Tony Gwynn


	Tony Gwynn played 20 seasons with the Padres.

Career stats: baseball-reference.com | cnnsi.com
Career retrospectives: SportingNews.com | cnnsi.com sportsline.com | San Diego Union-Tribune | padres.com
Career biographies: BaseballLibrary.com | theBASEBALLpage.com | SportingNews.com
In the show: Padres (1982-2001)
How he was acquired: Gwynn was drafted by the Padres in the third round of the 1981 free-agent draft.
Draft Day double: On the same day he drafted by the Padres, Gwynn was also selected by the San Diego Clippers in the 10th round of the NBA Draft. Gwynn, who attended San Diego State, is still the only two-sport all-conference athlete in WAC history. He is now the baseball coach at his alma mater, where the baseball stadium is named Tony Gwynn Field.
How he retired: Gwynn played his last game on Oct. 7, 2001, when he grounded out in his last at-bat.

Players most similar to: Rod Carew, Wade Boggs
Career year, 1997: 17 home runs, 119 RBIs, .372 batting average, .409 on-base percentage, .547 slugging percentage, 220 hits, 49 doubles.
Revisionist history: According to Bill James' Win Shares, Gwynn should have won the NL MVP Award in 1997 when he finished sixth in the voting.

Resume

Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame (2007)

Major League Baseball All Century Team (2000)

Top 10 in NL MVP Award voting seven times (1984, 1986-87, 1989, 1994-95, 1997)

Five-time Gold Glove Award winner (1986-87, 1989-91)

Named to The Sporting News NL All-Star team five times (1984, 1986-87, 1989, 1994)

Named to The Associated Press All-Star team three times (1984, 1994-95)

15-time NL All-Star (1984-87, 1989-99)

Named to The Sporting News NL Silver Slugger team seven times (1984, 1986-87, 1989, 1994-95, 1997)

Led the league in on-base percentage once (1994)

Led the league in runs once (1986)

Led the league in at-bats once (1986)
Batting records

Won a NL record-tying (Honus Wagner) eight batting titles (1984, 1987-89, 1994-97)

Led the NL in hitting with a record-low .313 average (1988)

Batted .300 a NL record-tying 18 consecutive seasons (18: 1983-2000)

Led the league in hits a record-tying (Pete Rose) seven seasons (1984, 1986-87, 1989, 1994-95, 1997)

Led the NL in singles a record seven seasons (1984, 1986-87, 1989, 1994-95, 1997)

Shares NL single-season record for five-hit games (4 in 1993)
Off the field

Roberto Clemente Man of the Year (1999)

Lou Gehrig Memorial Award (1999)

Inducted into World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame (1999)

Branch Rickey Award (1995)


BY THE NUMBERS
at the plate
year team        g   ab    r    h  2b  3b  hr  rbi  bb hbp  so  obp  slg  avg
1982 Padres     54  190   33   55  12   2   1   17  14   0  16 .337 .389 .289
1983 Padres     86  304   34   94  12   2   1   37  23   0  21 .355 .372 .309
1984 Padres    158  606   88  213  21  10   5   71  59   2  23 .410 .444 .351
1985 Padres    154  622   90  197  29   5   6   46  45   2  33 .364 .408 .317
1986 Padres    160  642  107  211  33   7  14   59  52   3  35 .381 .467 .329
1987 Padres    157  589  119  218  36  13   7   54  82   3  35 .447 .511 .370
1988 Padres    133  521   64  163  22   5   7   70  51   0  40 .373 .415 .313
1989 Padres    158  604   82  203  27   7   4   62  56   1  30 .389 .424 .336
1990 Padres    141  573   79  177  29  10   4   72  44   1  23 .357 .415 .309
1991 Padres    134  530   69  168  27  11   4   62  34   0  19 .355 .432 .317
1992 Padres    128  520   77  165  27   3   6   41  46   0  16 .371 .415 .317
1993 Padres    122  489   70  175  41   3   7   59  36   1  19 .398 .497 .358
1994 Padres    110  419   79  165  35   1  12   64  48   2  19 .454 .568 .394
1995 Padres    135  535   82  197  33   1   9   90  35   1  15 .404 .484 .368
1996 Padres    116  451   67  159  27   2   3   50  39   1  17 .400 .441 .353
1997 Padres    149  592   97  220  49   2  17  119  43   3  28 .409 .547 .372
1998 Padres    127  461   65  148  35   0  16   69  35   1  18 .364 .501 .321
1999 Padres    111  411   59  139  27   0  10   62  29   2  14 .381 .477 .338
2000 Padres     36  127   17   41  12   0   1   17   9   1   4 .364 .441 .323
2001 Padres                                                                 
     totals   2369 9186 1378 3108 534  84 134 1121 780  24 425 .388 .459 .338
14.6 years     162  628	  94  213  37   6   9   77  54   2  29 .388 .459 .338

