Garry Templeton will always be best known for being traded for fellow Shortstop Ozzie Smith.  There were other players involved in the deal, but the swap of Shortstops would be the focal point, especially since Smith became a Hall of Famer.

Templeton had a good career, but not in the stratosphere of Smith, and nor was he ever as good in San Diego as he was in St. Louis.  A Padre for ten years, Templeton did go to an All-Star Game, and won a Silver Slugger, and collected 1,135 Hits with a .252 Batting Average.  A four-year captain of the team (1987-91), Templeton’s rank is hampered by his sub-.300 OBP, and lack of power, but he should not always be compared to Smith.

The Padres inducted Templeton into their Hall of Fame in 2015.

A quick look at the stats of Greg Harris does not make you think that he belongs on this list, at least this high, but that is why statisticians provide much deeper looks than just a Winning Percentage.

Harris debuted for the Padres in 1988, appearing in three Games, before settling into a bullpen role in the next two seasons.  Harris threw for over 110 Innings in each of those years, mainly in a set-up capacity, and he posted an ERA well under three. 

San Diego moved Harris back to the starting rotation in 1991, and while injuries held him to only 20 Games, he made the most of it, winning nine and posting a 2.23 ERA.  Harris slipped in 1992, with his ERA going over four, but he was righting the ship in 1993, winning 10 Games with a 3.67 ERA before he was traded to Colorado.

Harris had a 2.95 ERA with a 41-39 Record and 462 Strikeouts with the Padres.

A World Series Champion with the Atlanta Braves in 1995, Ryan Klesko was traded to the San Diego Padres before the millennium.  Klesko was a decent power hitter with the Braves, and that is what he continued as a Padre. 

In the first two seasons with San Diego, Klesko continued his Home Run hitting with 26 and 30 respectively, but had 23 Stolen Bases in both years, an astounding achievement considering his previous high was six.  Klesko also went to his first All-Star Game that year.  Klesko had another two years with over 20 Home Runs but afterward began to miss games due to ailments and lost a bit of bat speed.

After missing nearly all of 2006 due to a shoulder injury, he signed with San Francisco as a Free Agent but retired after an unproductive season.  He smacked 133 Home Runs with the Padres, had 786 Hits, and batted .279.

One of the more versatile players that the Padres ever had, Phil Nevin played a bounty of Games for San Diego at Third, First, Rightfield, and at Catcher, but it looked for a while like Nevin would never become an everyday player in the Majors.

Nevin was a former Number One Pick, taken by the Astros in 1992, but they soured on him, and he was traded to Detroit in 1995, and two years later to Anaheim, with neither place seeing Nevin ascend to an everyday player.  The Angels sent him south to San Diego, and finally, he began to meet expectations.

Nevin had 24 Home Runs in 1999 and increased it to 31 in 2000, where he also had his first .300 season, with a .303 Batting Average.  He followed that with the best season of his career, with career highs in Hits (167), Home Runs (41), RBIs (126), and the three Slash Line components (.306/.388/.588).  Bevin was an All-Star that year, was 21^st in MVP voting, and had his third consecutive year with a Slugging Percentage over .500.

Nevin was injured through most of the 2002 and 2003 seasons, and he had a nice comeback year in 2004 (26 HR, 105 RBI, .289 BA), but he was getting older and was deemed expendable.  He was traded to Texas during the 2005 Season, leaving San Diego with 156 Home Runs, 573 RBIs, and had a Slash Line of .288/.359/.503.