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Tony Gwynn (1 Viewer)

RIP

Sad sad day for MLB. One of the all time greats. Always played with a huge #### eating grin on his face. A part of my youth just died again with his passing along with Big Bob Welch.

 
I remember when he was playing, seeing a graphic about where he scattered his hits. Each field had the same number, within something like 8 hits. It was amazing.

And the sweetest guy this side of Kirby Puckett. RIP

 
I had missed that he was even sick. Very sad - as others mentioned, always seemed like a really classy guy and it was a joy to watch him hit.

 
Wow, huge loss for major league baseball. Really a class and genial guy. Always had a soft spot for the Padres because of Gwynn.

 
What an excellent career this guy had. He was .300 his entire career. Amazing, stand up guy and beloved around the league.

RIP.

 
This is another reason why I hope cancer gets cancer and dies in a fire.

Secondly, this is sad to lose such a quality guy and a great hitter. :cry: :sadbanana:

 
Padres had a 30 yr reunion celebration for the '84 WS team a couple weeks ago at a game, and Tony couldn't make it even though he lives here. Was an ominous sign.

He was an incredible analyst. A real treat the nights he was in the booth. He could break down hitting like no one else I've ever listened too. And he laughed more than any commentator I've ever heard in any sport. Really just a big kid even in his 50s.

RIP Mr. Padre.

 
I once read an interview with Gwynn and Ted Williams that was one of the best interviews I've ever read. Still trying to find it and will post if if i do

 
Arizona Ron said:
What an excellent career this guy had. He was .300 his entire career. Amazing, stand up guy and beloved around the league.

RIP.
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That is understating it a bit. He was an amazing .338 career hitter. Every season above .300 outside his rookie year. 6 seasons above .350 and one where he almost went .400.

ETA: Highest career average of any player who played after 1960. And second only to Ted Williams since 1940.

 
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tommyGunZ said:
Padres had a 30 yr reunion celebration for the '84 WS team a couple weeks ago at a game, and Tony couldn't make it even though he lives here. Was an ominous sign.
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IIRC, that team has had its share of tragedy, with Eric Show, Alan Wiggins, and now Gwynn. Probably others I'm forgetting. Between the Padres and the Super Bowl-appearing Charger team of the '90s, tough to have been a San Diego pro athlete.

 
Damn sad day. I also had no idea about the mouth cancer. Chewing tobacco. ####. If Ted Williams got a freeway named after him Tony should get the airport or better.

 
jon_mx said:
Chaos Commish said:
Damn sad day. I also had no idea about the mouth cancer. Chewing tobacco. ####. If Ted Williams got a freeway named after him Tony should get the airport or better.
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Let's not get carried away. Ted Williams was a better player than Tony.
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He was, but not by much. Also, although Ted is from San Diego and was a war hero, he didn't play ball there. Tony went to San Diego State and played for the Friars. Though he was born in LA, he's a true SD guy.

 
Gwynn was my favorite player as a kid and growing up in the LA market, we got to see him a lot more than the rest of the country (especially, since there wasn't interleague play).

I was listening to Colin Cowherd when the news broke and Cowherd starting his career with the Padres minor league affiliate in Vegas had a close connection to the Padres/Gwynn and spent extensive time discussing the player and the man today.

Great stuff.

Colin was throwing out amazing numbers today.He said that Gwynn batted .444 over his entire career with the bases loaded. How about this stat. He faced Greg Maddux over 100 times and had a .415 batting average with ZERO strikeouts!

EDIT TO ADD THIS LINK:

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/tony-gwynn-baseball-career-by-the-numbers-061614

These numbers are ridiculous. Video game type numbers against everyone. Only Doc Gooden got the best of him.

 
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timschochet said:
jon_mx said:
Chaos Commish said:
Damn sad day. I also had no idea about the mouth cancer. Chewing tobacco. ####. If Ted Williams got a freeway named after him Tony should get the airport or better.
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Let's not get carried away. Ted Williams was a better player than Tony.
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He was, but not by much.Also, although Ted is from San Diego and was a war hero, he didn't play ball there. Tony went to San Diego State and played for the Friars. Though he was born in LA, he's a true SD guy.
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Ted is arguably the greatest hitter of all time. If he did not miss three prime years to WWII, would have hit well over 600 HR. Tony was a great singles hitter, but Ted had both average and power and was a more valuable player by a good margin.

 
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