I was listening to Marty Caswell's interview with Padres GM Josh Byrnes earlier and he was referencing the fact that the Padres were doing quite well over the last 12 months. If you remember the 2012 team just started improving around this time and finished strong after a despicable start. This years team has started off relatively well considering their poor play in the first 20 games.
I looked up the Padres record over the past 162 games and tweeted it out to the enjoyment of about 5 people.
#Padres are 87-75 over their last 162 games.
— Gaslamp Ball (@gaslampball) June 24, 2013
That got me thinking.
I wondered what the Padres best record was over 162 consecutive games. Hours later I had my results. I limited my list to 100 wins and above. As you might have guessed all had a piece of the 98 wins in 1998.
Padres best record over 162 consecutive games
Start Date | End Date | Wins |
Sep 3 1997 | Sep 1 1998 | 101 |
Aug 30 1997 | Aug 29 1998 | 101 |
Aug 29 1997 | Aug 28 1998 | 101 |
Aug 28 1997 | Aug 27 1998 | 101 |
Aug 31 1997 | Aug 30 1998 | 100 |
Sep 1 1997 | Aug 31 1998 | 100 |
Sep 17 1997 | Sep 14 1998 | 100 |
Sep 4 1997 | Sep 2 1998 | 100 |
Aug 27 1997 | Aug 26 1998 | 100 |
Sep 6 1997 | Sep 5 1998 | 100 |
Sep 15 1997 | Sep 12 1998 | 100 |
Sep 9 1997 | Sep 7 1998 | 100 |
Sep 7 1997 | Sep 6 1998 | 100 |
Sep 5 1997 | Sep 4 1998 | 100 |
To be somewhat symmetrical I also figured out the Padres worst record over 162 consecutive games. I limited this result set to a list of 110 losses or more. Most had a piece of the dreadful 1969 and 1970 seasons. Only one took place in the 90's.
Padres worst record over 162 consecutive games
Start Date | End Date | Losses |
Apr 28 1969 | Apr 28 1970 | 113 |
May 4 1969 | May 5 1970 | 112 |
May 3 1969 | May 3 1970 | 112 |
Jun 6 1969 | Jun 1 1970 | 112 |
Apr 30 1969 | May 1 1970 | 112 |
Apr 11 1969 | Apr 9 1970 | 112 |
Apr 29 1969 | Apr 29 1970 | 112 |
May 4 1969 | May 6 1970 | 112 |
Apr 27 1969 | Apr 28 1970 | 112 |
May 7 1969 | May 8 1970 | 111 |
May 9 1969 | May 8 1970 | 111 |
Apr 12 1969 | Apr 10 1970 | 111 |
May 12 1969 | May 11 1970 | 111 |
Apr 10 1969 | Apr 8 1970 | 111 |
Apr 27 1969 | Apr 26 1970 | 111 |
Jun 4 1969 | May 31 1970 | 111 |
Jun 7 1969 | Jun 2 1970 | 111 |
May 6 1969 | May 7 1970 | 111 |
May 2 1969 | May 3 1970 | 111 |
May 1 1969 | May 2 1970 | 111 |
Jun 12 1969 | Jun 9 1970 | 110 |
Jun 8 1969 | Jun 5 1970 | 110 |
Jun 3 1969 | May 30 1970 | 110 |
May 18 1969 | May 16 1970 | 110 |
May 17 1969 | May 15 1970 | 110 |
May 16 1969 | May 14 1970 | 110 |
May 14 1969 | May 13 1970 | 110 |
May 13 1969 | May 12 1970 | 110 |
May 11 1969 | May 10 1970 | 110 |
May 10 1969 | May 9 1970 | 110 |
Apr 26 1969 | Apr 25 1970 | 110 |
Apr 25 1969 | Apr 24 1970 | 110 |
Apr 15 1969 | Apr 12 1970 | 110 |
Apr 13 1969 | Apr 11 1970 | 110 |
May 23 1993 | May 21 1994 | 110 |
Apr 8 1969 | Oct 2 1969 | 110 |
Apr 9 1969 | Apr 7 1970 | 110 |