Tony Gwynn


	Tony Gwynn played 20 seasons with the Padres.

Career stats: Baseball-Reference.com
Career retrospectives: Padres.com | Union-Tribune CNNSI.com | The Sporting News | CBS.SportsLine.com
Career biographies: Baseball Hall of Fame | The Ballplayers | The Sporting News
In the show: Padres (1982-2001)
How he was acquired: The Padres drafted Gwynn in the third round of the amateur draft on June 9, 1981. On the same day, the San Diego Clippers drafted Gwynn in the 10th round of the NBA Draft.
How he retired: Gwynn played his last game on Oct. 7, 2001. He was 0-for-1.

Player most similar to: Rod Carew
Career year, 1997: 17 home runs, 119 RBIs, .372 batting average, .409 on-base percentage, .547 slugging percentage, 220 hits, 49 doubles

Resume

Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame (2007)

Major League Baseball All Century Team (2000)

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

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

Five Gold Glove awards (1986-87, 1989-91)

Seven Silver Slugger awards (1984, 1986-87, 1989, 1994-95, 1997)

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

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

Led league in on-base percentage (1994)

Led league in runs (1986)
Batting records

Led league in hitting eight times (1984, 1987-89, 1994-97), tying Honus Wagner’s NL record

Holds NL record for lowest batting average to lead league (.313 in 1988)

Holds NL record for most consecutive seasons hitting .300 or better (18)

Led league in hits seven times (1984, 1986-87, 1989, 1994-95, 1997), tying Pete Rose’s NL record

Led NL in singles a record seven times (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)

The Tony Gwynn Library

Gwynn takes last hacks, says goodbye — Associated Press (Oct. 7, 2001)

Gwynn gets Aztecs coaching job — Associated Press (Sept. 20, 2001)

Gwynn invited as All-Star guest — Associated Press (July 4, 2001)

One final bow — John Donovan, cnnsi.com (July 2, 2001)

Spoiled rotten — Tom Friend, ESPN.com (June 29, 2001)

Drop the comparisons to Williams — Joe Sheehan, ESPN.com (June 29, 2001)

Padres’ patriarch a study in hitting, class — Jim Caple, ESPN.com (June 28, 2001)

We’ll be telling our grandkids about the great Gwynn — Jayson Stark, ESPN.com (June 28, 2001)

Gwynn’s greatness, if not career, will endure — Scott Miller, sportsline.com (June 28, 2001)

Gwynn among the greatest — Dave Campbell, ESPN.com (June 27, 2001)

Gwynn announces retirement — Associated Press (June 27, 2001)

Appreciate Gwynn while you can — Jim Caple, ESPN.com (March 14, 2001)

Single Minded — Tom Verducci, Sports Illustrated (Aug. 9, 1999)

Bat Man — Tom Verducci, Sports Illustrated (July 28, 1997)

Way Above Average — Bruce Newman, Sports Illustrated (Sept. 25, 1989)

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