triples, 56 SBs

2. Dave Winfield, 1979
3. Tony Gwynn, 1986
4. Tony Gwynn, 1984
5. Tony Gwynn, 1997



Pitchers >> Kevin Brown + four Cy Young Award winners

1. Kevin Brown, 1998
>> 18-7, 2.38 ERA, 257 Ks, 257 IPs, 164 ERA+

2. Randy Jones, 1975
>> 20-12, 2.24 ERA, 103 Ks, 285 IPs, 156 ERA+

3. Jake Peavy, 2007
>> 19-6, 2.54 ERA, 240 Ks, 223.1 IPs, 158 ERA+
>> Pitching’s Triple Crown

4. Gaylord Perry, 1978
>> 21-6, 2.73 ERA, 154 Ks, 260.2 IPs, 121 ERA+
>> First pitcher to win Cy Young Award in both leagues

5. Dave Roberts, 1971
>> 14-17, 2.10 ERA, 135 Ks, 269.2 IPs, 157 ERA+

6. Randy Jones, 1976
7. Ed Whitson, 1990
8. Bruce Hurst, 1989
9. Ed Whitson, 1989
10. Jake Peavy, 2004



Reliever >> Trevor Hoffman, 1998
>> 4-2, 1.48 ERA, 86 Ks, 21 walks in 73 IPs

Reliever >> Mark Davis, 1989
>> 4-3, 1.85 ERA, 92 Ks, 31 walks in 92.2 IPs

Cox’s legacy thrown out of whack

Bobby Cox has already broken John McGraw’s notorious ejections record — as a manger.

Cox and McGraw both have 130 ejections, but McGraw was thrown out 14 times as a player. Cox has 130 ejections as a manager, McGraw 117. Earl Weaver is third with 97.

“It’s kind of embarrassing,” the Atlanta manager told the Associated Press.

It’s also unfortunate that Cox has become infamous for his short temper instead of lauded as the best manager of pitchers of his generation, possibly of all time.

Robinson Day watered down

Major League Baseball unretired Jackie Robinson’s retired No. 42 last night in a gesture unworthy of Robinson — the player or the man. It began with Ken Griffey, who received special permission from Robinson’s widow, Rachel, to honor the 60th anniversary of Robinson integrating the major leagues.

It ballooned into more than 150 players planning to wear Robinson’s number on Jackie Robinson Day, including every member of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Houston Astros, Milwaukee Brewers, Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals. The Astros-Phillies and Giants-Pirates games were rained out.

The gesture fell flat, more absurd than noble. It wasn’t respectful. It was showy. It was more about players wrapping themselves in Robinson’s glory than true appreciation.

It was a gesture more about honoring each player’s own social conscious instead of honoring one of the most important Americans of the 20th century.