Chris Gwynn
Christopher Karlton Gwynn
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: October 13, 1964 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Polytechnic (Long Beach, CA)
School: San Diego State University
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1985 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 14, 1987
Final Game: September 29, 1996
Relatives: Brother of Tony Gwynn and Uncle of Tony Gwynn
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1987 22 LAD NL 17 34 32 2 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 7 .219 .242 .250 .492 32 8 0 0 1 0 0 7
1988 23 LAD NL 12 12 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .182 .250 .182 .432 28 2 0 0 0 0 0 /7
1989 24 LAD NL 32 73 68 8 16 4 1 0 7 1 0 2 9 .235 .254 .324 .577 65 22 1 0 2 1 0 7/89
1990 25 LAD NL 101 151 141 19 40 2 1 5 22 0 1 7 28 .284 .311 .418 .730 101 59 2 0 0 3 2 7/98
1991 26 LAD NL 94 154 139 18 35 5 1 5 22 1 0 10 23 .252 .301 .410 .711 100 57 5 1 1 3 1 79/8
1992 27 KCR AL 34 90 84 10 24 3 2 1 7 0 0 3 10 .286 .303 .405 .708 96 34 1 0 1 2 0 9/7D
1993 28 KCR AL 103 316 287 36 86 14 4 1 25 0 1 24 34 .300 .354 .387 .740 95 111 7 1 2 2 5 79/D3
1994 29 LAD NL 58 78 71 9 19 0 0 3 13 0 2 7 7 .268 .333 .394 .728 94 28 1 0 0 0 0 7/9
1995 30 LAD NL 67 92 84 8 18 3 2 1 10 0 0 6 23 .214 .272 .333 .605 65 28 5 1 0 1 1 7/93
1996 31 SDP NL 81 100 90 8 16 4 0 1 10 0 0 10 28 .178 .260 .256 .516 40 23 2 0 0 0 0 9/73
10 Seasons 599 1100 1007 119 263 36 11 17 118 2 4 71 171 .261 .308 .369 .678 85 372 24 3 7 12 9
162 Game Avg. 162 297 272 32 71 10 3 5 32 1 1 19 46 .261 .308 .369 .678 85 101 6 1 2 3 2
LAD (7 yrs) 381 594 546 65 137 15 5 14 76 2 3 34 99 .251 .293 .374 .667 85 204 14 2 4 8 4
KCR (2 yrs) 137 406 371 46 110 17 6 2 32 0 1 27 44 .296 .342 .391 .733 95 145 8 1 3 4 5
SDP (1 yr) 81 100 90 8 16 4 0 1 10 0 0 10 28 .178 .260 .256 .516 40 23 2 0 0 0 0
NL (8 yrs) 462 694 636 73 153 19 5 15 86 2 3 44 127 .241 .288 .357 .645 78 227 16 2 4 8 4
AL (2 yrs) 137 406 371 46 110 17 6 2 32 0 1 27 44 .296 .342 .391 .733 95 145 8 1 3 4 5

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1987 22 LAD NL 34 26 2 2.1 104 .280 .219 .267 .242 .336 .250 .416 .492 .751 32 .178 -3.2 -0.3 .360 .063 .031
1988 23 LAD NL 12 9 1 3.0 88 .222 .182 .254 .250 .317 .182 .373 .432 .690 28 .373 -1.0 -0.1 .333 .091 .000
1989 24 LAD NL 73 56 6 2.9 90 .267 .235 .253 .254 .320 .324 .376 .577 .696 65 .351 -3.2 -0.3 .472 .132 .088 .0
1990 25 LAD NL 151 107 18 4.5 96 .315 .284 .262 .311 .328 .418 .393 .730 .721 101 .511 -0.3 -0.0 .625 .177 .135 .0
1991 26 LAD NL 154 113 17 4.0 92 .263 .252 .255 .301 .323 .410 .383 .711 .705 100 .483 -0.2 -0.0 .633 .237 .158 1.7
1992 27 KCR AL 90 64 10 4.2 96 .307 .286 .262 .303 .331 .405 .388 .708 .719 96 .479 -0.9 -0.1 .607 .155 .119 .0
1993 28 KCR AL 316 213 39 4.9 108 .335 .300 .273 .354 .345 .387 .418 .740 .764 95 .507 -2.4 -0.2 .646 .167 .087 .0
