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Chris Gwynn

Christopher Karlton Gwynn

Positions: Pinch Hitter and Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: October 13, 1964 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Polytechnic HS (Long Beach, CA)
School: San Diego State University (San Diego, CA)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1st round (10th pick) of the 1985 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 14, 1987
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Royals/Padres 1987-1996

Final Game: September 29, 1996
Relatives: Brother of Tony Gwynn and Uncle of Tony Gwynn
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1987 LAD NL 22 LF 10 8 4 67.2 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -44 1.60 1.20 .981 2.03 2.03
1987 LAD NL 22 OF 10 8 4 67.2 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -44 1.60 1.20 .981 2.19 2.18
1988 LAD NL 23 LF 4 0 0 7.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -16 0.00 0.00 2.11 2.12
1988 LAD NL 23 OF 4 0 0 7.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -16 0.00 0.00 2.35 2.30
1989 LAD NL 24 OF 19 13 5 120.1 27 26 1 0 1 1.000 4 37 2.02 1.42 .981 2.32 2.32
1989 LAD NL 24 LF 14 9 4 84.2 20 19 1 0 1 1.000 4 55 2.13 1.43 .981 2.15 2.15
1989 LAD NL 24 CF 5 4 1 31.0 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -8 2.03 1.40 .986 2.70 2.70
1989 LAD NL 24 RF 2 0 0 4.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.12 2.10
1990 LAD NL 25 OF 44 18 10 200.0 40 39 1 0 0 1.000 -2 -15 1.80 0.91 .981 2.39 2.37
1990 LAD NL 25 LF 32 11 8 136.0 26 25 1 0 0 1.000 -3 -26 1.72 0.81 .979 2.19 2.18
1990 LAD NL 25 RF 8 3 2 38.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -6 1.89 1.00 .981 2.23 2.20
1990 LAD NL 25 CF 5 4 0 26.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 1 32 1.73 1.00 .984 2.73 2.72
1991 LAD NL 26 OF 41 23 7 209.1 39 37 2 0 0 1.000 -3 -18 1.68 0.95 .983 2.28 2.27
1991 LAD NL 26 LF 30 13 4 125.0 28 28 0 0 0 1.000 -3 -30 2.02 0.93 .983 2.18 2.17
1991 LAD NL 26 RF 14 9 3 76.1 10 8 2 0 0 1.000 -0 -3 1.18 0.71 .980 2.06 2.05
1991 LAD NL 26 CF 2 1 0 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 15 1.12 0.50 .980 2.59 2.60
1992 KCR AL 27 OF 19 18 14 150.1 33 33 0 0 0 1.000 -5 -41 1.98 1.74 .983 2.47 2.46
1992 KCR AL 27 RF 14 14 11 115.1 21 21 0 0 0 1.000 -6 -59 1.64 1.50 .982 2.23 2.22
1992 KCR AL 27 LF 5 4 3 35.0 12 12 0 0 0 1.000 1 21 3.09 2.40 .981 2.29 2.28
1992 KCR AL 27 DH 2 2
1993 KCR AL 28 OF 83 73 49 618.0 156 149 6 1 0 .994 -0 -0 2.26 1.87 .983 2.41 2.39
1993 KCR AL 28 LF 66 61 40 504.0 127 121 5 1 0 .992 0 0 2.25 1.91 .984 2.23 2.21
1993 KCR AL 28 RF 19 12 9 114.0 29 28 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -4 2.29 1.53 .978 2.23 2.21
1993 KCR AL 28 DH 5 5
1993 KCR AL 28 1B 1 1 1 9.0 13 12 1 0 1 1.000 0 53 13.00 13.00 .993 9.60 9.50
1994 LAD NL 29 OF 20 9 3 83.2 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 -3 -43 1.51 0.70 .980 2.24 2.23
1994 LAD NL 29 LF 19 9 3 81.2 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 -3 -43 1.54 0.74 .981 1.91 1.90
1994 LAD NL 29 RF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -60 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.20
1995 LAD NL 30 OF 17 11 4 93.2 21 21 0 0 0 1.000 0 5 2.02 1.24 .979 2.15 2.14
1995 LAD NL 30 LF 12 8 2 59.2 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 0 10 2.41 1.33 .972 1.87 1.86