                on the bases                 in the field
year team       sb   cs   pct  gdp           g    tc    po    a   e  dp  fpct
1982 Padres      8    3  .727    5          52   112   110    1   1   0  .991
1983 Padres      7    4  .636    9          81   173   163    9   1   1  .994
1984 Padres     33   18  .647   15         156   360   345   11   4   4  .989
1985 Padres     14   11  .560   17         152   355   337   14   4   2  .989
1986 Padres     37    9  .804   20         160   360   337   19   4   3  .989
1987 Padres     56   12  .824   13         156   317   298   13   6   1  .981
1988 Padres     26   11  .703   11         133   277   264    8   5   1  .982
1989 Padres     40   16  .714   12         157   372   353   13   6   1  .984
1990 Padres     17    8  .680   13         141   343   327   11   5   2  .985
1991 Padres      8    8  .500   11         134   302   291    8   3   2  .990
1992 Padres      3    6  .333   12         127   284   270    9   5   2  .982
1993 Padres     14    1  .933   18         121   257   244    8   5   2  .981
1994 Padres      5    0 1.000   20         106   200   191    6   3   1  .985
1995 Padres     17    5  .773   20         133   255   245    8   2   1  .992
1996 Padres     11    4  .733   17         111   186   182    2   2   0  .989
1997 Padres     12    5  .706   12         143   230   218    8   4   3  .983
1998 Padres      3    1  .750   14         116   148   142    5   1   0  .993
1999 Padres      7    2  .778   15         104   152   147    4   1   0  .993
2000 Padres      0    1  .000    4          26    32    31    1   0   0 1.000
2001 Padres                                                                 
     totals     318 125  .718  257        2309  4715  4495  158  62  26  .987
14.6 years       22   9  .718   18         158   322   307   11   4   2  .987

The Tony Gwynn Library

Gwynn takes last hacks, says goodbye -- The Associated Press (10.07.01)

Gwynn gets Aztecs coaching job -- The Associated Press (09.20.01)

Gwynn invited as All-Star guest -- The Associated Press (07.04.01)

One final bow -- John Donovan on cnnsi.com (07.02.01)

Spoiled rotten -- Tom Friend on espn.com (06.29.01)

Drop the comparisons to Williams -- Joe Sheehan on espn.com (06.29.01)

Padres' patriarch a study in hitting, class -- Jim Caple on espn.com (06.28.01)

We'll be telling our grandkids about the great Gwynn -- Jayson Stark on espn.com (06.28.01)

No one produced hits like Gwynn -- Joe Morgan on espn.com (06.28.01)

Gwynn's greatness, if not career, will endure -- Scott Miller on sportsline.com (06.28.01)

Gwynn among the greatest -- Dave Campbell on espn.com (06.27.01)

Gwynn announces retirement -- The Associated Press (06.27.01)

Gwynn wants to coach alma mater -- The Associated Press (05.29.01)

Appreciate Gwynn while you can -- Jim Caple on espn.com (03.14.01)

Single Minded -- Tom Verducci in Sports Illustrated (08.09.99)

Bat Man -- Tom Verducci in Sports Illustrated (07.28.97)

Way Above Average -- Bruce Newman in Sports Illustrated (09.25.89)

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