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The San Diego Padres are an American professional baseball team based in San Diego. The Padres compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West Division. This list consists of the owners, general managers (GMs) and other executives of the Padres.
The Padres adopted their name from the San Diego Padres of the Pacific Coast League, a team that arrived in San Diego in 1936. This minor league franchise won the PCL title in 1937, led by 18-year-old Ted Williams , the future Hall of Famer who was a native of San Diego.
The divorce also prompted a major overhaul of the San Diego Padres roster, followed by the sale of Moores's majority ownership of the Major League Baseball team. During the divorce proceedings, Moores spent the majority of his time in Texas, and refused to attend Padres and San Diego State games, while his wife regularly attended Padres games.
The sale was valued at about $500 million, and the group planned to purchase the team over five years. [10] [12] During this time, Moorad's group also purchased the Padres' minor league Triple-A team, the Portland Beavers. [13] In 2010, Moorad was named one of San Diego's Most Admired CEOs by the San Diego Business Journal. [14]
The team remained in San Diego for 33 years, displaced only by virtue of San Diego's admission to the major leagues. In 1954, managed by former major league player Lefty O'Doul , the Padres finished first in the PCL for the first time in their history, but were eliminated in the postseason playoffs.
The San Diego Padres are an American professional baseball team based in San Diego. The Padres compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West Division. The team has won two NL pennants, in 1984 and 1998, losing in the World Series both years. Under manager Dick Williams, the Padres clinched their first ...
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Seidler was born in Alhambra, California, on November 7, 1960, to Roland Seidler Jr. and Terry O'Malley Seidler. [1] [2] He was the grandson of Walter O'Malley, who had owned the Brooklyn Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB) and relocated them to the West Coast to become the Los Angeles Dodgers, [3] and nephew of Peter O'Malley who inherited the team, along with Seidler's mother.