1995 LAD NL 30 RF 5 3 2 34.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -4 1.59 1.20 .978 2.09 2.08
1995 LAD NL 30 1B 2 0 0 5.0 6 5 1 0 2 1.000 0 24 10.80 3.00 .993 9.72 9.65
1996 SDP NL 31 OF 29 7 2 103.0 20 20 0 0 0 1.000 -3 -31 1.75 0.69 .978 2.13 2.12
1996 SDP NL 31 RF 24 5 2 84.1 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -34 1.71 0.67 .974 2.06 2.05
1996 SDP NL 31 LF 5 2 0 18.2 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -19 1.93 0.80 .975 1.83 1.84
1996 SDP NL 31 1B 1 0 0 0.2 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0 900 13.50 1.00 .990 9.45 9.60
10 Seasons OF 286 180 98 1653.2 362 351 10 1 1 .997 -15 -11 1.96 1.26 .982 2.34 2.31
10 Seasons LF 197 125 68 1120.0 259 251 7 1 1 .996 -7 -7 2.07 1.31 .982 2.15 2.13
8 Seasons RF 87 46 29 468.2 90 87 3 0 0 1.000 -9 -23 1.73 1.03 .979 2.16 2.13
3 Seasons CF 12 9 1 65.0 13 13 0 0 0 1.000 1 11 1.80 1.08 .985 2.70 2.69
3 Seasons 1B 4 1 1 14.2 20 17 3 0 3 1.000 1 82 12.27 5.00 .993 9.63 9.60
10 Seasons TOT 290 181 99 1668.1 382 368 13 1 4 .997 -14 -10 2.06 1.31 .983 2.40 2.41
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1987 LAD NL 22 LF -2 -44 -2 0 -2 -1
1988 LAD NL 23 LF -0 -16 -0 0 -0
1989 LAD NL 24 LF 4 55 3 1 2 1
1989 LAD NL 24 CF -0 -8 -0 -0 0 0
1989 LAD NL 24 RF
1990 LAD NL 25 LF -3 -26 -3 -1 -2 0
1990 LAD NL 25 RF -0 -6 -0 -0 0 0
1990 LAD NL 25 CF 1 32 1 0 1 0
1991 LAD NL 26 LF -3 -30 -3 -2 -1 0
1991 LAD NL 26 RF -0 -3 -0 0 -1 0
1991 LAD NL 26 CF 0 15 0 0 0 0
1992 KCR AL 27 RF -6 -59 -5 -0 -4 -1
1992 KCR AL 27 LF 1 21 1 0 0 0
1993 KCR AL 28 LF 0 0 0 -1 1 0
1993 KCR AL 28 RF -0 -4 -0 -1 0 0
1993 KCR AL 28 1B 0 53 0 0 0 0
1994 LAD NL 29 LF -3 -43 -3 -1 -2 0
1994 LAD NL 29 RF -0 -60 -0 -0 0 0
1995 LAD NL 30 LF 0 10 0 1 -1 0
1995 LAD NL 30 RF -0 -4 -0 -0 0 0
1995 LAD NL 30 1B 0 24 0 0 0 0
1996 SDP NL 31 RF -2 -34 -1 -1 -0 -1
1996 SDP NL 31 LF -0 -19 -0 0 -0 0
1996 SDP NL 31 1B 0 900 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons LF -7 -7 -7 -1 -5 0
8 Seasons RF -9 -23 -7 -2 -5 -2
3 Seasons CF 1 11 1 0 1 0
3 Seasons 1B 1 82 1 1 0 0
10 Seasons TOT -14 -10 -12 -3 -10 0 -2
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1987 LAD NL 22 17 8 17 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 10 0 7 0
1988 LAD NL 23 12 0 12 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 10 0
1989 LAD NL 24 32 13 32 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 5 2 21 0 15 0
1990 LAD NL 25 101 18 101 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 5 8 45 0 66 1
1991 LAD NL 26 94 23 94 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 2 14 46 0 64 0
1992 KCR AL 27 34 20 34 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 14 19 2 14 0
1993 KCR AL 28 103 79 103 84 0 0 1 0 0 0 66 0 19 85 5 21 1
1994 LAD NL 29 58 9 58 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 1 20 0 41 4
1995 LAD NL 30 67 11 67 19 0 0 2 0 0 0 12 0 5 17 0 51 1
1996 SDP NL 31 81 7 81 30 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 24 29 0 57 3
10 Seasons 599 188 599 290 0 0 4 0 0 0 197 12 87 296 7 346 10
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1987 LAD NL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 5 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 13 7 53.8% 6 0 0.0% 0 290 62% 79% 24% 35 34%
1988 LAD NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 50% 71% 29% 0