1994 29 LAD NL 78 55 9 4.4 104 .262 .268 .267 .333 .333 .394 .418 .728 .751 94 .448 -0.8 -0.1 .600 .197 .127 .0
1995 30 LAD NL 92 72 7 2.6 99 .279 .214 .260 .272 .328 .333 .404 .605 .732 65 .243 -4.2 -0.4 .493 .190 .119 .0
1996 31 SDP NL 100 76 6 2.1 102 .246 .178 .264 .260 .332 .256 .413 .516 .745 40 .181 -7.6 -0.7 .434 .189 .078 .0
10 Seasons 1100 791 115 3.9 100 .296 .261 .264 .308 .333 .369 .402 .678 .735 85 .426 -23.9 -2.3 .575 .177 .108 3.6
162 Game Avg. 297 214 31 3.9 100 .296 .261 .264 .308 .333 .369 .402 .678 .735 85 .426 -23.9 -2.3 .575 .177 .108 1
LAD (7 yrs) 594 438 60 3.7 96 .279 .251 .260 .293 .326 .374 .394 .667 .721 85 .414 -12.9 -1.3 .561 .183 .123 3.5
KCR (2 yrs) 406 277 49 4.7 105 .328 .296 .271 .342 .342 .391 .412 .733 .754 95 .501 -3.3 -0.3 .637 .164 .094 .0
SDP (1 yr) 100 76 6 2.1 102 .246 .178 .264 .260 .332 .256 .413 .516 .745 40 .181 -7.6 -0.7 .434 .189 .078 .0
NL (8 yrs) 694 514 66 3.5 97 .275 .241 .260 .288 .327 .357 .397 .645 .724 78 .380 -20.6 -2.0 .542 .184 .116 3.5
AL (2 yrs) 406 277 49 4.7 105 .328 .296 .271 .342 .342 .391 .412 .733 .754 95 .501 -3.3 -0.3 .637 .164 .094 .0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1995 30 LAD NL NLDS CIN L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 31 SDP NL NLDS STL L 2 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 2 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 3 3 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .667 .667 .667 1.333 2 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLDS 3 3 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .667 .667 .667 1.333 2 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1987 22 LAD NL 34 0.0% 20.6% 2.9% 2.9% 14% 7.00 4.6 16.0 0.70 74%
1988 23 LAD NL 12 0.0% 16.7% 8.3% 0.0% 0% 2.00 5.5 0.80 0.75 75% 0% 0.0% 40%
1989 24 LAD NL 73 0.0% 12.3% 2.7% 6.9% 31% 4.50 7.6 9.7 0.59 0.77 82% 21% 0.0% 32%
1990 25 LAD NL 151 3.3% 18.5% 4.6% 5.3% 20% 4.00 5.0 28.2 6.4 0.66 0.88 74% 24% 8.5% 13%
1991 26 LAD NL 154 3.3% 14.9% 6.5% 7.1% 31% 2.30 6.0 27.8 6.3 0.80 1.05 74% 15% 8.6% 12%
1992 27 KCR AL 90 1.1% 11.1% 3.3% 6.7% 25% 3.33 8.4 84.0 12.0 1.27 1.41 83% 22% 3.2% 6%
1993 28 KCR AL 316 0.3% 10.8% 7.6% 6.0% 22% 1.42 8.4 287.0 11.5 1.00 1.49 80% 25% 0.9% 13%
1994 29 LAD NL 78 3.9% 9.0% 9.0% 3.9% 16% 1.00 10.1 23.7 5.5 0.94 1.00 78% 17% 11.5% 21%
1995 30 LAD NL 92 1.1% 25.0% 6.5% 6.5% 33% 3.83 3.7 84.0 8.4 1.14 1.88 66% 18% 3.7% 7%
1996 31 SDP NL 100 1.0% 28.0% 10.0% 5.0% 31% 2.80 3.2 90.0 9.0 1.70 2.43 61% 21% 4.8% 9%
10 Seasons 1100 1.6% 15.6% 6.5% 5.8% 24% 2.41 5.9 59.2 8.5 0.94 1.24 76% 21% 4.7% 14%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1987 22 LAD NL 2 0 25% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33% 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 23 LAD NL 0 0 33% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1989 24 LAD NL 0 0 44% 23 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 50% 5 4 1 1 0 1 4 1 3
