Anthony Keith Gwynn Sr. (Mr. Padre or Captain Video)

Position: Rightfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 9, 1960 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Polytechnic HS (Long Beach, CA)
School: San Diego State University (San Diego, CA)
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 3rd round of the 1981 amateur draft.
Signed June 16, 1981. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 19, 1982 (Age 22)   vs. PHI 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB
Team: Padres 1982-2001
Agents: John Boggs, previously: Lew Muller [*]
Final Game: October 7, 2001 (Age 41)   vs. COL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Inducted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA as Player in 2007 (532/545 ballots).
   View Tony Gwynn Page at the Baseball Hall of Fame (plaque, photos, videos).
Relatives: Brother of Chris Gwynn and Father of Tony Gwynn
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• 9/24 PaulLebowitz.com: Ichiro In Context: What....does....he....do....to....help....his....team? Here's a clip from Buster Olney extolling the "greatness" of Ichiro...

• 8/22 PaulLebowitz.com: Sunday Lightning 8.22.2010: Less value, less hype, less worry: Every once in a while, when driving through the streets of Brooklyn I'll see a very expensive...
• 8/9 B-R Blog: Was Dante Bichette the least-deserving MVP runner-up in history?: Check out the 1995 NL MVP voting: Voting Results Rank Tm Vote Pts 1st Place Share WAR 1 Barry Larkin CIN 281.0 11.0 72% 5.9 2 Dante...
• 8/9 B-R Blog: Perfect Games – For Batters: How many batters, since 1920, have had 12+ "perfect days" at the plate in games where they had 4+ At Bats? By this, I mean, going...
• 8/3 B-R Blog: POLL: Larry Walker and the Hall of Fame: Larry Walker was one of the great young players with the early 1990s Expos and then became a star playing in numbers-inflating...

• 7/15 B-R Blog: Play Index Season Finders Now Sort by WPA Clutch: I've added WPA Clutch (which is the context-rich performance minus the context-neutral performance) to the season finders. Here...

• 5/19 B-R Blog: WAR Data: Best Position Players Not In the Hall of Fame: Here's a post concept that's sure to be a lightning rod for discussion: who are the best position players not to be inducted into...
• 5/17 B-R Blog: Oddibe Mike Young: A simple list via Baseball-Reference.com's Play Index Batting Season Finder - most seasons in a career with 200+ hits. Here are...