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The San Diego Padres are an American professional baseball team based in San Diego, California. The Padres compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) West division. San Diego Padres was founded in 1969. The team name San Diego PADRES became a major league in 1969 with the Montreal Fair (formerly Washington Nationals), Kansas Royal, and Milwaukee Brewers. The new expansion team became the 21st to 24th teams of the Major League. San Diego was the first place in the United States to establish a Catholic church, so the team was named the Padres.