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Tony Gwynn

Anthony Keith Gwynn Jr. (twitter: @tgbaseball)

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: October 4, 1982 in Long Beach, CA
High School: Poway HS (Poway, CA)
School: San Diego State University (San Diego, CA)
Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 2nd round of the 2003 amateur draft.
Signed June 19, 2003. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 15, 2006
Teams (by GP): Padres/Dodgers/Brewers 2006-2012
2012 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 2 yrs/$2M (12-13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 4.044, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: Tommy Tanzer [*]
Relatives: Son of Tony Gwynn and Nephew of Chris Gwynn
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Standard Batting

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
2006 23 MIL NL 32 80 77 5 20 2 1 0 4 3 1 2 15 .260 .275 .312 .587 50 24 2 0 0 1 0 8
2007 24 MIL NL 69 135 123 13 32 3 2 0 10 8 1 12 24 .260 .326 .317 .643 68 39 0 0 0 0 1 89/7
2008 25 MIL NL 29 49 42 5 8 1 0 0 1 3 1 4 7 .190 .271 .214 .485 31 9 1 1 1 1 0 /89D7
2009 26 SDP NL 119 451 393 59 106 11 6 2 21 11 7 48 65 .270 .350 .344 .693 93 135 2 2 5 3 2 *89
2010 27 SDP NL 117 339 289 30 59 9 3 3 20 17 4 41 50 .204 .304 .287 .591 68 83 3 1 7 1 4 8
2011 28 LAD NL 136 340 312 37 80 12 6 2 22 22 6 23 61 .256 .308 .353 .660 84 110 2 1 2 2 1 *78/9
2012 29 LAD NL 48 131 122 14 34 4 2 0 14 5 3 7 21 .279 .318 .344 .662 84 42 2 0 2 0 1 *78/9
7 Yrs 550 1525 1358 163 339 42 20 7 92 69 23 137 243 .250 .319 .325 .644 78 442 12 5 17 8 9
162 Game Avg. 162 449 400 48 100 12 6 2 27 20 7 40 72 .250 .319 .325 .644 78 130 4 1 5 2 3
MIL (3 yrs) 130 264 242 23 60 6 3 0 15 14 3 18 46 .248 .300 .298 .598 56 72 3 1 1 2 1
LAD (2 yrs) 184 471 434 51 114 16 8 2 36 27 9 30 82 .263 .310 .350 .661 84 152 4 1 4 2 2
SDP (2 yrs) 236 790 682 89 165 20 9 5 41 28 11 89 115 .242 .330 .320 .650 82 218 5 3 12 4 6

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2006 23 MIL NL 32 80 -5 -0 0 -3 0 -8 -0.8 2 -6 -0.6 .474 .495 -0.3 -0.3 -3 $ 8
2007 24 MIL NL 69 135 -6 2 1 0 -0 -3 -0.3 4 0 0.0 .495 .498 0.0 -0.0 0 $381,000 89/7
2008 25 MIL NL 29 49 -4 0 0 3 -0 -0 -0.0 1 1 0.1 .499 .500 -0.2 0.3 -2 $397,500 /89D7
2009 26 SDP NL 119 451 0 0 1 12 1 15 1.6 12 27 2.8 .513 .510 1.5 1.4 15 $ *89
2010 27 SDP NL 117 339 -12 2 2 18 1 11 1.2 9 20 2.1 .510 .507 0.2 2.1 2 $419,800 8
2011 28 LAD NL 136 340 -6 2 2 15 -3 9 1.1 9 19 2.0 .508 .506 0.3 1.4 4 $675,000 *78/9
2012 29 LAD NL 48 131 -2 0 0 5 -1 3 0.4 4 7 0.7 .507 .502 0.1 0.5 2 $ *78/9
7 Seasons 550 1525 -35 7 6 50 -2 26 3.0 42 68 7.1 .505 .503 1.6 5.3 18 $1,873,300
MIL (3 yrs) 130 264 -15 2 1 0 -0 -12 -1.2 7 -5 -0.5 .491 .498 -0.5 0.0 -5 $778,500
LAD (2 yrs) 184 471 -8 2 2 20 -4 12 1.4 13 25 2.7 .507 .504 0.4 1.9 5 $675,000
SDP (2 yrs) 236 790 -12 3 3 30 2 26 2.7 22 47 4.9 .512 .508 1.7 3.5 17 $419,800

