RIP Tony Gwynn

[GAVol]

Dead at 54. Knew he had health problems but didn't realize it was that bad.

Pure professional hitter. Owned Glavine, Maddux and Smoltz. 8 batting titles. 19 consecutive .300 seasons.

 

[005]

****...

That is sad. RIP.

 

[Wickman]

Dang. One of the best. RIP

 

[GAVol]

Two pitchers he faced the most were Maddux and Glavine. He hit .338 against them combined and hit .415 with zero strikeouts against Maddux.

 

[005]

Gwynn in 1987 hit .370 with 13 triples and 56 stolen bases.

35 strikeouts in 680 plate appearances.

 

[YankeeVol]

Just saw this. Wow.

RIP

 

[volfanbill]

"My baseball card looks awesome because it has San Diego all the way down. I grew up in an environment where that kind of stuff was important."

-Tony Gwynn

 

[TXA&M07]

Man I have got to quit dipping.

RIP Tony. What a great player he was.

 

[WarDamnVols]

Grew up following him. One of the best hitters to play the game. So sad. I never knew his health problems were this bad either, so it's a bit of a shock. R.I.P.

 

[Saddlecricket]

Passway from cancer at 54. One of the best hitters that ever played!

 

[SDV]

Mr. San Diego. RIP

 

[BigZiti09]

Man I have got to quit dipping.

RIP Tony. What a great player he was.

If I can quit, anyone can. Quit cold turkey last year at 31. I had been dipping Copenhagen since I was 15.

If you want to quit, you can quit. Also, it doesn't hurt to pray about it. I would say that is truly what helped this last time stick after having failed attempts other times before.

Good luck.

 

[Notorious B.E.N]

RIP, best hitter ever.

 

[VolsSportsFan]

Add me to the list that didn't realize his health was that bad. I had just read this morning how he'd signed an extension at San Diego St. as their baseball coach, so I assumed he was ok.

 

[mtt2d]

He's one of the pro baseball players I grew up idolizing as a kid. One of the all time greats. Prayers to his family

 

[LotteryPick]

Wow.

One of my favorite players growing up. RIP.

 

[FalcoVol]

Smh literally. Farewell to the best hitter I ever saw.

I feel like a piece of my (our) younger days passed away with him.

 

[508mikey]

Sad to see this, RIP Tony

 

[VFL21]

RIP one of the greatest hitters ever

 

[TheDeeble]

Sad to hear this. Not just because he was a great ballplayer, but he was a great person. Always had a smile on his face.

 

[Nerd-Vol]

Rip

 

[005]

Did not realize he was drafted by the Clippers.

 

[005]

Over a 5 year period, Gwynn hit .335 with 2 strikes.

Over that same period, only mike piazza hit over .335 overall.

 

[TennesseeFan07]

You don't see hitters like Gwynn anymore.

 

[YankeeVol]

Tony Gwynn struck out only 434 times in his career, the second-fewest of any member of the 3,000-hit club.