While his story is a very short entry in the history of the San Diego Padres, Joe Carter did call San Diego home for one season and is now a candidate for the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame after joining a list of 10 names brought forward by the Today’s Game Era committee.
Carter joins Harold Baines, Albert Belle, Will Clark, Orel Hershiser, Davey Johnson, Charlie Manuel, Lou Piniella, Lee Smith, and George Steinbrenner for Hall of Fame considerations.