Advanced Batting

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
2006 23 MIL NL 80 61 6 2.6 114 .317 .260 .273 .275 .344 .312 .444 .587 .789 50 .231 -6.1 -0.6 .467 .104 .052 .0
2007 24 MIL NL 135 92 15 4.4 111 .323 .260 .273 .326 .342 .317 .436 .643 .778 68 .433 -6.1 -0.6 .630 .211 .057 .0
2008 25 MIL NL 49 38 3 2.1 106 .222 .190 .265 .271 .336 .214 .423 .485 .759 31 .178 -4.1 -0.4 .444 .167 .024 .0
2009 26 SDP NL 451 304 51 4.5 98 .316 .270 .254 .350 .325 .344 .403 .693 .728 93 .470 -1.8 -0.2 .639 .206 .074 3.4
2010 27 SDP NL 339 245 29 3.2 94 .236 .204 .251 .304 .320 .287 .396 .591 .715 68 .336 -11.6 -1.2 .582 .270 .083 5.1
2011 28 LAD NL 340 244 37 4.1 96 .311 .256 .256 .308 .322 .353 .398 .660 .720 84 .461 -7.4 -0.7 .625 .221 .096 3.7
2012 29 LAD NL 131 95 13 3.7 98 .337 .279 .256 .318 .323 .344 .404 .662 .727 84 .404 -3.1 -0.3 .548 .139 .066 .0
7 Yrs 1525 1079 154 3.8 99 .297 .250 .257 .319 .326 .325 .406 .644 .732 78 .408 -40.1 -3.9 .598 .211 .076 12.7
162 Game Avg. 449 318 45 3.8 99 .297 .250 .257 .319 .326 .325 .406 .644 .732 78 .408 -40.1 -3.9 .598 .211 .076 4
MIL (3 yrs) 264 191 24 3.4 111 .303 .248 .272 .300 .342 .298 .436 .598 .778 56 .323 -16.3 -1.5 .543 .169 .050 .0
LAD (2 yrs) 471 339 50 4.0 96 .318 .263 .256 .310 .323 .350 .400 .661 .722 84 .446 -10.4 -1.0 .604 .198 .088 3.7
SDP (2 yrs) 790 549 80 3.9 96 .283 .242 .253 .330 .323 .320 .400 .650 .723 82 .415 -13.4 -1.3 .614 .233 .078 8.5

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
2008 25 MIL NL NLDS PHI L 3 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 3 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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
2006 23 MIL NL 80 0.0% 18.8% 2.5% 3.8% 15% 7.50 5.1 19.3 1.00 1.44 79% 25% 0.0% 3%
2007 24 MIL NL 135 0.0% 17.8% 8.9% 3.7% 16% 2.00 5.1 12.3 1.07 1.36 73% 17% 0.0% 10%
2008 25 MIL NL 49 0.0% 14.3% 8.2% 2.0% 13% 1.75 6.0 42.0 0.67 0.81 73% 24% 0.0% 10%
2009 26 SDP NL 451 0.4% 14.4% 10.6% 4.2% 18% 1.35 6.0 196.5 18.7 0.84 1.10 73% 21% 1.3% 11%
2010 27 SDP NL 339 0.9% 14.8% 12.1% 4.4% 25% 1.22 5.8 96.3 14.5 0.86 1.31 70% 18% 2.8% 10%
2011 28 LAD NL 340 0.6% 17.9% 6.8% 5.9% 25% 2.65 5.1 156.0 14.2 1.14 1.58 74% 18% 2.0% 8%
2012 29 LAD NL 131 0.0% 16.0% 5.3% 4.6% 18% 3.00 5.8 8.7 1.11 1.62 77% 19% 0.0% 13%
7 Yrs 1525 0.5% 15.9% 9.0% 4.5% 20% 1.77 5.6 194.0 14.8 0.95 1.31 73% 20% 1.4% 10%
MLB Averages 2.6% 17.8% 8.5% 7.8% 34% 2.09 5.0 34.0 7.8 0.80 1.07 69% 19% 7.6% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2006 23 MIL NL -6.1 -0.6 84 -0.7 0.8 -1.4 .81 -0.5 -0.3 -6.8 -0.6 0.90 -6.0 0.88 13
2007 24 MIL NL -6.1 -0.6 149 0.3 2.0 -1.7 .80 -0.2 0.5 2.1 0.2 0.89 -2.2 0.92 29
2008 25 MIL NL -4.1 -0.4 53 -0.3 0.8 -1.0 1.24 -0.3 0.1 -4.9 -0.5 1.05 -4.6 1.34 13
2009 26 SDP NL -1.8 -0.2 482 0.5 6.9 -6.4 .87 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.91 1.0 0.95 11
2010 27 SDP NL -11.6 -1.2 367 -1.3 5.2 -6.5 1.11 -1.1 -0.1 -9.2 -1.0 0.97 -11.2 1.02 21
2011 28 LAD NL -7.4 -0.7 373 0.6 6.4 -5.8 1.01 0.1 0.5 2.0 0.2 1.02 1.2 1.23 24
2012 29 LAD NL -3.1 -0.3 144 -0.3 2.3 -2.7 1.11 -0.1 -0.2 4.1 0.4 0.97 -0.4 1.85 11
7 Yrs -40.1 -3.9 1652 -1.3 24.2 -25.5 .98 -1.9 0.6 -12.5 -1.2 0.96 -22.1 1.13 122

