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| - Tony Gwynn is a former major league baseball player and Hall of Fame Member.
- Anthony Keith "Tony" Gwynn (born May 9 1960 in Los Angeles, California) is a former right fielder in Major League Baseball, widely considered one of the best hitters in baseball history. He played his entire 20-year career (1982–2001) for the San Diego Padres. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on January 9, 2007 with Cal Ripken (Jr.) and was inducted on July 29 in Cooperstown, New York before more than 50 returning Hall-of-Famers. In honor of Gwynn's long service to the Padres and the community, the address of the Padres' ballpark, PETCO Park, is 19 Tony Gwynn Way.
- Anthony "Tony" Keith Gwynn (born May 9, 1960 in Los Angeles, California) is a former San Diego Padres right fielder in Major League Baseball. While he had a successful career in baseball he also was a star college basketball player at San Diego State, playing point guard for the Aztecs. Gwynn set the record for assists at the school. The same day the major league San Diego Padres drafted him, Gwynn was selected by the San Diego Clippers in the 10th round of the National Basketball Association 1981 draft. He never played a game for the Clippers. Instead, Gwynn opted to focus exclusively on baseball. The decision proved to be a good one.
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| - Anthony Keith "Tony" Gwynn (born May 9 1960 in Los Angeles, California) is a former right fielder in Major League Baseball, widely considered one of the best hitters in baseball history. He played his entire 20-year career (1982–2001) for the San Diego Padres. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on January 9, 2007 with Cal Ripken (Jr.) and was inducted on July 29 in Cooperstown, New York before more than 50 returning Hall-of-Famers. Gwynn was unique for his era. Despite the fact that he played much of his career at a "power position" (right field is known for producing sluggers) during a time when home runs were at an all-time high, he was not a home run threat, never hitting more than 17 in any one season during his major league career. Instead, Gwynn made a name for himself by being one of the most consistent hitters for contact in the game's history. He struck out only 434 times in 9,288 career at-bats, and never batted below .309 in any full season. Gwynn was selected by the Padres in the third round of the 1981 MLB draft (the 58th player chosen overall). He threw and batted left-handed. His uniform number was #19, which the Padres retired in 2004. In honor of Gwynn's long service to the Padres and the community, the address of the Padres' ballpark, PETCO Park, is 19 Tony Gwynn Way. Gwynn is currently the head coach for his alma mater, the San Diego State University Aztecs, and until recently was a part-time analyst for ESPN. He has recently been recruited as a Yahoo! Sports expert analyst. He often sits in with Matt Vasgersian and Mark Grant (another former Padre) for play-by-play during Padres games on San Diego's Channel 4.
- Anthony "Tony" Keith Gwynn (born May 9, 1960 in Los Angeles, California) is a former San Diego Padres right fielder in Major League Baseball. While he had a successful career in baseball he also was a star college basketball player at San Diego State, playing point guard for the Aztecs. Gwynn set the record for assists at the school. The same day the major league San Diego Padres drafted him, Gwynn was selected by the San Diego Clippers in the 10th round of the National Basketball Association 1981 draft. He never played a game for the Clippers. Instead, Gwynn opted to focus exclusively on baseball. The decision proved to be a good one. Tony Gwynn was one of the best contact hitters ever who known for scrutinizing over videos of his at bats. Gwynn went on to win 8 batting titles and lead the NL in hits 7 times. He struck out a once in a measly 21.40 at bats. He also led the NL in runs and On Base% once. In 1994 the year of the strike Gwynn came the closest to to hitting .400 with a 394 batting avg. He finished his career with 3141 hits and made 15 all star games. While best known as a hitter he was a complete player winning 5 Gold Gloves and had 319 steals. In 1984 and 1998 he led the Padres to the World Series losing to the Tigers and Yankees respectively. In 2007 he was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility.
- Tony Gwynn is a former major league baseball player and Hall of Fame Member.
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