1989 LAD NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 5 3 60.0% 1 1 20.0% 0 326 43% 78% 36% 34 56%
1990 LAD NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 9 8 0 5 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 19 11 57.9% 8 0 0.0% 1 551 55% 79% 44% 58 45%
1991 LAD NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 6 4 0 3 1 0 3 3 0 14 9 64.3% 5 0 0.0% 0 533 51% 79% 41% 44 64%
1992 KCR AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 3 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 145 54% 79% 43% 17 71%
1993 KCR AL 28 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 1 2 1 29 21 1 15 5 1 15 9 0 6 0 0 11 8 0 76 43 56.6% 31 2 2.6% 3 2132 57% 78% 40% 251 50%
1994 LAD NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 3 1 0 6 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 14 9 64.3% 5 0 0.0% 0 359 54% 80% 40% 37 38%
1995 LAD NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 7 3 42.9% 4 0 0.0% 0 269 40% 78% 37% 28 57%
1996 SDP NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 74 54% 82% 39% 5 80%
10 Seasons 1 0 0 1 0 7 0 1 3 2 53 40 1 27 8 1 35 21 0 14 2 1 22 17 0 151 88 58.3% 60 3 2.0% 4 4707 54% 78% 39% 509 50%
MLB Averages 60.9% 2.6% 58% 79% 40% 50%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1989 LAD NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 65% 60% 25% 0
1990 LAD NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 6 2 33.3% 4 0 0.0% 0 166 53% 80% 43% 14 57%
1991 LAD NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 2 286 51% 81% 35% 15 60%
1992 KCR AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 9 2 22.2% 7 0 0.0% 0 469 55% 80% 44% 39 54%
1993 KCR AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 2 0 3 1 0 5 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 15 6 40.0% 8 1 6.7% 0 480 50% 78% 38% 57 51%
1994 LAD NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 33% 67% 33% 2 0%
1995 LAD NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 3 42.9% 4 0 0.0% 0 148 54% 72% 34% 15 40%
1996 SDP NL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 10 2 20.0% 8 0 0.0% 0 355 64% 77% 38% 39 41%
8 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 18 6 0 12 2 0 8 4 1 5 1 0 7 3 0 50 16 32.0% 33 1 2.0% 2 1933 55% 78% 39% 181 49%
MLB Averages 42.5% 2.6% 58% 79% 40% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1989 LAD NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 119 63% 81% 45% 11 64%
1990 LAD NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 98 42% 77% 28% 10 50%
1991 LAD NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 30 37% 87% 30% 2 50%
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 247 51% 80% 36% 23 57%
MLB Averages 42.4% 1.9% 58% 79% 40% 57%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1993 KCR AL 28 34 24% 91% 44% 2 100% 0 12 0 12 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1995 LAD NL 30 21 52% 76% 43% 1 100% 0 5 0 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
1996 SDP NL 31 3 0% 67% 67% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 58 33% 84% 45% 4 100% 0 17 0 17 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 58% 79% 32% 93% 85%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1993 AL  .994 (4th)

                                         

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