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
2006 23 MIL NL 1 0 23% 31 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 67% 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 2
2007 24 MIL NL 1 0 30% 59 8 1 89% 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 46% 5 3 2 2 1 1 6 2 3
2008 25 MIL NL 1 0 39% 15 3 1 75% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 80% 2 1 1 2 0 2 1 0 1
2009 26 SDP NL 5 0 37% 218 11 7 61% 11 6 0 1 0 0 5 2 4 16 48% 30 22 7 5 3 2 17 1 16
2010 27 SDP NL 3 0 28% 122 17 4 81% 15 4 2 0 0 0 4 0 5 10 58% 14 9 5 2 0 2 8 1 7
2011 28 LAD NL 4 0 34% 128 22 6 79% 19 5 3 1 0 0 2 1 7 12 50% 19 11 8 3 1 1 10 3 7
2012 29 LAD NL 3 0 34% 50 5 3 63% 5 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 6 33% 6 5 1 2 0 1 4 1 2
7 Yrs 18 0 33% 623 69 23 75% 63 21 6 2 0 0 13 4 20 54 50% 76 51 24 17 6 9 48 8 38

Situational Hitting*

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
2006 23 MIL NL 80 93% 20 3 2 13 6 0 0 0.88 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 22% 6 1 17% 32 4 13% 4 1 25% 0 0 0
2007 24 MIL NL 135 85% 32 9 4 29 7 0 5 0.92 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 0 0% 8 3 38% 70 10 14% 6 3 50% 3 3 100% 0
2008 25 MIL NL 49 94% 8 2 0 13 2 0 0 1.34 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 18 1 6% 7 3 43% 43 2 5% 3 2 67% 1 1 100% 0
2009 26 SDP NL 451 74% 106 10 2 11 4 0 0 0.95 2 0 10 2 0 1 1 0 11 5 45% 56 2 4% 33 11 33% 189 21 11% 20 10 50% 13 6 46% 0
2010 27 SDP NL 339 86% 59 12 5 21 5 0 0 1.02 3 0 8 3 0 2 1 2 10 7 70% 55 3 5% 27 13 48% 186 19 10% 14 8 57% 11 9 82% 0
2011 28 LAD NL 340 78% 80 17 9 24 8 0 2 1.23 2 0 6 2 0 0 2 0 8 2 25% 54 2 4% 15 7 47% 187 21 11% 12 7 58% 8 4 50% 0
2012 29 LAD NL 131 71% 34 5 2 11 5 0 3 1.85 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 19 2 11% 4 1 25% 70 15 21% 5 5 100% 2 2 100% 0
7 Yrs 1525 80% 339 58 24 122 37 0 10 1.13 7 0 29 7 0 3 4 2 33 17 52% 230 12 5% 100 39 39% 777 92 12% 64 36 56% 38 25 66% 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 11% 32% 15% 51% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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
2006 23 MIL NL 81 275 3.40 181 66% 35% 12% 18% 35% 65% 0% 43% 82% 22% 4% 3 0 15% 12 5 5% 4 2 40% -1 0 0
2007 24 MIL NL 135 562 4.16 339 60% 35% 9% 28% 29% 65% 2% 40% 87% 21% 8% 11 0 16% 21 5 12% 16 8 42% 0 0 0
