June 16, 201411 yr Per twitter, one of the best hitters I have ever witnessed has passed away @Boomskie: Tony Gwynn has died, his agent John Boggs just told me. It was the phone call I've been dreading. God bless, Mr. Padre. I love you. @Padres succumbed to cancer
June 16, 201411 yr High Heat Stats @HighHeatStats Select 3000 hit club members, % of PA's they struck out: Tony Gwynn 4.2% Biggio 14.0 Jeter 14.6 Boggs 6.9 Carew 9.7 Rose 7.2 Molitor 10.2 ----- In strike shortened 1994 season, Tony Gwynn was 3 hits away from hitting .400. Edited June 16, 201411 yr by Athomeboy_2000
June 16, 201411 yr YCPB @cantpredictball 9m Tony Gwynn: 434 strikeouts in 10232 PAs over 20 years Mark Reynolds: 434 strikeouts in 1258 PAs in 2009-10.
June 16, 201411 yr It's incredible to look at his career in a vacuum. Great player, great guy. RIP Tony.
June 16, 201411 yr QUOTE (Brian @ Jun 16, 2014 -> 10:52 AM) Didn't know he had cancer. F Cancer. RIP It sucks, but it was from chewing tobacco. He brought it on himself.
June 16, 201411 yr QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jun 16, 2014 -> 10:41 AM) Gwynn AVERAGED 209 hits a season. That is crazy Gwynn had a 162 Game Average of 209 hits. He didn't average 209 hits/season.
June 16, 201411 yr RIP Tony. One of my all time favorites. Remember watching many a game down in San Diego, including getting to see his 3000th hit . Such a sweet swing and an all time legend with the bat. Always seemed like a great guy too.
June 16, 201411 yr RIP Tony. One of the most consistent hitters in baseball history. Looking over his stats, he's never had a wRC+ under 100 in ANY season. That's incredible. He hit over .300 in every season but his first, where he only played 54 games and hit .289.
June 16, 201411 yr Reading the stories on twitter is amazing. It seems that everyone has a great Tony Gwynn story.
June 16, 201411 yr Along with Ripken and Jeter, one of the best ambassadors for the sport in my lifetime. I remember collecting about 50 of his and Alan Wiggins' 1983 Fleer Rookie cards. Both of those guys died way before their time. It would be sad if something positive didn't come out of it...even more pressure to bring to bear and the strongest argument available for the anti-tobacco movement in baseball and with teenagers in general. (Of course, being teenagers, most of them have no idea who Tony Gwynn is, but almost all of their fathers certainly do).
June 16, 201411 yr ill never forget after gwynn hit his 3000th hit, a reporter was interviewing him. They were talking about his habits and his dedication, as Gwynn was amongst the first video junkies - he had all his ABs on VHS tapes. He asked Gwynn how many of the hits he could recall (ie what type of hit it was, where it landed, who it was off of, what kind pitch/location), and Gwynn estimated about 2000. 2000! He was my favorite player ever that was not a white sox. I modeled my little league and high school game most off of him. Sad day. Also, speaks to the dangers of chewing tobacco. Wish there was more awareness around the game about it
June 16, 201411 yr Jason McCallum @ESPNJMac 4h Only time Tony Gwynn struck out 3 times in a game was 4/14/86. Pitcher who struck him out 3 times was Bob Welch, who died a week ago today.
June 16, 201411 yr RIP Tony. Pretty amazing stats. Also helped keep the Cubs out of the World Series in 1984.
June 16, 201411 yr QUOTE (knightni @ Jun 16, 2014 -> 11:28 AM) So many players from my childhood are dying. First Puckett, now Gwynn. R.I.P. Bob Welch too
June 17, 201411 yr Gwynn hit .444 for his CAREER with the bases loaded. Not pre all-star for a season, not for one season, for his WHOLE CAREER. He had 107 PAs against Maddux and 36 against Pedro Martinez. Neither one of them ever struck him out.
June 17, 201411 yr A few more amazing facts. Gwynn hit over .350 SEVEN times including 5 years in a row! He never struck out more than 40 times in a season. His 19 consecutive .300 seasons are second to only Ty Cobb, who had 23.
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