San Diego Padres

Every MLB player the encyclopedia attributes to the San Diego Padresfrom profile season records, grouped by position, first season to last. Coverage follows the encyclopedia’s per-era source depth.

Every position room San Diego Padres has passed down, steadiest first. The C room is their most stable — 8 holders across 46 years, a new one every 5.8 on average.

1. C8 holders · 7 handoffs · 1969–2014 · one every 5.8y
   Chris Cannizzaro1969–1974→Fred Kendall1969–1980→Gene Tenace1977–1980→Terry Kennedy1981–1986→Benito Santiago1986–1992→Tom Lampkin1990–2002→Brad Ausmus1993–1996→Nick Hundley2008–2014
2. SS11 holders · 10 handoffs · 1971–2026 · one every 5.1y
   Enzo Hernandez1971–1977→Bill Almon1974–1979→Ozzie Smith1978–1981→Garry Templeton Sr.1982–1991→Tony Fernández1991–1992→Chris Gomez1996–2001→Khalil Greene2003–2008→Everth Cabrera2009–2014→Alexi Amarista2012–2016→Ha-Seong Kim2021–2024→Xander Bogaerts2023–2026
3. 3B13 holders · 12 handoffs · 1969–2026 · one every 4.5y
   Ed Spiezio1969–1972→Dave Roberts1972–1978→Doug Rader1976–1977→Luis Salazar1980–1989→Graig Nettles1984–1986→Craig Shipley1991–1997→Ken Caminiti1995–1998→Phil Nevin1999–2005→Sean Burroughs2002–2005→Kevin Kouzmanoff2007–2009→Chase Headley2007–2018→Yangervis Solarte2014–2017→Manny Machado2019–2026
4. 2B15 holders · 14 handoffs · 1972–2026 · one every 3.7y
   Derrel Thomas1972–1978→Tim Flannery1979–1989→Alan Wiggins1981–1985→Randy Ready1986–1989→Bip Roberts1986–1995→Roberto Alomar1988–1990→Tim Teufel1991–1993→Keith Lockhart1994–2003→Quilvio Veras1997–1999→Damian Jackson1999–2005→Mark Loretta2003–2005→Jedd Gyorko2013–2015→Cory Spangenberg2014–2018→Jake Cronenworth2020–2026→Luis Arraez2024–2025
5. 1B17 holders · 16 handoffs · 1969–2026 · one every 3.4y
   Nate Colbert1969–1974→Mike Ivie1971–1977→Willie McCovey1974–1976→Broderick Perkins1978–1982→Steve Garvey1983–1987→John Kruk1986–1989→Fred McGriff1991–1993→Archi Cianfrocco1993–1998→Wally Joyner1996–1999→Ryan Klesko2000–2006→Adrián González2006–2010→Jesus Guzman2011–2013→Yonder Alonso2012–2015→Wil Myers2015–2022→Eric Hosmer2018–2022→Ty France2019–2026→Gavin Sheets2025–2026
6. OF31 holders · 30 handoffs · 1969–2026 · one every 1.9y
   Ollie Brown1969–1972→Cito Gaston1969–1974→Johnny Grubb1972–1976→Dave Winfield1973–1980→Bobby Tolan1974–1979→Jerry Turner1974–1983→George Hendrick1977–1978→Gene Richards1977–1983→Ruppert Jones1981–1983→Tony Gwynn1982–2001→Kevin McReynolds1983–1986→Carmelo Martinez1984–1989→Jack Clark1989–1990→Darrin Jackson1989–1992→Gary Sheffield1992–1993→Phil Plantier1993–1997→Steve Finley1995–1998→Greg Vaughn1996–1998→Rickey Henderson1996–2001→Mark Sweeney1997–2005→Xavier Nady2000–2014→Mark Kotsay2001–2013→Brian Giles2003–2009→Mike Cameron2006–2007→Will Venable2008–2015→Chris Denorfia2010–2014→Hunter Renfroe2016–2019→Fernando Tatis Jr.2019–2026→Trent Grisham2020–2023→Jurickson Profar2020–2024→Jackson Merrill2024–2026

+1 more room with a shorter average hold.

Room tenures, not starting jobs — the corpus has no per-season depth chart, so holders can overlap (a successor often arrives before his predecessor leaves) and the measure is how often the room changed hands. A holder is a player who produced real value for this club during his years here, which is what separates holding the room from being on the roster. Detected from per-season VAL (1969–2026 here; league coverage is complete from 1999) — rooms the corpus cannot value are not shown.