The San Diego Padres made the playoffs for the first time in 14 years in 2020. The majority owner of the franchise that year was Ron Fowler. That November after the Padres had fallen in the NLDS to the Los Angeles Dodgers, Peter Seidler took over majority control of the franchise and Fowler no longer was in charge of the day-to-day operations of the club.
According to Kevin Acee, Fowler is also now no longer a stake holder in the franchise.
Fowler was a part of the ownership group that bought the team in 2012 and was heavily involved in the latest CBA negotiations on Major League Baseball’s side after being the chairman of MLB’s labor committee during the 2016 CBA negotiations.