Comfortable 66th birthday to the late, nice San Diego Padres legend, Tony Gwynn!
Tony Gwynn performed his complete 20-year Main League profession with the San Diego Padres, making 15 All-Star video games, successful eight batting titles, seven Silver Sluggers and 5 Gold Gloves together with the 1999 Roberto Clemente Award en path to the Corridor of Fame.
Gwynn was probably the greatest contact hitters in baseball historical past, eclipsing 200 hits 5 occasions and ending with probably the most hits in all of baseball on 5 events as properly. Whereas he by no means received a hoop in his time with the Padres, he was his productive self in his two World Collection appearances. He went a mixed 13-for-35 in 9 video games on the Fall Basic for a profession common of .371 in comparison with his profession common season mark of .338.
“Mr. Padre,” retired after the 2001 season, and he nonetheless holds franchise information in hits (3,141), RBIs (1,138), doubles (543), and stolen bases (319). He was inducted into the Professional Baseball Corridor of Fame in 2007, and handed away in 2014 resulting from most cancers issues.
Which brings us to at this time’s quiz. Gwynn is one in every of 39 gamers in MLB historical past with 4 or extra 200-hit seasons. What number of of these gamers are you able to title in 5 minutes?
Good luck!
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