Walla Walla Padres
August 14, 2014
The Walla Walla Padres were the short-season Class A farm club of the San Diego Padres for ten summers from 1973 through 1982. Prior to the Padres arrival in 1973, the city hosted Northwest League baseball for four seasons under affiliations with the Philadelphia Phillies (1969-1971) and the Hawaii Islanders (1972) of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League. Future Hall of Famers Ozzie Smith and Tony Gwynn both played for Walla Walla during the Padres era.
