RIP Tony Gwynn

[Jimmag]

Very sad, big loss for Baseball. What a great player he was.

[Diaz15]

This stat blew my mind. Gwynn faced Greg Maddux 107 times. Tony hit .415 against him and never struck out.

RIP Mr Padre.

[gotbeer]

Sad to hear.  But he has been battling Cancer sku's for a long time.

 

Probably the best pure hitter of our generation.  

 

In 20 MLB seasons.  He never struck out more than 40 times a season.  His BB/K ratio was 1.82.  To put it in perspective, Cabrera is a career 0.66, Trout a 0.60, and Bonds a 1.66.  And if it wasn't for the strike, he had a shot at .400 in 94 and ended with a .394 avg.  

 

Broke my heart, when in his last game, the stupid manager in a meaningless game, in front of a home crowd, benched him and only had him come in for a pinch hit late in the game.  

[bloodbrother]

This stat blew my mind. Gwynn faced Greg Maddux 107 times. Tony hit .415 against him and never struck out.

RIP Mr Padre.

 

Here's another

 

Tony Gwynn had 287 career plate appearances against Braves trio of Maddux, Glavine, & Smoltz, he hit .381 with just 3 strikeouts.

[1nutkruk]

I started a thread in the wrong area but somebody deleted it.  I grew up watching Tony Gwynn and he was by far my favorite player in any sport.  He was an all around class act.  http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2014/jun/16/padres-great-tony-gwynn-died/

[1nutkruk]

He finished the strike-shortened 1994 season hitting .394. In the first two weeks of August before the season ended, he batted .475.

I like to think he would have finished over .400 for the full year.

That season was magical up until the strike.  He was just on cruise control.

[Blarg]

Gwynn had 9288 at bats in his career and only struck out 434 times.  That is supremely ridiculous.

 

He received 532 out of 545 HOF ballots.  Still would like to have a chat with the 13 people who didn't vote for him.

 

He had competition in Gossage (his own teammate) Dawson and Blyleven. Depending on regional bias, any one of those three could steal away a vote.

[1nutkruk]

I was lucky enough to be at this game.  

 

[Mark68]

Gwynn had 9288 at bats in his career and only struck out 434 times.  That is supremely ridiculous.

 

He received 532 out of 545 HOF ballots.  Still would like to have a chat with the 13 people who didn't vote for him.

They were probably Dodgers' writers.

[1nutkruk]

They were probably Dodgers' writers.

I loved the end of the 1996 season.  The Padres were 2 games back with 3 games left to play against the Dodgers in LA.  Padres came in and swept them to win the West.  

[Docwaukee]

wow.  that sucks.  

[Mauch Won]

RIP Tony. It was a joy to see you hit

[Sherlock31]

>_<  One of my favor hitter of all time................ R.I.P    

 

God Bless!

[ten ocho recon scout]

Very sad to hear this. Always loved the guy, from everything I read about him, he seemed like an extremely down to earth, classy guy.

RIP Tony

[Frieri Meatball]

Such sad news. RIP Tony Gwynn.

[1nutkruk]

He was my favorite player growing up. This article is So though to read now. http://www.csnphilly.com/baseball-philadelphia-phillies/gwynn-men-sons-love-fathers-fight

The article was posted yesterday.  That is crazy.  

[Tank]

Guy could fall out of bed and get a hit. What a talent.

Another stat: he hit safely in 75% of the games he played.

[fan_since79]

Another ridiculous stat: He struck out 3 times in a game only once in his career. Bob Welch was the pitcher that got him.

 

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1986/B04140SDN1986.htm

[1nutkruk]

Another ridiculous stat: He struck out 3 times in a game only once in his career. Bob Welch was the pitcher that got him.

 

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1986/B04140SDN1986.htm

And Welch just passed away last week. 

[Mark68]

Another ridiculous stat: He struck out 3 times in a game only once in his career. Bob Welch was the pitcher that got him.

 

http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1986/B04140SDN1986.htm

Wow...that's kinda weird...considering that Welch just died.

[Tyler]

Damn that's awful. RIP

[Redondo]

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/11091626/hall-famer-tony-gwynn-san-diego-padres-died

 

Shocking. I didn't know he had cancer.

 

RIP.

 

It was mouth cancer from chewing tobacco. He has been battling this

 

RIP Tony.

 

Great player with a great attitude and always smiling.

[fan_since79]

Joe DiMaggio also struck out 3 times in a game only once.

Edited June 16, 2014 by fan_since79

[jonickell25]

Wow, I can't believe this.  He was by far my favorite player growing up. I had the chance two times to get his autograph.  He was always very gracious. RIP Tony.

[bloodbrother]

Baseball Reference ‏@baseball_ref 2m

Tony Gwynn (.302) is only player in our data to hit over .300 in 2-strike counts. Next best: .262 by Boggs: