- Team WAR
- 15.1 9.5 bat / 5.7 pitch
- Win %
- .420 pyth .447
- Run diff
- -84 4.23 / 4.75 per g
- wRC+
- 85
- ERA
- 4.73 FIP 4.55
- Home runs
- 194
The San Diego Padres went 68-94 in 2016, a .420 winning percentage — 27th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 686 runs and allowed 770, a run differential of -84. The offence ranked 21st of 30 in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.73 staff ERA was 26th of 30. Their 85 team wRC+ was 15% below league average — the worst in MLB. Yangervis Solarte led the position players at 2.6 WAR, and Drew Pomeranz the rotation at a 3.32 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,378 team hits
Batting
43 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Yangervis Solarte | 3B | 109 | 443 | 116 | 15 | 71 | 1 | .286 | .341 | .467 | .349 | 118 | 2.6 |
| Wil Myers | 1B | 157 | 676 | 155 | 28 | 94 | 28 | .259 | .336 | .461 | .346 | 116 | 2.5 |
| Ryan Schimpf | 2B | 88 | 330 | 60 | 20 | 51 | 1 | .217 | .336 | .533 | .369 | 131 | 2.4 |
| Matt Kemp | RF | 156 | 672 | 167 | 35 | 108 | 1 | .268 | .304 | .499 | .338 | 111 | 2.3 |
| Adam Rosales | 3B | 97 | 248 | 49 | 13 | 35 | 4 | .229 | .319 | .495 | .345 | 116 | 1.4 |
| Jon Jay | CF | 89 | 374 | 101 | 2 | 26 | 2 | .291 | .339 | .389 | .321 | 99 | 1.3 |
| Alex Dickerson | LF | 82 | 285 | 65 | 10 | 37 | 5 | .257 | .333 | .455 | .340 | 112 | 1.0 |
| Travis Jankowski | CF | 118 | 383 | 82 | 2 | 12 | 30 | .245 | .332 | .313 | .294 | 81 | 0.6 |
| Hunter Renfroe | RF | 11 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 14 | 0 | .371 | .389 | .800 | .496 | 217 | 0.6 |
| B.J. Upton | LF | 144 | 539 | 117 | 20 | 61 | 27 | .238 | .291 | .402 | .301 | 86 | 0.6 |
| Héctor Sánchez | C | 26 | 54 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 0 | .265 | .333 | .469 | .350 | 119 | 0.3 |
| Luis Sardinas | SS | 64 | 197 | 44 | 4 | 18 | 4 | .244 | .295 | .356 | .281 | 73 | 0.2 |
| Cory Spangenberg | 2B | 14 | 53 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 1 | .229 | .302 | .354 | .292 | 80 | 0.1 |
| Derek Norris | C | 122 | 458 | 77 | 14 | 42 | 9 | .186 | .255 | .328 | .255 | 55 | 0.1 |
| Christian Bethancourt | C | 69 | 204 | 44 | 6 | 25 | 1 | .228 | .265 | .368 | .276 | 69 | 0.0 |
| Manuel Margot | CF | 9 | 37 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 2 | .243 | .243 | .405 | .275 | 68 | 0.0 |
| Edwin Jackson | P | 14 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .217 | .308 | .261 | .264 | 61 | -0.0 |
| Tyson Ross | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -117 | -0.0 |
| Patrick Kivlehan | RF | 8 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .190 | .292 | .333 | .284 | 75 | -0.0 |
| Jabari Blash | RF | 37 | 84 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 1 | .169 | .298 | .324 | .286 | 76 | -0.1 |
| Carlos Asuaje | 2B | 7 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .208 | .240 | .292 | .234 | 41 | -0.1 |
| Erik Johnson | P | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -117 | -0.1 |
| Brad Hand | P | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -117 | -0.1 |
| Carlos Villanueva | P | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -117 | -0.1 |
| Robbie Erlin | P | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -117 | -0.1 |
| Brett Wallace | 3B | 117 | 256 | 41 | 6 | 20 | 0 | .189 | .309 | .318 | .283 | 74 | -0.2 |
| Nick Noonan | SS | 6 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .167 | .200 | .167 | .166 | -5 | -0.2 |
| César Vargas | P | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -117 | -0.2 |
| James Shields | P | 12 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .190 | .190 | .190 | .167 | -4 | -0.2 |
| Jarred Cosart | P | 12 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .110 | -43 | -0.2 |
| Alexei Ramirez | SS | 143 | 506 | 115 | 6 | 48 | 8 | .241 | .277 | .333 | .266 | 62 | -0.3 |
| Andrew Cashner | P | 23 | 40 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .176 | .243 | .176 | .199 | 17 | -0.3 |
| Austin Hedges | C | 8 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .125 | .154 | .167 | .144 | -20 | -0.3 |
| Alexi Amarista | 2B | 61 | 150 | 36 | 0 | 11 | 9 | .257 | .295 | .271 | .249 | 50 | -0.3 |
| José Rondon | SS | 8 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .120 | .154 | .120 | .128 | -31 | -0.3 |
| Clayton Richard | P | 10 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .059 | .111 | .059 | .087 | -58 | -0.3 |
