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 joined the league in 1969, and were the last of the 30 teams in the league to throw a no-hitter, with Joe Musgrove finally accomplishing the feat on April 9, 2021. [1]
# | Date | Pitcher | Final score | Base- runners | Opponent | Catcher | Plate umpire | Manager | Notes | Ref |
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1 | April 9, 2021 | Joe Musgrove | 3–0 | 1 | @ Texas Rangers | Victor Caratini | Vic Carapazza | Jayce Tingler |
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2 | July 25, 2024 | Dylan Cease | 3–0 | 3 | Washington Nationals | Luis Campusano | Ramon De Jesus | Mike Shildt |
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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. The team plays its home games at Petco Park. The Padres were founded as an expansion franchise in 1969. The team's name, Spanish for "fathers", refers to the Spanish Franciscan friars who founded San Diego in 1769. The Padres are owned by the estate of Peter Seidler, who owned the team from 2012 until his death in 2023.
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