- Team WAR
- 12.3 6.7 bat / 5.6 pitch
- Win %
- .438 pyth .366
- Run diff
- -212 3.73 / 5.04 per g
- wRC+
- 88
- ERA
- 4.65 FIP 4.69
- Home runs
- 189
The San Diego Padres went 71-91 in 2017, a .438 winning percentage — 24th of 30 record in baseball. They scored 604 runs and allowed 816, a run differential of -212. The offence ranked the worst in MLB for runs scored, while their 4.65 staff ERA was 22nd of 30. Their 88 team wRC+ was 12% below league average — the worst in MLB. Wil Myers led the position players at 1.7 WAR, and Clayton Richard the rotation at a 4.79 ERA.
Where the offence comes from
Roster contribution by share of the team total.
1,256 team hits
Batting
39 players, ranked by dbWAR.
| Wil Myers | 1B | 155 | 649 | 138 | 30 | 74 | 20 | .243 | .328 | .464 | .339 | 116 | 1.7 |
| José Pirela | LF | 82 | 344 | 90 | 10 | 40 | 4 | .288 | .347 | .490 | .360 | 131 | 1.6 |
| Yangervis Solarte | 2B | 127 | 512 | 119 | 18 | 64 | 3 | .255 | .314 | .416 | .314 | 98 | 1.4 |
| Manuel Margot | CF | 125 | 529 | 128 | 13 | 39 | 17 | .263 | .313 | .409 | .313 | 97 | 1.4 |
| Cory Spangenberg | 3B | 129 | 486 | 117 | 13 | 46 | 11 | .264 | .322 | .401 | .316 | 99 | 1.3 |
| Hunter Renfroe | RF | 121 | 479 | 103 | 26 | 58 | 3 | .231 | .284 | .467 | .319 | 102 | 0.8 |
| Carlos Asuaje | 2B | 87 | 343 | 83 | 4 | 21 | 0 | .270 | .334 | .362 | .310 | 95 | 0.8 |
| Austin Hedges | C | 119 | 417 | 83 | 18 | 55 | 4 | .214 | .262 | .398 | .280 | 74 | 0.7 |
| Erick Aybar | SS | 106 | 370 | 78 | 7 | 22 | 11 | .234 | .300 | .348 | .285 | 77 | 0.5 |
| Christian Villanueva | 3B | 12 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 0 | .344 | .344 | .750 | .453 | 198 | 0.4 |
| Ryan Schimpf | 3B | 53 | 197 | 26 | 14 | 25 | 0 | .158 | .284 | .424 | .307 | 93 | 0.4 |
| Matt Szczur | LF | 109 | 237 | 44 | 3 | 18 | 0 | .226 | .350 | .354 | .321 | 103 | 0.4 |
| Dusty Coleman | SS | 22 | 71 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 1 | .227 | .268 | .455 | .305 | 91 | 0.2 |
| Craig Stammen | P | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | .625 | .667 | .555 | 271 | 0.2 |
| Franchy Cordero | CF | 30 | 99 | 21 | 3 | 9 | 1 | .228 | .276 | .424 | .300 | 88 | 0.1 |
| Travis Wood | P | 11 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .556 | .319 | 101 | 0.0 |
| José Torres | P | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | 1.000 | .874 | 501 | 0.0 |
| Trevor Cahill | P | 10 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .286 | .333 | .357 | .307 | 93 | 0.0 |
| Jabari Blash | RF | 61 | 195 | 35 | 5 | 16 | 1 | .213 | .333 | .341 | .307 | 93 | 0.0 |
| Dillon Overton | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -128 | -0.0 |
| Kyle Lloyd | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -128 | -0.0 |
| Kevin Quackenbush | P | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -128 | -0.0 |
| Brad Hand | P | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -128 | -0.0 |
| Rocky Gale | C | 3 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .100 | .100 | .400 | .199 | 15 | -0.0 |
| Zach Lee | P | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -128 | -0.1 |
| Héctor Sánchez | C | 74 | 143 | 30 | 8 | 25 | 0 | .219 | .245 | .423 | .279 | 72 | -0.1 |
| Miguel Díaz | P | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -128 | -0.1 |
| Christian Bethancourt | PH | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .125 | -38 | -0.1 |
| Jarred Cosart | P | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -128 | -0.1 |
| Jered Weaver | P | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | -128 | -0.2 |
| Chase d'Arnaud | SS | 33 | 62 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 5 | .190 | .242 | .276 | .224 | 33 | -0.2 |
| Travis Jankowski | LF | 26 | 87 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .187 | .282 | .213 | .237 | 42 | -0.4 |
| Jhoulys Chacín | P | 32 | 61 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 1 | .222 | .222 | .259 | .209 | 22 | -0.4 |
| Luis Sardinas | SS | 28 | 53 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .163 | .226 | .163 | .186 | 5 | -0.4 |
| Luis Perdomo | P | 27 | 53 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .109 | .128 | .304 | .180 | 1 | -0.4 |
| Allen Córdoba | LF | 93 | 227 | 42 | 4 | 15 | 2 | .208 | .282 | .297 | .259 | 58 | -0.6 |
| Dinelson Lamet | P | 19 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .086 | .086 | .086 | .075 | -74 | -0.6 |
| Clayton Richard | P | 31 | 68 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | .123 | .167 | .193 | .163 | -11 | -0.7 |
| Luis Torrens | C | 55 | 139 | 20 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .163 | .243 | .203 | .200 | 15 | -0.7 |
Pitching
29 pitchers, ranked by dbWAR.
