Before throwing out the first pitch of Game 4 of the NLDS last October against the Dodgers, Jake Peavy had not been around the Padres since he was traded out of town at the 2009 deadline.
Peavy’s 2007 campaign remains the only pitching Triple Crown in franchise history: He led the NL in wins , ERA and strikeouts , with the latter two categories also leading the majors.
Peavy, who twice struck out a franchise-record 16 batters in starts, was originally drafted by the Padres in the 15th round in 1999 and spent eight years in the majors with them until he was traded — a season-and-a-half into his four-year, $52 million extension — as payroll was scaled back as Moores prepared to sell the team.
Moores owned the Padres from 1994 through 2012, a period in which the Padres won four NL west titles, the 1998 NL pennant and erected Petco Park in a project that revitalized the Gaslamp district.
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