1990 25 LAD NL 0 0 33% 51 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 50% 10 6 4 2 1 1 6 2 4
1991 26 LAD NL 2 0 32% 39 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 77% 9 3 6 3 0 3 1 0 1
1992 27 KCR AL 2 0 35% 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 27% 5 3 2 3 2 1 3 3 0
1993 28 KCR AL 2 0 32% 152 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 43% 19 15 4 3 1 2 13 3 9
1994 29 LAD NL 0 0 26% 38 0 2 0% 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 11% 5 5 0 2 2 0 2 0 1
1995 30 LAD NL 0 0 29% 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 20% 6 5 1 0 0 0 4 2 1
1996 31 SDP NL 1 0 28% 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 50% 2 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 2
10 Seasons 9 0 32% 427 2 4 33% 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 24 42% 66 46 20 16 8 8 36 11 22
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1987 22 LAD NL 34 88% 7 6 0 0 0 1.30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 8 0 0% 4 2 50% 13 2 15% 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 0
1988 23 LAD NL 12 92% 2 1 0 9 2 0 0 1.27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 1 50% 6 0 0% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
1989 24 LAD NL 73 77% 16 2 0 14 3 0 2 1.74 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 10 1 10% 5 3 60% 38 7 18% 3 3 100% 5 3 60% 0
1990 25 LAD NL 151 88% 40 3 0 56 13 1 7 1.02 5 1 4 5 0 0 5 0 1 0 0% 35 2 6% 20 6 30% 106 17 16% 10 6 60% 15 7 47% 0
1991 26 LAD NL 154 92% 35 11 0 56 13 2 8 1.47 5 0 2 5 0 3 2 0 1 1 100% 36 5 14% 15 7 47% 103 20 19% 13 6 46% 13 4 31% 0
1992 27 KCR AL 90 90% 24 11 1 10 2 0 0 2.09 1 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 100% 22 1 5% 7 4 57% 62 8 13% 6 5 83% 1 0 0% 0
1993 28 KCR AL 316 94% 86 6 0 16 6 0 3 1.78 1 0 8 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 67% 62 7 11% 38 17 45% 196 26 13% 17 9 53% 24 14 58% 0
1994 29 LAD NL 78 94% 19 2 0 33 11 2 6 1.19 3 0 2 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 13 1 8% 8 1 13% 46 11 24% 3 3 100% 3 2 67% 0
1995 30 LAD NL 92 98% 18 0 0 43 10 1 5 1.35 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 24 5 21% 12 4 33% 68 9 13% 6 2 33% 1 1 100% 0
1996 31 SDP NL 100 93% 16 0 0 53 8 0 3 1.23 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 24 2 8% 10 4 40% 66 10 15% 5 3 60% 6 3 50% 0
10 Seasons 1100 91% 263 36 1 296 68 6 34 1.33 17 1 28 16 1 4 13 0 9 7 78% 236 24 10% 121 49 41% 704 110 16% 64 38 59% 70 36 51% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 23 LAD NL 12 44 3.67 30 68% 13% 23% 33% 30% 87% 0% 59% 73% 42% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 8% 1 1 0% 0 0 0
1989 24 LAD NL 67 225 3.36 144 64% 22% 12% 26% 40% 77% 0% 49% 83% 34% 3% 2 0 9% 6 2 6% 4 3 50% 6 1 2
