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Tony Gwynn, San Diego Padres

His career batting average of .336 ranks 19^th on the all-time list. His eight National League batting titles ties him with Hall of Famer Honus Wanger.

His manager calls him, "The best pure hitter in the game." Bruce Bochy credits Tony's passion for the game along with his hard work ethic that enables him to consistently make good contact with the ball. We also asked for Dodger great and current Padre coach Davey Lopes what makes Tony such a great hitter: Davey Lopes on Tony Gwynn.

Tony's years of playing experience have been beneficial to the young San Diego Padres in other ways. Explains Manager Bruce Bochy, Bochy's comments:

How does all this hype about being one of the greatest hitters of all time affect Tony? Not much apparently. He would just as soon trade the batting titles for another shot at the World Series, having appeared in the Fall Classic twice, during his second full year in the big leagues and 1998.

Career stats

YR	Club	AVG	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB
81	Walla Walla	*.331	42	178	46	59	12	1	37	37	23	21	17
81	Amarillo	.462	23	91	22	42	8	2	4	19	5	7	5
82	Hawaii	.328	93	366	65	120	23	2	5	46	18	18	14
82	San Diego	.289	54	190	33	55	12	2	1	17	14	16	8
83	Las Vegas	.342	17	73	15	25	6	0	0	7	6	5	3
83	San Diego	.309	86	304	34	94	12	2	1	37	23	21	7
84	San Diego	*.351	158	606	88	*213	21	10	5	71	59	23	33
85	San Diego	.317	154	622	90	197	29	5	6	46	45	33	14
86	San Diego	.329	160	642	107	*211	33	7	14	59	52	35	37
87	San Diego	*.370	157	589	119	*218	36	13	7	54	82	35	56
88	San Diego	*.313	133	521	64	163	22	5	7	70	51	40	26
89	San Diego	*.336	158	604	82	*203	27	7	4	62	56	30	40
90	San Diego	.309	141	573	79	177	29	10	4	72	44	23	17
91	San Diego	.317	134	530	69	168	27	11	4	62	34	19	8
92	San Diego	.317	128	520	77	165	27	3	6	41	46	16	3
93	San Diego	.358	122	489	70	175	41	3	7	59	36	19	14
94	San Diego	*.394	110	419	79	*165	35	1	12	64	48	19	5
95	San Diego	*.368	135	535	82	#197	33	1	9	90	35	15	17
96	San Diego	*.353	116	457	67	159	27	2	3	50	39	17	11
97	San Diego	*.372	149	592	97	*220	49	2	17	119	43	28	12
98	San Diego	.321	127	461	65	148	35	0	16	69	35	18	3
99	San Diego	.338	111	411	59	139	27	0	10	62	29	14	7
00	San Diego	.323	36	127	17	41	12	0	1	17	9	4	0
01	San Diego	.324	71	102	5	33	9	1	1	17	10	9	1