| Clayton Richard | 32 | 32 | 197.1 | 8 | 15 | 0 | 151 | 4.79 | 4.23 | 1.52 | 6.9 | 2.2 |
| Jhoulys Chacín | 32 | 32 | 180.1 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 153 | 3.89 | 4.26 | 1.27 | 7.6 | 1.9 |
| Brad Hand | 72 | 0 | 79.1 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 104 | 2.16 | 3.03 | 0.93 | 11.8 | 1.5 |
| Luis Perdomo | 29 | 29 | 163.2 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 118 | 4.67 | 4.40 | 1.51 | 6.5 | 1.5 |
| Dinelson Lamet | 21 | 21 | 114.1 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 139 | 4.57 | 4.35 | 1.24 | 10.9 | 1.1 |
| Brandon Maurer | 68 | 0 | 59.1 | 3 | 6 | 22 | 59 | 6.52 | 3.93 | 1.55 | 8.9 | 0.6 |
| Kirby Yates | 62 | 0 | 56.2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 88 | 3.97 | 3.92 | 1.11 | 14.0 | 0.5 |
| Craig Stammen | 60 | 0 | 80.1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 74 | 3.14 | 4.38 | 1.20 | 8.3 | 0.4 |
| Kyle McGrath | 17 | 0 | 19.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2.84 | 3.79 | 1.05 | 7.6 | 0.2 |
| Ryan Buchter | 71 | 0 | 65.1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 65 | 2.89 | 4.54 | 1.07 | 9.0 | 0.2 |
| Jarred Cosart | 7 | 6 | 24.0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4.88 | 4.53 | 1.88 | 5.6 | 0.2 |
| José Torres | 62 | 0 | 68.1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 63 | 4.21 | 4.66 | 1.16 | 8.3 | 0.1 |
| Carter Capps | 11 | 0 | 12.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6.57 | 4.62 | 1.14 | 5.1 | 0.0 |
| Luis Sardinas | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 3.16 | 1.00 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| José Ruiz | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 4.16 | 1.00 | 9.0 | 0.0 |
| Erick Aybar | 2 | 0 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 5.41 | 0.75 | 0.0 | -0.0 |
| Kyle Lloyd | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9.00 | 6.91 | 2.00 | 4.5 | -0.1 |
| Tim Melville | 3 | 1 | 5.2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 11.12 | 6.69 | 2.29 | 11.1 | -0.1 |
| Zach Lee | 3 | 1 | 8.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5.63 | 6.28 | 2.00 | 6.8 | -0.1 |
| Buddy Baumann | 23 | 0 | 17.2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 2.55 | 5.42 | 1.02 | 10.7 | -0.1 |
| Phil Maton | 46 | 0 | 43.0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 46 | 4.19 | 5.09 | 1.28 | 9.6 | -0.1 |
| Trevor Cahill | 21 | 14 | 84.0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 87 | 4.93 | 5.28 | 1.62 | 9.3 | -0.2 |
| Kevin Quackenbush | 20 | 0 | 26.1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 7.86 | 5.82 | 1.82 | 7.9 | -0.3 |
| Christian Bethancourt | 4 | 0 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14.73 | 12.16 | 3.82 | 4.9 | -0.3 |
| Cory Mazzoni | 6 | 0 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13.50 | 12.16 | 2.63 | 4.5 | -0.6 |
| José A. Váldez | 14 | 0 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 8.50 | 8.21 | 1.44 | 8.5 | -0.7 |
| Miguel Díaz | 31 | 3 | 41.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 7.34 | 7.02 | 1.66 | 7.1 | -1.0 |
| Jered Weaver | 9 | 9 | 42.1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 23 | 7.44 | 8.12 | 1.49 | 4.9 | -1.3 |
| Jake Esch | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
Record versus run differential
San Diego Padres are 71-91, a .438 win rate, while their -212 run differential implies .366. That is about 12 wins ahead of it, usually a mix of bullpen sequencing and one-run luck.