History of the San Diego Padres

The following is a franchise history of the San Diego Padres of Major League Baseball. Prior to joining Major League Baseball as one of four expansion teams in 1969, the San Diego Padres were a Minor League franchise in the Pacific Coast League. The team won the Pacific Coast League title in 1937. The team's name, Spanish for "fathers", refers to the Spanish Franciscan friars who founded San Diego in 1769.

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