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SAN DIEGO PADRES IMPORTANT DATES & FACTS
1968
The National League awards an expansion franchise to San Diego on May 27, with the club scheduled to begin play at new San Diego (later Jack Murphy, then Qualcomm) Stadium the next season. In the expansion draft on October 14, outfielder Ollie Brown is the team's first pick.
1969
Opening at home before 23,370 fans on April 8, the San Diego Padres begin their history with a threegame sweep of the Houston Astros. Success is short-lived as manager Preston Gomez' club winds up last in the NL West with 110 losses.
1974
After five straight last-place finishes, McDonald's founder Ray Kroc buys the San Diego Padres, ensuring the club will stay in San Diego and be financially competitive at last. The Padres finish last again, but Kroc's promise to produce a winner helps the club draw 1 million fans for the first time.
1976
Randy Jones goes 22-14 with 25 complete games to win the Cy Young Award as the San Diego Padres finish fifth with 73 wins.
1978
The San Diego Padres go 84-78 for their first winning season, with rookie manager Roger Craig and Cy Young Award winner Gaylord Perry (21~) leading the way.
1982
Tony Gwynn malkes his major league debut with two hits against the Phillies on July 19 as the Padres go 81--81 under Dick Williams.
1984
Kroc dies on January 14, but Gwynn hits an NL-best .351 to lead the San Diego Padres to their first division title. The Padres come back from a two-game deficit to win the best-of-five NLCS over the Cubs, but lose the World Series to the Detroit Tigers in five games.
1989
With Gwynn winning his fourth batting crown and reliever Mark Davis taking the Cy Young Award, the San Diego Padres close with a 29-10 surge to finish in second place, only three games behind the dMsion-winning Giants.
1994
In the much-abbreviated season, Gwynn hits .394, the highest average in the majors since 1941, for his fifth batting title, but the San Diego Padres finish last in the West.
1996
Ken Caminiti wins the NL MVP Award as the San Diego Padres talke the NL West title with a season ending sweep of the Dodgers. In the Division Series, the Padres are swept by St. Louis.
1998
The San Diego Padres win a club-record 98 games as they win the NL West. The Padres then take the Division Series (Astros) and NLCS (Braves), but are swept by the Yankees in the World Series.
1999
Gwynn gets his 3,000th hit on August 6, but the San Diego Padres fall to fourth in the West with 74 wins.
2001
San Diego Padres calls it a career at the end of the regular season. He joins his alma mater, San Diego State, as the Aztecs baseball coach in 2002.