29. Adrian Gonzalez — San Diego Padres
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Career Home Run Total: 317 HR (161 w/Padres)
In more than 50 years as a franchise, the San Diego Padres have had just one player slug 50 or more home runs in a single-season. In 1998, Greg Vaughn hit 50 HR en route to finishing fourth for the NL MVP. The team has never been known to hit a ton of home runs, so the options are somewhat limited when determining San Diego’s preeminent slugger. Nate Colbert tops the all-time HR list with 163, and Hall of Famer Dave Winfield cranked 154 HR in eight years with the Pads.
Winfield would be a reasonable choice here, but Adrian Gonzalez is our pick. The sweet-swinging lefty played in San Diego for five years — between 2006-2010 — and hit 161 taters. The two-time Silver Slugger hit a career-high 40 HR in 2009, and 31 more in his final season as a Padre the following year.