A QUICK OVERVIEW: The Padres fi nished the 2015 campaign with a record of 74-88, slotting them in fourth 2015 PADRES AT A GLANCE place in the National League West Division, 18.0 games back of the fi rst place Dodgers and 23.0 games short of a wild card berth. Overall Record: 74-88 NL West Standing: 4th (-18.0) • The Padres were 35-41 vs. the NL West, 15-18 vs. the NL Central, 17-16 vs. the NL East and 7-13 Home Record: 39-42 against the American League in interleague play. Road Record: 35-46 Day Record: 17-29 PACKING PETCO: The Padres drew 2,459,742 fans to Petco Park in Night Record: 57-59 2015, the seventh-highest home season attendance in franchise PADRES ALL-TIME HOME All-Time Record: 3,472-4,016-2 history and the fi fth-largest since moving into their downtown ATTENDANCE All-Time at Home: 1,878-1,868-1 ballpark in 2004. All-Time at Petco Park: 509-463 • Their 2015 attendance total was their largest since drawing Season Attendance All-Time on Road: 1,594-2,148-1 2,790,074 fans to Petco Park during the 2007 season. 2004 3,016,752 2005 2,869,787 • The 2,459,742 fans to attend a game at Petco Park in 2015 was PADRES RECORD WHEN... a 264,369 increase over the 2014 total of 2,195,373…the av- 2007 2,790,074 erage attendance during the 2015 season at Petco Park was 2006 2,659,757 Sunday 10-15 Thursday 8-10 1998 2,555,901 30,367, a 3,264 person per game increase over last year’s aver- Monday 8-9 Friday 13-13 1999 2,523,538 age of 27,103. Tuesday 10-15 Saturday 14-12 2015 2,459,742 Wednesday 11-14 • The Padres increase in attendance this season was the sixth- highest in Major League Baseball and third-highest in the Na- April 11-12 August 14-14 tional League. May 14-15 September 9-18 June 12-15 October 1-3 July 13-11 TRANSACTION-PALOOZA: The Padres opened the 2015 season with 15 players on the Opening Day 25-man roster that were not on the roster to start the 2014 season…this list includes six pitchers (Despaigne, Garces, Leading after six 48-8 Kelley, Kimbrel, Morrow and Shields), two catchers (Nieves and Norris), four infi elders (Barmes, Middlebrooks, Tied after six: 9-8 Trailing after six: 17-72 Solarte and Spangenberg) and three outfi elders (Kemp, Myers and Upton). Leading after seven: 53-4 • From the end of the 2014 season until Opening Day 2015, the club made 10 trades involving 38 players Tied after seven: 11-12 (coming and going) and made four 40-man free-agent signings. Trailing after seven: 10-72 • In a 24-hour window between December 18-19, the Padres made a total of 30 transactions (trades, Leading after eight: 62-0 signings, DFA’s, minor league moves, etc.) which, since data became available, is the most ever by a Tied after eight: 8-8 Major League club in a 24-hour stretch. Trailing after eight: 4-80 • In the season opener against the Dodgers on April 6, San Diego had eight different players make their Scoring fi rst: 51-24 Padres debut (Myers, Norris, Kemp, Upton, Middlebrooks, Barmes, Shields and Kelley), the second- Opponents score fi rst: 23-64 highest number of team debuts in the same game in franchise history, trailing only March 31, 2011 Shutouts: 6-19 (Opening Day) when the Friars had nine players make their team debut. Home crowds of 20,000+: 37-38 Home crowds of 30,000+: 19-22 MAKING PITCHERS UNKEMP’D: Matt Kemp posted a .265/.312/.443 Home crowds of 40,000+: 7-8 (158-for-596) with 31 doubles, 23 home runs and 100 RBI in 154 games 100 RBI SEASONS, Scoring less than three: 6-51 with San Diego this season. PADRES OUTFIELDERS* Scoring three or four: 18-28 • Kemp was the 14th different player (19th time) in franchise his- Scoring fi ve or more: 50-9 tory to record 100+ RBI in a single season and the fi rst since Player Year RBI One-run games: 22-21 Chase Headley drove in 115 runs during the 2012 campaign… Dave Winfi eld 1979 118 Two-run games: 20-15 Kemp was also one of 13 Major Leaguers and one of four Na- Joe Carter 1990 115 Games decided in last AB: 21-16 tional League players to reach the 100 RBI plateau this season. Phil Plantier 1993 100 Extra Innings W-L: 7-5 • His RBI total ranked 13th in the Majors and fourth in the