Tony Gwynn

We lost another ATG player today.

He was 54 years old and lost his battle to cancer.

.338 ba / .388 OB / .459 SLG...lifetime averages.

"Mr. Padre", "Captain Video"

i just heard about it. saw a show a long time ago with gwynn and ted williams talking baseball. might even be on youtube? great stuff.

found it on the tube. gwynn and williams. its great. also gwynn and carew. good stuff

Sad to hear- way too young.

Only saw him in person once, and he hit MLB pitching like some folks hit slow pitch softball.

1987
.370 ba
.447 ob
.511 slg
211 hits
107 runs
56 sb's

btw- he struck out 35 times that year...

gwynn's first MLB game was against the phillies. he hit a single,then a double. pete rose was trailng the play and said to gwynn, "hey kid, what are you trying to do, catch me in one night?"

I watched almost his entire baseball career in San Diego, Though I didn't see any of his baseball games at San Diego State, I did watch him play point guard on the Aztecs' basketball team and still think he would have had a shot at an NBA career. Saw his entire career with the Padres and marveled at his hitting. Still remember his three-run homer in game 1 of the '96 World Series at Yankee Stadium, only to see that lead vanish when an AL ump blew a perfect strike 3 pitch from Mark Langston that would have ebded a Yankee rally (Tino Martinez hit a grand slam on the next pitch!). After he retired, I watched a number of Aztec baseball games when he coached there.

He was a true treasure for San Diego and I am deeply saddened at his loss.

I can't believe their hasn't been more chatter. Gwynn was like Ted Williams...he loved to talk about hitting. "Tony Ballgame" I just reread George Will's "Men at Work" and as you probably know there is a whole section on hitting where he talks to Gwynn about the craft. Fascinating stuff! I've used him many times but sadly not lately. I always liked the 87 Gwynn, but the 94 card is good too. Here are just a few examples of each and a link to BB Reference.

http://onlinegames.strat-o-matic.com/team/1113993
http://onlinegames.strat-o-matic.com/team/288176
http://onlinegames.strat-o-matic.com/team/1025526
http://onlinegames.strat-o-matic.com/team/353918

http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/g/gwynnto01.shtml