2008 25 MIL NL 49 173 3.53 120 69% 30% 11% 28% 31% 70% 0% 49% 85% 20% 4% 2 0 10% 5 3 8% 4 0 29% 0 0 0
2009 26 SDP NL 451 1807 4.01 1081 60% 38% 9% 23% 31% 62% 1% 37% 86% 13% 6% 27 0 17% 78 24 13% 59 28 15% 0 0 0
2010 27 SDP NL 340 1340 3.94 792 59% 37% 7% 25% 31% 63% 3% 37% 89% 19% 8% 26 0 18% 60 17 13% 45 28 44% -1 0 0
2011 28 LAD NL 341 1291 3.79 828 64% 36% 10% 23% 31% 64% 1% 41% 84% 25% 4% 15 0 10% 34 8 7% 24 11 31% -1 0 0
2012 29 LAD NL 131 476 3.63 300 63% 34% 10% 21% 34% 66% 2% 41% 85% 21% 5% 6 0 16% 21 6 8% 11 6 19% 0 0 0
7 Yrs 1528 5924 3.88 3641 61% 36% 9% 24% 31% 64% 1% 39% 86% 19% 6% 90 0 15% 231 68 11% 163 83 30% -3 0 0
MLB Averages 3.80 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 27% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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
2006 23 32 80 77 5 20 2 1 0 4 3 1 2 15 .260 .275 .312 .587 50 24 2 0 0 1 0
2007 24 101 215 200 18 52 5 3 0 14 11 2 14 39 .260 .307 .315 .622 61 63 2 0 0 1 1
2008 25 130 264 242 23 60 6 3 0 15 14 3 18 46 .248 .300 .298 .598 56 72 3 1 1 2 1
2009 26 249 715 635 82 166 17 9 2 36 25 10 66 111 .261 .331 .326 .657 79 207 5 3 6 5 3
2010 27 366 1054 924 112 225 26 12 5 56 42 14 107 161 .244 .323 .314 .637 75 290 8 4 13 6 7
2011 28 502 1394 1236 149 305 38 18 7 78 64 20 130 222 .247 .319 .324 .643 77 400 10 5 15 8 8
2012 29 550 1525 1358 163 339 42 20 7 92 69 23 137 243 .250 .319 .325 .644 78 442 12 5 17 8 9

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2006 23 32 79 76 4 19 2 1 0 4 3 2 15 .250 .266 .303 .568 6 32
2007 24 69 134 122 12 31 3 2 0 9 8 12 24 .254 .321 .311 .632 12 69
2008 25 29 48 41 4 7 1 0 0 1 3 4 7 .171 .255 .195 .450 2 29
2009 26 119 461 400 65 113 12 6 2 23 12 51 65 .283 .364 .358 .722 52 119
2010 27 117 346 293 33 63 10 3 3 22 18 44 50 .215 .319 .300 .619 28 117
2011 28 136 345 316 40 84 13 6 2 24 23 24 61 .266 .318 .364 .682 37 136
2012 29 48 133 124 16 36 4 2 0 16 5 7 21 .290 .328 .355 .683 15 48
7 Yrs 550 1546 1372 174 353 45 20 7 99 72 144 243 .257 .328 .335 .663 152 550
162 Game Avg. 162 455 404 51 104 13 6 2 29 21 42 72 .257 .328 .335 .663 45 550

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
2010 NL  2.1 (6th)

SB % s c a p y
Career  75.00 (156th)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (2724), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  7. John Cangelosi (965)
  8. Steve Hovley (964)
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