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.

As of this writing, Fernando Tatis Jr. has only been with the San Diego Padres for four seasons, but he is one of the most exciting players in the game and has so much more ahead of him.

The Chicago White Sox first signed the son of a 14-Year veteran, Fernando Tatis, Tatis Jr. as an Amateur Free Agent in 2015, but before he played an organized game in the ChiSox organization, he was traded to the Padres in a move that will haunt White Sox for years to come.  Tatis Jr. climbed up the Padres organization, making the Friars in 2019, finishing third in Rookie of the Year, voting off a .317, 22 HR year.  

COVID-19 ravaged 2020, but not Tatis Jr., who emerged as one of the best players in the NL.  He finished fourth in MVP voting, won the Silver Slugger, and the Shortstop batted .277 with 17 Home Runs in 59 Games.  2021 was better, as Tatis Jr. led the NL in Home Runs (42) with 97 RBIs and a Slash Line of .282/.364/.611.  Tatis Jr. won his second Silver Slugger, was third in MVP voting, and, as he did in 2020, was named to the All-MLB 1 Team.  The sky should have been what Tatis reached in 2022, but that was not to be, as he started the season on the disabled list and ended it with a drug suspension, leaving him with zero Games Played in 2022.  He began 2023 serving the rest of his suspension, and a lot of question marks were ahead of him, but he returned as San Diego's best player and an All-Star snub.  Tatis had 25 Home Runs, and had his best defensive year to date, winning a Gold Glove with a 2.3 Defensive bWAR.

Coming off an injury-riddled 2024 season, what will 2024 bring for Tatis Jr?