NL. Tony Gwynn 1997 119 Playing series opener: 21-31 • Among players in franchise history to play 75% or more of their Greg Vaughn 1998 119 Playing series fi nale: 23-29 games in a single season in the outfi eld, Kemp was the sixth Matt Kemp 2015 100 Series W-L-T (Home): 11-13-2 player in franchise history to record 100+ RBI in a single season *Played 75%+ of season games in OF Series W-L-T (Road): 8-11-6 and the fi rst since Greg Vaughn had 119 in 118 (see chart). Series W-L-T (Total): 18-24-8 • His RBI total was tied for the third-most in franchise history for a Series Sweeps (Home): 3-4 player in his fi rst year with the club and the most since Phil Plantier had 100 RBI in his fi rst season with Series Sweeps (Road): 0-3 the Friars in 1993. Series Sweeps (Total): 3-7 • Kemp drove in 35 go-ahead RBI this season, tied with TOR Josh Donaldson for the highest total in Major League Baseball…his 35 go-ahead RBI in 2015 were tied for the third-most by a Padres player White Jerseys: 25-26 Gray Jerseys: 12-20 since full records started being kept in 1974, trailing only Fred McGriff’s 37 in 1991 and Joe Blue Jerseys: 31-30 Carter’s 36 in 1990. Camoufl age Jerseys: 5-7 • During the second half of the season (since July 17), he hit .286/.339/.528 (71-for-248) with 13 doubles, Retro Jerseys: 1-5 one triple, 15 home runs and 53 RBI, tied for the third-most RBI in the NL (C. Gonzalez, 62 and Arenado, 60) and tied for the seventh-most home runs. TOUR DE MATT: Matt Kemp hit for the fi rst cycle in team history in the club’s 7,444th all-time game on August 14 at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado…it was also Kemp’s fi rst career cycle, as he had fallen one hit shy of the cycle on fi ve separate occasions, most recently on September 26, 2012 as a member of the Dodgers vs. the Padres (missed a triple). • Kemp’s cycle was the 309th in Major League history and the fourth of 2015 (BOS Brock Holt on June 16, TEX Shin-Soo Choo on July 21 and TEX Adrian Beltre on August 3)…prior to Kemp, the last NL player to hit for the cycle was COL Michael Cuddyer on August 17, 2014. • Having sealed the cycle with a triple in his fi nal at-bat, Kemp was the 51st player since full play-by-play data became available in 1974 to hit for the cycle with the triple coming as the fi nal piece and the third player this season to have done it that way, joining Shin-Soo Choo and Brock Holt…the last NL player to have done this was Arizona’s Aaron Hill on June 29, 2012. • Prior to the cycle, the Padres had been one hit shy of the cycle on 361 occasions, with 258 times needing a triple. WHO’S THE ‘ROSS’?: Tyson Ross fi nished the 2015 campaign with new career-highs in innings pitched and strikeouts after he went 10-12 with a 3.26 ERA (71 ER, 196.0 IP) and 212 strikeouts against 84 walks while limiting the opposition to a .237 batting average. • His strikeout total fi nished the season ranked 13th in the Majors, sixth in the National League and second on the team (Shields, 216). • Ross’ 212 strikeouts were a new career high, surpassing his previous best of 195 SO set in 2014…Ross was the second pitcher in franchise history to record 195+ strikeouts in consecutive seasons, joining Jake Peavy who did so in three straight seasons from 2005-07. • He also posted a 9.73 strikeouts per nine innings ratio (212 strikeouts/196.0 IP), the second-best mark in franchise history by a starter, trailing only the 9.87 mark (189 SO/172.1 IP) set by Andy Benes during the 1994 season. • Ross’ 196.0 innings pitched in 2015 was one more inning than his previous record of 195.0 IP set in 2014…he was the fi rst Padres pitcher since Jake Peavy from 2005-07 to record 195.0+ in consecutive seasons (Peavy did so in three straight seasons). • Ross allowed just nine home runs in 196.0 IP, good for a 0.41 home runs per nine innings ratio, the third-best mark among qualifi ed Major League starters, trail- ing only Jake Arrieta (0.39) and WSH Gio Gonzalez (0.41)…it was also the seventh-best mark in franchise history and the best since Kevin Brown had a 0.28 HR/9 (8 HR, 257.0 IP) during the 1998 season.