1990 25 LAD NL 100 377 3.77 257 68% 14% 19% 36% 30% 85% 0% 58% 77% 40% 5% 5 1 12% 12 6 7% 7 6 9% 51 0 1
1991 26 LAD NL 154 527 3.42 339 64% 20% 18% 27% 35% 80% 2% 51% 78% 38% 3% 5 1 15% 23 14 5% 7 3 22% 0 0 0
1992 27 KCR AL 90 313 3.48 209 67% 17% 10% 36% 37% 83% 0% 55% 88% 44% 0% 0 0 8% 7 7 6% 5 2 40% 0 0 0
1993 28 KCR AL 303 1065 3.51 691 65% 19% 12% 33% 36% 81% 4% 52% 85% 41% 5% 15 4 13% 38 19 5% 15 8 19% 13 0 1
1994 29 LAD NL 76 291 3.83 187 64% 17% 17% 33% 33% 83% 0% 53% 80% 42% 5% 4 0 12% 9 4 8% 6 4 14% 2 0 0
1995 30 LAD NL 86 332 3.86 214 64% 29% 16% 27% 28% 71% 3% 45% 77% 27% 7% 6 2 12% 10 2 12% 10 5 29% 6 0 0
1996 31 SDP NL 93 396 4.26 247 62% 21% 17% 39% 23% 79% 0% 49% 79% 39% 5% 5 1 13% 12 5 13% 12 9 28% 7 0 0
9 Seasons 981 3570 3.64 2318 65% 20% 15% 32% 33% 80% 2% 52% 81% 39% 4% 42 9 12% 117 59 7% 67 41 23% 85 1 4
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1987 22 17 34 32 2 7 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 7 .219 .242 .250 .492 32 8 0 0 1 0 0
1988 23 29 46 43 3 9 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 9 .209 .244 .233 .477 31 10 0 0 1 0 0
1989 24 61 119 111 11 25 5 1 0 9 1 0 4 18 .225 .250 .288 .538 52 32 1 0 3 1 0
1990 25 162 270 252 30 65 7 2 5 31 1 1 11 46 .258 .285 .361 .646 80 91 3 0 3 4 2
1991 26 256 424 391 48 100 12 3 10 53 2 1 21 69 .256 .290 .379 .669 87 148 8 1 4 7 3
1992 27 290 514 475 58 124 15 5 11 60 2 1 24 79 .261 .293 .383 .676 89 182 9 1 5 9 3
1993 28 393 830 762 94 210 29 9 12 85 2 2 48 113 .276 .316 .385 .700 91 293 16 2 7 11 8
1994 29 451 908 833 103 229 29 9 15 98 2 4 55 120 .275 .317 .385 .703 91 321 17 2 7 11 8
1995 30 518 1000 917 111 247 32 11 16 108 2 4 61 143 .269 .313 .381 .694 89 349 22 3 7 12 9
1996 31 599 1100 1007 119 263 36 11 17 118 2 4 71 171 .261 .308 .369 .678 85 372 24 3 7 12 9

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1987 22 17 33 32 2 7 1 0 0 2 0 1 7 .219 .242 .250 .492 2 17
1988 23 12 14 12 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .250 .357 .250 .607 1 12
1989 24 32 72 69 8 17 4 1 0 7 1 2 9 .246 .264 .333 .597 6 32
1990 25 101 151 141 20 40 2 1 5 23 0 7 28 .284 .311 .418 .730 19 101
1991 26 94 154 140 20 36 5 1 5 24 1 10 23 .257 .305 .414 .719 18 94
1992 27 34 90 85 10 25 3 2 1 7 0 3 10 .294 .311 .412 .723 11 34
1993 28 103 309 283 34 82 13 4 1 23 0 23 34 .290 .343 .375 .718 36 103
1994 29 82 109 99 13 26 0 0 4 19 0 10 10 .263 .330 .384 .714 13 58
1995 30 75 103 94 10 20 3 2 1 12 0 7 26 .213 .272 .319 .591 8 67
1996 31 81 100 90 8 16 4 0 1 10 0 10 28 .178 .260 .256 .516 6 81
10 Seasons 631 1135 1045 127 272 35 11 18 127 2 75 177 .260 .308 .367 .675 120 599
162 Game Avg. 162 291 268 33 70 9 3 5 33 1 19 45 .260 .308 .367 .675 31 599

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1859), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (3529), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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