| Drew Pomeranz | P | 18 | 37 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .229 | .160 | -9 | -0.4 |
| Jemile Weeks | 2B | 17 | 57 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .140 | .204 | .200 | .187 | 9 | -0.4 |
| José Pirela | 2B | 15 | 41 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .154 | .175 | .205 | .168 | -4 | -0.4 |
| Luis Perdomo | P | 21 | 43 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .132 | .175 | .158 | .155 | -13 | -0.4 |
| Colin Rea | P | 19 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .121 | .171 | .121 | .140 | -23 | -0.4 |
| Paul Clemens | P | 14 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .045 | .000 | .032 | -96 | -0.5 |
| Christian Friedrich | P | 22 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .054 | .125 | .054 | .096 | -52 | -0.6 |
Pitching
29 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Drew Pomeranz | 31 | 30 | 170.2 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 186 | 3.32 | 3.80 | 1.18 | 9.8 | 2.4 |
| Brad Hand | 82 | 0 | 89.1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 111 | 2.92 | 3.07 | 1.11 | 11.2 | 1.6 |
| Christian Friedrich | 24 | 23 | 129.1 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 100 | 4.80 | 4.16 | 1.41 | 7.0 | 1.3 |
| Ryan Buchter | 67 | 0 | 63.0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 78 | 2.86 | 3.07 | 1.03 | 11.1 | 1.1 |
| Brandon Maurer | 71 | 0 | 69.2 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 72 | 4.52 | 3.46 | 1.26 | 9.3 | 0.9 |
| Colin Rea | 20 | 19 | 102.2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 80 | 4.82 | 4.63 | 1.42 | 7.0 | 0.5 |
| Andrew Cashner | 28 | 27 | 132.0 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 112 | 5.25 | 4.84 | 1.53 | 7.6 | 0.3 |
| Buddy Baumann | 11 | 0 | 9.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3.72 | 2.63 | 1.14 | 9.3 | 0.2 |
| Jarred Cosart | 13 | 13 | 57.0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 38 | 6.00 | 4.88 | 1.75 | 6.0 | 0.1 |
| Tyson Ross | 1 | 1 | 5.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 11.81 | 2.96 | 1.88 | 8.4 | 0.1 |
| César Vargas | 7 | 7 | 34.0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 5.03 | 4.82 | 1.65 | 7.4 | 0.1 |
| Luis Perdomo | 35 | 20 | 146.2 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 105 | 5.71 | 4.84 | 1.59 | 6.4 | 0.1 |
| Robbie Erlin | 3 | 2 | 15.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 4.02 | 4.55 | 0.96 | 7.5 | 0.1 |
| Brandon Morrow | 18 | 0 | 16.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1.69 | 4.33 | 1.38 | 4.5 | 0.1 |
| José Torres | 4 | 0 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.00 | 3.15 | 1.67 | 9.0 | 0.1 |
| Kevin Quackenbush | 60 | 0 | 59.2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 42 | 3.92 | 4.59 | 1.29 | 6.3 | 0.0 |
| Michael Kirkman | 2 | 0 | 2.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19.29 | 3.57 | 3.43 | 3.9 | 0.0 |
| Alexi Amarista | 1 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.15 | 0.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Tyron Guerrero | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | 4.65 | 2.00 | 0.0 | -0.0 |
| Leonel Campos | 18 | 0 | 22.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 5.73 | 4.78 | 1.45 | 9.8 | -0.0 |
| Matt Thornton | 18 | 0 | 17.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5.82 | 4.85 | 1.65 | 4.8 | -0.0 |
| Jake Smith | 4 | 0 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4.50 | 6.40 | 1.50 | 6.8 | -0.1 |
| Christian Bethancourt | 2 | 0 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 9.15 | 2.40 | 5.4 | -0.1 |
| Keith Hessler | 17 | 0 | 21.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4.15 | 5.27 | 1.71 | 4.6 | -0.2 |
| José Domínguez | 34 | 0 | 35.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 5.05 | 5.61 | 1.43 | 5.0 | -0.4 |
| Edwin Jackson | 21 | 13 | 84.0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 61 | 5.89 | 5.36 | 1.58 | 6.5 | -0.4 |
| Carlos Villanueva | 51 | 0 | 74.0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 61 | 5.96 | 5.17 | 1.39 | 7.4 | -0.4 |
| Paul Clemens | 18 | 14 | 71.1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 53 | 4.04 | 5.68 | 1.44 | 6.7 | -0.6 |
| Erik Johnson | 6 | 6 | 31.1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 8.33 | 8.67 | 1.82 | 6.0 | -1.3 |
Record versus run differential
San Diego Padres are 68-94, a .420 win rate, while their -84 run differential implies .447. That is about 4 wins behind it, which tends to regress upward.