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List of San Diego Padres Opening Day starting pitchers

The San Diego Padres are a Major League Baseball (MLB) team based in San Diego, California. The Padres currently compete in the National League (NL) West division. The Padres first played their home games at San Diego Stadium, now called Qualcomm Stadium, and formerly called Jack Murphy Stadium, until 2003, when they moved into Petco Park.[1] The first game of the new baseball season for a team is played on Opening Day, and being named the Opening Day starter is an honor, which is often given to the player who is expected to lead the pitching staff that season,[2] though there are various strategic reasons why a team's best pitcher might not start on Opening Day.[3] The Padres have used 24 different Opening Day starting pitchers in their 42 seasons. The 24 starters have a combined Opening Day record of 15 wins, 14 losses and 13 no decisions. No decisions are only awarded to the starting pitcher if the game is won or lost after the starting pitcher has left the game.

Jake Peavy, the Opening Day starting pitcher 2006–09

The Padres' first Opening Day starting pitcher was Dick Selma, who received a win against the Houston Astros. Randy Jones, Eric Show and Jake Peavy tie the Padres' record for most Opening Day starts with four. Peavy has the most consecutive Opening Day starts with four (2006–2009). Jones and Andy Benes each have had three consecutive Opening Day starts. Benes has the most consecutive Opening Day losses with three from 1993 to 1995.

Overall, the Padres' Opening Day starting pitchers have a record of eight wins and five losses at, what was now known, Qualcomm Stadium, and two wins and one loss at Petco Park. In addition, although the Padres were nominally the home team on Opening Day 1999, the game was played in Estadio de Béisbol Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico.[4] The Padres' Opening Day starting pitchers' combined home record is eleven wins and six losses, and their away record is four wins and eight losses. The Padres went on to play in the MLB post-season five times, winning the National League Championship Series (NLCS) in 1984 and 1998.[5] In those five seasons, the Opening Day starting pitchers had a combined record of three wins and 0 losses.

Key

Petco Park, the team's home stadium since 2004
SeasonEach year is linked to an article about that particular Padres season.
WWin
LLoss
ND (W)No decision by starting pitcher; Padres won game
ND (L)No decision by starting pitcher; Padres lost game
Final score (#)Game score with Padres runs listed first;
extra innings are in brackets
LocationStadium in bold for home game
Pitcher (#)Number of appearances as Opening Day starter with the Padres
*Advanced to the post-season
**Won the National League Championship Series

Pitchers

Andy Benes, the Opening Day starting pitcher in 1993, 1994, and 1995
SeasonPitcherDecisionFinal
score		OpponentLocationAttendanceRef.[6][7]
1969Dick SelmaW2–1Houston AstrosSan Diego Stadium23,370[8]
1970Pat DobsonW8–3Atlanta BravesSan Diego Stadium25,125[9]
1971Tom PhoebusL0–4San Francisco GiantsSan Diego Stadium34,554[10]
1972Clay KirbyW6–5Atlanta BravesSan Diego Stadium16,655[11]
1973Clay Kirby (2)W4–2Los Angeles DodgersSan Diego Stadium32,019[12]
1974Bill GreifL0–8Los Angeles DodgersDodger Stadium31,566[13]
1975Randy JonesND (L)0–2 (10)San Francisco GiantsSan Diego Stadium17,670[14]
1976Randy Jones (2)W8–2Atlanta BravesSan Diego Stadium44,728[15]
1977Randy Jones (3)L3–5Cincinnati RedsRiverfront Stadium51,937[16]
1978Gaylord PerryND (W)3–2San Francisco GiantsCandlestick Park36,131[17]
1979Gaylord Perry (2)W4–3Los Angeles DodgersDodger Stadium46,536[18]
1980Randy Jones (4)W6–4San Francisco GiantsSan Diego Stadium29,535[19]
1981John CurtisND (W)4–1San Francisco GiantsCandlestick Park54,520[20]
1982Juan EichelbergerL0–1Atlanta BravesJack Murphy Stadium30,188[21]
1983Tim LollarW16–13San Francisco GiantsCandlestick Park50,542[22]
1984**Eric ShowW5–1Pittsburgh PiratesJack Murphy Stadium44,553[23]
1985LaMarr HoytND (L)3–4San Francisco GiantsCandlestick Park52,714[24]
1986Eric Show (2)L1–2Los Angeles DodgersDodger Stadium49,444[25]
1987Eric Show (3)ND (L)3–4 (12)San Francisco GiantsCandlestick Park52,020[26]
1988Ed WhitsonND (L)3–6Houston AstrosAstrodome39,906[27]
1989Eric Show (4)L3–5San Francisco GiantsJack Murphy Stadium52,763[28]
1990Bruce HurstL2–4Los Angeles DodgersDodger Stadium48,686[29]
1991Ed Whitson (2)ND (W)7–4San Francisco GiantsJack Murphy Stadium48,089[30]
1992Bruce Hurst (2)ND (W)4–3Cincinnati RedsRiverfront Stadium55,356[31]
1993Andy BenesL4–9Pittsburgh PiratesThree Rivers Stadium44,103[32]
1994Andy Benes (2)L1–4Atlanta BravesJack Murphy Stadium42,251[33]
1995Andy Benes (3)L2–10Houston AstrosJack Murphy Stadium41,961[34]
1996*Andy AshbyND (L)4–5 (10)Chicago CubsWrigley Field38,734[35]
1997Joey HamiltonW12–5New York MetsJack Murphy Stadium43,005[36]
1998**Kevin BrownW10–2Cincinnati RedsCinergy Field54,578[37]
1999Andy Ashby (2)L2–8Colorado RockiesEstadio de Béisbol Monterrey27,104[4]
2000Sterling HitchcockND (L)1–2New York MetsShea Stadium52,308[38]
2001Woody WilliamsL2–3San Francisco GiantsPacific Bell Park40,930[39]
2002Kevin JarvisND (W)0–2Arizona DiamondbacksChase Field47,025[40]
2003Brian LawrenceND (L)2–5San Francisco GiantsQualcomm Stadium61,707[41]
2004Brian Lawrence (2)W8–2Los Angeles DodgersDodger Stadium53,850[42]
2005*Woody Williams (2)ND (L)10–12Colorado RockiesCoors Field47,661[43]
2006*Jake PeavyW6–1San Francisco GiantsPetco Park43,767[44]
2007Jake Peavy (2)W7–0San Francisco GiantsAT&T Park42,773[45]
2008Jake Peavy (3)W4–0Houston AstrosPetco Park44,965[46]
2009Jake Peavy (4)L1–4Los Angeles DodgersPetco Park45,496[47]
2010Jon GarlandL3–6Arizona DiamondbacksChase Field49,192[48]
2011Tim StaufferND (W)5–3St. Louis CardinalsBusch Stadium46,368[49]
2012Edinson VolquezL3–5Los Angeles DodgersPetco Park42,941[50]
2013Edinson Volquez (2)L2–11New York MetsCiti Field41,053[51]
2014Andrew CashnerND (W)3–1Los Angeles DodgersPetco Park45,567[52]
2015James ShieldsND (L)3–6Los Angeles DodgersDodger Stadium53,518[53]
2016Tyson RossL0–15Los Angeles DodgersPetco Park44,317[54]
2017Jhoulys ChacínL3–14Los Angeles DodgersDodger Stadium53,701[55]
2018Clayton RichardND (L)1–2 (12)Milwaukee BrewersPetco Park44,659[56]
2019Eric LauerW2–0San Francisco GiantsPetco Park44,655[57]
2020*Chris PaddackW7–2Arizona DiamondbacksPetco Park0[58]
2021Yu DarvishND (W)8–7Arizona DiamondbacksPetco Park10,350[59]
2022*Yu Darvish (2)ND (L)2–4Arizona DiamondbacksChase Field35,508[60]
2023Blake SnellL2–7Colorado RockiesPetco Park45,103[61]
2024Yu Darvish (3)ND (L)2–5Los Angeles DodgersGocheok Sky Dome15,952[62]

References

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